Jessica Hobson

The Yoga Foundation delivers many programs to people with complex trauma to positively change their experience of life. Since our Yoga For Good Foundation (YFG) inception in 2021, we have worked with Jessica Hobson, CEO, and the team with grants to support their continued success.

In 2021, the priority was for their teachers not only to be highly trained in yoga but also to understand and be trained in trauma-informed practice.

In 2022, YFG supported the year-long ‘Deepen the Impact’ project. The first phase was to discover and define through in-depth interviews with people with lived experience, subject matter experts and allied health professionals, which included community consultation and discovery sessions.

The second phase was to develop a new series of programs and tests with surveys and workshops. The final phase was to deliver a new set of programs within appropriate settings and continue to consult and refine to improve the service and lastly for senior teachers to lead and supervise the team in teaching the new programs.

In 2023, they accomplished this with the structure, process and purpose provided by ‘Deepen the Impact’, establishing a stronger connection with the people they support. You can find the results in the Deepen the Impact report.

In The Yoga Foundation’s own words:

“Spending hours with the participants, listening to their stories, experiences and needs and hearing the enthusiasm and sometimes joy they conveyed when describing their responses to yoga was heartening and motivating. What we do works very well. What we do is necessary and important. What we do is a formative part of people’s recovery from adversity in their own way and time.”