VIDEO: Yoga Gangsters & Beauty For Real on NBC 6 Today in South Florida

We are so blessed to be sharing our mission to bring yoga to at-risk youth! In this video, Yoga Gangster’s Founder, Terri Cooper, appears on NBC 6 Miami Today in South Florida to share our organization’s mission and our February 2012 fundraising campaign with Beauty for Real!

PURCHASE the Illuminating Light up Lip Gloss in the shade SPARK and 25% of all online sales will benefit Yoga Gangsters, a charity bringing yoga to at-risk youth!

VIDEO: LIP SERVICE! ~ Benefit Yoga Gangsters with Beauty For Real’s Illuminating Light up Lip Gloss in SPARK!

During the month of February, show off your inner beauty by purchasing Beauty for Real’s Illuminating Light up Lip Gloss in the shade SPARK! 25% of all online sales benefit Yoga Gangsters, a charity bringing yoga to at-risk youth!

Visit YogaGangsters.org for more info on how your lips can make a difference!

PURCHASE LINK: http://www.beautyforreal.com/product/spark

Soul of Miami: Beauty for Real Recognizes Yoga Gangsters w/ Beauty & Grace Campaign February 2012

Check out yet another awesome write-up about our February Beauty & Grace Campaign with Beauty for Real Cosmetics honoring Yoga Gangsters Founder, Terri Cooper.  Don’t forget to purchase SPARK ILLUMINATING LIGHT UP LIP GLOSS  during the month of February and Beauty for real will donate 25% of sales to Yoga Gangsters! This article comes to you from Soul of Miami! 

SUN SENTINEL: Yoga Gangsters Outreach Program gets an Online Lip Gloss Fundraiser

As a non-profit organization, we always welcome new creative fundraising opportunities and our upcoming lip gloss campaign with Beauty for Real Cosmetics is no exception! During the month of February, the makeup line will honor our Founder, Terri Cooper, as part of their Beauty and Grace campaign by donating 25% of all online sales of their best-selling Light Illuminating Lip Gloss in a color called Spark ($22), which just so happens to be Terri’s favorite product ;) This product even features a mirror and light for application on the go…or in the dark! Check out this article from the Sun Sentinal to get all the details and don’t forget to hit the online store when February 1st comes around!

25+ Helpful Books for Kids Yoga Teachers!

As a yoga teacher, some of my most useful tools for teaching the little ones have been BOOKS! Young kids LOVE to have stories read to them and we often “act out” the story by using yoga poses. While browsing the web, I came across this awesome list created by kids yoga teacher, Eve Agush, on her blog, Always B Dancing. Check out these amazing resources to make your kids yoga class extra special and engaging!  - Marisol

1.    Little Yoga: A Toddler’s First Book of Yoga by Rebecca Whitford
2.    The ABCs of Yoga for Kids by Teresa Power
4.    The Kids’ Yoga Book of Feelings by Mary Humphrey
5.    Peaceful Piggy Yoga by Kerry Lee MacLean
6.    Yoga For Children by Mary Stewart
8.    Create a Yoga Practice for Kids by Yael Calhoun and Matthew R. Calhoun
10.  Yoga Games for Children: Fun and Fitness with Postures, Movements and Breath  by Danielle Bersma, Marjoke Visscher and Alex Kooistra
11.  Benito’s Dream Bottle by Naomi Shihab Nye
12.  Beau the Bee by Minda Devorkin
13.  Each Breath a Smile by Sister Susa
15.  Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee MacLean
16.  Moody Cow Meditates by Kerry Lee MacLean
18. C is for Curious: An ABC of Feelings by Woodleigh Hubbard
19. Fly Like a Butterfly by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
20. Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
21. I Love Yoga by Mary Kaye Chryssicas
23. Sky Tree by Thomas Locker
25. The Empty Pot by Demi
26. Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein


How to get Yoga Classes for less than $1.50 while Giving Back to your Community!

Let’s face it, we could all use a little help when it comes to budgeting our finances to pay for yoga classes. Luckily, our friends at Passport to Prana have created the original multi-studio yoga pass which entitles you to one yoga class at each of the participating yoga studios. And best of all, Passport to Prana has donated tons of cards to Yoga Gangsters, allowing us to sell them to our community while 100% of the proceeds go to our non-profit programming! So not only do you get to SAVE BIG, you also get to HELP BIG just by hitting your mat! Sweet Deal!  

Here’s how it works:

1. Purchase your Passport to Prana card from Yoga Gangsters via this link for only $30 (includes shipping):  http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioId=1977&stype=43&prodid=331

 2. Enjoy one (1) yoga class at EACH of the over 20 participating studios in South Florida, including:

Miami: 305 Yoga & Outreach, Brickell Yoga, Dharma Studio, Firefly Hot Yoga Miami, Rina Yoga

Miami Beach: Anahata Yoga, Miami Life Center, Shakti Yoga Miami, The Secrets of Yoga Studio, The Standard Spa

North Miami: Ayama Yoga Center, Bikram Yoga N.Miami, Yoga Svana, Om’echaye Nourishing Bodies & Souls, Yogarosa

Hollywood: YogaOne

Fort Lauderdale: The Bombay Room

Delray Beach: Off The Grid Yoga

Deerfield Beach: American Yoga

Coral Springs: Fusion Fitness & Yoga

Weston: Blue Soul Yoga