08/22/2020
It is with deep sadness and very heavy, heartfelt emotion that I am announcing the necessary closure of our beautiful, amazing studio, The Beat Fitness- effective this Monday August 24.
Like many of you… I feel like I have been all over the place the last few months... hoping and praying that our little studio would survive these unprecedented times. Unfortunately, this has not been the case. Despite the love, support and undying commitment that all of you have given and shared with us (many since day 1.... January 2017), we are unable to maintain operations.
COVID has brought sadness, hardship and extreme difficulties for so many… but, it has also been a time for reflection, deep contemplation, clarification, quality time, love and gratitude. For me, the family time has been invaluable, eye opening and very necessary.... and I hope and pray that each of you were able to see this challenging time as a way to reflect and find gratitude as well.
Please know this decision does not predict the future of The Beat, as none of us know what the future holds and what opportunities may arise. As things unfold, if I believe there are things that may be of interest to you, I will email you.
8 years ago, I found my “time to dance” in a Dance Trance room with a dozen amazing, supportive, fun, loving women (and one man :-) ). I found my deepest, true self in that room. The part of me that needed to feel free, that needed laughter, that needed release, that needed endorphins, that needed oxytocin… that NEEDED to dance! It effected me so profoundly that I felt I couldn’t be without IT; and I wanted others to have IT too!
Each of you... our members... our FAMILY, have shown me that you too found the IT... and together we had a unique, loving energy which we all embraced. This makes my heart so happy when I think of your smiles and the growth I witnessed in so many of you. As painful as this decision has been, those memories have helped to lift some of the heaviness. Your support, love, dedication and YOUR energy helped create the The Beat... NONE OF IT would have been possible without you! You each brought something amazing and magical to our studio, and to my life.... 3 1/2 amazing years; with unforgettable memories and a huge, heartfelt, happy, healthy impact on so many people’s lives.
There will never be a time for me when I don’t dance… the only difference will be where IT happens. I love you all so much and I will be eternally grateful for each of you and your contributions that have made The Beat so very special.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
3 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
