Meditation & Tea ; www.swanandwater.ca

Swan & Water; The Urban Meditation Studio and Tea Cart- in the heart of

Osborne Village.

The Swan represents transition, and was chosen for the transition you are looking for and can provide yourself through a meditation practice at Swan & Water. In the Celtic mind, swans are observed for their transitory nature. The sign of the swan urges us to consider changes of mood and heart. If you have any curiosities about a meditation practice, we have designed an environment for the expoloration of dreamier depths and feelings.

Water provides life to all elements of life. Our bodies are composed of 97% water. Symbolically, water expresses Fluidity, Intuition, Dreaming, Emotions, Creativity. Have you ever taken note of your emotions and well-being while near a body of water? Our Tea Cart is operated in the lounge area of our studio, on the third floor of our Osborne Village location. We have a curated selection of organic teas, available for purchase after you take practice, or anytime you are in the area and want to come in to say hi! If you bring your own mug and tea bag, we’ll fill you up and get ya steepin’!

Get up, dress up, show up. Clock in, put in work. Answer emails, pick up the phone. Browse Facebook. Watch a viral video. Nod off. Run for coffee. Wish you got more sleep. Run for coffee. Wish you didn’t have to pay so much for coffee. Catch up with coworkers. Answer your text messages. Send emails and text messages. Ignore the inbox. File the outbox. Report to your team. Count down to payday. Buy new clothes. Supress anxiety. Can’t find parking. Burn gas driving around. Find parking. Get parking ticket. Count down to coffee break. Count down to Lunch break. Count down to clocking out. Shop for groceries. Pay more for a takeout meal. Daydream. Nervous for the future. Overwhelmed. Working hard. Chasing your passions. Dream of creative license. Questions yourself. Question your actions, your passions. Burn the candle at both ends. Talk in someone elses language. Follow all the rules. Wish it had gone differently. Try to forget yesterday. Tomorrow will be better. Is the boss happy. Did we meet our quota. We are understaffed. We are overstaffed. We dissapointed a client. That didn’t go smoothly. That should be easier. Lost in administration. Feeling uninspired. Feeling tired. Feeling stressed. Taking its toll. Trying everything. Wishing for health. Wishing for happiness. Get up, dress up, show up. Clock in, put in work. Answer emails, pick up the phone. Browse Facebook. Watch a viral video. Nod off. Run for coffee. Wish you got more sleep. Run for coffee. Wish you didn’t have to pay so much for coffee. Catch up with coworkers. Answer your text messages. Send emails and text messages. Ignore the inbox. File the outbox. Report to your team. Count down to payday. Buy new clothes. Supress anxiety. Can’t find parking. Burn gas driving around. Find parking. Get parking ticket. Count down to coffee break. Count down to Lunch break. Count down to clocking out. Shop for groceries. Pay more for a takeout meal. Daydream. Nervous for the future. Overwhelmed. Working hard. Chasing your passions. Dream of creative license. Questions yourself. Question your actions, your passions. Burn the candle at both ends. Talk in someone elses language. Follow all the rules. Wish it had gone differently. Try to forget yesterday. Tomorrow will be better. Is the boss happy. Did we meet our quota. We are understaffed. We are overstaffed. We dissapointed a client. That didn’t go smoothly. That should be easier. Lost in administration. Feeling uninspired. Feeling tired. Feeling stressed. Taking its toll. Trying everything. Wishing for health. Wishing for happiness. Get up, dress up, show up. Clock in, put in work. Answer emails, pick up the phone. Browse Facebook. Watch a viral video. Nod off. Run for coffee. Wish you got more sleep. Run for coffee. Wish you didn’t have to pay so much for coffee. Catch up with coworkers. Answer your text messages. Send emails and text messages. Ignore the inbox. File the outbox. Report to your team. Count down to payday. Buy new clothes. Supress anxiety. Can’t find parking. Burn gas driving around. Find parking. Get parking ticket. Count down to coffee break. Count down to Lunch break. Count down to clocking out. Shop for groceries. Pay more for a takeout meal. Daydream. Nervous for the future. Overwhelmed. Working hard. Chasing your passions. Dream of creative license. Questions yourself. Question your actions, your passions. Burn the candle at both ends. Talk in someone elses language. Follow all the rules. Wish it had gone differently. Try to forget yesterday. Tomorrow will be better. Is the boss happy. Did we meet our quota. We are understaffed. We are overstaffed. We dissapointed a client. That didn’t go smoothly. That should be easier. Lost in administration. Feeling uninspired. Feeling tired. Feeling stressed. Taking its toll. Trying everything. Wishing for health. Wishing for happiness. Get up, dress up, show up. Clock in, put in work. Answer emails, pick up the phone. Browse Facebook. Watch a viral video. Nod off. Run for coffee. Wish you got more sleep. Run for coffee. Wish you didn’t have to pay so much for coffee. Catch up with coworkers. Answer your text messages. Send emails and text messages. Ignore the inbox. File the outbox. Report to your team. Count down to payday. Buy new clothes. Supress anxiety. Can’t find parking. Burn gas driving around. Find parking. Get parking ticket. Count down

Repeat after me: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”

The refined, relaxing, and invigorating Meditation

Environment of Swan & Water is a half-hour of solitude, wherever you plan it into your day. After your practice, we’ll send you back into your day with tea in

hand. ...We’d like to help you quiet

your mind...

In a World of This...

A Membership With Swan & Water.. Spend your coffee break at Swan & Water!If you breathe, and move, then the Swan & Water Studios, and a meditation practice is for you! Our tenency profile is designed to reach:

Employees of businesses in the Osborne Village Area Local Residents Residents of Winnipeg who enjoy visiting Osborne Village Visitors travelling to Winnipeg, and looking for a unique space and experience.

We are becoming what may be called the ‘Stress Age’. Many people are realizing the health detriments of stress- and looking for solutions. We are also advancing ideas so quickly through technology. We are observing yoga apparel stores, yoga classes, and meditation practices that are designed for children. We also see ‘yogi’s’ living long, healthy lives. Meditation is for everyone, at their availability, and at their convenience.

Where? Right now we have a studio space in Winnipeg Manitoba. Behind the scenes exists a small team of employees and founders, who run the business from their homes, offices, local coffee shops, and/or wherever they are travelling at this time. Our front of house employees are local residents of Winnipeg. They have a passion for the health and wellbeing of the members of their Winnipeg communities.

If you have any questions about our studio, check out our interactive website for Q & A and other media inspirations. Further questions can be addressed through the contact form

Winnipeg, Manitoba

What our friends have to say about Meditation Meditation makes your brain stronger

“Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It’s like the ultimate rest. It’s better than the best sleep you’ve ever had. It’s a quieting of mind. It sharpends everything, especially your appreciation of your sur-roundings. It keeps things fresh.” -Hugh Jackman

Meditation helps manage stress and improve your immune system

“Meditation can change the world because meditation changes us. That is the point.” -Marianne Williamson

Meditation is better than morphine

Meditation improves memory and test scores

Meditation helps tune out distractions

Meditation will help you look better

“First yoga changed my body; then meditation changed my attitude” -Seanne Corn

Meditation can help you lose weight

What our friends have to say about Tea

Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage. ~ Catherine Douzel

Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things. ~ Chaim Potok

Make Tea Not War. ~ Monty Python, Flying Circus

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

C.S. Lewis

The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort, and refinement. ~ Arthur Gray Content

While There’s Tea, There’s Hope. ~ Arthur W. Pinero

Coffee Is My Wake-Me-Up. Tea Is My Hug-Me-Up. ~ Sam Title

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. ~ Bernard-Paul Heroux

Within the studio, Meditation Practices run on a 45 minute rotation. Each session is timed to 30 minutes A 15 minute grace period between each session transitions members finishing their practice to leave the studio, and allows time for the next members to enter. Lighting and Sound cues will guide you through the 30 minute practice, and then the 15 minute transition.

Session 1 6-615 Transition 615-645 Practice Session 2645-7 Transition 7-730 Practice Session 3730-745 Transition 745-815 Practice Session 4815-830 Transition 830-9 Practice Session 59-915 Transition 915-930 Practice Session 6 945-10 Transition 10-1030 Practice Session 7 1030-1045 Transition 1045-11 Practice Session 8 11-15 Transition 1115-1145 Practice Session 9 1145-12 Transition 12-1230 Practice (Check online for full session schedule)

45-minute session breakdown:

30 minute practice 15 minute entrance/exit

For the full Session Schedule, Visit our website, or download our Schedule App for Android

or iPhone

SCHEDULE AND HOURS OF OPERATION

OPEN / CLOSED

6 am - 6 pm Open: See Schedule 6 pm - 8 pm Closed: Business Siesta 8 pm - 2 am Open: See Schedule 2 am - 6 am Closed : Goodnight!

Real-time session schedules and Special Events calendars are also on our site. www.swanandwater.ca

Transitional Inspirational Maintained Relaxing Invigorating Accessible Dynamic

Our space functions to create the following

Atmosphere and Character:

Memberships can be purchased with credit card or paypal, through our website, or at the tea cart/reception area. Real-time session schedules and Special Events calendars are also on our site. www.swanandwater.ca

Where is Swan & Water?

100 Osborne StreetFloor Two, Room 205

S&W is located on the second floor of a beautiful brick building in the heart of Osborne Village, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Osborne Village “has evolved into a vibrant mixed use neighbourhood. Near downtown, this century-old and densely populated community is filled with character, boasting a pedestrian-oriented and transit-supportive urban form that offers a unique collection of restaurants and shops.” (Kimberley Harrison-McMillan) We have chosen this location for two reasons. Firstly, to serve the myriad of employees and residents who inhabit or frequent this region of the city. Secondly, during the search for a vacant retail space, this second floor and courtyard location spoke the most to our programming dreams and spatial requirements. Osborne Village is home to hundreds of businesses, both big and small, local and franchised. Grocery stores, restaurants, clothing shops, postal outlet, health services and more can be found here, all within walking distance of each other. The neighbourhood is accessible by bus, car, foot, bike, or whatever form of transportation you prefer.

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Staff ; Employees & Volunteers

We run S&W with the support of our beautiful employees, community involvement, and local volunteers. Volunteers recieve credit towards their memberships! Ask us about current opportunities

There are two employees on during Swan & Waters operating hours. They are both stationed at the tea cart. The tea cart also functions as a reception area where members scan in when arriving for a session. The two employees vary between running the tea cart, and maintaining the studio throughout the day. During slow hours, one of the two volunteers may participate in a meditation session. They are free to meditate privately during the business siesta hours.

Program of Spaces & Activities

Tea Cart & Lounge Area Approx 400 sq. ft

Studio: Meditative Environment Approx 300 sq. ft

Walkway Area

Courtyard

100 Osborne Street Floor Two, Room 205

Stairs Entrance/Exit

The tea cart is run for extended business hours. It is situatied in the lounge area of S&W. This lounge area is shared by the surrounding businesses of the second floor of 100 Osborne. One surrounding business is a restaurant which may make use of the tea cart and lounge area when its patrons are waiting for a table. The studio is a small area, and a quiet zone. The studio’s first and foremost focus is a refined, focused, meditative environment.Programming has also been created to schedule guest speakers and lecturers who have health and wellness practices. Swan & Water will also host a monthly after hours tea party in the studio.

Public Washrooms

Elevator from ground floor.

Neighbouring Restaurant

Notes: The Studio- Meditative Environment is a refined, no-retail zone. There is nothing for sale or for purchase there. The retail aspect of our studio exists in the Tea Cart services.

Clear Floor Space

Sound: Speakers Sound: Speakers

Lounge Area

Shelving: Meditation Mats & Pillows

Data Projector

Studio Entrance/Exit

Digital Lockers & Coat Racks

Clear Hallway/Quiet Zone

Tea Cart & Reception Main Entrance

Secondary Entrance

Lounge Area

PRACTICE ROOM

WASHROOMS

STORAGE

SHOE STORAGE

REFRESHMENT STATION

Not Shown: Administration. Offices are run from home locations

RECEPTION/CHECK IN T

SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES Brochures with Local Health and Wellness Services

Swan & Water business cards and media directory

Spatial Adjacenies, Requirements

Furniture, Fitments & Equipment

TECHNOLOGY Macbook Air ipad ipods with meditation tracks speaker systemWireless internet

STORAGE Digitally operated lockersShelving in studio space Shoe storage Floor Mats

REFRESHMENT STATION RECEPTION/CHECK IN Area floor treatments Tea Cart Water line Wireless Internet Secured laptop & ipadBarcode scanner Lounge area assorted lounge furnishings

WASHROOMSAdditions to existing washrooms:Toiletries Water fountain SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES Brochures and Local Health and Wellness business directory.

PRACTICE ROOM Surround Sound System Wall mounted speakers Data projector Wall suspended video screensAutomatic Window Treatment Shelving system Seasonal assortment of meditation pillows Yoga mats Blankets Eye masks Lighting Solutions

FFE : Precedents

Lounge & Studio With focus on: Lighting solutions Seating furnishings

Precedent: Juna Yoga, Montreal Quebec

I follow Juna Yoga on Facebook, after reading about one of their retreats on the lululemon blog. I run a small business online so I always investigate the online presence of businesses I think I would be interested in. Juna Yoga has a pretty good presence on Facebook. They upload images daily via instagram, and upload even information, and updates with what is new at their studio. I hadn’t been to their website until beginning studies/programming research. Their online presence is very invigorating. It does not have the appearance that some yoga studios website have that look as though they pieced together the website by themselves, using a standard website template from a mass providor. Instead, we are treated to a beautifully designed and organized site. This makes me want to spend time there even though the studio is in Montreal and I will not be visiting it, or involved with them in the near future. It is clear that they work with a professional photographer and videographer. There images have a bright, inspiring, and high quality to them. They have short films with HD footage, edited into a inspiring and uplifting piece of video art.

They also have a presence on the following sites:http://yogaalliance.org/http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/en/

Their photographers: http://www.marnierecker.com/#!/1/featured/Favourite_Images/21http://allenmceachern.ca/index.html

Live yoga music: http://www.mooncircus.ca/

Precedent: Yoga Public, Winnipeg, Manitoba Yoga Public advertises itsself as ‘Canada’s largest yoga playground’. Until I went inside to explore the studio, I didn’t realize the extent of what they meant by this. The square footage is huge, and the whole business spans two floors. It is significantly larger than any other yoga studio I have ever been to.Their interior design is fantastic. An imaginative arrangement of seemingly kitsch, neo-eclectic decor items are strewn throughout the lounge spaces of the studio. A variety of wall and floor treatments are both unique, and functional. The spatial adjacenies, storage, and scheduling are also very well designed and operated. Yoga Public offers mostly yoga classes, but also offers TRX bootcamps. They also hold meditation classes. I attended a split yoga/meditation class as precedent research. The experience was unique, and wonderful. After being guided through a variety of yoga postures, we took a lying-down postion on yoga mats that had already been set up for the class. Each class member rested their head on a meditation bolster, covered themselves with a light blanket, and covered their eyes with a light ‘bean pack’. After getting comfortable, the instructor guided us through a meditation invigorating our imaginations and senses. 30 minutes later he coaxed us back to reality. At the end of the class we all reflected on how the experience was for us. There was not one person who was anything less than grateful, and very, very relaxed and stress-free. These guided meditations could be an option for the Swan & Water programming and scheduling. Also, the FFE of Yoga Public are useful to study, in combination with past experienes at other yoga studios.