Does one really have to fret about enlightenment?  No matter what road I travel, I’m going home.

Shinsho

May 25, 2005

Our 12 week Summer Session has started!

There is still some availability in our pre-registered classes including:  Pilates, 50+ Gentle Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby & Mom Yoga, Beginner Hatha Yoga, Bellydancing and our Striptease Workout Classes!

The 12 week session commenced this week, the week of May 23 and only $150 + gst will get your mind and body fit for the summer!

 

The Pending Return of the Flower Pot

Yes, it’s true!  The City of St. Catharines is running their Flower Pot Program again this year and we should see our planter arriving within the next couple of weeks.  For those of you who remember, we had quite the scandal at YBS last summer when our flower pot was stolen and recovered several days later due to the quick thinking neighbour (who chased the thief who had put the huge flower pot in a grocery cart and was running down the street!) and the local NRP.  We will have to do a meditation around the pot this year to keep it safe, healthy and blooming!

 

Sarah will be away in Calgary for a few days

I am going to Calgary in June for my brother’s graduation from his Masters at the University of Calgary.  My mother will be there as well and after the entertaining graduation ceremony we will be traveling to Banff and Lake Louise.  All classes will be running as scheduled and I will post on the bulletin board fill-in schedule for while I am away.

 

YBS Staffing Update

I would like to offer a warm goodbye to our front desk staff, Robin and Natalie who have been working the desk for the past year.  Robin and Natalie were Brock University students as well as good friends and roommates.  They have eagerly worked very hard for me the past year and were always smiling!  They have now finished their programs from Brock and will be moving out of St. Catharines.  I look forward to seeing what they do with their lives.  We will miss you!

 

Joining the front desk a couple weeks ago is Sarah Sherk.  Yes, just what we need, a third Sarah around the studio!  Sarah is also a friend of Natalie and Robin’s and came highly recommended from them!  Sarah will be doing teacher’s college at Brock next year (I hope I’ve got all of this right!).  We welcome Sarah to our team.

 

As many of you know by now, our long time yoga instructor, Jo Ashwell, will be moving to British Columbia at the end of August and marrying a wonderful man.  Jo and I have been working together for probably 5 years now, she was the first instructor I hired on in my Bodymax and White Oaks days.  As sad as I am to see her go, I am absolutely thrilled for her!  And to all you loyal Jo fans, don’t worry, she will be teaching at the studio straight through to the beginning of August!

 

Movie Night TBA!

You will notice that I have purchased a television and a DVD player that is now in the studio.  I will be organizing a movie night every month or six weeks to show movies that will expand our consciousness, inspire us, and get us thinking and feeling.  I am also hoping to start using the television as a teaching tool on occasion in class, for a few minutes here and there to show a yoga interview, a yoga pose, lecture, etc.  Now I just need to invest in one of those pointer sticks they use in elementary school!  Hehe

The first movie night in June will be showing “What the Bleep do we Know?”  www.whatthebleep.com and our second movie night in July will be showing Woody Harrelson’s documentary “Go Further” www.gofurtherthemovie.com

I am organizing dates and details now, so I will update you within the next week.

 

See you on the path…

With warm blessings,