Since 2013, we have offered a variety of programs for teachers directly after school. These hardworking professionals put their time and care into setting the children of our community up for success in life. The challenges of their job are profound, and turnover and burnout can be a real issue. These programs are often the most challenging to fund, and from our perspective, some of the most important.

Leading Into New Communities, Inc. (LINC, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Wilmington North Carolina that provides transitional living and case management services to meet the immediate needs of men and women returning from prison.  Since 2016, we have served the residents at LINC with group trauma sensitive yoga sessions. These sessions are specifically designed to support their reentry process by providing practices to develop a sense of safety and agency over their bodies.

Families First, Inc. is a domestic violence and sexual assault program that provides a full array of services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Our mission is to rectify issues related to and associated with these two crimes. Since 2014, we’ve been working with the staff and survivors offering trauma sensitive yoga in private and group sessions. Each week is different and dynamic.

Since 2021 we have been welcomed into the Behavioral Health department to offer weekly trauma sensitive yoga and mindfulness to the patients who choose to participate. We also receive referrals from providers in other departments to support patients’ in their unique healing journey.

Wilmington Youth Center for Inspiration, Recreation, and Education supports the needs of at-risk students and their families in a safe environment by providing free, positive, daily after school programming to New Hanover County students. Our instructors work with the students to develop resilience and community building skills that bolster confidence and trust with their peers.

TIDES, INC. is a comprehensive, intensive, outpatient treatment program for women with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in the Cape Fear region, and beyond, who are pregnant, anticipating pregnancy or postpartum. We work with each client to develop a yoga and mindfulness practice that meets their unique needs and encourages a sense of safety and bodily autonomy that can serve as a resource during their recovery journey.

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Offering daily afterschool care and curriculum, and full time summer programs, BBCG supports families by providing high quality, safe, and encouraging care outside of school. Since 2018, Yoga Village has offered trauma sensitive, resiliency focused kids and teens yoga programs for the participants at BBGC.

LFA represents a collaboration between NHCS and Coastal Horizons to provide intense at-risk services to students in the elementary school and improve access to essential services for students. The school serves as both day treatment and k-8 grade instruction for students with mental health disabilities, victims of abuse and neglect, and students in crisis. In 2022 we launched a k-8 trauma sensitive yoga program. We are working in conjunction with teachers and counselors to focus on integrating yoga and mindfulness in their therapeutic groups as a tool for self-regulation.

The Harrelson Center works with its partners to meet the needs of the community in areas such as safe and affordable housing, education, employment, health care and family support. The Center recognizes the critical needs of others and encourages, uplifts and assists them in rebuilding their lives through the services provided in the center. Each week we gather with the broader community to offer a trauma sensitive yoga practice at the Plaza on Princess. This opportunity is open to the public and is always by donation.

A Safe Place focuses on prevention, advocacy, and restoration to assist victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Since 2018, we have fostered a partnership with A Safe Place to offer trauma sensitive yoga and mindfulness to the program members.

Eden Village of Wilmington is a 31-unit tiny home community specially designed to provide permanent homes for chronically homeless individuals including patients of the local hospital. Many patients of the medical center experience chronic illness, which are treatable but require consistent living circumstances to improve treatment results. Yoga Village provides trauma-sensitive chair yoga to support the wellbeing of the community members.

Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health is an acute care hospital to support those dealing with psychiatric symptoms or a mental health crisis. Yoga Village supports the residents through weekly trauma-sensitive yoga sessions to empower choice and self-agency.

GLOW Academy, a public charter school, educates young women from diverse backgrounds through middle and high school, in a nurturing community with rigorous college preparatory curriculum to develop leaders who succeed in college and beyond. Yoga Village partners with the Exceptional Children’s (EC) program to empower and support the unique learning needs of each student through mindfulness activities.

Yoga Village partners with the TPYA program, who uses a “Community Classroom” concept to help 18-21 year-olds learn the skills necessary to make a seamless transition from school to community and adult life.

Education Without Walls is a prosocial outdoor education and mentorship program that provides academic and life skills guidance for motivated teens facing hardships. By merging meaningful outdoor adventures with ongoing mentorship we help aspiring students achieve their academic and personal goals.