January 2022 Newletter - Welcome 2022 with the Gather Tribe!
New Year... New Yoga Fun!
We are here to welcome 2022 with open arms! With a new year come new possibilities, new challenges, and everything in between. As we come into 2022, we remain grateful for your commitment to Gather, your kindness, and your unending support. And to show our appreciation, we have so many fun things in store for this year!
This month we have TWO fun, new workshops that will be introducing new props to you, the chair and the wall! These are not to be missed!
We also will begin our monthly teacher highlight. This month we are highlighting our fearless leader, Danielle!
A Refresh on Our Cancellation Policy
With classes continuing to be held to a smaller number, it is very important that you notify us when you can not attend a class that you registered for. If you can not make it to class, please send us an email at gatheryogastudio@gmail.com ASAP. We ask that you cancel within one hour of class's start. If you do not show and do not notify us, we will charge you for the class.
A Refresh on Our Covid Policy
Our staff is doing everything we can to keep you safe in the studio. We continue to sanitize the studio, props, and highly touched surfaces between every class. Our class sizes will remain smaller for the time being. Masks are completely optional if you are vaccinated, but we recommend wearing one if unvaccinated. So far, we have done a good job of navigating the risk of running a yoga studio in the time of Covid, and we greatly appreciate your support and patience with us during this time.
Special Class Package for Local Teachers & First Responders!
Teachers and first responders, we are beyond thankful for everything you do each and every day! We are continuing to offer the 30 classes for $399 for the foreseeable future. To make it easy and affordable, we are offering a three month contract where you will be charged $133 each month for three months. The classes will never expire. If you fall into this category and would like to purchase a package, please email us at gatheryogastudio@gmail.com or come into the studio to purchase!
New Year's Day 2022 Schedule
We will have TWO special event classes on Saturday, January 1st, 2022.
9:30am-10:30am HOT Power Vinyasa with Sarah Matthews
12:00pm-1:30pm Yoga & the Chinese Clock with Cathie Caccia
*In Studio and on Zoom*
Drop in cost will be $30 each.
Sign up under Special Events!
Salute the New Year and New Moon
with Hanna Curran
Dive into intention with 36 sun salutations. Find rhythm and devotion, then unwind with some yin yoga mediation and sound bowls. Accompanied with live music for the entirety of the practice with special guest musician, Arthur Rienstra. Come join us with a fun and playful class to rejuvenate after the holidays and start the new year with high vibrations!
Date: Monday, January 3rd
Time: 7pm-8pm
Cost: $30 Drop In
Yoga with the Chair!
with Cathie Caccia
In Iyengar Yoga the chair is often used to help students experience greater accuracy and efficiency in the poses. The chair helps us access, stabilize, support and liberate energy in hard to address areas. Join Cathie as we establish greater freedom in our bodies and minds. In person attendance only.
Date: Saturday, January 15th
Time: 3pm-4:30pm
Cost: $30 Drop In
Register Today!
Join Abby every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month
for a Donation-Based Guided Meditation Class for the Flourish Foundation
The Flourish Foundation is a local non-profit organization that works to inspire systemic change through heartmind cultivation, promoting personal well-being, benevolent social action, and environmental stewardship. Many of their programs are centered around our local schools, however, they also offer classes and workshops at their own location down in Hailey.
Abby's donation-based guided meditation class will be held every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7:00pm-7:45pm.
Please bring a check or cash to class with you as your donation!
In-Studio Goddess Flow (Prenatal Yoga)
with Kelsey Schubert
Join Kelsey for one of her favorite offerings, Goddess Flow.
During this class, expecting mothers are given the opportunity to join in community and discuss the wonderful and challenging chapter that is pregnancy. After our opening, Kelsey will lead the group in a gentle flow that helps to give mothers the ability to listen to their body, trust their intuition, and gain excitement for the many things to come!
This class is open to mothers who are currently pregnant and to those are trying to conceive as well.
Date: Saturday, January 22nd
Time: 11am-12:15pm
Cost: $25 Drop In
The Wall is Your Friend
with Ashley Tobias
The wall is one of the least used props in yoga classes, but it can be the greatest assistant! Join Ashley as she guides you to use the wall as one of your newest additions to your practice. The wall gives you honest feedback about your alignment while also giving you support to explore newfound misalignments in your body.
Date: Saturday, January 29th
Time: 12pm-1:30pm
Cost: $30
January 2022 Teacher Spotlight
Danielle Fuller
Danielle is the owner and amazing leader of Gather! She opened Gather over eight years ago, and we are forever grateful to her for bringing this space to our community. If you haven't taken one of Danielle's classes, you are seriously missing out! She always has the best playlists and the best vibes. You will leave feeling amazing time and time again.
Take the time to get to one of her classes ASAP and read a little bit more about why she created Gather and why she continues to teach through all the ups and downs of life...
What encouraged you to open your own yoga studio?
When I first moved to Ketchum, there was no actual yoga studio. The Sacred Cow had sadly closed. Although there were amazing local legend teachers, like Cathie Caccia, Pilar Tumolo, and of course Richard Odom- I missed having a central yoga community and a "home" studio. It was a combination of having the dream, the right timing, and then the pieces all coming together to bring my vision of Gather Yoga to life.
How has your practice changed over the years?
Like so many others, what brought me to yoga was not what kept me coming back. I initially loved the physicalIty of vinyasa yoga. As the years have passed, I still love the creativity and movement of vinyasa yoga but also have such an appreciation and love of all styles, different teachers, and classes. As much as I learn, I know I am forever a student. With the physical wear and tear of getting older, recovering from injuries, facing the reality that my body does have its limits, I am more patient with myself and grateful for the things my body is able to do, and also humbled by some things I cannot. I still love being pushed out of my comfort zone but now with a respect and a kindness toward myself and an openness to the learning that comes with maybe not taking something to the extreme-in slowing down and focusing instead of powering through.
What is something that you want your students to walk away with after one of your classes?
With Gather, my hope is that everyone gets to tap in and feel the powerfully positive energy and connection of the amazing Gather community-from the moment they walk through the door and long after they leave. That would make me happy. Specifically after my class? If someone can leave my class feeling more alive, grateful for their physical body/strength, with an appreciation and understanding that we are all connected, and with a smile on their face-that would be amazing. 🙏
Thank you for making Gather such a wonderful place!
