Cadence Cycle & Movement - Manifesto

Cadence Cycle & Movement, an indoor cycling and fitness studio, has been an integral part of Vancouver’s workout scene for over ten years.

Cadence had begun to build a new studio when COVID hit, and gyms were ordered closed. Natasha Lowe, Cadence’s owner, kept building. Kept paying her core team of instructors. And kept the faith. Cadence was able to re-open in its new facility, rather, outside of its new facility, in the studio’s parking lot, in Spring of 2021, with ten bikes. As a long-time member and friend of Tash’s, I wrote a manifesto that was largely inspired by her fierce tenacity and humanity. And a special nod to Amanda Gorman’s magnificent Inaugural Poem. Here goes:

What unites us.

We believe in you. We believe in us. We believe in the power of community. We believe in the strength of together. We believe in hard work. In laughter, in closeness, in making the most of us.

We believe in community. A murmuration of friends all flowing and growing together. The beauty of a collective with a shared objective. You and me and us together create the unity that’s our community, our place, our space. Our room to move to ride to grow to stretch and to finally breathe deep; and exhale.

We come here for our friends, our families, ourselves. For our health our happiness, for our well being for the feeling of freeing our bodies and our minds. We’re here for our sanity more than our vanity And we’re here because here, we never feel alone.

Our community is togetherness. Our community is love. Our community is chocolate for the spirit and sugar for the soul. Our community is deep connection. With ourselves, our abilities, our inner powers and through the hours spent together, we grow, better, together, and become a force that’s unstoppable and unshakeable. Unbreakable.

Our community is a place of mind, is peace of mind, and nobody, nobody can take that from us.

And moving forward, together, we will be magic. We will be strong. We will be love. We will be present. We will be here for one another, and for ourselves. We will. Just. Keep. Moving.

Together.
©Pete Pallett, 2022