Free Fitness Movement. All you need to do is show up!
November Project Ottawa is a community for new best-friends to be, the city walker, the bike path using commuter, the grandmother of five, the avid bagel eater and heavy coffee drinker, the Positivity Award recipients, the traverbeller, the sunrise 6k pr’er, the snow day badge earners and the new faces we have yet to meet.
^these are superpeople. For real. Thanks NP Boston!
We continue to tackle bridgemonth, the coldest, darkest dark season there is. We have been tackling it together, one Wednesday at a time. This is the dark season, but you make it oh so bright when we get to gather for our movement together.
During some coffee chats, we have had conversations around the benefits of having something scheduled in our week. NP has been that scheduled something during this Covid period, that has allowed us to rely on the thing that gets us up and out of bed, perhaps earlier than other days.
Hi friends, Rebecca here. Have you moved across any bridges yet this month?? So far I’ve only gone across the small bridge at the pond in my neighbourhood, but I have to say I smiled to myself as I walked (not lunged) across it. Bridges transport us from one side of an obstacle to the other. They connect us between cities and provinces, over rivers, canals, train tracks, and roadways. Bridge month is one of my favourite NP Ottawa traditions. It carries us from one year into the next. I enjoy the defined space of a bridge, two ends and an in between, that during a workout results in countless fly-bys. They provide endless opportunities to smile or wave at those moving towards you, whether they are participating in the workout, or are on their way to work.
Hi friends! It’s the start of a new year. A year in review with the moments to celebrate and fun memories and thoughts were shared last week. Please see here
As you may know, January is bridge month. Bridge month is normally happening right now, each and every week of the month of January we spend our mornings on the coldest part of the city, over a body of water. As we cannot spend #bridgemonth together this year we are asking that you share photos of you from the past or present as you have or will venture across bridges throughout this next month.
Wisconsin Notes
– Today’s workout
-Positivity award
-Community Involvement
We don’t usually do Wisconsin notes… is the above about it?? I’m not sure, but either way, here is the blog, a mixture of items….
NPDC was the creator of today’s workout, a workout to educate. Move and learn. Thank you NPDC, for the creativity and teachings. Throughout the last few months, there have been many moments of reflection. Some may have come with wondering how much of what is being talked about in the States is relevant to us? What are your thoughts around that? What are common issues? What kinds of things do we also need to change?
What a great morning of solid songs, Rochester-inspired movement, and seeing you all on the screen, moving together. A couple of things we are grateful for…. We are grateful for the unsurrendered Algonquin Territory on which we moved. We are grateful for fresh snowfalls! Thank you for sharing your morning, your time, your zooming energy with us. We are grateful for each and every one of you !
First off, we want to thank our guest leader, Liam, for planning and executing this morning’s workout! From wherever you were zooming in from, somewhere on unsurrendered Algonquin Territory, we are grateful for this morning and the chance to get up bright and early and move together. We moved together the entire time, at whatever pace and challenge by choice. It’s awesome to have people from the community take the leap to lead a workout. If you are keen to give that a go, let us know, we would love for you to be a part of that. More to come!
A month ago, we asked you to submit honest, truthful, and open feedback about strengthening the Ottawa November Project Community. This week, we wanted to share some key findings. Further, we wanted to introduce our plans in response, but also update you on other key features of NP, including items we would like to revisit and how in-person workouts will look like when they return. This response includes your voice from the survey, powerful conversations we have shared with so many of you, with co-leaders from around the world and with NPHQ.
Hi Ottawa friends! One thing we have been reflecting on, having been learning and regularly evaluating where we are at and what we can do better, is figuring out who and what we are at November Project. How do we define ourselves? As a global community, that ties us to the November project family, as well as at local level.
Hi November Project Ottawa community, the individuals who make this thing roll, who have gone through the pledging, welcoming to the NP global fam, the growth, the ebbs and flows, those who attend weekly, every once in a while, those who no longer attend, those who have contributed to the learning, the changes along the way, everything in between, and who are contributing to the movement forward. We have always used the blog to continue communication with all of you, and will continue to share our thoughts along the way. We also want to bring in more of your ideas and ways to better this community.