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Community and Social Responsibility

YAM believes very much in making a contribution to our local and world community.  We try to make a difference in a number of ways: 

Charitable Giving  - we donate 5% of all event profits to charitable causes. These include organisations in the UK and worldwide with the common purpose of promoting health, happiness and wellbeing in the world.

Fund Raising - we are happy to support the RISHI organisation in fundraising at many of our events and retreats. Rishi is a cause very close to our heart and is an organisation which supports orphaned and disadvantaged children in Tamil Nadu India. Further information about Rishi can be found on  www.rishi.org.

Pro Bono Events – we regularly run classes and courses for people who may not normally have access to yoga and meditation. Recent initiatives have include a programme of free classes for pensioners, meditation courses for hospice staff and yoga and meditation talks and taster sessions at various charity-based institutions including the Heart Foundation.

Please support your local hospice.

Eco Tourism- where ever possible we aim to run our courses and events with eco-friendly organisations such as Trigonos, Duncton Mill, Whitepod  and Sunflower Retreats.  Working in partnership with these environmentally and socially responsible companies means we can share a common interest and purpose.

Directors

Mike Visagie                

Mike has been practicing meditation for over 10 years and has studied Mindfulness-based approaches through the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University as well as through the teaching of the Centre for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society.

Sherree Schaefer        

Sherree has practiced and studied yoga for over seven years and has trained at the Sivananda teacher training institute in Kerala, India. Sherree has also studied with the British Wheel of Yoga, the governing body for yoga in the UK.

Partners

We work with a range of skilled and experienced yoga and meditation instructors and if you would like to join our partner programme then please contact us.