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:
Yoga Service
Yoga and service have always been core components of Omega’s offerings, and continue to serve as transformative tools for cultivating personal and collective resilience. 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 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.
Best Practice Guidebooks
Workshops & Events
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.
Nikki Myers
Nikki Myers, MBA, E-RYT 500, is a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, somatic experiencing practitioner...
Mark Lilly
Mark Lilly (he/him) shares the practice of yoga and mindfulness with thousands of youth as founder...
Leslie Booker
Leslie Booker (she/her), a cofounder of the Yoga Service Council and director of trainings for...
Rolf Gates
Rolf Gates, author of Meditations From the Mat and Meditations on Intention + Being, has practiced...
Jennifer Cohen Harper
Jennifer Cohen Harper, founder of Little Flower Yoga, is a mindfulness and yoga educator, and author...
Ali Smith
Ali Smith teaches yoga, pranayama, and meditation internationally and cofounded the Holistic Life...
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There's Another Yoga World Out There and I Just Found It
Yogapedia author Barrie Risman explores yoga service.