Friday
June 4, 2021
Summer · 1 entry
The Yoga Clubâs very first ad will be right here.
When I first started coming to DC, I would go to a little coffee house at 22nd and P (love to Soho!) to hang out, spending time reading all of my favorite (read: free + edgy) DC newspapersâ The Blade, the City Paper... and Pathways.
Each of these publications has struggled to stay in print over the last 10 years. I likely donât need to tell yâall about the rapidly changing face of mediaâ and how it has adversely impacted queer journalism, alt-newspapers, and trade-zines.
For yâall that havenât been here for 30 years, lemmie tell ya: Pathways is the OG DC natural living/holistic health trade publication. Last year, Pathways didnât have a print publication (due largely to the pandemic... and the changing landscape of readership).
One of the reasons i love DC so much is precisely because i was able to find my tribeâ and so much of that is due to publications like this. Who knew that the local publications i loved growing up Iâd eventually get to work with?
We went with Pathways first because itâs owned by my bestieâs bestieâ and you know I love family owned and friend-ran.
For 7 years, my yoga program, DC Ashtanga, was fiercely independent and grassroots â and while we remain firmly non-commercial, the Yoga Club (my new practice space) wants to help others find community while also supporting and elevating others in our community.
While DC ashtanga will remain a grassroots practice group (as it always has been), weâre now proudly in residence in our new home at theyoga.club, and it is a pro ledge to help Pathways relaunch in print, so that other little woo woo gays can find a copy... and a tribe.
When I first started coming to DC, I would go to a little coffee house at 22nd and P (love to Soho!) to hang out, spending time reading all of my favorite (read: free + edgy) DC newspapersâ The Blade, the City Paper... and Pathways.
Each of these publications has struggled to stay in print over the last 10 years. I likely donât need to tell yâall about the rapidly changing face of mediaâ and how it has adversely impacted queer journalism, alt-newspapers, and trade-zines.
For yâall that havenât been here for 30 years, lemmie tell ya: Pathways is the OG DC natural living/holistic health trade publication. Last year, Pathways didnât have a print publication (due largely to the pandemic... and the changing landscape of readership).
One of the reasons i love DC so much is precisely because i was able to find my tribeâ and so much of that is due to publications like this. Who knew that the local publications i loved growing up Iâd eventually get to work with?
We went with Pathways first because itâs owned by my bestieâs bestieâ and you know I love family owned and friend-ran.
For 7 years, my yoga program, DC Ashtanga, was fiercely independent and grassroots â and while we remain firmly non-commercial, the Yoga Club (my new practice space) wants to help others find community while also supporting and elevating others in our community.
While DC ashtanga will remain a grassroots practice group (as it always has been), weâre now proudly in residence in our new home at theyoga.club, and it is a pro ledge to help Pathways relaunch in print, so that other little woo woo gays can find a copy... and a tribe.