Youth Yoga Nola is a sports-based youth development non-profit that shares the tools of meditation and yoga with youth involved with or impacted by the carceral system in the Greater New Orleans area. We recognize that New Orleans' youth face high rates of poverty, trauma, and violence all of which are associated with a greater likelihood of involvement with the carceral system. We nurture youths’ physical and mental health, resilience and self-esteem to cultivate young leaders and intervene in and disrupt the cycle of incarceration.

yoga classes which offer the benefits of yoga and mindfulness through healing focused instruction. We offer free classes in our most trauma affected neighborhoods.

Youth involved in the juvenile justice system

New Orleans and the Greater New Orleans Area