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EducationEnabling Safe and Caring Schools
ProgramsWe are in K–12 schools and alternative schools, helping children with academic, social, and emotional learning.TrainingsWe provide training and coaching for educators locally, nationally, and internationally.Curriculum We have developed a comprehensive curriculum with 48 brief in-class lessons, systematically building stress resilience, self-awareness, emotion regulation, and healthy relationships.Research Independent researchers have shown that after practicing Transformative Life/Leadership Skills (TLS):
“Students showed lowered levels of perceived stress and greater levels of self-control, school engagement, emotional awareness, distress tolerance, and altered attitude towards violence.”
After conducting a day-long TLS training for staff at a San Diego, California school, they implemented
15-minutes in-class TLS in every classroom— every day. Many teachers reported back on results, including:
“TLS is FANTASTIC! My kids look forward to it and take it very seriously. I have observed one of my students doing the moves on his own when he is feeling overwhelmed!”
Niroga Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is changing the face and zip code of yoga. Niroga enables healthy communities, compassionate schools, and peaceful neighbor-hoods across the United States and beyond by transforming lives, one breath at a time.
Niroga
Transforming Lives and Healing Communities
Niroga Institute111 Fairmount Avenue
Oakland, California 94611(510) 451-3004
Transformative Life SkillsCreating healthy, peaceful, and compassionate
communities through universal access to Transformative Life/Leadership Skills (TLS),
a dynamic mindfulness practice
Get InvolvedChanging Lives, One Breath At a Time We need your passion and compassion, vision and imagination. Give us your:m Time: become an ambassador, intern with us,
or volunteer for us.m Talent: share your skills with us, especially
in the areas of social media, marketing and communications, fundraising and donor development.m Treasure: donate $10/month or more and
give until it feels good! It costs $1000 per year to keep a youth in school and out of trouble; how much of a child’s life will you support?
Education Health
Youth Development
Violence Prevention
Mindful MentoringYouth are matched with mentors, who help them develop and sustain their personal transformative practices, enabling healthy behaviors and lifestyle choices.
Peer LeadershipYouth are systematically trained in Trans- formative Life Skills (TLS) and prepared to act as peer educators.
Job Skills IncubationYouth are empowered to develop skills to get and keep meaningful and sustainable jobs.
“Thank you! This work is inspiring, hopeful and revolutionary.”
“I am tired of drugs, anger, and violence in the streets. Our communities need peace and healing, and yoga can bring that. That is the gift I want to bring to my communities.”
“I feel the yoga class really helped make a change in peoples’ lives. I think y’all should keep the yoga class, because it could change more peoples’ lives.”
Direct ServiceWe are in juvenile halls and jails, helping youth and adults to transform their lives and heal their communities.
TrainingsWe train violence prevention officials and criminal justice professionals, and provide mindful mentoring for youth leaders and peer educators.
ResearchIndependent researchers have shown that our programs lower stress and increase impulse control, as well as alter attitudes towards violence and revenge motivation.
Direct ServiceWe are in cancer hospitals, rehab centers, and homeless shelters, where we bring healing to people dealing with life-threatening illness, and we help seniors age gracefully.
TrainingsWe train yoga teachers and yoga therapists, health professionals, and social workers in the prevention and management of common chronic conditions, and to serve special populations.
Staff WellnessWe provide training and coaching for wellness and transformative leadership for staff, administrators, and top management.
HealthBuilding Healthy Communities
Youth DevelopmentYoung Leaders Shaping Our Future
Violence PreventionEnsuring Peaceful Neighborhoods
“This class is one of the most healing experiences I’ve had after all the toxicity of treatment—surgery and chemo. It is very important to me!”
“[Health Center Staff ]: Many shared stories of how yoga has helped them manage their stress, increase their range of motion, and decrease the pain associated with chronic conditions.”
“I’m 94 and wish I had done this 70 years ago!”
“Wow! If everyone did yoga, there would be less violence in the world.”
“When I’m upset, my heart pounds and my eyes tear up. By taking deep breaths, my heart calms down and my ‘upset tears’ go away.”
“As a staff psychologist working with delinquent youth, I am witness to the trans-formative effects of yoga on our county’s most vulnerable teenagers.”
