We have a new class to offer you in the Big Matwork room – body conditioning using the pilates reformer & small props, max 4 person – 1 on a machine in each corner of the room- it’s a great class and I have been enjoying it very much.

Tuesdays  Availability

8.15 online matwork with Aimee

10am Body Conditioning James

9am private Catherine

11am & 12 private James

Wednesday’s 

8am online Matwork with Aimee

9am James

10.30 Garuda apparatus

11.30 Body conditioning James

Thursday

8.45 online matwork James

8.30 private Jessie

9.30 apparatus Jessie

10.30 Body conditioning Jessie

11am private James

12 & 1pm Catherine

I won’t burden with anymore but just to say that we do offer both privates online & in the studio, from the 1st September we are adjusting our pricing back to pre COVID pricing so online and in-studio will be the same. We really wish to thank all our clients who continued their training through lockdown and we look forward to either continuing or seeing you in person shortly

lots of love

Ali xx

Its been a while since I have sent an email! I hope you are well and able to enjoy this mini heatwave! Happy to say we are open & it’s cool in here!  Our clients who have been in this week have really enjoyed the machines and a feeling of begin back to normal. A lot of clients are away for the summer so it’s super quiet, so if you are in London do come in & take advantage of all our space & quite classes. We will continue with online Zoom Privates for those who wish & James will offer online LIVE Matwork class at the following times throughout the summer. Tonight he has a class at 6pm 

STUDIO CLASSES & PRIVATES 

This timetable is very fluid as we are still trying to find out who is who wishing to come to class

Saturday

9am Garuda apparatus (max 3), Juliana

10.15 reformer Group max 4 Jessica

12 Garuda apparatus Juliana waitlist

6pm James Matwork online via Zoom

privates 

8.15am ,9.15am  & 11.15am  Jessica

Sunday we are closed this week in the studio but James is online for class at 6 pm

MONDAY 

8.45 James Matwork

9.15 Reformer class Juliana

10.30 Garuda apparatus  Anja

6.30 pm Garuda apparatus  Jonny

privates _ can be in the studio or on zoom 

8.15,10.15,11.15 & time in the afternoon Juliana

9am (30minutes )11.30  & time in afternoon Anja 

7.45 am, from 9.45 Catherine 

from 4pm Jonny

The regular summer online matwork timetable is as follows – this may also change!

Fridays at 5pm

Saturday at 5pm

Sunday at 5pm

Mondays  at 8.45am

Tuesday 8.15 am am Aimee from New Zealand! yep, your teacher is in NZ, the world has shrunk!

Wednesday 8am Aimee

Thursday 8.45am  James

All these classes PLUS the recorded classes can be book via the WEBSITE 14 classes for £50!

Have a GREAT weekend, don’t forget your sunscreen! 

Love

Ali xx

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