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it is hard to believe i am creating 2020 class schedules, but indeed i am. well, let’s just leap into the leap year, shall we?
both gentle yoga and group kettlebell class will continue to be held on mondays and fridays in the upton room at west royalty community centre. gentle yoga is 10:30 – 11:30 and group kettlebell class is 12:00 – 12:45.
kettlebell training will help you meet your fitness goals! compound exercises work multiple muscle groups simultaneously, developing strength and muscular endurance and efficient caloric expenditure. the workout puts the focus on integrating breathing, movement and alignment with your ability to control balance and weight. working with the kettlebell is combined with body weight exercises for an all around heart-pumping workout.
**if you have not previously worked with kettlebells, dropping in is not safe or suitable. please get in touch so we can give you a proper introduction before you join the class.
enjoy a 60 minute gentle yoga practice geared toward maintaining joint health and body 
strength as we age, move through stress-related soft-tissue tension, arthritis, or a variety of joint injuries. listen to your heart’s voice and move gently through your days.
a gentle flow warm-up sets the tone for stretches, basic postures, warm laughter, and a rejuvenating final relaxation.
no yoga experience is necessary for this class.
JANUARY MON 6TH FRI 10TH
MON 13TH FRI 17TH
MON 20TH FRI 24TH
MON 27TH FRI 31ST
FEBRUARY MON 3RD FRI 7TH NO CLASS
MON 10TH FRI 14TH
MON 17TH NO CLASS FRI 21ST
MON 24TH FRI 28TH NO CLASS
MARCH MON 2ND FRI 6TH NO CLASS
MON 9TH FRI 13TH
MON 16TH FRI 20TH
MON 23RD FRI 27TH
MON 30TH
21 classes: $168 11 classes: $93.50 create your own package @ $9./class, paid in advance drop ins always welcome for yoga $10
yoga takes you by the scruff of the neck
and takes you on a journey
whether you like it or not.
~ vanda scaravelli
it has been a glorious summer. i love heat and sunshine and the slow pace of my life during this season. beach walks, ocean swims, deck dining, books and beer and birdnerding.
i do hope you found wonder and peace in your summer months.
just as summer arises, so too will it pass away. the steady turning of the wheel; the hours of the sun in the sky shorten, fresh food is harvested from trees and fields, the return to school, the landscape takes on new colours.
and, new sessions of GENTLE YOGA and GROUP KETTLEBELL CLASS begin! all classes held at the West Royalty Community Centre, (usually) in the Upton Room. mondays and fridays, GENTLE YOGA 10:30 – 11:30a and GROUP KETTLEBELL CLASS 12:00 – 12:45p.
*start date: friday, september 6
*end date: friday, december 20
*please note no classes: friday september 27, monday september 30, friday october 11, monday october 14, friday november 8, monday november 11, friday november 15, friday december 6.
there are 23 classes total in the session. join us for the entire season for $186 or sign up for 12 of them for $102. i am happy to negotiate other size packages with you, just get in touch! payments can be etransferred (3oryoki@gmail.com) or by cash or cheque.
breathing in, i calm my body
breathing out, i smile
dwelling in the present moment, i know this is a wonderful moment.
~ thich nhat hanh
kettlebell training will help you meet your fitness goals! compound exercises work multiple muscle groups simultaneously, developing strength and muscular endurance and efficient caloric expenditure. the workout puts the focus on integrating breathing, movement and alignment with your ability to control balance and weight. working with the kettlebell is combined with body weight exercises for an all around heart-pumping workout.
**if you have not previously worked with kettlebells, dropping in is not safe or suitable. please get in touch so we can give you a proper introduction before you join the class.
classes are on mondays and fridays at 12pm
in the upton room at west royalty community centre
begins on march 1 and ends on april 29
**no classes on march 8, april 12, 22
15 classes $120
any 10 classes $85
any 7/8 classes $63/$72
*add’l drop in for package participants $10
general drop in $12 **must have previous kettlebell training experience
join us for fun, sweat, change.
kettlebell training will help you meet your fitness goals! compound exercises work multiple muscle groups simultaneously, developing strength and muscular endurance and efficient caloric expenditure. the workout puts the focus on integrating breathing, movement and alignment with your ability to control balance and weight. working with the kettlebell is combined with body weight exercises for an all around heart-pumping workout.
**if you have not previously worked with kettlebells, dropping in is not safe or suitable. please get in touch so we can give you a proper introduction.
classes are on fridays and mondays at 12pm
in the upton room at west royalty community centre
begins on november 2 and ends on december 21 (no classes november 9, 12, 23, 26)
11 classes $88
8 classes $68
*add’l drop in for package participants $10
general drop in $12 **must have previous kettlebell training experience
join us for fun, sweat, change.
having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness. ~ katherine henson
the autumn schedule is falling in to place, though there are still a few bits and pieces yet to fall into place.
beginning friday, september 7th:
i will be guiding my GENTLE YOGA classes on mondays and fridays, 10:30a – 11:30a, and coaching GROUP KETTLEBELL classes on mondays and fridays, 12:00p – 12:45p, at the west royalty community centre on kirkland road. get in touch with me for further information.
beginning monday, september 10th:
i will be instructing and sweating through the ADULT LO/NO IMPACT FITNESS on mondays, wednesdays, fridays, 8:45a – 9:45a, at the west royalty community centre on kirkland road, for the city of charlottetown. get in touch with city of charlottetown department of parks and recreation for information. watch for winter and spring sessions after this fall session.
beginning tuesday, october 2nd:
i will be having a blast with the SENIORS FITNESS class on tuesdays and thursdays, 9:30a – 10:30a, at park royal church, for the city of charlottetown. get in touch with the city dept of parks and rec for info. watch for the winter and spring sessions too.
beginning monday, september 17th:
i will be guiding CLUBBELL YOGA CONDITIONING on mondays, 7a – 7:45a, for upei panther recreation fitness programs. get in touch with upei panther rec for further information. register soon, numbers are limited!
beginning wednesday, september 19th:
i will be coaching KETTLEBELL CIRCUIT class on wednesdays, 7a – 7:45a, for upei panther recreation fitness programs. get in touch with upei panther rec for information. register soon!
ongoing now ‘n’ then at now ‘n’ zen:
i will continue to share the guide of CHAIR YOGA class on wednesdays, 10:30a – 11:30a, at now ‘n’ zen in stratford. get in touch with now ‘n’ zen for further information.
ongoing tuesdays:
the MIXED LEVEL YOGA class on tuesdays, 6:30p – 7:30p, at atlantic fitness east, continues to run. get in touch with afe for information. join us for this delicious evening practice.
beginning tuesday, october 2nd:
i am excited to be guiding the queen’s county SENIORS YOGA & STRETCH on tuesdays, 11:30a – 1:00p, at camp gencheff for seniors college. register through seniors college and watch for winter and spring semester sessions in the same time slot in the same location.
beginning wednesday, october 3rd:
king’s county gets some SENIORS YOGA & STRETCH too. on wednesdays from 1:30p – 3:00p, at atlantic fitness east. get in touch with seniors college to participate. winter and spring semester sessions will be running.
beginning thursday, october 4th:
i will be leading a queen’s county MEDITATION AND BREATHWORK class on thursdays, 11:30 – 12:30, for seniors college, at camp gencheff. contact seniors college for further information.
kettlebell training will help you meet your fitness goals! compound exercises work multiple muscle groups simultaneously, developing strength and muscular endurance and efficient caloric expenditure. the workout puts the focus on integrating breathing, movement and alignment with your ability to control balance and weight. working with the kettlebell is combined with body weight exercises for an all around heart-pumping workout.
**if you have not previously worked with kettlebells, dropping in is not safe or suitable. please get in touch so we can give you a proper introduction.
classes are on fridays and mondays at 12pm
at charlottetown curling complex on euston street
begins on september 7 and end on october 29 (no class monday october 8)
15 classes $120
10 classes $85
7 classes $63
*add’l drop in for package participants $10
general drop in $12 **must have previous kettlebell training experience
join us for fun, sweat, change.
today i subbed a class. i coached a kettlebell class – well, a kettlebell circuit – at atlantic fitness east. this is the gym where i first began coaching/instructing kettlebell training.
it just so happens that today is only 8 days short of the nine year mark of group kettlebell love in pei. though i used kettlebells to train private clients (amazing Tracy, now a competitive power lifter, and Mandy, now a 3rd dan black belt TKD and international ref) prior to beginning the group classes, it took a bit to develop a group/class format and get it underway. there were no resources on line to help with group kettlebell training and nothing in my first certification course to suggest a path.
it was exciting to create a format and it has been quite satisfying to see the number of instructors who have subsequently adopted and/or adapted my methods.
i am a bit of a math/statistics/records geek. today’s class was the 19th class i’ve led this week (not exclusively kettlebell classes) but the 3660th kettlebell group that i’ve coached.
that is an unfathomable amount of iron moved and movements coached over the years.
when i came home after today’s class and reflected, i realized that two of the women in this morning’s class were also in that first class 9 years ago. anne and dianne. steady and beautiful, strong and resilient. friends. friends forged through the iron.
i honor you for every time
this year you:got back up
vibrated higher
shined your light
and loved and elevated
beyond—the call of duty.
~ lalah deliaxo
eight years ago today group kettlebell training launched in prince edward island. well, in atlantic canada.
this morning my day started at 6am with a private client’s hardstyle kettlebell training.
in between, there have been more than 3300 group kettlebell classes and workshops in my life and a juicy heart-thumping growth in the number of kettlebell coaches and kettlebell practitioners in eastern canada.
when i reflect on how much good and strong and laughter and friendship and sweat kettlebell has brought into my life, which is pretty much daily, i am grateful.
grateful for everyone who has coached me. in person and on line. your gifts have been treasured, repeatedly distilled, and respectfully honoured.
grateful for everyone who has endured my coaching and truly graced my life by touching iron with me. your gifts have been selfless and are held near and dear.
grateful for kettlebell, who is a steadfast and humbling comrade. your gifts are enduring and finely nuanced and warmly worn.
cheers to you all for you are the kettlebell universe.
only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found. ~ pema chödrön
i am quite excited to open the studio for COMPLIMENTARY workout time.
yes, it is sunday on the house!
it is sunday. sleep in. spoon a bit with someone warm and/or furry and/or virtual and/or reptilian — hopefully not all 4 at one and the same time. ewwww. sip a coffee. then get your relaxed backside out of bed and come sweat a sunday workout.
you know your inner fitness freak really wants to, so, how could it get any better??!
heck, bring your coffee with you and, yuppers, jammies really are workout wear!
the studio, there for your considerate and considered use, is:
– open to current clients and non-clients. you do not have to be a studio regular, past or present, or a private client to feel free to drop in
– all equipment will be available for use. well as long as you know how to use it and do so respectfully (you really don’t want to see my cringe-y face). kettlebells require specific instruction prior to on the house availability, so get in touch with me if you’d like some specific instruction
-workouts will be self-directed, that is, not led by an instructor, though i will be present and available for assistance if needed. also, if you’d like a workout template/program, i am willing to provide basics and progressions – you just need to request in advance
if there is interest, a sunday morning powerlifting group can be established. movement instruction and testing 1RMs would be done on specific dates and progression programs provided. let me know and we’ll set some dates.
and if you wonder why i’d open the studio door wide for most anyone, it is because the space is there and awesome and wants to be used. it is because you should be able to access stuff and space you need to enhance your fitness. it is because strong is good, very good indeed. it is because i need to get out of bed and travel into charlottetown one more morning a week. (if you can figure out which one of these reasons does not belong, i’ll buy you a coffee).
so, drop in. have fun. get fitter.
Looking for a great fitness option for the fall? Swing a kettlebell and change your life!
When you lift a kettlebell you train your mind as well as your body; you build strength and endurance; you increase flexibility and balance.
When you lift a kettlebell at the whole way healthy & fitness studio, you find support and camaraderie, allowing you to become your very sweaty best.
Learn the basics of safe and correct kettlebell training in a complimentary skills clinic. Attend this clinic and you’ll get your first kettlebell class free!
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12th
9:15 am
Call or email to register. 894.8943 thewholeway@wendychappell.com
the whole way 