Now in its eighth year, Yoga for Change at Grace Cathedral includes asana practice, prayers and gratitude. This event gathers yogis to express dāna – generosity – for children and families. Donations made at this joyous event benefit The Community Preschool at Grace, going towards tuition assistance, healthy meals, parent education workshops, activity supplies and more.
This event is virtual, showcasing a special yoga class led by beloved Yoga on the Labyrinth teacher Darren Main joined by musician Destiny Muhammad, yogi Danni Pomplun, and vocalist Suzanne Sterling. Learn more about our teachers and performers down below.
Collectively, our gifts have a big impact.
Please consider supporting Yoga for Change and The Community Preschool with a sponsorship or donation. Due to the pandemic, we have incurred increased expenses to comply with the requirements for classroom sanitation of materials and surfaces, social distancing, specialized classroom admittance, staffing staggered drop off times and health checks. Each child has individualization instruction materials, and we provide personal protective equipment (masks, scrubs, gloves, hand sanitizer, face shields, and touchless thermometers) for children and teachers.
Throughout it all, our teachers provide the same consistent, loving and high-quality early childhood education that is so important to the development of each child to ensure a successful future.
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
All sponsor levels include listing in event marketing materials.
WARRIOR – $5,000
- Access to the online yoga class for ten participants
HERO – $2,500
- Access to the online yoga class for six participants
EAGLE – $1,000
- Access to the online yoga class for four participants
BRIDGE – $500
- Access to the online yoga class for two participants
DONOR LEVELS
All donor levels receive access to the online yoga class for two participants
TRIANGLE – $125
LOTUS – $50
BUTTERFLY – $25
HAPPY BABY – $10
Sponsor commitments received by November 16 will be recognized in our marketing materials. All sponsorships and donations include access to the event. Contact with questions development@gracecathedral.org or 415-749-6345.
If you prefer to send in your donation in the mail, please download this form.
About the Instructors and Performers
Darren Main is a yoga and meditation instructor and author. He facilitates workshops and gives talks on yoga and modern spirituality throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to writing bestselling books, Darren teaches Grace Cathedral’s Yoga on the Labyrinth.
Destiny Muhammad is a recording, performing artist, bandleader, composer and producer. Her genre Celtic to Coltrane is cool and eclectic with a feel of jazz and storytelling to round out the sonic experience. Destiny has opened for The Oakland East Bay Symphony, shared the stage with nationally renowned jazz masters and is the principal harpist for the Eddie Gale Inner Peace Orchestra and the Oakland Community Orchestra, and she performs with the Awesöme Orchestra Collective.
Danni Pomplun specializes in breaking down the elements of a vinyasa practice in an accessible, fun, and light-hearted way. It is his hope that with each practice, students leave their mat with a stronger appreciation for what the body is capable of and how the practice goes beyond the mat and the physical asanas.
Suzanne Sterling is an ecstatic vocalist, innovative composer, teacher and invoker of the sacred. Both as a performing and recording artist, as well as a facilitator of transformational workshops and intensives for many years, Suzanne has received critical acclaim. Called a contemporary “musical priestess,” she creates sacred and participatory ceremonies for large gatherings and festivals worldwide.
About The Community Preschool
The Community Preschool seeks the richness of a diverse classroom by intentionally enrolling families from the varied socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicities, religious traditions, gender identities, cultures and abilities represented in the San Francisco Bay Area. We enable students to appreciate different perspectives at an early age and to equip them to contribute to a diverse society. Our goal is to influence the lives of young people and their families and communities in a meaningful and substantive way and to shape how they think, how they view the world and how they engage in it.