We are a group of yoga teachers who have pledged to support The Cambeboo Hospice in the Eastern Cape South Africa. As the Aids victims who have been looked after by the Hospice have died they have left behind them a legacy of orphans who are now struggling without parents or carers to take care of them. There is a similar story all over Africa but in the Camdeboo (part of the Great Karoo), in the small town of Graaff Reinet where one of the yoga teachers lives she found a group of children living, abandoned and orphaned, on a rubbish dump.


Disturbed by this state of affairs she began to work with the local Hospice to try to help the children live a better life. The question was – what is a better life and where to start?


The children are starving so the biggest priority is to get them food. After that we have to think about shelter, love and learning. Some are very very vulnerable as they have no-one – not one single person – to be responsible for them and they may also have been born HIV positive.


The Hospice has started up a fostering programme which is explained on the presentation you will find if you click here. However for many other children – many more than the children who have found a way to survive by living at the rubbish dump – they have an old old granny or a very sick mother and no way of having regular food and they desperately need help. Currently there are over 200 children that the hospice are trying to take care of on very limited funds.


Yoga-For-love was born one night as two people in a very beautiful location in Canada talked about the children and wanted to reach out and make some kind of transformation happen. The children did not ask to be born into these circumstances and we believe that have the right to love, care, protection and food.
One of the most moving things in the world is to be with these children and find that they want love and play just as much they want something to eat – even when they have walked 5 kilometres to get to the meeting place for the hospice group and are fainting with hunger and have terrible stomach pains. Their skin is coated with dust and their clothes are threadbare and usually too big for them because they are just wearing a torn old adult t-shirt. But sit down on the ground with them and the universal language of play, laughter and holding turns them into giggling little beings whose smiles light up the world.


Yoga For Love asks yoga practitioners to donate the proceeds from one class, or 10 classes! or from one student or 10!  to the Camdeboo Children so that we can collect enough money to buy and run a Bakkie (van). This will cost about 100,000R/14000 CAD and with it we can create a breakfast club and take specially prepared porrige out to the districts so that the children don’t have to walk into town once a week.


Unicef have a formula for mealie (maize)porridge, soya flour and sugar which is enough for a child to actually survive on – just a cup of this a day means they can GROW! Getting this to them regularly would be the next part of our plan once we have the van.


To feed one child /YEAR costs = 55 CAD
To buy one school uniform/child which means they can be educated costs 500R + 72.50 CAD, £41.50, $67.70

The Orangeville, Ontario yoga 4 love fundraiser was a cozy evening class, all donations received were greatly appreciated. Much thanks to Bryon Mackie of Big Tyme Fitness for providing the location and Mono Arts Printing for contributing the cost of printing the posters. Thank you to all who participated!

YOGA Within You is hosting Orangeville’s first “yoga-4-love” by donation yoga class with all proceeds going to help feed aids orphins in South Africa. Very excited about this class being held Thursday August 19th at 9pm with the location graciously provided by Big Tyme Fitness

Beautiful Yoga Teacher Katyna offers to run a Y4L event

On Saturday, December 19th, Emerald Lotus Yoga is hosting a special Yoga-4-Love class!
Yoga-4-Love is excited to have both Charlotte Rose (Owner of Emerald Lotus Yoga) & Megan Sheppard (Co-Founder of Yoga-4-Love), leading the first yoga-4-love class in the U.S.
Feel the difference when you step into the Studio space at Emerald Lotus Yoga. This Yoga Studio, the teachers, and the community of people who are all involved have something very special to offer.
Charlotte Rose believes that yoga is for all people, and therefore has built her yoga studio on Karma Yoga.
All yoga classes at Emerald Lotus Yoga are by donation, bringing people a sense of community, growth, and peace wherever people are in their lives.
Please join us on a beautiful Saturday morning class at 9am on December 19th.
Emerald Lotus Yoga
121 N. Ballard st
Wylie, Texas 75098

‘Tis the Season to unite. Let us unify our body, mind, and spirit through yoga, while bringing love, food, and hope to the vulnerable children living on dumpsites on the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

All Donations Raised on December 19th will go to The Camdeboo Hospice on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The hospice cares for AIDS victims and as these victims die, they leave behind a legacy of AIDS orphans. As these orphans have no one, no home or money, they are forced to live on local dump sites. As a reult, the hospice has started a foster program to feed these very vulnerable AIDS orphans.
It only takes $45 per year to feed one child, class by donation.

Let us bring our community together at Emerald Lotus Yoga for a very special yoga class to raise consciousness and money to feed these beautiful children…because we can.

Reserve your spot today and call Emerald Lotus Yoga 214-282-9058
www.MyEmeraldLotusYoga.com

Vancouvers Event A Big Success!

On October 17th, 2009 we held Vancouver’s very first yoga-4-love event.

Our Hearts are in deepest gratitude to Shakti Mhi and Prana Yoga College for their generous contribution to the Vancouver community and the children of South Africa. Thank you for supporting us each step of the way. Your class was a beautiful experience for all.

Together we raised money to feed 17 children on the Eastern Cape of South Africa for one year!

Thank you to all the people who showed up, and thank you for showing up big!
Thank you to the centre for peace for providing a beautiful space.
Thank you to Phil with The Forum Group printing for his contribution of the posters for the event.
Thank you to Grant for volunteering with the event and letting everyone in Vancouver know about yoga-4-love.
Thank you to the Prana yoga teachers for your interest in supporting yoga-4-love by creating future yoga events in Vancouver.
Thank you to our guests who have pledged to support us in volunteering and helping us in anyway you can.

Together we have made a difference! We are bringing love, life and hope to the children of South Africa.

Stay tuned for upcoming events in a city near you.

In Gratitude
Megan & Elizabeth
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