Our Commitment

Our DAYA Commitment to Outreach

DAYA currently has four Active Outreach locations
where we provide 282 Accessible Yoga Outreach Classes Annually.

2020 QUARTER ONE

Oregon State Correctional Institute: Salem

General Population Inmate Yoga Class
255 attended classes Q1 2019 (approx 1,000 student attendance per year)
350+ Classes since 2012 (approx 50 Classes a year)

Special Population Yoga Class
For Inmates w/ Developmental Delays, Mental Health Challenges, and Traumatic Brain Injuries:
341 attended classes 2019 Q1 (approx 1,200 a year)
150 Classes since March 2016 (approx 50 Classes a year taught by Inmate teachers)

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility: Wilsonville

Yoga Alliance 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training
The Department of Corrections (DOC) requested our 200hr YTT in 2016. The request has been approved by the Superintendent since fall of 2017.
UPDATE of Status: Coffee Creek Correctional Facility spent 18 months overhauling their systems to be the first declared Trauma-Informed Correctional Institution. As administrators and program managers were being shuffled, updated, and trained, new programming was put on hold throughout the facility.
Current Status: 12 Training Volunteers and 8 Adjunct Volunteers are in queue for Security Clearance

Volunteers of America Drug + Alcohol Rehab Center: Portland

Women’s Recovery Yoga Classes
314 attended classes 2019 Q1 (approx 1,200/year)
450+ Classes since 2014 (approx 100 classes per year)

Legacy Emanuel Medical Group: Portland

Hospital Chair-Based Class for Low Income, Medically-Sensitive Individuals
87 attended classes 2019 Q1 (approx 330/year)
350+ Classes since 2012 (50 Classes per year)

Medical Scholarships and Financial Support
We are honored to provide medical scholarships for students in need. Need is determined by medical-sensitivities, students living on disability or with a fixed income due to medical-sensitivities, or those going through a treatment course for whom their household budgets prohibit attending yoga classes at regular consumer rates.

Quarter One 2019, we supported $10,000 in medical scholarships:
80% toward Adaptive Yoga programming
16% toward Queer Yoga classes, and
4% toward Curvy Yoga series.

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Historical Reports

DAYA provides inclusive, accessible, trauma-informed, brain-sensitive, neuro-biologically-grounded, evidence-based practices for physical and mental health and vitality to schools, prisons, hospitals, and rehab centers.

➔ In 2016, we delivered 28,000 hours of yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed programming.
➔ In 2017, we delivered 30,000 hours of yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed programming.
➔ In 2018, we delivered 32,000 hours of yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed programming.
➔ In 2019, we delivered 31,000 hours of yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed programming.
➔ In 2016, we provided $24,000 in medical scholarships.
➔ In 2017, we provided $27,000 in medical scholarships.
➔ In 2018, we provided $25,000 in medical scholarships.
➔ In 2019, we provided $27,000 in medical scholarships.

The DAYA Foundation was founded by Sarahjoy Marsh who envisioned a vibrant yoga studio, a center for yoga therapy, mindfulness, and the integration of East and West, Mind and Body, and contemplative and active processes.

She also envisioned a passionate community of practitioners whose lives would feel more whole, vital, and interconnected by a shared commitment to socially-conscious yoga, offered to all those in need.