Hi,
My name is Britt. I am the owner of Yoga Jamboree.
When I was 15 years old, I had two rods put in my spine to correct Scoliosis. This major surgery at a young age may have been a blessing in disguise because it led me to yoga.
I’ve maintained a regular yoga practice through my adulthood and the healing I did to my body was mind blowing. Even epic enough for me to listen to the little whisper inside my head to become a teacher and give this gift to others. I began teaching Bikram hot yoga to adults.
Simultaneously, in the first decade of my adult career, I was immersed in education and human behavior. Whether it was coaching Special Olympics or being the Day Camp Director at summer camp, I began to notice the same needs not being met in our children. Our children are lacking tools for emotional awareness and self regulation.
My yoga teacher education quickly flooded into my job working at a special needs boarding school for teenagers with complex cognitive disabilities. Yoga, mindfulness, and breathing techniques became a huge part of my skillset to help young adults deal with the challenges that come with Autism Spectrum Disorder, anxiety based disorders, and ADHD.
Eventually, it became glaringly obvious to me that yoga should be a regular class in school. It creates an intentional platform to teach kids self care, empathy, equality, fun, love, confidence, self love and gratitude.
We see alarming numbers of suicide, self harm behaviors, and drug overdoses in our youth. Our kids are less connected, more effected, and socially neglected.
The first step to learning anything is to gain control of your physiological and psychological state. That’s what yoga and meditation does. Yoga is not religious. It’s science. It’s a healthy habit to improve your life.
Our mission is to support kids in developing a healthy set of tools to be able to regulate their emotions and manage stress. Building connections, confidence, and a growth mindset through yoga, meditation, workshops, and other various jamborees. Empowering a healthy, happier Cape Cod by helping our youth build solid, resilient foundations of who they are.
Yoga Jamboree will offer kid’s yoga classes, educational workshops for teachers, birthday parties, private groups, and teen workshops on self care.
Ten percent of all retail sales will be donated to the “Win Yoga Jamboree” - a fundraiser dedicated to funding yoga in our Cape Cod schools. Donations can be made here.
I love putting jamboree on the end of anything. I love telling kids we are going to have a good, old fashion toilet, cleaning jamboree! We have bedtime jamborees, friendship jamborees, even IEP jamborees!
Because life is supposed to be fun! And fun is something you bring with you!
We are supposed to be happy and abundant. Look at Cape Cod. This beautiful place is our HOME! How lucky are we?
I've connected and collected so many wonderful yoga teachers, healers, and community leaders on Cape Cod that have like minded intentions to make our home thrive. Knowing that joining together we can make a large impact on our youth and the health of our community.
Now let’s make Cape Cod not only beautiful, but the best place for kids to grow and develop.
Britt Burbank
Founder, Yoga Jamboree