05/17/2026
I have some meaningful news to share with you all.
The Shala is moving this August— and we are so excited about what is ahead. Our new home will be just a few blocks away, on 87 Liberty St, a space that has been cultivated by Angela of APG Pilates with great love and care. It is a true honor to uphold the energy she has cultivated here over 12 years. This new location will bring us greater visibility in the community and a beautiful new presence on Liberty St.
This is both an exciting and bittersweet moment. So much has been poured into our current space. It is where I first felt the spirit of the shala come alive — walking into an empty room with no intention of finding a space for myself, but rather at the ask of my teachers, seeking a home for them. It was as if the spirit of the shala had been sitting there all along, waiting for me to come find her, my teachers gently ushering me through the door. Such blessings are our teachers. What has followed is the blossoming of a most amazing, loving community.
The tenderness of that moment has never left me. But what has made this space truly sacred is not the walls themselves — it is each of you. You, who have shown up on your mats through every season of your lives. Who have chanted with us to uplift the spirit through good times and difficult ones. Who have rolled up your sleeves and cleaned up the street outside our door, making it a safer and more beautiful place for everyone. Who have planted trees and flowers, attended workshops in the humble pursuit of coming closer to the truth, and held one another through joy and through hardship. This corner of Liberty St. has been transformed by our presencE
the most beautiful part is this: everything we have built together comes with us. Every chant, every shared effort, every moment of holding one another — all of it lives in us, not in the walls. And now we get to do it again, together, in a new space that we will shape and fill and make our own. I cannot think of a more meaningful way to step into this next chapter than with this community by my side.
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