The Hazmat
The Hazmat
“Now is not the end.
It is not even the beginning of the end.
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
— Winston Churchill
Disclaimer: Frankly, I’m a bit nervous about this design. It’s the brainchild of my husband/business parter, Darin, designed by our daughter, Hannah, and the hazmat photoshoot was coordinated by one of our prolific designers, Gladys. Meaning, there’s plenty of blame to go around if everyone hates it. But Darin doesn’t ask for much — he’s the brains behind our website and oversees the printing and shipping of our yoga mats — and he thought there should be room for at least a little levity in all of this, so I gave him a green light with a lot of reservations — Joleen
It’s been a long time since we’ve all gathered to do yoga in the same space, and it’s likely to be a long time until we do so again. We’re all sequestered in our homes, our contact with everyone and everything is limited, but this won’t last forever.
At some point we’re going to emerge from our homes, blinking in the sunlight, and cautiously begin to take stock of our changed world.
This mat is a reminder that we still need to keep our social distance once we get back in the studio. (And right now it might serve as a warning to our kids to “OMG would you please stay 6 feet away from me for one minute?!” It’s worth a try… I know that having our teenagers underfoot 24/7 while trying to run our business AND help them with distance learning is… well, challenging.)
And, yes, we’re still trying to keep our business moving forward during all of this, but we don’t want to be seen as profiteering from the world’s misery, which is why this design is part of our Compassion Collection. $30 from the sale of every Hazmat goes to Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders, an incredible organization doing amazing work all over the world — even in places like New York City and in deeply affected Native American populations in the Southwestern United States!