What Is Sliding Scale Pricing?

Sliding scale is a pricing model built on a simple but radical premise: your financial situation should not determine your access to practice.

It’s community economics in action — those who can pay more, do, so that those who can’t, still can. It’s how we make “yoga for everyone” mean something real, rather than just sound good on a website.

Our Four Tiers

Every class at Manas Yoga carries four honest options. There is no application, no proof, no gatekeeping. You choose the tier that reflects where you are right now.

Advocate — €30 | For those who want to quietly support the model itself. No announcement, no recognition needed. This is for you if you have the means and want your practice to directly fund someone else’s — a small, private way of putting your values into action.

Standard — €22| For those whose finances are stable. You’re okay, you’re managing, money isn’t a source of stress right now. This is your tier. Pay it without guilt, and know that by doing so, you’re directly making it possible for someone else to practice alongside you.

Supported — €17 | For anyone navigating financial instability, where the standard rate creates a genuine stretch. No proof required. No questions asked. Your honest self-assessment is enough.

Community — €14 | For those experiencing real financial hardship. If money is genuinely difficult right now, this is here for you. Again — no questions, no documentation, no shame. Just honesty.

Why We Trust You

We’re not interested in policing anyone. We trust people. But we do ask for integrity — the same integrity we bring to the mat, to the practice, and to the philosophical foundation we teach from, especially ahimsa (non-harm), satya (truthfulness), and aparigraha (non-grasping).

The system only works if each of us is honest with ourselves about which tier actually reflects our situation. If you’re financially comfortable and consistently choose the lowest tier simply because it’s available, you’re quietly undermining the structure that makes access possible for others. That’s not community — that’s taking advantage of generosity.

We hold up the mirror to you, just like the practice does.

The Vision

Our vision is that financial barrier becomes genuinely irrelevant to who can walk through our door. That the studio becomes what yoga was always meant to be: a practice available to all, not a luxury reserved for those who can afford premium wellness.

We’re building that, one honest payment at a time.

Thank you for being part of this. Every honest payment moves us closer to a studio where practice is never a question of who can afford it.

Grab your Sliding Scale Pass here!