Calm in the Storm
Dear loved ones,
I have been sitting on this newsletter for a few days now. I believe there is a balance between response and reaction and we are working on a mindful response to the events of the world and to help do our part to slow the spread of Covid-19. So we have been in the background working on a plan to bring your yoga to you!
Beginning today, Monday the 16th of March our physical location will be closed. We feel it is best to ensure the health of everyone in the yoga community and Greenville community at large. If anything happened to any of you after coming to our studio, I’m not sure we would be the same. It is with the utmost respect and care for each of you that we made this decision as teachers. (You should have seen us video conferencing last night! It was hilarious. All of us socially awkward and technologically stunted. But we did it!) We agreed to close this week and will re-evaluate each week as it comes.
One of the biggest challenges that I faced was how to be a seat of strength and care for our community and not be open, as well as how to support our studio teachers financially at this difficult time. One way is by integrating our operating system (Tula) with Zoom meetings. With this gift of technology, we can bring yoga to you from our happy homes. This means you may meet our children, our dogs and our cats. You may see us practice yoga and fall out of balance poses. You may hear us laugh at ourselves as we figure all of this out.
At the top of each page, just click “Book Class.” This will take you to your very own personal calendar where you can pay for classes and sign up for any classes you wish to attend. Once you sign up, you will see a link that says “View Broadcast.” Click that 10 minutes before class time and you are ready to zoom with us! We keep you muted during class and you can leave your camera on or off… the choice is yours. We welcome you, your family and your home just as they are.
We tested the livestream yesterday had 27 people sign up! Amanda from Spain, Gabby from Florida, David in England and our usual Greenville Yoga suspects. It was awesome. Today’s 9:15am we learned how to turn cameras on or off (you can choose if we see you) and how to unmute the microphone so we could all say a virtual hello. Our hope is that we keep our community connected even though we are physically apart. At times like these I am reminded of this saying from Max- “this too I can include.”
Sent 3/16/20
