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Sky Studios Fitness Athletes Compete at Canadian

Pole and Aerial Championship

By Victoria Klassen Sky Studios Fitness, Tracy Jans, competed also offer private classes, workshops, and
in Aerial Hoop 2 and won second place, open gym time.
and also competed in the Semi-Pro Pole
ive athletes from Sky Studios Fitness Jans has been doing aerials for eight
Fcompeted in the Canadian Pole and and took home fourth place. years and has been teaching for five
Aerial Championship, held virtually this “I am super proud of all the competitors years. She grew up doing gymnastics
year on June 18. This national competition who went into this competition. They and dance and loved everything about
is usually held in Toronto but has been worked so hard and this is their first time aerials as soon as she tried it. She holds
virtual the past two years due to the competing, and I could not be happier her Canadian Pole Fitness Association
pandemic. with their result. For most, they just Certification to teach Aerial Hoop and
started their aerial journey, and I am Pole, as well as Personal Training. She
Amber Pichie competed in Amateur
honoured to be part of it,” said Jans. recently completed her Yoga Teacher
Pole and won second place, Amy Malyon Training, and the studio will soon be
competed in Aerial Hoop 1 and won Sky Studios Fitness opened last year in offering yoga as well.
second place, and Rachel and Melissa June 2021. They offer aerial hoop for both To learn more about Sky Studios
Matheson competed in Aerial Hoop juniors and adults, pole fitness, indoor Left to right: Amy Malyon, Rachel
Matheson, Melissa Matheson, Fitness, please visit their website: www.
Doubles and won first place. Owner of cycling, and group fitness classes. They
Tracy Jans. Photo Submitted skystudiosfitness.com.

“Livin’ The Dream” Senior Tips...

week or two spent on a sailboat. and ask ourselves not whether condo, it came to us. Now, perhaps
A selection of clothing and a few it ‘sparks joy’ like Marie Kondo it’s time to pass it all along to the
multipurpose utensils served suggests, but rather, how much we kids. They are setting up their new
every need remarkably well. We paid for it. It can feel like throwing home, after all, and they could use
remember telling ourselves that we money away to simply put it in the it when they entertain. Admittedly
would discard all those extra outfits church yard sale and walk away. We we never actually used it, it has
and single purpose utensils when feel silly to ever have purchased it in value as a “family heirloom”.
we got home, by golly! “This is the first place. We threw that money But when we ask the kids,
all we really need!” But when we away once, and now we’re throwing
we discover that they already
got home and unpacked from our it away again. purchased dishes and glassware
journey, when vacation was over,
The trick, they say, is to forgive that they love. And it’s microwave
we happily sank back into our old yourself for all past purchases, goofy and dishwasher safe! And their idea
By Janeen Wagemans habits. Why eliminate anything, as they might have been, and turn of ‘entertaining’ is far more casual
really? All these things may not be
them loose. than their forebears.
Downsizing ‘need to have’ but they are ‘nice to Another hurdle on the road to So, we slowly come to terms
have’ and there is room for it all.
Not to mention that it would be a less, are those items that we have with the fact that these thoughtful
ownsizing, like so many things shame. We spent so much money kept because they were a thoughtful gifts were just our elders facing the
gift from a loved one. How kind of same downsizing struggle as we
Din real life, is not as easy and on this and that, and all those other
them to have given this gift. How are now, and they appeased their
fun as it looks on TV. On HGTV, things. To simply discard them now
thoughtful. Perhaps, instead of simply conscience by foisting this stuff off
people transition seamlessly from a for no reason would be wasteful.
discarding it, we could pass it along on us. Maybe it’s time to break the
spacious, cluttered mess, to a neat No harm in hanging onto whatever
to a family member! This set of fine cycle and put it on the road with a
and tidy smaller space without so it is.
much as batting an eyelash! How china was a wedding gift to Grandma sign saying “FREE”.
This last argument is, I’m told, and Grandpa. And all the lovely
inspirational! Once we let ourselves off these
the most painful obstacle to face
crystal! It was then passed down to self-imposed hooks, we can finally
We do realize that life can be when downsizing becomes a
Mom and Dad when Grandma and
simpler and easier with less. We necessity and we’re up against it. reach that elusive goal of a carefully
Grandpa transitioned to “the home”. edited neat and tidy smaller space.
remember that RV holiday or the We hold each object in our hands
When Mom and Dad moved to the