COMMUNITY SUPPORT SLIDING SCALE

This sliding scale is intended for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities and for those of the Global South, who are continuously and purposefully excluded from spiritual work and spaces while the same spaces continues to co-opt and appropriate sacred practices and spirituality from their cultures.

I also extend this sliding scale to trans and non-binary kin, and for those living with disability or chronic illness, acknowledging the many layers of oppression and financial inequity that impact our world.

This is one small way I weave economic reciprocity into my practice.

I acknowledge that no model can fully account for the opportunities and oppressions folks may encounter and am always listening for feedback to improve on this process.

How It Works

This scale runs on trust. You're the only one who knows the full shape of your life, your income, your obligations, the privileges and burdens you carry that others can't see. So you choose the rate that feels honest and sustainable for you. Below is merely a starting point, not a set of rules.

I will never ask you to explain your choice and I won't follow up about it.

You might land toward the lower end of the scale if you:

  • are Black, Indigenous, or First Nations

  • are transgender or queer and carry the weight of discrimination or violence because of it

  • rely on public assistance

  • have people depending on you

  • have little or no savings to draw from

  • have been incarcerated

  • do work that isn't recognized or protected because it's how you survive

  • carry debt that makes it hard to meet basic needs

  • have less access to money because of abuse

  • live with a chronic illness or disability that shapes your earning capacity

  • carry immigration-related costs, or live somewhere shaped by U.S. imperialism

  • are an elder without much financial support

You might land toward the higher end of the scale if you:

  • have few or no dependents

  • have savings you can draw from

  • hold investments, inherited wealth, or retirement accounts

  • own your home, or rent because you choose to

  • own property beyond your own home

  • travel for pleasure

  • have money left over after your needs are met

  • can call on family or community resources in hard times

  • work part-time by choice, not necessity

  • have earning power — through education, connections, or family — even if you aren't drawing on it right now

  • are white, and benefit from the racial wealth gap even when you haven't sought that benefit

  • move through the world with other forms of privilege, like being able-bodied or cisgender

  • pay other practitioners full price

sit with where you land, and trust it.

When you book, use the code that fits:

COMMUNITY11 → 11% off
COMMUNITY22 → 22% off
COMMUNITY33 → 33% off
COMMUNITY44 → 44% off

(Privilege based scale model adapted from Accountability Mapping)