The intention of self-care yoga is to accept that we all suffer and will suffer in order to build resiliency.  There is a need to understand that hard and difficult situations WILL arise and that these (traumas) are opportunity to turn dark to light, negative to positive.  To neutralize through effort, diligence, and faith.

YFR will:

• Produce yoga class curriculum and workshops that are trauma-sensitive within safe spaces.
• Advocate for yoga offerings that are resilience based and positive focused.
• Promote and educate through campaigning, sponsorship, and collaboration that self-care is imperative to a recovery journey with the goal that yoga be provided to everyone regardless of financial health.
• Make mindfulness and yoga accessible to all bodies and abilities anytime and anywhere.

YFR will:

• Train teachers to become familiar and comfortable with the multifaceted journeys in Recovery and Mental Health. The knowledge and style of each teacher who completes the program will be consistent so that students who travel from one studio to the next can feel comfortable knowing that their yoga experiences will be similar.
• Education will be rooted in the concept that the teacher provides the appropriate environment to facilitate healing.  This is grounded in empathy and communication and the Yamas and Niyamas.  As part of the program the teacher will be guided through their own personal “work” and growth.  Through exploration, the teacher will become adept at communicating to future students the ways in which “Yoga meets you where you are.”
• Teachers will learn a variety of tools that help students cope with anxiety, nervousness, fear, sadness and trauma.  They will ultimately provide the environment that help the students develop strength, resiliency and joy