The next few days it’s rainy, so why not take the opportunity to either take a LIVE class with James 5 pm & 6 pm daily – tonight we have Brick at 5 pm & Beginners Matwork at 6 pm # the schedule is on the APP or he has lots of recorded classes from the website shop  BOOK NOW .

IF matwork is not for you & you need more personal correction, have a private one to one !  we are happy to do 30minute sessions if that suits you better AND finally, are you missing the machines so very much? – I was !! I have had 2 lessons this week with Catherine, she has got a full covoid 19 protocol down to a tee. I felt very safe and I can’t tell you how AMAZING & WONDERFUL it was to move this morning, to feel myself coming back to me. Begin away for so long, coming back to the Garuda apparatus -I am in awe & in love all over again! There is no online booking as we have to carefully manage clients and give Katherine proper time to clean everything – please mail me on alison@thegaruda.net if you would like to discuss coming back in.

What else can I tell you? James is happily working in Italy, getting very well fed on lovely healthy organic food, all the teachers are fine & settled in into online teaching, our teacher training have been very successful and will continue post lockdown.. all is well with us – I am just BORED !!! Bored with the daily repetitiveness of life .. I had a Harry Morgan salt beef sandwich sitting on the kerb yesterday, my mother would kill me if she knew i was eating in the street! Oh, how standards have dropped! It was delicious and no one saw me !!!!

Missing you all so much , I hope you are well & very soon we can live normally again

Love & cyber hugs

Ali xx

Hello All, it has been a few weeks of chaos, stress & excitement! I hope you are well and coping at this time -thank goodness for this glorious weather. We are all settled in a routine of doing privates online & James is doing his online group classes & is available for privates. It has been a huge adjustment, incredibly stressful with lots of highs & lows. I think the highs and lows are a factor of this lockdown!  We can’t complain we are working online. The studio has been redecorated, we have moved machines all around & are using the big matwork room for the reformers to comply with social distancing. We have spent a  small fortune of automatic branded hand sanitizer machines – we are ready to open but I can’t see that happening for a while but all the plans to do so are in place. So when we get the go-ahead we are prepared ~ Studio life seems like another lifetime!

We have scheduled our 1st online matwork foundation course to start this Friday – we sold out in 3 days, we increased the capacity of the course and sold that out, 2 nights ago James & I had another brilliant idea and we have doubled and sold our original capacity. We have students from all 2 corners of the global, it is incredibility exciting for us. It makes me wonder why we did save all the toil of travelling on James & do it sooner!

The world has shrunk, 10 weeks ago -I have never heard of zoom – tonight we host our 1st online BARRE CLASS with Garuda Master Aimee & she is in NEW ZEALAND !! she has an early start! Do join us us for LIVE stream classes & recorded classes all at our shop or would you prefer a private online session? they work very well, actually too well. A few clients say they prefer then as less stress with parking etc. We know you are all busy & so we offer 30 minutes £35 each session slots & 55 minutes £60 slots.

I thought I would send you a photo of the magnificent purple plant that’s name has completely left me brian dead ~ I know my plants so well but I just can’t remember its name ! please help, if you know it. If my mother in law reads this mailer she is going to be straight on the phone as she brought me one for my garden. Lockdown has shut down my brain today.

I took this photo on Saturday when I drop off my keys to a painter who is social distancing and working alone repainting the studio – so when finally we can open our doors – we are going to looking ship shape and refreshed. I have been asking friends on the phone what is the 1st thing you’re going to do when are allowed out ?? So far the response has been the same from everyone! so I am asking you the same question.  answer later this week!

All our studio teachers are doing well, online privates going well and James is a busy bee begin a global international star with 2 online live classes a day. last week was partially stressful for me with the VAT return due and setting up the new shop online where you can buy all James & Juliana’s live online classes to do at a same to suit you. Happy to say Vat paid & shop now up and running smoothly.

I hope you are all doing well, with Boris back in number 10 & the weather going back to the more traditional spring season, I guess as boring as it is, we need to just keep doing what we are doing and sit it out.

Be well, be safe & stay indoors

Love & big hugs, missing you all

Ali xx

We don’t have an evening group class tonight, James is still having some well-deserved rest, but please do reserve a spot in tomorrow’s morning Matwork with Juliana or book one of our lovely teachers for a one-to-one:

Wednesday 22nd April

Privates: 

Any time 8am – 12:15pm, and 1:30pm – 3pm with Jonny

8:30am (30 min), 11am, 1:30pm (30 min), 3pm (30 min) with Anja

10:30am (30 min), 1pm or 3pm with Juliana

1:30pm (30 min) with Farah

Group Classes:

10am Matwork with Juliana

6pm Body Conditioning with James

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Please book on the Garuda app or reply to this email if you need any assistance!

Take care,

Julia

3 group classes are on tomorrow, and several times for privates. As well as standard 55 minute privates, 30 minute appointments are available, and a great way to support our teachers if you can:

Friday 17th 

Privates (30 or 55 minutes)

• 7am, 10am, 2pm (30 minutes), 3pm or 4pm with Anja
• 8am, 9:30am (30 minutes), 11am (30 minutes) or 12pm with Farah
• 8am – 6pm with Jonny
• 9am, 10:30am (30 minutes), 1pm, 3pm, 4pm or 5pm with Juliana

Group Classes

• 10:30am – 12pm: Foam Roller with James

(foam roller needed! We sell our bespoke ones here: online store)

• 5pm – 6pm: Pranayama with James

(breathing, great for the lungs, and mindfulness, to find calm and reconnect with your body)

• 6pm – 7pm: Chair with James

(you will need…a chair! Best padded for comfort)

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Bookings via the Garuda app, we’re always here to help should you need any assistance.

Enjoy your online classes and the rest of your day!

Julia

Thursday 16th

Privates

8am – 6pm with Jonny

8am, 9am, 11am, 12pm or 4pm with Anja

9am, 10am, 11am or 12pm with Farah

9am, 1pm, 3:30pm, 4pm or 5pm with Juliana

2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm or 6pm with SooHui

Group Classes

10:30am – 12pm: Chair class with James

6pm – 7pm: Body Conditioning with James

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Class prices are £12 for weekday group classes, £35 for 30-minute privates, and £65 for 55-minute privates.

Let us know if you need any assistance booking in!

Take care,

Julia

Thursday 2nd April: 

Privates

Any time 8 am – 6 pm with Jonny

9 am, 10 am, 4 pm, 5 pm with Juliana

Any time 9 am – 1 pm with Farah

9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 4 pm with Anja

Any time 2 pm – 7 pm with SooHui

Group Classes

10:30 am Matwork/Chair with James – you will need a chair for this workout!

5:30 pm Matwork/Foam Roller with James –  foam roller recommended!

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Did you know? We sell a range of equipment on our website: https://www.thegaruda.net/the-garuda-shop/

Book on the Garuda app or contact the studio if you need any help! :)

Have a nice evening,

Julia

The studio is open and operating a reduced schedule to keep a good distance in between clients. Group classes are reduced to max. 3 people, and we can only accommodate 1 private client per room. We are also offering Skype lessons for private clients, do let us know if you are interested.

Please join us tomorrow for:

Group Classes

9am – Apparatus with Anja (1 spot left)

10am – Beginner Apparatus with Jessica (full, wait list available)

Privates

7am or 9am with Jessica

10am or 1pm with Anja

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Take care,

Julia

As most of you will know by now, the studio is open and operating a restricted schedule, in line with the government guidelines. We are offering home visits and online sessions on Skype for private clients, and group classes are restricted to max. 3 people. Let us know if you are interested in an online session, a home visit, or would like a group class at a time that isn’t on the schedule. We might be able to create some extra group classes if there is enough demand.

Thursday 19th 

Groups

8am – Apparatus with Anna

9am – Beginers Apparatus with Anja

10am – Pilates Equipment with Juliana

10am – Apparatus with Farah

Privates

8am, 11am with Anja

9am with Anna

11am with Juliana

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Enjoy the rest of your day!

Thanks,

Julia

8am apparatus liat

9am apparatus anja

10am Matwork anja

11am beginners apparatus, Catherine

6pm Pilates equipment Catherine

7pm beginners apparatus Jonny

7pm Matwork Juliana

PRIVATES 

12 & 5pm Anja

10am or 1pm Catherine

11-1pm & 4pm Jonny

12 ,4pm & 5pm Juliana

10 am liat

everything is changing rapidly, do contact me if you don’t see what you need on this list

warmly

ali