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Yoga by Sarah is moving… just not quite yet! PLEASE READ
We were originally scheduled to be moving to our new
location on Grote St. this coming weekend, and opening up
for business on Monday, June 16. Due to several unforeseen
construction events, there will be a two week delay and we
will NOT be moving this weekend. Instead, we WILL be moving
on the Canada Day long weekend and officially open for
business on Wednesday, July 2. In the meantime, we will keep
all classes running and be open business as usual at our 303
Townline Rd temporary location. I understand that this news
will land differently on everyone – some of you may be
disappointed, or perhaps even frustrated. Others of you may
be completely understanding or indifferent about it. Many of
you will probably feel a little bit of everything. Wherever
you are it with it, I completely understand and get it.
I really do need to acknowledge all of you for your
patience, understanding, compassion and your willingness.
Many of you have expressed your “have yoga mat, will travel”
philosophy that both warms my heart and makes me laugh. Many
of you have been willingly coming out to the temp location
and having fun with us on this journey. I also know that
some of you are not able to make it here as much (or at
all), but have been supportive and are waiting for our move
back to the “big city”. There have also been complete
strangers who have already pre-purchased memberships for
Grote St. That trust in me and all of us at YBS is really
inspiring, and it makes all of this worthwhile, and I thank
you.
For me, these past several months have been a time of the
some of the biggest changes and risks in my life. My
emotions have been all over the map – there were times that
I cried for hours over leaving Queenston St, other times
when I have jumped and done pirouettes in my living room
over the excitement of the new studio and all the new
possibilities that it holds. And, there have been other
times of worry and fear and wondering if anyone will travel
to our temporary location in the “woods” (as I like to call
it), and there has been a ton of anxiety wondering if its
really the best time for an expansion. It’s a good thing I
have my yoga practice to keep me grounded and bring me back
to centre. How’s that for irony??! What I can honestly say
about this whole process is that it has given me the
opportunity every day, every moment, to practice my yoga.
Not the physical asana poses kind of yoga, but the REAL yoga
that is about being present in the here and now, practicing
kindness and compassion, trusting that the universe is
unfolding perfectly, listening to my heart and my intuition,
and to take the risks, no matter where it may lead me.
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My father, Francesco, sent me
an e-mail several weeks back. It seemed to come at the
perfect moment, shortly after moving to the temp location.
Here is an excerpt from it:
Dear Saru':
All things come to pass and then they pass away; this is in
the ephemeral world. What won't pass away is the raised
consciousness that we gained. The making of Yoga by Sarah on
Queenston St. was special. A new chapter is now unfolding,
and more expanded awareness, for more raised consciousness
will ensue. And so our life is made up of brief moments in
history.
We have posted on our website
www.yogabysarah.com,
a letter from Calamar Construction which explains some of
the delays in more detail. Please click
here to read it.
Don’t Miss Dates for the Next Chapter of YBS – Please mark
them on your calendar!
Saturday, June 28 - last day of classes in the woods on
Townline Rd. All classes run as scheduled.
Sunday, June 29 – CLOSED FOR THE MOVE AND THE LONG WEEKEND
Monday, June 30 – CLOSED FOR THE MOVE AND THE LONG WEEKEND
Tuesday, July 1 - CLOSED FOR THE MOVE AND THE LONG WEEKEND
Wednesday, July 2 – OPEN for business and all classes on
Grote St.
As a side note, because we are no longer moving this
weekend, YES, there is a class this Sunday, June 15 at 10am
that Allison is teaching!!
Membership Promos
We are still offering some fabulous membership promotions to
the drop-in schedule, with some amazing incentives for
purchasing before the big move. To view the promotions in
detail, visit our homepage
www.yogabysarah.com
Jay is in Iran
For those of you who don’t know, our fun, comedic and only
male yoga instructor, Jay Kowsari, has been visiting his
homeland of Iran for the past 6 weeks. He was originally
scheduled to return this week, but he has recently chosen to
extend his stay there to spend more time with his 90 + year
old father and to work on selling his property there. We do
expect him to return, it’s just very unclear when at this
point. Such is the life of a travelling yogi! I know that
many of us miss him, and we look forward to his return.
Namaste and many blessings,
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