donation based classes – Jennie Olson Six

Susan Foxley Coming to San Diego

Susan Foxley is coming in June to do a workshop in San Diego for us. Coming from the LA area, she is a life coach, yoga teacher and massage therapist. I have been subscribing to her blog feed for a while. You can connect to it here. I find her simple yet effective suggestions for living life on life’s terms to be insightful and authentic.

I find that often times I am overwhelmed with the amount of information that comes to me, hundreds (wish I was exaggerating don’t ever give your email out to a bridal show) of emails, blogs to be read, books to read, programs and movies to watch. I am looking forward to an afternoon that doesn’t require any of those things.

Money isn’t the object

Get off your _____ and get on your mat!
Here is a list of places, besides One Love Yoga San Diego, where you can get donation based or discounted prices on your yoga:

San Diego Yoga Loft
Downtown San Diego a lot of offernigs at a Donation.

Red Lotus Society
Downtown San Diego, lots of offerings, meditation, etc.

Poses-Yoga, Eastlake
I work here, one of the best deals is for local, Eastlake or Chula Vista residents, 7 days of yoga for $7. It’s a smaller studio, smaller classes, gives you more of an intimate feeling and more attention than the big “churn and burn” studios. Local owners, beautiful studio, worth your time to check out.

Akasha Yoga, La Jolla
Yes, I work here too, but obviously not all of these places I work. First time students can get a 3 class for $20 pass. That works out to be a little less than $7 a class and it gives you a month to try out the studio. They also have different membership levels,offering great discount. This is a small studio, classes never get too big so you have a more intimate feeling and it’s locally owned.

UCSD Recreation Department
I know a lot of people who work in the La Jolla area by Torrey Pines in the Biotech ‘farms’ up there. Rather than get into your car and spend the next hour sitting on Genesse to get to the 5, go take a yoga class up the street. Most of the classes are in RIMAC, as a part of the FIT LIFE program there. Yes you have to pay for parking, but sometimes you get lucky and find a spot nearby. And trust me, everyone is trying to get out of there so you’re more likely to not pay. The cost varies depending on what class you want to take. But for example, one of the Saturday classes cost $55 for the quarter. That was 8 classes for $55. Do you need me to do the math on that? There are also unlimited class passes available for the quarter.

I’m going to do a little more research and keep posting these things that I find. Stay tuned….

This is why we do what we do

We got this email:

I just found out about One Love Yoga and am so excited! I think that what you are offering the community is phenomenal. I am … nonprofit employee, and while I am passionate about my work, I have to admit that I oftentimes have to make sacrifices because of my salary, and that is not always easy. I seek the simple life, and simplicity means having to go without “luxuries” — so I gave up on the idea of doing yoga in any group setting. I simply can’t afford the classes. But today I was so excited to find out about you! I cannot wait to attend my first class next week. And while I may not always be able to donate financially, I hope that I can help out in any other way… just let me know how!