The Art of Yoga Project

The Art of Yoga Project The Art of Yoga Project’s mission is to bring mindfulness-based practices to marginalized youth.
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The Art of Yoga Project recognizes that youth face the stress of inequity, injustice, and trauma - early and ongoing. We understand that youth require a predictable, safe, supportive environment to heal. Our model includes specially trained trauma-informed teachers who bring tools for self-awareness and self-regulation to move youth from vulnerability into resilience. We are leaders in the movemen

t to ensure mindfulness-based practices are accessible to all creating innovative collaborations within systems that serve youth. Since 2005, The Art of Yoga Project has served over 10,000 marginalized youth across the San Francisco Bay area. Our specially trained trauma-informed yoga and art educators deliver our proprietary mindfulness-based programming to youth in short and long-term detention and rehabilitation centers; substance abuse recovery settings; agencies serving CSEC (commercially sexually exploited children); Level 14 facilities (for youth with high psychiatric needs), and schools. To promote systemic change and healing in our communities requires collaboration at all levels. We partner with county behavioral health, education, probation, judiciary, departments of children, youth and family services, and other community-based organizations.

We hear reflections like this from students again and again. In our classes, youth practice noticing their breath, their...
06/11/2026

We hear reflections like this from students again and again. In our classes, youth practice noticing their breath, their sensations, and their emotions with less judgment and more compassion. That simple shift can change how they move through school, court, home, and community.

This past Earth Day we led a session at College Hill Learning Garden in San Francisco as part of their 10th Anniversary ...
06/04/2026

This past Earth Day we led a session at College Hill Learning Garden in San Francisco as part of their 10th Anniversary and Earth Day Celebration. Surrounded by soil, sunlight, and growing things, students explored how their bodies and breath are part of the world around them.

When yoga and mindfulness meet outdoor education, youth get to feel grounded in their own bodies and in the land beneath their feet. Experiences like this help them practice regulation, curiosity, and care for the earth all at once.

We recently led a healing circle at the Sobrato Center for Nonprofits, the home of our offices and a hub for non profit ...
05/28/2026

We recently led a healing circle at the Sobrato Center for Nonprofits, the home of our offices and a hub for non profit work in the Bay Area. Together with our partners and staff we took time to breathe, listen, and acknowledge the power of yoga. Circles like this remind us that healing is not a solo journey. New possibilities for safety and belonging emerge when we sit in community with practices grounded in mindfulness, creativity, and compassion. Thank you to for being such a supportive home for our work. Follow along to see more of how partnership fuels our impact.

There’s a saying in yoga: “Where attention goes, energy flows.” For the fifth year in a row, our students and staff have...
05/21/2026

There’s a saying in yoga: “Where attention goes, energy flows.” For the fifth year in a row, our students and staff have poured time, care, and creativity into this collaborative quilt. Each piece holds a story, a feeling, or a hope for the future. The result is more than a beautiful artwork, it is a living record of relationships built slowly, stitch by stitch. When we invest consistent, loving attention in youth, the energetic output is magnificent: confidence, connection, and communities that feel a little more whole.

At the end of each class, we invite students to rest, a few minutes where they do not have to perform, prove, or produce...
05/13/2026

At the end of each class, we invite students to rest, a few minutes where they do not have to perform, prove, or produce. For many of the youth we serve, this may be the only time all week that their bodies can fully soften. Yoga and mindfulness are powerful supports in healing from trauma, especially when offered in spaces that are culturally responsive, strengths-based, and grounded in love.

Help us sustain spaces of rest and restoration for youth by becoming a donor: http://bit.ly/4t7DKWi

This reflection comes from one of our students, and serves as a reminder that practices like mindful breathing and body ...
05/06/2026

This reflection comes from one of our students, and serves as a reminder that practices like mindful breathing and body scans help youth notice what they feel, name it, and choose how to respond. Our facilitators offer simple, repeatable tools that students can use in court, at school, at home, anywhere their nervous systems need a moment of grounding.

This month, our students co-created a “garden of gratitude,” filling each flower with people, places, and possibilities ...
04/29/2026

This month, our students co-created a “garden of gratitude,” filling each flower with people, places, and possibilities they are thankful for. Creative expression gives youth another language for their stories and strengths, especially when words are hard to find. Support trauma-informed yoga and creative arts programs for youth by donating here: http://bit.ly/4sFX386

In every class, we see young people practice returning to themselves, one breath at a time. Yoga offers a space to move,...
04/23/2026

In every class, we see young people practice returning to themselves, one breath at a time. Yoga offers a space to move, feel, and notice that they are more than their circumstances. At The Art of Yoga Project, our trauma-informed, gender-responsive programming helps youth build tools for regulation, self-respect, and connection on and off the mat.

Are you a yoga teacher in San Jose looking to teach yoga, creative expression and mindfulness to system-involved and mar...
04/17/2026

Are you a yoga teacher in San Jose looking to teach yoga, creative expression and mindfulness to system-involved and marginalized youth? We’re currently hiring and would love to connect! Reach out to us here: https://theartofyogaproject.org/about/contact-us/

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Sobrato Center For Nonprofits – Redwood Shores, 330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 131
Redwood City, CA
94065

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+16509249222

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