Our DAYA Commitment to Outreach
DAYA currently has four Active Outreach locations where we provide 282 Accessible Yoga Outreach Classes Annually.
2019 Quarter One
Oregon State Correctional Institute: Salem
- General Population Inmate Yoga Class
- 255 attended classes Q1 2019 (approx 1,000 student attendance per year)
- 350+ Classes since 2012 (approx 50 Classes a year)
- Special Population Yoga Class
- For Inmates w/ Developmental Delays, Mental Health Challenges, and Traumatic Brain Injuries:
- 341 attended classes 2019 Q1 (approx 1,200 a year)
- 150 Classes since March 2016 (approx 50 Classes a year taught by Inmate teachers)
Volunteers of America Drug + Alcohol Rehab Center: Portland
- Women’s Recovery Yoga Classes
- 314 attended classes 2019 Q1 (approx 1,200/year)
- 450+ Classes since 2014 (approx 100 classes per year)
Legacy Emanuel Medical Group: Portland
- Hospital Chair-Based Class for Low Income, Medically-Sensitive Individuals
- 87 attended classes 2019 Q1 (approx 330/year)
- 350+ Classes since 2012 (50 Classes per year)
Thomas Edison High School: Portland
- High School for Neuro-diverse Students
- 7-Week Fall Semester Program of 4 Classes Per Week 10 - 12 students
- 140 Classes taught since 2013
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility: Wilsonville
- Yoga Alliance 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training
- The Department of Corrections (DOC) requested our 200hr YTT in 2016. The request has been approved by the Superintendent since fall of 2017.
- UPDATE of Status: Coffee Creek Correctional Facility spent 18 months overhauling their systems to be the first declared Trauma-Informed Correctional Institution. As administrators and program managers were being shuffled, updated, and trained, new programming was put on hold throughout the facility.
- Current Status: 12 Training Volunteers and 8 Adjunct Volunteers are in queue for Security Clearance
Medical Scholarships and Financial Support
We are honored to provide medical scholarships for students in need. Need is determined by medical-sensitivities, students living on disability or with a fixed income due to medical-sensitivities, or those going through a treatment course for whom their household budgets prohibit attending yoga classes at regular consumer rates.
We are honored to provide medical scholarships for students in need. Need is determined by medical-sensitivities, students living on disability or with a fixed income due to medical-sensitivities, or those going through a treatment course for whom their household budgets prohibit attending yoga classes at regular consumer rates.
- Quarter One 2019, we supported $10,000 in medical scholarships:
- 80% toward Adaptive Yoga programming
- 16% toward Queer Yoga classes, and
- 4% toward Curvy Yoga series.
HISTORICAL REPORTS
DAYA provides inclusive, accessible, trauma-informed, brain-sensitive, neuro-biologically-grounded, evidence-based practices for physical and mental health and vitality to schools, prisons, hospitals, and rehab centers.
In 2016, we delivered 28,000 hours of yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed programming.
In 2017, we delivered 30,000 hours of yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed programming.
In 2016, we provided $24,000 in medical scholarships.
In 2017, we provided $27,000 in medical scholarships.
The DAYA Foundation was founded by Sarahjoy Marsh and Jay Gregory who envisioned a vibrant yoga studio, a center for yoga therapy, mindfulness, and the integration of East and West, Mind and Body, and contemplative and active processes.
They also envisioned a passionate community of practitioners whose lives would feel more whole, vital, and interconnected by a shared commitment to socially-conscious yoga, offered to all those in need.
DAYA provides inclusive, accessible, trauma-informed, brain-sensitive, neuro-biologically-grounded, evidence-based practices for physical and mental health and vitality to schools, prisons, hospitals, and rehab centers.
In 2016, we delivered 28,000 hours of yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed programming.
In 2017, we delivered 30,000 hours of yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed programming.
In 2016, we provided $24,000 in medical scholarships.
In 2017, we provided $27,000 in medical scholarships.
The DAYA Foundation was founded by Sarahjoy Marsh and Jay Gregory who envisioned a vibrant yoga studio, a center for yoga therapy, mindfulness, and the integration of East and West, Mind and Body, and contemplative and active processes.
They also envisioned a passionate community of practitioners whose lives would feel more whole, vital, and interconnected by a shared commitment to socially-conscious yoga, offered to all those in need.