10/15/2025
Wisdom from one of our yoga sharers at Yoga 4 Philly—
💸 What Is The Cost of Wellness in a Capitalist System?
“I bought the class pass to a studio as a gift to myself. I planned to use it regularly. But after ten months, I’d only used 8 of the 20 sessions. I had been sick. I had been away. I had been in survival mode. This is the trouble with yoga purely as a business model. Many studios have policies, schedules, and accounting deadlines they abide by. I understand that. But what about my schedule? My healing didn’t follow a spreadsheet.”
Who Gets to Have Yoga❓
“Should my body—traumatized, tired, longing—have to follow these timelines to be welcomed? What bodies are we not building into our models?”
Reimagining the Exchange 🔁
“Are we unknowingly excluding the people who need yoga most? Can we create structures that hold space for unpredictability? Because my body, like many others, cannot always promise to show up on a schedule. But when it can show up—it’s magic. It’s healing. It’s yoga.”
A Call to Us All 🫂
At Yoga 4 Philly, this story pushes us to continue challenging the systems that exclude and to build spaces that welcome. That honor unpredictability. That hold trauma. That center equity.
We’re here for the bodies that don’t fit neat categories. We’re here for the survivors. For those rebuilding. For those still learning that they are worthy 💜
