At My Comunidad we strive to create a safe and authetic space where all identities and abilities are validated and seen.
My Comunidad Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization passionately devoted to fostering equitable access to yoga in underserved communities while honoring and preserving its South Asian cultural roots. Our primary mission is to create a wellness space that is not only equitable and inclusive, it is also easily accessible, serving as a crucial tool for mental health and personal empowerment.
To us, this means going beyond what a lot of folks see yoga as in Western culture. We recognize that yoga is more than movement on a mat. For us, this means meditation, mindfulness, connection, and most importantly, community. We see yoga as a universal wellness resource that should be accessible to all regardless of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, or any other background.
My Comunidad started with in-person yoga classes, workshops, and events in the summer of 2022 in the city of Paramount. In the summer of 2023, we moved to another Paramount location. We were thrilled to continuously build our community in the city and its surrounding areas. Then we ran into complications with licensing and had to pick up and move again in November 2023, just a few months after we thought we had found our home. This was devastating to our team emotionally and financially, and most importantly, it impacted the community we were building.
After this, The Fern in the city of Huntington Park offered My Comunidad a space to teach our classes and workshops from January 2024 to April 2024.
At the moment, we are currently teaching classes in a few different cities, and we’ve chosen to look at each pop-up as an opportunity to create more community. Although moving around has taken a toll on us, we are still very much devoted to our mission and will not give up. Throughout these past couple of years, we’ve noticed the positive impact in the communities we have been teaching in and are so moved by the incredible community that continues to show up for us, in spite of all these changes.
We are actively seeking a permanent home!