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It’s that time of the year when we all come together to share in our organization and the friendships it has brought to our lives.  See you at St Davids!

We had a great retreat this year and the weather was much better than our 2023 retreat since we were in Sept. instead of Oct.  We enjoyed each others company and experienced excellent insights into Myofascial /Yin with our guest member speaker Kyla Remus.  Char did a Pilates/Yin yoga fusion class on Sunday.  We greatly missed Jan Chekirda, who has only missed 2 Retreats in 42 years. Ruth Bennet, another long time member always in attendance was also unable to attend. Kristi Warrington and her husband,  who have been coming for the last several years also had a conflict and were unable to attend.

That being said we enjoyed good food, friends and much yoga discussion.

We had a great gathering of yogi’s for our June picnic.  Here are some pictures of the event.

Both Usha and Valarie had surgery this month. I’m sure they would appreciate a card or handwritten note to cheer them on to a great recovery.  You will find their  information in the Membership Directory.

We had a great time at this years Spring Yoga Day Event.  Thanks to teachers and  members formaking it happen!!

Long time member Deirdra’s mother passed away Dec 5th. I’m sure she would like to receive a hand written note or card form our members. Please take a moment and check out the link below. Since this is a public link, I will leave it up to you to find here address in the membership directory.

As promised here is the current listing of who’s bringing what to our gathering.

Patti N. Deviled Eggs

Sophia B Hummus & Pita Bread

Sharon H Gluten Free Meringue Cookies

Usha S Lentin Soup

Char V Cheese and crackers

Jennifer R. Tabouli

Doris S Upside-down pumpkin pie

Valerie Mixed Bean Salad

Ruth B Gala Apples to slice and chunky peanut butter

Audrey P Vegetarian stuffed grape leaves

Weather was brutal with Gail force winds and rain but that didn’t stop us from having a great time with our fellow yogi’s.

Many thanks to everyone who participated in our 2023 retreat.  Thank you, too, to the 2023 YAGD Retreat Committee:  Sharon Holcomb, Valerie Byrd, Jennie Kurth, Patti Nevin, Laura Lermon, and Jan Chekirda, for a wonderful retreat weekend. We were so sad that Sharon, our inimitable Retreat Chairperson, wasn’t able to attend, due to Covid.  But thanks to her amazing organizational skills, we were able to smoothly continue.  

I’d also like to thank everyone who led a class:  Patti Nevin, Jennie Kurth, Valerie Byrd, Charles Baber, Dan Roney, Ken Aubuchon, and to Laura Lerman, who provided massage services.  Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate – Friday and Saturday had lots of rain, strong winds, cold temperatures, and high waves – whitecaps as far as you could see out in the lake.  Sunday was better.  A few hardy members even walked the beach despite all that!  

Our retreat meals were very good, as always.  Saturday began with omelets made to order among other breakfast goodies.  Saturday’s soup and salad lunch ended with an ice cream bar.  Saturday dinner was a first – a pasta bar, again made to order for each member. Sunday breakfast  included eggs cooked per member request.  Speaking of meals, thank you to Patti Nevin for organizing our Cadillac House dinner on Friday and the Freighters meal on Sunday.

For YAGD members who have not yet attended the retreat, or for those who haven’t been there in years, please save September 27 – 29, 2024, which is when our next retreat is scheduled.  It’s always a wonderful weekend.  And there’s nothing better than sleeping next to a Great Lake – unless it’s doing yoga next to a Great Lake!

For your YAGD retreat committee (Jan Chekirda, Patti Nevin, Jennie Kurth, Valerie Byrd, Laura Lerman, and Sharon Holcomb), Jan

We had such fun at our monthly meeting yesterday making Mala beads with member Shawn Archer. We are planing to do it again in the near future!!