Dear Friends, seekers, yogis, and yoginis,
Thank you so much for seeking out the latest on our spiritual home, the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. In yoga we practice developing the inner life as well as living successfully in the outer world. As you may know the outer world has come to us in a big way this last year, as it has all of us. The COVID epidemic has shaken us at the Ashram as it has affected everyone. Due to the Pandemic, we have had to close the Ashram ever since last March. As you can appreciate, like all small enterprises, we have struggled with the lack of revenue while still facing significant ongoing expenses.
With the vaccines coming into wider circulation, we are now hoping to open sometime later this spring or early summer, but there are so many variables it is difficult for us to know exactly.
In the meantime, it looks like we will face a financial shortfall of nearly 1 million dollars between last March and when we can open again.
Over the last few months we have been working with a group of generous, big hearted, and devoted friends of the ashram to see if we could connect with the larger ashram community to raise funds to ensure the ashram can deal with these shortfalls. This group has been unbelievable as they have rallied to support the ashram, and we have already raised nearly $600,000. This still leaves us somewhere between $300,000 and $400,000 short of what we need to weather this storm.
We are connecting with you in hopes that you can help us meet our needs and secure the future of the ashram, the ashram community, the sacred teachings, and the programs, both in person and online.
We hope you can support the ashram through making a donation, whatever is within your means. Whether you can donate $1000 dollars or $100 dollars, these gifts from the heart are incredibly meaningful and impactful. Please help.
All donations are tax deductible and 100% of the money goes directly to help the ashram pay its bills during this time.
THANK YOU.
Thank you so much for seeking out the latest on our spiritual home, the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. In yoga we practice developing the inner life as well as living successfully in the outer world. As you may know the outer world has come to us in a big way this last year, as it has all of us. The COVID epidemic has shaken us at the Ashram as it has affected everyone. Due to the Pandemic, we have had to close the Ashram ever since last March. As you can appreciate, like all small enterprises, we have struggled with the lack of revenue while still facing significant ongoing expenses.
With the vaccines coming into wider circulation, we are now hoping to open sometime later this spring or early summer, but there are so many variables it is difficult for us to know exactly.
In the meantime, it looks like we will face a financial shortfall of nearly 1 million dollars between last March and when we can open again.
Over the last few months we have been working with a group of generous, big hearted, and devoted friends of the ashram to see if we could connect with the larger ashram community to raise funds to ensure the ashram can deal with these shortfalls. This group has been unbelievable as they have rallied to support the ashram, and we have already raised nearly $600,000. This still leaves us somewhere between $300,000 and $400,000 short of what we need to weather this storm.
We are connecting with you in hopes that you can help us meet our needs and secure the future of the ashram, the ashram community, the sacred teachings, and the programs, both in person and online.
We hope you can support the ashram through making a donation, whatever is within your means. Whether you can donate $1000 dollars or $100 dollars, these gifts from the heart are incredibly meaningful and impactful. Please help.
All donations are tax deductible and 100% of the money goes directly to help the ashram pay its bills during this time.
THANK YOU.
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