Because every child deserves a healthy body, a focused mind, and a dignified future.
SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation is a registered charitable trust working to bring authentic yoga education to underprivileged communities. We run a free yoga school for 300 students and offer a completely free yoga teacher training program — creating futures where there were only obstacles. Your donation, however small, reaches a child who needs it most.
In the lanes and localities around Noida where opportunity is scarce and private education is unaffordable, SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation runs a free yoga school that has transformed the lives of over 300 children and young people. No fees. No conditions. Just authentic yoga, qualified teachers, and the conviction that every child deserves access to the profound health and self-development that yoga provides.
These are children who would otherwise have no access to structured health education, physical development support, or the mental and emotional tools that yoga builds. For many of them, our yoga school is the only structured learning outside their government school hours.
SKM Yoga was founded on a simple but powerful belief: that the benefits of yoga — the physical health, the mental clarity, the emotional regulation, the discipline, the self-confidence — are not the exclusive privilege of those who can afford premium studio fees. They belong to every human being, regardless of their background, income, or address.
SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation is the charitable arm of SKM Yoga that translates this belief into daily action. While the commercial operations of SKM Yoga generate the resources and the expertise, the Foundation channels both toward communities that need them most — free of charge, with full professional quality, guided by the same faculty that teaches at every level of SKM Yoga's programs.
The Foundation operates two flagship social programs: a free yoga school serving 300 students from underprivileged backgrounds, and a completely free Yoga Teacher Training program that gives talented young people from low-income communities the certified qualifications they need to build dignified, independent professional careers as yoga teachers.
"When a child from a low-income family learns to breathe properly, to stand tall, to focus their mind — yoga has given them something no amount of money can easily buy. That is why we do this work."
Dr. Shivam Mishra — Founder, SKM Yoga & Healthcare FoundationEvery rupee donated to SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation directly funds one of these two programs — both entirely free of charge to their participants.
Our flagship free yoga school provides structured, curriculum-based yoga education to 300 students from underprivileged backgrounds in and around Noida. Classes are taught by SKM Yoga's certified instructors and cover physical yoga practice, pranayama, basic meditation, and the fundamental philosophy of yoga as a life skill rather than merely an exercise system.
Students range from young children to teenagers and young adults. Many come from families where a single illness or injury can have devastating economic consequences — making the health-protective benefits of yoga both a personal gift and a family resource. For these students, our school is far more than a yoga class. It is an investment in their futures.
The school requires qualified instructors, yoga mats, props, venue costs, and administrative support. Your donation directly funds every element of keeping these 300 students practicing, learning, and growing.
Our free Yoga Teacher Training Certificate program is arguably the most transformative program we offer. It takes young people from underprivileged backgrounds who have demonstrated genuine dedication to yoga practice and gives them the complete 200-hour Teacher Training Certificate qualification they need to build a professional career as certified yoga teachers.
A certified yoga teacher qualification changes a young person's life permanently. It gives them a marketable, respected professional skill that generates independent income for the rest of their working life. Many of our TTC graduates are now earning dignified, stable incomes as yoga teachers — incomes that have lifted entire families out of economic precarity.
This program is delivered by the same senior faculty who teach SKM Yoga's paying TTC students — because we believe that equal quality of education is the only form of equality that actually changes lives.
Every contribution to SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation sets off a chain of impact that extends far beyond the individual it first reaches. Here is what happens when you give.
Your donation funds the classes, teacher salaries, mats, and props that make it possible for an underprivileged child to receive structured yoga education — perhaps the most health-transforming gift available to a growing body and mind.
Research consistently shows that yoga practice significantly improves attention, emotional regulation, and academic performance in children. When a student from a stressful home environment finds stillness and focus through yoga, their entire educational trajectory improves.
When a child learns yoga, they bring it home. The breathing techniques, the stretches, the calm — these spread to parents, siblings, and grandparents. Your donation becomes a wellness resource for entire families who could never otherwise afford this level of health education.
When a talented young person from our free school receives a TTC scholarship, their life changes permanently. They become a certified yoga teacher with a professional skill that generates income, independence, and dignity for the rest of their career.
A certified yoga teacher earning a steady professional income lifts their entire family. Parents are supported, siblings are fed and educated, futures are secured — all because one young person was given the chance to learn and earn through yoga.
When multiple families in a neighbourhood benefit from free yoga education and teacher certification, the community's health, economic confidence, and social capital rise together. The yoga centre becomes a community anchor. Your donation builds something much larger than it appears.
"Yoga gave me my life. My family could never have afforded a yoga teacher. The Foundation's free school was the only place I could learn. Now I am a certified teacher, I earn my own income, and I teach yoga to children just like me. Someone's donation changed everything for me."
A Graduate of the Free Yoga Teacher Training Program — SKM Yoga FoundationDonating to SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation is straightforward and completely transparent. Follow these steps and your donation reaches us immediately.
Make your donation by NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, or UPI transfer to SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation's dedicated Axis Bank account. All payment amounts are welcome — there is no minimum. Every rupee reaches the program.
Account details on this pageOnce your transfer is complete, send us a WhatsApp message on +91 88264 76724 with your name, the donation amount, and the transaction reference number or screenshot. This allows us to match your donation to your records quickly.
+91 88264 76724We will issue your official donation receipt and 80G tax exemption certificate via WhatsApp and email within 24 hours of your donation being confirmed. Keep this for your income tax filing — it qualifies you for deduction on the donated amount.
80G Receipt Within 24 HoursYou will be added to our donor update group where we share monthly updates from the school and the Teacher Training program — photographs, student stories, and progress reports that show exactly where your donation went and the difference it made.
Monthly Impact UpdatesPlease use the following account details for your donation. All transfers are directly received by the Foundation's dedicated charitable account at Axis Bank, Sector 44, Noida.
| Trust Name | SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation |
| Bank Name | Axis Bank |
| Branch | Sector 44, Noida, Uttar Pradesh |
| Account Number | 9220100392 58845 |
| IFSC Code | UTIB0001788 |
| Account Type | Current Account |
| Tax Benefits | 80G Exemption12A Registered |
Your generosity is rewarded not just by the impact it creates but also by significant income tax benefits under Indian law. SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation is registered under both Section 80G and Section 12A of the Income Tax Act.
Section 80G of the Income Tax Act allows individuals and corporations donating to registered charitable institutions to claim a deduction from their taxable income for the amount donated. Donations to SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation qualify under this section.
Section 12A registration confirms that SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation is a legally recognized charitable trust under Indian law. This registration is required before any trust can apply for 80G certification, and it provides an additional layer of legal credibility for donors.
The most meaningful words come from those who have given and seen the difference their contribution made in the lives of the children and teachers we serve.
Choosing where to direct your charitable giving is a serious decision. Here is why SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation deserves your trust and your support.
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A partnership with SKM Yoga Foundation offers your company the following:
"For companies with health, wellness, education, or social equity in their CSR mandate, a partnership with SKM Yoga Foundation delivers genuine, documented, measurable impact that your board, your employees, and your stakeholders can be proud of."
Dr. Shivam Mishra — Foundation Founder300 students are learning yoga for free because someone believed in this vision. A young person from an underprivileged background is now a certified yoga teacher because someone donated. That someone could be you. Transfer any amount to SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation today — and WhatsApp us so we can thank you, issue your 80G receipt, and show you exactly what your generosity achieved.
Bank: Axis Bank, Sector 44 Noida · Account: 922010039258845 · IFSC: UTIB0001788 · Name: SKM Yoga & Healthcare Foundation