Mission & Vision
“Each human needs about three and a half acres of land to breathe properly…. and you create that needed space by giving back to our communities” –R. Sharath Jois, Director of the Ashtanga Yoga Institute, Mysore India
Mission
We broaden access to yoga, breathing and mindfulness techniques, focusing on communities who have experienced trauma. Our classes and training support individuals and teachers alike in recognizing their power for positive change.
Vision
We believe every yoga teacher needs training in trauma sensitivity and that everyone deserves access to a yoga experience, free of harm, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ability or class.
Our Founder :
Lara Land (she/her)
Lara Land spent 2007-2009 teaching and learning yoga in India and Rwanda. This period offering yoga as healing to HIV positive women and children has impacted the way she experiences and shares yoga ever since.
In 2011 Lara opened Land Yoga Wellness Center in Harlem, NYC which reached profitability in under six months. Soon after in 2014, Lara began the creation of what would become Three and a Half Acres Yoga non-profit, formed to teach yoga teachers about trauma sensitivity and bring yoga to traumatized communities in Upper Manhattan.
Lara interviews trauma experts and survivors bio weekly on the Beyond Trauma Podcast

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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement
Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.