MISSION
Aura Yoga is a yoga, health and wellness [501c3] nonprofit organization. We inspire individuals to live empowered, creative and vibrant lives. The physical and emotional benefits of yoga are profoundly healing and life affirming.
ACTIVITIES
Aura Yoga is responding to the unanticipated COVID19 pandemic and urgent challenges facing our communities in Northern California. Tragedies in life have the potential to positively inspire evolution — willpower, strength, resilience and wisdom are possible outcomes. The objective of an evolved life is actualizing one’s full potential by seeing beyond perceived limitations. Aura Yoga will host — yoga and the healing mind; yoga and inversions विलोमविधि; Patanjali’s Eightfold Path Philosophy; yoga and RISE JUSTICE LABS/ California Criminal Justice Reform; yoga and women’s economic empowerment; yoga and advocacy for victims of SA and Human Trafficking; yoga and cultural enrichment services to transgender and gender-nonconforming communities; yoga and mental health awareness; yoga and public art enrichment.
AYC has worked with the City of San Francisco. Aura Yoga plans to partner with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Justice: Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the U.S. Department yof Justice The Office of Violence Against Women and the United Nations Women to increase knowledge and awareness of gender inequality and violence and will uphold global norms and standards.
EXPLORING THE INTERSECTIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNITY
At Aura Yoga, our team is examining the connectedness of health and wellness in our communities; aligning members with the right care and resources. Our goal is to provide an app, which will shine light on the various dimensions of health and wellness, healing innovations while elevating human stories. We will explore how Aura Yoga will solve future challenges together by providing a strong and supportive community network… Our next goal is to secure funding for the Aura Yoga Resort in Sonoma Napa, we have a phenomenal Lead Architect on our Board of Directors.
A LETTER FROM AURA YOGA'S FOUNDER
Yoga is a powerful and ancient practice that inspires greater self-realization, confidence and strength. As the body flows from one asana to the next refreshed energy heightens the individual's sense of awareness.
For 12 months I sought treatment at the University of California, San Francisco Trauma Recovery Center. During this time I was also working on my Master's degree in the School of Advertising at the Academy of Art University. The California Victim Compensation Program (CalVCP) supported me because I am a survivor of a violent crime. When I practiced yoga I started to feel a profound reconnection of my mind, body and soul that my traumatic experiences unraveled. I begin to gain an awareness of my feelings, motivations, and values which have previously been unconscious. As we acquire full appreciation for the nature and quality of our own feelings, we find that the positive feelings (love, compassion, etc.) are satisfying, meaningful and wholesome experiences in and of themselves.
Spring of 2018, I attended the EVAWI training conference and felt profoundly inspired by the directors of this organization because of what I experienced in San Francisco after reporting my case to the SFPD. Rape, sexual assault and violence against women are severe human rights violations, yet they remain widespread around the globe. The EVAWI mission is powerful, "We envision a world where gender- based violence is unacceptable, where perpetrators are held accountable, and victims receive the compassion, support, and justice they deserve."
Thank you! Whitney Greer Peterson
Zuda Yoga Power Vinyasa Teacher Training Certificate 200-hrs; Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training Certificate 300-hours; International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Teacher Certificate 200-hrs
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Stanford University; M.F.A., Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA; B.A., University of California, Davis
Info
whitney@aurayogaca.org/
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