A San Francisco Yoga studio is now offering a donation-based class to support local Castro charities. All teachers are donating their time. “Karma Yoga, the path of selfless service, is one of the significant paths in Yoga that brings benefit to all,” Marc (Mukunda) Morozumi, Integral Yoga teacher trainer and Yoga director at MX3 Fitness, explained, adding, “I’m grateful to be able to include a weekly class that supports the community that supports us.” The Yoga Loft at MX3 Fitness said that 100% of the money raised from its community class will support Coming Home Hospice, the GLBT Historical Society, the UCSF Alliance Health Project, and the San Francisco LGBT Community Center. The community class is a Hatha level 1 course taught by skillful teachers who recently graduated from Integral Yoga’s basic teacher training.
The Yoga of Giving Back
Sixteen years ago, I founded Yoga Gives Back (YGB). When anyone asks me, “What inspired you to found Yoga Gives Back,” I usually reply: “Hope for the future.” I founded YGB out of a Yoga classroom in Los Angeles where, as a beginning Yoga student, I was getting so...
