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new donation studio in berkeley

2008-01-24T08:03:13Z

hey, i went to this newly-opened donation-based yoga studio in berkeley, and it was good! try it!

http://www.yogatothepeople.com/berkeley.html

the success of cheap or donation yoga depends upon plenty of people going to it, so i encourage you to support them. enjoy!

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Natural Foodies Wanted!

2008-01-08T23:14:06Z

Are you a Natural Foodie??
Marketing/Promotional Reps Needed
for well known Natural Food Companies

Help promote national natural product companies at community events in your neighborhood—distribute free samples & communicate key nutritional and sales points in our promotional booths at local events. These events include music festivals, marathon expos, trade shows, health and wellness expos, and eco-conscious events. This is an amazing opportunity for outgoing, adventurous people who seek to gain valuable marketing experience in the organic and natural food industry, become involved in community events—and make great money!

COMPENSATION:
• $150 - $175 per day dependent on specific event and Natural Food Company.
• Invaluable experience in marketing & promotions for package-goods companies.

CANDIDATES MUST BE:
• RESPONSIBLE, outgoing, friendly and comfortable talking to a multitude of people.
• Interested in nutrition/organics.
• Comfortable in food service atmosphere.
• Able to lift 35 lbs.
• Computer literate (PC).
• Able to submit reports and meet post-event deadlines.
• Able to work long hours on your feet.

INTERESTED?
Email your resume and a one paragraph personal statement (“Who are you and why would you be perfect for the job?!”) to Angelina Favia at Angelina@tkpromotions.com

For more information on our agency please visit www.tkpromotions.com

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A New Year's Resolution? Free Yoga Classes

2007-12-27T04:05:52Z

Question: Ready for that "New Year's Resolution?"
Answer: ? (Didn't think so).

Well thanks to the "Grotto" at Sports Basement - you have a "free" chance to improve your well being ... ..

)n 01 December 2007, Sports Basement joined together with local yoga teachers to give a yoga gift to the community.
Next yoga class:

• Sunday, 30 December 2007 - 10:30 - 12:00 noon. -
• Yoga Flow - with Annie Leguennec
• http://www.sfgoju.com/

• Sports Basement --San Francisco
• 1590 Bryant St.
San Francisco, CA
(415) 575-3000
http://sportsbasement.com

And due to the very high turnout of yoga students, speed walkers, coach potatoes, Fat Tire Beer Specialist, snowboarders, and then some . . . Starting January 2008, Sports Basement will host free yoga classes each & every Sunday from 1:00 - 2:30pm.

Yoga Teachers of various styles (Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Vinyasa, Raja Yoga, Kundalini, Anasara Yoga, Yin Yoga, Power Yoga, Anna Forrest Yoga, etc.) will present their unique connection with the yogic path.

Check back each month and see who’s in the mix – free yoga classes by yoga teachers of all walks of life. Official Website: http://ynottony.com/yoga1.htm

And, if you are a yoga teacher (or a soon to graduate yoga teacher) looking to share your knowledge, practice karma yoga (community service), and put yourself in the public eye, come join in & volunteer your services making yoga affordable for every individual. Pick one Sunday per month . . Teach as many months as you would enjoy doing. . . .

Yoga teachers will receive a $25.00 gift certificate from Sports Basement (per yoga class) & can use the platform as a way of promoting themselves and their unique yoga experience.

Regardless, it's a grand opportunity to start the year on the right path, meet some like minded individuals, see life in a different light, & calm the mind.

* Yoga teachers of all schools of yoga are invited to teach.
* Yoga students of all levels are invited to attend.

For more information or to get your name on the yoga teacher's list - contact: Iyengar Yoga Teacher, tony at:: http://ynottony.com/contact.php

1. Send a brief Yoga Bio
2. Send a list of your available Sundays in January, February & March - 2008.
3. Send a link to your website, personal profile (Myspace, Zaadz, Tribe, Yelp review, etc) or something which speaks highly of you
4. Start advertising your yoga class

Wishing the best of all possible worlds,
tony
http://ynottony.com

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Jonathan Reynolds' Donation-Based Classes

2007-10-25T17:57:59Z

Hello all,

Just writing to let you know that I am still offering Donation-Based yoga and meditation. I teach Thursday nights at James Howell Studio, and Fridays and Saturdays at Mission Yoga's Sun Room, which sounds like it will be going full Donation-Based in December.
You can view my schedule at: http://www.meditationvinyasayoga.com

Enjoy the practice of practicing,

Jonathan

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The Space

2007-10-03T16:24:16Z

Hello,
New here! I've recently taken a hiatus from teaching for personal reasons mostly, but also because I have students who complain about the costs of yoga classes. I teach at a community center and at my job (no charge for my coworkers) I mean there are so many studios in this city alone, no matter where you live there's one around the corner. So accessibility isn't the issue, obviously, but costs, costs, costs!
anyway, I was just curious how one obtains space to offer donation yoga? I know you can rent the space, but does it get expensive? Just curious. I would like to do more donation-based teaching and start going to more donation-based classes myself.

Glad to be here!
thanks,
-Liz

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SF Bay Area Donation Yoga Teachers

2007-06-27T18:01:51Z

Hello fellow Yogis & Yoginis,

For the past years, as a community service, I have posted Bay Area Donation Yoga Teachers on my website at: http://ynottony.com/donation.php

In the next week, I am planning to update that web page. Therefore, if you presently teach a Donation Based Yoga Class and/or know of a yoga teacher that teaches a donation based yoga class - please contact me at: http://ynottony.com/contact.php

Include the following info:

1. Style of Yoga
2. Location & Time of classes
3. Website link
4. Yoga Biography.
5. A picture

Let's continue to provide affordable yoga to every individual.

Wishing the best of all possible worlds,
tony
http://ynottony.com

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i know this may seem off topic but yoga practitioners are often believers in nonviolence.....

2007-04-17T07:34:36Z

Blacksburg is such a beautiful town. It's bike friendly and full of nature lovers. They have the kindest, friendliest small town folks. The gorgeous New river, which is one of the oldest rivers in the country, runs near it. College students love to float down it and climb the mountains which are close by.

I'm just heartsick about these murders. I worked at Virginia Tech in 1980 in the Chemistry department. My sister volunteered there with countless students and my brother-in-law taught there for years. I dated a police officer there who's still in active duty. I've contacted him to tell him people all over the world are thinking of them. I have college age kids so I particularly empathize with the parents who sent their loved ones to school, expecting them to be safe.

How long will we let American companies profit from the blood of our children?
http://www.vpc.org/studies/vidintr.htm

Please sign this gun control petition in response to the Blacksburg, Virginia tragedy.
http://www.bradynetwork.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=2960&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS

This week I'll light candles for those who were killed, all the more tragic, knowing this was utterly preventable.

More helpful links:

California gun law report card:
http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/state/viewstate.php?st=CA

from Million Mom March:

"All Americans have the right to be safe from gun violence in their homes, neighborhoods, schools, and places of work and worship.

All children have the right to grow up in environments free from the threat of gun violence.

Gun violence is a public health crisis that harms not only the physical, but also the spiritual, social, and economic health of our families and communities.

The availability and lethality of guns make death or severe injury more likely in domestic violence, criminal activity, suicide attempts, and unintentional shootings.

It is possible to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by gun violence with reasonable, common sense policy."
http://www.millionmommarch.org/aboutus/

The Brady campaign to prevent gun violence has excellent statistics that prove that nations that implement gun control have much less gun violence.
http://www.bradycampaign.org/

Here's another petition to get Walmart to stop selling bullets and includes stories of people who purchased bullets there and went on to murder others.
http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/involved/walmart/index.php

So many gun control opponents are abusive:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-price13aug13,0,4661455.story?coll=la-opinion-center

Gun companies should be held liable for the damage their weapons cause:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/reparchives/107/hearings/04182002Hearing537/Barnes919.htm

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Donation based Ashtanga in SF

2007-01-11T20:17:57Z

Hello, my name is Stuart Siegel and I am new to this tribe so I am introducing myself. I teach donation based Ashtanga classes every Saturday at 10am at Om Style Yoga Shala, Fillmore at Fulton. This is a private in-home studio, please email me for the exact location. I teach other classes too, drop-in is $5-15, see www.omstyleyoga.com for my complete schedule. I have been teaching Ashtanga for nine years in SF, and have studied primarily with Pattabhi Jois, Rolf Naujokat, and Clayton Horton.

I also want to mention that Yoga Tree Valencia, 1234 Valencia @ 23rd, is offering one free week of 630am Mysore classes, good thru January only. I believe there are coupons on the table next to the front desk, or you can email me and I'll send you a coupon. I am one of the Mysore assistants at Yoga Tree and I assist there on Monday mornings. Yoga Tree is not generally donation based, but since this is a free offer, I thought I'd post it here.

Namaste,
--Stuart
aka Yoga Daddy

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donation yoga in the mission!

2006-12-14T00:24:13Z

every wednesday from 6:30-8pm, and sundays from 1-2:30 (sunday class begins november 5)

suggested donation $7-11, no one turned away for lack of funds

a beginner-friendly yet challenging class. mats available for community use.

located at the Million Fishes arts collective, on the corner of 23rd & Bryant. entrance is on 23rd, east of the main entrance. go through the metal gate and down the stairs at the opposite end of the courtyard.

questions? check out www.millionfishes.com/events or email claire at breatheyoga.claire@gmail.com

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Yoga Mob is back!

2006-12-04T06:57:21Z

Yoga Mob returns December 5th! This was made possible by a generous donation of space by The Precita Center and 12 Galaxies. More classes and new instuctors will be added as we find additional spaces for the Mob.

Established in November of 2005, Yoga Mob is a community organization dedicated to providing low-cost or free yoga and meditation classes to those who cannot afford the high cost of studio memberships or expensive drop-in classes. Classes are open to all ages and income levels. For those who practice regularly but are on a limited budget these community classes are an invaluable resource. There is no minimum donation for attendance. 100% of the proceeds go to the instructors. Yoga Mob spaces are provided to qualified instructors at no charge.

For the full schedule, directions, and more visit www.yogamob.org

Here is the schedule for the first week of the new incarnation of Yoga Mob:

Date: Tuesday, December 5th
Time: 6 - 7:30 pm
Instructor: Jonathan Reynolds
Class: Vinyasa Yoga
Levels: All levels
Location: Precita Center - 534 Precita Ave. East end of Precita Park.
Donations: Sliding scale. No minimum.

Date: Tuesday, December 5th
Time: 8 - 9 pm
Instructor: Jonathan Reynolds
Class: Guided Meditation
Levels: All levels
Location: Precita Center - 534 Precita Ave. East end of Precita Park.
Donations: Sliding scale. No minimum.

Date: Wednesday, December 6th
Time: 6 - 7:30 pm
Instructor: Jonathan Reynolds
Class: Vinyasa Yoga
Levels: All levels
Location: 12 Galaxies - 2565 Mission Street @ 22nd
Donations: Sliding scale. No minimum.

Date: Thursday, December 7th
Time: 6 - 7:30 pm
Instructor: Jonathan Reynolds
Class: Vinyasa Yoga
Levels: All levels
Location: Precita Center - 534 Precita Ave. East end of Precita Park.
Donations: Sliding scale. No minimum.

Instructor Bio: Jonathan Reynolds has completed teacher trainings with the White Lotus Foundation, Erich Schiffmann, Darren Main, BaronBaptiste and Greenpath Yoga.

He is the founder of Learning To Listen, a global community dedicated to spreading tools for conscious living, and has written two books: Poetic Listening and Learning To Listen: Simplifying Spiritual Practice; and has created a meditation CD - Learning To Listen: Simplifying Meditation.

His yoga class can be both physically and mentally challenging, yet remains beginner friendly. By using vinyasa (roughly sun salutations) as yoga's physical building block, we can realize the breath as the building block of consciousness. Yoga as meditation allows us to experience life's honesty by transcending perceived limitations, building in organic ways an appreciation of love, patience, generosity, and union. Both seated meditation and chanting are used as part of the experience.

See you soon!

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Donate Space for Ashtanga in Burlingame/San Mateo on Sundays

2006-10-23T23:46:19Z

Hi - we are looking for covered/indoor space to hold approx 10-12 people for Donation Ashtanga Yoga held on Sundays from 0900 - 1030.

Right now, we are practicing Ashtanga every Sunday behind the Burlingame Recreation Center in Washington Park. With the inclement weather approaching, we'd like to take it inside, preferably Burlingame or San Mateo.

We are open to suggestions as to how to pay for the space. Since this is Donation Yoga on the Peninsula, we do not charge anyone for practicing Ashtanga.

Ideally, we'd like to have some kind of setup similar to "YogaMob" in San Francisco, "Yoga Mob is a part of the growing movement towards donation based yoga classes in the Bay Area. Yoga Mob is located in a 4000 sq. ft. live/work warehouse at 3359 Cesar Chavez at Mission. This space is provided to qualified instructors at no charge. Due to the lack of overhead, donation based classes can be offered to the yoga community for as much or as little as one is moved to donate. For those of us who practice regularly but are on a limited budget, community spaces like these are an invaluable resource."

So if you have some space you'd like to donate, please contact James Murphy at burlingameyoga@hotmail.com -

~Namaste

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Donation Yoga Classes - A community service making Yoga affordable for every individual. Come to class regardless of your finances. Beginners are encouraged to attend. Pay what you can afford or free yoga...Yoga should be accessible to absolutely everyone regardless of financial resources. Voluntary donations accepted.
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Need Yoga Space? We have it!

2006-10-23T23:03:47Z

Need Yoga Space ? We have it in the Mission District. Please contact Jonathan K at Email: johnathan_k@comcast.net or call at (415) 867-6574 for more information.

Hurry as this space won't last long.

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donation yoga in Puerto Rico

2006-10-20T20:21:29Z

Hi, ... this is Bianca from Yoga @the Park (http://tribes.tribe.net/yogaatthepark) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was wondering if you could give us some advice. We started giving free yoga classes at the park during our teacher training, to practice giving classes. After getting our certifications we decided to continue giving classes by donation. We are the first in the whole island of Puerto Rico to do this. We have been exploring the idea of turning this into a donation/yoga/non-profit. I saw your tribe and it was really inspiring. Yoga Mob seemed like what we want to do. We would LOVE to do something like that here. There is no such thing in Puerto Rico yet and we feel it could benefit so many people. But we don't have funds, let alone properties, to start any of this, just ideas and commitment. How do we approach people to donate/lend a space for yoga class? Can you point us in the right direction? We are very excited about the possibilities. Thank you!
Namaste,
Bianca

--

Nina & Bianca
Yoga at the Park
787-587-9032
787-241-1529
yogaatthepark@gmail.com
http://www.yogaatthepark.blogspot.com/

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New Donation Based Class in Richmond District

2006-10-09T02:45:28Z

I'm sick and tired of my students not being able to come to class because they can't afford it. So join me for a COMPLETELY DONATION BASED CLASS!!! This is a vinyasa flow class appropriate for all levels.

Where: Elevation Pilates and Yoga 3425 Balboa St. between 35th and 36th Avenues.
When: Starting Wednesday November 16th @ 8:00-9:30 PM and every wednesday night after that.

For more information www.michaelmichalske.com
or call me at (415) 668-0947
Namaste,
Michael

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Free Yoga on the lawn of City Hall - San Francisco

2006-10-06T20:57:24Z

Looks like Sunday, 08 October, 2006 will be a sunny day. Come join in as we parktake in Iyengar Yoga on the lawn of City Hall.

SUNDAY MORNING YOGA CLASSES

* (Starting 08 October 2006 - each Sunday during October).
* (rain cancels).
* Free Yoga at City Hall - San Francisco
* 10:00am. - 11:30 am.
* 9:30am Meet: on the steps of City Hall - [map]
* 10:00am - Yoga on the grass of City Hall
* No Agenda.- A practice of Ahimsa.
* No mat required - bring a beach towel or blanket.

For more information: http://ynottony.com/yoga1.htm

Wishing the best of all possible worlds,
Iyengar Yoga teacher,
tony eason
http://ynottony.com

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Donation Yoga Teachers - Send me your info

2006-09-04T22:23:37Z

Hello Everyone,

Over the past weeks, I've been organizing and redesigning my website. http://ynottony.com

And presently, I'm searching out information on "Donation Based" - Certified Yoga Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Therefore, if you know of one .. . .. pass the word.
And, if you are one . . email me the following information (and I'll post it) at: http://ynottony.com/donation.htm

1. Brief Yoga Bio.(Ex. Years of teaching, years of practice, what brought you to yoga, etc).
2. Style of Yoga (Ex. Astanga, Vinyasa, Iyengar, Power, Kundalini, Bhakti, etc.)
3. A Picture in a "j.peg" format
4. Website and/or email address
5. Locations & times of yoga classes
6. Weblinks to reviews and/or testimonials

I'm ready to do this right now ... .

Wishing the best of all possible worlds,
Iyengar Yoga teacher, tony eason
http://ynottony.com
Email = yoga@ynottony.com

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donation based anusara yoga on monday nights

2006-05-03T18:20:09Z

monday nights 7:45 pm at yoga sangha 3030 16th street at mission donation based yoga with brian and dj b3n http://www.yogasangha.com

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Ritual Yoga has closed.

2006-03-23T17:45:11Z

A bit more information is available from Steve at: http://www.ritualyoga.com/

Sad news.

Namaste,
Jamie

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New donation yoga studio in the Marina!

2006-03-23T14:16:04Z

http://www.ritualyoga.com/

Steve De Cosse is in the process of starting San Francisco's first entirely donation-based yoga studio in the Marina of all places

from his website:
"We offer an invigorating approach to yoga that responds to the vitality of city living. We do this through energizing rhythmic flow classes that stimulate the soul and unlock the fluid vibrancy residing within the core of one's being."

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san jose studio looking to offer donation based class

2006-03-21T00:26:37Z

hello!

I just opened a new yoga / dance studio in san jose - Prakasa Ma ( http://www.prakasama.com and http://tribes.tribe.net/prakasama ). I'd love to have the studio offer a few donation based classes, so I'm hoping to get suggestions and feedback from members of this tribe who have already gone this route. There's so much more of this going on in san francisco - very little happening in san jose, which is why I started the studio.

Logistically, how do you handle the donations? Does it all go to the teacher, or does a portion go to the studio? If it all goes to the teacher, how does the studio make enough to maintain the space (rent, etc.)?

Also - does anyone know any teachers who would be interested in teaching a donation based class in san jose?

Thanks much!
~Anja

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SF Guardian article

2006-03-09T17:23:04Z

In case you didn't catch it, there was an article on Donation Yoga in the Guardian a couple of weeks ago. It's posted on-line at:
http://www.sfbg.com/40/20/x_biznews.html
They got my name wrong. Oops. All the other links or correct, but mine ought to read:
http://www.jamielindsay.com
peace,
jamie

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whaddya think about donation yoga anyway?

2005-12-20T20:55:30Z

In making the shift from Studio classes set up in the traditional Western capitalist paradigm to an entirely donation-based structure I've gotten a surprisingly wide range of responses from people to what seemed to me a fairly innocuous conception. Biggest suprise: "You're devaluing yoga and yourself by not setting a solid price for your work." What do you think?

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yoga mob's opening party is THIS Saturday, the 12th!

2005-11-09T00:26:49Z

check out the yoga mob tribe for details...
jamie

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Donation and taxation?

2005-09-26T14:08:46Z

on the Teaching Yoga Tribe, there was an interesting post suggesting that perhaps teachers would choose to teach yoga by donation in order to avoid paying any taxes -- stealing from the government -- and to attain celebrity and riches. i was a bit shocked. what i'm actually working with is really incredibly confusing tax paperwork and figuring how to keep sufficiently meticulous records that i don't have trouble down the line, to maintain real honesty and integrity in what i'm doing. i mean the choice to teach in this way was one towards greater integrity with my own internal sense of yoga. you can see the original post at this thread if you're interested:

teachyoga.tribe.net/thread/6...552e83b72

and if you have any thoughts on accounting...

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resistance to the concept?

2005-09-23T20:52:09Z

Mike mentioned that people were less likely to show up for classes that were free than for classes that had a fee, which is something that I've experienced as well, and Domini said in one of her postings that people in our culture tend to equate value with price, which does go a long way towards explaining it. I wonder if any of you have any other ideas on reasons for the not-so-uncommon resistance people have to such a conception, even here, in San Francisco.

Cat referred to this as a 'movement', this Donation Yoga conception. I suppose all movements encounter resistance. Perhaps it's in fact where they draw their momentum. Foucault, anyone?

peace,
jamie

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Spontaneous Yoga Happenings, sans instructor?

2005-09-23T02:36:40Z

It was the name Yoga Mob that caught my eye.

On friendster a few years ago -- perhaps still, i wouldn't know -- there was a profile located in Chapel Hill, NC called only 'mob' and it had hundreds of friends, would post last-minute a time and place for everyone to converge, and then, quite out-of-the-blue, there would be a huge mass of people in some completely unexpected place. When I saw the name, actually what I imagined, before I started reading, was this sort of completely spontaneous event/happening, but with people doing yoga. Still, I think this sort of thing would be absolutely fantastic. And it wouldn't involve having a teacher, just people suddenly practicing yoga, a great many of them, in some space in San Francisco.

Anyone else think this sounds like fun?

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Cat's new Yoga Mob concept in San Francisco

2005-09-22T04:21:08Z

check out the Yoga Mob Tribe.

from her discussion boards:

"The Concept:

I have been given an amazing 4000 sq foot live/work warehouse space. I want to share this space with the yoga community by offering it to teachers free of charge. Teachers will receive 100% of the donations collected for their classes. I will promote the classes through emails, a website, flyers, etc. This lack of overhead will be passed along to the community in the form of fun/funky/inexpensive instruction. I foresee the donations ranging from $5 to $12 based on ability to pay.

I move into the warehouse on Sept 15. The forming of Yoga Mob will start around the 1st of October.

The Mission & Intention:

- Offer a fun and safe space to practice yoga
- Maintain the integrity and unity of Yoga as a mind/body/spirit practice
- Offer inexpensive classes to those who wish to practice with a group
- Meet new people and form a community around the practice

That’s the shape of it so far. I envision this to be an egalitarian collective. These are my ideas for the project. This will be a living/changing/organic organization; therefore, everyone who becomes involved will take part in the shaping of the mission, concept, and operations of Yoga Mob. Please post your ideas about this project."

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Tony Eason's list of donation yoga in San Francisco

2005-09-21T03:21:29Z

from a recent post elsewhere:
"Hey everyone, there are several donation based yoga classes available in the San Francisco Bay Area ....I have Yoga Wednesday's in Potrero Hill (www.ynottony.com/yoga1.htm) And you can find other listings on my website at:

www.ynottony.com/donation.htm

Wishing the best of all possible worlds,
tony eason

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