Founded in 2016, YAMA Foundation is a registered Hong Kong charity (File No.: 91/14823). Our purpose is to make yoga, art, and meditation accessible to our city’s most vulnerable communities.
Our Mission
To provide equitable access to yoga, art, & meditation.
To share our skills with
compassion so that students can develop self-acceptance and realise their unique strengths.
To empower students towards self-reliance to improve their quality of life and positively contribute to the world.
- Project Summary
- Yoga & Expressive Arts Therapy for Disadvantaged Communities is a one-year continuation of core programming, directly addressing the wellbeing needs of persons with disabilities (PWD)/SEN and low income communities – offered at no cost to students.
Yoga therapy targets PWD/SEN who cannot participate in group activities. This individually-tailored 1:1 programme integrates support for families and carers, and is proven to yield immediate impact while providing long-term relief. Graduates are generally able to move to small group classes.
-Expressive arts therapy group classes for PWD/SEN and low-income participants provide safe avenues for self-expression and development of emotional resilience to overcome trauma.
- Beneficiaries
- 24 participants with moderate to severe disabilities andN/Aor special needs, who are not suited for group activities, and are from low-income families across Hong Kong
