Riverstone Yoga is not owned by or affiliated with a large corporate entity. We are your neighbors, adventurous of spirit and dedicated to making a difference. We offer community classes, scholarships and work-study programs to help those in need.
For us, Joyology is not a slogan but our approach on how we engage life and community. We strive to unite our efforts with other life enriching programs that feed us all, body, mind and spirit.
Yoga Gives Back
Off the Mat into the World - uses the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and to ignite grass roots social change.
Green Yoga Association - brings environmental education and action to the yoga community and yoga education and practice to the environmental community.
Street Yoga - is a non-profit organization that teaches yoga to youth, families and caregivers struggling with homelessness, poverty, abuse, addiction, trauma. Helping to create for themselves a life that is inspired, safe, and joyful.
Healthy Eating:
Local Harvest - List of farms and grower co-ops in New York. The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Find your local CSA.
» http://www.localharvest.org
» http://www.localharvest.org/east-new-york-csa-M42553
Stone Barn Center for Agriculture - is a non-profit farm and education center located minutes from downtown Tarrytown. An 80-acre four-season farm and is working on broader initiatives to create a healthy and sustainable food system.
» http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/
Slow Food - is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.
NYS Farmers Markets - list of farmers' markets in Westchester
» http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/ap/communityfarmersmarkets.asp#Westchester%20County
Helping Others:
Westchester Food Bank - is the supply and support center for hunger-relief agencies in our area.
» http://foodbankforwestchester.org/index.shtml
Midnight Run - is a consortium of more than 150 churches, synagogues, and schools in the area distributing clothing, blankets and food to individuals and families living on the streets of NY.
» http://www.midnightrun.org/index.php
KIVA - loans that change lives. To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions.
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