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Truly Donation-Based Yoga—No Minimum, All Love

Truly Donation-Based Yoga—No Minimum, All Love

People often ask us about our pricing, and it’s true: Asheville Community Yoga’s classes operate completely on a donation-based model.

What does this mean? A suggested love-offering is $5 to $15 per class, but we only ask that you give what you can when you can. [Read more…]

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Asheville Community Yoga’s Wellness Expansion

Asheville Community Yoga’s Wellness Expansion

Congratulations to YOU! We are pleased to announce that Asheville Community Yoga purchased our building in October of 2016. This special place now belongs to our entire community!

Through community fundraising, we raised the $150,000 needed to make the downpayment of the building and received a community loan of $85,000 for the down payment of the adjacent land at our existing location.  Thank you to our amazing community for rising up to meet us wherever and whenever we need help and are ready to grow.

Now, instead of paying rent, Asheville Community Yoga will be paying off a mortgage. This will create a sustainable future for the yoga center and allow us to continue to serve the community for many years to come. We believe everyone can benefit from the healing practice of yoga, and aim to make it accessible to everyone, regardless of financial constraints, physical challenges or mental barriers.

Why did we choose to expand?  To put it simply, we ran out of room!  Many of our classes were operating at capacity, and we were having to turn students away due to lack of space.

It took many, many hours of hard work, but with the support of our community, we were able to save $100,000 in skilled and unskilled labor and finish the majority of our expansion by February 2018.  We also raised an additional $75,000 for creating our new expanded space.   As soon as we could we began using our new space, and now it’s hard to remember what Asheville Community Yoga was like without it.  We are almost finished with renovations on the building and will continue to expand our offerings in 2018 and beyond!  We are currently operating at 7,200 sq.ft with 3 beautiful studios for classes, workshops, yoga teacher trainings, yoga immersions, and special events.  With our new space, we have been able to add more classes to our schedule including many new prenatal and meditation classes, and even yoga en Español- the first yoga class in Asheville for Spanish speakers.  With our expansion we have been able to add 45 more classes per week, jumping from 80 weekly classes taught by 50 teachers to 125 weekly classes taught by almost 70 teachers.  Zen & Now, our pre-loved clothing shop, has moved into the building, making it even easier for our students to find some sweet new duds at great prices, as well as browse and shop for artwork from the many local artists who display and sell their work at Zen & Now.  We previously had 3 restrooms but now have 9, and now have 175 parking spots.  Our Healing Arts, Karma Cafe & Childcare were all unveiled in early February 2018, with Healing Arts having 25 skilled providers offering numerous healing modalities to the community.

This is a nurturing and safe space for so many of us to come breathe and practice. Every time you take a class, volunteer, or donate, you are contributing to the continuation and growth of the center. Thank you for expanding with us!

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OM for the Holidays: Create Your Fundraising Page

OM for the Holidays: Create Your Fundraising Page

Rather than collect more material possessions this holiday season, consider asking family and friends to make a donation in your name to Asheville Community Yoga’s expansion fund—a gift that will keep the giving spirit alive for you and many others in our community through 2016 and beyond. [Read more…]

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Double Your Donation: Giving for $10,000 Match

Double Your Donation: Giving for $10,000 Match

Excellent news for our expansion fund—a community member has offered to donate $10,000 if we can match that amount by Sunday, Sept. 13!!! [Read more…]

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We’re Going Solar!

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February Service Project – Manna Food Bank

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped pack up okra for MANNA! … »

Community Acupuncture

Weekly Community Acupuncture is offered twice per week by our resident Acupuncturist, Sarah Jean Tubbs. Interested … »

February 2019 Teacher of the Month: Sylvia Kark

Sylvia Kark is our Teacher of the Month for February. She is a forever student who completed her teacher training … »

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