One Yoga

Help One Yoga Continue Operations and Move to East Lake Street!

Image rendering of the vision for a new studio lobby.

Dec 17 update: We continue to work toward our goal of moving the studio to East Lake Street. We are vetting construction companies and architects, applying for funding, and working with a lawyer to draft a lease. The process has been slower than expected, but it is moving forward nonetheless! To date, we have raised $12,835! These funds are helping to sustain our current operations, but we need to raise another $4,000 this month for January operations.

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Nov 22 update: A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated to our Give to the Max Day fundraiser! We exceeded our goal and are incredibly grateful for the support of our amazing community. While we celebrate this achievement, the work continues. We now move on to the next phase of fundraising: $4,000 by December 31. As we move forward with plans to relocate the studio, we continue to need your support.

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Nov 16 update: We have successfully completed phase 1 of our fundraiser and have unlocked the $4,000 matching contribution! The next phase of our fundraiser will aim to raise another $4,000 during Give to the Max Day on November 21. Your support will play a vital role in shaping the future of One Yoga.

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Nov 1 update: We are thrilled to share a major milestone in our journey to a new studio space – we’ve signed a Letter of Intent for a potential location on E. Lake St! While this isn’t yet a lease, it’s a powerful first step in making One Yoga’s vision a reality. This week, we walked through the space with several construction teams to assess everything from design to cost and timelines, and we’re filled with optimism about the path forward. We believe Lake Street is a special place that needs more accessible, healing spaces, and we’re committed to making One Yoga a haven for well-being in this community. As we work toward our fundraising goals, every donation brings us closer to creating this space that will nurture, heal, and unite all who walk through our doors.

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Help Us Build a Bridge to A New Location

We aim to continue to provide a welcoming space for healing, growth, and collective care, with the goal of working some magic so we can lay our mats down in a new studio space (we are looking at East Lake Street!) in 2025. The road ahead will be very challenging, but we can still feel the excitement. With your support, we can write the next chapter of One Yoga together.

We Can’t Do This Without You, Our Community

An individual contribution of $50 or more today can help sustain our operations during this time. We are committed to continuing to offer our schedule of mission-based classes, workshops, sliding-fee pricing, while seeking necessary funding through grants and loans for a move and relocation. But your financial support right now will be crucial in helping us cover ongoing operating costs like teacher pay, staff pay, technology, subscriptions, rent, and utilities.

The Honest Truth About One Yoga

This fall we reached a dire breaking point, and our business is not currently financially sustainable. We've launched this fundraiser to help with our month-to-month operations, while actively applying to loans and exploring all funding opportunities to move to a new location.

We had hoped to thrive in the Ivy Arts Building, but despite steadily increasing our income over the past two years, we have been unable to sustain the organization in its current form. The barriers we face, particularly regarding the location and accessibility of our practice space, are becoming insurmountable. Change is needed not only for us to survive but also to thrive.

The truth is, we need an extra $4,000 a month to keep our operations going.

The Hope for the Future

One Yoga has the potential to move, and we are actively working toward the goal of opening a new studio on E. Lake St. A move to a new studio space would create more visibility, access, and alignment with our mission and vision, and is essential to creating a sustainable future for One Yoga. Much time and energy has been put into this possible move over the spring/summer, and we continue to work towards signing a lease on a new space. We need your financial support now to help us get to this new future on Lake Street.

We need to raise $4,000/month to bridge the gap in finances we currently have so we can continue operations while navigating securing funding for the buildout of the potential new studio. Every $4,000 we raise buys us one more month of operations. We ask for your support in this vital effort and your investment in the future of One Yoga. Your generosity will ensure that we can keep our doors open, while we figure out the next steps for our organization.

Thank you for being an essential part of the One Yoga family.

With gratitude,

One Yoga Leadership Team & Board of Directors
Stephanie, James, Bryan, Jenni, Paula