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- Why did Yoga Festival Toronto move to a membership model? Weren’t you doing well?
- We were doing great, but our vision was bigger than three days long. We wanted to foster community, and we were limiting ourselves by needing to sell a single event.
- If I become a member, will I still be able to register for the Festival classes I want?
- Yes. Your membership will allow you to use our online registration for the event, and zero-out your total with a special code. As before, classes will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The morning asana classes are the only classes with space restrictions. We will add more asana classes as needed if they sell out.
- What’s a roundtable discussion?
- These are signature events of the YOCOTO vibe. An evening with 4-5 prominent community teachers, 1 juicy topic, many perspectives, lively debate, sattvic resolutions…
- I don’t live in Toronto. Why should I become a member?
- Because it’s a cheap way of attending the whole Festival! Plus, you’ll be able to keep in touch with the Toronto yogi-friends you make while you’re in town, and we’ll do our best to lure you back to town with our other year-round events.
- Are you affiliated with a particular lineage?
- No. Between our 7 current staffers, we’ve absorbed 200-hour (and more) programmes from about 12 different sources and lineages. Our studies and interests are broad and non-denominational. We see yoga as an open-source knowledge, and are fascinated not only by its various forms, but how they interact with each other, through time, and in the present moment.
- Is there child care available at the Festival?
- Not currently. This has been a difficult request to fulfill, involving staffing and insurance frictions. We would be most interested in hearing from community members who would like to volunteer to make this happen.
- Isn’t yoga supposed to be free? Why would I pay to join a yoga organization?
- The technology of yoga is priceless, and therefore always offered freely by those with integrity. It’s the daily support structures for yogic learning and practice that cost money: studios, temples, etc. In the earliest days of yoga, this support manifested through a teacher’s household or through maintaining a local place of contemplation. The $285 YOCOTO members pay into the collective membership pool simply supports the logistics of connection.
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