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Our intention from the opening of Simple Abundance Yoga was to reach out within
our community not only through offering classes and workshops at our studio,
but also by donating time, service, and money toward area charities and groups
in need. This outreach also includes presenting the health benefits to
interested support groups as well as schools, churches, and corporate
environments.
We have also been blessed to sponsor numerous charities since SAY's opening in
2006 and we are truly thankful for such generous students. Some of these
charities are listed below so that you can see how you have helped and so that
we may continue to bring attention to them through the included web links.
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June 2010:
Summer Solstice Yoga at Winged Deer Park
on Boone Lake, Johnson City, Tennesseee
On Saturday, June 19th, Wendy presented a free Summer Solstice Yoga practice at
Winged Deer Park. Wendy's playlist was awesome and the evening perfect.
A half-moon hanging in the sky and the sunset over the lake.
At the closing of the practice, in Savasana, Wendy read a beautiful reading while the
stars began to emerge from the sky.
Waves gently breaking against the shoreline while the big dipper hung directly above us!
As one yogi stated "Beautiful!"
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Tyler Ramey shared the following on his blog:
"I can’t think of a better way to ring in the summer than a free Summer Solstice yoga session in the park!
My favooooorite instructor, and all around awesome human,
Wendy led a free session under the stars!
It was beyond fantastic."
Visit Tyler's blog:
Healthy & Fun!
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June 2010:
Black Light Yoga for Eight-to-the-8s
Visit their Facebook page:
Eight-to-the-8s
And their blog.
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Eight-to-the-8s Meet their Weekly Challenge
On June 12th, Wendy hosted a free Black Light Yoga class to 30 inspiring team members
and mentors for the Kingsport Eight-to-the-8s team at Simple Abundance Yoga.
We would like to thank Tyler Ramey for coordinating this event with Wendy and for
his genuine enthusiasm. Tyler later shared with Wendy that the team voted this event as
their favorite challenge to date.
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May/June 2010: American Cancer Society ~ Relay for Life
Simple Abundance Yoga signed up as a team again this year for the American
Cancer Society Relay for Life. Although unable to attend the Relay for Life
walking event in June, our studio and its students were able to raise a total
of $778 for the American Cancer Society.
This included: $799 in online donations, $163 in monetary donations, $40 in
luminaries, and $225 in sales of the Relay for Life T-Shirts. We would like to
thank the generosity and support of our students for this worthwhile cause.
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May 2010: Simple Abundance Yoga supports
Amercan Red Cross in the Nashville Flood Relief effort.
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SAY and its students supported the relief effort for the Nashville
flood disaster by donating 100% of the proceeds for it's two Saturday classes
on May 8th. This included the Saturday Morning Flow class and the special
Afternoon Kickin' Core class. We wish to thank our students for helping to
raise $112.62 towards this important cause.
Our "Thank you!" to our students for their support!
Support: Middle Tennessee Red Cross Chapters.
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April 2010: Simple Abundance Yoga sponsors
Defending the Mountains Benefit Concert
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Support:
United
Mountain Defense Fund.
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SAY supported this event as organized by Audra McCurry to help raise
public awareness of mountain top removal with proceeds benefiting the
United Mountain Defense Fund. The event was hosted at Acoustic Coffee House in Johnson City, Tennessee and was
supported by numerous performing artists.
SAY donated to the silent auction and also provided hundreds
of passes for free yoga for each person attending the event.
Our special thanks to Audra McCurry for the outstanding job she did in
oranizing this event for this worthwhile cause.
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January 2010 :
Yoga Day
USA
In supporting our mission of Sharing the Health Benefits of Yoga with
our Community, Simple Abundance Yoga offered a FREE Flow Into Yoga Beginners
Workshop on Saturday, January 23rd from 2 to 3 PM.
For those who are new to Yoga or just wish to open and expand your existing
practice. This was a donation only workshop with 100% of the proceeds donated
to
Doctors Without Borders for the Haiti Earthquake Relief effort.
Yoga Day USA
is a Yoga
Alliance sanctioned event.
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January 2010:
Haiti Relief ~ Doctors Without Borders
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100% Proceeds from 3 Special Classes
Immediately following the Haiti Earthquake Disaster in early January of
2010, Simple Abundance Yoga added three special classes with the intention of
raising funds to support the efforts of Doctors Without Borders. 100% of the
proceeds from Friday night’s Black Light Yoga class, Saturday
afternoon’s Kickin’ Core class and Monday’s Peace thru Yoga raised
$500 and donated to Doctors Without Borders.
As always, we are overwhelmed by the support of our wonderful students at SAY!
Visit and support
Doctors Without Borders
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November 2009:
Our Generous Students Support IHN & Homeless Families
 During the month of October, we posted
a list at our studio of items that the
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Johnson City indicated as the
most needed items by homeless families hosted by our local churches.
We originally placed a medium sized basket in front of Seva Bear for collecting
these donations. Within a few short days we werre overwhelmed by the generosity
of our students and it was necessary to replace the basket with a much larger
one. Before long, even that basket overflowed. By the end of the month over 60
pounds of needed items had been collected.
November 3rd, Wendy and I delivered the basket and extra bags of gifts to the
local office of the
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Johnson City. They seemed
quite surprised and sincerely appreciative that our humble studio had collected
so many needed items. We greatly appreciate the overwhelming generosity of our
amazing students who support us and our community.
Thank you!
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October 2009:
SAY Introduces Seva Bear
A special thank you to Lynn Broyles for the donation of Seva Bear!
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Interfaith Hospitality Network
A Community Response for Homeless Families
 Simple
Abundance Yoga sponsors the
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Johnson City through the
introduction of Seva Bear. Seva Yoga is the act of service to the community and
is essential to our outreach within the community.
Beginning in October, Simple Abundance Yoga will start collecting items for the
Interfaith Hospitality Network. The local chapter has provided us with a list of
the
Most Needed Items for the Month of November, 2009.
Seva Bear holds a basket at our studio for donations. Once a month, we will
escort Seva Bear and the basket to the IHN home office or to one of the
host churches, so the families can meet me and give Seva Bear hugs. We will
periodically post updates and photos of Seva Bear's visits.
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September 2009: National Yoga Month
Simple Abundance Yoga sponsors
Yoga Month 2009 by hosting events throughout September at our studio in
Boones Creek.
In supporting our mission of Sharing the Health Benefits of Yoga with
our Community, Simple Abundance Yoga provided FREE Yoga all Day Saturday, September 19th
(with classes from 9am to 9pm).
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September 2009: Johnson City Schools
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B E S T ! C a r d
Simple Abundance Yoga sponsors the BEST! Card with a special offer for
First Class Free and 10% Off the standard drop-in rate when presenting the Best
Card (valid with each visit until the card expires).
The Johnson City Schools campaign for selling the card begins September 11th
and ends the 25th. BEST! Cards can be purchased from students attending Johnson
City Public Schools and at Columbus Powell Center, 100 East Maple Street. Cards
will sell for $5 and feature discounts and special offers from 36 local
businesses.
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June, 2009 :
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June 12th: Simple Abundance Yoga signed up as a team for the American
Cancer Society Relay for Life for Washington County. This was an amazing
experience and we appreciated the support of our students and so many people.
In just over a week we were able to double our goal through the generous
support of so many amazing people. Visit the
event details and photos.
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September 2009: Yoga at Piney Flat United Methodist Church
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THANK YOU!
Our heartfelt gratitude for the wonderful people at Piney Flat United
Methodist Church for sharing thier beautiful fellowship hall with us over this
past year. Also a special thank you to Karen Wade, DVM, of
Appalachain Animal Hospital, and the Piney Flats Volunteer Fire
Department for their sponsorship of the sign at the primary intersection of
Piney Flats!
[ more info ]
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June 18th:
A generous invitation was extended by the Tennessee Department of Environment
& Conservation (
TDEC ) Johnson City
Environmental Field Office to Simple Abundance Yoga in presenting an
Introduction to Yoga for Stress Management class. This was part of their
employee appreciation day and more than a dozen employees attended. We would
like to thank the welcoming staff and wonderful space that was provided for
this presentation. A special thank you to Carolyn Doyle who coordinated the
arrangements with management.
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Tennessee Department of
Environment & Conservation
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Dana & Susan at
Music on the Square
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June 19th: MEET THE ARTISTS
Dana & Susan Robinson
Simple Abundance Yoga sponsored a
Meet the Artist event at thier studio location in
Boones Creek to share the opportunity to meet Dana and Susan prior to thier
concert at Music on the Square in Jonesborough. We consider Dana and Susan good
friends who live over the mountain in North Carolina and have amazing music to
share. We encourage you to listen.
Visit them at www.robinsongs.com
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In the fall of 2008, Wendy was invited to teach classes at Piney Flats United Methodist Church in Piney Flats,
Tennessee. The pastor and the wonderful people at PFUMC made Wendy and I
feel incredibly welcome. As a gesture of appreciation for being able to share
yoga in this beautiful space, 10% of the proceeds of yoga classes at PFUMC are
donated to the church. Classes at PFUMC continue to date. [
more info ]
By
request of numerous students who asked for a yoga practice that they could
carry with them on vacation, business trips, etc., Wendy and I collaborated on
a 1-hour yoga CD practice which we released in early 2009. The CD is named
Simple Flow Yoga. We were so impressed with the commitment and
difference that PFUMC was making to local families in need that we decided to
donate 10% of the proceeds from our CD to the local chapter of the
Interfaith Hospitality Network.
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October, 2007 thru March, 2008 :
We saw a program featuring
The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee... We thought "What
a perfect charity to sponsor!". 100% of the proceeds from one Saturday
Community Flow class per month were donated to the Elephant Sanctuary.
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November, 2007 : We would like to thank everyone for their generous
support of the
Yoga for Food project that Simple Abundance Yoga and its students
sponsored during the month of November. New students were offered a free class
in exchange for food donations. In addition to the 79 pounds of food that we
carried to the
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee, donated proceeds from
classes and direct contributions from students totalled $150. They were very
appreciative of the food and monetary contributions!
Note: We are in the process of updating the web site with events sponsored over
the past few months.
Through the generous support of our students we have been able to sponsor the
adoption of dozens of dogs and cats at the local animal shelter. Please visit
the JC/Washington County Animal Shelter and adopt a dog or
cat in need of a caring home!
April, 2007 : Northeast Tennessee Parkinson’s Support Group
During the month of April, we donated 100% of the proceeds from our April 16th Meditation
Class and our April 21st Community Flow classes. Also, any cash
donations from our donation vase were contributed as well.
We would like to thank Judy Hensley for the information display that she
brought to our studio for all of us to learn more about Parkinson's. It has
been our privilege to provide programs and classes for this inspiring group of
people over the past year.
March, 2007 : Anna’s Closet
Anna's Closet was started in 2000 after the sudden death of Anna Love, a very
special young girl. In her memory, counselors at Indian Trail Middle School
decided to open Anna’s Closet to provide new and nearly new clothing to
students who were unable to purchase stylish clothing and shoes.
Throughout the month, SAY students generously brought in bags, bags, and more
bags of clothes. Also, 100% of the proceeds from our four Beginner Meditation
classes were donated to Anna’s Closet -- allowing them to purchase additional
items that children may need. This raised an additional $105.
American Friends Service Committee
On March 19th we held a special Peace Meditation. This was a donation based
class which raised $30 for the American Friends Service Committee. AFSC's work
is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person and faith in the
power of love to overcome violence and injustice.
February, 2007 : Abel Tyson
An SAY student brought the need of the Tyson Family to our attention and asked
for our help. Abel is an 18-Month old suffering from Stage 3 Neuroblastoma.
100% of the proceeds from our Super Bowl Yoga (Sunday, February 4th) and our
Community Flow Yoga (February 10th) were donated to this family, along with the
cash donations from our donation vase.
January, 2007 : JC/Washington County Animal Shelter
Thanks to monetary donations, as well as the support of several classes during
the month of February that we contributed 100% of the proceeds. We were not
only able to cover Fletch's heartworm treatment of $400, we were also able to
sponsor the adoption of 8 more animals at the shelter ($150). Additionally, we
carried two loads of several hundred pounds of supplies and food to the
shelter.
About Fletch
December, 2006 : Our amazing students, teachers, and the community.
2006 has been an amazing year for Wendy and I. We opened Simple Abundance Yoga
only five months ago and ended the year with over 200 amazing students. We have
found our students and teachers to be some of the most generous people --
freely supporting our sponsered charities each month.
With this in mind, our December focus was our gratefulness for our students,
teachers, and the community! Therefore, throughout the month there were special
treats. By far, the clear winner appeared to be the hot chocolate!
We cannot begin to express our appreciation for your support of SAY and our
mission for the community -- Thank You!
November, 2006 :
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee.
We were overwhelmed by two large boxes that over-filled with the abundance of
non-perishable foods brought by our students and instructors during the month
of November. 100% of the proceeds from the November 10th Blacklight Teen Yoga
and November 25th Community Flow Yoga classes, and cash donations were
contributed as well.
Simple Abundance Yoga is a proud sponsor of the 2006 Yoga for Food project.
October, 2006 :
Safe Passage Women's Shelter
100% of the proceeds from our October 14th Community Flow class and October
20th Freedom Yoga class, and cash donations were contributed as well.
August-September, 2006 :
Boys-to-Men/Children of Promise
All donatations, plus 100% of the proceeds from Freedom Yoga, Yoga for Peace
for the month of September and Community Flow classes on August 26th and
September 9th.
Update: We were delighted to hear from Lisa Tipton of the Children of Promise
program that the donated funds allowed children to attend programs at Trinity Arts Center of Johnson City,
Tennessee.
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