August - Building Strength with Wendy Goudie
Building Strength
Wendy Goudie was one of the first people I met with I moved to British Columbia in 2008, and what a great friend to meet! We each had a booth at a health conference in Penticton, BC and while I don’t remember how we struck up a conversation, it was a great one and we became fast friends.
At the time she owned a yoga and dance studio and I was just getting started with my nutrition consulting business. I was in awe of everything she had built and her passion and enthusiasm for her work. For 2 years I did some light bookkeeping and marketing for her studio and I got to watch first-hand her teaching talent. No matter the group, from 90-somethings in her chair yoga classes to the young kids in her dance classes, she was able to breakdown any exercise or dance technique into something everyone understood.
…she even convinced me to take a dance class or two :)
During the early days of the pandemic I was really struggling with how to exercise at home. I kept injuring myself when I did YouTube videos and I didn’t know where to turn.
Then I had a catch-up chat with Wendy and learned that she had closed her studio and moved online. I joined her program immediately and started watching her videos the next day. I was HOOKED!
Wendy’s a spectacular teacher. She explains each exercise so it’s easy to understand and always gives guidance on different alternatives for different bodies. I finally understood why I kept getting injured when I watched YouTube videos. My body isn’t 20 anymore and it needs some adjustments…my ego didn’t like that but my body was so much happier!
Wendy has put together a great group of videos for us to build strength. They target different areas of the body and there two different methods:
Part 1: Why should you get stronger?
I (Lisa) wrote this part to give you a bit of insight into why I feel it’s important to focus on getting stronger. It’s a powerful way of looking at changing your body shape ❤️.
Part 2: In A Chair
These classes are specifically crafted for bodies that are more comfortable seated in a chair, rather than lying down or standing up. These videos are particularly good for hip or knee issues.
Part 3: On A Mat
These classes are for bodies that are comfortable moving up and down from the floor easily
No matter which style you choose, your body will get stronger!
Let’s meet Wendy:
Wendy Goudie has been teaching yoga, dance, and fitness for over 25 years. Alongside her husband John, she has owned and operated Sparkle Life (formerly Get Bent Yoga & Sparkle Dance Academy) for 20 years.
She has presented workshops, provided teacher training, keynote addresses and event entertainment throughout Canada, coast to coast.
Internationally, she was recently joined by a Sparkle Dance performer and instructor on a Tour through India. The duo presented 17 shows, in 8 cities, over 30 days throughout Northern India.
With Sparkle Life headquarters based in Nova Scotia, Sparkle Life offers unique, accessible and entertaining Yoga, Dance, and Fitness programs internationally, through a monthly online subscription.
If you’d like to know more about her monthly online subscription program, here are the details :)
Wendy offers two online programs:
Online subscription $25/month - access to all videos, on demand. Watch whenever you like, as often as you like.
Monthly check ins $65/month - access to the monthly subscription and also provides 1 private session a month, over video. These private sessions allow us to chat about your body, & your goals. You will receive specific exercises for your needs. This can be referencing a classes already on the site, or having a specific video created for your body. We also have a chance during this monthly session to take a look at your yoga/dance/fitness. I'll take you through movements and make adjustments and corrections so you can have confidence you are using your body correctly.
More on her website www.sparklelife.tv
Got any questions or comments? Comment below, jump to our private Facebook Group, or the Ask Lisa page :). I’ll be sure to send Wendy all of your questions :)
Let’s get started! Head over to Part 1.