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Sponsor Spotlight: Dean Mahan, Yoga Vida
Dean Mahan, Yoga Vida
3620 Bee Caves Road, 78746
707 W. 7th, 78701
6a-8p
For Questions:
Call - 512.750.2213
Online - YogaVida.net
Email – YogaVida@mac.com

Next in our Sponsor Spotlight series, we interviewed Bronze-level Sponsor, Dean Mahan, Owner of Yoga Vida.

Dean teaches Power Vinyasa Yoga at Yoga Vida on Bee Caves Road. Yoga Vida, which has been around for ten years, offers classes, clothing, mats and anything needed in order to reach full yoga potential. LGBTQI owned and operated, Yoga Vida endeavors to broaden their students’ yoga potential and horizons.

Dean got involved with aGLIFF through one of his students, board member John Livingston, in order to support his belief that the LGBTQI and arts communities need to be supported financially and by the community. Dean, who hasn’t seen anything like aGLIFF in any other place he’s every lived, deeply feels that the festival has provided a unique and important good to the city of Austin.

“I’m not interested in what aGLIFF will do for my business, I just want to support the festival,” says Dean, “I’m not giving to receive.”

And that is exactly the spirit that Dean puts into Yoga Vida every day. It’s about creating a whole in the community and spirit, not about quid pro quo. His belief that aGLIFF provides a voice and platform of support is what drew Dean to the festival and in sponsoring its ongoing endeavor to educate, expose artists and entertain the LGBTQI and Austin at large.

Dean believes that aGLIFF brings comfort and a return of support to LGBTQI businesses in the community and that it supports other companies and nonprofits, like Out Youth.

As we do with our interviews, we asked Dean about movies. His favorite movie is AGE OF INNONCENCE, his favorite genre is romance and though he likes all that act, he specifically enjoys the talent of Tom Hanks.

aGLIFF appreciates the support of our business sponsors and offers the Sponsor Spotlight as a venue for business owners to share more information about their business with aGLIFF members. If your business is interested in becoming a sponsor, please visit our Sponsorships page.

Scot Maitland, Your Personal Massage Therapist
2003 S. Lamar Blvd., Suite 11
W-F, 10a-8:30p
Sat, 11a-6:30p
For appointments:
Call - 512.965.6800
Online - AustinTouch.com
Email - Scot@AustinTouch.com

In the first of our Sponsor Spotlight series, we interviewed Bronze-level Sponsor, Scot Maitland and Austin-based massage therapist.

Scot offers customized massage sessions that are tailored to each client’s personal needs, be it the relief of muscle tension, addressing repetitive stress injuries, or general relaxation. Sessions vary in length from 15 minutes to two hours and range from a basic in-studio chair massage to a customized massage at your home or office. Scot recently returned to Austin and has opened his own studio on South Lamar to lend his many years of experience to the tired and achy bodies of central Texas.

Though Scot identifies as a gay man, it’s not the primary reason he got involved in film and aGLIFF. His brother, Keith Maitland, has been a filmmaker for 10 years and recently completed the documentary THE EYES OF ME, which will premier at the South by Southwest Film Festival. Scot also conveys his observation that the media (film/TV/print/web) do a great job at portraying people like himself (white gay men), but doesn’t do so well presenting the wonderful diversity of the LGBTQI community.

“I love going to the festival because I get to see films that tell the stories of our community told by the members of the community,” said Scot in our interview. “And everyone in the theatre, though they see the same film, all take something different away from the stories. They learn something regardless of how they identify because they go away with human stories.”

Scot decided that sponsoring aGLIFF22 was a great move for his business. He says he likes the variety of promotional outlets offered through aGLIFF. Sponsorship includes more than on-screen advertising, but also having the opportunity to sponsor a film, being listed as a sponsor in the program makes good business, or speaking directly to the audiences at the festival.

“Though I just became a sponsor and haven’t gotten the exposure at the festival, it’s a great conversation starter as I network for my business,” says Scot. “Not only do I build credibility as a business owner who gives back to the community, I get to promote the festival at the same time.”

During the informal part of our interview, we also ask our sponsors to tell us about their favorite films. Scot shared with us that his favorite genre of film is comedy, his favorite film is THE PELICAN BRIEF, his favorite queer film is TALES OF THE CITY (the original, on PBS), and his favorite actor is Sandra Bullock.

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aGLIFF appreciates the support of our business sponsors and offers the Sponsor Spotlight as a venue for business owners to share more information about their business with aGLIFF members. If your business is interested in becoming a sponsor, please visit our Sponsors page.