The Question of Spiritual Sell-Out’s

Can We Have Both?

Sacredness + Sustainability in a Capitalist World

I used to believe I had to choose.

Depth or success.

Devotion or money.

Spirituality or strategy.

And for a while, I tried to make it all fit inside the mold… Until the mold became a cage.

Because the truth is:

The moment we try to fit the sacred into a capitalist template… We start to dilute the very thing we came to protect.

I Sold My Yoga Studio Because I Refused to Sell My Soul

I felt like a Spiritual Sell-Out.

For years, I poured my heart into a space that was meant to be sacred.

But the deeper I went into my own embodiment… the more I woke up to how the system demanded things that didn’t align:

… Pack the schedule

… Chase the metrics

… Prioritize growth over integrity

… Water down the teachings to “meet people where they are” even if it meant never asking them to rise

It began to feel like I was running a business fighting for its soul, not holding a sacred space with spiritual reciprocity.

The business was ‘working’ but my soul was not okay.

And so, after 3 years… I walked away.

Not because I didn’t believe in the work, but because I believed in it too much to keep letting capitalism dictate its form.

Money Is Not Evil

Money is not the enemy. We need money to sustain our work, our bodies, our sacred service. We deserve to be resourced, supported and well.

But here’s the rub… When we let capitalism define our value, we lose our values.

When profit becomes the primary metric of success, we start contorting our offerings to be more palatable, more popular, more marketable… And the sacred slowly slips through our fingers.

What Gets Lost in the Chase?

• Depth. Because slowing down doesn’t scale.
  

• Integrity. Because naming hard truths won’t always sell.
  

• Embodiment. Because creating real transformation takes time, space and care.
  

• Sacred Rhythm. Because the world pushes us to produce, not pause.
  

The more we chase “bigger” the more we risk disconnecting from what actually brought us here in the first place.

So Can We Have Both?

Yes.

But not by using the old templates.

Not by hacking our way to visibility.

Not by commodifying sacred work until it’s just another product on the shelf.

Not by bypassing integrity in the name of “marketing.”

We can have both when:

• Our business model honors our nervous system and the nervous systems of our community
  

• Our offerings are rooted in embodiment, not urgency
  

• Our pricing reflects value, not extraction
  

• Our growth is sustainable, not self-sacrificing
  

• Our marketing is devotional, not manipulative

You Don’t Need to Burn Out to Be of Service

You don’t need to water it down to make it work.

You don’t need to abandon the sacred to become successful.

But you do need to create new models.

You do need to deconstruct old systems. 

You do need to stay in your body when the pressure says “Just sell.”

Lead a Business That Feels Like Prayer

Your business can honor the lineage of the work.

Your business can pay you well and keep you well.

You are safe to create your business to move at the speed of trust.

Remember, your business that asks for integrity, not performance.

This is the new model. This is the invitation. 

This is the revolution of spirituality and sustainability as not just a business, but a sacred act of energy and exchange.

You have a choice.

You don’t have to stay small to stay sacred. But you do have to stay awake.

Let your path to sustainability be led by your values, not just your vision.

Let your business become an extension of your embodiment. 

Let your success feel like a homecoming, not a hustle.