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This week’s classes, events and on demand.
This week’s class schedule is below, along with the lineup of upcoming special events. Simply click to sign up for class.
We have also added new classes to On Demand — these are livestream recordings of recent studio classes. This provides the studio class experience for our On Demand subscribers — just a few days later! I hope you enjoy them.
Wishing you a great week ahead!
New Year’s Day class + Yin Yoga in December
I am writing to you while sitting next to the fire and my kids are reading next to me. It’s not ALWAYS this calm in our house, but for this moment, I’m grateful. While the pandemic has brought us many, many challenges, it has also been a really good reminder of how important it is to slow life down. To appreciate these small moments. And to take good care of ourselves.
This is the intent behind all of our classes this month — to slow down and take good care of yourself. Especially the special classes that we are so excited to bring to you!
Holiday SALE + class schedule
It’s a Yoga 170 Holiday Sale! Enjoy 20% off anything in our studio shop — while supplies last. Thank you for supporting us and shopping local. It truly means so much!
Thanksgiving week schedule (and a hello from Vermont!)
Happy Thanksgiving week to you and your families! Whether you are gathering for a small family dinner, hanging out Zoom with the family, or have another creative plan — I wish you much comfort, peace and joy.
Thanksgiving week schedule is within — along with a special event!
New week! Studio schedule + online classes.
It’s a new week! New start. Fresh perspective. New opportunity. My goal is to embrace this week with perseverance and have grace for whatever I can accomplish.
I hope the week ahead brings you a fresh start as well. Hope you can join us on the mat for a bit of self care — body, mind and soul.
Meditation returns to Yoga 170
I’m excited to let you know that we have added 2 new Meditation options for you — intended to bring awareness, reflection and peace to your practice.
Meditation is now available In-studio as part of our Tuesday’s Hatha Yoga class at 5:30pm (new time) and also Online as a short guided meditation. We will start with these 2 options and expand to more if everyone would like!
Hello November! Schedule this week.
“Keep peace in the mind. Strength in the body. And love in the heart.”
Your practice doesn’t expect you to show up happy. It doesn’t mind if you are put together or if you are a mess. You can arrive with a jumbled mind and a messy heart. Your practice could care less if you can touch your toes or meditate for hours. It simply understands that however you show up, you are present. And deserve to enjoy that moment.
From California back to her roots. Welcome Lindsey!
I am excited to welcome a new instructor and a COZY new class to Yoga 170! Please join me in welcoming Lindsey Miller, who has recently relocated from California back to her Fairport roots with her husband and three children.
Lindsey brings with her many years of yoga instructor experience and will be teaching a new Sunday evening class called Sunday Soul — think cozy candles, great music, and a perfect way to get ready for your week. She will be teaching the 5:15pm Thursday Vinyasa Flow class.
One student’s story + weekly schedule
I’ve been thinking a lot about strength lately. That mental and physical notion of being strong, even when it seems impossibly hard.
I wanted to share a story with you from a student (permission given to share). She wrote to me with such gratitude and shared how she had always felt totally overwhelmed by the thought of yoga — where to begin, where to go, where would she feel comfortable?
Columbus Day classes and this week’s schedule
Who has dug out their favorite fleece and cozy socks? I’m cherishing the hikes, the colors, the smells, the leaves (until I have to rake them) and this cozy time of year.
I’m also really aware of my health and self care. I’m grateful for every opportunity to practice — at the studio with you or at home with my family. Some days, yoga brings me more energy. Some days, it just gives me a “moment”. But I always feel better in the end.
It’s our anniversary! And we have a sale for you.
We are celebrating! There are 3 great deals that are available starting right now. It is our way of saying THANK YOU.
Meet our new Hatha Yoga teachers
I am thrilled to announce 3 wonderful new Hatha Yoga instructors to Yoga 170. Please join me in welcoming Carol Moon, Heather Acomb and Beth Cholette!
All three bring an authentic Hatha Yoga style and have experience teaching yoga in the Rochester community. They will be taking over Molly’s classes at the studio when she moves to Vermont. Rest assured though! Molly has been personally involved in choosing who will take over her classes and I am thrilled to have Carol, Heather and Beth bring you the trusted Hatha Yoga classes that you know and love at our studio.
Special event this week!
Lots of cozy candles, yummy scents and good energy are abundant at the studio to warm us all up!
Please know that when you are ready to return, our instructors take great care in making sure your experience is comfortable, enjoyable, and welcoming — it’s a great feeling of connection and community in each class.
Updates for this week include:
This week’s studio classes
All Access online classes
Details of our Special Event class with Molly
We look forward to practicing with you!
New morning + late afternoon classes!
Parents! Take a 9am or 10am class after the kids head off to school. Teachers! New 4:45pm classes are a nice way to end your day. Morning folks — 8:30am gentle yoga has returned to the schedule! The studio schedule and a few more updates are all within.
Cheers to Molly!
If you are a student of Molly’s, or are connected with her, you know that she has been planning on moving with her husband to the beautiful state of Vermont.
I’ve been very fortunate over the last few years to learn from Molly, work with her, and to be able to call her a close friend. I will truly miss Molly but I am happy that she is starting this new chapter for her and her family!
Let’s celebrate with Molly as her dream is now becoming a reality and she wanted to share the following with you.
Walk through YOGA 170 with Ali — a video tour of our safety updates
We held our first few studio classes last week after being closed for 165 days and the feelings were ALL there. The familiar smells of the studio — lavender and lemon — welcomed us all back. The cross breeze from the canal was sweeping through the studio. Soft lights were glowing around us. And music filled the air. We were all distanced, safe, content and there was a feeling of community that we all had missed so much.
And I felt myself wishing that I could capture that feeling so you could see how the studio is set up and how it all works.
So…I took a video to let you walk through with me!
The local news is visiting us this week!
Exciting news! On Tuesday morning, 13 WHAM News / Good Day Rochester will be visiting our studio — broadcasting live — with several interviews throughout the morning show! They will be profiling our efforts in continuing to bring yoga to our community during Covid 19.
They will also be spotlighting YOGA 170 On Demand and Butterfly Kids Yoga On Demand — and talking about how we are prepared to reopen safely once NYS gives the green light.
Important updates
I am writing to you today to share important updates regarding our online classes. However, before I address these updates, I would like to take a moment to provide you with my perspective on how our community at Yoga 170 can help to drive positive change and stand together as an inclusive community.