Is It Worth It?

There are moments when, as a host, you look at the numbers and wonder:

Is it worth it?

The time.
The energy.
The preparation.
The work behind the scenes.

And sometimes, financially, the answer is simply no.

Our last Soultribe gathering was one of those moments.

We were a small, intimate group of ten people. Financially, we basically broke even.

And yet…

It was one of those evenings that reminded me why Soultribe exists in the first place.

It didn't feel like a workshop.

It didn't feel like an event.

It felt like a group of friends gathering.

We created a space where we could simply be.

Move.
Play.
Laugh.
Explore.
Release.
Be silly.
Be all the different sides of ourselves.

Someone found a pot and started drumming along to the DJ.

We made a swing out of rope and played with it.

We danced on the table.

We practiced handstands.

We moved energy.

We laughed.

There was something so wonderfully unplanned about it.

And somehow, in all of that play, something deeper happened.

At the end, we shared how the evening had felt for each of us.

One sentence stayed with me:

“It felt like a safe space to be all sides of me.”

That is exactly what I hope Soultribe can become.

Not a place where we have to perform.

Not a place where we have to fix ourselves.

Not a place where we have to fit into a certain version of who we think we should be.

But a place where we can come as we are.

Where we can move, feel, laugh, cry, be quiet, be loud, be playful, be serious - and somehow, through being together, remember a little more of ourselves.

And I want to share something personal.

I had had an emotionally very hard weekend.

I had cried more than I had slept.

I honestly wasn't really in the mood to host anything. I wanted to be alone.

And yet, during and after the gathering, my heart was overflowing with joy and gratitude.

Watching people come together in presence, move energy, let go, play, laugh and connect…

I realized that this was exactly what I needed too.

Sometimes we don't know what we need until we experience it.

And then something happened again today that brought the same question back to me.

I was supposed to teach yoga, and I had invited a friend who is also a yoga teacher to join me. Yesterday, we were texting about it and both said something along the lines of: we need this.

Today, she ended up being my only student.

And I told her not to pay me.

So again, from a purely financial perspective:

Is it worth it?

She even said, “You don't need to teach me.”

And I could have simply cancelled the class or taught a short one.

But I decided:

Yes.

We both need this.

So I taught.

And what was supposed to maybe be a short class turned into a full 75-minute practice.

I loved it.

I adjusted less than I normally would. I explained less, because I knew she already knew yoga.

And somewhere along the way, it stopped feeling like a teacher and a student.

It just felt like two friends doing yoga together.

Checking in.

Calming the nervous system.

Moving the energy.

Breathing.

Feeling our bodies.

And enjoying being there.

And yes - it was completely worth it.

Because this is something I keep coming back to with Soultribe:

The energy shift is worth it.

When I see someone arrive carrying something heavy and leave a little lighter…

When a group of strangers starts feeling like friends…

When people laugh in a way they haven't laughed in a while…

When someone feels safe enough to be another side of themselves…

When the nervous system softens…

When energy starts moving again…

When I feel the shift in myself too…

That matters.

Of course, Soultribe needs to be sustainable.

We need to make money. We need to pay bills. We need to build something that can actually continue.

I don't want to romanticize not making money.

But I also don't want to measure the value of everything we create only by what it brings in financially.

Because some of the most valuable things that happen here cannot be measured that way.

Maybe sometimes the question isn't only:

“Did this make money?”

Maybe it is also:

“Did something move?”

Did someone feel more connected?

Did something soften?

Did someone laugh?

Did we create safety?

Did we remember something?

Did our energy shift?

Did we leave a little more alive than when we arrived?

If the answer is yes…

Then maybe it was worth it.

And maybe this is part of the experiment of Soultribe.

Learning how to create a space that is both sustainable and deeply human.

A place where there is room for business, but also for generosity.

A place where we can offer something without always calculating what we get back.

A place where sometimes ten people are enough.

Sometimes one person is enough.

Sometimes the gathering is the gathering.

Sometimes the yoga class is just two friends practicing together.

And sometimes, without planning it, we get exactly what we needed.

Maybe that's the real wealth I want to create here.

Not just a business.

But a place where energy moves.

Where people meet.

Where we can play.

Where we can be human.

Where we can come as we are.

And where, together, we remind each other:

We don't always need more.
Sometimes we just need each other.

This is Soultribe. 🌿🤍