Seva Scholarship Fund
Yoga, Community, and Healing — For Everyone Who Needs It
We believe in the transformative power of yoga. We’ve witnessed it, year after year, on the mat and in the mountains of Telluride. We've seen people arrive carrying the weight of hard seasons, and leave lighter. We've seen breakthroughs happen in the middle of a 7 a.m. class, or in a quiet conversation between strangers who became friends over four days. Yoga changes people. And that is a gift — one worth giving.
When you donate to the Seva Scholarship Fund, you are giving someone the gift of yoga — the real thing: community, world-class teachers, and the particular magic that happens when practice meets the San Juan mountains. You are passing something along that cannot be purchased any other way.
At its heart, the Telluride Yoga Festival has always been about more than asana. It's about seva — the practice of selfless service, of showing up for one another, of building something together that's bigger than any one of us.
The Seva Scholarship Fund was created so that financial circumstances never stand between someone and the transformation, connection, and renewal that TYF offers. We believe that experience shouldn't be reserved for those who can afford a pass. And now, we’re turning that value into action.
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100% of every dollar donated to the Seva Scholarship Fund goes directly toward scholarships for next year’s festival. No overhead, no admin fees — just yogis helping yogis find their way to Telluride.
Our goal is to award at least 10 full festival scholarships for 2027, covering the cost of a pass for community members, teachers, and seekers who otherwise couldn’t attend.
This is in addition to TYF’s existing commitment to giving back: each year, our festival runs on the generosity of 55 volunteers, and we donate festival passes directly to non-profit organizations across our region — extending the practice beyond our own community and into the wider San Juan region we call home.
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Telluride is remote, and a festival weekend here is an investment. We know that. But we also know that some of the people who would benefit most from this experience — a teacher carrying their community’s wellbeing on their shoulders, a young person navigating a hard chapter, a local who has given so much to this town — are often the ones least able to justify the cost.
The Seva Scholarship Fund is how we close that gap, one dollar at a time.
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If you’re someone who would love to attend TYF but cost is a barrier — or if you know someone who fits that description — scholarship applications for 2027 will open later this year. Sign up below to be notified when applications go live.
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Donate
Every contribution — large or small — goes directly toward a scholarship for the 2027 Telluride Yoga Festival. Whether it’s $5 or $500, you’re helping someone find their way here.
The Seva Scholarship Fund is part of the Telluride Yoga Festival’s ongoing commitment to community care — rooted in the belief that wellbeing is relational, and that the practice of yoga is most powerful when it’s shared.