Mutual Aid
for the Community
Financial Assistance
We supports BIPOC/PGM community, yoga teachers, those race/ethnic/caste-based stress, and those in need of mutual aid.
We offer a no-questions asked policy respecting your right to privacy and discretion.
Current Mutual Aid Requests
We have members in need and we need you!
How to Support
Pledge your support and provide:
Choose a different amount to sponsor multiple students or longer periods of practice.
All sponsorships are administered to the student with the next billing date unless you include the student’s initials in the note of your purchase.
Meet KW
“I joined the Tejal Yoga community a couple of years ago and it was the first time having South Asian yoga teachers. I’ve learned so much about the roots of yoga and how it’s much more than a physical practice. Even though Tejal Yoga is an online studio I really felt like I was apart of a community. That’s something that really hard to find in traditional yoga studios.
I unfortunately had to cancel my subscription because my current financial situation wouldn’t allow me to keep going. I really miss the practice, but more importantly, I miss having a welcoming space for my BIPOC body and for my voice to be heard.”
Meet JF
I grew up Salvadorean in Miami, pronouns are she/they, non-binary~ right now things are kind of difficult moving back in with my family. Because of the costs of things we’ve had to move into a small apartment that would fit all of us, currently trying to save so we can all get a bigger space. Also trying to save up for my own gender transition. Im not really sure what else to share, I love creating in any form and going outside too.
Im trying to connect with teachers and practices that recognize beyond the physical of yoga, especially experiences who acknowledge the history, influences, and different states in which it might exist and how that can shape a community.
I tried finding online teachers before but ones who understood the BIPOC/queer and/or foundations of yoga weren’t practicing anymore online. The ones I did find were helpful for beginners but in the end I always felt my journey not going where I wanted it to, since a lot of white Americans don’t really share many of the experiences im trying to channel in my own practice.
Even in studios around me, it just all felt like a brand/product instead of something else. I tried searching again recently online and found your practice. I’m trying to channel in the different truths that is my body and spirit, get to know the philosophies and foundations of yoga and attempt to share and apply a greater faith and love to my community and myself.
Your practice seemed very welcoming and understanding of all these experiences which motivated me to become a student. Im not sure what other goals I’ll have in time but for now I just want to be a humble learner under your studio and experience a teaching that blooms many more things in my own life and people. I hope this helps, I know its a bit vague."
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Tejal Yoga offers accessible movement and continuing education in a warm environment. Our knowledgeable South Asian instructors are committed to the authentic and spiritual practice of yoga.