Okurut George 🇺🇬 

Bio:

Okurut George is a yoga teacher in vulnerable communities. Currently, he is working with Heart of Dance African Rhythm, Nsambya, New Hope Dance Project, and Banda. Previously, he worked with Kisenyi Slum Yoga, 22 stars Kids Foundation in Banda, ARC charity foundation, Jinja where he introduced yoga to different communities. These projects have created yoga awareness, and mental health awareness hence improving the livelihoods of the people in the communities. He has received various donations both monetary and yoga materials that as yoga mats from Root To Rize, Give back yoga foundation, and Yoloha yoga mats to help in the effective implementation of the various projects. George is a certified Yoga teacher with 300 hours at S-VYASA (Swami Vivekananda Anusandhana Samsthana) Yoga University in India, 60 hours for Satyananda Children’s yoga at Yoga Pura Vida in Tanzania. He is planning to enroll for a Yoga therapy course which he believes will help him to make adverse achievements in different communities. He has received newspaper coverage that is Face The Current magazine issue 33, Daily Monitor dated Monday 27th July, 2020 and Tuesday 20th April, 2021 and a blue marble sky documentary entitled “ A JOURNEY TO LOVE” describing how George uses Yoga and dance to transform lives in slums which helps keep crime and drug use at bay. In 2020, George received an Award for being the winner of the Adult Male Yoga Video Contest when the Indian Community was celebrating its 74th Independence Day anniversary. In addition to the above, Okurut also serves as a dance teacher at Heart of Dance African Rhythm, Smiling Heart Africa Foundation, and a photographer who is passionate about nature.