The Aspen Idea

21 Day Reusable Challenge

Yoga Rave

What If Everyone Did Yoga?

Every year Aspen Yoga Society picks a few charities that our close to our heart to support. Our goal is to help both local and global charities. For 2012 we chosen the following charities to focus most of our support to.

• Global Seva Challenge
• G3Generations
• Yoga Ed

Global Seva Challenge – Each year, Off the Mat (OTM) sponsors an international service project called the Global Seva Challenge. The Seva Challenge is a transformational journey that builds community, provokes awareness and action around global issues, and raises significant funds to support communities in crisis. Since 2007, the Seva Challenge has raised over two million dollars for projects in Cambodia, Uganda, South Africa and Haiti. In 2012 the Seva Challenge will be focused on the issue of sex trafficking in India and worldwide.
OTM empowers Seva Challenge participants to raise significant funds by collaborating with their local communities. The grassroots fundraising process of the Seva Challenge builds leadership skills and cultivates dedication and passion for taking direct action. Upon reaching their fundraising goal, participants are invited to join OTM founders on a powerful journey where they spend two weeks working directly with the organizations their funds have helped to support. During these trips, participants connect with local yogis and organizations that are bringing yoga teachings into the schools and underserved areas. After the trip’s completion, OTM then selects an ambassador who continues to work in support of our Seva Challenge partners and projects in that country.