STOP PRESS we have some exciting news about Thursday's Art Therapy with Helen Bradshaw - we have been able to drop the price to $30 for members. We had hoped that we would be back at the shed for this workshop, but as we now know that's not possible. Helen has provided a list of materials that you should be able to find at home or fairly easily, and reduced the price so that more people can try this activity. If you have already booked, we will refund you the difference :-). Book online here

It's been another busy week for us at the virtual shed, including a great talk from Sara from The Skin Solution which covered some of the popular diets and how we can boost our immunity. She has sent us some more information on one of her favourites, the Mediterranean diet, download it here:

There was a bit of confusion this week when the facilitator for Drawing for Beginners (yours truly) was 20 minutes late, people were in the Zoom waiting room and nothing was happening- it all came back together in the end and we started some upside down drawing exercises. If you missed it, the class outline is available in our members only part of the website. 

We are also keeping recordings of our vocal group in the members section, so if you want to practice or catch up, just go to our members area on the menu above.

​This week on Tuesday, the fabric dyeing group are having a catch up to see if there are any projects we can do at home. Join us from 1pm on Tuesday.

We had a few people drop in for a virtual cuppa this week, going forward we will run this at 10.15 on Mondays and Thursdays, either drop in or stay on from Pilates or Thursday yoga :-). 

Our regular Pilates, yoga and meditation offerings are on at their normal times this week. It's also week 3 of the 4 week combined yoga and yoga nidra (meditation) class on Wednesday at 6.30pm. It was so lovely to see one of our early members back in class - she relocated to Sydney and has been missing Simone's classes - so there is an upside to online yoga :-). Of course all of our classes are suitable and welcoming to beginners, you can let teachers know about any medical issues on the booking form and our teachers. Usually there are modifications to each class for those people that need to take it easier or want more of a challenge - plus our teachers can see you and give feedback, just like in our classes at the shed.

Everything can be booked right here on our website :-)

Shed Operations

A while ago, we gave notice of our intention to streamline our Facebook presence, and this process will start to happen over the next few weeks. Some groups will be closed completely. All groups will be limited to members only. 

Member renewals will start going out this week, the management committee have agreed that despite this being a difficult time financially for some of our members, we do have a responsibility to roll out renewals. If you cannot afford to maintain your membership at this time, and you aren't  interested in joining us online, we will send a follow up reminder in 3 months. You will be able to rejoin when it suits you.

Plants Fundraiser
We still hope to run our open day on the 8th August and are asking people to start propagating plants for a plant stall. We have had quite a bit of plant show and tell in our virtual cuppa sessions. One of our members sent in this photo of the plants she is propagating for us. It seems that everyone has something at home they can raise, either in soil or in water - the only problem is whether you can let your green babies go  after raising them !  Here are some possibilities :​

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Talking of sweet - how is your diet going these days? 

 I've actually found somewhere to hide the chocolate from the kids - in the vegetable drawer! Although, that does mean more chocolate for me, and we aren't really getting out and about as much.  This is hopefully offset by the 400 kg of cucumbers that seem to have sprouted from my hubby's new gardening obsession.... That being said, it's great timing that Sara from The Skin Solution is going to go ahead with her talk on the different types of diets.  Whether you are thinking about Keto, Paleo, Plant based, Vegan or Fasting, Sara will be going through these eating plans from a nutritionists perspective, and talking about boosting your immunity with the right foods as well. There will be time for discussion and questions at the end.  Join Sara this Thursday from 1pm, at our virtual shed (i.e. Zoom).

Another new activity this week is the 'Drop in Cuppa' on Monday morning at 10.30. This is a chance for you to grab a coffee and just drop in for a chat - especially good if you feel like you haven't had a chance to catch up with anyone :-) . 

There isn't much time to tell you more except the following is happening this week - click on any item to book :-). Or create an account to make booking easier and to keep your payment details stored, from our bookings page. Prices are for members, non-members pay a $5 surcharge or can join when they book.

Monday 7am - Pilates with Narelle (nb earlier start time this week) -$10 
Monday 10am - Drop in cuppa (make your own coffee and join us to say hello) - Free for members
Monday 6.30pm - Meditation with Simone $10
Tuesday 10am - Drawing for beginners -  Free for members
Wednesday 6.30pm - Yoga & meditation with Simone $10
Thursday 9am - Gentle Yoga with Simone $10
Thursday 10.30am - President drop in /Zoom training
Thursday 6.30pm  - Vocal Group with Ali & Erica, Free for members

Plenty happening for all - hope to see you soon!

Welcome to new readers who have subscribed via email . We have finally had some time this week to automate your email news to receive the news articles from our website.  We have been posting news articles here since  September 2019 - you are able to check our archives directly at the website here, we also have members area here this is our website update, which has been our main  - feel free to look though other articles.

This week along with our regular weekly activities we had the first week of our intro to journalling and another online meetup for the choir.  Hannah took us through some basic expressive writing exercises, and all of us were loo

We have been learning the basics of singing rounds and harmonies - it's actually a lot of fun singing into your computer - you can belt it out and noone can hear you - when we eventually get together it will sound amazing. Members are able to access the session in the members area of our website - so you can practice or catch up. We also had anothe intro to the drawing for beginners group - we've had to do some basic exercises and then we seal them up until we finish the corse - the idea beaing that we will be impressed with our progression.
Coming up this week
Pilates with Narelle - Monday 9am 
Meditiaion with Simone - Monday at 6.30pm
Journalling - Tuesday at 10.30am
Yoga
Zoom training

Everything can be booked online via our website and you get the zoom login details when you book.


check our weekly roster for more
Postponed - compassionate communication, ceramic workshops - you should have received an email asking if you would liek to hold your spot or if you would prefer a refund - please let us know.
Online membership
Membership available on website or as add on to classes -membership numbers will be issued