Carly Stong, owner of Life Yoga, and Erin Ball, certified yoga and acro-yoga instructor, demonstrated the art and practice of aerial yoga, this past Saturday.

Securely suspended only inches off of the ground in a yoga hammock, aerial yoga modifies traditional yoga postures, turns you upside down and challenges traditionally easy yoga postures. It also helps develop strength that enables you to master the more challenging traditional yoga postures with ease.

Kingston East’s newest restaurant, Mary Browns, opened their doors this May. Owner/partner Nafa is busy training the staff to run the restaurant, before they have a grand opening. Nafa is excited about opening in the East and welcomes all Kingston East residents in to the new establishment.

The Kingston East Business Association (KEBA) formed in February, 2010, when Terry Telford from Kingston East News invited local business owners together to network. The simple networking meeting soon turned into a formal association which now promotes Kingston East Businesses and participates in events.

Whether you’re travelling to Florida, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, or New York City, you don’t have to wait in congested airports and be subjected to invasive pat downs, you could take the bus. Bus tours are becoming more popular as air travel becomes more expensive; airport security oversteps its boundaries, and in flight amenities and services shrivel into oblivion.

Two new businesses opened their doors in Kingston East in October. Subway opened in the Shell gas station plaza, Pharma Save opened in the Ultramar plaza.

According to Jeff Hook and Viktoria Koganova, the event organizers, “This event is different, because it is so accessible to the public. Many events like this can be expensive” says Hook. “We wanted to make the admission fee low so everyone could attend and get the experience of tasting local wines. This is the only event that highlights just local wines.”

Tim Hortons Ground Breaking ceremony for the new distribution facility on Innovation Drive was held on July 12. Dignitaries, TDL executives, City officials and the media enjoyed coffee and donuts as they listened to presentations from John Hemenin, TDL’s Executive VP Supply Chain, Jeff Garrah, KEDCO CEO, Mayor Harvey Rosen, and Senator Hugh Segal.

Gisèle Beaulieu stumbled across glass bead making when she went looking for a way to use up the glass remnants from her and her husband`s stained glass business

(French-Canadian Association of Ontario), which was founded in 1976, has developed many support services for the French community living in Kingston.

In 2000, the ACFOMI, opened their doors in Kingston East. They are specifically dedicated to providing free Employment Services for French speaking residents and newcomers.

Kingston East welcomes two new business’s this July, Life Yoga and a Dollar Store.