Yoga for Every Body
In 2024 it is our goal to raise $12,000 to fund the establishment and growth of our studio offering for persons with disabilities.
Want to help us reach our goal? Check out ways to contribute below.
One-on-One Yoga Scholarship
Humble Haven Yoga offers one-on-one yoga classes to infants, children, teens, and adults with diverse abilities ranging from autism, ADHD, anxiety, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and developmental disabilities. Benefits of yoga can include enhanced integration between the body and the mind, body and spatial awareness, feelings of ease and relaxation, and increased tone and/or flexibility.
Our goal is to provide scholarships to 13 families over the course of 2024.
$85
Covers the cost of one session for a family
$340
Covers the cost of one month for a family
Group Class Series Scholarship
Throughout the year Humble Haven offers small group classes specifically designed to welcome students with diverse abilities. Sessions will be a minimum of 30 minutes and maximum of 45 minutes depending on the students’ needs in each session. Classes include varying aspects of the yoga practice, such as, breathing exercises, mantra meditation, eye exercises to enhance and support focus, physical yoga postures, and deep relaxation.
Our goal is to provide scholarships to 10 individuals over the course of 2024.
$19
Covers the cost of one class
$185
Covers the cost of 10 classes
Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers
Thanks to our members, class pack holders, and entire student body at Humble Haven, we were able to support sending 3 of our teachers to specialized training to teach yoga to students with varying abilities in 2023. Ongoing education is not only required to maintain credentials, but important for community, personal, and professional development of our teachers.
Our goal is to provide a 50% scholarship to 3 Humble Haven teachers for continuing education totaling $1800.
$100
To go towards the $1,800 goal
How We Got Here
With the opening of our second studio in 2023, we have intentionally carved out and saved physical space in our weekly studio schedule to expand our class offerings for children, teens, and adults with disabilities.
Since opening in 2016, Humble Haven’s owner and founder, Suzanne Burns, has been teaching yoga to children and young adults with disabilities out in the community at parks, community centers, non-profit organizations, as well as in the Humble Haven studio. As a for-profit organization, we’ve been able to use a portion of our profits to offer free programming while still paying our teachers for their time and expertise. Now that we have the studio space to do it, our hope is to expand our offerings and we need your help!
Contributions or gifts to Humble Haven Yoga are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes.
Programs We Work With
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Tablespoons Bakery
Tablespoons Bakery is a vocational culinary training program through the non-profit Next Move Program, that provides internship experiences and employment opportunities for young adults with developmental disabilities.
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Next Move Program
The Next Move Program, a 501 (c)(3) organization, partners with businesses to create guided internship and externship experiences for young adults with disabilities. Through education and job training, we empower them to achieve their goals and live their dreams.
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Virginia Down Syndrome Association
The Virginia Down Syndrom Association supports parents who welcome a baby with DS, provides enrichment and social programs for all ages, offers educational tools and information to support parents in raising a child with DS, provides education and employment programs for our members with DS, and encourages members in making an impact on our community.