Our Mission:
Unify.
We connect yoga, service & collective consciousness in service to the Birmingham Metro area.
Our Mission
Sweet Om Alabama™ is a 501(c)(3) community service organization that believes in enhancing the lives of individuals through the practice of yoga. Our mission is to cultivate the health and well being of Alabamians by mobilizing the community to bring the benefits of yoga to those who lack access.
Our Roots
“Sweet Om Alabama™” was first introduced to Alabama on T-shirts created to raise money at Birmingham’s inaugural Global Mala in 2007. The gathering, an international event founded by renowned yoga teacher Shiva Rea, encourages yogis to leave the borders of their mats and studios and come together for one Saturday a year to raise funds and awareness of pressing social issues. The event — and the Sweet Om Alabama™ shirts, created by Terri Sellers — was so successful that a passionate group of yogis including Sellers, Kerry Meon, Jasper Elliot Wolfe, Shannon Andrews, Krista Martin Jones, and LeAnn Nequette decided to evolve the fundraising effort into a 501(c)(3) organization.
In 2013 Sweet Om Alabama™ obtained 501(c)(3) status, and with it the opportunity to develop meaningful outreach programs, specialized trainings for yoga teachers, and the ability to bring the health benefits of yoga to a larger population.
10+
YEARS SErVING COMMUNITIES
Our community of dedicated volunteers have been serving our the Metro Birmingham area by spreading the practice of yoga.
1000+
BODIES IN MOTION
Through our events and programs SweetOm has shared the practice of a moving meditation to the Birmingham Metro area.
20+
NON-PROFIT PROGRAMS IMPACTED
We have served many familiar non-profits within our community by providing yoga instruction.
Our Programs
We are currently teaching yoga classes to the following locations: Chair Yoga at Episcopal Place Apartments and Chair Yoga at New Pilgrim Towers Apartments.
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August 2023
Our SweetOm Teacher is an outstanding example of kindness and calm and for two years has offered the residents of Episcopal Place the chance to remove themselves from the worries of old age, the news, and aches & pains for an hour each week. Their time with her is a time of relaxation, reflection, power, and encouragement. To quote some of her students: “Our Sweet Om teacher is a joy to be around!” “Patient, outgoing, and kind.” “I’m standing better without my cane and my balance is better.” We’re grateful to have our Sweet Om teacher among us..
Jan Hunter; Activities Director, Episcopal Place Apartments
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We are have raised money to support our programs in the past with our hugely popular Global Mala event. Due to COVID interruptions the event has not been held in several years but we are looking towards more inclusive and widespread events so that more people can join us in celebrating the many forms of yoga.
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