The entire upstairs of the Wallaceburg Wellness Centre in Wallaceburg is revamped and ready to go.
Cathy Cogghe, owner of the business, along with her team has a host of different classes running at the new space at 222 Wellington Street in Wallaceburg.
Yoga
Cathy teaches yoga herself at the centre, but she has a new face teaching yoga there as well.
“We have Jackie Vanderlinden who brought her practice over from Body Mind Spirit Yoga on Margaret Ave,” Cathy said. “She has now moved her business in with us and is offering many of her signature classes and workshops.”
Cathy added there are different types of yoga being offered at the class.
“Gentle yoga, which is great for beginners and great for anyone who is just looking for a gentle, slow stretch,” she said. “We also offer an intermediate yoga, which is a step up from that. If you are looking for some challenging postures and some safe ways to get into some new and more advanced yoga practice for yourself. Jackie also offers a flow yoga class… there are lots of postures that flow together, it’s a good workout, it’s great for strength, flexibility and balance.
Nia dance
“It is a wonderful combination of healing arts, martial arts and dance arts,” Cathy said. “All of those woven together lets you express your creativity without any formal training. It lets you get right into your body, it lets you get very expressive, get a good workout and not really worry about what you hair looks like.
Cathy added: “Nia is a very powerful tool for learning how to work with your body, with your limits, with your strength and flexibility and balance right where it is at. You don’t necessarily need training with the martial arts or the healing arts or the dance arts… it’s all about coming in and playing with the body as it is, experiencing your body, it’s like taking your body out for a spin.”
Kick boxing
“Kickboxing (led by Jackie) is a high intensity workout, lots of punches, lots of kicks, great cardio workout,” Cathy said. “It’s not a contact sport. Kickboxing involved a lot of the training involved to get you up into martial arts. It’s lots of strength training, lots of cardio training. It’s lots of fun and it is not as precise as the martial arts classes need to be, it is meant to be focused on cardio.”
Fitness classes
The new morning fitness classes are led by Dana Haggith at the centre.
Dana said she starts her classes early in morning at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays
“We start out with cardio, we get you warmed up, we get your heart rate up and we try to keep that heart rate up for the first 40 minutes,” Dana said. “We do strength training throughout the middle, but there is cardio mixed throughout just to keep that heart rate up. At the end we do 15-20 minutes of stretching.”
Dana said newcomers are always welcome and will be worked with.
“We can modify every exercise,” she said. “If you come in brand new, we can give you a way to modify an exercise until you catch up with the people that have been there for a while.”
Dana said she does the morning classes “for the moms that have to get back, get showered, get the kids lunches ready and get their kids off for school.
“But it is also for the guys who want to come in and have their workout before they head off to work. Some of them are working outside, it’s hot out right now and they’re not going to want to work out after being in the sun all day. It kick starts your metabolism and gets you ready for your day. You’re at peak performance for the rest of the day,” Dana said.
Classes running through the summer
“Due to the fact that most classes close up for the summer, we will not be,” Cathy said. “We’ll be running through the whole summer. It’s our chance to let the summer classes bloom into what they need to be. Very often it gets very quiet in the exercise industry, we’re going to keep plugging along.”
Cathy added there will be new classes added in September, but they are going to get these first ones under their belt first.
Passes/Memberships
Cathy said they have a deal right now, which is a $20 unlimited pass for the week.
“You can try any class you want for the week… it runs for seven days depending on when you sign up,” Cathy said. “It’s unique to our area to have the ability to buy a class or an unlimited pass. It allows people to cater to their very own schedule and their very own needs when it comes to that.”
Cathy said some people might benefit from an on-going membership and they can come in and buy themselves a membership for a week, a month, a season (3-months) or a full-year.
“That way they can get as many classes unlimited that they like, aside from the ones you have to pre-register,” she said. “They can take advantage of any kind of class that is going on in our regular schedule and go from there. If they found it more to their advantage to buy a class pass, those passes don’t expire until you use them. So you could buy 10 or 25 or even 50.
Cathy added: There is a drop-in fee… it’s $13.50. That is what it is that day and of course the more classes you pick up on, the cheaper they’re going to get. So you can get them for as cheap as $7 a class plus tax.
Contact Cathy at the Wellness Centre, located at 222 Wellington Street in Wallaceburg, with any questions, comments or concerns you may have:
– Phone: 519-627-WELL (9355)
– Email: wallaceburgwellnesscentre@gmail.com
– Website
This article is sponsored content and is a part of our Keep It Local Business Spotlight feature. Contact Dana Haggith for more information – 519-784-4610 or dana@sydenhamcurrent.ca.
