August Challenge, Fall Classes, Holistic Health Support 🌻
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Hi everyone ☀️ What a lovely week of sunshine! And happy soon to be August! I sure miss seeing everyone and I hope all of you are safe and well.❤️
Love and huge hugs!
Janelle xo
Holistic Health Support Team
We are continuing to build a Holistic Health team to help support people in person and online during the pandemic. All of these ladies are incredible and inspire and help others in so many ways. Please click here to head to the website to read more about them or to contact them!
Colleen: Medical Exercise Specialist
Denise: Senior & Patient Advocacy
Christine: Intuitive Consulting, Meditation & Healing Circles
Jessica: Fitness, Nutrition & Mindset Coaching
Lannie: Mediumship & Author
Jackie: Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
Christine: Mini Reiki & Card Sessions
Rejuvenate. Rest. Reset. Renew. August 30 Day Challenge
Staying strong in mind & body!
Having trouble staying motivated with a regular fitness regime during the summer? The 30 Day Self-Care Online Challenge is a great way to take time and make time for yourself each day. Take the pressure off and fit in what you can for yourself. It can be an active practice to build strength or if you are fatigued maybe a yoga nidra or yoga for stress and anxiety relief class to support relaxing your nervous system. You choose your class time, style & start date...and most importantly, you choose what is best for you each day.
There is something amazing that happens with a regular practice! I guarantee it and you can read the many benefits attained by other challengers! 🙂During this unknown time, there is also an elevated and underlying level of stress we are dealing with because of the pandemic (besides what our daily life hands us) so consistent self-care is so crucial for our overall well-being.
Prizes are given out to all finishers! We have gifts donated from Essentials Spa, the Village Emporium, Backstreet Antiques, Eco Cafe & more!
Cost: $100
September In Person Classes: Feedback needed!
Who is interested in registering for the following classes in the fall? And do you have any other times/classes you are interested in?
Fridays @ 11:30am Strength, Balance & Mobility for Longevity
Saturdays @ 9:30am Yoga for Strength
Saturdays @ 10:45am Restorative Yoga
Sundays @ 10am Flow & Yin
Therapy Balls
I ordered more therapy balls. If you were wanting a set or bigger set please let me know!
August Summer Online Studio Passes
Choose an unlimited pass or a 5 or 10 summer pack of your choice to use for the month of August! Choose from over 70 videos with tons of variety (see the list below). For the summer packs, you choose what you would like to practice from the list of classes. And you also get free replays of all of the classes that you choose!
Summer 5 Pack: $50 (choose 5 classes)
Summer 10 Pack: $80 (choose 10 classes)
1 Month Unlimited Pass: $100 (reg $105)
Online Studio Classes
YOGA FOR TARGETED SUPPORT
These classes target specific areas of the body that may need more strengthening or stretching to help build stability and mobility.
Yoga for Hips & Lower Back (24min)
Yoga for Sciatica (45min)
Strength & Stretch Yoga for Hip Opening (19min)
Yoga & Therapy Balls for Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders (32min)
Chair Yoga (43min)
Improving Strength & Balance for Seniors (41min)
SPORT & ACTIVITY SPECIFIC YOGA
These classes focus on building strength and flexibility specifically needed for each activity.
Strength & Stretch Yoga for Gardening (35min)
Yoga for Golfers (35min)
Yoga for Cyclists (20min)
Yoga for Walkers/Runners: Warm-up/Strength (20min)
Yoga for Walkers/Runners: Cooldown/Relaxation (14min)
CLASSES THAT RAN AT THE STUDIO
Please see class descriptions on the website https://www.pigeonlakewellnessstudio.ca/online-classes
Yoga for Strength (60min) 15 classes
Yoga Flow (60min) 6 classes
Strength, Balance & Mobility for Longevity Class (60min) 11 classes
Restorative/Yin (60min) 5 classes
YOGA FOR BEGINNERS
In these classes I slow everything down and break down the poses for you. I cover different breathing exercises, show you variations/modifications and explain the benefits of each pose.
Beginner 4 Week Series: 4 videos (60-75min)
Moksha Yoga (60min)
Moksha Yoga (75min)
YOGA FOR STRESS & ANXIETY RELIEF
These classes include tools you can use on a regular basis to calm your nervous system down, relax your body and settle your mind. They are great to use if you are dealing with a lot of stress and anxiety.
Yoga & Breath for Managing Stress & Anxiety (37min)
Grounding Yoga for Conquering Crisis & Fear (31min)
YOGA WITH ESSENTIAL OILS
Detox Aroma Yoga (51min)
YOGA FOR MEN
These classes are great for high tension areas for men and women!
Mobility Class for Men (30min): Shoulders, Quads & Hamstrings
Mobility Class for Men (28min): Back & Hips
FITNESS CLASSES
These are short high intensity fitness classes with free weights.
Full Body Fitness Class 1 (33min)
Full Body Fitness Class 2 (37min)
4MIN Core Strengthening Session
REST & RELAXATION SESSIONS
These sessions offer great tools to relax your body and mind and get you ready for a nap or good night's rest.
Yoga Nidra: Honour Winter’s Lesson (26min)
Body Scan for Relaxation & Rest (15min)
Bedtime Yoga (31min)
SHORT ON TIME? 15-45 MIN YOGA CLASSES
If you need a quick workout or rejuvenation session!
Lunch Time/Office Yoga with Chair (26min)
Yoga for Strength 6 Part 1 (40min standing series only)
Yoga for Strength 6 Part 2 (24min floor series only)
Good Morning Gentle Movement Session (15min)
SONGS FROM MY HEART TO YOURS!
Over the Rainbow
THERAPY BALL EXERCISES
Release deep muscle tension & soreness with these short videos.
Back & Shoulders (19min)
Neck & Face (7min)
Feet, Legs & Glutes (24min)
30 Day Challenge Testimonials
Arlene
I decided to do the June challenge because I felt I needed a little motivation. Sometimes I would feel a little tired so I loved choosing the class I would do next and having access to all of the different classes was so great. Flexibility helped me do yard work, strength helped with bike riding and mobility kept my joints from hurting. Looking forward to the next classes!😻
Janine
First of all, I’m really pleased that I was able to practice yoga every day throughout the 30 day challenge. Some days I did a lighter or shorter class, especially on days when I was working hard in my yard or just felt less motivated.
I found the daily practice engaging, invigorating, blissful, depending on what I needed that day. My overall intention was to build strength and maintain good physical, emotional and mental health.
The latter was always attainable, the strength part less so, particularly at the beginning. At some point in the last year I injured my right shoulder. Not only was it weak but it was also lacking mobility. Some days it hurt, so I honoured that and didn’t push too hard. I’m pleased to say that today it feels so much stronger and it doesn’t hurt to move or to bear weight.
It’s a beginning. I intend to continue doing yoga as often as I can in order to keep this new body knowledge. I know only too well that it’s not completely healed and will need special attention to help maintain strength and mobility.
Thank you, Janelle, for pointing me in this direction. You frequently told me that I needed to build strength in this shoulder and I listened. I concentrated on two types of classes, Yoga for Strength and Yoga for Longevity & Mobility. I have gained both Strength and Mobility.
Thank you for all of the wonderful classes that you have made available online. I know that I’ll continue my practice because it’s so attainable online. Not only that but I can practice from the comfort of my own home and on my own schedule! I also look forward to the days when we can all practice together.
Namaste, my dear friend.
Janine
Carmen
The June challenge has been great for me. I had surgery in late April and I really needed to rebuild some core strength (and just some strength in general). I definitely feel stronger. Yoga has become part of my daily routine and I do not want to lose that.
Sandi
I can’t believe how good even 10-15 minutes of yoga first thing in the morning can make me feel! I’d feel so good that I’d click on another class and do all or even part of it if I was short on time. Setting an intention or just breathing in child’s pose or downward dog and cleansing the mind was so wonderful for anxiety relief.
However, the improvement in my flexibility has brought me the most joy. And no pain!!!! (Except when I strained my calf muscle jogging!) But even then I did your gentle mobility classes (for men!) and twists and sitting postures that didn’t put weight on my left leg.
I love that I can touch my toes, my posture has improved and my rotational mobility has improved and I feel so strong! I never really did a lot of the strength classes, mostly flow and a lot of yoga for golfers and the quick morning stretch. I adapted as needed and paused the video if I wanted to hold poses longer.
Thank you for sharing your hard work, love and inspiration!! I will continue. I love how it makes me feel.
Namaste,
Sandi
Monica
My intention with the 30 day challenge was to reduce the stress in the busiest month of the year in my teaching. These past few months have been very stressful moving to distance and online learning with my kindergarten students.
Doing yoga every evening helped me relax more. Some days it was late and I just did the body scan or a short stretch, other days I had more time to try a longer session. I appreciated the variety of classes. I did yoga every night and walked my dog. Making time to do this every evening for myself, was something I haven't done before.
Thank-you for inspiring me to try this challenge. Janelle, you are awesome and I appreciate your care and check ins.
Monica
Sharon
I would like to share my experiences with you in challenging myself with the 30 Day Challenge. This was my first yoga challenge! I chose to participate because I wanted to be able to focus on something I could do for myself and to build strength & see progress. I feel self care is so important and vital to mental and physical health. With the challenge I gained accountability to set up a daily practice for self care, to improve my health, and to release stress and anxiety. One of my health concerns is with arthritis in my knee and with the yoga poses I found my knees became stronger and stairs became easier! Even getting out of a chair with my knees became easier! My endurance has improved, breathing is easier on long walks and I feel more energetic throughout the day.
Recently, we visited our favourite waterfall- Tangled Falls- located south of Jasper. It is beside the highway and we love it because we climb up the banks beside the water. Last time we were there was in October and I couldn't climb up the Falls but I did this time! And I kept up to my daughter Robyn!
I honestly cannot believe how well I sleep at night now too! I am so grateful to Janelle for doing the online courses, explaining the poses so well with such knowledge. I am glad I decided to do the challenge, I would highly recommend it!
