For the past six months, I have had the pleasure of supporting The OMPowerment Project. This May, I'll be running the Hackney Half Marathon for the third time and would love to use this opportunity to raise funds for this year's projects across the globe. 

The OMPowerment Project shares a belief that wellness should not be determined by geography, social status, ethnicity, access to finance, or privilege.

Our purpose is to spread awareness of the healing nature of embodied, self-regulation practices and trauma informed yoga to communities that would otherwise not have access to them.

Our mission is to promote community-centered leadership by offering refugee communities the capacity to lead themselves – teaching a man to fish, instead of feeding him for a day.

We believe that the practices of self-regulation / trauma informed yoga have the ability to positively affect mental health and healing from stress and trauma.

The OMPowerment Project provides free, week-long trainings that equip refugee men and women with the skills to create a safe space in their communities, free of labels and judgement, in which they and members of their communities can relieve anxiety and build confidence and self-esteem.