I’ve had my Internet retail business, All About Network, in my home for 10 years now. This summer, I got a Notice of Violation from the city saying that complaints had been filed regarding my running a business in a residential area.
For a moment, I thought about finding whom in the neighborhood would have complained and, after contemplating sticking needles in a doll with their faces on it, I quickly decided to turn this negative into an opportunity.
So, after a month of searching, I found the ideal space: 537 SE Ash Street in Portland, Oregon. See, for a long, long time I’ve been a dancer, a massage therapist, and a psychotherapist, but those loves all took a back seat to the Internet business, which is where the money was coming in. Now, I am going to have 5000 sq. ft. to manifest my vision. Check out the pictures! So far, it’s still a work in progress.
I’m using Feng Shui guidelines to construct the site. Gwynne Warner, Feng Shui consultant, and Jeffrey Allen, interior designer are my mentors.
I’m going to have the East room as a healing arts center, to do my Sound and Movement as Medicine work. I will also produce workshops with people whose work I love – like Robin Chilstrom doing Tribal Singing and Susan Banyas doing Soul Stories.
In the mornings, I will have a Renewal class, when people get to use the equipment we sell. We’ll use the products I use every day. There will also be a Morning Practice class, which will be for people who have enough of a background in movement to do Authentic Movement, stretching, and their own personal movement practice, alone, or with others. I’ll also be teaching my Soul Motion work and Yamuna Body Rolling practice.
The West room will house the Internet business, and a showroom where people can try out our products. There will also be space for community meetings. I want to do groups that deal with Conversations That Matter, sustainability issues, showing documentaries and discussing them, etc.
That is enough for now. Keep in touch. We are having a Blessing Ceremony on Friday, October 24th. We’ll be moving in on October 26th and our Open House will be in November.
