JAMAICA RETREAT

December 5th to December 11th 2009, 6 night retreat

In June we added a new destination for our Fitness Holidays:  Jamaica!  After having filmed in this stunning country and staying in a top-notch resort, we really wanted to share the destination with others.  Not to mention the fact that the Iberostar is located on one of the most beautiful beaches in the country!  The water is calm and warm which is important since the ocean and beach therapy are an important part of our fitness holiday.  Now that Air Jamaica is also one of our partners, we hope that many more people will be able to join our upcoming retreats!

In our June Retreat in Jamaica, we did 2 classes a day, early morning outdoors and late afternoon in the fitness studio.  In our free time we played tennis, relaxed on the beach, went to the spa, and some members planned day trips off the resort.  As a group we hired a tour guide and visited a local plantation, great house, cane fields and a local market!

Click here for more information on our December Retreat in Jamaica

My friend Sharon Italy retreat

For the last two years we have been trying very hard to organize a Classical Stretch fitness holiday in Italy in partnership with one of our good friends Sharon Cadiz, PhD.   We met Sharon and her husband Ed on one of the very first retreats that we held in Mexico!  Sharon has since joined us twice a year at our various events and I was a presenter at her own workshop in NY this last spring!  We had a great time working together and wanted to find a way to do it again. While giving a talk in Italy she discovered an Agriturismo hotel only 20 minutes from Rome called Villa Lina (http://www.villalina.com/); a place she felt would be perfect for a future retreat where we could offer a combination of Classical Stretch along with Sharon’s teachings on healing and wellness! 

She was right; the spot is ideal!  The problem is finding a time where we are both free.  We are still working on the perfect date.  However Sharon will be offering her retreat in September 2010 with or without me. If I am able to attend, I will give a 3 hour workshop.  My main plan would be to learn about Italian cooking and explore Italy! I won’t know for sure what I am doing until after the Olympics.

For anyone interested please contact us

Amazing Testimonials

I recently sent out an email requesting your testimonials and feedback and I have been overwhelmed with the response.  First I’d like to say Thank You!! 

All your stories inspire me and encourage me to carry on.

There were more testimonials than I expected and can only use one per show. However all the testimonials will be put on the web site next April 2010 with the author’s permission and no-last names or emails addresses.

MIranda

As a former group fitness instructor, I have been exposed to many exercise formats and programs. One morning a year ago I was channel surfing for travel info to work during a Colorado snowstorm.

I happened upon Classical Stretch and started doing the stretches. I immediately thought, "this is something unique, gentle and very effective." You have done so much good with your Esmonde Technique. Sometimes when I do a stretch I can't help but think I would not have the courage to bend like that, yet I trust you to not have us do anything that would hurt. Instead, I always feel so much better afterwards. I am reaching for the long slender body that we all seek.

God bless you, Miranda, for your program and I must say I love the heavenly places you broadcast from!

Toni , Colorado

Dear Miranda and CS team.

I began watching/doing "Classical Stretch" when Miranda was in view in Canada and upper state New York.  That may have been six years ago?
The half-hour routines, five days a week, have made a true difference in my physical activity and well-being.

Exercise has always been fun for me, but as I have grown older, I have had to adapt to my changing ability.  Classical Stretch has helped me continue to maintain strength and agility.  It has reshaped my body to be slimmer and sleeker.  I am pleased that now, at age 78, I can follow the exercise routines easily.  (Sometimes I need to ease up on one part of the body.)  The lumpiness of the hip line has disappeared.

Now, I am more flexible than I was when I was younger.  I see friends and acquaintances my age groan as they climb stairs or get up from a chair.  They try never to have to get up from sitting on the floor!  Those are no problem for me.

I love what this program has done for me.  My oldest daughter also follows Miranda each weekday.  I am working on the others two to do the same.

Thank you, Miranda, for dedicating your life to helping others improve theirs.

Margaret , Alamo, CA