Voted Top-Rated Nonprofit for the 4th Year in a Row
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Our Mission
To empower youth and support other Nonprofits that empower youth through mindful practices, nutritional education, and optimistic teachings that help to develop life skills that can: enable youth to take responsibility for their life, develop respect for themselves and others, and have confidence in their own potential.
Our Programs (2007-2021)
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Through thoughtful collaboration with health professionals, school psychologists, yoga instructors, and school teachers, we have developed these successful programs:
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Letter of Dissolution
We have decided to step aside as a foundation to make room for a new generation of teachers ready and eager to teach mindfulness to those in greatest need. Sean was a true pioneer in bringing yoga & mindfulness to disadvantaged schools and at-risk kids. Fifteen years ago, it was not easy to find qualified and experienced yoga teachers to teach mindful yoga programs for youth, but that is not the case today. Today the field of mindful programs and yoga teachers has grown immeasurably.
Our hope is for Sean’s vision to continue through these teachers. Today, because of pioneers like Sean, many school districts offer mindfulness programs and trainings for their teachers, many classrooms and schools offer their students mindfulness rooms to de-stress. Hospitals recommend and offer mindfulness videos on their websites for their clients and for better staff health. The yoga and mindfulness field has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 15 years and science is finally recognizing it as an essential practice for thriving in mind, body and soul.
Thank you, Sean, for sharing your vision with your community and thanks to all our volunteers, Board members (Past and Present), yoga teachers, family, friends and donors. Because of your support, The Sean O’Shea Foundation was a huge success and accomplished its goal to fulfill Sean O’Shea’s vision. Now I challenge all those trained in mindfulness practices to reach out to those in greatest need and make a difference! We are true believers that one person can make a difference.
The Sean O’Shea Foundation will be officially dissolved by the end of 2021 but we will still offer free videos on our website, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for you to use and share with students, family, friends, co-workers and anyone interested in practicing.
Thank you all for your incredible support. Thank you for believing in Sean’s vision. Thank you for believing in the Sean O’Shea Foundation.
Sincerely,
Gloria & Liam O’Shea, the SOSF Board of Directors, and all our volunteers and yoga teachers
Our hope is for Sean’s vision to continue through these teachers. Today, because of pioneers like Sean, many school districts offer mindfulness programs and trainings for their teachers, many classrooms and schools offer their students mindfulness rooms to de-stress. Hospitals recommend and offer mindfulness videos on their websites for their clients and for better staff health. The yoga and mindfulness field has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 15 years and science is finally recognizing it as an essential practice for thriving in mind, body and soul.
Thank you, Sean, for sharing your vision with your community and thanks to all our volunteers, Board members (Past and Present), yoga teachers, family, friends and donors. Because of your support, The Sean O’Shea Foundation was a huge success and accomplished its goal to fulfill Sean O’Shea’s vision. Now I challenge all those trained in mindfulness practices to reach out to those in greatest need and make a difference! We are true believers that one person can make a difference.
The Sean O’Shea Foundation will be officially dissolved by the end of 2021 but we will still offer free videos on our website, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for you to use and share with students, family, friends, co-workers and anyone interested in practicing.
Thank you all for your incredible support. Thank you for believing in Sean’s vision. Thank you for believing in the Sean O’Shea Foundation.
Sincerely,
Gloria & Liam O’Shea, the SOSF Board of Directors, and all our volunteers and yoga teachers
Our Story
Yoga 4 Kids With Cancer
Words from our participants
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"Yoga has given them a common source of interest allowing them to practice and improve their social skills and build friendships they did not have before."
-Amanda Morris, MA MFT, SDUSD Mental Health Support Services (MHSS) |
"Through the practice of yoga, meditation, and breathing the students have been given another tool to help them cope with poverty, violence, drug use, gang activity and all the other pressures of a teenage life."
-Abby, San Marcos juvenile Court appointed High School |
"A program that students were once very skeptic about has become a much valued and pursued program by many Torch students. It is evident that the program has enriched the lives of participating students through yoga."
-Frank Juarez, Torch Middle School, Los Angeles County, Deputy Probation Officer |
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