Why Support Jai Bhakti Yoga Foundation?
We hope that you benefitted from our free-of-charge programs and services, for which a group of expert yoga teachers, ayurvedic clinicians, practitioners, consultants, and holistic wellness leaders volunteered their time and creative effort to support you so you can live your best healthy life. Continued electronic implementation, programming, and education require considerable expense to sustain online at little to no cost for you and the community.
Will you Please consider giving to JBYF in acknowledgment of this professional contribution?
Thank you very much and live well.
Thank you for your tax-deductible charitable donation.
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What are the funds going towards?
Provide Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training program to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) students in financial need through V.I.B.R.A.N.T
Obtain and upgrade our technology platforms for enhanced education, data collection, and Wellness research
Expand our professional resources to conduct case studies supporting the integrity of Ayurveda and Yoga as a preventive care solution
Translate our continuing education offerings to multi-language-speaking communities
Partner with medical professionals to integrate yoga and Ayurveda for the prevention and management of Diabetes, Cardiovascular, and chronic illness
Past fundraising events have positively impacted JBYF through:
Growing our nonprofit, to grow healthy relationships with aligned organizations creating yoga programs for seniors, youth, special needs, and bilingual communities.
What does JBYF aim to accomplish by 2025?
* Hosting monthly health and wellness seminars/events for our Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), underrepresented, and special needs communities by providing them with wellness classes and courses, health education, and support resources through V.I.B.R.A.N.T
* Providing weekly yoga, Ayurveda, meditation classes, and workshops at centralized locations and collaborative businesses accessible to our minority, low-income, disadvantaged, special needs, and differently-abled communities.
* FREE classes weekly for first responders, veterans, disabled, elderly, and their families and/or caregivers.
* Increase grant awards for qualifying students for our Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training Program registered with Yoga Alliance.
* Employ our graduates to lead classes and provide business mentorship and start-up guidance.
* Release 300 and 500hr Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training Programs registered with Yoga Alliance.
* Award students the opportunity to travel abroad and learn the culture, customs, and history of yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, and wellness practices from their origins.
* Provide tools to students and facilities such as blankets, bolsters, mats, straps, and various yoga props to kickstart wellness programs.
JBYF Accomplishments Through Your Contributions
Created the V.I.B.R.A.N.T program for women and children impacted by gun and domestic violence
Pioneered Day of Yoga and Wellness Festival in New Orleans, LA 2017-2019
Led multiple cultural, spiritual, and holistic Ayurvedic Yoga retreat immersions globally
Offer both in-person and online, asynchronous 200-hour Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher Training and Aqua Yoga Training
Voted Healthy Hero for April 2018 for New Orleans by Natural Awakenings Magazine and FitNola.
Featured as a New Orleans Changemaker in St.Charles Avenue Magazine in the October 2022 issue
Partnered with local nonprofits such as FitNola, NOBA, NORDC, Magnolia Community Center for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Lighthouse for the Blind, Lambeth House, Covenant House, Mercy Endeavors, Jefferson Parish Recreation and Parks, to offer yoga programs to our diversified and special needs communities.
Featured in Gambit Magazine, Natural Awakenings Magazine, Nola Vie Magazine, NOBA program, WSDU 6 pm News, and WWOZ as a Drumroll sponsor during JazzFest (2022)
From 2015 - to the present we have and are continuing to impact over 5,057 young adults, 1,624 veterans/ active duty service members, 2,467 special needs and disabled students, 723+ Seniors, 2,900 beginner students, pioneered 3 large and community-driven well-attended yoga classes for New Orleans to include Bilingual (Spanish /English), Aqua Yoga, Chair Yoga.
Donated $1097 to WWOZ supporting the local musicians and radio station
Gifted over 350 yoga mats in partnership with Give Back Yoga Foundation
Gifted over 4 grants for Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga retreat experiences.
How does Yoga, Ayurveda Health Consulting, and Meditation programing Impacts Society as a Whole and Reduce Costs
Healthcare costs are increasing daily. Many underserved and under-represented communities are unable to afford healthcare and rely on “self-medicating.”
This approach has led to an increase in addiction, depression, and suicide in minority, low-income, and impoverished populations. Jai Bhakti Yoga Foundation is able to offer prevention and treatment solutions resulting in a reduction of the burden placed on the public healthcare systems.
Integrating holistic preventative care and educational program services such as yoga, meditation, and Ayurvedic wellness in partnership with organizations serving these individuals instills discipline, a sense of accomplishment, and accountability resulting from healthy organized activities. Studies have shown a considerable reduction in addiction to illicit drugs and substance abuse, depression, and suicide.
Saving anywhere from $11billion to $300billion a year in substance abuse including tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, and prescription drugs.
Positive increases in mental, emotional, and physical health while reducing healthcare costs for seniors, elderly, young adults, and youths for “treatment” and prevention of addiction to illicit drugs and substance abuse, depression, and suicide. Healthcare costs are reduced by “$2,360 annually.”
Quality programming such as Chair, Aqua, Gentle, and Restorative Yoga and fitness classes, TM (Transcendental Meditation), Ayurveda Health Consultations, and courses in senior centers, community centers, libraries, and medical centers. These classes are free to all with grant provisions.
Why should yoga be part of the international healthcare system?
Yoga and meditation offer health care savings—and you can do them at home
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Corporations are spending over $13,758 per employee as of 2020 on “sick days” and Paid Time Off (PTO) for “mental health days.” This results in low productivity and costly healthcare burdens, only to have these employees resign costing nearly $1.8 trillion dollars every year in onboarding in the U.S and it costs 6 to 9 months’ salary on average. For a manager making $60,000 a year, that's $30,000 to $45,000 in recruiting and training expenses. (Smith, G.2021)
By establishing and integrating Yoga and Ayurvedic wellness workshops, classes, mental health, and well-being services, as part of corporate benefits packages, organizations will save over $30,000 a year on Health care benefits payouts.
Employers' total annual health care costs per active employee in the U.S. from 2015 to 2020
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