These two-hour Introductory classes will give you a brilliant taste of the 'S' Check the website for dates and times. Classes will be offered all week long during January and February.

These Intros will sell out in no time, so reserve your spot now! Keep an eye out, 'cause Sheila will be back at S Factor NY on February 11 th, to attend the opening party and teach a few more intro classes here and there and show you exactly why the 'S' has become a worldwide trend!

Sheila Kelley's S Factor New York is opening February 27, 2006 at a fantastic, brand new, 5,000 square foot studio. Located at 239 West 23rd Street, 3rd floor, New York NY, 10011, it is a gorgeous, intimate space that will provide the perfect refuge from your busy lives. During our opening session, we will offer a broad schedule of Level One classes, as well as privates and Intensive Training. In addition, we offer unique S Factor parties for the special bride-to-be and birthday girls in your life, or simply an innovative night of bonding with the girls.

You may sign up online for the Intros at www.sfactor.com. For further information, please call the studio at 212.989.8030 or email gerri@sfactor.com.


More 'S' For the Orange
The OC gals had their workshop and absolutely loved it! It was such a success, that we've got Part Two on the way! It will continue the intensive introduction to all that is the 'S', soothe away post-holiday stress, and give you a kick ass workout!

Part Two of the Level One workshop will take place January 20-22 to continue instruction of the S Factor fundamentals, develop confidence in the movement, and make you look and feel absolutely radiant!  Demand was so high last time that we've added an additional Part One of Level One workshop for those of you luscious ladies whose lives got in the way last time!  Hurry and sign up - this will be your absolute last chance to get Level One under your belt before our OC studio opens in the Spring. 

Completing all three workshops is equivalent to one full Level One session, with Part Three available in February. Part Three of Level One will be a "refresher course" that will fully prepare you for Level Two.  Each workshop consists of four-hours of instruction with one of our superstar S Factor instructors (you will be surprised at what we have in store for you!). Space will be limited to 20 students per group, so hurry and grab your spot now!

The workshop will be located at:
Orange County Japan Karate Association

23201 Orange Ave.
Lake Forest, CA 92630

For further info and to sign up please visit www.sfactor.com, You can also call Helen at 323.965.9685 ext. 326 or email her at Helen@sfactor.com.

The name Manhattan is said to mean either "hilly island" (not so romantic) or possibly "place of intoxication." I like that - a place of intoxication, because the city is exactly that - intoxicating. The crisp air, the ubiquitous and immense beauty, the people from such diverse cultures and backgrounds. It is the perfect microcosm of what America represents - a true, cosmopolitan melting pot, filled with opportunities and fresh starts. It's the same type of dream I have for the S Factor - a place for women from different backgrounds to come and express themselves and create new outlooks for their lives.

The diversity the island of Manhattan boasts is simply unparalleled - it's its own mini-world. From Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, Murray Hill and Soho/Tribeca to the Upper East and West sides, Harlem and Wall Street, there's something and somewhere for everyone. We're opening our first East Coast 'S' in luscious Chelsea - so let's talk about this incredible area for a second.

Chelsea deserves an ode of its own - in the past decade, it has evolved into a burgeoning haven for artists and photographers and filmmakers. Bordered by Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West and the West Village, it can be accessed from just about anywhere in the city. In fact, if you're trying to get there, you can take t he A, C, E line to 34th or 23rd Streets; the 1, 2, 3, 9 line to 34th, 28th, or 23rd Streets; the B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, or W train to 34th Street; or the F or V train to 28th Street. How's that for some 411?

Chelsea's metamorphosis has resulted in its reputation as an artsy, trendsetting community. Filled with culture and history, there's lots of dancing and acting studios, great restaurants, boutiques, and many cool things to do. It's home to the Flatiron Building, one of New York's famous skyscrapers, named so due to its triangular shape which resembles a flat iron. It was never the tallest NYC skyscraper, but it was the first building to become a romantic symbol in New York. (Fun tidbit: it was featured in both Spider Man 1 and 2 as the headquarters of Peter Parker's employer, the Daily Bugle). Then there's Chelsea Piers, once a rundown and neglected waterfront, now a magnificent row of buildings with an open park where you can bowl, golf, horseback ride, roller skate, go to the movies or visit the Spa. Let's not forget the famous Chelsea Hotel, where oh-so-many artists, writers, actors and filmmakers have lived and created. It's directly across from Chelsea's newest addition, the S Factor NY, where women can be inspired by both their bodies and their surroundings. Complete, utter bliss! We couldn't have picked a more perfect area to create this much needed sanctuary.

All my love and respect,





G-SPOT
Skirting the Issue
This exercise is an adventure like no other. The next time you go to a classy cocktail party or dress-up event, how about wearing a skirt with nothing on underneath? You'll be harnessing a private secret that will make you feel powerful and vulnerable at the same time - the ultimate dichotomy! You will feel so sexy and daring and fearless - you'll have this inner glow and people will wonder wear it's coming from. Just make sure that the skirt you're wearing isn't too short or revealing - wouldn't want to give away the secret. Of course, if you do this on a date, you will have an extra cockiness in your attitude that will just tantalize the you-know-what out of your partner. Try it… you will be shocked at how playful and delicious your entire night will be.

If the idea of going out of the house with no undies on is too much for you shy-er women, then spend a Saturday afternoon at home with no skivvies on and your favorite skirt. Do the dishes, wash some laundry and even try some gardening - or any other weekend home work you need to do. Just feel the world against you in a new and interesting light of day!

BODY CONSCIOUS - Writhing Goddess

NEW ROMANTIC RITUALS POLL & HOLIDAY POLL RESULTS

Please take a moment to participate in this month's Romantic Rituals Poll.

Well, ladies, looks like we all love our holidays and favor spending time with our lovely families each year. Can I just say that I LOVE the fact that nearly a quarter of you who responded said that you make your holiday cheer last by getting your 'S' on! That's gonna make my holiday cheer last all the way through 2006! Check out what your fellow 'S' girls said about the holidays…

Employment Opportunities at the S Factor Los Angeles
Operations Director
S Factor is looking for a highly qualified, experienced Operations Manager for its Los Angeles-based corporate offices. The ideal candidate will have experience working with a fast-paced, growing start-up. Duties will include strategic planning, expansion of development efforts and creation of an Annual Operating Plan (AOP); direct the development and implementation of systems to build an infrastructure to support the achievement of organizational goals ; coordinate operational activities with other functional groups; plans and administer procedures and budgets; and forecast operating costs of organization and direct preparation of budget requests.

Dear Sheila:
Loss brought me to the S Factor. I lost my beautiful Mommy to a HORRIBLE bout with Lung Cancer (please, please, PLEASE don't smoke- it is a horrible, debilitating death!!!!) I was carrying twin babies and lost one which made my pregnancy a scary high-risk affair.

My best friend of 25 years decided to ditch me during all this (LOOOONG story). Three days before I gave birth, I turned 40 years old- I felt fat, ugly, angry, sad, and exhausted. I had a great husband and two beautiful sons, but I felt completely disconnected from my sexuality, my femininity and myself.

Then a friend told me to come and check out S Factor. I LOVED the intro class. I thought, here's a place I can be beautiful and sexy again." Plus, I adored the brain massage - that should be taught to everyone everywhere!!!! I can be a woman here - not a mommy, not a wife, but that part of me that was buried under so much "good girl crap" - I thought she was lost.

I relished the feeling of touching myself. It was more than just touch. It was that feeling you get when you look in the eyes of the man you LOVE, as you make love. I was caressing and seeing parts of myself I have literally never looked at...NEVER LOOKED AT IN ALL MY 40 + YEARS!

I remember walking outside of a Target and a group of teenage boys dismissed me. I certainly didn't want anything from them, but to be so out of the loop- to be found wanting by these babies just felt powerless. I didn't want them, but I wanted to not be found ...so wanting.

Now, I have a delicious secret. My secret: I have power! The power to find my curves beautiful, the power to love even that part of my belly that's all stretched out from having BIG babies - I have no doubt that I am the hottest thing going.

I see this power starting to change other areas of my life. I'm not content with what I once was. I've stopped saying sorry for every thing that goes wrong in life unless it is truly my fault. My husband and I treat each other more like lovers again (married 10 years-thank you!) and when I leave class, I am exhausted yet exhilarated, open and vulnerable to the world. I revel in that power too.

Funny side note: I had worked with my husband to TRY and get some exercise into my life w/ babies and a business and well...LIFE - it just never happened. But when I told my husband I was taking a pole dancing class, those annoyances seemed to disappear! My husband kicks me out the door on the mornings of class.

So loss brought me here and now I've lost a couple other things too.

Lost- feeling ugly, even when I'm premenstrual! Teri taught me to soothe my body with my own touch.

Lost- 38 f-ing pounds!!!

Lost- Judging other women's bodies. Really everyone looks gorgeous when they do the S.

Lost- the TV show about those people on the island.... This has nothing to do with the S. I just like the show : )

Plus, I think I'm the only pole dancing minister in the world - and I LOVE the dichotomy of that!

Thank you for inventing and shaping the "S".

Thank you for creating and recreating this safe haven.

Thank you for affecting so many women's lives in a profound way.

May you receive your kindness back threefold...you Goddess, you.

Much love and respect,
Dyanne DiRosario

Keep an eye out for Sheila Kelley on Dancing With the Stars, as she helps S Factor student Lisa Rinna prepare for the contest. It will air in January and is a fun and incredible segment, so be sure to watch! We've got a little press coming out in the January issue of SheKnows Diet & Fitness Magazine so keep an eye out for that. Plus, two of our amazing teachers, Kristina Lloyd and Barbara Dial, will appear in "Get This Party Started", the new UPN show starring Laguna Beach's 'It Girl' Kristin Cavalleri. Our S instructors took a lucky bride-to-be and 20 or so of her favorite friends through the S Factor workout and some beginning pole tricks, making it the bachelorette party of the year! The show begins airing on January 24th, 2006 so look for episode #5, featuring the 'S', towards late February or early March.