Seva Programs
Strong movements expand to lend a helping hand.
In sanskrit, Seva means service. A prominent part in the Yogic path is selfless service. Ancient yogis knew very well that the journey home to Oneness requires acts of service to others. This is the physical implication of alignment to that knowing of union. We must do all that we can to help our communities and beyond, as our existence on this planet is inextricably interwoven.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Monthly we organize groups of yogis for volunteer work in Mexico, within local hospice programs, and more around San Diego. Check out our current volunteer programs and join us!
Sharda Yoga Center:We are seeking a group of volunteers for a minimum of a 3 month commitment. We are beginning to work with kids in the local communities that desire activities that can stimulate their imagination and creativity and are seeking to arrange groups of volunteer with similar talents.
If you are interested and would like to learn more, please fill out our volunteer application HERE.
SEVA SUPPORT
reUnify Yoga’s Seva Support is a fund allocated to provide sliding scale options for those who can’t afford a Yoga Teacher Training. We open up this option to all, but prioritize submissions from the BIPOC (Black.Indigenous.Person of Color) community. Based on number of applicants, it can be a 30-60% discount through grant money funded by a match between the studio and the community. We commit to offering 3 grants for our 200hr YTT program.
We raise money for these sliding scale options through raffles at monthly events, fundraisers, donations, and from the studio ourselves. We believe that the sacred teachings of this path should not only be accessible to everyone, but that there is diversity within the teachers who pass them on.
Interested in making a donation to help support our program? Email us - hello@reunifyyoga.com
SEVA MEMBERSHIP
Starting April 1st 2019, we introduced the Seva Membership program. Members can choose to add on a donation of $3 to their studio membership. Our team collects these donations each financial quarter and donates them to a local or nonlocal non-profit. A few of them are listed below- Check out the amazing things they do for our people and this planet.
Partner Organizations
WHO WE SUPPORT
First Nations Development Institute
FNDI’s mission is to uplift and sustain the lifeways and economies of Native communities through advocacy, financial support, and knowledge sharing.They envision a world in which Tribal Sovereignty is upheld, and Native ingenuity and knowledge are honored and respected.
Queer San Diego
Creating community for LGBTQ+ humans in SD
Native Like Water
Native Like Water (NLW) prepares and reintegrates teens and adults into ocean recreation, conservation, wellness, and inter-generational cultural self exploration. Program focuses on an indigenous sacred relationship to water. NLW works in a directional shift, going from just surviving to thriving. NLW creates scholarship and support for an endangered Native American population in California and internationally.
Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI)
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of black transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.
"We intend to reclaim Marsha P. Johnson and our relationship as BLACK trans people to her life and legacy. It is in our reclaiming of Marsha that we give ourselves permission to reclaim autonomy to our minds, to our bodies, and to our futures. We were founded both as a response to the murders of BLACK trans women and women of color and how that is connected to our exclusion from social justice issues, namely racial, gender, and reproductive justice, as well as gun violence."
BORDER ANGELS
“We are a non-profit organization that is dependent on volunteers. We advocate for human rights, humane immigration reform, and social justice. This work is done in an attempt to reduce the number of fatalities along the US-Mexico border by educating and assisting the communities on both sides of the border. Services include free immigration and employee rights consultation, educational programs, water drops in the desert, day labor outreach, and Caravans of Love to Tijuana to support and aid migrants that are in need.”
THABARWA MEDITATION CENTER
“Thabarwa Center is a non-profit humanitarian organization that serves a sanctuary for persons from all regions of Myanmar who seek refuge for care and attention and desire to practice meditation.
The center provides food, lodging and teaching for more than 2,400 yogis (as of February 2014) including aged persons, sick, infirm, blind, deaf, disabled, mental cases, homeless and helpless. Sanctuary is provided without discrimination or restriction as to number, time, age, health condition, nationality, social status, religion, etc."
Transfamily Support Services 501(c)3 non-profit
TFSS provides no-fee family engagement services to help educate and provide resources for families and transgender youth. They specialize in workforce training to ensure gender competency and understanding. They also provide youth and adult support groups on line and in communities.
SHARDA YOGA CENTER
Sharda Yoga Center is a Non-Profit Organization, located in Tijuana, that is dedicated to enriching and developing the lives of underprivileged children through art and yoga.
Sharda organizes weekly volunteer trips down to its center located on La Playas Tijuana. Different orphanages are invited to the center for movement-based therapy. The kids absolutely love the place. They light up upon arrival. All donations and volunteers are welcome.
San Diego LGBT Center
Advancing equity for our diverse LGBTQ+ community through culturally responsive advocacy, education, programs, & services.
Aid to Lahaina Families affected by the wildfire
Gofundme organized by Slater Trout to raise money to give to families who had lost their homes. These donations were sent to help them find temporary housing and also to rebuild their homes.
Yoga Gives Back
Yoga Gives Back (YGB) is a grass roots nonprofit organization supporting 2400 impoverished mothers and children in India with micro-loans and education funds.
Indigenous Regeneration
As a studio, we recognize that this country that we call ‘the land of the free’ is appropriated land from the indigenous of the Americas. For July 4th, we chose to give back to the original inhabitants of this country.
About Indigenous Re-Generation:
“Our programming is focused on; traditional and contemporary food cultivation, environmental awareness and re-connection to the land, traditional plant education and integration, Indigenous primitive survival skills, healthy self expression through music, art and cultural activities, regenerative agriculture concepts and sustainable building techniques for future economic growth on San Diego reservations. All of our programming is designed from an Indigenous view, overseen by elders on our board and is aligned with holistic practices for modern benefits.”
San Diego Black LGBTQ Coalition
The San Diego Black LGBTQ Coalition is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The San Diego Black LGBTQ Coalition strives to be a haven for OUR community. As your central hub for LGBTQ Black life, our primary focus is connecting you to resources, events, and outlets that support and enrich your life, and providing opportunities to strengthen the community in which we live.
In order to benefit Black LGBTQ individuals and families, the "Coalition" organizes unique events aligned with our vision of becoming a "strong, sustained and connected" community. Our flagship Annual Conference is a vibrant gathering of Black, Queer culture. Distinctively themed each year, the conference is both a reflection and a celebration of our lives, challenges, and transformation. Our social mixers and events create space for the community to gather, connect, and exist in space together, while our community outreach events allows us to engage with the larger San Diego community.
GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY PROJECT
“Groundswell Community Project is a non-profit organization that offers surf therapy for self identifying women overcoming various forms of trauma and it’s effects. With their home roots in San Diego, California and branches that extend across the globe, we are a transformational community of surf-sisters who provide intersectional, brave, and safe spaces for all self-identifying women to find their unique healing, community, and power in the waves of Mother Ocean.”
WATER4LIFE GLOBAL
“Water4Life Global is a nonprofit based in San Diego, devoted to finding solutions for our current global water crisis. Clean water is a basic human right, and we aim to bring the community together to help provide for those who don’t have access to clean water. How we accomplish this mission is through these simple steps:
Raise funds to purchase water filter technology.
Deliver filters through our Travel With a Purpose Program and our partners.
Educate villagers and travelers on the importance of clean water and sanitation, as well as how to properly use the filter technology.”
SWASTH ALLIANCE
India, in the middle of the second wave of COVID-19, needs to rapidly augment oxygen supply to hospitals. In order to save as many lives as possible, ACT (a not-for-profit movement created by the VC and start-up community in India), Swasth Alliance (a not-for-profit alliance of over 150+ healthcare organisations) and Feeding India (a not-for-profit run by Zomato) are working towards the goal of sourcing and distributing 50,000 oxygen concentrators.
Black Love Resists in the Rust
BLRR focuses on abolishing policing and supporting those harmed by policing practices in the city of Buffalo, NY.
"BLRR is a member-led, abolitionist organization of Black folk and POC that believes - through leadership development, a shared politic, and community organizing - we will build safe and flourishing communities that resist the ills of white supremacist, cis-heteropatriarchal, capitalism; including policing.
We believe that through grassroots organizing with and of directly impacted and marginalized people, we build the power to achieve our goals of co-creating a Buffalo where all communities are sustainable and thriving."