Yoga Gangsters threeday Yoga Outreach Certification Program to be held Sept. 18-20

The Ornstein Family Foundation, Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center, LLP and The Ohana Rising Yoga School are excited to bring Yoga Gangsters, a Miami-based national non-profit organization whose mission is to empower youth by addressing the symptoms of trauma and poverty using the practice of yoga, delivering messages of empowerment around self-respect, self-control, and self-awareness, to Neptune. They serve communities in 15 states by providing free yoga classes to kids in crisis and at-risk youth in schools, jails, youth centers, homeless shelters, rehabs, foster centers and through other non-profit organizations. Yoga Gangsters is offering their Three-Day Yoga Outreach Training Program for any individual interested so they can begin teaching outreach programs in their own communities.This is open to the public and you do not need to be a yoga certified teacher, just have a passion to work with youth in crisis.This will also be an invaluable tool for school teachers, nurses, case workers and college students who are thinking about a social services path.The 15-hour workshop, led by Yoga Gangsters Executive Director Jodi Weiner, is intended to inspire, support and connect people who have a desire to work in an outreach setting.

The certification course will be taking place at the Ohana Rising Yoga School, located at 66 S. Main St. in Ocean Grove, beginning on Sept. 18 and concluding on Sept. 20.The classes will be held on Friday from 6-9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.You must be in attendance for all three classes to become certified.

If you would like to register for this workshop you can sign up at: https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/ default.aspx?wid=109192

To learn more about the Yoga Gangsters and their 15-hour workshop, visit www.yogagangsters.org. To learn more about Ohana Rising Yoga School, visit www.ohanarisingyoga.com and for Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center, LLP, visit www.footdoctorsnj.com.