Reaching Out
Activist Seane Corn uses yoga to help heal abused children in third-world countries. Here's how you can get involved.
By Stacy Adimando
2/2008
2/2008
When Seane Corn first tried yoga at age 19, she lacked confidence and had lots of bad habits. Twenty-two years later, she's taken the compassion and healing she found on the mat and used it to help sexually abused children and AIDS patients in third-world countries like India and Cambodia.
Q: What charities are you working with now?
I'm a yoga ambassador for YouthAIDS, an organization that provides products, education, and services for impoverished kids in third-world countries who have been exposed to the disease. I also teach yoga to orphaned children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, through The Cambodian Children's Fund. Q: How can people get involved?
I created a leadership program called Off the Mat, Into the World that helps you find your passion through yoga and meditation and teaches you how to create outreach projects. You can also make a donation or commit to one week or one year of service in a juvenile detention center or children's shelter. Q: Can people also volunteer to do fieldwork in third-world countries?
I've put out a challenge to the yoga community: If you can raise $20,000 through one year of outreach, I will bring you to Cambodia to work with The Cambodian Children's Fund. We'll be building a well in a village that doesn't have access to clean water. We'll also be educating the children of the village and teaching them yoga. To read more about Seane Corn's mission, see the March 2008 issue of Natural Health.
I'm a yoga ambassador for YouthAIDS, an organization that provides products, education, and services for impoverished kids in third-world countries who have been exposed to the disease. I also teach yoga to orphaned children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, through The Cambodian Children's Fund. Q: How can people get involved?
I created a leadership program called Off the Mat, Into the World that helps you find your passion through yoga and meditation and teaches you how to create outreach projects. You can also make a donation or commit to one week or one year of service in a juvenile detention center or children's shelter. Q: Can people also volunteer to do fieldwork in third-world countries?
I've put out a challenge to the yoga community: If you can raise $20,000 through one year of outreach, I will bring you to Cambodia to work with The Cambodian Children's Fund. We'll be building a well in a village that doesn't have access to clean water. We'll also be educating the children of the village and teaching them yoga. To read more about Seane Corn's mission, see the March 2008 issue of Natural Health.
