Tru Access Fund

When we talk about Tru, we often talk about classes, schedules, our sweet staff and our upcoming events. But underneath all of that, there is something more important that we're working on.

We are trying to build a culture.

A culture where labor AND access are protected.

A culture where care moves in more than one direction.

A culture where people are not weeded out by what they can afford.

This is why we offer sliding scale pricing and why we host pay what you can classes. This is why we keep making room for conversations about access. Both models are grounded in the same understanding - we are connected. Our well being is tied together and when one person has access to practice, it strengthens the whole.

This is mutual aid.

Mutual aid recognizes that resources move within a network of relationships. It understands that the roles of giving and receiving are fluid. At different moments in our lives, we may find ourselves in either place. It resists the idea that help flows from the top down. Instead, it flows across.

Charity can create distance. Mutual aid insists on proximity.

At Tru, this shows up every time someone selects a higher tier on the sliding scale. It shows up every time someone comes to a pay what you can class and trusts that there will be space for them. It shows up in our continued efforts with our community classes and our donation-based fundraising classes. All of this exists and is able to function because our community believes in shared responsibility.

In that spirit, we are excited to introduce the Tru Access Fund.

This fund will allow anyone who feels called to contribute directly to the long term accessibility of practice at Tru. Your contributions will help provide scholarship spots in our teacher training programs, support teachers in their continuing education, and keep our community classes strong and stable. It is one more way to take part in shaping the space we share, and it reflects the shared responsibility that already lives at the heart of our practice.

This is an extension of what we are already practicing. When we say yoga teaches us about connection, this is one of the places we prove it.

If you have ever benefited from a lower tier, a scholarship, or a class that made space for you when you needed it, you are part of this web. If you are in a position to help strengthen it, we invite you to do so - you can contribute any amount, starting at $5.

We are building something together. Slowly. Imperfectly. Intentionally.

Thank you for being part of it.