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Choose Hard for Body, Mind, & Soul
HELP FOUND PODVIG ACADEMY
Podvig Academy is being built for those who want to choose what is difficult, recover what is worth keeping, and practice a way of life ordered toward becoming fully human.
This is not a finished institution.
The first 100 members are being invited to help found it.
WHAT FOUNDING MEMBERS RECEIVE
• Permanent recognition as one of the Founding 100, with your own Founder number
• A numbered Founder’s Edition of the Podvig Commonplace Book, created only for the original 100 Founding Member
• A physical Podvig Letter mailed to your home every month for as long as your membership remains active, beginning with the very first letter
• Permanent recognition on the Roll of Founders, with the option to remain anonymous
• Founders-first access to to new Podvig programs, gatherings, publications, limited editions, and other opportunities as the work develops
THE FOUNDING RATE
Founding Membership is $250 per year. Your founding rate remains locked for as long as your membership stays continuously active.
If your membership lapses, your membership benefits end, but your Founder number and historical place on the Roll of Founders remain yours. First access to future programs does not mean that every future program is included at no additional cost.
WHY FOUNDING MEMBERSHIP?
This is not simply a subscription to more content. It is an invitation to help build something worth preserving and handing on. The physical letter is the heart of membership: something real to open, read slowly, mark, keep, return to, and put into practice. From there, the work continues through shared practices, resources, gatherings, and the developing life of Podvig Academy.
Behold. Practice. Become.
WHY FOUNDING MEMBERSHIP
This is not simply a subscription to more content. It is an invitation to help build something worth preserving and handing on. The physical letter is the heart of membership: something real to open, read slowly, mark, keep, return to, and put into practice. From there, the work continues through shared practices, resources, gatherings, and the developing life of Podvig Academy.
Behold. Practice. Become.
THE FOUNDER'S COMMONPLACE BOOK
Every Founding Member will receive a special numbered edition of the Podvig Commonplace Book.
This edition will be made only for the original 100 Founding Members and will never be offered again. Each copy will correspond to the member’s Founder number and will include the Founding Letter at the beginning.
Founder No. ___ of 100
THE MONTHLY LETTER
Beginning with the very first letter, Founding Members will receive a physical Podvig Letter mailed to their home each month for as long as their membership remains active.
One sheet. Front and back.
Something to read slowly, keep, mark, return to, and perhaps hand on.
Those who join Podvig later may receive future letters. Founders will have been here from the beginning, with the opportunity to keep and collect the correspondence from the very first letter.
A PERMANENT PLACE IN THE STORY
A Founding Member is not simply an early subscriber.
The original 100 will remain the original 100.
If a Founding Membership later lapses, the ongoing membership benefits end, but the Founder number and historical status remain.
You helped found Podvig Academy.
That cannot be purchased later.
FIRST INVITATION
As Podvig grows, some programs, gatherings, publications, and other opportunities will necessarily be limited.
Founding Members will receive the first invitation to programs and courses, gatherings and retreats, special and limited editions, pilgrimages, and other limited-capacity opportunities.
First access does not necessarily mean free access. It means Founders are invited first.
WHAT YOU ARE JOINING
You are not buying admission to a finished academy.
You are helping build one.
The library will grow. The practices will develop. Books will be published. Courses and gatherings will take shape. The Gymnasium, the Commonplace, and the Desert will deepen.
And the first 100 members will have been present while it happened.
BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER
100 Founding Memberships.
$250 per year.
Founding price locked while membership remains continuously active.
Once the first 100 places are filled, Founding Membership closes permanently.
Choose hard. Help build what is worth handing on.
Choose hard. Help build what is worth handing on.