About VYFY
Bringing the power and peace of Yoga to youth everywhere through Yoga classes in communities, teacher trainings, and collaboration.
VYFY is made up of like minded folks who love Yoga and strive to create community & connection.
Our School Programs
VYFY has developed both Yoga curriculums and professional development trainings that can be offered within your school / community center / Yoga studio and more. These programs were designed to explore topics including: mindfulness, mental health and social justice.
Our certified teachers and staff are available for hire to offer these programs in-person and online.
Our Trainings
We offer trainings in the form of Yoga Intensives and Yoga Teacher Trainings. All of our offerings are taught with a trauma informed viewpoint, and made as accessible as they can be with options for Scholarships and Online Trainings.
VYFY trainings are recommended to everyone from school teachers to yoga enthusiasts and even youth themselves. We encourage anyone that works with youth, or is looking to start, to join us for a training.
“The depth of this training has really been invaluable to grow into a well aware, well rounded teacher role. The breadth and quality of the sessions and variety of presenters has been amazing!”
Participant / RISE Teacher Training
Our Impact
We have grown from a small grassroots organization in Saskatoon SK, into an active non profit with teachers across western Canada, and various locations around the world. By growing our teacher base, and offering more trainings, we are also able to reach more youth.
500+
Yoga Teachers trained
Now we are able to reach more communities around the world since making the switch to Online Trainings. We have trained teachers in countries including Canada, U.S.A., Mexico, Spain, Kenya and more.
13+
Years Serving communities
Founded in 2008 by Kristine Divall and Ryan Leier, VYFY has grown and shifted into the thriving organization it is now. VYFY is rooted in offering mindfulness Yoga to youth.
1800+
children Impacted yearly
Supported by our Here to Be/Lululemon funding, we are able to reach on average 1800+ youth in 20 different communities across Canada.
Get Involved
Sharing the benefits of Yoga and mindfulness with youth doesn’t happen with just one person, it takes a BIG community. Within Vinyasa Yoga for Youth, many people play many different roles. We have Yoga teachers, board members, partnered organizations and fundraisers. I bet there is a supporting role for you!
“Many hands make light work.”
Host a training
Vinyasa Yoga for Youth is available to host an online or in-person offering of our ROOTS 25hr Intensive for your Yoga studio, community center or school.
host a fundraiser
Each year, we rely on fundraising to sustain the work we do at VYFY. If you would like to host a fundraiser on our behalf, please reach out to learn more.
Make a Donation
Donations made to VYFY go towards both the youth in our communities by creating accessible Yoga classes and our teachers by providing sponsorships and funding.
