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Voted Top-Rated Nonprofit for the 4th Year in a Row


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​The Sean O'Shea Foundation

Change a child's life through mindfulness practice. 

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 
Through thoughtful collaboration with health professionals, school psychologists, yoga instructors, and school teachers, we have developed these successful programs:
  • CALM Kids training for schoolteacher and professionals working with children.
  • Year-round mindfulness practice for athletes and active teens
  • Year-round mindfulness and nutrition program for interested schools with a high percentage of at-risk students
  • Year-round mindfulness for juvenile court-mandated students
  • Programs for pregnant teens and teen parents committed to continuing their education
  • Mindfulness practice and meditation for kids with cancer and yoga for their families
  • Partnerships – support for nonprofits

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Our Story

Yoga 4 Kids With Cancer

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Words from our participants

"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
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"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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