Current project:
YOGA IN UGANDA
Circle of Yoga finances yoga classes for the final year students at Imani School in Kampala, Uganda. Every Wednesday, the youngsters are taught by Ugandan yoga teacher Joy Christine Nakiwala.
The kids are not only strengthened by the benefits of practicing yoga, but also are encouraged to exchange ideas at the end of the class with healthy snacks and water.
In this setting, the students have space and time to discuss their sense of community and questions about how to deal with themselves and others.
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Our yoga teacher presents a positive role model and mentor. Our Ugandan partner organization Art of a Child, which we trust since 2007, supports us in all matters on site.
The children gain a healthy awareness of their body and mind through regular practice. They are strengthened from within in their ability to concentrate, self-efficacy and resourcefulness. Part of the donations will be used for the yoga teacher to continue her training in the areas of yoga, meditation and resilience, and thus safely support the students in taking a mindful, yet self-determined approach to decisions about their future.
Project partners in Uganda:
ART OF A CHILD
Art of a Child in Uganda is a non-profit organization for children and young people, which promotes the potential of children through education, creative and literary skills.
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Art of a Child offers over 1200 children and young people a safe place to educate and develop in its various programs such as Matatart and Global G.L.O.W. For example, skills in self-assertion, strengthening self-confidence and leadership skills are taught, as well as skills in the areas of tailoring, baking and African crafts.
Why Circle of Yoga?
"What I like about yoga is that it is healthy for body and mind. And since we want to have healthy girls, mentally and physically, Circle of Yoga is a good program for them"
Susan Tusabe, Project Manager ofArt of a Child
Who?
36 young people - they are taught in two groups every Wednesday.
Where?
​In Kampala, Uganda
Yoga teacher in Uganda:
JOYCE CHRISTINE NAKIWALA
Joy Christine is our first yoga teacher. We are incredibly happy to be working with her!
Joy Christine is a certified meditation and yoga teacher, dance artist and choreographer, wellness coach and entrepreneur. She has incorporated yoga into her dance performances and into her wonderful community projects, supporting people around her.
Now she is also using her energy and strength for Circle of Yoga, teaching two groups of youth weekly in a primary school in Kampala.
"I use movement as my universal language that has no limitations in expression, as a source of healing, therapy and grounding."