YOGA IMPACT CHARITY • ESTB 2016
Improving psychological & physical wellbeing through evidence based, trauma informed yoga trainings and programs in diverse communities.
Our Trauma Informed Yoga teaching team partners with not-for-profit organisations, government, and schools to share Yoga programs with:
frontline healthcare workers
refugees & asylum seekers
survivors of domestic violence
families of the Defence Forces
veterans
people in detention
people experiencing homelessness
First Nations people
Yoga Impact Charity Impact
385 Community Yoga Programs
3,927 People Impacted
34 Trauma Informed Yoga Teachers Trained
4 Full Scholarships
The Yoga Impact Charity Approach
The Yoga Impact Charity has been providing inclusive, evidence based trauma informed yoga in the community to over 21,000 people since 2016.
We recognise the powerful impact yoga can have on psychological and physical wellbeing, supported by a growing body of evidence.
Our teaching team has all completed the Body Mind Heart Training® 200-Hour Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training. This methodology integrates yoga, somatic therapy, and psychology, and is grounded in the latest research and our program evaluations.
Our approach is trauma informed, recognising that trauma can profoundly affect both psychological and physiological wellbeing, increasing the risk of re-traumatisation, mental ill-health, and chronic disease. As yoga teachers, we are committed to creating safe, supportive environments for healing and to being mindful of how we relate to and hold space for those we work with.
We are deeply grateful to the Vasudhara Foundation for their support and for the innovative, strategic guidance they have provided.
Our yoga programs reduce PTSD within 9 classes and reduce depression within 12 classes.
Our Founder - Danielle Begg
Yoga Impact Charity Co-Founder, MSc, BPschSc(Hons), E-RYT
Danielle Begg has an academic background in psychology, with a Master of Science from the University of Oxford and a Postgraduate Certificate in Global Mental Health from Harvard Medical School. She brings this expertise together with extensive experience teaching evidence based, trauma informed yoga as Co Founder and CEO of The Yoga Impact Charity.
Danielle is the creator and Lead Trainer of the Body Mind Heart Training® 200 Hour Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training. She facilitates trauma informed yoga workshops and retreats globally, teaches yoga programs in Sydney with people recovering from trauma, and offers private consultation and mentoring.
Through her work, Danielle empowers women to spark meaningful change in their own lives and in the world. She works with healthcare professionals and community leaders who want to bring calm, clarity, and care into their work, using practical, science grounded mind body techniques to help create supportive spaces for both those they serve and themselves.
She is an advocate of the inclusion of yoga within healthcare and has been invited to speak at conferences around the world, including: The Australasian Conference on Traumatic Stress, The International Journal of Yoga Therapy's Research Symposium, The Australasian Yoga Therapy Conference, The Yoga Australia Conference, The North American Refugee Health Conference, and Australia New Zealand Refugee Trauma Conference. She has been published and featured in The International Journal of Yoga Therapy, The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC News, SBS, The Australian Yoga Journal, Yoga Today Magazine, and WellBeing Magazine.
OUR VISION
To improve the mental and physical health of people who have experienced trauma through world class evidence based Trauma Informed Yoga Trainings and Programs.