DONATIONS CLASSES
In Balance Yoga Studio offers regular donations classes. 100% of the donations collected go towards the sponsoring organization.
Our Saturday 4:30 PM donations class benefits diversity scholarships for yoga teacher trainees.
Previous Donation Classes
| 4,000 Miles XCountry for Cancer |
| Active Minds Mental Health VT |
| Aerial Yoga – Kids with Special Needs |
| Aid to the Blind |
| Amazon Conservation |
| American Cancer Society |
| American Red Cross – Relief for Hurricane Harvey |
| Andrew Lincoln and nonseminomal germ cell |
| Apple Ridge Farm |
| Autism Awareness |
| Avon Walk for Breast Cancer |
| B Plus Foundation for Kids With Cancer |
| Be Kind Blacksburg |
| Bike & Build Program |
| Bike the US for MS |
| Blacksburg Battles Cancer |
| Blacksburg High School National Honor Society |
| Blacksburg Library |
| Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation |
| Blacksburg New School |
| Blacksburg Refugee Partnership |
| Blacksburg Yoga Collective – Fundraiser for Yoga Mats |
| Blue Ridge Land Conservancy |
| Bosnia Peace Fellow |
| Boston Marathon and Brookline Mental Health Community Center |
| Breast Cancer Survivors – Blue Ridge Affiliate, Komen |
| Camp Dragonfly Forest |
| Catalyst Foundation |
| Cherry-Pink-Strong |
| Chi Delta Alpha’s Mission Trip to Peru |
| Children’s Miracle Network |
| Christiansburg Library |
| Compassionate Care Fund |
| Contemporary Dance Ensemble |
| Creating Social Change Club – Rwandan non-profit OPDE |
| Creating Space BYC |
| Cuban Acapella group “Vocal Vidas” |
| Dave’s Big Heart Fundraiser |
| Diphetago Creche, preschool in South Africa |
| “Double Your Dollars,” a new initiative with the Blacksburg’s Farmers Market |
| Dressember Campaign |
| Education in Guatemala |
| Engineers without Borders |
| European Roma Rights Center |
| Farm Sancutary |
| Feeding America Southwest Virginia |
| Fight Against Acute Myeloid Luekemia |
| Food for the Poor Inc |
| Free Clinic of the NRV |
| Friends of Animal Care and Control |
| Global Education Quality |
| Global Education Equality (FEARless) |
| Global Water Dances |
| Guatemala Service Trip |
| Habitat for Humanity |
| Havana Cathedral Preschool, Cuba |
| Hawaii Red Cross – Volcano Displacement Help |
| Heart Health |
| Holistic Trauma support for New Immigrants |
| Home Health & Hospice – Servant Heart |
| Homes of Hope Orphanage |
| Hurricane Dorian Response |
| Hurricane Florence Relief Fund |
| Hurricane Harvey |
| InStill Mindfulness |
| Joe Spaulding 2 Kidney Transplant |
| Jewish Film Festival |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research |
| Learn for Life School in India |
| Lewis Heslip Foundation |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation |
| March of Dimes |
| MEDLIFE at VT |
| Micah’s Backpack |
| Montgomery County Animal Care and Adoption Center |
| Montgomery County Christmas Store |
| Montgomery County Humane Society |
| Mountain View Humane |
| Movement for Meaning – Domestic Violence |
| MS Walk |
| National Alliance for mental Illness |
| NRV Interfaith Childcare Center |
| NRV Interfaith Food Pantry |
| NRV Women’s Resource Center |
| NRV Time Bank |
| Ovarian Cancer Research |
| PeaceWork |
| Precious Gems Academy |
| Preetirang Sanctuary |
| Project Esperanza |
| Project OM |
| Pulaski County Humane Society |
| ReachCycles |
| Relay For Life |
| Relief Efforts in Chennai |
| Ronald McDonald House |
| Rwandan Project |
| Ryan Lopynski Big Heart Foundation |
| Saha Global: Clean Water |
| School House in Vietnam |
| Secondary School in Pretoria, South Africa |
| Service Dogs |
| Secondary School in Pretoria, South Africa |
| Service for Sight |
| Service Without Borders |
| Serve Our Willing Warriors |
| Shanti Yoga Ashram Nepal |
| SIBU Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Sigma Delta Pi |
| Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society |
| Southwest VA Food Bank |
| Special Olympics – Torch Run |
| St. Francis Service Dogs |
| Stretch for the Cure – National Foundation for Cancer Research |
| Students Helping Honduras |
| Students Supporting Brain Injury |
| Summer Camp for kids with Disabilities |
| Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure – Breast Cancer Research |
| Syrian Refugees |
| Tanzanian Youth |
| TOMS |
| TreeSisters |
| Trini Foundation |
| United Way of Montgomery, Radford and Floyd |
| Uterine Transplant Research at Baylor |
| VA Breast Cancer Foundation |
| Valley Interfaith Child Care Center |
| Vietnamese Student Association |
| VT CHAARG |
| VT Club Lacrosse |
| VT Collegiate Women in Business |
| VT Contemporary Dance |
| VT Global Medical Brigades |
| VT Panhellenic: Circle of Sisterhood |
| VT Relay for Life |
| VT Service Without Borders |
| VT Womens Rugby Team |
| Walk to End Alzheimers |
| Women’s Resource Center in the New River Valley |
| Women Facing Poverty and Oppression |
| Wounded Warrior Project |
| WUVT Radiothon |
| Yoga for sight |
| Yoga Village |
| Youth Development Center in Ethiopia |
What is Kunga Yoga?
You may have seen, or heard, the word “Kunga” here at In Balance Yoga, but what does “Kunga” actually mean?
‘Kunga’ is a Kinyarwandan word that means “to help” or “to serve”. Inspired by a group of children that survived the Rwandan genocide, Kunga Yoga is an approach to Yoga, rather than a style of Yoga. The Kunga Yoga community believes in using Yoga as a path of service. Most importantly, serving ourselves with the time we spend on our yoga mat. As we explore the practice deeper, we may start to recognize how we can also better serve others. As we strengthen our own container through Yoga, we are more capable to bring our practice off of the mat and in to our world. Kunga Yoga was founded by Kristin Cooper-Gulak and her partner Loren Gulak.
There will not ever be a difference physically between a Kunga class and any other class at In Balance Yoga. The difference is in the intention of the class. We use the Kunga Theme of the Month to inspire a practice that is beyond our physical asana practice. During Kunga Yoga classes we encourage students to take their practice off of the mat and offer it in whatever way will better serve themselves, their environment, and their community. Some examples of Kunga monthly themes are 10 minutes of shavasana, expressing gratitude using non-violent communication, the power of positive thinking, and motivational music, to name of a few.
In honor of our service based practice, In Balance Yoga chooses to donate a minimum of 5% of the proceeds from each Kunga class, workshops, teacher trainings, festivals, retreats and 100% of proceeds from special community events and festivals to Homes of Hope Orphanage, the Farm Sanctuary and Yoga Village.
To learn more about Kunga Yoga, participate in any of the classes with the word ‘Kunga’ in the name. We also hold fundraisers and community events that support these efforts.
Save the Date for our next Kunga Festival, TBD
Click Here to Learn More: Homes Of Hope in India
