10/30/2026
It has been 10 years of creating, enduring breakdowns, tears, laughter, gratitude, frustration, excitement, and we can add every emotion to what I was observing as Urban was conceptualized, created, grew, shrunk, and expanded.
Within these 10 years I enjoyed watching myself grow, choosing to show up-while questioning myself hundreds of times “ is it worth it?”
Is it worth holding and sustaining space for community, or even the idea of community, through the years when everything seemed to flow seamlessly, and the moments when members of that same community were actively working to dismantle what had been built?
Was it worth it? Yes of course.
These 10 years allowed me to reflect on where to put my energy, my expectations and the directions that need my attention and focus.
Urban is my family, no matter how much it shifts. And I couldn’t have arrived at this understanding without my family who helped me conceive, build, repair, clean, support, and grow it along the way.
Thank you Marc Father Figure Project for always being by my side to support my vision with your ideas, building skills, love and support.
Thank you Creative Director ✶ Brand + Web for your creative ideas, talent, patience, support and love.
Thank you Christian | Photographer for your creative captures, maintaining the studio, support and love.
Thank you Aron Garcia for your little helpers that I got to see grow along side Urban, your support and love.
Thank you to all the teachers that have taught behind these doors and to the teachers who are currently here to be apart of the flow of Urban making it what it is.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of Urban’s community, past and present. Your participation has helped shape this space into what it is today.
Everything that makes Urban-Urban has all been worth it.
To the next years… thank you all for your love and support.
Ali, Founder of Urban Sanctuary
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