Mission statement-  

• ● Mindful Mountain Yoga Cville promotes well being for our communities without ready access to mental and physical self care.

• ● Regardless of health, we bring yoga, chair yoga and breath meditation directly into neighborhood spaces like public housing community centers, senior housing, medical and religious support groups, schools, parks and places where community is grouped together.

• ● We believe in sustaining our yoga outreach into communities under stress by training a diverse population of new certified yoga teachers.  

Vision statement- 

• Yoga practice is a doorway that connects people. We share a mind-body practice which allows openness both physically and emotionally, encouraging social, religious, political or cultural uniqueness to coexist. Understanding how we are all connected, let us see ourselves in each other. Our individual struggles are a common humanity. We bring this effort to a wider audience with our recorded classes to be shared with anyone in our community, accessible via a Vimeo and YouTube channel, or a hybrid In Person and Zoom class. 

We see the need for our health and wellness efforts in our public housing communities, with other communities left behind in the growing income disparities in our town- seniors and disabled members on fixed incomes, substantial formerly incarcerated community reentering society, and our immigrant and growing refugee populations. Significant numbers of us serving as front line workers and school teachers are suffering from physical and mental stress, needing the opportunity for the self care. MMYCville can bring yoga to the workplace. We know these needs are reflected in our veteran community as well. 

Open air yoga, safely distanced, began our outreach in the Spring of 2020. This has been a daily community yoga every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday since then. You can find us in Meade Park, winter hours at 9:30 am, late spring/summer/fall at 8:30 am. We wear layers when it gets colder but rain cancels.

With a variety of yoga movement and meditation classes, our non-profit mission can provide​​ yoga benefits to local schools, day support programs, nursing home staff, media outreach, local medical groups, churches and organizations that serve. We support veterans, low income residents, especially members of our BIPOC community, and seniors. Continuing programs will include local people seeking refuge and refugees from abroad, people with mental stress or physical impairment and their caregivers.

Our television show

For your practicing pleasure, open or share this link to our televised classes : https://vimeo.com/showcase/8390637  

Our free community yoga class on Cville public access TV is one part of Mindful Mountain Yoga Cville, a yoga non-profit mission to provide yoga benefits from home or take it with you. We may be working remotely or isolating at home but the pandemic doesn’t have to prevent yoga from happening.

Mindful Mountain Yoga Cville operates as a nonprofit that accepts financial contributions. All of your generosity goes to our programs at Mindful Mountain Yoga Cville.

Donors : text the code "MMYCVILLE" to 44-321, you will receive a link to our donation page to make a donation directly from your mobile device.

Our nonprofit is eligible for grants and accepts contributions in kind (volunteer efforts, supplies, studio rent).

Tax deductible contributions are received using our nonprofit fiscal sponsor, Fiscal Sponsorship Allies, who receive our donations and transfer 98% of your contribution to our programs.

Opportunity for donations in kind such as donated rent, volunteer web skill/social media/fundraising efforts are especially appreciated. Do you believe that yoga is a worthwhile effort to create an equitable community health? We are actively seeking commercial or public space in Charlottesville for our non-profit activities.

Our Long Game

Mindful Mountain Yoga Cville is not only about physical range of motion and mental agility. Our practice of balance extends in ways that invite everyone, without criticism. Especially in times when we find communities separated into divisive political camps, religious exclusions and cultural disconnect, Mindful Mountain Yoga Cville finds ourselves as a refuge from judgement, a safe space where differences do not prevent us from sharing our practice together.

Mailing and contact address

c/o Mindful Mountain Yoga Cville

600 Rocky Hollow Rd, Charlottesville VA 22911

mmycville@mindfulmountainyogacville.org

914-589-0964