YOGA OUTREACH 2023

Basti Masti Yoga – Mumbai

Bihar School of Yoga, Nam Myoho Daan and Phool Versha Foundation have come together to provide those who are not as fortunate as the privileged with a healthy lifestyle that comes along with bringing yoga into their day-to-day life. We, Basti Masti Yoga, aim to provide well-trained yoga teachers to orphanages, slum schools and other organizations that work with underprivileged children of society.

Since 2022, Basti Masti Yoga has been working in slum areas of Mumbai and reached out to over 600 hundred children. Between January and March 2023, an additional 1,200 children benefited from the classes and work- shops organized. Here is some feed- back from the yoga teachers:

• As the sessions progressed, there is a subtle change in the behaviour of the children. They are more disciplined and willing to cooperate.
• The children look forward to these sessions, they are interested in learning and practising yoga themselves. Some of the students ask the yoga teacher about the benefits of asanas and pranayamas.
• There has been improvement in compliance, engagement, emotional well being, and the ability to engage in academic pursuits is increasing.
• The children have calmed down and can engage in a more productive manner. Their school attendance and uninterrupted education have improved.