Please join us for our Opening Party!
We will be hosting an all-family workshop, followed by an ice-cream social.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Workshop: 6:30-8:00 pm
Ice Cream Social: 8:30 pm
Namo Yoga Studio
21 Belmont Street
Cambridge, MA
All are welcome. If you would like to attend, please send an email to rachel@yogathree.com. Please include in your email how many will be in attendance.
Yoga For Single Moms Launch!
In the coming months, we are gearing up to launch our much-anticipated program in a special six-week series devoted to providing single parents and their families with wellness experiences for the body and mind. For six Fridays, we will come together to celebrate our families and connect with one another. Stay tuned for the dates!
We will launch and close the series with classes for the whole family, led by master teachers Chanel Luck and Erin Maile O’Keefe along with a host of other incredible yoga teachers, based on the founding principles of CircusYoga and Radiant Yoga. During the four sessions in the middle, Moms will have the chance to practice, while kids will have their own special fun activities and classes in an adjoining room. Each classroom will be guided by a teaching team of three highly trained teachers and facilitators, providing a safe and joyful experience for everyone.
All are welcome. The cost for this program is FREE! Kids Ages 3 and up are invited to attend. If you are single parent you are also welcome to attend without your child if your child is engaged in other activities at this time.
Leave a comment below or join our mailing list to find out when a class comes to your area or to request a class near you.
In the coming months, we’ll update you with more resources for single moms who want to practice yoga in the U.S. (and, eventually, around the world). A pilot studio partnership is in the works (hint: it’s in Boston) and will be announced very soon.
Next up is Brooklyn, NY. Please bookmark this page and visit often! We look forward to seeing you in your city.
Why Yoga?
Yoga is a many-centuries old practice, originally from India but, now, widespread throughout Western culture. It’s called a practice, rather than an exercise or a sport, because the physical aspect of yoga—called asana—is only one “limb” of a belief system that also involves meditation, awareness of breath, and lifestyle choices.
The great thing about yoga is that there is no “right” way to practice it. Some of us find inner peace through a challenging, sweaty Vinyasa or Bikram class. Others prefer the discipline and diligence of Ashtanga. While others would rather savor long, restorative poses with bolsters, blankets, and meditation cushions to, simply, chill out.
Whatever your personal preference (and maybe you don’t even have one yet; that’s OK too!) our mission is to provide it.
We welcome your feedback regarding how yoga helps you on your path as a single mom. Email us
and we’ll post your personal experience, here, on our site!
105 Comments
I am a single mom and I think this is wonderful. However, my sister and I were raised by a single dad and I know a couple of single dads currently who could use something like this too. Will single dads be welcome?
i like very much the above comment and the gentleness, the spirit of the request – that though obviously we can anticipate the answer, still requires some clarification.
I share custody of our 14 years old Moses, and IT IS NOT easy( I am an aging father .. haha )
Having abandoned the practice of Hatha Yoga long time ago I am committed to restart( as we age, Hatha Yoga is the only
form of “practice” that can give flexibility and wellness of both body and Spirit.) thank you
Dear Angela and Adolfo! Thank you for your inquiry. Single fathers will definitely be welcome to apply for open registration classes at Yoga for Single Moms classes. We are hoping to one day expand the project to hold separate classes for both single mothers and single fathers, but until that day, we aim to host mixed classes.
I live in the Los Angeles/San Fernando Area and i would love to take a class with my 2 year old toddler. I got your website from fitperez.com
Please keep me posted on classes in the greater Boston area
Dear Jessica,
We will keep you posted … they are coming very soon to your area! Early Spring!
Thanks for writing into us. Enjoy the snow today.
I live in Brooklyn, NY. I will appreciate that you keep me informed about any available space to practice yoga in the area. Thanks!
I just wanted to say Thank You! for this wonderful idea. I live near Los Angeles and I hope you can come to our city soon. I have a hard time finding child care so I can go to my weekly yoga class, so sometimes I don’t go and I feel it physically and emotionally for the rest of the week. Once again Thank you.
I’m in Los Angeles, and would love to connect with a program like this as well! Please keep this idea alive and let it reach across the country. Good luck!!
What a wonderful project! I can’t wait for it to come to south Florida
I would love to take a class to destress! It would also be great to not have to worry about childcare for my 2 yr old daughter..Please let me know if you come to the NJ area!
Hi There! Sure thing. What is your closest major city in NJ? Om!
I’m also in NJ and would love to attend a class in either Central or South Jersey. I’ve taken some in the past and they make such a difference!
What an awesome idea!! I live in Santa Monica, CA and would love it if you came to my area. Finding childcare is impossible!!!
Thank you for this.
As a new mom of a 7 month old, I would love yoga in the Dallas area! I know several other single moms who would enjoy and benefit from yoga.
Is there a flowing yoga DVD you recommend that I could practice with until you open the Boston studio?
I read Michelle Williams article in Marie Claire. Very moving and what a beautiful individual!! Truly inspirational!! She spoke of this site and I feel extremely grateful to all who are involved.
I myself am a single mother and recovering from recent back surgery, although I would love to take your yoga classes when I am able. I live in Santa Monica and am wondering if you have classes there?
Sincerely,
Rose
Dear Rose, Thank you to writing to us. We are also excited and feel grateful we were able to create YFSM. We look forward to seeing you in a class in Southern California at some point. Please stay in touch with us as we launch the project in you area. We will keep you posted! Om Peace. Chanel
I’m a single mom who would love to be able to take a yoga class, without having to scramble to find a trustworthy babysitter. Please let me know of any classes in Manhattan.
Thank you so much for coming up with this!
Boston area
When I read this story, I nearly cried. Being a single mom myself, not only can I not find childcare, I simply can not afford to do ANYTHING for myself. Although I know something like this will never come close to my area, I think it is so wonderful what you are doing for other single moms like myself.
Thank you!!
This is an awesome idea. Let me know if it ever happens in Baltimore.
I am a single mother with a 3 year old son from Brooklyn, NY. This program sounds terrific!! Something we could appreciate.
This would be great in Miami, Fl
I 2nd that!
This is so wonderful what you are doing for all us single mothers! It is such a benefit for those of us who have no money for sitters and no family to help us watch our children when we need some down time. I know it may take awhile but I hope it eventually expands to smaller towns as well. There are many single mothers in my area of Virginia Beach/Norfolk, Virginia. I hope this program flourishes!
I would love to enjoy Yoga in Manhattan
hello! something for us single moms! yayyyy! i would love for you guys to set up shop in san francisco! thanks!
This is the best news I have heard all day. I am a single mom in the Boston area and in the last 2 years I have been struggling with a stresful job and the fact that I have no family close by, my saving grace has been Yoga! Often there are times when I can’t get a sitter, can’t afford a sitter and am unable to go to my class. It truely is a GREAT! thing for single moms a true gift and I am excited to attend future classes
any classes coming to st.louis,mo…?????
I would love to take a yoga class with my little one. We live in Grapevine, TX! Is there a class in the DFW are? This is one of the best ideas ever…I go to school and work a night shift, just so i can spend time with my baby. This would be a great bonding experience between mother and child!
Thank you!
Is there a mailing list? I love this concept, thanks from my heart!
Fort Worth, TX!!
Would love a class in Center City Philadelphia!
I would love to know when some classes would be available near Greensboro, GA
Hi, please keep me posted when the classes start in the Boston area, thanks.
I would like to start offering classes in Atlanta. I’ve been tied into the Yoga community for 25 of my almost 31 years alive, and have recently been looking for a way to give back, not only what I’ve learned in my Yoga practice, but the gifts other women have shared with me in my life. What do I need to know/do to get started?
By the way, I read about Yoga for Single Moms in the article about Michelle in my roommate’s copy of Marie Clare (February 2011), the morning after seeing Blue Valentine. Providence, perhaps.
hi there! what a fabulous idea. this is so great! any chance of any classes coming to wisconsin?
Would love this!!! I often do yoga at home with my 7 year old, for as long as she can stay in savasannah. Would love to have classes on Minneapolis/Twin Cities, Minnesota!!! Wonderful idea and blessing to many
I read an article about YFSM on Yahoo’s Shine. It would be awesome if classes were offered in the Columbus, Indiana area. There would be tons of moms who would enjoy the program.
i live in ellenwood, ga (atlanta area) and would love a class out here! thank you for doing this…it’s long over due.
This is a great idea! Would love if you brought it to Wisconsin! I am in Janesville.
Thank you for starting this project. I cant tell you how excited I was to hear about The Yoga for Single Moms Project was starting in Boston. I have been looking into Yoga classes for the past couple months (as a way to relieve stress) but have not been able to find anything affordable (that I can justify). Thank you for supporting single mothers. This is a wonderful thing you are doing. Can’t wait for your launch!
Wow! For years, I have wanted to take a yoga class, but I have never been able to afford it. Please let me know if this is ever offered in Birmingham, Alabama.
What a wonderful idea! It would be great if you could offer the classes in the Reno/Tahoe/Carson City area.I’m a single mom myself, and have a few single parent friends who would also enjoy this opportunity.
I love Yoga and i would love to take a course with my 7 year old daughter……Im from Houston, Texas.
Hopefully yall make a trip down here!!!
I’d love to have this opportunity, not only for yoga and free childcare, but to be part of a community of yoginis who are single moms like me. I am about 45 minutes south of Fresno in California’s central valley. We are lucky to have a yoga studio in my little town, but childcare is not available.
I can’t wait for this project to come to the bay area. I would LOVE to take yoga with my 8 yrs old daughter
I live in West Mifflin, Pa. It would be wonderful if such a place would open up here. All the “major” cities around the country get all the great things. I’m a single mom of a 2 yr old. I had back surgery in 2004. Being single with little or no money and no healthcare for myself; I believe yoga just may help me. I am always so stressed. Please bring this wonderful organization here.
I think this is great. I am posting to fbk and retweeting:
Fbk/ Sports.Peace.Love.
Twitter/ @Sportspeacelove
I am SPEECHLESS. This is such an AMAZING program and opportunity for single mothers like myself to have some “me time” and free the spirit and mind through some relaxing exercise. I would love for you to keep me posted on upcoming classes in my area as I am from good old BOSTON =)
I would love to take a class never did yoga but always wanted to try, but as a single mom it’s been to hard, I live outside of boston. Thnkas for thinking of me : ) Melissa
This sounds amazing. Can’t wait to see it materialize! I became a single mom shortly after becoming a mom. Yoga and my community of mindful, present, compassionate yoga folks were my shelter and strength to get through a really difficult time. As a mom of an almost 9 yr old, acupuncturist and aspiring yoga teacher, I would love to help out in anyway.Thanks for this creation! May the healing begin!
I learned about this web site reading Michelle Williams article in Marie Claire. How wonderful that you are starting this program to help single mothers. My daughter is a single mom who had a very difficult year in 2010 and I feel this program would be a tremendous help to her. She lives in NJ. Thank you!
I just read the interview with Michelle Williams and cried. I’m a recent widow at 37, with a nearly 2-year-old daughter, and I loved that Michelle was helped so much by practicing yoga. I’m looking forward to a studio in the San Francisco area at some point.
New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans…. needs yoga for single moms!!
Please let me know when there will be classes starting in the North NJ area (Edgewater/Guttenberg). I am the single mom of a 2 year old. I read about this in the Feb 11 Marie Claire magazine interview with Michelle Williams – awesome idea!!
Hi,
When I read about this in Marie Claire, I thought of a friend of mine who lost her husband recently and she might be interested. Please let me know when your classes are up & running in Boston so I can tell her about it!
Thank you!
I’m a Single Mom of a 7 year old son, Love this concept! Please keep me posted on upcoming classes in NYC/Brooklyn/Staten Island areas
I can’t wait until you take over chicago. When you do I would like to get involved. Im getting back into shape and I was a single mom before my marriage. I think this was an awesome idea. Please know you have support waiting. There will never be enough support for single moms.
I am the Director of Social Services at a Boston Community Health Center. Many of our patients are single parents and would really benefit from a program like this! There are yoga classes offered at Boston Medical Center, but they are not specifically geared toward a group nor do they provide childcare. Please keep us all posted on where we can access you in Boston! You are a great resource!
Would love classes in Las Vegas! Thank you for doing this.
I would love to go to yoga classes, but I do not think that they offer thoes in Blue Grass, Ia. It would be nice if they did.
What a wonderful project!!! As a working single mom of a 4-year old boy who attends pre-k full time, I know first hand that affording yoga classes can be a challenge, but also finding the time! Attending a yoga class for me is usually a 3+ hr excursion depending on where I can find a sitter; needless to say I can only do yoga on the weekends.
If you start giving classes in Washington DC, I’m sooo there!!
I am so excited to hear about this program. It sounds amazing. I would like to take a class in the Boston area when one is offered.
I live in Cambridge, MA and would love to get back to my yoga practice. It would help me and everone in my life
Namaste 
I live in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca about 1 hour. East of LA I am super interested in learning more about signing up for a class this direction. Please keep me posted, as I would love to do something just for me and feel exceptional in the process.
PLEASE COME TO LA!!
Anything in ocean county NJ? A friend is a newly single mom of 4 kids all under the age of 7 and is looking to find a little solace.
I live in Clermont, Fl and I would love to take some classes! I have a 3 year old son and a 9 month old daughter.
I heard about this on the doctors morning show AND would love for the classes to pliz come to Sayreville new Jersey.
Appreciating the commitment you put into your site and in depth information you provide. It’s awesome to come across a blog every once in a while that isn’t the same out of date rehashed information. Wonderful read! I’ve bookmarked your site and I’m adding your RSS feeds to my Google account.
Hi, what a wonderful idea….I hope you come to Ft Lauderdale, FL soon.
I practice yoga daily at work with a group of developmentaly challenged adults and staff. This has been such a positive experience and everyone benefits. I love your idea and wish you all the best …. namaste
I’m recently divorced, and have sole custody of my children. Yoga and meditation got me through the tough times the past two years, but catching a class is always a scheduling nightmare. This is a great idea. Please let me know when you are interested in coming out to Denver, CO.
Houston! Houston! Houston! Please come to Houston!
What you ladies are doing is visionary. I applaud you.
Samantha
i live in san diego and if you ever come here, i would love to teach for you. i wholly believe in the mothers need yoga philosophy having raised 3 daughters and not knowing about yoga till they were older. i teach in La Jolla and downtown at the moment. great idea and thanks xxxxxxxxxxx
I work with many single moms in the Twin Cities (St. Paul/Minneapolis) MN area. Are you comin’ our way at all?! Let us know! I’ll send many excited moms your way!! Thanks for all you do
I would LOVE to take advantage of this gift. I am in doylestown, pa.
I would love to know of classes in the Columbus, OH area. Thank you!
are there any areas in Northern California?
Hello! I am about to become a first time single Mom, and I just happened to run across an article about Michelle Williams starting this. This sounds like something I would love!!! Please let me know when and if there are classes coming to Phoenix, AZ. Thank you!
I would LOVE to attend a class in the Northern VA area!
What a wonderful project! I’m a single mom of twin toddlers…YIKES! I can’t wait until you come to Chicago!!!
My sister who is in Africa for the Peace Corps emailed this site to my sister and I, who are both single Moms and live in the Boston area. I couldn’t believe it! This is such an amazing idea and I am thrilled to do Yoga with my sister and bring my two year old son and 3 month old god son to play. Thank you!
Hello Emma! You’re welcome. Ultimately, Yoga for Single Moms is here for you, to support you. We are excited to start classes soon and will keep you up to date! Hopefully we’ll meet soon. Peace.
HI-I am a Yoga Teacher in the Detroit Area and we would love to bring Yoga For SIngle Moms here. What is the process?
Thanks!
Please let me know about classes in Boston.
I love that you’re doing this for single moms. Finding consistent yoga classes where there is also childcare is really hard. Will this be strictly limited to single moms? I’m absolutely certain there are moms who aren’t single but have limited resources who would also love to participate and would definitely benefit from this!
Fort Smith, AR it would be nice to see a yoga class that I can take my little girl with me to do some yoga because all we have is gyms and they are very pricey
I live in Lynn, MA (just north of Boston). Please let me know if there are any classes in this area. My body, mind and daughter would all benefit!
I would like to visit your program in NYC and would like to work with you to spearhead this in my area and help you create a national format. What is your NYC location? I am a single mother of 2 small children and need to make this difference in the lives of as many as possible. Please contact me, I am looking for other ways to contact you! Peace and Love to your wonderful journey.
Thank you,
Tara Rodgers (Hettrick)
my facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1291038645
I’m a yoga teacher and single mom. This is exactly what I need and what I’d like to help do. I’d love to contribute in anyway I can!
Shannon in SC
Great idea! Will you email me your schedule of cities? From Chicago
Would love a class in the Washington D.C. area!
I would love to know when/if your program will ever come to South Texas. I am in San Antonio, and feel it would be a great asset here.
I was a single mom in my youth and now I work for an organization that serves more than 3000 low income households – 87% headed by single women with kids. This would be such a wonderful opportunity for them to practice some self care. We spend a lot of time and energy helping them believe they deserve it. If you’re ever in Tacoma…..
What a great idea/program! I am a single mom in the San Diego, CA area and like many others who have posted here have a very difficult time finding/paying for childcare so I can take a yoga class. I think it is fabulous that you offer your classes for free, but I would even be willing to pay a reasonable fee for the opportunity to take a class once in awhile with childcare included. Please let me know if you ever make out to the west coast!
This is such a beautiful, brilliant concept. Thank you. Namaste.
I hope you come to the Everett/Seattle area soon. Being a single parent with little to no means of childcare outside of work…….let’s just say Mama is more than averagely worn down. Very inspired by what you are trying to do. Thank you.
I was wondering if you had any classes in fayetteville nc?….I am a single 24 year old mother of 3 boys ages 8,4 and 1 and I would love to be able to be a part of classes like this and I would e eternally grateful for the weightloss help.
Hello, Channel!
This is such a great initiative.
I’m based just outside of Boston and I cannot wait for the launch! What a wonderful and necessary event! I really look forward to connecting with other single moms and making new friendships!!
An answer to so many single mothers’ prayers! What you girls are offering is so needed! Would love to have it come to Rochester, NY.