Streaming Classes: Our response to the COVID-19 crisis

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Like virtually all studios, I curtailed all in-person classes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While this was an obvious choice, the next question was what next? We decided to try an experiment so many other teachers and studios are also attempting - to move classes online. This took a considerable amount of work, but we knew if we were going to do it, we needed to do it well.

Blue Mounds Movement Lab conversion

In just a few days, the Blue Mounds Movement Lab has been 100% converted to a video studio. We've leveraged all the video and audio equipment that we accumulated over years - as well as our 10+ year old YouTube channel and new 1GBps internet connection - to offer some of the highest quality online yoga classes available.

These free classes are focused on de-stressing and coming together. While we may be physically distancing from each other, we can still come together temporally by practicing together. These classes are not intended to be a yoga-workout, as I'll be rolling out mindful workout programs later this Spring... these classes are primarily about accessing the body as a means to calm your mind. While Yoga can be a vigorous activity, I'm intentionally keeping these classes gentler so that virtually everyone can come together with these practices.

After just a few classes, the response has been overwhelming. We've seen an average of 100+ people per class! Therefore, I decided to keep all my online classes free through April 17th.

I invite you to join us. Register here, and we'll email you a link to the streaming classes. The one link is good for all the free classes. 

Schedule this week
Thursday     6:30pm CST
Friday          9:00am CST

Next week through April 17 
Tuesdays      6:30pm CST
Thursdays     6:30pm CST 


Times like this are another reminder of why mindfulness and fitness are so important. I trust you will do whatever you need to care for yourself and your family, and look forward to emerging from this challenge together.


From this morning's streaming class

Comments

Dana G said…
Thank you so much for doing these streaming classes. They have been keeping me going! I always feel calmer, and less stiff and irritable when class finishes. So you are doing good work for me and many others.

I just signed up for the two week pass!

Yours, Dana
April 18, 2020 at 10:35 AM
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