My New Orleans
01/20/2021
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – YEAH! YOGA (Youth Empowerment and Healing), a New Orleans non-profit dedicated to sharing the tools of yoga and mindfulness with youth involved with and impacted by the criminal legal system, is hosting its first ever YEAH! YOGA Gras Challenge. Through the social media-based challenge, participants have a chance to win handcrafted trophies decorated by local Mardi Gras and Dance Krewes.
“We wanted to find a way to keep the creativity of Mardi Gras going, while raising critical funds to support youth that are incarcerated or otherwise impacted by the criminal legal system” says Bonita Day, co-founder of YEAH! YOGA. The challenge invites people to do one yoga pose a day during the 10 days of parades that would typically precede Mardi Gras.