Kiyomi Takahashi Running the Los Angeles Marathon For for Women & Girls
This year, in a powerful and beautiful alignment, YGB Ambassador Kiyomi Takahashi will run the Los Angeles Marathon in Celebration of International Women’s Day — dedicating every mile to women and girls in need of resources, safety, and opportunity.
Kiyomi is fundraising is empowering women and girls in India through education, protection, and financial opportunity — creating pathways toward dignity, independence, and long-term change.
About Kiyomi
Kiyomi Takahashi is a Los Angeles–based yoga teacher, teacher trainer, and retreat leader with 17 years of experience. Originally from Japan, she weaves classical yoga philosophy, meditation, and breathwork with modern insight to help students cultivate strength, clarity, and inner freedom.
She teaches at Equinox, Google, and other corporations, and leads international retreats in Japan while serving both English- and Japanese-speaking communities through her online platform. Her work is rooted in the belief that personal transformation creates collective impact — a philosophy she now brings to the marathon course.
Why She’s Running
Kiyomi ran her first marathon 22 years ago. Training again at 51 has been both humbling and empowering.
“Training again now at 51 has reminded me how grateful I am for the freedom to move my body and shape my life as a woman on my own terms. Not everyone has that.”
That freedom — to move, to choose, to learn, to earn — is not universal.
For many women and girls, access to education, safety, and economic opportunity is still out of reach. Running this marathon is Kiyomi’s way of honoring her own freedom while standing in solidarity with those who are still fighting for theirs.
Every step she takes on International Women’s Day represents a commitment to a world where women are supported, educated, and empowered.
What Your Donation Can Do
Every contribution — truly, even $5 — helps create opportunity. Here’s what your support can provide:
- $25 — A microloan for a mother through YGB’s Sister Aid
- $50 — Support for 10 women to continue the Pad Project (sanitary napkins + income generation)
- $108 — Elementary education for five children for one year
- $250 — Higher education for a girl for one year through SHE
- $550 — Housing and education for an orphaned child for one year – Donate
When women and girls gain access to education and opportunity, entire communities — and future generations — thrive.
Join Kiyomi’s International Women’s Day Mission
If this mission resonates with you, we invite you to stand with Kiyomi:
- Donate to her marathon fundraiser
- Share her campaign with your community
- Cheer her on from near or far
Every mile she runs carries the belief that empowered women change the world.
👉 Support Kiyomi’s LA Marathon Fundraiser for Yoga Gives Back here.
Thank you for being part of this journey — and for helping create a world where every woman and girl has the opportunity to rise.
