Vaffeltorsdag
Jeg er ikke sikker på om det er vaflene eller yogaen... Jeg har hatt en håndfull trofaste kunder som har vært her helt siden starten i 2018. Et par av mennene var mildt sagt skeptiske i begynnelsen til ideen om yoga. Lange karrierer i byggebransjen, og jeg forventet at de skulle begynne med yoga? Etter bare noen få timer var de overbevist om at yoga absolutt var noe de trengte. Men jeg måtte finne en motivator for å få de med. Vaffeltorsdag ble født. Ta en yogatime og nyt en vaffel. Snart bestemte de seg for at de måtte ta en dobbeltime når de først hadde kjørt hele veien fra Vågsbygd. Og det tok ikke lang tid før de også valgte å komme både på tirsdag og torsdag. Hvem skulle tro at vaflene mine var så gode?! Jeg satte foten ned og sa at vafler KUN ville bli servert på torsdager. Dette ble en test for å se hvor dedikerte de var til sin nye, sunnere livsstil med yogatrening. Og sannelig – de fortsatte å komme, til tross for at alternativet var en sunn yoghurt og blåbær med kaffen i stedet for vafler to dager i uken.
"Yoga er det beste jeg kunne ha gjort," sier de, overrasket over seg selv. Så gøy!
(Colleen driver Solskinn og Latter, et senter for trening og sosiale aktiviteter i Kristiansand, Norge. Hennes mål er å sørge for at Baby Boomers kan nyte fantastiske liv med en dose latter og solskinn hver dag.)
Time for the good life – Waffle Thursday
I am not sure if it is the waffles or the yoga… I have had a handful of faithful customers who have been here since the very beginning in 2018. These men were skeptical to say the least in the beginning about the idea of yoga. Long careers in construction and I expected them to take yoga? Just a few classes and they were sold on the idea that yoga was absolutely something they needed. Smart business woman that I am I decided I needed a hook to get them to join. Waffle Thursday was born. Take a yoga class and enjoy a waffle. Soon they decided that they need to take a double yoga class when they first had driven all the way from Vågsbygd. And, it was not long until they opted to join both Tuesday and Thursday. Who would have thought my waffles were so good?!? I put my foot down and said that waffles would ONLY be served on Thursdays. It was the test to see how dedicated they were to their new healthier lifestyle of yoga training. Lo and behold – they continued to come despite the fact that the option was a healthy yogurt and blueberries with their coffee instead of 2 days of waffles. “yoga is the best thing I could have done” they say, surprised by themselves. So fun!
(Colleen manages Solskinn og Latter, a center for training and social activities in Kristiansand, Norway. Her objective is to ensure that Baby Boomers can enjoy fantastic lives with a dose of laughter and sunshine daily.)
