Space for one year - for Citizen2be

The campaign will give us the opportunity to finance a yoga space for one year. And then Citizen2be really can get started. We want to do more than offering yoga classes. We want to create the possibility to participate in holistic therapy – we are already in touch with fantastic therapists who want to support us.

We also want to work on something that is sometimes missing: getting in touch. We will have events and meetings to bring together refugees, l… Show more

People have fled from war, persecution and poverty to seek safety here. They had to leave everything behind. Most of them have lost trust in themselves and in their bodies due to traumatic experience .

Yoga is supposed to give them back selfconfidence. While they might not have a home for themselves (yet), they can at least build a safe home within themselves again. And feel better. Starting with inner safety it will be possible for them to build a new out… Show more

Do you know the feeling being stressed out and exhausted? Some minor or major crisis may make us sometimes even seek professional help. Being in therapy has become a common thing.
Anybody who has ever tried to find a therapist knows how hard it is. Now add the refugees – every single on of them should have therapy.

When you have lost everything. When everything left is just yourself. Then you should take extra good care. Yoga helps so many people to be mor… Show more

20.000 Euro / 12 months = 1.666,67 Euro

The Citizen2be campaign will finance the rent for a yoga space for one year. At first glance this might look like a lot of money. But every Berliner knows how hight rents are plus heating, gas and electricity. So in the end it is not a lot of money per month really.

All other material like yoga mats, blankets, furniture etc. will be organised through donations. Once the campaing is successful we can start in January … Show more

Bettina Schuler, author and yoga teacher, founded the nonprofit organisation Citizen2be. She gives voluntary yoga classes for refugee women since 2014. She published her experiences in her book "Norahib Bikom" heißt Willkommen („Norahib Bikom Means Welcome“) in 2016. In this book she tells of her experiences during her voluntary work and her friendship with a syrian family. By now Citizen2be is supported by Christina Häußlerwho is responsible for the c… Show more