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Bent On Health Oyster Bay Yoga studio offers yoga and pilates classes, as well as wellness and health coaching.
Yoga studio celebrates Oyster Bay grand opening BY CHARLOTTE MURPHY oysterbay@antonmediagroup.com
After losing her job as a health coach in December, Amy Basnight took her misfortune as a hint that it was time to turn her lifelong dream into a reality—to open a yoga studio. Basnight first discovered yoga in college after her mother encouraged her to try it. She fell in love with both the challenge yoga presented to the body and mind, as well as the way it made her feel. Since completing a yoga teacher-training course in
Manhattan, Basnight has been working towards her ultimate goal. Her dream came true last month when she opened Oyster Bay Yoga, a yoga studio and wellness center at 9 Audrey Ave. A grand opening party was held on July 16, where free yoga classes were offered and prizes were awarded. Set between the Madd Potter and the Coin Galleries, Oyster Bay Yoga is the perfect addition to the eclectic town. With everything ranging from restaurants, to toy, gardening and thrift stores, the studio brings a great
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energy to the town and fills the space of a former consignment shop. “The response to the opening of our studio has been overwhelmingly positive since we’ve opened our doors,” said Basnight. “Our membership is far beyond what I ever expected it would be in the first few weeks and it’s confirming for me that is was the right time and the right place to bring Oyster Bay Yoga to life.” It was a no-brainer for Basnight to open her studio in Oyster Bay, since
When steel support beams rose two years ago for construction of the JAFCO’s Children’s Abilities Center in south Florida, both the building and the children served by it were “soaring to new heights,” according to Sarah Franco, the organization’s executive director. Founded to serve children in need, the organization is growing, and helping more precious youngsters each day. Next month, JAFCO (Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options) will hold its seventh annual Long Island fundraising event, titled Fun in the Sun, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1 at Pine Hollow Country Club in East Norwich. A nonprofit organization, JAFCO serves abused and neglected children as well as those with developmental disabilities. Established 23 years ago with a mission to fill an unmet need in the Jewish community, the founders of JAFCO noticed that Jewish children were being placed in non-Jewish foster homes, therefore loosing their religion. JAFCO leaders believe that “it is our pleasure and our privilege to help any child and
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