Community Yoga Class Photos
At Lotus Yoga Studio we believe that yoga and it’s stress relieving benefits should be available to everyone who want to try it.
However, we recognize that not everyone has access to practice in the yoga studio. Through our give back projects, or Seva in Sanskrit, we hope to break down barriers to yoga and meditation practice by donating mats, offering free classes and teaching in communities that otherwise wouldn’t have access to yoga.
We want to make yoga and meditation available and accessible to everyone because we all need a little stress relief!
How we give back:
Lotus Community Yoga Project - Free yoga classes outside all summer long!
In June 2017 Lauren Farenga, owner of Lotus Yoga Studio, Founded the Lotus Community Yoga Project (formerly called the Free Yoga Project) to promote health and wellness in her hometown of Medford, MA. Since then the Lotus Community Yoga Project has grown into an annual program offering yoga in the park to whomever wants to try it.
Seva Scholarship for YTT - scholarship for students who show promise in teacher training but need financial assistance to take the training
Special Fundraiser Classes - raising funds and awareness for local and global causes. In 2022 we focused on raising funds for Arlington Eats Food Pantry through weekly community classes.
Re-Yoga donation program - funding for mats and props can be a barrier to practice so we donate gently used mats and props to communities we teach in who can’t afford the cost of equipment.
Since the beginning of the pandemic we have donated over 200 yoga blocks, 50 yoga straps and more than 150 yoga mats to individuals and organizations in our surrounding area who needed supplies to practice yoga.