To bring body and mind together into a single, dynamic, well functioning entity. My aim is to make people more aware of themselves, more in touch with their whole body.
SONIA JONES FULL
I now teach a full programme of classes for the public and also one to one sessions. My style of teaching is thorough and will help you understand clearly how you should feel in order to have a stronger body with better posture and over all toning. I loved Pilates so much that I put myself on the Pilates Institute Matwork Diploma. After a very short time, the difference was significant and I now want to share my experiences by teaching in a way that will help other people with their own personal back problems and injuries. I took up Pilates in 2003 after a back operation and was told by my Osteopath that everything medically had been done and advised me that Pilates would help to improve my muscular back and neck problems. Sonia Jones is a qualified Pilates instructor providing specialised Pilates courses, postural assessments and one-to-one tuition in the Swindon area of Wiltshire. It’s giving students the chance to do something they otherwise wouldn’t be able to do, and I’m happy I could help make that come about.Sonia Jones Pilates | Pilates Classes Swindon Wiltshire | Instructor | Teacher “I can’t say enough in praise of Dalhousie for growing the scholarship, or for their efforts to keep it going.
SONIA JONES PROFESSIONAL
For her, it’s a nice connection to the one university that not only offered her a position upon graduation, but also subsequently encouraged her professional development through opportunities such as chairing the Cultural Activities Committee. Jones says she was delighted to see how the fund has grown over the years. Now living in Michigan, she made a trip to the university this year while testing a new Spanish textbook she’s recently completed. Jones retired from Dalhousie and the yogurt business many years ago, but has kept busy since then writing books, publishing 16 to date. We’ve probably sent 150 students abroad over the years and I think they would tell you it’s had life-changing impact, thanks to her generosity.”ĭr.
“It’s expanded since then, so we’re also sending them to Mexico, Peru and Cuba. “At the time, we were sending students to Salamanca, Spain,” notes Dr. More than 40 years later, the scholarship is still going strong, says John Kirk, a professor with the department, who was hired by Dr.
She also transformed a basement at Dalhousie into a Spanish café to help make her scholarship possible. “With the money from the café, and a bit extra, we were able to start sending students overseas.” Jones started selling the yogurt at Dalhousie and soon after in grocery stores throughout the region, eventually growing it from a simple business she ran out of her kitchen into a multi-million dollar operation known as Peninsula Farm. Jones began using it to make yogurt. “I thought that if I sold yogurt to students to eat with their lunch, we’d be able to raise quite a bit of money toward a scholarship.”ĭr. But the cow produced more milk than they needed, so Dr. After moving to Nova Scotia, the couple purchased farmland in Lunenburg and invested in Daisy to make milk for their family. The Harvard graduate, who had previously lived in New York with her husband Gordon, a successful entrepreneur, found a solution in Daisy. When I became chair of the department, I decided to find some way of raising money so they could do that.” “I knew from my own experience how it benefitted me, but recognized most students couldn’t afford to travel abroad for a year. Sonia Jones helped turn yogurt into a scholarship fund, sending about 150 students abroad to study Spanish. “I was very eager to ensure that the best students at the university had a chance to study in a Spanish-speaking country at some point before graduating so they could become fluent in the language,” says the former Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies professor (1972-1990). Sonia Jones Scholarship in Spanish-began with a cow named Daisy. Of all the scholarships available to support Dalhousie students in their studies, it’s safe to say only one-the Dr. Former Dal Spanish Department head Sonia Jones turned milk into yogurt into a scholarship that has helped students sharpen their language skills and expand their horizons.