Spring Into Yoga brings donation-based community Yoga & Zumba to NYC (and the world, through our website).

• We have classes for adults.  Classes for kids.  Classes for everyone together, regardless of economic situation, race, religion, gender, age, ability...

  Yoga.  Zumba. Together.  Stretching.  Working out.  Relaxing.  Learning.  Having fun.  Goofy, wonderful, ecstatic fun.  Together.

• We believe that yoga, fitness, and wellness should be inexpensive, easily accessible, fun, and done together.

• We have been giving classes outside all summer long, and to be able to continue serving NYC, we need a space.  To continue serving others, we need to produce free web content.  To do these things, we need your help.

So... uh... yeah.  You are probably wondering who we are.  

• Spring Into Yoga started with Spring Into Yoga Festival in May 2013, and then quickly exploded into the organization that exists today, giving multiple classes weekly in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and Central Park, Manhattan.  

• Spring Into Yoga is run by Emily Buck, with help from a group of other certified (and certifiably awesome) yoga teachers and business-types including the majestic Sterling Silverhorse (who also has the best name, maybe, ever).  

• We are currently in the process of registering as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

We are trying to get a storefront,

so that we can continue to bring classes to the community, while also creating a safe space for people to hang out, relax, and meet new friends.  We are also trying to provide free, quality content on our website to bring yoga, zumba, fitness, and community to others who are not in NYC.

Finding community in New York City is hard.  

(Surprisingly hard)

• Do a quick Google search- there are hundreds of articles talking (and complaining) about it.  What better way to meet your neighbors than to bond over a shared passion, goal, or sweaty towel?  I can't think of any.

  Finding community elsewhere isn't a piece of cake either. Unless you are amazing at just walking up to people and talking, which most of us aren't.

   

New York City is full of millions of people, and despite this, can be so impersonal.  

• The beauty of this place lies in the moments that the walls between strangers break down.  The moment two people smile at the subway performer.  The moment someone holds a door open for you.  The moment   you accidentally kick someone in the face in yoga class, and then they ask you out on a date as you hand them an ice pack...  

• We need more connection to others, and we are so scared to do it out on the street, or on public transportation.  

• When everyone is trying to get fit, relax, and enjoy a class, we have something in common.  That is the moment when conversation can start, and friendship can be born.

That is Why Spring Into Yoga Needs a Studio Location.  

• We need approximately $10,000 to secure a storefront rental, remodel it to our standards, and pay the first two months of rent.  

• Getting a small business loan as a brand new nonprofit in a mostly for-profit industry is a tough sell.

• Instead, we want to turn to the community- the same community that we wish to open our classes to, in order to create this space.  A space that is for you!

• Most of all, we need people who like our idea, and want to come take class, and use our space!  

• In other words... we need you.  Come join our tribe.  We have free coffee (with every class!)

• Well, most importantly, you get a great new community yoga studio, unlike any other in NYC!  

• You get to experience taking yoga classes next to a kid.  Or your grandma. Yoga with people you wouldn't normally do yoga with.  A stretching of the mind.

• You get a safe, community space in which to hang out and relax.

• You get classes especially for women, men, children, seniors, and beginners, as well as our signature all ages & abilities style class.

• You get dubstep yoga friday nights.

• You get a free cup of coffee, tea, or water with every yoga class (yep, free caffeine!).

• You get nifty yoga workshops.

• You get a book swap shelf at the studio, where you can drop off your old books, and take new ones home, free of charge!  It's like give a penny, take a penny, but with books.

• You get board game rentals!  $1 an hour for a game.  Hang out and play with a friend. (stretch goal)

• You get community movie nights, mixers, parties, and soirees. (stretch goal)

• You get this great schedule full of classes...

Well, you get the best of perks!

With a $5 donation you receive a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  You made it happen.  You go, Glen Coco.

With a $10 donation you receive a  a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  Because, well, you rock.   You're a class act.

With a $15 donation you receive a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you. Yoga matters, and so do you!

With a $25 donation you receive a free private lesson with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.

With a $30 donation you receive a Spring Into Yoga tote bag, a free private lesson with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  Use the bag to go on awesome adventures, then come back, take class, and tell us all about it!

With a $50 donation you receive a Spring Into Yoga mug of your choice, a free private lesson with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  Use the coffee mug to stay awake while making your way around town, going to all those nifty places you go, those cool things you have to do.  Then come back for a class and fill your mug full of tea or java to relax it all away.

With a $75 donation you receive a high quality premium Spring Into Yoga t-shirt in the size and style of your choice, a two free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  You'll be the most stylin kid in town with your Spring Into Yoga gear.  So cool.  You are so cool.  I kind of want to be you.

With a $90 donation you receive a limited edition Spring Into Yoga mat by Gaiam in the color of your choice.  This mat will never be for retail sale again after this campaign. You also receive two free private lessons with Emily, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on Facebook, and a hug.  Take class in style, and relax with Buddha. 

With a $90 donation, you receive a premium Spring Into Yoga tee in the size and style of your choice, a Spring Into Yoga tote bag, two free lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  You'll be the most fantabulous person in NYC with all of your matching stuff.  That's some amazing brand loyalty right there.  We love you.  You rock our socks.

With a $100 donation, you receive a high quality Spring Into Yoga hoodie in the size and style of your choice, two free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  Running around town, or just walking to the post office, everyone will see you (and want to be you).  Especially everyone else in yoga class with you.

With a $140 donation, you receive a high quality Spring Into Yoga hoodie in the size and style of your choice, a Spring Into Yoga tote bag, two free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  Running around town, or just walking to the post office, everyone will see you (and want to be you).  Especially everyone else in yoga class with you.

With a $175 donation, you receive a pass for 3 monthes of classes at Spring Into Yoga, two free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a 3 monthes, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  And it sounds like we might be seeing you a lot.  Just think of how your abs are going to look!  Is it hot in here? 

With a $200 donation, you will receive a limited edition Gaiam Spring Into Yoga mat in the color of your choice, a Spring Into Yoga hoodie in the size and style of your choice,  two free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a 3 monthes, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  And it sounds like we might be seeing you a lot.

With a $250 donation, your name will be on our donor wall in our studio, two free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for a month, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you!  Thanks for your generosity and being a neato yogi.  Karma will reward you generously.

With a $300 donation, you receive a pass for 6 monthes of classes at Spring Into Yoga, three free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for 6 monthes, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  We'll be seeing you often, for awhile.  You sexy beast, you.

With a $550 donation, you receive a pass for 12 monthes of classes at Spring Into Yoga, your name on the wall, three free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a card for free mat rentals for 12 monthes, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you.  You're our new best friend.

We are planning to have a book swap shelf, board game rentals, a lounge area, a coffee bar, a desk, a mat rental station, and yes, even a bathroom. Get one of those named after you! Plus, get a free year of class and mat rentals, your name will be on our donor wall in our studio, two free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a mug, a tee, a hoodie, a bag, a mat, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you!

Do you want our class to be called Billy Bob Zumba? With a $5000 donation, that right is yours! Choose a class option and get it named after you. Plus, get a free year of class and mat rentals, your name will be on our donor wall in our studio, a mug, a tee, a hoodie, a bag, a mat, two free private lessons with Emily Buck, our manager and founder, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you!

 You just singlehandedly funded our campaign.  For that, Emily is going to give you private yoga lessons once a week for the entire year.  Plus, get a free year of class and mat rentals, your name will be on our donor wall in our studio, a mug, a tee, a hoodie, a bag, a mat, a Spring Into Yoga sticker, a personal shoutout on our Facebook page, and a hug next time we see you!

We will literally name Spring Into Yoga after you.  Your name. On our storefront.  On our logo.  On towels.  You know you want your name on towels. Become a local celebrity.  We will also throw every other physical reward at you.  And chocolate.  Lots of chocolate.  You're our hero. 

• We do the happiest dance ever done by anyone ever.

• We begin working on our STRETCH GOALS!

   

  WOO!!.

   

They will become available when we pass our goal of $10,000!.

If we raise an extra $1,000, we will create a book swap shelf, full of quality books to be shared with other people on a "give a book, take a book" basis.  You can bring in your old, gently used knowledge, and pass it on to others in the community.  Pretty cool.

If we raise an extra $2,000, we will create a library of board games to be rented out for only $1 an hour.  This will help create an even safer space in which to hang out when you aren't taking class, and bring together people of all ages.

If we raise an extra $3,000, we will have a weekly family film night on Saturdays, where we will show quality, family friendly movies.  This event will be absolutely free of charge, a service and thank you to the community.  For this, we need a projector and a means of connecting to the internet.

Everyone loves a good, rigorous yoga class, and doing yoga to techno or dubstep is a BLAST.  Enjoy this phenomenon even more with an actual, real, live DJ!  There will be one if we raise an extra $4,000

More Stretch goals will appear as earlier ones are unlocked!

• If we don't make it, we will keep attempting to find more funding through grants and loans.  In the event that we are utterly unable to get enough money, we will explore renting space in other studios for a few hours each weekend.

• However, rent in most studio spaces in Brooklyn costs at least $35 an hour.  Rent in a storefront for a day could cost us about $100.  For the entire day.  We are really hoping that works out.

• This space will be an amazing asset to a beautiful, blossoming community.  It's good for everyone if this happens.

TELL PEOPLE.  LET THEM KNOW.

• But no, seriously.  

• Get the word out.  

• Share the link.  

• Share it with everyone you have ever met.

• Send it to their grandmas.

• And their sisters.

• And their second cousins once removed.

If people don't know we exist, they can't help fund us.  If you want this to happen, please, share!

Glad you asked. 

Check out our Pinterest board to see our design concepts.

• This would be an amazing addition to Brooklyn, Ditmas Park in particular.

• It's something you can be proud to be involved in being a part of.

• Wellness is for everyone.  It's not a luxury item.  It shouldn't be expensive.

• New Yorkers should talk to people more, and we can help you out with that.

• Yoga is fun, we have an awesome idea, and you should fund us because you'll like what we deliver.