Manifesto

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EDGE YOGA SCHOOL & ARTS, LLC

MANIFESTO

Edge Yoga School & Arts exists as a mentor led, solopreneur run education and creative practice. I operate intentionally as a single mentor in close relationship with each student, prioritizing depth, trust, and individualized guidance over scale, automation, or growth for its own sake.

Learning and creativity are relational practices. They unfold through presence, dialogue, and shared experience, not through volume, speed, or constant content production. My work is grounded in small groups and one to one mentorship, where students are known, supported, and guided with care and accountability.

I am committed to mentor centered education and creative practice. As the sole mentor, I hold context across each student’s learning journey, modeling discernment, ethical responsibility, and reflective practice. Technology exists only to support this relationship, never to replace it. AI and digital tools function as quiet co pilots to reduce administrative friction, support synthesis, and preserve clarity, while all teaching, judgment, and creative authorship remain mine.

Limiting data usage is a core ethical and environmental commitment of this work. Excessive data storage, constant video streaming, and unchecked cloud expansion carry real ecological costs and contribute to cognitive overload and social isolation. I design systems to be light, bounded, and intentional. I reduce cloud storage wherever possible, favor durable and reusable materials, and avoid unnecessary data capture.

I intentionally limit the use of video based webinars and large scale asynchronous content. In person connection, small group gatherings, and thoughtfully paced interactions are central to how I teach and mentor. These choices support nervous system regulation, sustained attention, and meaningful connection rather than passive consumption.

I do not accept isolation as a byproduct of modern education or creative work. Community is built through presence, continuity, and shared practice. Small groups allow for depth without overwhelm, accountability without surveillance, and growth without fragmentation.

Edge Yoga School and Sobi Art School operate as distinct but aligned offerings under the parent company Edge Yoga School & Arts. Edge Yoga School provides rigorous, trauma informed yoga teacher training, mentorship, and continuing education with a focus on teaching competency, ethics, anatomy, and real world readiness. Sobi Art School offers mindfulness through the arts, creative education, photography, storytelling, and reflective practice for artists and educators seeking depth and sustainability in their creative lives. Together, these offerings form an integrated ecosystem rooted in mentorship, embodiment, and long term practice rather than scale.

I steward curriculum, art, writing, and teaching materials as living resources rather than disposable content. The work is designed for longevity, reflection, and reuse. I value continuity and legacy over trends, and quality over output.

I operate with restraint by design. Fewer tools, fewer platforms, fewer broadcasts, and clear boundaries allow for deeper work, stronger relationships, and sustainable leadership. This restraint protects both my capacity as a mentor and the learning experience of each student.

Edge Yoga School & Arts is a solopreneur led ecosystem rooted in mentorship, small groups, ethical use of technology, and environmental awareness. I choose presence over scale, stewardship over excess, and connection over isolation. This is how I teach. This is how I create. This is how I lead.