1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,480 Hey there and thank you for joining me for another episode of YQG In Bloom. 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:14,900 My name is Tracy Martens and today I am here with Simi Sereg and we are going to be talking 3 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:22,520 about an event that she is going to be putting on pretty soon in October at Longavita. 4 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:23,520 Hi Simi, how you doing? 5 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,360 I'm excellent Tracy, how are you? 6 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:26,360 I'm doing good. 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,920 I'm really excited about this event that's coming up and it's coming up in October. 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,720 We're doing this a little early because tickets are just going to be starting to roll out 9 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:36,720 pretty soon. 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:37,720 Soon, very soon. 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:38,720 When are the tickets coming? 12 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:39,720 We're hoping May 1st. 13 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:40,720 Yeah. 14 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:41,720 Timeline is A1st. 15 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:47,320 Well, okay Simi, tell me about this event that you are going to be creating. 16 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:48,320 For sure. 17 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:53,160 So Wellness Festival, nothing like this has been done in Windsor, Essex. 18 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:57,120 I think maybe even Southwestern Ontario so it's going to be the first time an event is 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,720 being held like this. 20 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:04,440 Wellness Festival because there's going to be different types of modality for exercise 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,160 so yoga, Pilates, bar, meditation, breath work. 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,680 There's also going to be an outdoor gym space that's sponsored by my friend Michael Patella 23 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,080 who owns Common. 24 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:22,600 He had a couple of gyms around Windsor, Essex and now does personal training online. 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,320 So shout out to Mike. 26 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:27,240 So yeah, it's going to be hosted at Lungavita. 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:31,800 It's a full property rental October 4th to the 6th. 28 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,680 You can either buy a pass to stay the whole weekend and the idea is for the weekend pass 29 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,920 is it's all inclusive. 30 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,520 And that is with the yurts, right? 31 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:47,520 Yeah, so they've got geodome setups along with the yurts still so they have about 10 32 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,500 that they're holding out. 33 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:52,400 Hopefully they take them down by the end of the summer but I asked if they could keep 34 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:57,920 them until the beginning of October hoping for an Indian summer obviously. 35 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,520 But the event is happening rain or shine anyways. 36 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,400 So yeah, so essentially you can buy a ticket. 37 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:04,900 You can stay the whole weekend. 38 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:12,400 You have access to so Friday night is going to be come check in, get comfortable. 39 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,800 We'll be doing a community dinner so everybody that's staying on the property Friday night 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,800 will get together. 41 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,000 There's going to be a live band bonfires. 42 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,720 So music food that's catered by some Windsor Essex caterers. 43 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,440 So everything's gonna be locally sourced. 44 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,440 Oh, nice. 45 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:30,440 Yeah. 46 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:35,000 And so that's the Friday night and then Saturday there's going to be just back to back scheduling 47 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,800 of all of these classes. 48 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,800 So like I mentioned yoga, pilates, bar, meditation, breath work. 49 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,020 And essentially you have access to all of these things. 50 00:02:44,020 --> 00:02:45,960 So maybe you'll sign up. 51 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:46,960 Maybe you won't. 52 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,840 You'll decide that you want to kind of tour the Windsor Essex area or around Harrow. 53 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,800 Lungavita has a lot of amenities that you can use on the property. 54 00:02:54,800 --> 00:03:01,520 So you can take a bike, hop on, check out the wineries around the property as well. 55 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,800 So there's a lot of options for what you can do. 56 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,480 But essentially if you stay for the whole weekend, you have access to all of these classes 57 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:08,480 throughout the day. 58 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:14,000 And then in the evening, I've got a couple of DJs that are coming into town that'll be 59 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,080 providing some music for the evening. 60 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:17,080 Oh nice. 61 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,080 Yeah. 62 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,800 So a little bit of a concert type deal in the evening. 63 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:25,680 And then Sunday you'll round out the day or the morning I suppose before checkout. 64 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,000 There'll be a couple of yoga classes offered. 65 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,760 Maybe Pilates class two. 66 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:31,760 So that's it. 67 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,200 So you can either buy the ticket to stay the weekend or I'll be offering day passes as 68 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,200 well for the Saturday. 69 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:41,500 So you can come as early as 6 a.m. and then you can stay all the way, check out the concert 70 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:44,000 in the evening until about midnight. 71 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 That's nice. 72 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:50,640 So these classes that you're having, are they for any beginners up to expert? 73 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:51,640 Totally. 74 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:52,640 Totally. 75 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,600 So the idea behind it was I guess how I got into maybe... 76 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:58,600 Yeah. 77 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:04,440 My next question was going to be what has made you want to create this event? 78 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,440 For sure. 79 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:06,440 For sure. 80 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:07,440 So do you want to dive into that question first maybe? 81 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:08,440 Why not? 82 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,440 Yeah. 83 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:10,440 For sure. 84 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:16,000 So I only got into Pilates I guess just a little bit over a year ago. 85 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,600 I found it after having my second son. 86 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,040 So I've got two boys. 87 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:25,360 They're going to be four and two next month and then in June. 88 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,020 And I was pretty laid up after the second pregnancy. 89 00:04:28,020 --> 00:04:31,400 So the first one was a scheduled C-section. 90 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:32,400 That went fine. 91 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,080 Obviously major abdominal surgery I was recovering from. 92 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:37,080 Never fun. 93 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,280 No, never fun. 94 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:43,200 And then the second one I was able to have a successful V-back. 95 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,000 Regular delivery. 96 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,800 So that was fine other than I was laid up pretty badly. 97 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:55,400 So the delivery just was a little bit on the bumpier side. 98 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,320 And I found myself in chronic pain for the better part of a year. 99 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,000 And I just didn't really have a lot of options. 100 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:07,480 So I tried to explore, talk to a bunch of different doctors about the pain, tried to 101 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,440 figure out where the source was coming from and just kept hitting brick walls. 102 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,720 Yeah, because it's usually the opposite. 103 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:20,920 The V-bursts are usually the easier ones than the C-sections. 104 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,520 Did they ever figure out what it was? 105 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,120 No, no. 106 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:35,080 I mean I could speculate but I mean different podcasts different times for sure. 107 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:41,080 So what ended up happening was in my exploration to try to fix myself. 108 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:46,580 Not really the type of person to kind of take the answer no and then lay down and accept 109 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:48,560 that as my reality. 110 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:55,000 And then also knowing that the boys were going to need me physically to be able to chase 111 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,680 them around, move around. 112 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,800 Boys are a lot more physical than girls. 113 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:00,800 So I knew that. 114 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,240 So I knew I had to get better. 115 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:08,760 And I mean not being able to move really, really impacted the way that I was thinking. 116 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,600 So yes, mental health for sure played a big part of it too. 117 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:18,240 And I just yeah, I just didn't want to be that person that was in chronic pain. 118 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:19,560 Because when you're in pain you... 119 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:20,560 Oh, I hear you. 120 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,680 Yeah, like a lot of things, a lot of things deteriorate. 121 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:32,640 And it makes it the more you sit and are stagnant the harder it is to get going. 122 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:37,800 And the more I find the more pain you're in when you're stagnant than when you're up 123 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,160 and moving around. 124 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,160 For sure. 125 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,240 And then you know, and you start to dwell and you start to ruminate about the same things 126 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,560 and it's just like it's very unhealthy overall, right? 127 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:53,880 So I ended up finding a rehab Pilates program by a local chiropractor. 128 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,920 So shout out to Sun Nguyen as well. 129 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:05,240 So Sun helped me get back some autonomy of my body. 130 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:10,840 And then I realized very quickly that Pilates was helping me along with the pain. 131 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,160 So a couple of months had passed since I had started. 132 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,280 And it was one day I just I got up and I went to put on a pair of pants. 133 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,480 And at that point I wasn't able to stand on my two feet to put on a pair of pants. 134 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,480 I had to sit down because I couldn't balance between the two legs. 135 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,120 And so I was standing and I put my legs on. 136 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:30,120 My legs on. 137 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,480 My legs are still attached by the way. 138 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:38,320 Put my pants on and realized that I hadn't sat down to do so and thought, oh my God. 139 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,040 And then I thought, well, when was the last time I even had because I was having really 140 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,440 bad episodes like pains like shooting up my side. 141 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,640 Oh, I was like, when was the last time that happened? 142 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,080 And I was like, oh my God, like it's been a couple of months. 143 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,080 So all this to bring it back to your question. 144 00:07:53,080 --> 00:08:01,440 You never really realize how much you require your mobility and how much joy or happiness 145 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,720 stems from being able to move your body. 146 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:12,200 And we take our bodies for granted just because they do so many things for us without our 147 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:13,200 intention, right? 148 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,760 We're not actively thinking, OK, now walk left, right, swing your arms. 149 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,760 Remember to breathe, remember to blink, remember to swallow, all of those things. 150 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,260 We take those for granted. 151 00:08:23,260 --> 00:08:29,000 And so if you're laid up with even this tiniest issue, you stub your toe and your foot's hurting 152 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,520 and you're limping, we're grunting about that. 153 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,360 And so I had a huge awakening. 154 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,560 I had a huge awakening to my mobility. 155 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:39,940 And then I realized, well, you know what? 156 00:08:39,940 --> 00:08:45,640 In learning all of this about Pilates, I fell in love with the modality because it's about 157 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,160 functional movement. 158 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:54,320 So getting up off of the chair, why it's important to strengthen your hips, reaching up over 159 00:08:54,320 --> 00:09:00,400 your head, why it's important to get mobility in that shoulder joint, moving forward, moving 160 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:05,960 back, moving the scapula forward and back and just, you know, the cliche, if you don't 161 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,000 use it, you lose it. 162 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Right. 163 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,200 And so so I got certified not necessarily to teach. 164 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:19,560 I did it for myself to educate myself on my body. 165 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:24,160 As a woman, there was a lot of other things that I'd be kind of looking at later down 166 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:28,880 the line, like incontinence, et cetera, et cetera. 167 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,680 And I just didn't want to, you know, I didn't want a lifetime subscription to panty liners. 168 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:33,680 No, thanks. 169 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:34,680 No. 170 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:35,680 Right. 171 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:40,080 Like that's not what I want to spend my membership at Costco doing, just buying boxes and boxes 172 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,440 of panty liners. 173 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,560 So so yeah, there is a way to fix that. 174 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:46,200 And I realized that there's a way to fix that. 175 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:52,080 And so from there, I ended up falling into teaching. 176 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:58,160 So in order to get your certification, obviously to get your Pilate certification, you have 177 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,200 to teach a class in order to pass your exam. 178 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,760 And so I put together a group of my friends to practice teach. 179 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:05,760 Okay. 180 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:11,200 And as I was sitting in front of them and I was teaching the class, I don't know, call 181 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:18,400 it my purpose or something, my servitude, like something just aligned inside. 182 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,400 It was your calling. 183 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:21,400 Maybe. 184 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:22,400 Yeah. 185 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,400 Or maybe. 186 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:24,400 Yeah. 187 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:25,400 Yeah. 188 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:26,400 Maybe. 189 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:27,400 Yes. 190 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:28,400 I guess it is. 191 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:29,400 I think so because it just all of a sudden, it clicked. 192 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:30,400 It just, it really did. 193 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:36,760 Like I, and the joy that I feel like in teaching all of my classes, I just, I feel like I get 194 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:38,760 more out of it than the students. 195 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:45,040 I tell them that sometimes too, but there's so much happening for me in helping them move 196 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:50,040 their bodies and bringing awareness to their bodies on how they can move better. 197 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:54,440 And I mean, we have this one body for our life for however long, I don't know. 198 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,640 But if you treat it well and you move it well, you live well. 199 00:10:58,640 --> 00:10:59,640 You live better. 200 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:00,640 Yeah. 201 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:08,160 Now, do you find that you also do yoga and barre and all the other ones as well? 202 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:09,160 Have you expanded? 203 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,160 Yes. 204 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:14,160 It moves from one thing to another, to another. 205 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,160 It's true. 206 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,240 It's funny you ask. 207 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:22,720 So, so because I loved teaching it so much, I ended up starting to teach before I went 208 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,560 back to work. 209 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:27,000 So before my Matley was up. 210 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,920 And I said to my husband, I said, okay, you know what? 211 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,120 I have to leave space to teach Pilates. 212 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:34,880 I can't go back to work full time. 213 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:35,880 I have to leave space. 214 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,840 Now, I have a lot of liberty because I work for my family business. 215 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,480 That makes it nice. 216 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:41,480 Makes it nice. 217 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:46,000 And so I said to my mom, you know, I've fallen in love with this thing. 218 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,240 It brings me so much joy. 219 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,080 I have to do it. 220 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,000 And so she said, oh, she's going to say, so she said, yeah, okay. 221 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,000 So two times a week. 222 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,920 So I said to my husband, okay, I'm going to teach two times a week. 223 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,640 He's like, okay. 224 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:00,640 Okay. 225 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,040 So that was in October. 226 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,440 We are now in almost May. 227 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,440 Almost. 228 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:07,440 Okay. 229 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:08,440 So April. 230 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,440 Okay. 231 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:17,440 So I'm up to, I'm up to, I think, seven classes a week for Pilates in addition to working 232 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,960 part time and then teaching. 233 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:28,840 And then a friend of mine that owns the bar house in Walkerville wants me to also learn 234 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:36,200 bar and has just hired me on to learn bar and then to also teach at her place. 235 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,840 So now I'm up to, I think, nine classes. 236 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,600 I think you got a new career going. 237 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,920 I don't, I don't know. 238 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,040 Working part time and now planning a wellness festival. 239 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,040 Yeah. 240 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:48,040 Oh my goodness. 241 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,040 Yeah. 242 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,840 You definitely got your, you got your energy back. 243 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:53,840 Yes. 244 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:54,840 Yeah. 245 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:55,840 And then some. 246 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:56,840 And then some. 247 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:57,840 Yes. 248 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,600 And then like, how did I even come up with this idea of the wellness festival? 249 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,080 I went to Lungavita last May. 250 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:11,640 I saw somewhere that there was a yoga retreat for the day and I had fallen into this hole 251 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,920 of who the hell am I now? 252 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:15,920 Two kids in. 253 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,440 I was still in a little bit of pain then. 254 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:23,540 I had started the Pilates and I said to my husband, I need to go to this yoga retreat. 255 00:13:23,540 --> 00:13:26,920 It's only 20 minutes from my house or our house. 256 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,960 I said, I'm going to go and do it and I think I'm going to stay the night also. 257 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:30,960 And he's like, by yourself? 258 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,120 And I was like, yeah, by myself. 259 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,560 Mommy needs a night out. 260 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:36,560 Yeah. 261 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:37,560 And he's like, okay. 262 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:42,280 And I said to him, I said, I kind of want to do two nights, but that seems really selfish. 263 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:46,520 And I'm just going to leave you with the kids and I'm just going to go and be by myself 264 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,360 in a tent, you know? 265 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,080 And he goes, if that's what you want to do, do it. 266 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,960 He goes, what difference does it make if you leave Saturday morning or you leave Friday 267 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:53,960 night? 268 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:54,960 So I was like, okay, fine. 269 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:55,960 I'm doing this. 270 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,360 I was like, I'm going on a retreat by myself. 271 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,520 I knew nobody going to the yoga retreat. 272 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:05,760 So I went to Lungavita in May and I was sitting outside the tent, the yurt and staring into 273 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:06,760 my bonfire. 274 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:13,040 And I was thinking, okay, epiphany, epiphany, like hit me with it. 275 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:14,640 Like, you know, where am I? 276 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,040 Because I've, I've lot like you lose yourself in motherhood. 277 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:19,440 Oh, I hear you. 278 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:20,440 Right? 279 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,960 Like maternity leave swallows you up and depending on who you are. 280 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:29,920 And there are like, there's a full spectrum of women that love mat leave, want to do it 281 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:31,320 for the rest of their life. 282 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:36,760 And then there's women that realize very quickly maternity leave is not for them and they want 283 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:37,800 to get back to work. 284 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:42,560 Like we've got like, and I know women on both sides and then scattered in between. 285 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:43,560 Yep. 286 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:44,800 Neither is right or wrong. 287 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:45,800 Neither. 288 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:46,800 Everybody's different. 289 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Everybody's different. 290 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,800 But like we just, we're in a comparative society, right? 291 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:56,080 Like we compare ourselves to everybody and what our friends are doing and what other 292 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:57,080 people are doing. 293 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,680 And so anyways, I had lost myself. 294 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,280 I used to, when I, before I was married, before I had kids, I was the person that you'd see 295 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,280 eating by themselves. 296 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:06,600 And I was cool with it. 297 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,880 I was good with it. 298 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,760 But you know, trying to find two minutes to even use the bathroom alone. 299 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:13,760 Forgive it. 300 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:14,760 In this type of circumstances. 301 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:15,760 Like you're not doing it, right? 302 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:16,760 Yep. 303 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,360 So I'm sitting at Langavita, have, I don't have the epiphany. 304 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,280 Obviously that's not how epiphanies work. 305 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,000 You cannot like ask for one. 306 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Demand it. 307 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Yeah. 308 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,000 And it'll happen in that moment. 309 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,600 So it didn't happen in that moment, but there was a lot that did happen for me when I went 310 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,400 to that yoga retreat. 311 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:37,880 Again, I could give another shout out because Windsor's so, so I'm not originally from Windsor. 312 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:43,540 So Windsor's very cool because I feel like the community is so supportive. 313 00:15:43,540 --> 00:15:44,840 Very much so. 314 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:46,340 Everybody's like trying to lift each other up, right? 315 00:15:46,340 --> 00:15:52,800 So I could give a shout out to Lisa Kodina that she does Ayurveda, also yoga teacher 316 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,400 at the bar house now too. 317 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:59,960 So she's kind of known about town, but she led that yoga retreat and we wrote on these 318 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:03,480 stones like what we were wanting to see for ourselves. 319 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,360 And I wrote transformation because I was looking for a transformation. 320 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,720 And I have that stone still beside my bed. 321 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:10,720 That's nice. 322 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:11,720 Yeah. 323 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,240 And so while I was there, I was thinking, well, how cool would it be to like do something 324 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:21,760 in this space because that space now has like a little bit of a sacred meeting for me anyways. 325 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:22,840 For sure. 326 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:31,200 And so May circle around to October, just this past October, I did a siblings retreat 327 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:35,440 with my siblings at Lingavita and my brother is a DJ. 328 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,880 Yes, he will be DJing at this event. 329 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:39,880 Awesome. 330 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:40,880 Yeah. 331 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,800 And I said to him that day, I said, Sean, what do you think if I want to do like a wellness 332 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:51,280 thing, but like we love to party and we love music and like good music. 333 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,760 What if we kind of came together to do something? 334 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,440 And he said, if you're going to do it, I'm in. 335 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,240 So that's kind of where that finished off. 336 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:05,880 And so I wanted to do the event, I guess, to bring it back to your original question. 337 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:13,080 I wanted to do the event because there's such a dichotomy within our society for lots of 338 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:14,480 different things. 339 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:19,480 So there's people that like to work out and like love to work out and that's all they 340 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:20,480 do. 341 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:25,080 And then there's some people that like to dabble in a yoga class here and there or sometimes 342 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:26,640 maybe go to the gym, right? 343 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,240 Like full spectrum. 344 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:33,080 Or people like me that like to complain about their weight and not do anything. 345 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:34,080 Sure. 346 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:35,080 Sure. 347 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:36,080 So full spectrum too. 348 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,080 Yep. 349 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:44,840 And so for this event, I wanted the main purpose of the event was to create a space that allows 350 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,420 people to come in, see what's going on. 351 00:17:48,420 --> 00:17:53,640 And if they've ever thought about trying any of those things, it's available to them should 352 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,160 they wish to step into the space. 353 00:17:55,160 --> 00:18:00,200 And that's why I think I definitely want to get tickets, whether it's the weekend or just 354 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:07,000 the Saturday because Pilates is scary and even like yoga and for somebody that's in 355 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:14,320 their fifties and has hit the menopause jackpot and weight gain. 356 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:19,960 And it's hard because you're in that cycle of I know I need to lose weight and I need 357 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,000 to be more mobile. 358 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,480 But yet I'm too tired because my body's carrying an extra 50 pounds. 359 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,540 So it's cyclical. 360 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:37,640 So I think something like this is phenomenal for either people like you who love to do 361 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:42,600 the workouts and do the different classes and people like me that are like, I'm not 362 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:48,140 sure which one I will like so I can try all of them and see what is a better fit for me 363 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:53,760 because I was always that person that I'll spend the money on the gym and then just never 364 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:54,760 go. 365 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:59,000 I just want to make sure that there's something that's really going to fit my needs and I 366 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000 think that's great. 367 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,960 Plus I've never been to Longavita so I need to go. 368 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:04,960 Perfect excuse to be there. 369 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,160 And I like to party so much. 370 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:08,160 See? 371 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:09,160 Yes. 372 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:10,160 So this hybrid. 373 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:11,160 So like you nailed it. 374 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,520 So I mean I want this space to be very, very inclusive. 375 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:21,360 And so one of the most important things for me was choosing the instructors that are going 376 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:23,240 to lead the classes. 377 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:28,440 It's so different and I've been to like a wide variety of classes but it's a very different 378 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:36,040 experience to attend a class where the instructor is just oozing joy and passion for what they 379 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,000 do. 380 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:44,420 And Windsor, I'm trying to highlight Windsor Essex because this is now my home. 381 00:19:44,420 --> 00:19:52,820 There are so many instructors that just ooze passion and love and want to spread kind of 382 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:56,480 the benefits of all these different modalities. 383 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,380 And I feel like gyms are wonderful for sure. 384 00:20:00,380 --> 00:20:05,720 But like in this type of space it gives everybody a very relaxed, oh there's a class going on 385 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,720 at 10. 386 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,280 Maybe I'll step into that class. 387 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:15,140 Or you watch the class happen because they're going to be happening under tents on the property. 388 00:20:15,140 --> 00:20:19,880 You can see them, you can observe them and then maybe you hop into the next one. 389 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:26,440 Well and it's nice because this wellness festival sounds like the retreats that you see on TV 390 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:31,720 like The Real Housewives and they spend thousands and thousands of dollars to go away for the 391 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:32,720 weekend. 392 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:38,040 And we're finally getting something like that in Windsor Essex County and it's not going 393 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,840 to cost thousands and thousands of dollars. 394 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,560 No, no it's not going to. 395 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,960 It's exciting that we're finally going to have something like this and hopefully it'll 396 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,560 become a year of long... 397 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,200 Annual. 398 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,120 An annual thing, yes. 399 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:53,920 I mean I can only hope right? 400 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:58,480 And so to your point of liking to party, yes. 401 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,520 Again, it's this whole like spreading right? 402 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:02,880 Like full spread. 403 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:10,160 So okay you like to do yoga, maybe you're a plant-based diet, you know that's your dietary 404 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,160 choice. 405 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:17,120 Or you go to the gym and you're eating steak and like protein and that's your intake. 406 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:18,880 You don't have it all. 407 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,160 We have it all right? 408 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,320 Like whatever your preference is. 409 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,800 Do you have the chef set up yet or are you still sorting everything out? 410 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,480 We've got two that we've spoken with. 411 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,800 We're just kind of ironing out details. 412 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:37,680 We're trying to make the experience elevated to bring back to that. 413 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,680 I like that. 414 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,400 Elevate 5 to 8. 415 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:49,280 And so we want people on Sunday to leave with this feeling of that was worth my time. 416 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,000 That was worth every penny. 417 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,380 And I feel amazing. 418 00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:58,760 I feel like I've connected with people that I didn't arrive with. 419 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,200 I got to experience something different. 420 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:05,240 So maybe I've learned about myself in my body. 421 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:10,000 And maybe you found a new passion for you know one of those modalities. 422 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Exactly. 423 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,960 So that's kind of the idea. 424 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:20,720 And yeah like to round it off with music because you need to you know let go after. 425 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:21,720 Let go. 426 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,120 Move your so there's a difference between moving your body with intention like with 427 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:27,440 an instructor led class. 428 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:32,360 But then there's a different like just moving to move your body to good music. 429 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:35,240 I'm going to tell you a quick story. 430 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,240 I had five knee surgeries on this knee. 431 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:43,200 And back in the day I was very very very skinny. 432 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:48,640 And doctors told me no stairs no bikes no this no that. 433 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,840 I was in like you chronic pain for a few years. 434 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,760 And finally I said screw that. 435 00:22:55,760 --> 00:23:02,500 And I started going out to the bar and just dancing and just doing the dancing doing stairs 436 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:04,320 because I lived on the second floor apartment. 437 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,200 I couldn't avoid it. 438 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,160 And just doing movement like that. 439 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:15,000 I noticed the pain slowly starting to go to now where it's just if we have really cruddy 440 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,320 weather which Windsor does here and there. 441 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:19,320 Then I'll feel it. 442 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:24,680 But other than that if I would have listened to the doctors and wasn't moving. 443 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,420 Who knows where it would have been. 444 00:23:26,420 --> 00:23:32,080 So I agree with both the intentional movement and dancing. 445 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,200 I think it's it really helps your body as well. 446 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,200 Totally. 447 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,200 And your mind. 448 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,200 For sure. 449 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,200 For sure. 450 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,120 And I mean yes of course I love my brother. 451 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:43,800 Is there bias having him there? 452 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,120 Partial partial bias. 453 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:53,280 But what's unique about what my brother does and why I thought it would be a good synergy 454 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,600 unrelated. 455 00:23:55,600 --> 00:24:01,360 My brother started getting into producing music because he started studying water and 456 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:07,600 frequency and the effects of vibration on the human body because we're mostly comprised 457 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:08,600 of water. 458 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:09,600 Wow. 459 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:17,800 And so when he went to school because he completed a sound engineering background in music. 460 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,980 He started tuning his music to 528 Hertz. 461 00:24:21,980 --> 00:24:24,120 So Elevate 528. 462 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:27,560 I was going to ask you where that 528 came from. 463 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:36,480 So Elevate 528 because at 528 it's a frequency that's been scientifically proven to promote 464 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:44,960 healing and so it helps settle the body with anxiety, depression and promote feeling of 465 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,200 love and joy. 466 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:54,600 And so essentially Elevate 528 after coming to this event when you leave. 467 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,160 I'm hoping to have elevated your frequency. 468 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:02,760 Yeah and in places like this where you have a retreat. 469 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:10,960 I almost like to go by myself to feel the experience by yourself and to meet the people 470 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:16,560 and to not worry about you know all my friends are doing the Pilates so I guess I have to 471 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:17,560 do it. 472 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:23,280 You can just do your own thing at your own pace and then meet new people as well and 473 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,520 just really open up your experiences. 474 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,080 Yeah and like that's what I hope to see. 475 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,960 Like I hope I mean the events being promoted obviously locally. 476 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:39,920 All the instructors will be pushing it out to you know their following and this podcast 477 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:46,520 is obviously going to help because your podcast is just like catching some vibes for sure. 478 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,080 But it's also going to be promoted outside of Windsor Essex and so it's going to draw 479 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,600 people in to Windsor Essex. 480 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:57,520 And so we're really trying to showcase so there's also going to be a vendor market that's 481 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,160 supporting local businesses. 482 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,000 Oh that's great. 483 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:06,040 So like we're trying not to duplicate right so if we've got somebody that's got one offering 484 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:10,000 and somebody else that's got a different offering but we're trying to have like a nice spread 485 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:16,880 of businesses that are kind of within that wellness space or wellness realm to showcase 486 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,640 what Windsor Essex has to offer. 487 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,400 And so there's going to be a good mix of people that are attending the event. 488 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:30,480 I get the most out of these types of things when I open myself up and talk to all the 489 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,280 other people that are there. 490 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:39,120 And so again like going back to why I even came up with this event it was because in 491 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:46,120 my mind I wanted to attend an event that was like this and I couldn't find one. 492 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:52,240 And it's not necessarily a retreat per se it's more of a wellness festival because it joins 493 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:53,760 two things. 494 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:59,080 And life is not like life is not one thing it's not linear life is a full beautiful spectrum 495 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,200 of all types of things you know. 496 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:08,880 And so creating this environment where you can move you can bike you can walk you can 497 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,240 do all the classes you can do none of the classes if that's your preference you can 498 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,920 sit in front of your dome in front of your own fire you can do your own thing on the 499 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:23,080 picnic bench and just be in the environment too for some people they get something from 500 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,080 that. 501 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,080 Yeah. 502 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,080 Oh for sure. 503 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:30,000 And so there's nothing that's necessarily like dictated in terms of the schedule it's 504 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,880 all available it's like going to an all-inclusive it's all there for you you can drink if you 505 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:39,560 want to drink or you don't you can eat as much as you want or don't. 506 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:40,560 Yep. 507 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,040 You can do all the pool classes or you don't. 508 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,040 Usually I don't. 509 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:48,040 I know what I mean but it's totally up to you. 510 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,560 So it's yeah full like you do your own thing you buy your ticket and it's essentially your 511 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,960 weekend and you create it how you'd like it to look. 512 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,720 I like the fact that you're also trying to get people to come into Windsor Essex County 513 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:06,360 because that's like I like to support Windsor Essex County and show the small businesses 514 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:12,280 and the events but I want to show people outside of Windsor Essex County that we have a lot 515 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:20,600 to offer and there is a lot of growth here with these different businesses and Longavita 516 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:25,680 and the wineries around there and the small businesses you're going to have in. 517 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:32,080 It can be its own little destination area here if people realize that we were even here. 518 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:38,440 Yeah 100% 100% and I mean coming from the GTA like I've been now in Windsor Essex for 519 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:43,760 six years it has so much to offer. 520 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:49,280 The offerings are endless essentially and what I love so much about it is that they're 521 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:50,280 one-offs. 522 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:56,920 There's not a lot of franchises and so you get a lot of heart into what you find. 523 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:01,080 So for all the businesses there's so much heart that goes behind it. 524 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:08,040 You know COVID wiped out a lot of small businesses especially in the GTA Windsor Essex too but 525 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:16,280 for the businesses that survived or actually started because of COVID they're flourishing. 526 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,560 There's so much variety. 527 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,600 Yeah we've got a lot to showcase. 528 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:21,960 We really do. 529 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,160 I'm really glad that you're going to have this small business that you're going to have 530 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:26,920 market there as well. 531 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,040 I did not know that. 532 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:35,400 Do you know how many people are going to be able to buy tickets? 533 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,400 What is the capacity? 534 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:43,960 Yeah so the capacity for the accommodations is only 124 people because we're limited to 535 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,760 the accommodations that are on the property already. 536 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,520 So if you want the tickets when are they going on sale? 537 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:51,520 May 1st. 538 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:52,640 May 1st. 539 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:58,440 I would snatch them up if you can because they're probably going to go fast. 540 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,600 I think they're going to go fast. 541 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,480 The day passes there's going to be 150 available. 542 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,320 On top of the 120 that are staying there? 543 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:15,360 So 124 for if you want to stay the Friday to the Sunday and then the Saturday is 150 544 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:19,720 extra tickets that I'll be selling just for the day. 545 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,720 But like 150 is not a lot either. 546 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:22,720 No it's not. 547 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:27,200 I know quite a few people that are just essentially just waiting for the tickets to go on sale. 548 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,960 Have you guys figured out the price point for them yet? 549 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:31,960 Yeah. 550 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:36,800 So there's going to be it ranges from $13.50. 551 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:37,800 For the full weekend? 552 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,120 For the full weekend for one person. 553 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:41,400 So solo occupancy. 554 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,820 So if you think about like an all-inclusive if you're one person going into a double occupancy 555 00:30:45,820 --> 00:30:48,160 room you pay a little bit more. 556 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:53,960 And then as so you can stay by yourself or you can go up to four people in a dome. 557 00:30:53,960 --> 00:31:00,820 And then I think that rate off the top of my head I want to say is $6.50 a person. 558 00:31:00,820 --> 00:31:03,840 So it gets cheaper obviously the more people that are in the dome. 559 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,440 And then that's including is that including meals? 560 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:08,800 That includes five meals. 561 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:14,400 So Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast lunch dinner and then Sunday morning breakfast. 562 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:19,360 So your five meals, beverages, coffee. 563 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:24,120 Lungavita has a bring your own libation policy. 564 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,080 So we'll have that taken care of that way. 565 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:33,120 And then what else access to all your classes, access to all the amenities. 566 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:38,120 So Lungavita has an in-ground heated pool. 567 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:42,680 But again we're hoping for an Indian summer so it'll be warm. 568 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,240 Obviously lake access so there's kayaks available as well. 569 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,500 There's bikes that you can just hop on and take wherever you'd like around the county 570 00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:51,040 which is really nice. 571 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:56,040 And if it's cold you can always do that polar dip and get that blood flowing. 572 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,040 Yeah you could do a cold plunge for sure. 573 00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,040 There you go. 574 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:00,040 Yes. 575 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,640 They've got the barrel saunas. 576 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,440 They are doing some major renovations. 577 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,640 They're doing a lot of work like they've done fabulous work in the three years that they've 578 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,260 been open. 579 00:32:10,260 --> 00:32:13,280 But they're replacing their hot tubs to in-ground tubs. 580 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:14,280 Oh that's nice. 581 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:15,280 It's gonna look really nice. 582 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,440 Yeah by the time October rolls around they'll be done and yeah it'll look fabulous. 583 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:20,880 So they'll have access to that as well? 584 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:27,800 So you'll have access to all of that and then the vendor market and then the performances. 585 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:32,600 So live music on the Friday as well as the live performance on Saturday night. 586 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,160 And did we catch how much the day pass is? 587 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:36,160 No we didn't. 588 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:37,160 $300. 589 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:38,160 Oh that's not bad. 590 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:39,160 Yeah. 591 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,360 That's not bad at all. 592 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,480 And that includes the meals? 593 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,200 Saturday will not include the meals, the day pass. 594 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:51,720 We're trying to have food trucks on site so that you've got access to food and you don't 595 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,200 necessarily need to leave. 596 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,200 Oh that's good. 597 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,640 Well yeah because you're gonna have the vendors anyways. 598 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,080 People won't be able to just come and check out the vendors and everything. 599 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,280 You have to have a ticket to get on. 600 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:10,400 So it's a full property rental so you'll have to have a wristband to get onto the property. 601 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,480 So whether you're there for the weekend that'll look different than if you're just there for 602 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:14,480 your day pass. 603 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:15,480 Okay. 604 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:22,920 Yeah so just because of a strict capacity issue for the site. 605 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:23,920 Okay. 606 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:28,480 And how are people going to be able to get the tickets? 607 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:34,240 So you can check out the website Elevate528.com. 608 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,400 Ticket sales on May 1st and so you'll be able to see kind of your options and then it'll 609 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,320 take you to the ticket sales. 610 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:42,320 Oh okay. 611 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:43,320 Yeah. 612 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:44,880 And then you have social media. 613 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,800 Have you guys started the social media yet? 614 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,360 Yeah there's an about video that I did. 615 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,520 Oh that's good. 616 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:52,520 It's hard right? 617 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,680 Like it's hard to do these types of things because you hold so much judgment for yourself 618 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,800 and so I saw myself on the video and I'm like oh my god I can't believe I'm putting this 619 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:01,800 out there. 620 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:02,800 But I put it out there. 621 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:03,800 I did it. 622 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:04,800 Hey why not? 623 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:05,800 You got to. 624 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,760 I just I mean like I could critique it to death and then just never do it and then I'm 625 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,240 in a place of inaction so. 626 00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:12,240 Yep. 627 00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:13,240 I did it. 628 00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:15,000 You got to take the plunge. 629 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,000 Yeah literally. 630 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,000 Yeah literally. 631 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,800 So it's yeah it's up on the social media page now. 632 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,320 And what is your it's Instagram only? 633 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:23,320 It's Instagram only. 634 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:24,320 Okay. 635 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:25,320 We might have a Facebook page. 636 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,360 I'm kind of debating. 637 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,600 I'm not huge on social media. 638 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:33,360 A lot of people are finding this out because now that I'm teaching they're trying to look 639 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,320 me up and I've got nothing. 640 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,800 I've got Instagram for the kids. 641 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,280 Daycare that's how daycare corresponds with me but. 642 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:41,280 Oh okay. 643 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,720 Yeah terrible for all of that stuff. 644 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,280 I mean I hate to say it but I am. 645 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:47,280 I'm terrible for it. 646 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:48,920 Honestly I am too. 647 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,920 I hate to say this even though I have to. 648 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:57,040 I'd rather just scroll through and watch everybody else's stuff than having to put my own open. 649 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,280 Yeah that's what my sister said. 650 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,600 My sister made me change my profile picture because she's like you look very like a creeper 651 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:07,040 account she called it because you have no picture and then you're just on Instagram 652 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:11,240 so now you see my picture with my name. 653 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:18,600 That's my personal page but for Elevate 528 what's it called the handle. 654 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:19,600 Yeah. 655 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:23,080 Is that what all the cool kids are calling it. 656 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,080 Why not. 657 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,080 Let's go there. 658 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:31,680 So it's 3L3Vate 528. 659 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:39,520 We'll have that in our description on YouTube and all the podcasts so they will definitely 660 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:43,200 be able to get a hold of you and I think it's great. 661 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:44,720 I'm really excited about this. 662 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:45,720 I'm pumped too. 663 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:47,040 I'm very excited for it. 664 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:51,120 A lot of people have said that Windsor's not seen something like this. 665 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,720 No and we need it. 666 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:54,720 Yeah we do. 667 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:55,840 Big time we need it. 668 00:35:55,840 --> 00:36:00,920 We need a place to be able to come together community right. 669 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,560 So community is a big one. 670 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,160 Get to know new people. 671 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,320 Move your body. 672 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:09,560 And have fun doing it. 673 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,640 And have fun doing it. 674 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:17,400 So again a lot of the instructors I'll send you maybe some of their names but just off 675 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:23,320 the top of my head we've got Paulina from the bar house that's going to be there. 676 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,640 We've got Lisa Mitchell. 677 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,360 She teaches us the yoga effect. 678 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:38,520 Gloria, Diane Bondi, my gosh who else, Sun, myself. 679 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,520 There's going to be like a handful of instructors. 680 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,360 And like all these ladies love what they do. 681 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:46,360 Which shows. 682 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:52,840 I mean there's nothing better than having somebody that actually loves the movement 683 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:57,520 and loves teaching the classes and teaching new people. 684 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,120 And it really shows. 685 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:03,480 Yeah and like I was having a conversation with somebody a little while ago and I said 686 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:08,720 you know try to remember back to that one teacher in school or if you were fortunate 687 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:10,680 maybe you had a few. 688 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:15,720 That like doesn't matter how old you get you can always remember back to that one teacher 689 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:20,000 because they had a passion for teaching. 690 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,800 And they impacted your life for sure. 691 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,840 And people can oh yeah you know I'm a grade three teacher so and so. 692 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,800 And you remember the name. 693 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,720 Because they had that impact for you. 694 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:38,320 And so for movement I've found that if you find that teacher or you have those teachers 695 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,320 around you it helps to keep you motivated. 696 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,400 Wanting to come back to learn a little bit more. 697 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:46,400 It's true. 698 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:47,400 It's true. 699 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,480 I had a great and it's so funny as you're saying this I'm remembering it. 700 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:56,800 My grade eight teacher and we were warned for years that he was a horrible teacher. 701 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,920 He was a monster. 702 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:00,400 Everybody hated him. 703 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,440 But he loved teaching. 704 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,120 If you listened. 705 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,180 And we had the best year. 706 00:38:09,180 --> 00:38:10,180 Everybody participated. 707 00:38:10,180 --> 00:38:11,960 Everybody loved it. 708 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:17,480 And he turned out to be a fabulous teacher and would take the time to help us out. 709 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:23,680 And it's nice to have like you said the teachers and especially when you're trying something 710 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:27,320 new like movement of any kind. 711 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:31,080 Oh is there going to be meditation as well? 712 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,080 Yes. 713 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:38,440 Yeah so for sure we've got a 6 a.m. on Saturday breathwork and meditation class for those 714 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,400 that are you know dedicated to their craft. 715 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,360 I don't know if I will be in that class. 716 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,560 I mean I might try to be. 717 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:54,200 But there will be a 6 a.m. meditation breathwork followed by like a morning yoga class which 718 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,200 will be really nice actually. 719 00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:03,160 Lisa Mitchell will also be doing a meditative nature walk which is going to be kind of interesting. 720 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:07,920 I've not done something like that so I would like to try that. 721 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:14,240 And then we're also going to because we're still quite a ways out from the event so I've 722 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:19,280 got some time to like play around with the schedule to see what we can offer. 723 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:26,040 But I'd like to have a sound bath as well available maybe a rinky session. 724 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,080 Just seen sound baths. 725 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:35,200 I had no idea what they were before and I literally just saw them on I think YouTube. 726 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,560 Oh my god. 727 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,280 It looks really fascinating. 728 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:40,280 Yeah. 729 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:46,320 The vibration frequency so with the sound bowls it's awesome. 730 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:51,520 So if we can get that some rakeys so like a group rakey session. 731 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:56,160 Yeah so just like things that we hear about because a lot of these things have been around 732 00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:01,720 for a very long time whether or not they're popular within the area. 733 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:08,080 Just having them available so that maybe you can then expose yourself if you want to. 734 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,560 It's there for you to try. 735 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,960 It's going to be so exciting to have this wellness festival and that's again October 736 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:24,360 4th, 5th and 6th of 2024 out at Longavita in Harrow, Ontario and we will contact you 737 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:33,380 on Elevate528.com to get the tickets and make sure as of May 1st, 2024 they go on sale. 738 00:40:33,380 --> 00:40:40,080 You grab them whether it is the whole weekend or just a Saturday day pass because they are 739 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:41,840 limited and they're going to go fast. 740 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,960 I know it. 741 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:44,960 I know it. 742 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:50,280 I'll be very shocked because we've never had anything like this in this area and it's hopefully 743 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,240 the first of many. 744 00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:53,240 Hopefully. 745 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:54,320 Yes and thank you so much Simi. 746 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,600 I really do appreciate you being on here today. 747 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:57,600 Thank you. 748 00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,160 I really appreciate you giving me this space. 749 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:00,160 Amazing studio. 750 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,160 Love it. 751 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:02,160 Thank you so much. 752 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,160 Thank you very much. 753 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,640 And again, my name is Tracy Martens and I want to thank you for joining me for another 754 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,000 episode of YQG in Bloom. 755 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:33,440 You guys have a great day.