Re: Fw: Big BTC Updates: Slowing Down for Healthy Dormancy

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:16:26 +0000 (UTC)
 >
 >  interesting way of putting it?

I don't understand.  Are they ultimately closing down?

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 >   Big BTC Updates: Slowing Down for Healthy Dormancy
 >  "The time are urgent, let us slow down." -Bayo Akomolafe  
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 > It feels strange in this blaze to look ahead towards Autumn, yet we are 
 > looking at the remainder of 2020 as time where we need to be more grounded than 
 > ever. We are reminded now that help and care is here for us when we're open, 
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 > Autumn brings us space to go dormant, nourish within, reflect and review.
 > As nearly two full seasons of Zoom life in global pandemic have pressed on, we 
 > look to Autumn's approach around the corner.  We're planning to embrace a 
 > period of dormancy for our organization. We will use this time of collective 
 > shift to pause and nourish the health of the soil from which we build. 
 >  
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 > With so much in review and pause,
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 > We see that it will take an immense amount of energy to recreate ourselves for 
 > an "online yoga studio" format to work and sustain healthily. With the spirit 
 > of the coming season's (and Covid's) call for pause, we will be ending our 
 > regular online weekly class offerings two days before the Autumn Equinox:
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 > Last Day of regular weekly classes will be Sunday, 9. 20. 2020
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