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This email is for people who like yoga and cookies
Exciting news at the studio! We are teaming up with Stressed Girl Bakes, a local homemade cookie bakery, to bring you delicious “namaste” cookies at the studio this week AND next week!
Do the things that make you smile
“Each week, don’t forget to take time for the things that really matter. Relax and renew your mind and body. Don’t force anything. Take good care of yourself, and connect with the people who lift you up. Do the things that make you smile.”― The Power of Positivity
Here’s to doing all the things that make you happy this week! ❤️
Important studio updates
Hi everyone, I am writing to give you an update about the recently released NYS guidelines for masks and distancing and how we will be adjusting our policies at Yoga 170.
I realize that the updated guidelines from the CDC / NYS are big changes and that some people are super excited, and others are more cautiously optimistic. While I believe it's a very positive step forward, I also want to strike a balance between those that are cautiously optimistic and those that have few concerns. Our #1 goal is to provide a yoga environment that is trusted, comfortable, and welcoming for people of all ages and all backgrounds. I see this mutual trust between all of us as a very important element to our updated guidelines.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Weekly lineup + a new option for gear
We are thinking ahead to the policies that will make our studio as safe as possible when we reopen. As part of this, we will be asking students to bring their own mat and props with them to class (no sharing of equipment).
To help you with this, we are offering you several options. Details within!