zenworks yoga for cleveland's underserved youth | interview with sonya patel Episode 29 features an interview with ZENworks Yoga founder Sonya Patel. ZENworks is a Cleveland based non-profit bringing a curriculum based, structured yoga program into the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The program is designed to serve the underserved by offering yoga based lessons and tools for kids and their teachers, in a K-12 school setting, in our urban communities. The program has been developed and fine tuned over the last several years and they are currently serving 20 schools and around 1500 kids per week. In our conversation we learn about Sonya's inspiration for doing this work, why she thinks this work is important, and ways we can expand access to yoga. She talks about how the progress of ZENworks is now being measured, how the program continues to evolve, and how we can help support this work. I came away from this interview excited about the potential ripple effect of this work and am hopeful and optimistic that ZENworks Yoga is currently having a major positive impact in our community. Go to planetprana.com/podcast to view the show notes for links and resources about ZENworks, information about side projects supporting the work, and how you can help. Thank you for listening! Peace, Blessings & Oms, ~Zen Jenn