Boulder Yoga Society
Donation protected
**HELP US STAY OPEN THROUGH COVID-19.
Bodhi has been closed since mid-March. We are unsure when we will be able to reopen or if we will have to postpone future programs. Currently, we have no income to maintain the studio other than donations. You can support us by donating online, to help us continue to pay our rent and bills, along will sustain our monthly donations to our sister non-profits and other programs we support. You can also buy a monthly membership here , that will start when the studio reopens.
Sam Vetrano and Irene Pappas dreamed about creating a non-profit together for years. Finally, all of the pieces came together to allow their dream to become a reality. Sam and Irene found a humble little second story space, and began turning it into an oasis where all are welcome.
Bodhi Boulder is a non-profit & donation based yoga studio in North Boulder, Colorado. Bodhi’s mission is to make yoga classes accessible to all while giving back to India- the place we borrow yoga from. Bodhi has given more than $3,000 to Universal Life Line and Tom and Jerry Nursery School. Universal Life Line educates parents in Bangalore on the importance of keeping their children in school, and Tom and Jerry Nursery School works with children with disabilities and special needs whose parents need help.
Bodhi also offers many partial scholarships for our teacher trainings to people that don’t have accumulated wealth or come from marginalized communities. In 2019 Bodhi gave more than $12,000 worth of scholarships to students, including students from India, Mexico, Jamaica, and Guyana. Our classes are “pay what you can” and we work with teachers that believe in our mission.
We need help in order to keep our studio open long enough to spread the word about we are doing. We use our privilege in running Yoga Teacher Trainings to educate future yoga teachers on subjects that are extremely important to us such as religion, politics, body inclusivity, gender, racism, sexism, cultural appropriation, and colonization and how these things are relevant to becoming a yoga teacher/ human in today’s society.
We need:
***we have an anonymous donor that will match all donations up to $10,000- please help us get there!!!
$12,000 for studio expenses:
-Subsidizing donation based yoga for our community.
- A portion of our rent
-Paying out teachers when donations are low
-Other expenses (wifi, electricity, Mind Body fees, insurance, advertising)
$7,000 for Yoga Teacher Training Scholarships:
-Two $2,500 scholarships for students from poorer economies
-Two $1,000 scholarships for domestic students that fall into categories of need, such as: single parents, marginalized in a way that impacts income, Indian Americans (as to not be selling culture back to those in which it has been taken.)
$4,000 for Universal Life Line & Tom and Jerry Nursery in India:
-Tom & Jerry nursery cares for children with special needs in Bangalore, India. This money goes towards building schools and sending children to school in India
-Universal Life Line empowers women and children by means of education. Universal Life Line Trust funds their education and holds classes for the mothers and parents to understand why its important to keep your children in school.
$1,500 to support our donations to non-profits such as:
-ACLU
-Planned Parenthood
-The Nature Conservatory
-NAACP Boulder Chapter
-Other specific donations. Such as: CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
$2,500 to start a Yoga Sexual Misconduct Resource Center:
A website that acts as a resource for students and teachers to help fight against sexual misconduct within the yoga asana space.
-Fund a website
Bodhi has been closed since mid-March. We are unsure when we will be able to reopen or if we will have to postpone future programs. Currently, we have no income to maintain the studio other than donations. You can support us by donating online, to help us continue to pay our rent and bills, along will sustain our monthly donations to our sister non-profits and other programs we support. You can also buy a monthly membership here , that will start when the studio reopens.
Sam Vetrano and Irene Pappas dreamed about creating a non-profit together for years. Finally, all of the pieces came together to allow their dream to become a reality. Sam and Irene found a humble little second story space, and began turning it into an oasis where all are welcome.
Bodhi Boulder is a non-profit & donation based yoga studio in North Boulder, Colorado. Bodhi’s mission is to make yoga classes accessible to all while giving back to India- the place we borrow yoga from. Bodhi has given more than $3,000 to Universal Life Line and Tom and Jerry Nursery School. Universal Life Line educates parents in Bangalore on the importance of keeping their children in school, and Tom and Jerry Nursery School works with children with disabilities and special needs whose parents need help.
Bodhi also offers many partial scholarships for our teacher trainings to people that don’t have accumulated wealth or come from marginalized communities. In 2019 Bodhi gave more than $12,000 worth of scholarships to students, including students from India, Mexico, Jamaica, and Guyana. Our classes are “pay what you can” and we work with teachers that believe in our mission.
We need help in order to keep our studio open long enough to spread the word about we are doing. We use our privilege in running Yoga Teacher Trainings to educate future yoga teachers on subjects that are extremely important to us such as religion, politics, body inclusivity, gender, racism, sexism, cultural appropriation, and colonization and how these things are relevant to becoming a yoga teacher/ human in today’s society.
We need:
***we have an anonymous donor that will match all donations up to $10,000- please help us get there!!!
$12,000 for studio expenses:
-Subsidizing donation based yoga for our community.
- A portion of our rent
-Paying out teachers when donations are low
-Other expenses (wifi, electricity, Mind Body fees, insurance, advertising)
$7,000 for Yoga Teacher Training Scholarships:
-Two $2,500 scholarships for students from poorer economies
-Two $1,000 scholarships for domestic students that fall into categories of need, such as: single parents, marginalized in a way that impacts income, Indian Americans (as to not be selling culture back to those in which it has been taken.)
$4,000 for Universal Life Line & Tom and Jerry Nursery in India:
-Tom & Jerry nursery cares for children with special needs in Bangalore, India. This money goes towards building schools and sending children to school in India
-Universal Life Line empowers women and children by means of education. Universal Life Line Trust funds their education and holds classes for the mothers and parents to understand why its important to keep your children in school.
$1,500 to support our donations to non-profits such as:
-ACLU
-Planned Parenthood
-The Nature Conservatory
-NAACP Boulder Chapter
-Other specific donations. Such as: CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
$2,500 to start a Yoga Sexual Misconduct Resource Center:
A website that acts as a resource for students and teachers to help fight against sexual misconduct within the yoga asana space.
-Fund a website
Organizer
Samantha Vetrano
Organizer
