First of all, I just want to say a HUGE thank you to all who participated in our I AM Body Language campaign. So many of you came up with creative ways to say I AM BL and we are thrilled to have all these videos to share with our community. We will be using these videos on Social Media and our website and It is our hope that those seeing the many friendly faces of BL will feel more welcome and less intimidated walking through our front door.
Great job everyone!!
As a continuation of our I AM Body Language campaign, we are going to being featuring the faces of our staff this summer. Each week in my antics I’ll be sharing some pics and information about many of the teachers of BL to allow our students to get to know our staff a bit better. We will also have pics of our staff on the TV in the Link as well as on Social Media.
This week we are highlighting 2 of our amazing yoga teachers. Here goes…
Jamie went through BL’s teacher training in 2009. The reason Jamie and I remember the year is because her daughter, Riley, is 13 years old now. Jamie showed up 4 days after giving birth for the second half of teacher training. I was so surprised to see her but knew right then that she was passionate about teaching yoga. That commitment to BL and to yoga has surfaced in so, so many ways over the years. A little trivia about Jamie is that she used to do stand up for Second City Comedy Club. The number of students who consistently flood her classes are a testament to the way she weaves humor into her classes and makes each class playful yet heartfelt. I love that Jamie really makes an effort to learn her students’ names and will often be heard using their name during class to offer encouragement. Needless to say, Jamie has been a huge asset to our BL line up as well as to our teacher training program for the past decade plus!!
Ronda came to BL in 2005. She had taken training from another yoga studio and had a bit of a different style. Recognizing this, she told me that she very timidly scheduled a feedback session with me to see if her style would be a fit at BL. Needless to say, BL welcomed Ronda with open arms and over the years, I feel like we have learned so much from each other. I worked with Ronda on hands on adjustments as that was not included in her training, and she has shared with me and so many others, her expertise on the psychology of yoga. Ronda has become a huge part of our yoga teacher training program offering workshops on Theming, Ayruveda, Nidra, Anxiety & Depression, Enneagram and more. You never leave one of Ronda’s classes without a message to carry with you into your day!! So glad you got out of your comfort zone and scheduled that feedback Ronda!!
