Blood Pressure Clinic

Our Community Paramedic Georgia Nelson will be visiting Thetis on Wednesday, January 23rd for a Blood Pressure Clinic at the same time as Soups On at the Community Centre.

TIVFD

Thank You for a Great Conversation

Thank you to all who turned out for the useful conversation about what the recent storm taught us about our preparedness and individual responsibilities in these situations. 

There will be a report in the coming Quarterly. 

Claire for Mary Forbes

Tuesday & Thursday Yoga Classes

Hello Fellow Islanders, 

I am looking forward to returning to teach yoga classes, and am pulling my head, legs and arms out of the turtle shell I wrapped myself in last year.  I had a tough year of healing from bulging disks damaged by a rear-end car accident in the previous year.  I could barely walk from January to April and spent most of the year regaining strength and movement.  Thanks to a very gentle yoga practice I am once again returning to share my passion for this practice. As many of you who have suffered from chronic pain know, there is often a deep emotional process that also happens with long-term pain and injury and yoga is the best therapy for gently pulling oneself back into the world.

So, you are invited to bring your stiff joints, and your tight muscles to a gentle practice of yoga.  We concentrate on connected our breath to conscious movement create awareness of sensation in the body, honouring your body, where ever you are at. I took two separate yoga teacher training workshops last year for trauma and addiction and incarcerated clients. My classes have mellowed as I have aged. I am a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), and a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (CHHP) and I have studied nutrition at CSNN for the past 5 years on and off; and it is my greatest joy to share the benefits of yoga with you.

You can even sit in a chair if the floor is to hard to get down to and you will still get all the benefits - so again come on out try something new and discover a new peace within yourself. 

I recommend you wear layers of clothes that are comfortable to move in.  Bring a yoga mat (if you have one) and a blanket.  Try not to eat anything heavy an hour or two before class, better to eat an early lunch after class.  Please take your shoes off outside the room and arrive 5-10 minutes early to set up. We start right at 9:30 and end at 10:45. If you have any questions, or would like a private one-on-one first to see what we do please feel free to call me at 250-210-0826 or email me at dawn_gordon@telus.com.  I have a full schedule so please be patient with me, I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Let's make 2019 a great year of health.

Tuesday and Thursday Yoga classes Schedule

Here are the current dates for Tues and Thur yoga classes - Jan 8 & 10, Jan 15 & 17, CANCELLED Jan 22nd, back Jan 24, 29 & 31st.

I will send out an espokes if there are any changes to this.

Dawn

Happy Eggs

Howling Wolf Farm Market this Saturday 10 to 3 Happy Eggs available..

Thanks

Marylyn & Chris

Chimney Sweeps Coming

Dear Friends:

Even though it was cleaned by Blackjack during the summer, my chimney is blocked with creosote from constant use of the insert, so I am asking Blackjack to set a date to clean it again and install a proper cap. They can’t do it for a week or two, but encouraged me to enlist some others on Thetis who may need the same service. Perhaps you could phone or email them and copy me if you decide to join the group for a cheaper rate. Here are their phone number and email.

Thanks,

Gary Geddes

Box 13-3, Thetis Island, BC, Canada V0R 2Y0

gedworks@islandnet.com

250-246-8176

Blackjack Chimney Sweeps:

250-748-4011

blackjacksweep@hotmail.com

Landline No Longer in Service

The Landline phone for Natasha and Brian of 161 Pilkey Point Road is no longer in service.

Please contact us on our cellphones when required or via emails. 

Thank you,

Natasha

5RHYTHMS Dance Workshop on Thetis

An invitation to a liberating movement practice with guest teacher Chantell Foss... 

I have been practicing the 5Rhythms since 2003 and am grateful for the creativity, freedom, well-being and community it has contributed to my life. I was delighted to discover local 5RHYTHMS teacher Chantell Foss and have been attending her classes in Duncan. I was inspired to share this practice with Thetis Islanders and Chantell has graciously accepted the invitation to offer an introduction to the 5RHYTHMS in our community.

Curious? Please read on for workshop details.

Yours in service,

Tatiana

Thetis DanceXchange Presents…

ENTER  - a 5RHYTHMS workshop with Chantell Foss 

6-8 pm

January 19, 2019

Forbes Hall

$15 to $20 sliding scale

https://www.chantellfoss.com/workshops.html

We'll use the natural, welcoming process of the 5Rhythms Wave to re-introduce ourselves to ourselves, enter the present moment, and also gently mark our entrance to this newborn year, 2019. Each of the five rhythms contains vast teachings. We'll enter each in turn with simplicity and curiosity, as if stepping from the shores of a stream into the gentle current of the water. Our bodies will be our gateway: 1. we'll breathe and notice our breathing; 2. we'll actively feel our own body as a whole and in its parts; 3. we'll allow movement to arise from our attention to our breathing, sensing bodies... and repeat. Entering, entering, entering... 

Practical notes:

- Please wear comfy layers and consider bringing indoor dancing shoes as the floor is cold in winter.

- Young ones (kids) welcome in this dance.

Contact, questions & RSVP: ThetisDanceXchange@gmail.com:: Tatiana @ 250-246-9175

About the 5RHYTHMS

5RHYTHMS is a school of embodiment that spans the world. It's a chance to dance, to meditate, to explore and create. The practice gives each person physical space, time, a musical environment, and guidance to support a process of discovery in real time. No dance or movement experience necessary. Everyone welcome. 

About Chantell Foss (Duncan, BC)

Chantell Foss is a mother and former university lecturer and art gallery-museum worker. She fell into yoga and 5RHYTHMS (in 1999 & 2007) as liberators that radically support her ability to pay attention, and to cooperate with reality. She teaches these practices as powerful tools that we can put in our own hands. Her purpose is to encourage and witness others’ growth, paths, and embodied revolutions. You don't need to feel energetic, strong, or ‘together’ to join her classes and workshops. You just need to still be here, breathing.  www.chantellfoss.com

 

Telus Phone & Internet Updates

Dear Islanders,

We hope Telus has made it's way to your home to repair any broken or damaged phone & internet lines.

Our initial contact was provided with a list of all the people who contacted me, and he also took photos for his phone so it could be shared around.

While two technicians did follow up a couple times with questions or confirmations, I'm not convinced there has been ongoing effective communication between the various technicians.

I suggest direct contact if you have not been seen to yet. 

Contact Adrian @ 250.510.4621

Venue Changed to Community Centre: Conversations about Emergency Response at Forbes Hall

Due to the great response, we are meeting at Forbes Hall on Thursday, January 10 to discuss response to the recent storm, and how we can improve helping ourselves and sharing in the responsibility for our emergency preparedness in what is surely a changing future.

Thursday, January 10, for 7:00 at Forbes Hall, the Community Centre

Take care,

Mary Forbes

Speeding Drivers!

This is a message to the driver who drove past me at very high speed yesterday afternoon between Marina Drive and Blue Heron (and anyone else who gets a thrill out of speeding on Thetis): it was about 3pm and the day was still bright, I was wearing a hi-vis vest and walking on the shoulder facing traffic.

What more is a person to do to be safe on the Thetis roads? Surely you saw me, but you still drove by at an incredibly high speed, and I could hear you continue on at the same speed around that dangerous bend, the one where a terrible accident involving a speeding car and pedestrians already happened before.

Mainroad had even just sent an eSpokes to ask the public to use caution on the roads as they would be busy working cleaning our roads.

What exactly goes on in your mind when you fly by as you did today?

Anaïs

Reminder: Conversations about Emergency Response

I am inviting those interested to share your ideas on what has been successful in our individual and Island response to the recent storm, and how we can improve helping ourselves and sharing in the responsibility for our emergency preparedness in what is surely a changing future.

Thursday, January 10, for 7:00 at my house, 272 Forbes Road

Take care,

Mary Forbes

Reminder: Conversations about Emergency Response

I am inviting those interested to share your ideas on what has been successful in our individual and Island response to the recent storm, and how we can improve helping ourselves and sharing in the responsibility for our emergency preparedness in what is surely a changing future.

Thursday, January 10, for 7:00 at my house, 272 Forbes Road

Take care,

Mary Forbes