Support Our Mission

Why Give?

Everyone has the capacity to thrive. Create Calm helps people tune in to their own well-being, and in turn, connect deeply with their communities. This results in creating calmer, more joyful communities built on a culture of inclusion, acceptance, and empowerment.

Create Calm is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing mindfulness-based behavioral health programs with schools and communities. Your donation will provide yoga and mindfulness resources to students, teachers/administrators, diverse community groups, and caregivers. Together, we can unite the varied members of our communities through a shared sense of peace, compassion, and belonging.

Give Your Way!

As a Section 501(c)(3) organization, Create Calm appreciates and utilizes every contribution. In support of your interests, we offer giving categories that let you designate where your money is spent.

Make a general contribution or chose from the following donation categories:

Yoga Education for Schools

* Youth Yoga Classes & School Programs

* Vocational Trainings for Teens

* Programming for Under-Supported Populations

* SEL Curriculum Development & Implementation

Sample programs: Artful Movement virtual field trips; children’s & youth yoga at early childhood centers, like Ideal Child Development Center, Friendship Children’s Center, Takoma Park Child Development Center; elementary yoga at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, DCPS, MCPS, FCPS; after school yoga through Montgomery County Recreation Excel Beyond the Bell & RecZone

School Teacher/Staff Workshops

* Trainings, workshops, and mentorship for school staff & teachers

* Self-care and stress reduction programs for teachers

* Community Chats/Circles/CREW

Sample programs: Fairfax County Public Schools Kindergarten Children’s Yoga Teacher Trainings; Artful Movement Summer Retreat & Teacher Trainings

Yoga Teacher Trainings

* Foundations of Children’s Yoga Teacher Trainings

* Self-paced learning modules for advanced children’s yoga teacher training

* Specialized training and employment for certified yoga instructors

Sample programs: Radiant Child Yoga trainings and specialty learning modules; RCY Foundations, 95-hour, 200-hour

Community Programs

* Community Classes

* Prenatal, Trauma-Recovery, Injury & Chronic Illness Support

Sample programs: Hearts & Homes for Youth classes for children in the juvenile detention and foster care programs in the state of Maryland; Montgomery County Recreation classes for prenatal, seniors, osteoporosis; Inova Life with Cancer and Pulmonology & Cystic Fibrosis Center programs for patients undergoing treatment and their families.

Special Populations

* In Partnership with Therapeutic Programs

* Neurodivergent & Developmentally Challenged

Sample programs: Hearts & Homes for Youth classes for children in the juvenile detention and foster care programs in the state of Maryland; Baltimore Therapeutic Recreation, providing weekly chair-style classes for young adults with developmental challenges.

Where It’s Needed Most

A few ways these funds could be put to use include:

* Budget replenishment for operation expenses

* Equipment maintenance and purchase

* Board & management team trainings

* Continuing education for staff

* Insurance, credentialing, and licensing

* Curriculum & Program Development

* Communications & Technology