Yoga Alliance

Please join us in welcoming eight new members to our governing boards of directors, alongside six returning members. To learn more about them and Yoga Alliance's Boards of Directors, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/e4-ZxYqW Yoga Alliance Boards of Directors play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Yoga Alliance, Yoga Alliance Foundation, and the broader yoga community. Over the next five years, Yoga Alliance has committed to focusing on the following foundational commitments: ·??????Uplifting the Transformative Power of Yoga ·??????Surfacing and Reducing Barriers to the Practice? ·??????Building, Engaging, and Supporting Community You can learn more about Yoga Alliance’s 2024-2030 Strategic Plan and the organization’s progress at https://lnkd.in/eBxvvbjh.

Join OnBoard and Yoga Alliance's Board Governance Manager Kevin James Karas for a FREE webinar discussing the important role of technology in board management and governance. Click the link below to register.

We extend our deepest sympathies to those who have lost family members, loved ones, colleagues, and friends in last night’s plane and helicopter crash at Ronald Reagan Airport (DCA). To our beloved DMV community, we are holding each of you in our hearts. ??

Wishing you and yours a happy new year. More Yoga, Better World. lokā? samastā? sukhino bhavantu is a Sanskrit mantra that loosely translates to "may all beings everywhere be happy and free". you might hear it chanted, sung, or used in meditation as part of a yoga practice.

begin with connection | Yoga Alliance proudly sponsored Loyola Marymount University’s 13th Annual Yoga Day, hosted by the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts Yoga Studies program. As part of the event, we were honored to welcome LMU staff, Yoga Day speakers, community leaders, and Yoga Alliance members to a special community reception at the WalkGood Yard, home of WalkGoodLA in Los Angeles, California. WalkGoodLA, a Black and Brown-led wellness organization based in Los Angeles, creates healing spaces through community yoga classes, guided meditations, hikes, run clubs, and other activations, attracting hundreds of participants weekly. We deeply appreciate everyone who joined us for this memorable evening of connection and inspiration. More yoga, better world.

With each election cycle in the United States, we’re thrust into the unknown. And, no matter where you fall on the political spectrum, one truth remains: the world needs more yoga. More yoga means: + More health in all ways—physical, emotional, mental, social, and biological + More community and connection + More self-reflection and self-understanding Through all of this, we are collectively more capable of: + Creating true equity in more spaces, including those of yoga and wellness + Showing up with more empathy, understanding, and patience in our relationships + Strengthening the endurance needed to fight systems of oppression + Remaining present, intentional, and joyful in our lives This is Yoga Alliance’s “why” – the driving force behind our mission to advocate for yoga in its wholeness—and for every human being in theirs. In the days, weeks, and months ahead, continue to embrace your yoga practice, however it unfolds. More yoga, better world.

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires millions of limited liability companies, corporations, limited partnerships and other entities formed or registered in the United States to submit detailed information about their beneficial owners and, for those formed on or after January 1, 2024, the individuals (company applicants) who participated in formation or registration to the federal Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an arm of the United States Department of the Treasury. To learn more about the CTA and how to submit a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI), click the following link: https://buff.ly/48qL9qn

Thanks to the support of the Illinois yoga community, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker has signed SB 2872 into law. This new law, Public Act 103-0764, permits school districts to provide at least 20 minutes of “relaxation activities” – specifically including yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, walking, and others – to enhance the mental and physical health of students as part of the school day. This public act could potentially create numerous opportunities for yoga professionals in the Illinois educational system as school districts implement this legislation beginning January 2025. We are currently working alongside educators, yoga professionals and key stakeholders in Illinois to assess these opportunities. If you have any questions, further input, or information regarding yoga in schools or other issues, please share it with us at [email protected].

Guided by our 2024-2030 Strategic Plan, we’ve spent the last few months gathering expertise and knowledge to determine how Yoga Alliance can best support the needs of yoga, and those who practice and share it, including new membership options and a revised credentialing approach. Now, we are sharing these ideas with you and we want your feedback to shape the future of our credentials, resources, and services together. Click here to take the survey: https://buff.ly/47pGxjH

We are immensely grateful and humbled by the overwhelming interest to join Yoga Alliance's Boards of Directors. We are currently reviewing applications and will follow up with all candidates in mid-August. Up to eight new board members will be selected and announced in the first quarter of 2025. Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate or apply. Your belief and support in our mission make a huge difference in helping us realize our vision for a better, bolder, more compassionate world grounded in yoga.