Yoga and service have always been core components of Omega’s offerings. Yoga service, a growing field, supports individuals and organizations working to make yoga and mindfulness practices community-centered, culturally sensitive, and inclusive for all, regardless of circumstances.
Yoga Service
Omega's yoga workshops serve as transformative tools for cultivating personal and collective resilience.
Yoga Service Workshops
Workshop
Rhinebeck, NY
Healing With Horses
With Jennifer Cohen Harper, 13 Hands Equine Rescue
May 31 – Jun 5, 2026
Workshop
Rhinebeck, NY
Create Mindful Movement Classes for People With Parkinson’s
With Char Grossman
Jul 24–26, 2026
Workshop
Rhinebeck, NY
Being Connected Through Yoga Therapeutics
With Bill Koff, Owen Ash, Sharyn Hahn, Laura Elian
Aug 21–23, 2026
There is a revolution that needs to happen for real change to transpire, but it’s a revolution that begins from within.
Omega teacher & cofounder of Off the Mat, Into the World
Our Teachers
Omega’s yoga service programs continue to feature leaders in the field who bring these teachings to a broad spectrum of people—including early education teachers, health-care professionals, veterans, at-risk youth, and the elderly.
Avenelle Archille
Avenelle Archille is founder of The Anxious Yogi Inc.
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James Bae
James H. Bae, DACM, E-RYT, C-IAYT, is a doctor of Chinese medicine, author, and independent...
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Char Grossman
Char Grossman, founder of YogaReach®LLC, is an educational psychologist and yoga therapist.
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Jennifer Cohen Harper
Jennifer Cohen Harper is an Equine Assisted Learning provider, mindfulness educator, and author.
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Lisa Hillary Johnson
Lisa Hillary Johnson is a licensed massage therapist and healer, and founder of Deep Breaths & Heal.
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Annie Okerlin
Annie Okerlin is founder and director of the therapeutic yoga program Exalted Warrior Foundation.
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Lea Bender
Lea Bender teaches yoga with an emphasis on philosophy, anatomy, and therapeutic techniques.
Best Practice Guidebooks
Launched in 2014 as a collaboration between Omega and the Yoga Service Collective, the guidebooks uplift the field of yoga service by sharing the insights, experiences, and knowledge of leading teachers, researchers, therapists, medical professionals, policy makers, and others working to make yoga and mindfulness practices equally available to all. The works include:
Resource Library
There's Another Yoga World Out There and I Just Found It
Yogapedia author Barrie Risman explores yoga service.
Yoga Service Collective Joins Omega
Longtime Partner Now Part of Omega's Nonprofit Structure
Building on more than a decade of collaboration, Omega Institute has formally assumed the Yoga Service Collective. Together, the organizations have supported and helped to shape the emerging field of Yoga Service since 2009—through annual conferences, best practice symposiums, and an acclaimed series of best practice guides, aimed at making yoga community-centered, culturally-sensitive, and inclusive for all.