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Greetings!
Patience is a virtue. And since we're always cultivating our many virtues while dissolving the habits that no longer serve us when we come to SWERVE, then this month we can all practice patience first on ourselves and next on one another.
Practice patience with yourself when looking for the results of your exercise habit. If you tune in to your inner body, you'll notice that workout results are instant (you feel invigorated, hot and alive) and long-term (you experience increased strength, improved body composition, enduring energy and greater wellness.)
It does require mindfulness to cultivate patience, (unless, unlike most of us, you're naturally saint-like.) But cultivating any virtuous habit can be accomplished with diligent practice. The next time you're feeling rushed and anxious (the results of impatience) tune in to your breathing. Consciously slow your breath down and turn your awareness to your heart beat. Rather than drowning in your impatience, become a witness to it and to your perception of the situation. Just watch without judging. Notice that you're capable of experiencing any event from a place of being present. The more you act as the witness, the more you expand the growing edge of patience.
Please be patient with our desk staff as you check in for class. When other students are signing in before you, wait in line patiently until it is your turn. Arrive early to sign in or purchase your new package of classes if you are attending at busy hours. Leave yourself plenty of time to park your car, travel upstairs, patiently greet the staff, instructor, fellow students and secure your favorite spot in the studio. Be patient with yourself if you have over-scheduled, arriving late. You are in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. You are present in the now, witnessing all the wonder and beauty of creation.
By the way, SWERVE is excited to unveil our new self-check in solution for members starting next month! In the mean time, arrive a few minutes early to exercise your virtues.
Spread LOVE!
~Your Sisters at SWERVE
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Patience
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"Patience always achieves more than force!"
"Learn the art of Patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts, anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success !"- Adams
"The universe seems wondrous to me, with or without God. It has powerful lines and uncompromising ways. Patience and time sit like sages on the planets, strong and impersonal. There is a stark beauty to all of this!"-Real Live Preacher
"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience!"
"My Patient good manners speak for me!"
"I am virtuous in Patient, Self-Love!"
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What's New in June
Mondays:
11:30 am -12:25 pm Pilates Stick
with Carlo Villescaz. (This class is no longer offered at 2pm on Mondays.) Reservations recommended--limit 10 students.
Tuesdays:
7:30 - 8:25 am Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Kate Duyn
Wednesdays:
7:30 - 8:25 am Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Kate Duyn
Thursdays:
7:30 - 8:25 am Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Emily Burton
6:30 - 7:25 pm Yoga Booty Ballet
with Teigh McDonough Gilson (Welcome back Teigh!)
7:30 - 8:30 pm Circuit Training in the Gym
with Patty Wortham, moves 15 minutes earlier.
Fridays:
7:30 - 8:25 am Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Kate Duyn
Pilates Stick is no longer offered at 5pm.
Saturdays:
10 am Yoga Booty Ballet taught by Teigh Mc Donough GIlson on 6/6 and team taught by Gillian & Teigh on 6/27
2:45 - 3:45 pm Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Courtney Munch (Begins June 13th)
4 - 5 pm Beginning Bellydance with Masa
moves 75 minutes later.
Sundays:
9:00 - 9:55 am Ballet Body with Martineque McClain continues on 6/7.
Beginning 6/14 Ballet Breathe Yoga continues
throughout the Summer with dancer and yogi, Kate Duyn.
1:00 - 2:15 pm World Beat Workout with Kim Blank
features live drumming with Latin Percussionist,
Robertito Melendez June 7th & 21st.
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SWERVE Student Challenge
Win $100 at SWERVE
Dive into Summer with our fun game for the month! The SWERVE student who takes the most classes in June, wins a $100 gift certificate to SWERVE to use on any of our services or products!
Are you up for it? We'll announce the winner in next month's newsletter. Want to know how you're doing? Ask your friendly SWERVE desk rep, or create a SWERVE profile and check inside our database for yourself. (Click the photo to create your own sign in. Look in the upper right corner and click "New Users, Sign Up" and follow the prompts.)
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SWERVE Special Event
An Evening of
Chanting & Kirtan
with Siri Sat Nam
Friday, June 12
7:30 - 9 pm
Join SWERVE master teacher Siri Sat Nam playing harmonium for a spiritual evening of chanting mantras from the cannon of Kundalini yoga. You can expect to learn Sanskrit mantras focusing on
Peace, Prosperity and Possibilities!
This evening will uplift andup-level self, other and all of creation! Please join us for this special event of positive contribution to the world.
By donation only.
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Welcome Kate Duyn!
SWERVE is thrilled to introduce Kate Duyn to our beloved clientele! Longtime dancer and yogi, Kate's talents have already been well-received by early-morning SWERVER's. Kate comes to us from San Francisco's Laughing Lotus studio to spread her magic and share her teachings. Kate will Sub for Courtney this coming Friday, 6/5 at 12:30. (Click photo to learn more.)
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Welcome Back, Teigh McDonough Gilson!
After time away, SWERVE co-founder, Yoga Booty Ballet co-creator and earth mother, Teigh McDonough Gilson is back to teaching on a regular schedule.
Please join her powerhouse YBB classes on Thursday evenings from 6:30 - 7:25. Teigh will also be teaching YBB on Saturdays twice a month. In June, she'll teach solo on the 6th and then she'll team-teach with Gillian on June 27th!
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Yoga Booty Ballet
Teacher Trainings
Dive into your physical and spiritual practices by training to teach Yoga Booty Ballet! This uplifting and motivating weekend workshop will expand your consciousness, increase your enthusiasm and educate you in teaching dance, fitness and yoga. Join Gillian Clark for one of the workshops near you.
August 21 - 23 "Yoga on the Square" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 4 - 6 "Indigo Studios" in Chicago, Illinois
September 15 -22 "Princess Studios" in Marbella, Spain
October 2 - 4 "SWERVE" in Los Angeles
Click the photo to learn more
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