Fall 2020
ALNews from Heartspacen
Hello Heartspace Friends,

We have some really excellent news to share with you.

Heartspace Albany reopens this week: Albany County Dept of Health stopped by this past Monday and gave us the thumbs up for reopening for in-studio classes. We've got our ventilation system, layout and processes set so that we can safely welcome you back to our studio. But we will start small, poco a poco, as we get comfortable with our new normal. Also, we are definitely continuing our online Zoom and outdoor classes as long as the weather agrees.

Our In-Studio Schedule for this Week

A couple precautions and rules for attending studio classes
  • Please preregister for classes online. We won't be taking payment at the studio.
  • Stay home if not feeling well, or you have any symptoms that may suggest COVID-19.
  • Upon arriving, please enter from our new entrance, the side double glass doors about 100 feet away from our former entrance, but closer to Madison Ave. Or, you can enter from the main entrance on the parking lot, and proceed down the stairs or elevator to the lower level.
  • Wear your mask, we will take your temperature, when you arrive.
  • Disinfect or wash your hands, and maintain six feet social distance as much as possible.
  • Mat spots are marked in tape on the studio floors.

Class Size and Content: Indoor classes are capped at 6 initially, however in time we will expand to 8 or 9 if everything goes well. Classes will be structured to consider that we are wearing masks and we will offer a pace and practice appropriate to the circumstances. i.e. no alternate nostril breathing, or kapalabati and mmm's instead of oms.

Props: Please bring your own mats and props but we will also allow for use of our studio props. After use we will set them aside for cleaning and "resting" for a few days. We have a ton of props now that we have consolidated 3 studios so props will remain lightly used. Let us know if you'd be interested in prop rentals for a while.

Pricing: Due to limited class size, cleaning, etc, we need to charge more for our studio classes. Please note, you can use your pre-COVID class passes or newly purchased 1 or 10-class passes for in-studio classes, but online/outdoor class passes can't be used for indoor classes. In-studio classes can be used for outdoor and online classes, however. Please let us know if your pre-COVID pass expired between March and June, when they were deactivated.

Troy Classes Hey Trojans, we haven't forgotten you. Even though we closed our Troy studio, we have our eye on a sweet space rental in Troy that could generously accommodate 9 students and an instructor for a couple four-week series. Beginning around the second or third week of October, we are considering: Toni Smith on Tuesdays time either 10 or 4pm, and Andrew Kasius on Thursdays at 4PM. Let us know your interest as we need to get a minimum of 6 preregistrations to hold the classes. Email, andrew@heartspacealbany.com to let us know if interested.

Outdoor Classes this Week. Looks like a week of great weather ahead so we will keep our outdoor classes going.

Troy's Prospect Park meet near the parking area by the playground.

Albany's Washington Park Here's the Google maps link to the location: https://goo.gl/maps/rWQhyvamwdJ1B6DD8 It is in a quiet area in the park off of Englewood just off of State Street. Parking is right next to where we gather so it is a great spot.

All attendees must preregister in advance to our Heartspace Mindbody Online page where you can make your flexible payment for class, $8-$20. Your generosity is appreciated. In case of bad weather or another reason, we will try to move the class to online or cancel.

Online Heartspace Video Library $20/month with a free 3-day trial. Try out our online Heartspace Video library. There is a free 3-day trial for this ever-growing catalog of classes that we have been recording over these past few months.

Yoga Bubbles: If you have a group or pod with whom you've been keeping close community and would be interested in a regular group class please let us know.

Please keep in touch; we would love to hear how you're doing and your thoughts on reopening by emailing andrew@heartspacealbany.com.

best,
Andrew
Prenatal Yoga, Online 3-Week Series with Melissa Hurt. New Start Date
Prenatal Yoga 3-Week Online Series with Melissa Hurt, Sundays 12 -1 PM, October 4 - 18
We've "bumped" back the start date for our online prenatal 3 week series with Melissa Hurt until October 4 through the 18th. $45 for the full series. Click here for more information or to sign up.
Healthy and Yummy Recipes
from Susan's Natural Kitchen
Healthy Recipes from Susan's Natural Kitchen: Roasted Beet Salad
Beginning this month, our good friend Susan Garth, of Susan's Natural Kitchen will provide us with some delicious, healthy and seasonal recipes.

Roasted Beet Salad Serves 4
Ingredients:
  • 1 bunch fresh beets – trimmed, peeled and cut into ½ inch wedges
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil aluminum foil, parchment paper, and a roasting pan
  • 1 cup crumbled goat cheese
  • ½ cup toasted salted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
  • ½ cup fresh pomegranate seeds (quick option – sometimes stores sell cups of pomegranate seeds all ready to eat, in the produce section)
  • 6 cups fresh greens (spinach, arugula, mache & watercress are all great choices, any combination)
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • balsamic reduction (also called balsamic drizzle, available at most grocery stores)
  • good salt & fresh ground pepper to taste

Roast the beets: Toss your peeled, sliced beets in olive oil, arrange on a baking pan lined with parchment paper, tent loosely with foil, and roast at 350F for about 30-45 minutes or until tender.

Plating the salads: Arrange salad greens on four plates. Top with some beets. Now drizzle some olive oil over each plate. Now drizzle some balsamic redux over each. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper. Finish each plate with the crumbled goat cheese and a scattering of pumpkin seeds and pomegranate seeds.

Recipe courtesy of Susan Garth, chef at susansnaturalkitchen.com FB & Instagram @susansnaturalkitchen.
Subscribe to the Heartspace Video Library
$20/Month
When it rains, or you can't join us for live-streamed yoga classes, you can have anytime access to our library of yoga and pilates classes with many of your favorite instructors from Heartspace. Archived classes range from gentle, restorative, yoga nidra, and yin to more active hatha and vinyasa practices and pilates.

Try out a 3-day free trial and if you want to stick with it, it's $20/month. We hope you can join in and help support our studios while keeping your practice strong. We will be adding programming and continue building out the library. This service is through Vimeo and not through Mindbody so you'll need to create a separate account. Click here to sign up for a free trial. Let us know if you have requests for particular instructors and styles. Please and thank you!
Pricing for Online and Outdoor Classes
For our online and outdoor park classes, our flexible payment options remain in effect. Options range from $8 - $20. The amount you wish to offer is up to you as many are under different financial circumstances. Your generosity is appreciated as we are offering flex pricing to allow people in difficult circumstances to continue their practice. We hope you also use this as an opportunity to practice generosity and support others who can't afford much at this time.

To make it easier, we offer a 10-Class $100 online pass and 10-Class $120 online/outside pass if you can afford a little more. This will make signing up much easier. Click here to purchase.
Heartspace Yoga and Healing Arts | 518.512.3390 | info@heartspacealbany.com | www.HeartspaceAlbany.com
Studio Locations: Albany: 747 Madison Ave. Albany NY(back right corner of building)