Sudden Sangha: Launch • 06.06.10
After trading notes on a few classes, going to practices together and quite honestly one or two hints of chardonnay Yadana and I decided to pursue our idea of creating a spontaneous yoga community. The idea would be to offer classes at different public locations around NYC. But the location would change as would the teachers. And as opposed to going on an all out advertising blitz — we’ve decided to go viral, tell our friends and family, but also distribute discrete cards with nothing but our logo, the date and (possibly) the web site. Advertising not unlike the rave parties we use to go to in the oh-so-distant past. But it was fun, and half of the fun was that you never really knew where the next party was, and who would be there. With all of its craziness it was a kind of a sudden community. We’re sort of surprised this isn’t happening already — maybe it is and we just don’t know. Either way, each one is a little different.
To launch we hosted a 2 person T-shirt making party. We thought it would be easy. But after carving our logos, picking out colors to match the tanks, pressing them, filling them in and then ironing them – five hours was still not enough. Which just means we’ll have to have another launch party — so if you’re interested in good stories, good music, and joining the movement, let me know.
There’s almost nothing I look forward to more, than planning a vacation. I consider it another kind of yoga. Seriously, at its best it’s an extended svasana (corpse pose), my personal mini daily vacation.
