Hello Dear Ones!
Thank you for visiting this page and whether you already know me or have taken a class with me or are meeting me here for the first time, I am immensely grateful for your time today! Many of you know I have been waiting to share some exciting news!
I am absolutely passionate about making yoga accessible to those who are interested. My yoga journey thus far has included many great teachers locally and from a far. One of them being Amber Karnes - founder of Body Positive Yoga. I am so honored to have been asked and I am enthusiastic about my upcoming venture to be assisting her training in Richmond VA - the first-ever Body Positive Yoga 200-hour teacher training.
Yoga teaching is my passion, in fact for those of you who do not know since I certified 5 years ago, I have continued to assist my local yoga teacher training faithfully. It truly is a joy for me to support and help others flourish and become the absolute best yoga teacher that they can be. I also just want to add that this training founded and created by Alex Pfeiffer changed my life, all for the better. It often feels deep as the soul is that I'm able to give back a bit by being able to offer my time to support and assist. Plus I get to continue my growth as a perpetual student and teacher of yoga. I practice yoga and continue into the depths of deep self awareness and I sincerely strive to become a better teacher so that I may share these gifts and support this direction with your path.
I remember the first time a sun salutation made sense in my body, it was when I came across a blog post by Amber on-line. She helped me not only see who a yoga student could be but that I could be a yoga teacher too (although I never intended to teach when I went through my 200 hour training). That was probably about 9 years ago. Since then I continue to notice the importance of having as many people working together to change the messaging about not only fat people in yoga practice spaces, but people representing many nodes of intersectional oppression - age, ability, sexuality/gender identity, race - who are not only underrepresented in those spaces, but whose experiences are frequently omitted, denied or ignored. Amber has continued to deepen my understanding of how vital this work is through meeting her in person a couple of times with live workshops and accessible yoga training and her continued online presence of messaging of support and be an activist in my community!
Today, I am asking for your support in helping me arrive there. All of the things that I mentioned above could not be possible without My husband Mark, who has been my greatest support through it all. Mark and I do just fine on our income, but we have had set-backs that started in July 2018 and have continued to add up. It's sort of frustrating to explain it all but all our backup funds and the backup to those is just gone. We still manage and we are doing great, but I'm hoping I can interest you in ways to support this dream of mine with buying some yoga buttons.
Currently, I teach yoga full time - 17 classes a week. It is a gift that I get to do what I do and as often that I can do it - AND myself and most yoga teachers I know do not receive compensation when we are not teaching. So the cost below include my time off from teaching, the cost of traveling to Richmond VA from Madison WI.
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Here is what you buying a button will go towards if you are interested.
And OMG thank you if you have read this much so far! I'm seeking to sell about 2,500 buttons!
I will be traveling to Richmond Virgina 5 times:
October 5-12, 2019
November 8-10, 2019
January 17-19, 2020
February 21-23, 2020
March 14-21, 2020
That’s where you come in. If you’ve read this and want to help make this dream a reality for me, and only if you are in a place to do so without causing any strain on your budget, I would be honored if you would consider supporting me to support this amazing training. I realize that this is quite a large thing to ask, but please know that no amount is too small and I am confident that the success of this campaign will be built on small as well as larger button sales.
Thank you so much for considering to buy some buttons and help send me on my way, if buttons are not your thing, but you would like to help me out in some way, I will include a paypal link at the bottom too!
Now for the Buttons!
BoPoYo - Yoga Set
In Yoga, Representation Matters, so many are overlooked or think that Yoga isn't for them, just because we don't see images of ourselves, wear this pinback letting everyone celebrate that You are Yoga too! |
BoPoYo- Chakra Set
Learn more about the elements of the Chakras by collecting this set of buttons, each button is designed with the related color, symbol, sanskrit and a phrase representing the Chakra Elements. |
BoPoYo-Message Set
In the Body Positive Message collection, you get to speak your mind and wear this pinback letting everyone know to celebrate you just as you are! |
BoPoYo- Anatomy Pun Set
In the Anatomy Pun collection, you get to learn some Fascia-nating facts about our insides! |
I have set up an eCRATER shop - you may browse all the buttons on the site.
there are 32 buttons that break down into 4 sets of 8 each. you can purchase individual buttons or sets of 8 or the whole collection.
*if you are local and purchasing less than 8 buttons, please e-mail me directly so that you do not have to pay the shipping on the individual buttons. sets of 8 are free shipping.
Body Positive Yoga Button Campaign - or abbreviated BoPoYo
On the site I have created a link for individual buttons, sets of 8 as stated above, or you can create your own set or sets of 8. by clicking on "The Body Positive Yoga - Assorted or You Pick" set of 8 pinback buttons.
*make sure to contact me if you are wanting specific buttons together or I will send you a random assortment of pins which may contain duplicates. Please request the buttons as they are named with Series and title. You can click on the gallery of buttons link to get the names of the individual buttons. Thank you!
Buttons are a great way to connect with others- buy a set and share your passion of Yoga, Chakras, Anatomy Puns or Body Positive Facts and Messages with Friends, Students, and other like minded enthusiasts.
Buttons are great to share with - , Yoga Teachers, Yoga students, Anatomy Enthusiasts and Body Positive Activists
sets are great to share at - Yoga Studios, Reiki and Massage Practitioner offices, Doctor or Physical Therapy offices, many healing modality spaces!
there are 32 buttons that break down into 4 sets of 8 each. you can purchase individual buttons or sets of 8 or the whole collection.
*if you are local and purchasing less than 8 buttons, please e-mail me directly so that you do not have to pay the shipping on the individual buttons. sets of 8 are free shipping.
Body Positive Yoga Button Campaign - or abbreviated BoPoYo
On the site I have created a link for individual buttons, sets of 8 as stated above, or you can create your own set or sets of 8. by clicking on "The Body Positive Yoga - Assorted or You Pick" set of 8 pinback buttons.
*make sure to contact me if you are wanting specific buttons together or I will send you a random assortment of pins which may contain duplicates. Please request the buttons as they are named with Series and title. You can click on the gallery of buttons link to get the names of the individual buttons. Thank you!
Buttons are a great way to connect with others- buy a set and share your passion of Yoga, Chakras, Anatomy Puns or Body Positive Facts and Messages with Friends, Students, and other like minded enthusiasts.
Buttons are great to share with - , Yoga Teachers, Yoga students, Anatomy Enthusiasts and Body Positive Activists
sets are great to share at - Yoga Studios, Reiki and Massage Practitioner offices, Doctor or Physical Therapy offices, many healing modality spaces!
