Our good friend, incredible yoga teacher, and founder of Yoga Relief, needs your support!
She is competing in the Pepsi Refresh Competition, which provides grants to organizations who are focused on making positive change in our society, and supports their innovative ideas. Jessica’s idea which is called “Yoga Helps”, is truly awesome, and definitely well worth checking out and voting for. Lets rally to support Jessica in her quest to affect positive change in the world through yoga! By the way, if you vote you have the chance to win a completely paid for yoga teacher training of your choice! WOW!!!
Check Out Jessica’s article below:
Pepsi, Anyone?
Pepsi Cola and yoga don’t exactly go hand in hand – well, at least until now they didn’t.
Since February of 2010 Pepsi has been giving away over a million dollars a month in grants to people who are doing inspiring things within their community.
In these past 11 months, many yogic ideas have competed, but one has yet to win. Jessica Eagan, the Philadelphia based yoga teacher behind YogaRelief hopes that this month will be different.
Right now, her idea, YogaHelps is competing for a $50K Grant. The money will be used to fully develop prescriptive yoga programs. “Our goal is to highlight the curative aspect of yoga. There are tons of people out there who suffer from insomnia, migraines, panic attacks and all kinds of stress related ailments who just aren’t finding what they need at a doctor’s office. Our programs are for them. We design and teach these programs to target specific ailments so people get results and relief quickly. Instead of taking a xanax, a Tylenol PM, or a nightcap they can take one of our yoga-programs and get more effective and longer lasting results. Like a ‘take this program and call me in the morning’ type of idea”
Grant winners are determined by popular vote and Jess & YogaHelps are up against some pretty hefty competition. “The only chance I have is if the yoga community, at-large, gets involved and gets behind me with daily voting efforts. Voting is quick, painless and free and makes a huge difference! You can vote up to 3 times daily but voting via text is the easiest. “
Here’s how to vote for YogaHelps…
Via Text :: Text the msg “105282” to Pepsi at 73774 :: Note that Pepsi is the recipient and “105282” is the message
Via Facebook :: www.tinyurl.com/votingapp :: Download the App, Search “YogaHelps” & Vote
Via Pepsi’s Website :: Go to www.refresheverything.com/yogahelps :: Once registered and signed in, search “YogaHelps” & Vote
To make it fun and worthwhile for people to get involved, Jess is running two yoga-sweepstakes and giving away some pretty incredible prizes if she wins, including paying for two winners to take the Yoga Teacher Training program of their choice!
“These prizes are my way of saying ‘thank-you.’ Because even though it’s super-easy to vote and you can cast 3 votes in under a minute, we’re all busy people and I get that. To me, taking a moment to cast some votes is a really grand gesture and I want to show my gratitude for that.”
The contest runs until January 31st so please start voting today! If you want to vote but think you might forget, go to www.yoga-relief.com/contact and sign up for daily voting reminders.
To find out more about YogaRelief’s Programs and how to help them win this grant, visit www.yoga-relief.com or contact jess directly : jess@yoga-relief.com
Check Out These Pics Of jessica’s beautiful practice:
Parvritta Parsvokonasana
Sirsasana
Ardha Matsyendrasana
Please remember to vote for Jess and give her your support!
