Lotus Quality
- Venezuela, RB
- Hybrid of for-profit and nonprofit
My name is Robinson Morey, founder of Prema Yoga School a profitable organization and Prema Foundation nonprofit, register in Venezuela.
Prema foundation helps women and children with special needs who have experienced sexual abuse to recover from traumas and develop prosperity. Trough trauma healing therapies, yoga, meditation, and personal/professional development workshops.
Due to the political situation in my country, sex trafficking and sexual assault have become very common. children with special needs are women are the most vulnerable.
1 in 4 women face violence and abuse and Venezuelan women immigrants face similar issues. We want to reach more people in need of healing and empowerment in underserved areas.
Prema provides yoga teacher training courses, and we use the 30% of the money for the foundations, 30% means 100 people supported.
Prema means universal love and we cant not feel that love to reach goals in life if some people are facing traumas. Survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence often face significant challenges in their journey towards recovery. Beyond the physical scars, the emotional and psychological toll can be overwhelming. Many survivors struggle with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other mental health issues long after the abuse has ended. Moreover, they often lack the resources and support needed to rebuild their lives and pursue their goals.
Many people still being in silence about their traumatic experiences, most probably around your social circle you can have someone struggling with trying to overcome from the fear and trying to improve their business, their goal or at lest their daily life.
Our wish is to develop a quality environment in terms of health and well-being, focusing on essential life skills, self-esteem, goal setting, emotional intelligence, and neurolinguistic programming.
Prema also has projects involving psychotherapy, meditation and VR to reduce the multidimensional poverty, Prema wants to ensure that survivors have access to high-quality services at no cost to them, I don’t want that other people face the same situation that my tribal family and neighbors faced and touched me closer when I was young, that why I become a Neuropsychologist and yoga teacher.
Expanding our reach will help Prema continue its mission of providing support to survivors and create a brighter future for humanity.
Prema provides a comprehensive health and wellness service through yoga, neuropsychoogy, music therapy and personal and professional training workshops, like: interpersonal communication, leadership, conflict resolution and emotional intelligence, with components of the sustainable development objectives in terms of health and well-being, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, peace, justice and solid institutions and alliances to achieve the objectives.
In Prema, we believe in providing survivors with the tools, resources, and support they need to not only heal from their past trauma but also to thrive in their personal and professional lives. Our programs are designed to address the unique needs of survivors through a combination of yoga, psychological therapies, meditation, and personal/professional development workshops.
We provide the therapies through calls and video calls, even if people do not want to show their face or say their name, we respect their anonymity and provide them with the therapies at no cost.
Through online meetings we carry out yoga activities for people who are underserved, through the use of technology we have reached more people by providing workshops, training and even more important therapies to improve their mental and emotional lifestyle.
We continue marketing to have a greater number of clients who can afford our service and with part of that money we help the lowest income and needy.
As a solution, we are always in the network and connected with new institutions, workers and corporations that support our causes.
We are also currently developing an application that offers therapies to be used in an immersive experience so that we can have greater global reach and continue to grow financially to continue the social impact in underserved communities.
Our target population are: Venezuelans who are leaving the country and their level of stress and anxiety is so great that they enter states of depression; also people who have been sexually abused or are survivors of gender-based violence, domestic violence or any type of violence that compromises integrity (mostly female); Our third target audience is children with special educational needs, who will be adults in the future and deserve a type of activity to carry out in order to manage themselves. On the other hand, we also provide these opportunities to indigenous communities.
The entire population mentioned above is having its rights violated and they have not been able to advance policies and rules that allow the protection of their integrity, mental health and real access to decent work. That is where our institution comes in to help.
I am a descendant of indigenous people and I was surrounded by discrimination, lack of resources, difficulties in accessing adequate care, especially in mental health.
I observed how the mental health of both indigenous communities and young people and special children deteriorated.
Observe how many special children were abused due to lack of awareness and sensitization.
I observed mothers who exposed their lives to help their family and ended up under a rhythm of endless violence/abuse.
I belong to a generation that decided to get out of it and break the patterns that tied us, thanks to my mother who is one of the main members of my team, we develop attention to people with difficulties in leaving the comfort zone and we empower these families to get out of the darkness.
At Prema we are the most ideal people to carry out this commitment to protect, educate, sensitivity and help the people most in need and give them a new path of growth through mental health, workshops, therapies, yoga, among others.
- Generate new economic opportunities and buffer against economic shocks for workers, including good job creation, workforce development, and inclusive and attainable asset ownership.
- 1. No Poverty
- 3. Good Health and Well-Being
- 4. Quality Education
- 5. Gender Equality
- 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 10. Reduced Inequalities
- 16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
- 17. Partnerships for the Goals
- Growth
Our greatest impact began after the 2020 pandemic, we have treated more than 5,000 people in psychotherapy both in Venezuela and India. We have trained around 600 people as yoga instructors in different styles and we are still increasing in numbers. We are currently in 12 cities in Venezuela that correspond to 7 of the 23 states in my country.
We have teams prepared to assume the responsibility of increasing our numbers of rural communities served, which currently total 9 communities that are located around the states 7 mentioned and the majority are indigenous.
We serve 4 special education schools (approximately 200 children) to provide psychological care and holistic therapies to children with special conditions and serve their families and prepare them for future work.
Our challenge is expansion, we want to reach more people in need of healing and empowerment.
Our solution is to continue offering our entire catalog of training not only to individuals that pay our trainings already, but we also want to have access to better networks, by reaching more companies taking our services, Prema can make a real difference in the lives of more survivors and continue their vital mission of Prema Social Service.
With Grants, Investors and more network, Prema can make a big difference in the lives of more survivors and create a brighter future for humanity.
We would love to have companies that receive our services and can increase our profits to continue supporting our social service.Prema means universal love in Sanskrit, I invite you to be part of that love.
- Financial (e.g. accounting practices, pitching to investors)
- Product / Service Distribution (e.g. delivery, logistics, expanding client base)
- Public Relations (e.g. branding/marketing strategy, social and global media)
At this time, technology is quite dedicated to educational processes and economic growth. Many people are busy at work and their mental health deteriorates due to stress and lack of monetary resources.
Access to technologies and at the same time to therapies that can improve their emotional and mental health, are of great help so that a community can advance as a whole.
Our solution generates a positive impact on children with special conditions, it also helps them have a means of employment to support themselves in the future and adolescents access new work methods in different colleagues. just as our impact positively influences reducing prostitution and the fine line that exists with sexual abuse. as well as we generate a positive change in youth and female empowerment in cases of domestic violence.
No poverty and Decent work and economic growth, we analyze the means of economic growth of people who have completed our training and begin to teach yoga classes, improving their economy.
Gender equality, we quantify the social and economic advances of users in order to identify and reduce the gender gap.
good healtgh and well-being, we develop statistics of weight, age, physical constitution, as well as verify the mental and emotional condition with psychological and psychotechnical tests.
Internet access, laptops, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and cell phones are the technological accesses that enhance our work in remote communities, especially indigenous communities.
- A new business model or process that relies on technology to be successful
- Ancestral Technology & Practices
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Crowd Sourced Service / Social Networks
- Internet of Things
- Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
- Venezuela, RB
- Brazil
- Colombia
- India
- United States
1 full-time director
10 teacher part time
1 part-time administrator
1 part-time treasurer
25 part-time/occasional volunteers
10 casual workers.
We have worked on this solution as a team for 5 years - 2019, as director I have had 12 years working alone on this solution, promoting it until now.
We precisely work with lgbtq+ communities, women who have gone through our programs and remain working with us, as well as we have people with special conditions who participate in our volunteering or are occasional workers. Our organization definitely ensures great diversity and equity in jobs.
Key Resources:
Physical space: A yoga studio equipped with the necessary facilities for classes and psychotherapy sessions.
Yoga instructors and psychotherapists: Professionals trained and certified in yoga and psychotherapy.
Teaching material: Educational material
Key activities:
Teach yoga classes: Organize and offer regular yoga classes for clients.
Conduct of psychotherapy sessions: Conduct individual or group psychotherapy sessions according to the needs of the clients.
Promotion and Marketing: Promote services through online and offline marketing campaigns to attract new customers.
Value proposal:
Integration of yoga and psychotherapy: Offer a unique combination of yoga and psychotherapy to promote clients' holistic well-being.
Trained professionals: Have certified yoga instructors and psychotherapists with experience and adequate training.
Holistic Approach: Provide a holistic approach to address both the physical and mental needs of clients.
Customization: Adapt programs according to the individual needs of each client, offering personalized yoga classes and psychotherapy sessions.
Customer segments:
Individuals interested in yoga: People of all ages and genders who wish to practice yoga to improve their physical and mental health.
People seeking emotional and psychological support: Those who seek help to face emotional problems, such as anxiety, stress, depression, among others, and who are interested in combining psychological therapy with the practice of yoga.
Corporations and companies: Companies interested in providing wellness programs for their employees, including both yoga and psychotherapy.
Channels:
In-person: Through a physical studio where yoga classes are taught and psychotherapy sessions are held.
Online Platform: Offer yoga classes and therapy sessions online for those who cannot attend the studio in person.
Relationships with customers:
Customization: Maintain close communication with clients to understand their specific needs and adapt programs accordingly.
Ongoing Monitoring: Provide ongoing monitoring and support to clients throughout their wellness journey.
Income sources:
Yoga class tuition: Charge for yoga classes offered at the studio.
Fees for psychotherapy sessions: Charge for psychotherapy sessions offered by psychotherapists.
Membership Programs: Offer membership programs that include unlimited access to yoga classes and discounts on psychotherapy sessions.
Cost structure:
Personnel costs: Salaries and fees for yoga instructors and psychotherapists.
Space Rental: Costs associated with renting studio space.
Marketing and advertising: Expenses intended to promote services and attract new customers.
- Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)
All our work has been developed through the yoga training that we offer nationally and internationally with in-person and virtual modalities.
and empowerment in underserved areas.
Prema offers yoga teacher training courses and we use 30% of the money for foundations; 30% means support for 100 people (500 per year approximately)
For this reason we want to reach a corporation with a greater number of clients in order to generate greater social impact.
We are currently also applying to grant aid to increase the percentage of people.
