MAGIC HOUSE INC
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We are addressing the issue of spiritual emptiness and the issues of violence and stress that are pervasive in our modern culture. The events and projects we organize are intended to create peace, well-being, connection and community.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Call and Response Prison Kirtan
The Call and Response Behind Bars Program currently works in collaboration with Amy Barnes in Nashville TN
The program complements the current yoga program started to counter the extremely stressful and notoriously violent prison system.
The program has grown into a community of like-minded people both in and out of the institution.
Call and Response Outreach
Working with underserved populations in recovery, prison and schools to offer the healing practice of chanting
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Call and Response Foundation is devoted to serving the community at large through chanting. It is a form of Yoga and has the power to open the heart. The singing or chanting is accompanied by musical instruments and rhythmic beats and the audience is encouraged to participate by chanting, clapping, and dancing. The Foundation educates people on the benefits of chanting and helps those in need of healing. The Foundation advocates the benefits of chanting through organizing and promoting chanting and outreach events in prisons, hospitals, yoga studios, community festivals, and numerous other venues.
Numerous studies advocate the power or chanting. According to research done by Alfred Tomatis of the French Academy of Science and Medicine, chanting has a therapeutic effect on the individual by activating the body’s natural healing process. He recommends chanting as an aid for overcoming addictions such as smoking, drugs and alcohol.
An 8-week study was carried out at the Samarya Center for Integrated Movement Therapy and Ashtanga Yoga in Seattle, WA, to see the effects of chanting on general well-being and particularly respiratory functions in people suffering from mild-to-severe depression. The results showed that chanting helped participants increase control over their breath and expiratory output level. The participants claimed that chanting reduced their anxiety and improved their mood. Researchers concluded that if done at least once a week, chanting is an effective means of enhancing people’s moods in the immediate present, as well as over an extended period of time.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Foundation demonstrates the benefits of chanting by organizing and promoting chanting and outreach events in prisons, hospitals, yoga studios, community festivals and numerous other events.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Foundation works in collaboration with many artists and organizations to promote and organize events. The Foundation also has a team of individuals that perform numerous tasks (ie marketing, web page updates, bookkeeping) to ensure the events are successful. The organization is run on 100% donations.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
The Call and Response Foundation has made many accomplishments thus far. They have collaborated with numerous organizations and individuals to promote and participate in over 300 events in the last 2 years. In addition, some of their accomplishments include:
Partnerships with Princeton University, Rutgers University, Penn State, and Virginia Commonwealth University
Partnerships with 4 prison yoga programs with regular presentations for inmates
Partnerships with over a dozen artists
Partnerships with over 25 producing hosts and venues
Partnerships with over a dozen service organizations working with marginalized populations
Creation of specialized membership library online
Providing scholarships and financial support for producers and attendees
Clear mission and goals
What we haven't accomplished:
Physical base/location
Grassroots financial supporters
Concrete marketing and branding plan
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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MAGIC HOUSE INC
Board of directorsas of 04/29/2019
Mr. Edward Ritz
Incord