The Oasis Café is located at 142 W. York Street in the York Building at the corner of York, Boush, and Brambleton in downtown Norfolk, VA.  Enter on the first floor facing Boush Street.  Richie and Keith and Lisa have hosted O-B classes there since Dr. Shinall was a coordinator in 2001. It’s a little breakfast and lunch diner catering to office workers Mondays through Fridays and catering private parties on weekends. When we are there for class on Saturdays and Sundays they tell passers by that they are closed for a “private party” and that’s what the energy is: a private personal “dance” party from the wallpaper to your soul.

 Friday class participants need to park in the city deck across the street after they unload their tables and gear by the front door of the Oasis at the York Building parking lot. Don’t be afraid to ask for help getting them into the banquet/classroom. The city parking deck is $12.00 a day now. I remember when it was $5. Saturdays and Sundays we can park in the lot adjoining the café entered from Boush and seen from Brambleton one way, the other way and around the block….Downtown with all of its progress under construction.

Ortho-bionomy Class times at the Oasis Cafe are from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Once settled in to the café Richie serves breakfast from 8:30 until class starts. Some of us know the menu and will call enroute and have a hot breakfast waiting for us on the bar upon arrival. On Friday class dates it is a business and we our herded into the banquet room where they have coffee, water and tea set up for us. There is a bottomless mug for $2 a day. On Saturdays and Sundays we are the Oasis Café staff helping ourselves to beverages and salad dressings getting those "I want to have my own restaurant" urges released. Those of us who didn’t brown bag or make 1:00 lunch dates with our spouses place our lunch order by 11:00 for more “Private Party” with lunch @ 1:00 topped off with Keith’s luscious cakes and Richie’s coveted brownies with and without nuts.  Many times FO-B members or Mid-Atlantic Friends of O-B (O-B junkies) will join us for lunch. We keep all of our food orders on a piece of paper by the register (including take out for the evenings or the ride home) with our name on it to “cash out“ with Richie on Sunday afternoon (or that afternoon for one day participants) with CASH or CHECK ONLY.

During business hours women are reminded not to use the ”Men’s room”, which they can on Saturdays and Sundays to avoid lost class time. Private parties are such a purge. If you notice the paper being low let us know.

Class comfort can be a challenge in unseasonable weather since the kitchen and class room thermostats are interrelated; be sure to dress in layers you can easily peel on and off. BE SURE TO TELL THE INSTRUCTOR, COORDINATOR or Richie IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE IN ANY WAY!  Most Oasis Classes start with an opening circle in the mornings. We can leave our tables and non-valuables safely overnight; concluding with a closing circle and certificate distribution Sunday afternoon. Those of us with the shortest drives home and wishing this would never end stick around after the group hugs (or not pending your safe and comfort boundaries) and vacuum and help Richie restore the classroom to a restaurant again.

For those of you from out of town that couldn’t acquire home hospitality, there is a brand new Marriott across the street and the Radisson is walking distance with free airport shuttle. While many who drive get off season ocean front rooms in Virginia Beach on-line.

Saturday night many time class members will dine out and or catch a movie enmass and catch up with old times and future dreams to share. If you are not personally invited, don't hesitate to invite yourself.

Class participants are encouraged to be mucho hydrated the three days prior to and the three days post class to minimize the intensity of class work purges.

O-B classes at the Oasis Café are my favorite non- rural or non-tropical venue. It’s a "private party" at HOME.

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