# Kim Hopkins - "Service, Strategic Planning, Ripple Effects"

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Podcast: [J. Brown Yoga Talks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/j-brown-yoga-talks-461344)
Published: 2025-12-08T06:08:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/yoga-talks-podcast/2025/12/kim-hopkins
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Duration seconds: 4879

## Resource

Kim Hopkins , executive director of the Shanthi Project , talks with J about the not-for-profit work of providing yoga and mindfulness education to children and adults. They discuss different phases of the organization and where things were when Kim took over in 2023, working at Sony Music, revenue structures and fund development plans, substituting the term yoga for mindfulness, importance of data collection and research, having an in person space, bases of support, and the long game of creating meaningful change. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM . Say thank you - buy J a coffee . Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS .

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