Jessica Van Raay - Strong As Water

It’s no longer -30! Since it’s now a balmy -8 (…feels like -12 but ☀️), let’s start planning SUMMER TIME GOOD TIMES!

Registration OPEN

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[+ I’m excited to share we’re launching 2 x additional week-long camps this summer born out of our ongoing kids/youth programming.]

1. SPRYkids - CLASSIC

🗓️ Jul 6-10/26
⏰ 8:30am - 4pm
🧑‍🧑‍🧒 5-12y
📍 Dashwood Community Center
💰 $297/kid + $267/sibling

2. SPRYkids - CREATIVE

🗓️ Jul 13-17/26
⏰ 9am - 1pm
🧑‍🧑‍🧒 6-12y
📍 Private Training Center, Dashwood
💰 $197/kid + $177/sibling

3. SPRYkids - SPORT

🗓️ Jul 27-31/26
⏰ 8:30am - 3pm
🧑‍🧑‍🧒 6-12y
📍 South Huron Rec Center, Exeter
💰 $397/kid + $357/sibling

Arguably, many of us have spent so much time at the brink of our max capacity that it has become our norm. The sensations become familiar to the point where *not* being at the edge of burnout feels disconcerting.

Give yourself permission to step back from the shoulds and coulds - both internal + external.

Permission to:
… remove things from your list
… soften your expectations
… re-prioritize
… check-in with yourself
… re-evaluate ‘good enough’

Let’s get into the mud:
Q. What doesn’t fit in your capacity chamber right now?
Q. What’s taking up too much space?
Q. How can we *build* capacity in your life? (Hint: it’s not about working longer hours…)

Ahhhh…

Permission to pause.
Permission to reset.
Permission to rest.
Permission to listen.
Permission to step off to the side.

For a moment. Or a minute.

It need not be perfect or meditative or whilst in shavasana or after we complete x, y, and laundry. We can do this - take the pause between two deep breaths [literally and figuratively] - as we’re running out the door, wrestling with a decision, mitigating conflict at home or at work, or while washing your hands.

Permission, oomph, is a complicated notion because … from who exactly? The presence of legitimately subversive and influential sociocultural forces aside - it’s our own. WE grant ourselves this permission (even if it sure doesn’t feel like that sometimes).



Note: the author of this quote is clearly not asking for my feedback but I’d like to suggest exchanging the word “important” for “impactful”.