Community Care for CMMN GRND

HERE IS YOUR LINK for our WYLD LIVESTREAM!
Sunday April 18th, 11:30am PST

CMMN GRND is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: The WYLD Method Virtual

Time: Apr 18, 2021 11:30 AM Vancouver

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81304712261?pwd=Mzgzck5SQmpESm5tbWdJVUJCMzZkZz09

Meeting ID: [numéro de téléphone retiré] 2261
Passcode: 780977

Thank you so much for your love and support!



Aloha friends,

My name is India, and I am one of the many instructors honoured to facilitate movement at CMMN GRND Studio. 

I write to you today on behalf of Dylan and Cheryl Archambault, the founders and visionaries behind CMMN GRND, with an ask for your support.

Here's the deal:

CMMN GRND is a Fitness and Social Wellness Collective located on the traditional lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations - and it’s a community space unlike any other.

From the moment Dylan shared his dream of building CMMN GRND with me, I knew in my bones that it was going to be so, so, so special.

And in only 10 short months of operation, it has proven to be more incredible than we could have ever imagined.

CMMN GRND officially opened its doors in June 2020, in the early stages of the global pandemic. Since then, the studio has faced mandatory compliance with a yo-yo of government restrictions around group fitness - and this has taken its toll.

In Year One of business, CMMN GRND has been forced to operate at ⅓ capacity, pivot to online streaming, let go of staff, cut more than half of its programming and shut its doors again until provincial restrictions lift.

And because CMMN GRND has only been in operation for 10 months, the studio cannot show a loss in revenue from the year before. This means that they DO NO QUALIFY for the majority of provincial and federal government grants/subsidies that are in place to provide rent relief for businesses struggling to stay open.

As a result the studio now faces the inconceivable and heartbreaking reality of permanent closure.

(Listen to Dylan telling it straight from the heart ).

We cannot let this happen.

And let me tell you why:

At its essence, CMMN GRND was created to offer connection + belonging for anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong, both in movement spaces and in life.

And that’s a lot of us.

At CMMN GRND you are radically accepted as you are - your pronouns, your gender identity, your gender expression, and everything in between.

It's a home for the gender benders, the racialized, the folx who identify as fat or big-bodied, for the neuro divergent, and for anyone else who hasn’t had the privilege of seeing themselves in the fitness world the way they exist.

CMMN GRND is proud to offer body and gender neutral classes, trauma-informed teachers, choice-based practices, and a diverse staff of magical humxn beings who create an atmosphere of unparalleled community care.

And y'all, the ENERGY in there just feels SO good.

(Check out this amazing video by East Cherry to see what I mean. And this one too!)


Here's where you come in:

CMMN GRND needs your love and care now in the form of financial assistance.

All funds collected will go directly to helping CMMN GRND pay their rent and utilities in order to KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN and navigate this third round of closures.

Any amount helps and your energy behind sharing our story would be so appreciated.

As a thank you and in service of continuing to move and connect in community, EVERYONE WHO DONATES is invited to join a one-time livestream of The WYLD METHOD on Sunday April 18th at 11:30am PST.

I created this movement method exclusively for CMMN GRND and I am so excited to gather in our Virtual Studio to share this with you. (Learn more about the method here).

I will UPDATE THIS PAGE with the live link on the day of class so check back!!

In closing, I’d like to offer big gratitude for your presence here and thank you in advance for your support.

This incomparable studio wants more than ANYTHING to be around long enough to welcome you through its doors with open arms so we can cry, laugh, move, spin, dance, flow, breathe, sit, be, and care for ourselves and one another.

Let’s normalize crowd-funding in the face of systems that have created barriers for small businesses to survive during this very challenging time.

I believe in CMMN GRND, in Dylan’s vision, and in the power of community care.

Please believe with me.

With love,

India Dania


@cmmngrndyvr 
https://cmmngrnd.ca 

#FundCovidRelief


COMMUNITY TESTIMONIALS:

"I never was fully able to put into words what I was looking for in a movement community till I found CMMN GRND. I've felt so supported, especially by their live streams and always feel like I can show up exactly how I am whatever that may be, and be welcomed and enough."


"CMMN GRND feels like sunshine. A breath of fresh air. A space that I’ve only ever experienced throughout this pandemic and even though I wasn’t able to receive physical hugs it felt like a MASSIVE hug every time I went to take class. The teachers lead from a place of pure passion, love, and kindness. I’ve felt goosebumps, I’ve shed tears, I’ve laughed, I’ve felt it all in the classes I’ve attended. Thank you thank you thank you."


"CMMN GRND has been an amazing space to just be ourselves. The friendly staff, the amazing classes, and their community means a lot to so many people who always felt out of place in other fitness centres. It's not about pushing yourself beyond your limits but being comfortable in who you are and EXPLORING what's possible for yourself."