Happy Mother’s Day, friends and family.
It’s a beautiful time to be celebrating us, sharing some news and invitating YOU to our community of care.
We are mother. A vessel that multiplies. An endless well of nourishment, love and care. An organism comfortable with expansion and contraction; where change is the norm. For 20 years, we have been nurturing evolution and growth from seed to death - ideas, individuals, spaces, places and micro communities.
Sol Yoga is flush with offerings this spring. A full buffet of classes from 630am-7pm most every day. Outdoor yoga on the creek started this week and yoga teacher training is about to launch again!
We continue to diversify our offerings off-the-yoga-mat by hosting an array of gatherings that similarly inspire healing & connection. These events are sponsored by our non-profit wing, Sol Center, (formerly Good Cause Yoga) which continues to be to catalyst for our re-orientation from profit model to non-profit model.
Simultaneously, Sol Center & Sol Yoga has been working closely in affiliation with Better Living Housing to provide affordable transitional co-housing for up to 18 people. Every resident is part of our family and becomes a member of Sol Yoga & Sol Center, participating in healing and educational programming until they are stable enough to move on.
So we are mothering around the clock, 365 days a year. And it’s meaningful, rewarding, thankless work. Mother love is enduring and stable. But mother must love from a full cup.
And we are calling on you, our friends, family, supporters and particularly, our elders. We need lineage holders from our chapters gone by to swing back around and bring your eloquence, stories, wisdom and care. Your mothering. And perhaps, even more, your fathering and protection so mother can love. Every community needs a diverse range of people in all stages of life and livihood so we can have balance. Some givers, some takers. Some ailing, some well. Some naive, some wise. Some in the darkness of unconsciousness and fear and some torch bearers and enlightened ones.
Our re-org slowly moves along. We are now recruiting community members to influence and run our non profit! Now is your time to be the change.
In addition to anyone who just wants to enjoy yoga in exchange for a few hours of service work per week, we are also forming these micro committees and would LOVE your help.
Elders - been around for a while? Either a Sol OG or a lineage holder in a healing tradition - We would be honored to welcome your wisdom and higher consciousness.
Maybe you have passion for the daily PRACTICE. This committee will guard and produce our daily schedule and inspire participation in good daily habits.
Are u an educator? Teaching, guiding and inspiring are a big part of what we do. Want to lead in that way?
Can you help with our administration, foundation and resources? We are short on building blocks, financial resources, admin support, soft and hardware, etc.
Are u a workhorse? Love service? Happy to be given a task? We have a robust volunteer program that needs hands on deck for all things.
How about communication, connection and community? Is that your jam? Like building relationships and connecting with human beings?
Want to just be present, witness, hold space, set the setting and mind the time?
Each committee will be up to 7 people, meeting monthly as a group and contributing a few hours to the community per week. Committee appointment has a seasonal or half year term so you are never stuck. It’s a phenomenal way to connect with other like minded people, enjoy healthy community and practices and give back if you are resourced. We are at the infancy of this phase of our non-profit development. This is not a well oiled machine yet. It will be messy. We need people with grit, passion and grace to help.
Our aim is to create a self sustaining co-operative community run by its own contributors that is the opposite of stuck and institutionalized. Rather; fresh, alive, organic and ever changing, guided by principles of love, transformation and connection.
Maybe you are silent donor type. We accept donations anytime. Currently, we are in need of:
~>$2000 for fresh yoga props in both studios
~>$500 to outfit the kitchen for our newest Women’s transitional housing unit
~>$6,000 to sponsor 3 under resourced people to become certified yoga teachers.
~>$2,325 to sponsor a resident for 3 months of housing while they transition from homeless and jobless to housed and employed.
~>$240/month to sponsor a yoga teacher to provide free yoga for CORE - frederick county health departments community organized recovery effort.
Whew, that’s lots of asking FOR YOUR HELP. Please, consider this is always in the context that we are here primarily to GIVE YOU opportunities to recieve from our community - 7 days a week, we are open. Step into our sanctuary of light, love and enjoy some yoga, a cup of tea, connection and ease. We love to be in community with you in all the ways.
Happy Mothers Day,
Dorcas
If you want to get involved, email info@solyoga.org or text Dorcas at 301.788.5154