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Be The Change Collective

https://letsbethechange.net/ We believe ALL deserve the opportunity for transformation, growth and health. We are constantly in awe of you all.
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We are grateful to the beautiful chapter that we got to share as a community - 7+ years of serving as a community studio starting 2013. During the quarantine we let go of our studio - however, our mission, our heart remained...
Beginning in 2023...we have revived Be The Change Collective programming throughout San Jose...

We are still:
~ Inspiring others to create positive change.
~ a community-b

ased organization whose mission is to make the transformative power of Wellness practices accessible to our whole community.
~ Practicing accessibility; therefore will always offer sliding-scale $ options.
~ Partnering with organizations to serve populations that wouldn't typically have access to wellness practices. Catch us offering up free yoga, mediation, dance, art.... at the park, to our at-risk young people, creating transformative all-ages events to uplift our community, or facilitating servant leadership workshops for local companies. We offer all events on a sliding scale for all incomes- making wellness financially available to all members of the community. This means we rely on our community to truly "pay what you can" to support not only your own practice, but hold the space open for all. It only works because people are good and willing to contribute honestly! We just don't believe that wellness & transformation should be as expensive and exclusive as it has become. Sliding-scale means we are always affordable, and we will never turn anyone away due to lack of funds. Please consider the value of our service, what you can honestly afford, and make your contribution accordingly. We prefer cash for donation payments to avoid transaction fees, but credit/debit is also accepted. We offer Yoga for Beginners, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Restorative and more. We pride ourselves on offering yoga for ALL bodies, and our welcoming and inclusive environment.

04/22/2026

People stay silent for a lot of reasons.

Shame.
Fear.
Love for the person who hurt them.

But there’s one reason
we don’t talk about enough.

They’ve watched what happens
to people who speak.

And they decided
the truth wasn’t worth the cost.

That cost has a name.
We’ll talk about it next.

RAINN Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)
NextDoor Solutions: 1-800-799-7233
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

04/17/2026

Let's talk about the conversation we keep not having.

Men experience sexual assault. Men experience coercion. Men experience violation. And then men are handed silence like it's a gift.
It's not.

The data is incomplete because reporting is incomplete. And reporting is incomplete because we keep telling men this didn't happen to them, couldn't happen to them, or shouldn't affect them the way it does.

It does.

Your experience is real. Your nervous system felt it. And your healing matters, even if nobody built a system that said so.
We see you this month.

RAINN: 1-800-656-4673 | Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

04/13/2026

Safety doesn’t happen by accident.

Someone has to decide you matter.

And then build everything around that decision.

You deserve a room where you can breathe.

Where you don’t have to explain yourself

to feel welcome.

That exists.

You’re allowed to look for it.

You’re allowed to ask for it.

RAINN Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)

NextDoor Solutions: 1-800-799-7233

Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

04/10/2026

Nobody talks about this.

Not really.

Men get assaulted. Men get coerced. Men carry it alone because the world decided it couldn’t have happened to them.

Or worse, that it shouldn’t matter the way it does.

It matters.

We don’t say that enough.

So we’re saying it now.

You’re not the exception to healing.

You never were.

RAINN Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)

NextDoor Solutions: 1-800-799-7233

Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

BeTheChangeCollective

04/08/2026

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we’re here to remind you:

Healing doesn’t always look the way people expect.

Sometimes it’s making it through an ordinary day.
Sometimes it’s a breath that finally settles.
Sometimes it’s your body not bracing when someone gets close.

Small things.
Enormous things.

Healing isn’t linear, and it’s not a performance.

Your body is not broken.
It responded the only way it knew how to something it should never have had to face.
There’s a difference, and it matters.

Be patient with what you’re rebuilding.

RAINN Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)
NextDoor Solutions: 1-800-799-7233
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

04/06/2026

Nobody gets to assign value to your body.

Not its purpose.
Not its limits.
Not its ownership.

And when someone crosses that line,
the damage doesn’t stop at the moment.

It lingers in the stories you start telling yourself.
Stories that were never yours to carry.

Let’s be clear:
What happened does not define you.
What it made you believe is not the truth.

Not then. Not now. Not ever.

RAINN Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)
NextDoor Solutions: 1-800-799-7233
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

04/03/2026

Your body holds what happened.
It also holds the way back.

That’s not a coincidence.
That’s your nervous system.
It was built for both.
You were never just your wounds.

Healing isn’t something you find.
It’s something you already carry.

RAINN Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)
NextDoor Solutions: 1-800-799-7233
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

04/01/2026

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

We’re not here to perform.
We’re here to show up.

This month BTC is holding space for everyone who has ever felt like their body stopped being theirs. Women. Men. All people.

We’ll be talking about body autonomy, nervous system care, and what it actually looks like to come back to yourself.

If you or someone you know needs support right now:
RAINN Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)
NextDoor Solutions: 1-800-799-7233
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

03/31/2026

We’re closing this International Women’s Month by spotlighting and appreciating our Executive Director, Kat.

Kat didn’t just step into BTC, she grew with it, and then chose to carry it forward.

Since joining in 2016, she recognized what BTC was at its core: a space rooted in care, connection, and accessible well-being. When she stepped into leadership, she didn’t try to recreate it, she protected what mattered and expanded what was possible.

That’s not easy. Taking over something meaningful and keeping its essence intact while allowing it to evolve requires clarity, restraint, and vision.

Under her leadership, BTC continues to be a space where community care is not just talked about, but practiced, intentionally, consistently, and with depth.

Where Taraneh built the foundation, Kat continues the work, holding the standard, growing the reach, and ensuring this community remains something people can trust and return to.

To Kat, thank you for leading with care, for honoring what was built, and for having the courage to keep building forward.

03/30/2026

This March, we're honoring the woman who built the foundation BTC stands on.

Meet Taraneh, previous Executive Director and owner of Be the Change Collective and the reason this community exists the way it does.

Taraneh created something rare. A space that felt genuinely inclusive, purposeful, and rooted in accessible community well-being long before it was a talking point. She set BTC on that path and held it there.

When the current Executive Director, Kat, joined in 2016, she never looked back, this was exactly the community that was calling to her. That's the kind of vision Taraneh carried.

Her work continues through her own practice, where she supports people in healing and deepening their connection to their bodies through somatics, yoga, movement, ritual, and creativity. With nearly a decade of facilitating trauma-sensitive healing spaces, she brings a wide, responsive toolkit to every person and community she serves.

These days, she is also nurturing something just as sacred, a new baby and the family she is growing.

BTC's community knows and loves us because of the foundation she built. That is her legacy.

To Taraneh, thank you for creating something worth continuing. Everything we are grew from what you planted. We will always honor you every chance we get.

03/28/2026

✨ This coming Tuesday, March 31st, Be the Change Collective is honored to be part of Open Hearts, Open Doors - a community gathering for healing, compassion, and care, created by Darlene Tenes of Farmworker Caravan and San Jose Woman’s Club.

✨ Join us…bringing three offerings to the evening:

1. I Am Here — a drop-in meditative watercolor experience with Kat, 5–6pm

2. I Am Grounded — a qigong experience with Michelle Henninger, 5–6pm

3. I Am Held — a breathwork and sound journey closing with Kat, 8-8:30pm

✨ The full evening also includes a panel discussion with local leaders and experts on the topics of sexual assault, gender based violence, compassion work, and community care.

✨ Followed by listening circles for women and men. All are welcome.

📅 Tuesday, March 31 | 5–8:30pm
📍 San Jose Woman’s Club, 75 S. 11th Street, San Jose
🆓 Free Admission | Link in bio to RSVP

03/27/2026

This International Women’s Month, we’re honoring two women who didn’t just believe in BTC, they helped expand what it could become.

Mer found her way into BTC through Kat’s yoga class almost a decade ago and never stopped showing up.
What started as a personal connection turned into consistent advocacy. Whether she’s leading a nonprofit, hosting wellness events, or building community programs, she brings BTC into the spaces she creates. Because to her, healing isn’t extra, it belongs everywhere people gather.

For over two decades, she’s worked at the intersection of education access, college success, and economic mobility in East Side San José, the community she comes from and continues to pour into. She builds real pathways for people who need support, and she does it with both vision and heart.

Chandra came in from a different angle and challenged us to level up.
As the founder of The Powerhouse Academy and The Powerhouse Women, she didn’t just support BTC, she sharpened it. She pushed us to stop playing small, invest in the right support, and own the value of the work we’ve built.

That shift changed everything. It’s part of how BTC found its structure, its team, and the confidence to grow into what it is today.

Different roles. Same impact: helping BTC reach further, stand stronger, and show up with more intention.

To Mer and Chandra, thank you for expanding this work in ways that continue to ripple outward.

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