I hope you're well, it's been a surreal week with the first full week back to school as well as my classes this week but really wonderful to see you all whether that's at my Equipment Studio, Place Eight Wellness or Zoom!!   Hope that back to school or work transitions are going well for you too!  Picture is of me looking dishevelled and relieved after Friday classes as well as coming to the end of first week of whatever passes for 'normal' during these times! 

Amazing that some of you have joined online from holiday locations as well as persevered with reconnecting on different devices when experiencing technical difficulties - thank you so much!!  Hope you've enjoyed the 4 point kneeling table top exercise which I think we can definitely re-brand as Wonder Woman or Superman at these times, as well as the lovely variation on the Mermaid/Merman lateral stretch we began working on at the end of our last block!

During my first class at Place Eight I discovered rapidly that attempting to combine Studio and Zoom sessions together doesn't work for me even if would make economic sense at this time - I would rather give 100% of my attention to the class whether we're in the same space together or online!  

I'm getting used to teaching 1:1 and 2:1 studio sessions with cotton face masks on and as you all know I talk A LOT!!  The visor is working better for matwork classes as it is easier to breathe while talking so much!  Although demo-ing is a little tricky with the visor in side lying or prone, figuring it out as we go!!  Zoom has been a lovely break from masks/visors and sanitising everything in sight!  We had a few audio issues with a Zoom class from Place Eight on Monday but I'm pleased to report it was great today so hoping it was just a Zoom blip on Monday morning and that we're all back on track from now on!

In case you were concerned following Boris's announcement about the rule of 6 at Wednesday's briefing, exercise classes are exempt as long as Covid secure, which we are at Place Eight.  Place Eight has advised we could have up to 8 in the matwork studio, I'm experimenting with mat layout and think that I may stick to max of 6/7 clients plus myself in the space.  If you're interested here is the link to the guidance and exceptions: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing

Huge thanks to those of you who have already paid for the current block of classes, if you haven't already done so I'd really appreciate it if you could do so prior to your class next week as it really helps get on top of endless admin!  Thank you!!

Thanks so much for your support!

Have a lovely weekend and take care!

Louisa x