Love Flows - Community Project
This is Dhyana Yoga Arts' ongoing community project supporting our scholarship program and supporting non-profits, locally, nationally and worldwide through benefit classes and volunteer programs. 50% of proceeds from Community Classes and donation outreach classes go toward scholarships or toward a different non-profit every few months. Our intention is to cultivate a flow of universal love and respect and to inspire awareness, change, and compassion on and off the mat. Check at the studio for info on this month's Seva Inspiration!
"You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love." ~ Cheryl Strayed
Join us Fridays 5:30-6:15p for Donation Flow (45 min) with New Teachers & DYA Grads
Note: Always check live schedule for most up to date schedule.
Pay what you can or use your class card/membership. NOTE TO CURRENT STUDENTS: If you don't want to use your class card or membership (the software will take automatically from that), you must make a separate donation.
Our donation community classes are currently supporting Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj Charitable Trust.
Since 2007 Deanna has been going to yearly meditation retreats with Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj (Swamiji). Swamiji offers free meditation programs that have been offered globally for decades. We believe meditation leads to greater self-awareness, peace of mind, and compassion for ourselves and others so we can serve the world with love.
Here's how to donate and register:
Donate HERE
Go to our SCHEDULE page: choose the Friday 5:30pm Donation Flow class and click "Sign Up"
Wednesday Kirtan 4:30-5:30pm with Ally, Deanna & Steven
Embrace the healing power of your own voice, raise your consciousness, and explore sacred ancient syllables through intention, meditation or prayer. It's not a competition, the important part is a sincere heart. Practice and Surrender (Abhyasa Vairagya in Sanskrit, the ancient language of Yoga) are the essence of Mantra and the Bhakti, the Yoga of Devotion that connects the heart and mind in profound ways. This offering is by cash donation - share whatever your heart desires :) There will be a donation jar at front desk for singers/musicians.
Recent non-profits we've supported:
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Supporting one of our students, Meredith, and her Student Visionaries of the Year Fundraiser.
Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj Charitable Trust.
Since 2007 Deanna has been going to yearly meditation retreats with Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj (Swamiji). Swamiji offers free meditation programs that have been offered globally for decades. We believe meditation leads to greater self-awareness, peace of mind, and compassion for ourselves and others so we can serve the world with love.
Together Rising
In a world where crises abound and heartbreak is in every community, people who want to help often don’t know where to turn. Together Rising is where to turn.
Whether it’s pulling children out of the sea outside the refugee camps in Greece, helping abandoned kids on the streets in Indianapolis, establishing the first opioid recovery home for pregnant teens in New Hampshire, building a maternal health wing in Port-au-Prince, providing a single mother access to breast cancer treatment, or keeping a foster family’s heat on in Texas—Together Rising identifies what is breaking the hearts of our givers as they look around their world and their community, and then we connect our givers’ generosity with the people and organizations who are effectively addressing that critical need.
Area Baby Center (ABC) / Christ Child Society of Summit.
They are a group of dedicated volunteers from all faiths and backgrounds that are joined with purpose to help under-resourced children and their families. Their chapter was chartered in 2010. They strive to make a difference in the life of each child we serve. Thier work is done with love, fostering joy and lifelong friendships.
The goal of our Area Baby Center (ABC) is to provide basic necessities such as diapers, baby wipes, and toiletries to babies from under served families in our community. By providing these items, they hope to ease the burden of parents caring for a baby up to two years of age and to show the love and support of the community.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.
Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj Charitable Trust
Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj Charitable Trust. Swamiji offers free meditation programs that have been offered globally for decades. We believe meditation leads to greater self-awareness, peace of mind, and compassion for ourselves and others so we can serve the world with love.
The Pride Center of New Jersey.
The mission of The Pride Center is to provide a safe and welcoming space for all individuals who identify as LGBTQ to find support, educational tools, health and education resources, and social opportunities within a community of acceptance.
The Bail Project
The Bail Project, Inc. is a non-profit organization designed to combat mass incarceration by disrupting the money bail system ‒ one person at a time. Check out the work they're doing to support freedom and justice for all.
Sparta Helps Healthcare Heroes
Sparta Helps Healthcare Heroes “came together in support our healthcare workers during this challenging time of COVID-19. These people are on the frontlines waging the war on this horrific virus... taking time away from their families and risking their own health for the sake of others. Donations will be spent to help all of our Healthcare Heroes get needed PPE such as masks, gowns and surgical caps, food for healthcare staff at our local medical centers and facilities.”
Cancer Hope Network
Cancer Hope Network provides free one-on-one emotional peer support to adult cancer patients and their loved ones. Their 400+ volunteers have faced more than 80 cancer types and speak 15 languages.
NJCASA
The New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NJCASA) is a coalition that joins people together in action for the common cause of ending sexual violence and supporting all those whose lives have been affected by it.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Family Promise of Morris County
Family Promise of Morris County is a non-sectarian, not-for-profit dedicated to ending the crisis of homelessness faced by Morris County families by partnering with other public and private agencies, religious congregations and community volunteers to provide shelter, case management and mentoring services leading to self-sufficiency.
To Write Love on Her Arms
To Write Love on Her Arms is a nonprofit dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide.
Jersey Battered Women’s Service
Jersey Battered Women’s Service is a full-service domestic violence and domestic abuse prevention agency with volunteer opportunities.
Susan G. Komen Foundation Mission:
Susan G. Komen Foundation Mission: Save lives by ensuring that all people receive the care they need, and finding breakthroughs to prevent and cure breast cancer.
