Jason Billows

Dad, husband, meditator, Co-Owner of Yogatown, Coach/Owner at Jason Billows Coaching Inc., productivity geek, and lover of most things Apple.

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@PattiTLenard @matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown Great. Thank you. Let’s do that.

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@OttawaMaryJ @SherryAske @ArielTroster @myyogatown I’m not suggesting that it is. What I am saying is that whatever the health authorities deem to be safe, that should be applied consistently. Why should one business be permitted to operate based on square footage and another be limited by an arbitrarily chosen number?

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@ArielTroster @PattiTLenard @matthewremski @myyogatown How about taking reasonable precautions and supporting public health while also providing fair restrictions for business? Why have double standards? And some businesses don’t have 3 months.

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@PattiTLenard @matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown I am not suggesting that there is no danger. However I feel more comfortable in my studio practicing yoga than at the grocery store, Walmart, or many other businesses.

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@matthewremski @PattiTLenard @ArielTroster @myyogatown I fail to see how requesting fair and consistent guidelines is contributing to any health contrarianism.

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@PattiTLenard @matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown So let’s lobby to have the rules revisited. And I strongly disagree that dangers are high in our spaces. Even more so when compared to other businesses being allowed to operate with much more lax restrictions.

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@matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown To clarify, we’re not asking that limits be increased in red. We’re asking that the guidelines be reconsidered. Why bother with different zones if my studios are limited to 10, regardless of being in red, orange, or yellow and without consideration for the size of my space?

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@matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown I don’t believe they are mutually exclusive. Let’s do both.

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@matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown Absolutely. We also directed 100% of our revenue to support our contractors at the beginning of Covid as they had zero support at the time. We took on debt to support our team.

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@matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown Agreed. So let’s stop the patchwork approach and apply consistent rationale with how capacity limits are applied. But let’s stop treating some businesses and industries with lax restrictions while being unfairly strict with others.

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@matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown I agree that a patchwork policy will not work. That is why we’re asking to have consistent rationale used and apply a square footage approach to capacity.

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@matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown There are so many variables that influence a decision like that. Their studio size is much smaller than ours. I’m guessing our overhead dwarfs theirs. I have 60 staff/contractors to think about not to mention my family’s future.

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@SherryAske @ArielTroster @myyogatown Agreed. And unfortunately that’s what is happening. Small spaces are squeezing them in while larger spaces like Yogatown have so much space available.

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@jacobjkrich @ArielTroster @myyogatown We only want fair treatment. If health officials determine that stricter restrictions are required then were okay with that, but apply the same rationale to everyone. It isn’t fair to allow some business to operate based on square footage and others to be given arbitrary limits.

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@matthewremski @ArielTroster @myyogatown We make no spiritual claims. And I don’t see how we should be more morally compelled than others. We should all be working together to balance health concerns with other impacts, regardless of whether we’re a yoga studio, a grocery store, a civil servant, etc.

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@ArielTroster I’m also baffled how we’re restricted at low intensity yoga on a stationary mat yet a gyms can operate with 50 people heavily breathing and exerting themselves 3 meters apart while sharing equipment.

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@ArielTroster That aside, I still see no rationale for having zones that are supposed to tighten or loosen restrictions, and then having the same capacity limits for us in the red, orange, and yellow zones.

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@ArielTroster Please share that research with us. I have yet to see any along those lines. In fact, there is good evidence to show that the humidity in a heated room causes airborne particles to bind to the humidity and drop to the floor, reducing transmission.