Programs
Community Service and Outreach
One of the goals of HYF is to ensure that the healing benefits of Yoga are accessible to all who seek them.
We are actively working on our outreach programs and have developed relationships this year with Compass Community Services in San Francisco and Commonweal in Bolinas, California.
Compass Community Services
Compass Community Servicesprovides housing, education and employment services to San Francisco's homeless and at-risk families. The agency's four programs support more than 3,000 parents and children each year in their efforts to achieve stability and self-sufficiency. Their family programs are Connecting Point, Compass Family Center, Clara House, and the Tenderloin Childcare Center (TLC).
This Holiday Season we are conducting a "Holiday De-Stress'" Class as part of their services. In the new year, we will continue a program in collaboration with Compass for homeless and low-income pregnant women.
Commonweal Cancer Help Program
Commonweal is a nonprofit health and environmental research institute in Bolinas, California. Founded in 1976, Commonweal conducts programs that contribute to human and ecosystem health - to a safer world for people and for all life.
Healing Yoga Foundation is also very proud to be a part of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program. Kate Holcombe will be a part of their week long retreats teaching yoga as a tool for healing .
Find more information on the Commonweal Cancer Help Program.
We will continue to focus on our outreach programs and intend to:
Research
HYF will undertake a coordinated, long-term effort to document the results of the therapeutic application of Yoga. Research will be conducted according to commonly accepted scientific protocols. Our goals include:
Community Service and Outreach
One of the goals of HYF is to ensure that the healing benefits of Yoga are accessible to all who seek them.
We are actively working on our outreach programs and have developed relationships this year with Compass Community Services in San Francisco and Commonweal in Bolinas, California.
Compass Community Services
Compass Community Servicesprovides housing, education and employment services to San Francisco's homeless and at-risk families. The agency's four programs support more than 3,000 parents and children each year in their efforts to achieve stability and self-sufficiency. Their family programs are Connecting Point, Compass Family Center, Clara House, and the Tenderloin Childcare Center (TLC).
This Holiday Season we are conducting a "Holiday De-Stress'" Class as part of their services. In the new year, we will continue a program in collaboration with Compass for homeless and low-income pregnant women.
Commonweal Cancer Help Program
Commonweal is a nonprofit health and environmental research institute in Bolinas, California. Founded in 1976, Commonweal conducts programs that contribute to human and ecosystem health - to a safer world for people and for all life.
Healing Yoga Foundation is also very proud to be a part of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program. Kate Holcombe will be a part of their week long retreats teaching yoga as a tool for healing .
Find more information on the Commonweal Cancer Help Program.
We will continue to focus on our outreach programs and intend to:
| • | Offer free and/or small fee classes for youth-at-risk, health-affected groups, seniors, low-income communities, students and other under-served populations. |
| • | Offer scholarships and financial aid for individual sessions. |
| • | Offer work-study programs for those who are interested and show financial need. |
| • | Create partnerships with existing health and community service organizations. |
| • | The Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal: Yoga classes as part of CME accredited four and five day retreats for physicians. |
| • | UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine: Low cost Yoga classes for people with cancer, chronic conditions and special needs. |
| • | Inner Circle: Yoga classes as part of day-long retreats for those infected with HIV/AIDS or affected by it, free of charge to participants. |
| • | New Leaf Outreach to Elders: free Yoga classes for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender seniors. |
| • | Institute on Aging (formerly Goldman Institute on Aging): free Yoga classes for seniors. |
Research
HYF will undertake a coordinated, long-term effort to document the results of the therapeutic application of Yoga. Research will be conducted according to commonly accepted scientific protocols. Our goals include:
| • | Conducting quantitative and qualitative research pertaining to the therapeutic application of Yoga. |
| • | Documenting the progression of HYF students/clients and any claimed benefits of Yoga practice. |
| • | Publishing in-depth reports of research conducted. |