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Think spring! Lots coming up for you.
We sure do have a lot coming up at Yoga 170 for you! I’ll get right to all of the updates — be sure to read all the way through as there is a little something for everyone. Have a great week and we look forward to seeing you on the mat!
3 new classes for you!
We are excited to be adding 3 new classes to the studio and livestream schedule! These classes will al begin next week and we hope they bring you additional opportunities to practice with us in-studio or livestream!
Yoga 170 featured in national article. And, Go Bills!
Super exciting! Yoga 170, along with other yoga studios from across the country, was recently featured in an article by Redfin, the national real estate website. Details and a link to the article are within.
Meet the Yoga 170 babies!
We’ve had a baby boom here at Yoga 170 over the past few months! I wanted to take a moment to share the good news from three of our lovely instructors.
Livestream is HERE! Plus, new special events.
I am very excited to announce that Livestream classes are here! This new option allows you to share in the energy and community of Yoga 170 studio classes, in real time via livestream Here is how it works!
Exciting updates — coming soon!
Our promise to you this year: Yoga for the body, presence for the mind, peace for the soul. This is our promise to you as we hold hope, optimism, and light for new beginnings in 2021.
So with this, I’ll start with a few exciting updates — all of which are coming soon! I’m really excited about what lies ahead and I hope that they provide you with more opportunities to grow your own practice as well!
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!
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.
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.
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!
165 days closed. Now we are REOPENING!
I'm writing with exciting news! After meeting the NYS requirements for yoga studios to reopen, we now have the GREEN LIGHT TO REOPEN (cartwheels!) I'm incredibly excited to announce this and I wanted to provide a few more details on our commitment to your safety.
Brief reopening update
I am writing to you tonight to provide a brief update on our reopening plans. As you may know, NYS released reopening guidelines earlier this week for yoga studios. The good news is that we are well prepared and have already met most of the state's requirements. However, the guidelines from this week contain two brand new requirements that we are now actively working on.
I am hopeful and VERY excited that we will have in person classes back in our studio at some point next week! Please stay tuned for details on days / times of our first classes.
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.