Sunday, April 12, 2009

How I fell in love with Yoga


More than often, my General Manager, Noel , has a "Noel moment" (refered to as "NM")


What is a Noel moment???


A "Noel Moment" usually occurs when he is driving, stuck in traffic and a million ideas come to his head, creative ideas to make our hotel a better place to work at and a better place for our guest to stay in. When he has these moments...he has to tell someone about them so he won't forget later and that is where I usually get a call from the road...


One day he had the "vision" to start a Yoga class at our hotel. He met a really cool guy that had just moved from Kentucky and he wanted for me to have a meeting with him and start a Yoga class at the hotel.

So I did...I called Terry Thompson to come to the hotel and meet with me and find out what Terry was all about.


Terry comes in and not only smells like my favorite incense but has this "positive" energy that surrounds him.


Long story short...We now have 2 Yoga classes per week at our Hotel.

Tuesday's at 6pm and Saturday's at 9am.

I have never enjoyed a Yoga class so much!!! Every week he comes up with THE BEST mixes of music for his class. Terry now has a nice following of students and everyone is able to see the results of their Yoga classes.


Terry's expertise is Yoga Fusion

This class is open to all levels of yogis from the beginner to the more advanced. Yoga Fusion blends old-world traditional yoga postures with contemporary music, and new-world upper-body strengthening and core work. The class is a 75 minute fun filled yoga extravaganza enhanced by the instructors' gentle, compassionate manner of teaching.


Here is a quote from Terry...
"My classes are about using your breath, the yoga postures and even the beat of the music as a way to explore, experience, exercise and enjoy your body, mind and spirit! My wish is that people leave my class feeling a little more organic, a little more alive, a little healthier, more centered, and having more compassion for themselves and the people around them. Go out into your world and Breathe, Live, Laugh, Love!"

E-mail: Terry Thompson (Instructor)omboi3@gmail.com

The first class is always FREE!!!
$10 Single Class$45 Package of 5 classes$90 Package of 10 classes

Thursday Night Jazz at the Courtyard Lounge

A couple of months ago, during the SCV Chamber Mixer, I met Robert Russ, President & CEO of the Russ Group.The Russ Group, Inc. has completed eight concerts in a Smooth Jazz Concert Series for the City of Santa Clarita and L.A.
As they celebrate their 5th anniversary, they are pleased to announce the 2009 Santa Clarita Jazz Festival... It will be a full day concert on July 11, 2009 at The Agua Dulce Vineyards in Agua Dulce, California.
I introduced Felisa, my Sales Manager to Rob and they came up with a fabulous idea to have a Jazz night at our Hotel.
How much better could it get at the Courtyard Lounge than a $1 drink special and Jazz???
And even better to have Phyllis Battle performing LIVE for the entire month of April!!??
There are only 2 shows left, April 16 and April 23rd from 7pm to 9pm. If you come in early...you can get our $1 drink special from 5pm to 7pm for Happy Hour and then enjoy Dinner while you are relaxing with friends and having a great time.

Here is a great slideshow that LindenPhotography did for us... (and you can hear Phyllis singing)

http://lindenphoto.net/blog/?p=193

Check out what The Signal wrote about our Jazz Night...
http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/11740/