Mission

GreenTREE Yoga is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our MISSION is to bring the healing and strengthening benefits of yoga to people of all ages and abilities, and those who work with them, in a variety of settings, including schools (K-12), seniors, caregivers, community programs, addiction recovery programs, and shelters.

The Finlinson Family Christmas Card (Elizabeth Finlinson, GTY founding Board member)

Our mission is to bring people JOY through the exploration of yoga.

HISTORY

GreenTREE Yoga has its beginning in service to the community. Both cofounders, Yael and Nicole, were independently volunteering to teach yoga around the Salt Lake Valley. Nicole worked with prisoners (men's jail & the women's prison), at-risk youth, and cancer survivors. Yael volunteered teaching kids yoga at the Sandy Boys & Girls Club, the YWCA shelter kids' camp, Mountain View Elementary, Camp Kostopulos (disabled), WOW Utah Federation for Youth summer camps, and at her sons' elementary school. Some could argue that her sons got more yoga than they wanted at that time in their lives... Yael met Nicole at Nicole's yoga class one fine fall day. Nicole was intrigued by Yael's kids yoga book and kids' programs, and Yael was taken with Nicole's indefatigable approach to sharing her passion for yoga with troubled and challenged populations. Each had thought of starting a nonprofit to provide more opportunities to share their special approaches to yoga ... the next year. But together they started it right then and there, after a YogaSpace yoga class over hot chocolate. They shared their ideas and built a wondeful Board of like-minded folks who said -- yes! See what you can make happen.

And so we did. We have worked hard to make it happen. GreenTREE is a strong, well-rooted tree and continues to be nurtured by many wonderful people, organziations, and volunteers in our community. Please visit our list of supporters so we can name names.
With much gratitude, we love to tell the story of our history.

Shanti, Yael and Nicole