How is all came about:

The first Yoga Day - Carlisle event was held in 2018 to introduce yoga, meditation and mindfulness to those that wouldn’t normally take part.

Following two super successful events with the wonderful support of the yoga and wider community founder, Caroline Robinson, decided to seek out a great team to help run the event. During discussions the new team decided that between them they could do so much more to support community health and wellbeing.

During the pandemic, while we couldn’t run the event, we went through the arduous process of registering Cumbria Yoga Foundation as a charity! And here we are!

The purpose of Cumbria Yoga Foundation is to support and promote wellbeing in the county. We do this through widening access to yoga, meditation and mindfulness to those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to for various different reasons.

We will raise money to run and support community classes across the county. Whether that’s supporting individuals to go to classes and studios, or running CYF classes in community settings.

Yoga Day - Carlisle is a fundraising event to support the further work we intend to carry out throughout the year.

It is also a great opportunity to demonstrate the wide variety of options to those who might not know where to start.

Therefore, the event is completely free to attend and we hope to fill the studios with people who wouldn’t normally come to classes.