One by One Making a Global Impact.

Yoga transforms.

Asana by asana you build your practice. Your outlook changes, you make connections. You begin to take your practice beyond the mat, into your life. Simple moves lead to monumental changes.

Our mission is to mobilize the global yoga community to empower women in India to build sustainable livelihoods.

Yoga is a gift from ancient India, embraced by the West. Today, however 76% of India's population—800 million people—live at or below the poverty level of $2.50 a day. Almost half of the world's poorest people call India home.

Our mission is two-fold. First, after learning about Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Dr. Muhammad Yunus’ revolutionary micro financing breakthrough, Yoga Gives Back decided to support micro credit programs in India that are working to end poverty by lending money to people who have no access to capital, those who are excluded from the banking and financial systems that most of us take for granted. With as little as a $25 loan, women in rural India can start and run profitable businesses, freed from the shackles of moneylenders who would keep them in an unending cycle of debt.

Second, by reaching out to yoga studios, we build awareness via our fundraising classes. Studio by studio, we invite the Western yoga community to join in our campaign to help alleviate poverty in India. $6 billion dollars is spent on yoga in the U.S. each year. If a fraction of this can help the poor in India, we can make a difference. We can effect change.

For the price of one yoga class, you can change a life.