First in World to Train Deaf People in Yoga no comments
The DeafYoga Foundation and the International Sivananda Organization offer the world’s first-ever Yoga Teacher Training Course (TTC) for the deaf community. This mainstreamed, month-long training course is nestled in the Catskill Mountains, located at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch in Woodbourne, New York.
Through the efforts of these two non-profit organizations, they are leading the way “to finally bridge the gap between deafness and yoga,” says Lila Lolling, DeafYoga Foundation’s founder. The DeafYoga Foundation was created from the realization that the deaf community has limited, or no, access to Yoga. “Deaf people have been curious about Yoga for years, with its mainstreamed advertising and current popularity,” she explains. “However, deaf people haven’t really been able to freely explore the meaning of yoga prior to our organization. To date, we have served more than 1,000 deaf and signing people through our service projects, programs and the DeafYoga for Beginners DVD.”
Currently, there is only one certified deaf yoga teacher in the United States. There are some 28 million deaf and hard of hearing people in this country alone. These numbers show the importance of this training course and the doors its opening for deaf people to finally gain equal access to Yoga.
For more information, visit deafyoga.org.