Uganda

The adage “experience is the best teacher” no longer resonates with Immaculate. Had she depended on her past experience and those of many women in her community, she may have not only lost her baby but also put her life at risk.

Attending four pre-natal/ante-natal care (ANC) visits and delivering at a health unit is a challenge for many pregnant women in Uganda. Currently, about 25% of pregnant women in Uganda attend all four recommended ANC visits, with about 56% delivering at a health facility (Uganda Demographic Household Survey, 2011). Among the barriers are long distances and a lack of transport to a health facility.

There are countless reasons why people start a yoga practice. For some, it’s about health, stress reduction or spirituality. For those who make yoga their lifestyle, their practice is all that plus an opportunity to serve the world from a place of unity, compassion and clarity. For Seane Corn, yoga instructor and founder of Off The Mat, Into The World (OTM) yoga is all about service because of its power to create great change.OTM uses the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and ignite grassroots social change by facilitating personal empowerment through leadership trainings, community collaboration, and initiating local and global service projects. We spoke with Seane about how her practice evolved to become a global platform for service.

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