People from many cultures have held solstice celebrations for thousands of years. Traditionally people celebrated renewal, life, fertility, and the potential for a good harvest on the summer solstice.

We at AURORA want to celebrate along with people around the world the arrival of summer with outdoor event full of sun bathing, flowers, feasting, singing, dancing, who knows, maybe even get a fire going!  We'd love it if you would join us Sunday, June 21st at 1pm for the celebration - then once we're done and our hair is full of flowers, we'll go right into our International Day of Yoga event...!

Help build our community of support by INTRODUCING A FRIEND to the practice of yoga and all the healing benefits it offers not only personally to the body, mind and soul but also to the community as a whole.

The 21st June of every year is declared as the World Yoga Day by the UN General Assembly on 11th December 2014. Yoga is regarded as an ancient practice of mental, spiritual and physical healing which was practiced in India for the last 5000 years. 21st June was chosen as the day for observance, since it is the longest day in the summer solstice and is believed to have significant effect on the bodies of the people living in the Northern Hemisphere.

International Yoga Day aims to make the practice of yoga popular among people in different parts of the world, so that people are able to have a correct opinion about this form of well-being, which is not only easy to practice but is also extremely effective on a long term basis.

Here's what is happening for yoga/meditation classes starting at the Centre:
- classes will be offered both at the Centre if you would like to come in person PLUS they will also be recorded and available through Zoom (you will still have to register for online classes in order to receive the new Zoom meeting password)
- Pre-registrations will only be accepted for classes. Any class with less than 4 people signed up will be cancelled.  You can use can either use your Aurora Pass card or pay for the series of classes, there will be no drop in's (please notify Adrianna if funds are tight at this time to pay for classes and you would like to do an Exchange of Service instead)
- we are going to continue and promote our "Mother Earth Connections" outdoors since these have been very popular, however you will need to sign up for these now as a class with payment.

For those of you who would like to start attending classes at the Centre, here's what we are looking at to ensure your safety while providing services:
- asking that if you aren’t feeling well, that you please stay home from class
- before and after classes the space will be sanitized,by disinfecting high-touch surfaces,
- adding more access to disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizers,
- bring your own mat, props and blankets to class (we will have ours available, just keep in mind that if you use them, you will have to properly clean them, excluding the blankets which we will clean weekly)
- classes will run at 50% occupancy which is maximum 10
- social distancing of 6 feet will be respected at all times, including with the placement of the mats for class

We will just have to remember that “Clean is kind,” and “A warm smile is better than a handshake.”, so we can start reconnecting in a more personal way.