How is the yoga center doing?
Many of our yoga students have asked how the yoga center is doing. They tell us all the time how they have come to rely on their yoga practice in so many ways. We can sense their concern that our Donation Yoga adventure may put an end to their yoga classes! We want to do everything we can to ensure that that doesn't happen! We believe that information is power, so here's an update:
Attendance: The number of new students since we started Donation Yoga has exceeded our expectations. We've had 97 new students between July 5 and August 24. This is an amazing number for the summer months! It's been exciting to have fuller classrooms. This is our main reason for offering donation yoga, to introduce yoga to students who would not otherwise come to class. We also wanted to encourage students to attend more frequently, which has also been happening. One student is practicing 5-6 times/week.
Income: We expected that our income would be down some through July and August as many of our students finished out their class cards. Even so our donations in July were enough to pay all our most essential bills like rent, phone, website and newsletter expenses, insurance, etc. This was very encouraging! We also had enough money in the bank to pay our teachers a flat rate of $20 for each class and to pay small administrative salaries totaling $350 (about $2.50-$3.00/hour).
Our August donations (as of August 20) have already exceeded those from July. This month we expect to be able to pay our basic bills and small teacher and administrative salaries almost completely from donations. This basic budget doesn't, however, include anything for advertising, printing, and other important budget items. And, of course, we would like to pay our staff and teachers more fairly. Staff has often worked with no pay at all and the teachers have taken a pay cut in order to get Donation Yoga started. Hopefully this is temporary!
Fall: We expect that attendance will increase quite a bit this fall. September is always a time when many new students start. And, with the buzz being created about Donation Yoga we expect this September to be extra busy! So we're optimistic about the future.
The bottom line: We love to teach yoga. We believe that our community is a better place because yoga has a presence here. We are committed to keeping the yoga center open and have great faith that "if we teach, students will come!" Yoga is just too good to be kept a secret in our community. Please continue to spread the word. Donation Yoga works because of you!
Namaste,
Jan Harcourt
Attendance: The number of new students since we started Donation Yoga has exceeded our expectations. We've had 97 new students between July 5 and August 24. This is an amazing number for the summer months! It's been exciting to have fuller classrooms. This is our main reason for offering donation yoga, to introduce yoga to students who would not otherwise come to class. We also wanted to encourage students to attend more frequently, which has also been happening. One student is practicing 5-6 times/week.
Income: We expected that our income would be down some through July and August as many of our students finished out their class cards. Even so our donations in July were enough to pay all our most essential bills like rent, phone, website and newsletter expenses, insurance, etc. This was very encouraging! We also had enough money in the bank to pay our teachers a flat rate of $20 for each class and to pay small administrative salaries totaling $350 (about $2.50-$3.00/hour).
Our August donations (as of August 20) have already exceeded those from July. This month we expect to be able to pay our basic bills and small teacher and administrative salaries almost completely from donations. This basic budget doesn't, however, include anything for advertising, printing, and other important budget items. And, of course, we would like to pay our staff and teachers more fairly. Staff has often worked with no pay at all and the teachers have taken a pay cut in order to get Donation Yoga started. Hopefully this is temporary!
Fall: We expect that attendance will increase quite a bit this fall. September is always a time when many new students start. And, with the buzz being created about Donation Yoga we expect this September to be extra busy! So we're optimistic about the future.
The bottom line: We love to teach yoga. We believe that our community is a better place because yoga has a presence here. We are committed to keeping the yoga center open and have great faith that "if we teach, students will come!" Yoga is just too good to be kept a secret in our community. Please continue to spread the word. Donation Yoga works because of you!
Namaste,
Jan Harcourt
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