COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 5, 2016
H EALTH H APPENINGS
Class at LCC aims to
aid small business
Yearlong program begins Oct. 10
Cottage Grove's health and wellness options should increase with the anticipated
openings of two new ventures. Here's a little more about these businesses:
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Pole dancing class among CG Body's offerings
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
L
ike many who now call Cottage
Grove home, Bret and Layla Munk
found this town quite by accident in their
search for a new start, though they say a
prominent Grover helped convince them
they’d found the right place.
Seeking to relocate from Texas, the
couple came to Oregon to be closer to
Layla’s family in Pendleton, fi rst trying
Eugene in search of a laid-back environ-
ment. Finding Eugene to still be too hec-
tic, the Munks spent an evening in Cot-
tage Grove.
“The next morning, I realized that
this is what I thought Eugene was,” Bret
Munk said, and when they encountered
City Councilor Jake Boone, a high-school
acquaintance of Layla’s who “sung the
praises of Cottage Grove,” they knew
they’d found their community.
Now, the Munks have poured their
energy and passions into their newest
endeavor, Cottage Grove Body Studio,
which aims to gather their expertise in
the areas of yoga, pole dancing, tanning,
weight training and mixed martial arts/
self defense.
Wait, did they say pole dancing?
“It’s a real sport; they’re trying to get it
included in the Olympics,” Layla Munk
said, adding that it also offers a great
workout and a way to boost self confi -
dence. At CG Body Studio, located at 28
South Sixth St. in the former South Lane
Ballet studio, the three poles are made
with competition in mind.
Which is not to say that all their offer-
ings will be aimed at adults; the Munks
hope to offer programs for kids, including
Mommy and Me and kids yoga. They plan
to work with the community to schedule
classes to fi t the needs of a variety of cli-
ents, and they’ll also offer apparel, gear
and pharmacy-grade supplements.
Bret Munk said that CG Body aims to
be complementary, not competitive, with
the other fi tness-related businesses in
town.
“We hope to be welcoming and align
ourselves with people,” he said. “It’s not
about a competition; it’s about how you’re
going to look and feel when you’re 80.”
The Munks aim to open CG Body Stu-
dio by Nov. 1. They can be reached at
541-371-5511.
photo by Jon Stinnett
Layla and Bret Munk plan to open
CG Body Studio on Nov. 1.
Crescent Moon Yoga offers a place to practice, grow
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
R
osemary Foraker has a message for
Cottage Grove — yoga is not just
for girls.
While envisioning a change in her vo-
cation, Foraker, who worked for 10 years
at Aprovecho’s sustainable living facil-
ity, sought to further her own passion for
yoga while creating a centralized space
for yoga practice here that is at once wel-
coming and adaptable.
“There wasn’t a place in Cottage Grove
where yoga was the sole focus,” she said.
“So I thought, ‘why not pursue something
I want to do more of and provide some-
thing that the community lacks?’”
Foraker said that she hopes Crescent
Moon Yoga, which is slated to open Oct.
10 at 819 Main St. next to Buster’s, can be
a source of learning about yoga for any-
one, including males, who she said are
often put off by the practice. The center’s
name originates from a yoga pose and also
references the signifi cance of the moon to
the natural world.
“It’s not meant to be intimidating, and
there are probably a lot of people here
who have never done yoga and want to
try it,” she said. “We want them to feel
comfortable trying it out at any level. You
will shape your own practice.”
Crescent Moon Yoga will offer classes
in various yoga disciplines, including
Ashtanga, Hatha, Iyengar, Vinyasa and
Hatha. Local instructors Gloria Campu-
zano, Heather Campbell and Tao Orion
have already signed on to teach there, and
the roster will be fi lled out with instruc-
tors from Eugene.
Foraker said she welcomes feedback
3A
he goal of the Lane Com-
munity College-Cottage
Grove Center Advisory Com-
mittee is to increase the number
of credit and non-credit classes
offered locally to meet the learn-
ing needs of the community, and
the Committee has worked to
make an opportunity available
at LCC-CG during the 2016-17
academic year that teaches the
basic concepts and critical skills
needed to start or grow a small
business.
Lane will offer a small busi-
ness management program at
the Cottage Grove campus be-
ginning next week. The Cottage
Grove Center offers a total of
15 classes focused on the mar-
keting, fi nancial and operation
principles needed to create a
new business or to take an exist-
ing business to its next level.
Gary Smith, director of the
LCC Small Business Manage-
ment Program, teaches the
year-long course and will spend
Mondays in Cottage Grove for
the next nine months (Oct. 10 –
June 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
helping existing business owners
and entrepreneurs increase their
profi tability and their potential
to create more local jobs.
Smith was a high school drop-
out who turned his high school
passion into his fi rst profi table
business, which he later sold to
a buyer for a pretty penny. In the
$2
past 30-plus years he has cre-
ated and sold businesses in dif-
ferent industries and worked for
Fortune 500 companies. In ad-
dition to his job at LCC’s Small
Business Development Center
(SBDC), Smith continues to run
his own successful business in
the travel industry. He rewrote
the SBDC business manage-
ment program curriculum for
LCC to simplify it based on his
real-world experiences, and the
U.S. Small Business Adminis-
tration recognized him with an
award for exceptional teaching
in 2012.
The cost for the entire fi rst
year (of three) in LCC’s Small
Business Management Program
is $579 per business. A limited
number of $250 Rural Outreach
Scholarships are available from
the Oregon SBDC Network, re-
ducing the tuition to $329. This
equated to a cost of less than
$25 per class.
Committee member Cindy
Weeldreyer points out that few
have signed up for the class
so far, which she hopes can
change.
(Cottage Grove needs 10 stu-
dents for the class to happen
here.)
Those seeking to register can
call 541-463-6200. For more in-
formation email the instructor at
smithge@lanecc.edu.
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$2
Farmers Market
Thursday, 4-7pm
photo by Jon Stinnett
Rosemary Foraker will offer
diverse styles of yoga beginning
Oct. 10.
from the community about what it would
like from her business, which begins
classes next week and is planning a cel-
ebration on Oct. 15. Crescent Moon Yoga
can be found online at crescentmoonyo-
gacg.com or by calling 541-649-1800.
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