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www.yourtownie.com The Wellness Issue Issue No.
MAY 15 - June 4
Living Young in Kate Hunt’s New Space The new Liveyoung Studio on Jackson Street next to Bacchus is a little slice of heaven. Its airy turquoise and sleek concrete-industrial spaces give way to products, pilates, physical therapy, yoga, barre and a men’s barber and blowdry bar. You’ll want to exercise there and on the way out, outfit yourself in owner Kate Hunt’s picks for cozy garb. “I really had no plan to practice here,” Kate said, “with my Gainesville practice thriving. Instead, I leased space from Metta [Day Spa] beginning in the fall of 2013 to house a Pilates studio in an effort to meet people I might not otherwise know. The interest was incredible and my original clients could not have been more enthusiastic and trusting of me {especially as a [Florida] Gator}.” Kate outgrew the space at Metta and decided that in addition to a Pilates studio, “Thomasville also needed a killer boutique with hard-to-find workout gear, great products, health food snacks and supplements, a blow dry bar and men’s barber, and an expanded specialized therapy offering.” Liveyoung didn’t begin as a place to simply stay fit and Kate isn’t your cousin’s Pilates instructor. In her early days, she trained with the Joffrey and Pacific Northwest Ballet companies before knocking out a Bachelor’s in exercise physiology and then a Master’s in physical therapy. As a physical therapist, she led the charge in developing an assessment and clinical pathway tool
for hospitalization and fall prevention in senior living communities across Florida. Her specialty in physical therapy, she said, “had traditionally been chronically ill geriatric patients. The bigger the trainwreck, the more exciting the challenge.” The charge she took eventually led to a 50% reduction in falls and hospitalizations with over $10 million in healthcare savings. She opened her first physical therapy practice in Gainesville while her husband, Jim, completed a residency at the University of Florida {also Kate’s alma mater}. In addition to developing the fall prevention standards in senior living communities, she took on the task of developing therapy protocols for the Mayo Clinic’s ALS program across Florida. She and her family, including sons Chip and Mac {now ages 10 and 7}, landed in the ‘Ville in 2012, when Jim joined the medical staff at Archbold. Why a barber and blow dry bar at Liveyoung? “With two boys,” Kate said, “you can only give them good hair and good shoes.” Liveyoung is a Medicare-certified physical therapy provider, accepting many types of insurance. The studio offers private and group Pilates, yoga, barre and other specialty classes six days a week. Visit them at 235 West Jackson Street or visit liveyoungstudio.com for rates, hours and more.
The Center's Rockin' Summer The Center for the Arts has a summer camp with your kiddo’s name on it and registration is open! In addition to on-site camps offered by partners South Georgia Ballet and Thomasville Music Academy, the Center for the Arts will offer a 1950’s inspired “Rock Around the Clock” camp for kids ages 5 - 16 from June 15 19. A cool member registration rate of $145 isn’t bad for five days of camp from 10a - 3p, with lunch provided, if we may say so. “Rock Around the Clock” will engage your little ones in visual and performing arts and the week will end with an exhibition and revue. Hananel, Sean and Louann will surely have all of our daughters turned into a proper pack of Pink Ladies before it’s over. This year TCA is also offering an Acting Intensive, Poetry and Prose camp from July 13 - 17, which will include immersive workshops for advanced students and wrap up with a coffeehouse-style performance. Hananel
Mavity will host this camp, for kids ages 9 - 14, along with a variety of special guests. Camp runs from 10a 2p and for members, is $100. Fifty scholarship students from the Marguerite Neel Williams Boys and Girls Club will also take part in two camps established as part of the Center’s outreach efforts, to expose and encourage awareness for the arts at no cost. They’ll experience a section of “Rock Around the Clock,” and more. Registration is solely through MNWBGC. For registration and more information on these and other camps, including those provided by South Georgia Ballet and Thomasville Music Academy, visit thomasvillearts.org or call 226-0588.
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MAY 15 - June 4
An Expansion for Lotus Yoga
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On June 5 Lotus Yoga and Holistic Wellness will be moving from its current home at Cobalt 211 to 125 East Monroe Street where it will be spreading its wings to include an array of services and class options.
Cameron is originally from the ‘Ville and found the perfect excuse to move back from Atlanta when he took over Relish. Go meet him at 107 South Broad from 9:30a – 6p, or during the upcoming extended hours where you can gather in the back for wine with friends! A question that I am sure everyone wants to ask is will the new Relish be similar to the former Relish? Very similar. Relish still has many of the same lines plus we are adding some (Big Green Egg, Wustof, All Clad) and are excited to grow.
Realizing a long-term dream is a huge accomplishment in anyone’s life. The expansion of Lotus to include services ranging from yoga to spa services to an organic juice bar as well as nutrition counseling is more than an accomplishment for owner Lindsey Pyle. Lindsey lost her beloved stepfather Tommy Williams to cancer in 2009. Recalling their last conversation before his passing she says, “His hope and wish for me was to have my own place when I finished my training.”
What made you decide to take over ownership of Relish? This is an easy one... I wanted to move back to Thomasville {I was in Atlanta in the corporate world working/traveling for healthcare consulting} and own my own business. What is your background? I graduated from VSU with a Marketing degree. From there I moved to Atlanta and worked doing business management/revenue cycle consulting for multi-facility hospitals nationwide. Being from Thomasville, I always knew I wanted to eventually move back. Thomasville has been very good to me, and I am excited to be a part of the community and focus on giving back to the town.
Inspired by his encouragement, she has worked diligently since that conversation to get to this point in her career. She completed her Masters in Holistic Healthcare and is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She opened Lotus Yoga and Holistic Wellness earlier this year and when the opportunity presented itself she was ready to jump head first into exactly what she has been envisioning for years. On the outside she seems pretty lucky. But I have always been told that luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Lindsey is a fantastic example of the truth in that statement.
What new things can we expect? The back of Relish is coming back! Wine and beer will be served with light snacks. If you catch it right, you might even see a Big Green Egg going in the back! Will some of the familiar staples be available? (I'm thinking of you, candy case!) We carry most of the old familiar staples with new ones arriving. We also have a large selection of chocolates in our candy bar. The idea was to take over Relish, focus on kitchen/grilling ware while still keeping the same feel of Relish, which I think is what people really gravitate towards.
Currently, Lindsey and Lotus offer yoga classes for kids and adults, private sessions, massage and reflexology services by Krystal Gainous, and nutrition counseling. The new space allows for an expanded offering of yoga classes including Hot Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, YogaLates, Ashtanga, Acro Yoga, prenatal yoga & Mommy and Me yoga. Lindsey will no longer be the sole instructor as she is welcoming two new teachers and a guest instructor. Check the website in the coming weeks for the official announcement of those teachers.
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Krystal Gainous is making the move with Lotus to its new location. She will be joined by esthetician Cindy Phillips. Cindy will provide spa services such as facials, waxing, and make-up application and lessons. The expansion will also include a large retail space and honest juice bar. The retail space will carry prAna clothing, Neal’s Yard Remedies, Gaiam and Aurorae yoga accessories, Lindsey’s organic bath salts and a line of chakra stone jewelry by You’re Maker. The honest juice bar will include organic ingredients fresh from Lotus’ backyard.
Psst... a little bird told us that a lifelong Townie and TCA staffer submitted a scarf design that was picked up by Orvis{!!} Next issue will feature the work of rising 8 - 12 graders in our Townie Takeover Camp... Watch for us around town in the meantime...
Join Lotus Yoga and Holistic Wellness for a grand opening party on June 5 from 5:30-7:30p. There will be drinks, music and class registration.
Jason Jones and S&L broke ground on a brand new facility that will include a state-of-the-art showroom and plenty of workspace...
Check http://www.lotusyogaandholisticwellness.com for updates and class schedules. For private lessons and nutrition and wellness consults contact Lindsey at 4219583. - Emily M.
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