Small Business Saturday is Almost Here

WINTER_2017smallSmall Business Saturday is almost here. It is a day set aside to promote the small business owner. Shop Local. Shop Small. During this #ShopSmall event, consider giving a subscription to Therapeutic Thymes Magazine to someone this holiday season.

The Winter Issue (shown on the right here) comes out the first week of December. We will send your recipient their first copy along with a little holiday note stating it is the first of a one year subscription from you! 

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Willow Yoga Set to Open in Willow Street

By Taylor Miles

WILLOW STREET – Willow Yoga will host an open house next Sunday, 23 July from 1 to 3 p.m. to welcome the public to the new space, at 25 Nolt Avenue in Willow Street, Lancaster County. Those interested can meet with the instructors and receive specials on membership plans. There will also be prizes and giveaways, as well as snacks. This new studio, which will merge with Bridge Yoga on Lincoln Highway, strives to be an inclusive space for anyone interested in yoga.

“We want to bring different people in that maybe would have never tried yoga,” co-owner Monica Kirchner said. “We want it to be very welcoming.”

Monica Kirchner and Leah Margerum are set to welcome you at Willow Yoga. (Photo by Taylor Miles)
Monica Kirchner and Leah Margerum are set to welcome you at Willow Yoga. (Photo by Taylor Miles)

Willow Yoga began when Kirchner, the previous owner of Bridge Yoga, wanted to find a larger space for her studio. “It was a great little studio,” Kirchner said, “but it didn’t really have room to grow.” After seeing that her friend, Leah Margerum, had found a building in Willow Street, Kirchner approached her with the idea of a partnership. Margerum happily accepted, and they began planning for Willow Yoga. The studio will officially open on Sunday, 31 July.

The new studio is not only close enough for Bridge Yoga regulars to continue there, but is also easily accessible for people living in Downtown Lancaster, Millersville, Stroudsburg, and the whole Southern End.

With a focus on keeping the studio a welcoming and inclusive space, Willow Yoga will offer a broad selection of classes and workshops. According to Margerum, the studio wants people to focus on what yoga “feels like, rather than what it looks like.”

A free beginner yoga workshop for men will be offered from September 24 to October 22 on Sundays from 3 to 4 p.m. Willow Yoga felt this workshop was important because men are “definitely underrepresented in the yoga community,” according to Margerum. Another free option will be the Yoga Dojo workshop, which will be a fusion of martial arts and yoga. This workshop is from August 23 to October 26 on Thursdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Chair yoga classes will be also be offered for people who have mobility issues and find it difficult to constantly move up and down in a typical yoga class.

On every second Saturday of the month, Willow Yoga will offer free yoga for beginners’ workshops “for anyone who has thought about yoga and wanted to try it, but has no idea what it really is,” Margerum said. These workshops will include informational discussions and demonstrations on poses to ease participants into yoga.

Classes that will be added to the schedule in the future include courses that have participants hold poses for long periods of time to reset the nervous system such as restorative yoga and yin yoga.

Other plans include adding a health and wellness portion to the building, which will eventually include a workshop in Ayurveda for menopause and a workshop in aromatherapy. The studio is also looking to include a massage therapist, an energy worker, and a nutritionist to their facility. The goal is for the studio to become “a little wellness hub,” Margerum said.

To learn more about the studio, visit Willow Yoga’s Facebook page or call 717-617-2128.

Photo by Taylor Miles

Lancaster East Side Market to Hold Wellness Day Sunday

By Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman

Lancaster East Side Market. Photo by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman
Lancaster East Side Market. Photo by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman

LANCASTER – Sunday will be Wellness Day at Lancaster East Side Market. The Market, which is held Sundays in Musser Park, promotes wellness and community.

Each week a different theme is featured and this coming Sunday – 10 July – will be Wellness Day. Sarah McGahran, RYT (Registered Yoga Trainer) in Training, will host Yoga in the Park at 11 a.m.

Jah Volcano will provide music during the market. Bricker’s Famous French Fries and Bountiful Feast are the featured food trucks. Vendors will include regulars like Horseshoe Ranch and BeeBee’s All Naturals and Fresh Starts Nursery.

The Horseshoe Ranch, which is located in Willow Street, brings to market fresh veggies from their CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. I first met Brittany and Brian at the Herbal Faire at Landis Valley back in May of this year. I was very impressed with the young couple and their enthusiasm. The produce is organically grown and their seeds are non-GMO!

BeeBee’s All Naturals offers candies and skin care products. Skin care products include lotions, lip balm, hand cream and face moisturizer. Lori’s candies are delicious as well. Did you know that having local honey (try it on your morning toast) actually helps reduce pollen related allergies?

Fresh Starts Nursery at the Lancaster East Side Market. Photo by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman
Fresh Starts Nursery at the Lancaster East Side Market. Photo by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman

Fresh Starts Nursery sells organic veggie plants at the Market. While specific selections can change depending on sales and availability, they generally offer tomatoes, eggplants and cucumbers. We went the first week of Market and bought some Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomatoes and some Cherry Tomatoes (I think they were the Sungold ones). Our little plants are doing well and, best of all, the whole family got excited about growing our own veggies!

For more information on the East Side Market, or on other vendors, please visit their website: https://lancastereastsidemarket.com/. Musser Park is located in Lancaster City at the corner of Lime and Chestnut Streets. It is literally behind the Lancaster Museum of Art.

 

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