Our Toast To 25 celebration week starts TODAY!!! And I just wanted to take a couple of minutes on this last Sunday of October to personally invite YOU to join the celebration. Whether you’re brand new to BL, you just came back from before Covid, or you’ve been at BL the whole 25 years, YOU are welcome!! We especially want to give a shout out to all of you who have not made your way back into BL for whatever reason…we would LOVE to see YOU and what better week to start back up than a week jam packed full of celebrating.Read More

Our Toast To 25 week is fast approaching and we are so excited to celebrate with YOU!!

There are 5 events that week that you can sign up for NOW!! We are kicking off the week with Good Vibrations Sound Healing workshop on Sunday October 30th at 5:30 pm. It’s a great way to de-stress and chill and start your week off a little calmer.  ($25)Read More

25 years…I still can’t believe it!! I vividly remember the huge gamut of emotions I had surrounding the decision to buy BL. I had so much uncertainty about the ability to juggle being a mom of 3 young daughters with the many responsibilities of owning my own business. Actually, at that time, I really had no idea what all those responsibilities even were. I have to admit the fear of failure did cross my mind as I took on this foreign endeavor.  I remember thinking if I could just make enough money to help with upcoming college tuition for my 3 daughters, I would consider this little side gig of mine, a success. Well needless to say, BL exceeded my expectations. BL even survived buying out a business partner, my husband quitting his corporate job to pursue a career in art, the 2008 Recession and, of course, most recently, COVID!! Just giving you this cliff note version of why celebrating 25 years in business is truly such a big deal. And although me and Chris and our amazing BL staff have put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into making 25 years a reality, it’s really our students that are due the credit. We want to say thank YOU for seeing the value in supporting a business that promotes your wellness. We want to thank YOU for being a part of this BL community whether it be for a week, a year or perhaps for the entire past 25 years. So we felt that in view of this huge accomplishment, a day of celebrating just wasn’t enough…so we decided to celebrate for an entire week. Yep that’s right…we are calling it a TOAST TO 25 and the celebration will be from Sunday, October 30th until Saturday, November 5th. Here’s what to expect…Read More

I don’t know about you but I have heard the word “anxiety” more in the last couple of years than I ever have before.   The business conference Chris and I just got back from shared a few statistics with us to substantiate this unfortunate trend.  MINDBODY reported that 50 % of individuals report that Covid has continued to impact their mental well being.   45 % report being more stressed out and 42 % say they have gained weight.Read More

If you know me, or have paid attention to my comings and goings on social media, you undoubtedly know I like to stay busy.  Well…those who know me well, know that even that is an understatement.  Truth is, I get a bit panicky when my schedule is not full.  I look at my upcoming week and if I happen to have an open night or two, I start texting friends and family to make plans.  The other day I came home from an unusually long day at BL…upwards of 16 hours…and my husband said…”you work hard and you play hard!!”  There may have been a bit of judgement in his statement, mainly because it is not how he is wired, but also, a great deal of truth in his statement as well.  In just the last month’s time, I have been to Vegas for a girls trip…had a couple of days to turn around and head to California for a combo “play” hiking trip and a “work” Mindbody conference with Chris.  Then I gathered all the information from the conference to present at a bi-annual staff meeting just days later back at BL and then was completely immersed the next weekend with the Julie Run, Kicking off Yoga Teaching Training and Yoga 101.   Every day in between these events, I had dinners, boat rides and concerts scheduled with friends and family. Oh, and all while having my suitcase half packed to jump on a plane to Atlanta to be there for the birth of my 5th grand child!   I know, it’s a LOT!!   And some of you are likely exhausted just reading this…but I LOVE it!!   I re-fuel by being around people and I had never really thought of it this way until Dave said it out loud, but I DO “work hard and play hard!!”Read More