I’ve been inspired by generational healing. Healed people, heal people and hurt people, hurt people. What if it was that simple? What if a brighter future lies in YOUR healing?
And at my midlife perch of 48, with an 18 year old launching, I can see how much his grandparents and this community helped us to help him succeed. He was born into a web of love, stability, health and opportunity - and we don’t take that for granted. That kind of foundation is built slowly through generations of people showing up for each other. It makes me ponder if I will leave my grandchildren off better or worse off than where we started.
Hopefully, at the very least, I can leave my kids with a healthy foundation of love, humility, open-mindedness and a heart for service. A nice bi-product would be some good physical resources too.
My 18 yr old doesn’t do yoga (yet). I didn’t stumble into it until i was about his age. But I bartered for it because I didn’t have the resources. Eventually i made my own money and took yoga all over the world and have spent lots and lots of $$$$ on trainings, retreats, workshops and classes.
But what if someone had passed on physical resource of a generational membership to me? A membership to a community of people and a practice I could count on to help me feel connected, centered and healthy. And a community that knew my elders and had sweat and grown healthier together.
At Sol, we’ve offered a ‘lifetime membership' for many years now. Inspired by my martial arts teacher who offered my family a ‘lifetime family membership’ when my parents had 3 small children and wanted to start them all in martial arts. My dad paid $2500 in 1983 for what turned into 20 years of unlimited karate for Rudy, Willy & Dorcas Quynn. It profoundly shaped our life with discipline, health and a community of people we could trust.
This year, we are adding a legacy option for the 2026 and beyond version of the ‘lifetime membership’ at Sol. Your purchase can be transferred upon your passing to a person you choose - a spouse, child, friend or it can be placed in a scholarship ‘pot’ and we will assign it to someone in need. Your purchase will just keep giving.
The $5900 cost works out to about 472 classes if you pay about $12/class which is far below the $25 drop in. Depending on how often you practice - lets say you practice 3 times per week in studio - you’ve gotten your money’s worth in a little over a year. It’s really a financial no brainer. Not to mention how it supports the community in real time.
But MOST OF ALL - it is dedicated practitioners who become healers in our communities. People that practice with diligence have a health, vitality, level of consciousness and wisdom that carry the torch and provide a foundation for the young ones to carry on with the work.
If you are new to Sol, you can get dip your toe into our community with a much more accessible 90 for $90 pass for this summer only.
Thanks for reading thus far. Yoga isn’t about money, or deals, or high pressured invitations. It’s about connection. Which isn’t something we can com-modify or guarantee. It’s something we seek on a daily basis. That why we keep coming back to the practice. To connect. And ultimately to develop durable habits that allow us to LIVE from a connected, attuned and healthy foundation. Healed people, heal people. Lets pass it down.
To learn more about developing a daily practice. Tune in this summer - virtually or physically. We have 3-5 practices everyday in studio and some of us will be sharing our daily practices via social media and invite you to do the same with #sol90in90. But the best was to develop a daily practice is to just do it. It’s not a performance. It’s for you. We’ll hold your hand and show you the way if you’d like!
Join us.
Warmly,
Dorcas