DESCRIPTION
Edinburgh Community Yoga is a not-for-profit social enterprise. That means by joining our yoga classes, attending our yoga retreats or supporting our fundraisers you help us to do what we do best; making yoga accessible to everyone.
We work to change the perception that yoga is for fit, bendy people who can easily touch their toes, and instead focus on the therapeutic benefits that can be enjoyed by everyone. We offer a space for anyone who wants the opportunity to simply move and breathe in a way that feels good for them.
We have made it our mission to offer yoga and yoga therapy to as many people across Edinburgh as possible. We take yoga to the places it is needed most, developing affordable community yoga classes in low-income areas and working with local organisations who support vulnerable groups including homeless people, adults in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, women affected by trauma, in-patient psychiatric services and people with long-term health conditions.
Our belief is that through the practice of yoga, breathing mindfully and learning to pay attention to the body individuals can learn skills of self-compassion, acceptance and regulation of the nervous system contributing to their own sense of well-being and health, and building stronger, more positive communities in the process.
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