Yoga Outreach Columbus

Thank you for purchasing tickets!

2012-03-01T00:46:00.000-05:00

Our charity yoga classes are one month from today. We are happy to see Yoga Outreach Columbus tickets being purchased by people from across the state, from Pataskala to Parma! With a line up like this, you won't want to miss it. Helping others never felt so good.

Hoop Yoga demo before AM vinyasa class.

2012-02-29T23:52:00.000-05:00

Our charity yoga gathering is in less than five weeks. We'd like to give you an extra incentive to come early to the vinyasa 10 am morning class. The talented Lindsay Nova will present a hoop yoga demo at 9:30.

Tickets on Sale Now!

2012-02-21T00:24:00.005-05:00

Tickets available at these supporting local yoga studios:
Breathing Space Yoga
Balanced Yoga
Village Yoga
Center For Wholeness
Click here for safe online ticket purchase: http://yogaoutreach.thewolfenet.com/paypal.asp

Email us to be a Yoga Outreach backer or volunteer: YogaOutreach@hotmail.com

A second video for Yoga Outreach 2012

2012-02-21T00:21:00.001-05:00

We're less than six weeks away from our charitable yoga gathering. Thank you, Gina Eckel-Davenport for reminding us of some good reasons to unite as a community to practice yoga.

Announcing Yoga Outreach Teachers for 2012

2012-02-15T01:04:00.014-05:00

Yoga Outreach Columbus
April 1, 2012 Feel a sense of community with hundreds of other yogis at one or both charitable yoga classes; each two hours in length. Join us for a strong vinyasa flow at 10 a.m. and/or a mild Hatha yoga class at 2 p.m. Let us celebrate the yoga of charity as we benefit "Off the Mat and into the World" and also locally Mid-Ohio Foodbank and People in Need of Delaware County.
Practice yoga with Loretta Zedella, founder of Yoga Outreach Columbus and these respected Central Ohio yoga instructors.

Vinyasa class morning teachers include (from left to right) Linda Chun, Laurel Hodory, Sally Roberts, Abby Dorn, Julia McSheffery, and Kelli Joyce

Gentle Hatha class afternoon teachers:Victoria McMahon, Gina Davenport, Janice George, Kit Spahr, Connie Phillips, and Marcia Miller

Sunday, April 1, 2012

10 to 12 noon and/or 2 to 4p.m.
Benes Rooms in the Hamilton
Williams Campus Center
Ohio Wesleyan University

Pre-event donation:

$25, $20 students per class
or $45/$35 for both classes
After March 17 ticket prices go up $5 each

Doors at 9:15 Featuring Lindsay Nova Hoop Yoga demo at 9:30
Afternoon doors open at 1:15 live music at 1:30

We've kept ticket prices very low to ensure that everyone who cares to join us can. Please consider donating more to help us help more people. Many people who attend benefit classes such as this one donate from the heart knowing that it is money well spent. We welcome all who would like to accept pledges for their time on the yoga mat. We welcome your donation to this small charitable organization.

This year Yoga Outreach Columbus celebrates our local yoga community and the people who share yoga with others. We are so fortunate to have some great yoga options in Central Ohio.

Tickets sellers include most of the independent yoga teachers pictured.

Tickets available at these supporting local yoga studios:
Breathing Space Yoga
Balanced Yoga
Village Yoga
Center For Wholeness

We are so grateful to our sponsors:
Zumba with Pink
The Duke of Fork Personal Chef Service
Yoga on High
Mary Faeth D.D.S.
Om to Ohm Meditation Salon
TheWolfeNet.com Web Hosting
Studio 79 Photography
Idle Minds Photography
Ohio Wesleyan University Community Service Learning

Click here for safe online ticket purchase: http://yogaoutreach.thewolfenet.com/paypal.asp

New Yoga outreach 2012 teacher bios linked at right >>

Teachers announced tomorrow

2012-02-13T23:58:00.000-05:00

Teachers and ticket info announced tomorrow.

The new Yoga Outreach video!

2012-02-09T00:23:00.000-05:00

If you were at last year's charitable yoga gathering THANK YOU for being in our new video!

Can you spot yourself?

Yoga Outreach Columbus 2012 teachers announced on Friday.

Tickets go on sale on Valentine's Day.

See you on April 1!

The official postcard for Yoga Outreach event 2012

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Join us for one or both classes. Choose: Vinyasa class doors at 9:15 demo at 9:30, class at 10 am and/or. Gentle hatha class doors at 1:15, live music at 1:30 class at 2pm.

We'll have 6 co-teachers at each class with several other yoga teachers on hand to assist and adjust.

Join the celebration as we take our yoga practice off the mat and into the world.

Teachers listed and tickets go on sale this week.

Off the Mat into the World

2012-01-30T23:55:00.000-05:00

Yoga Outreach Columbus is proud to send part of our proceeds to Off the Mat once again. This year Off the Mat NYC launched the Yoga Freedom Project whose mission is to unite the yoga community around the issue of sex trafficking. Throughout the year, OTM will also be implementing a simultaneous campaign to explore the issue of sex trafficking in the United States as part of our Empowered Youth Initiative. The funds raised last year were earmarked for Haiti. Above is the thank you note from OTM. In additon to the $1100 donation from tickets sales, another $600 was raised through the sales wristbands from the of the Global Writstband Project.

OTM volunteers leave this week, February 5th to personally help Hatians. We are so happy to have helped make this possible. Help us make a difference for those in need. Thank you.

Less than three months away!

2012-01-15T12:46:00.002-05:00

We meet again for two big charity classes on April 1, 2012! We'll announce the teachers very soon. Namaste, yogis.

The excitement builds

2011-12-05T20:53:00.000-05:00

We are busy planning two yoga classes.

Want to be a backer? Contact Loretta yogawithLoretta the at symbol hotmail.com for info.

SAVE THE DATE!

2011-11-22T15:27:00.000-05:00

Hello yogis!

2011-11-01T22:21:00.003-04:00

It has been a long time since our last post. Our group has been active on our Facebook page and we seem to have negected this site. Sorry, blogspotter yogis!

This past summer we disbursed all of the funds we raised at our spring event.

We are happy to report that a photo of our event earned many votes in an online photo contest at Mid-Ohio Foodbank. https://www.facebook.com/#!/midohiofoodbank

We received this in the mail this week for our efforts:

Click on it to see it larger.

It arrived in a beautiful blue frame.

We also received this fabulous certificate of appreciation:

We donated 2000 meals! How great is that? If you were part of Yoga Outreach spring 2011 event you helped make this possible!

We also donated the equivalent of 2000 meals in funds to People in Need of Delaware County and over 2000 meals to Off the Mat into the World.

Which charities do you think may benefit most from our efforts this coming year? Contact us if you'd like to join our 2012 planning group. THANK YOU!

Thank you everybody!

2011-04-08T15:37:00.009-04:00

With your help, Yoga Outreach Columbus spring 2011 gathering REACHED its goals. We raised $4,353 in cash and food donations to provide sustenance, shelter, and hope to people in need through charities. Off the Mat, Into the World, OTM, asks, “Why stretch when you can reach?” The fruits of our efforts will reach to Haiti where OTM is aiding victims of the devastating earthquake last year. We will contribute to People in Need of Delaware County and the Mid-Ohio Food Bank. In addition we’ve already donated over $500 to Christina Sabatini’s Global Wristband Project, whose profits go straight to Off the Mat, Into the World as well. This $516 was the first to be disbured to Off the Mat.

Yoga Outreach Columbus, YOC, (pronounced YOKE) was imagined by Loretta Zedella last year after being inspired by her beloved teachers. She sincerely thanks those who cultivated this dream of uniting our yoga community.

Thank you to:

Our sponsors:
· pink tank, a division of GSW Worldwide
· Ohio Wesleyan University
· lululemon athletica Easton Town Centre

The yoga community of Columbus, most notably our YOC Spring 2011 teachers:
· Julia McSheffery
· Tom Griffith
· Abby Dorn
· Laurel Hodory
· Chris Kirk
· Loretta Zedella

Demonstrating, greeting, and supporting yoga instructors:
· Kelli Joyce
· Gina Eckel-Davenport
· Victoria McMahon
· Gwen Surratt
· Holly Jones
· Constance Piwtorak
· Rosie O'Leary
· Tyler Reed

Connecting & aiding:
· Chris Pinkerton of lululemon Athletica
· Marcee Nelson of Pink Tank, GSW
· Annie Vian of Vian Promotions
· Bev Campbell
· Shannon Smith
· Anne Comarda
· Mary Zedella
· Maggie Coleman
· Mark Zedella
· Marty Goldstein
· Donna Greenman
· Ellen Hefner-Phillips
· Mary Faeth DDS
· mom'schai

Professional Photographers to keep these memories fresh in our minds:
· Sacha Sanborn of Idle Minds Photography http://idlemindsphotography.com/
· Sam Fahmi of Studio 79 http://www.flickr.com/photos/84492772@N00/ or https://www.facebook.com/studio79?ref=ts#!/album.php?fbid=10150212185412642&id=737967641&aid=357472

Talented musicians:
· David Buckles

· Nancy Gamso
· Mark Zedella

Huge heaps of gratitude to our generous hosts at Ohio Wesleyan University. Mery Kanashiro of OWU’s Community Service Learning provided invaluable help and encouragement from the onset. Also, thanks to the team of students who helped during the great moustache brigade: Margaret Webster, Alex Crump, Maggie Sullivan and Kelly Crunkilton.

Thanks not only to lululemon athletica for proving the bags, but also to each business that offered a coupon in that bag and sold tickets to the event. Thank you to Breathing Space Yoga, Village Yoga, Grow Yoga, Balanced Yoga, Yoga on High, Shiva Shakti Synthesis, Equivita, liilaa yoga, Laurel Hodory, and Yoga Factory. Thanks also to Zumba with Pink, Good Bodies, Teh Ku, Generation Green, and Beehive Books.

We have been hearing so many inspiring stories since the gathering. Did a shift occur for you? Please share your story. We are so happy that you are willing to be the change, yogis!

More fun yoga gatherings are in store. Namasté

Thank you Ohio Yoga fans!

2011-04-07T00:17:00.003-04:00

We filled the room!

Thank you so much for your support.

We'll post all the funds were able to raise soon. Donations are still coming in!

Directions to Yoga Outreach

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This is the Hamilton Williams building where we will meet tomorrow.

The bright green roof is quite visible from the street.

Directions to Yoga Outreach on Ohio Wesleyan University Campus.

For navigation systems Delaware, Ohio 43015.

Address of building 40 Rowland Ave. As you can see on the map, this street is foot traffic only.

Address of building near parking lot is 60 South Sandusky Street, turn west onto Spring Street to parking lot. Or park on Park street.

We’ve placed signs to the parking lots once you get close.

See you tomorrow!

Rewards for being at Yoga Outreach

2011-04-01T22:44:00.001-04:00

Every person who comes to Yoga Outreach is a winner--and here is one of the rewards! We filled each bag with coupons from yoga studios and merchants. Among the goodness--at least four free yoga classes at different yoga studios and a free Zumba class. Win!

Huge thanks to those who made today's bag filling go so smoothly: Molly Leahy Metzger, Christine Pinkerton, Kelli Wilgus Joyce, Constance Caldwell Piwtorak, Beverly Ranney Campbell, Abby Dorn, Victoria McMahon and Loretta Zedella.

Big thanks to lululemon athletica Easton Town Center for donating one of their cool bags to each person who comes to Yoga Outreach Columbus. These bags are now filled with greatness including fun-to-redeem free yoga and Zumba passes. Thanks to all donors and volunteers who made this happen. Woo-hoo!

See you Sunday!

2011-03-31T09:06:00.001-04:00

Just a few more days until Yoga Outreach. Woo-hoo! Thanks for all your support. Tickets still available online, from local yoga studios or from independent instructors. The tickets will be available at the door, but will cost $5 more. Easy parking near the building. Look for parking signs on three different lots.

Going Ape over Tickets!

2011-03-27T15:54:00.000-04:00

The Yoga Outreach team has been surprising ticket buyers and donors with these cool moustaches. This friend went ape over his new 'stache. These 'staches are available at our class and gathering next Sunday. Special presale price of $20 or $15 student rate good through Sunday. Tickets old school stlye cash or check from your local yoga instructor or yoga studio or by mail--email us yogaoutreach at hotmail.com or safely online http://yoc.lorettayoga.com/paypal.asp

Yoga Outreach video

2011-03-21T22:23:00.004-04:00

Let's allow this video to answer your frequently asked questions.

Huge thanks to Mark Zedella and Marty Vian for making this video possible.

Global Wristband Project

2011-03-21T19:43:00.002-04:00

We are so happy that Christina Sabatini and her Global Wristband Project will be here at our yoga class and gathering, Yoga outreach Columbus. Last year Christina accepted the challenge to earn $20,000 for Off the Mat, Into the World™. Let's help her exceed that same goal while we keep our own wrists stylish and cool!

South Africa: Off the Mat, Into the World Global Seva Challenge

By: Global Wristband Project

Less than two weeks away!

2011-03-21T19:42:00.000-04:00

Our charitable yoga gathering is less than two weeks away. Thank to all who have purchsed tickets this week. Welcome to all who have found us through the Columbus Dispatch, Mid-Ohio Foodbank, Off the Mat, Into the World™and Ohio Wesleyan University. We were on OWU campus Friday with moustaches for each ticket buyer and donor. Get your 'stache when you buy a ticket or at the event!

Yoga Outreach tickets in hands and on scooters!

2011-03-14T21:46:00.000-04:00

Folks all over Ohio have tickets in hand and are ready for Yoga Outreach Columbus. We're so happy that our yoga class will benefit Mid-Ohio Foodbank and Off the Mat, Into the World™
Pee Wee Herman's secret word for today is TICKET!

Buy tickets at many neighborhood studios.

2011-03-06T22:05:00.001-05:00

We at Yoga Outreach Columbus are excited for our yoga class four weeks from today. We're so happy to see yogis buying tickets at Balanced Yoga, Breathing Space Yoga, Village Yoga, Yoga on High, The Yoga Factory - Westerville, Center for Wholeness and EquiVita, from independent yoga teachers and online.

Soon or community will join to practice yoga to aid Off the Mat, Into the World™ "OTM uses the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and to ignite grass roots social change."

Yoga Outreach Columbus Instructors meet

2011-03-05T20:05:00.002-05:00

The six Yoga Outreach Columbus teachers met yesterday to plan the upcoming class and gathering. Woo-hoo! We are in for a treat! Class is four weeks from tomorrow. Buy tickets from one of these teachers, your local yoga studio, or here: http://yoc.lorettayoga.com/paypal.asp

Loretta Zedella, Tom Griffith Abby Dorn, Laurel Hodory Julia McSheffery, Christina Kirk, and our adorable young friends Mace and Olivia.

Group discount

2011-03-03T21:18:00.000-05:00

Planning to come as a group? Groups of ten or more get $5 off each ticket to Yoga Outreach Columbus. Come with a group of friends. Group rate $15 each or students just $10 presale. Tickets can be purchased through one of our many volunteers, or email us yogaoutreach at symbol hotmail.com if you'd like to buy these online.

Lululemon bags for each participant

2011-03-03T21:16:00.000-05:00

Big thanks to lululemon athletica Easton Town Center for donating one of their cool bags to each person who practices yoga at Yoga Outreach Columbus. Perfect sized bag for lunch, yoga clothes or a whole group of yoga class tickets!

New Paypal to purchase tickets

2011-02-18T17:49:00.003-05:00

In addition to buying traditional tickets, you can now use paypal to but your tickets here online.
Follow this link to a secure site. Yoga Outreach Tickets
Be sure to print your release form and ticket at the end.

Tickets on Sale Now!

2011-02-15T00:02:00.001-05:00

Tickets on sale today all over Central Ohio.
These tickets have been distributed all over town these past few weeks. Online option begins Wednesday, February 16. Contact us if you'd like to be added to the list.

*Tickets at these locations are available with cash or check, made payable to Yoga Outreach Columbus.
To buy with a credit card, purchase online.

Places to buy tickets:

Breathing Space Yoga front desk http://breathingspaceyogaohio.com/

Yoga on High front desk http://YogaOnHigh.com/

Grow Yoga front desk http://www.growyogacolumbus.com/

Balanced yoga front desk http://www.balancedyogastudios.com/

Village Yoga front desk http://villageyogapowell.com/

The Yoga Factory front desk http://theyogafactory.com/

Julia McSheffery at Center For Wholeness http://www.cfwohio.org/

Constance Piwtorak http://www.livinglotuswellness.com/

Malini Patel http://www.malinipatelyoga.com/

Kit Spahr www.kitspahr.com/

Laurel Hodory http://laurelhodory.com/

Loretta Zedella http://www.lorettayoga.com/

Tom Griffith www.essentialstmb.com

Tyler Reed http://salutationmag.com/

Christine Pinkerton http://www.zumbawithpink.com/

Victoria McMahon http://stillflowingyoga.com/

Bev Campbell, Chris Kirk, Abby Dorn, Gwendolyn Surratt, and Maggie Coleman

On Ohio Wesleyan campus:

Kelly Crunkilton, Mery Kanashiro, Loretta Zedella, Sue Pasters, and Karen Poremski.

Ticket sales begin Monday Feb 14

2011-02-11T22:47:00.002-05:00

Online and in person sale of tickets begins Monday February 14. Convenient ticket sales all over town and online through a secure site.

Here is the scene at a recent yoga class gathering in Times Square. Ours will be a charitable yoga gathering Ohio style. Off the Mat, Into the World™ asks "Why stretch when you can reach?" The Columbus area yoga communuity hears that call and responds.

Tickets on sale soon!

2011-01-31T23:25:00.002-05:00

Tickets for Yoga Outreach Columbus on sale at your local yoga studio and online Feb 14. Next week we'll list the studios where you can purchase a ticket.

While we anticipate ticket sales, let's view some more yoga photgraphs taken by Mario Covic, http://www.mariocovic.com/

We are so looking forward to the yoga community of Columbus to gather.

Wristband winner

2011-01-31T23:17:00.003-05:00

We have a winner. We chose a random person who has posted a comment on the Yoga Outreach Columbus facebook page to win a Global Wristband Project wristband. Winner is Karen M. Poremski with her comment, "Exciting!" on the post about the six Yoga Outreach yoga instructors. Congrats, Karen.

Global Wristbands

2011-01-25T22:51:00.001-05:00

Leave a comment, win a bracelet. Thank you to all of you who have been spreading the word about Yoga Outreach Columbus. We are so happy to be over 100 Facebook fans that we will sponsor a give away. Christina Sabatini will bring her Global Wristband Project http://globalwristbandproject.blogspot.com/ to our yoga gathering. Last year Christina met her goal of earning over $20,000 for Off The Mat, Into the World. To win one of these wristbands this week, simply leave a comment on any post on this blog or the facebook page. Our comments on Facebook are a quick way to let many people know about these great charities--and our yoga gathering.

A Great Room for Yoga

2011-01-22T16:40:00.000-05:00

We have reserved such a nice bright room for our yoga gathering. This is Benes Room on Ohio Wesleyan's campus. Actually this is just one third of Benes Room. Imagine much more room to your right.

Imagine yourself practicing yoga in this room with nice tall windows and a beautiful vaulted ceiling. Imagine those chairs gone and yoga mats on the floor. You're surrounded by rows of yoga mats and people. You're being guided by six yoga instructors.

Here is the building's exterior. It's quite green, isn't it?

We're thinking that by April 3 we won't have to imagine that snow gone, it will have melted away!

Gathering of yoga tribes

2011-01-19T21:19:00.000-05:00

We at Yoga Outreach Columbus are quite fond of the term "tribe" to refer to different groups of people who practice yoga. It will be so great to bring all the tribes of Central Ohio together for a Pow wow on April 3. We're really looking forward to seeing many fellow yogis we've met and practiced with over the years. One Wednesday at noon uptown tribe will meet another Saturday morning downtown tribe on a Sunday afternoon. Yay!

Postcards are printed

2011-01-17T16:40:00.002-05:00

We'd like to thank our donor, Pink Tank, a division of GSW Worldwide for printing the fabulous Yoga Outreach Columbus postcards. Look for these at your local yoga class or coffee shop this week. Momentum is building! Tickets on sale soon.

For more about Pink Tank, click here:
www.knowher.com

Helping Haiti

2011-01-12T19:04:00.001-05:00

You are invited to dedicate your practice on January 12 to the people of Haiti on the anniversary of the devastating massive earthquake. Our donations to Yoga Outreach Columbus will in part benefit Off the Mat Into the World whose funds go to Haiti in 2011. We'll "send a strong message to the Haitian community that we have not and will not forget them."
http://www.offthematintotheworld.org/otm-projects.html

Organizations we'll benefit

2011-01-10T18:23:00.000-05:00

Our yoga practice on April 3 will internationally benefit "Off the Mat into the World" OTM uses the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and to ignite grassroots social change. Off the Mat funds in 2011 will support humanitarian efforts in Haiti. http://offthematintotheworld.org/index.php

Locally our charity yoga gathering will benefit People in Need, Inc of Delaware county. "Assisting families and individuals of Delaware County in a collaborative effort by providing personal emergency assistance with dignity and respect in their time of need."
http://delawarepeopleinneed.org/

Our yoga practice on April 3 will locally benefit the Mid-Ohio Foodbank . Mid-Ohio Foodbank keeps the food shelves stocked for a network of 535 emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, senior dining centers, day care and after-school enrichment programs throughout central and eastern Ohio.
http://midohiofoodbank.com/

Full bios for each of the Yoga Instructors

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Click the link to the right to see the bios of each instructor.

Yoga Outreach Columbus Instructors

2011-01-07T21:38:00.003-05:00

We are so pleased to announce the six yoga teachers who will lead us: Abby Dorn, Chris Kirk, Julia McSheffery, Laurel Hodory, Tom Griffith, and Loretta Zedella. How great to have several experienced and fun yoga teachers! Yoga Outreach Columbus is a place to relax, unwind, bend, breathe, and contemplate. We gather as a community of like-minded people who share a common interest.

Full bios seen by clicking link to the right.

A Big yoga gathering

2011-01-04T00:13:00.001-05:00

What will that look like and feel like when Central Ohioans join together for an afternoon of yoga?

Here is what it looked like when New Yorkers united this past June. It was the eighth year that New Yorkers united for a big yoga class.

For the wholestory click here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1288861/Yoga-takes-New-York-second-day-running-thousands-gather-Central-Park.html

Three months from now is our chance to gather for yoga in Central Ohio!

We here at Yoga Outreach Columbus love big yoga practices. Do you have a picture of a big yoga practice? If so, please share it with us.

Yoga Outreach Columbus

2010-11-14T13:57:00.002-05:00

This event is intended to:

Unite the thriving Central Ohio yoga community
Highlight yoga of charity
Allow Yogis to feel the energy of a large yoga assembly

Enthusiastic and generous yoga instructors from across Central Ohio have committed to co-teaching this yoga flow class. Never tried yoga? No problem! Bring a yoga mat or large towel and an open mind to have some fun.

Each of the six yoga instructors will also be assisted by yoga instructors who will help yogis who may have questions.

Tickets will be sold across Central Ohio by these volunteers beginning in January.

In the coming weeks we'll:

explore the international and local charities that will benefit from our assembly.
highlight each of the yoga instructors who have volunteered time to this event.

This event was created by Loretta Zedella, a Central Ohio yoga instructor and enthusiast. Inspired by a fabulous class co-taught by yoga mentors Seane Corn, Baron Baptiste, and Shiva Rea at Wanderlust Festival, Loretta was inspired to use yoga for good on the local level.