Membership

At Sanctuary Studios, every body belongs.

And when we say every body, we mean it.

Fat bodies, thin bodies, and every body in between. Stiff and stretchy bodies. Old bodies and young ones, too. They all belong at Sanctuary.

But we also know it often takes more than an invitation to be able to belong, especially when you’ve got to pay to get in the door, and so we’ve made every class at Sanctuary Studios pay-what-you-can, making it possible for you to practice even where there isn’t any money to spare.

Wondering how we keep the studio sustainable?

Just keep reading.

When one of their own is suffering, they circle up, close in tight, keep guard, and kick up dust to mask the vulnerable scent from predators.

And yet we are the same. This is who we are and who we are meant to be for each other. Sometimes we’re the ones in the middle. Sometimes we’re the ones kicking up dust with fierce, fierce love.

In the wild, female elephants are known as fierce protectors.

… and so the circle remains.

The Outer Circle

The Outer Circle members create a container for community care and make the studio financially sustainable through their monthly offering. For $99/month - less than the local market price of unlimited movement in every other studio - Outer Circle members provide consistent income to cover the overhead of the studio. Outer Circle members are asked to make a 6 month commitment to help us create financial stability, and in exchange, their monthly offering becomes a multiplier, allowing us to care for community both inside our doors and far beyond our walls. In our first year, the Outer Circle offerings made it possible to:

  • Host 4200 visits to the studio with an average drop-in offering of $15.25 per person - a bit below the average market price, but enough to allow us to cover our expenses after only four months of operation

  • Pay our teachers nearly twice the market rate and offer them paid time off during the bi-annual studio shutdown

  • Pledge $4200 to Nest Cafe, a pay-what-you-can cafe that feeds people in the local community - one dollar for every visit to the studio in the first year.

  • Plant a 300 sq. foot community garden that is open to anyone who needs to be fed

We want to be clear… this is not about charity. It is not a way to get the most personal benefit for the least amount of money. It is a way for us to demonstrate that when we show up with what we have and you do the same, together, there is enough.

It is a commiment to community - it is our way of "kicking up dust” when we have the resources to do so. And when we don’t, then we take our place in the center of the circle and let ourselves be surrounded.

FILL THE CIRCLE

It will take just 60 of us to fill the Outer Circle and make our studio sustainable. Today, we are at 60% of that goal. If paying market rates for unlimited yoga is accessible to you and you want to make Sanctuary your home for movement and meditation, consider joining the Outer Circle today!