Category Archives: Amy Perri

Yoga this Week – December 8, 2013 – Note Change in Winter Solstice Celebration

**Note Winter Solstice Celebration date has changed to Wednesday, December 18th 7-9pm**
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Greetings Dear Yoga Students,
We all know that change is inevitable, but yet we still cling to the known, the familiar, the comfortable.  George Harrison once said, “If we aren’t changing, we aren’t growing”.  Everything that grows must change.  It is just as important to our well being to accept and embrace change as it is to breathe.  Enjoy the moments of your day, embrace all that is in your life with enthusiasm knowing that you will never pass through this day again.  Be open to the shifting landscapes, the rise and fall of emotions, the ebb and flow of energy.  When the waves of change seem to be harsh and the seas are rough around you, remember that you are part of the ocean of movement and that, inevitably, we are being led towards are true direction.
Classes this Week
Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm
Tuesday Morning 930am with meditation to follow class
Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)
 
HAPPENINGS

Annual Winter Solstice Celebration on Wednesday, December 18th at 7pm

All are welcome for Playful Yoga, Chanting, Intention Setting,  and Sangha

We will also create a group vision board creating a vision for our community and world,

(please bring a few images or statements to add to our board; you can find pictures in magazines, on-line or draw them yourself)

Refreshments will be served – Please RSVP – All are welcome!! 

Stay tuned for January  return of monthly Restorative Yoga and Yoga Jams….

A great way to begin 2014 is to spend the evening with Brian Miller  in our Yoga Room on Friday, January 17th to discuss his new book:

Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs that Impede you on Your Path to a Fulfilling Life

Join author and teacher Brian E. Miller as we unite ancient wisdom with modern science and psychology to explore and implement simple yet very powerful creation tools

that will give you the power to manifest the life you wish to experience.

Based on his latest book “Small Steps to Giant Leaps” Brian will discuss how we can use meditation and other simple, effective techniques to become the conscious creators of our lives. Are you ready to be the master of your destiny?

(Cost is $30 – Please reserve your spot)

Hope to see you in class this week.

Namaste

Amy

Yoga Jam – This Saturday – December 7th

Yoga Jam!

Saturday, December 7th

8-915am

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A free flowing fast-paced vinyasa sequence set to rockin’ playlists with holdings of some adventurous poses and free style flows mixed in for fun.

Get ready to detox and make room for a joyful season ahead, lets shake off the darkness together.

This class will be intentionally challenging on all levels but open to all levels of yogis ready to take their practice to the next level.

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Class cards honored.  $12 walk in fee

Please reserve your spot!!

Jai!!

Amy

Yoga this Week – December 1, 2013

“Clay is molded into vessels and because of the space where there is nothing you can carry water.  Space is carved out from a wall and because of the place where there is nothing you can receive light. 
Be empty, and you will remain full…”
                                       Lao-Tsu
Greetings dear yoga students,
Are you having a good day?  If you are taking the time to read this email, chances are that you are having a “good” day.   It is very helpful to remember that at any given moment our entire world could be turned upside down and reality as we know it may vanish forever.  Examine how you define a “good” day.  Are you safe, healthy and of sound mind?  Is your perception clouded with some vision of what a good day is “supposed” to look like?     If something has disturbed your piece of mind, work at becoming empty.  Empty of the past, empty of expectations and empty of judgments.  In every moment, we have the opportunity to refine our minds, become present and open up to that grace that is always waiting to fill us up with its light.  We are vessels that are meant to channel the finest quality energy to ourselves and others, however, a channel needs to be clear in order for that energy to flow.  Empty, carve out space, clarify your thoughts and be open to this perfectly “good” day.
Classes this Week
Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm
Tuesday Morning 930am with meditation to follow class
Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am
Saturday Yoga Jam 8-915am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)

Happenings

Yoga Jam – This Saturday Dec 7th at 8-9:15am – Come and flow in this fun, fast paced vinyasa class set to rockin’ music and fun sequences.  All levels welcome to experience this energetic approach to asana!  Please reserve your spot!

Annual Winter Solstice Celebration on Thursday, December 19th at 7pm

All are welcome for Playful Yoga, Chanting, Intention Setting and Sangha

Refreshments will be served – Please RSVP – All are welcome!! 

Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – November 24, 2013

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.  ~ Albert Schweitzer

Dear Yoga Students,

Much gratitude now and always to all of you who show up week after week to your yoga mat.  Whether you realize it or not, your presence in class not only lights your own flame but also supports others that practice beside you on their path.  Sometimes all we need is a spark to rekindle our flame; a smile, a kind work, a new idea, a sweet heartfelt hug.  Never underestimate the power a small gesture can create.  May you and yours enjoy the small moments, those precious times together when we express our gratitude for each other and all we have in our lives.

Yoga this Week

Monday Evening at 730pm

and

Tuesday Morning at 930am

Both classes this week will incorporate a Gratitude Meditation

(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)

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Happenings

TONIGHT!  ShaktiPath at Jewel in the Lotus from 6 to 8pm  Click on the link for more info on this fun and inspiring event!  www.ShaktiPath.net

YOGA JAM – December 7th – 8-915am- Get ready to detox your body and mind making room for your spirit to soar in this fun, flowing fast-paced vinyasa class set to rockin’ music!  This class will be intentionally challenging and is open to all levels ready to take their practice up a notch!  Minimum of four students required for class to fly!  Let’s make it happen, please sign up as soon as possible.

WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION – Save the date for December 29th, 7-9pm for a chance to connect as a Sangha, Chanting, Intention Setting, Community Vision Board Creating, Yoga Fun and Refreshments….please let me know if you intend on attending.  All are welcome!

Yoga this Week – November 17, 2013

**The road is all paved and ready so classes can   be held in our cozy, warm  yoga room; yay!***

“Without intention, all these postures, these breathing practices, meditations, and the like can become little more than ineffectual gestures. When animated by intention, however, the simplest movement, the briefest meditation, and the contents of one breath cycle are made potent.”

                                                                      Donna Farhi

 

Good Morning Dearest Yoga Students,

It feels wonderful to be wide awake on this glorious November morning.    Setting an intention can be extremely powerful, not only for your yoga practice but for your day, your week or your life.  With an intention set, our mind seems to calm down and we can rest in the fact that we know we are doing the right thing; that we are on course.

Whatever you are doing today, after reading this, stop for a moment or two and see if an intention for this day comes up for you.  It could be an intention to remain calm if difficulties are awaiting you.  It could be an intention to release judgement or cultivate joy inside yourself.  Whatever you wish for yourself, try setting an intention to cultivate that quality inside.  If you want to be happier, intend to be happy.  If you want more friends, intend to be friendly.  If you want more serenity, intend to act serene.  It may sound to simplistic, but it actually is.  With the full moon energy tonight,  you may want to go a step further and write your intention down to make it more concrete, the written word has much power.  As you move into your next task for the day after you read this whether you are going to do laundry, rake leaves, make breakfast for your family;  do it with an intention in your mind and notice what arises.  Live your life by design….try repeating the following mantra to keep you on your way:

“I am flowing down the river of my life, steering myself in the right direction”

 

Classes for this Week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation following class

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

(Please reserve your spot in class or cancel if your plans have changed)

Happenings

 Sunday, November 24th at 6pm ShaktiPath returns to Jewel in the Lotus Wellness Center for a Live Music and Asana Class followed by a Kirtan.  This caps off their Bhagavad Gita Study Series – Join in for the Dharma talk that precedes ShaktiPath or just come for us!  www.ShaktiPath.net/events

Yoga Jam – December 7th – 8:00am

Get ready to detox your body and mind making room for your spirit to soar in this fun, flowing fast-paced vinyasa class set to rockin’ music!  This class will be intentionally challenging and is open to all levels ready to take their practice up a notch!  Minimum of four students required for class to fly!  Let’s make it happen, please sign up as soon as possible.

Amy

Yoga this Week – Some temporary changes – Please read!

**MORNING YOGA WILL BE HELD AT AN ALTERNATE LOCATION FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS **  CONTACT ME DIRECTLY FOR DETAILS…**.NO MONDAY EVENING OR FRIDAY MORNING CLASSES THIS WEEK**

 

Greetings dearest Yoga Students

Hope this email finds you well.  As you all must know by now, chanting is one of the most enjoyable parts of my practice.  It engages all parts of the self; body, mind and spirit.  Chanting and singing with ShaktiPath a good part of this weekend has left me today with a resonance of peace, joy and unexpected energy. It was such a pleasure to see familiar as well as new faces connecting to the power of music and chant.   Much gratitude for your support.  Many more chances in the near future to join in.

 

Tuning into vibrational energy has a meditative quality that connects you to others and yourself on a very deep level; a level that must be experienced to understand. Our physical yoga practice has this amazing quality as well.  As we move through the confines of our bodies on an energetic level we go into a deeper level of ourselves; we begin to experience the boundless, eternal light vibration that we are.  Be present to this vibrational energy as you walk through your days.  Feel it in your voice, in the wind, in another’s eyes and connect with compassion to all the beauty that is available to you in the small and not so obvious places.

Classes for this Week

Monday Evening Cancelled this Week

Tuesday Morning at 930

Due to the RP Paving Project class will be at an Alternate Location – Check your emails or contact me for directions

Thursday Evening at 730pm

Friday Morning Class is Cancelled this Week

(Please sign up for class as usual or let me know if your plans have changed)

Regular schedule resumes next week with morning classes held at the alternate location.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

Happenings

I will be teaching a Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Darshana Center in Babylon beginning the Wednesday

Yoga Teachers can gain 12 CEUs for this training or any students interested in learning more about teaching are also welcome to attend.    Contact me for more information or www.YogaDarshanaCenter.com

May the spirit and vibration of the wind carry you home to yourself!

Namaste

Amy

Two Special Weekend Events with ShaktiPath!

Friday Evening Kirtan at Peconic River Yoga and Saturday Afternoon Live Music and Asana Class at Yogaholic! 

We would love to see you at one or both!!  Fill your weekend with the transformative power of music and chant as practice.

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Thanks-Giving Kirtan and Food Drive with ShaktiPath at Peconic River Yoga

Friday, November 8 , 7 pm

 

Peconic River Yoga is pleased to welcome ShaktiPath!  Experience a live Kirtan incorporating music and chanting as a path to meditation.  The goal of meditation is to clear the mind of debris in order to tune into our highest self, facilitating a sense of inner calm and joy.  Mantra meditation is a call and response form of chanting, creating vibrational energy while focusing on the mantra’s meaning.  Come and allow your shakti to flow with the joyful transformative power of chant as you connect to your community, feed the hungry and experience a ShaktiPath Kirtan!

Fee:  $20 (kids under 12 FREE!)

To purchase tickets on-line:  www.peconicriveryoga.com

Tickets will be available for sale at the door on the evening of the event.

We will be collecting donations of non-perishable food items for the local food pantry.  Many people are in great need in our community.  Your generosity is appreciated!

ShaktiPath is a musical collaboration blending rhythms and harmonies to channel ‘shakti’, universal energy, from the deep seat of the soul straight to the heart.  Robert Julius Condemi, multi-dimensional musician/ yoga practitioner and Amy Perri, ERYT500/Registered Yoga Teacher and instrumentalist in her own right, create ShaktiPath. Together they deliver a musical experience that stems from traditional yogic chants, contemporary songs, and a distinct combination of the two. ShaktiPath provides music for Kirtan, Asana Classes, Music Venues or Private Parties.  For information, please contact:  Rob at 209-0080 or Amy at 839-0644.    www.ShaktiPath.net

Peconic River Yoga    740 Main Rd. (Rt. 25),  Aquebogue, NY  11931   631-369-9569

 

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Saturday, November 9th 2-4pm

Live Music and Asana Class at Yogaholic in Center Moriches

  Mini-Kirtan following class

Saturday, November 9th

2 – 4 pm

Come and experience an asana class infused with live music by ShaktiPath and asana led by Diane Corey, Director of Yogaholic yoga studio.  Discover how the elements of music and yoga come together in one beautiful vibrational experience as ShaktiPath serenades you with live music incorporating traditional yogic chants, contemporary songs and original compositions.  A brief Kirtan (call and response chanting) to follow class.

$25 Pre-Paid or $30 at the Door

To sign up for this special event or for more information, please contact:

Diane at Yogaholic

426 Main Street
Center Moriches, NY, 11934

631-721-6303
dianec@yogaholic.net

ShaktiPath is a musical collaboration blending rhythms and harmonies to channel ‘shakti’, universal energy, from the deep seat of the soul straight to the heart.  Robert Julius Condemi, multi-dimensional musician/ yoga practitioner and Amy Perri, ERYT500/Registered Yoga Teacher and instrumentalist in her own right, create ShaktiPath. Together they deliver a musical experience that stems from traditional yogic chants, contemporary songs, and a distinct combination of the two. ShaktiPath provides music for Kirtan, Asana Classes, Music Venues or Private Parties.

Rob at 209-0080 or Amy at 839-0644

Yoga this Week – October 19, 2013

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

                                             — Albert Einstein

Hari Om dearest yoga students,

Hoping this beautiful fall morning finds you in some form of gratitude for this gift of today.  The way of the yogi warrior is the way of the heart.  The intuitive mind is led by the heart.  Our yoga practice awakens a deeper awareness of our minds, bodies and spirits and it is in this awakening that we can begin to “feel” into our lives instead of “thinking” through our lives.  Although intellectual ability is often the first to be consulted to solve problems, create plans, or learn new abilities, it is truly the intuitive mind that will always lead you down the sacred path of the heart.

  Inside your heart are the yamas and niyamas.

The Five Yamas

  Ahimsa : nonviolence   Satya: truthfulness   Asteya: nonstealing   Brahmacharya: temperance   Aparigraha: noncovetousness

The Five Niyamas

Saucha: cleanliness  Santosha: contentment  Tapas: heat; austerities Svadhyaya: study of the sacred scriptures and of one’s self  Isvara pranidhana: surrender to God

To find the way, close your eyes, listen closely and find that light within you, that energy moving, that feeling tone that points the way.   We are naturally pure, go deeper, your intrinsic goodness will move you towards the most ethical, loving way. Without studying a single yoga sutra, we know inside ourselves the path.  Honor this gift, the sacred intuitive mind and allow your intellect to serve.  For this day, allow the words of Ghandi to resonate on a deep level;

“The Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart”

 

Classes this week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow class

Tuesday Evening Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture wit Reiki and Aromatherapy at 730pm

Currently ONE spot left!  Let me know if you would like to take this journey with us.

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am

(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)

Happenings

October 22nd – Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils – Payment is due to hold your spot – Click on the link for more information for the special event that is almost sold out.  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

October 30th – Co-Creating your Life – A Vision Board Workshop – Click on the link for information on this fun and enlightening evening  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

November 8th – ShaktiPath Thanks-Giving Kirtan at Peconic River Yoga – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html

November 9th – Live Music and Asana with ShaktiPath at Yogaholic (this is the rescheduled date from October) – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html  If you plan on attending, please contact the studiohttp://www.yogaholic.net/  and sign up in advance if possible,  Walk-Ins are welcomed as well.

 

I honor the place within you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace. When you are in that place in you, I am in that place in me. We are one.  Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – October 13, 2013

 

The Goddess Sarasvati

Sara:  The one who gives the essence & Sva: of  our true Self

The Goddess Sarasvati is worshipped for her creativity, wisdom, purity and gentleness.   She is said to bestow eloquence, intelligence and artistic inspiration to all who meditate on her transcendental qualities.   Her calming peaceful presence reminds us of the great power of Shakti (the feminine energy that is said to be the catalyst of change and creation with love as the driving force) and the ultimate divine mother.  As this last day of Navrarti (the nine day festival celebrating the divine mother in all her forms) comes to a close, we honor Goddess Sarasvati  and call upon her to connect us to the essence of our own true, divine nature where all of these beautiful qualities have always, and will always exist.

“May the great river of Sarasvati overflow and grant us her grace”

Yoga This Week

Monday & Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to Follow Class

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)

Happenings

October 22nd – Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils – Payment is due to hold your spot – Click on the link for more information for the special event that is almost sold out.  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

October 30th – Co-Creating your Life – A Vision Board Workshop – Click on the link for information on this fun and enlightening evening  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

November 8th – ShaktiPath Thanks-Giving Kirtan at Peconic River Yoga – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html

November 9th – Live Music and Asana with ShaktiPath at Yogaholic (this is the rescheduled date from October) – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html  If you plan on attending, please contact the studiohttp://www.yogaholic.net/  and sign up in advance if possible,  Walk-Ins are welcomed as well.

Peace, love and healing,

Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – October 6, 2013

 .Everyone  has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a  suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and  manifest your innate enlightenment.

“Watch your thoughts, they become words;
watch your words, they become actions;
watch your actions, they become habits;
watch your habits, they become character;
watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
 

Classes this Week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am

(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changes)

Happenings

Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils on October 22nd from 730pm to 930pm is open for reservation.  Click on the link to learn more or to sign up.  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

Co-Creating Your Life – A Vision Board Workshop – October 30th 7-9pm.  In this workshop we will each create a Vision Board.  A Vision Board is a collection of images, words, affirmations or drawings that serve as a spirit-led guide for manifesting, planning and co-creating the life you are meant to live.   Vision boards help you identify your soul’s desires and give  clarity as well as focus to your intentions to help you live your life by design and not default.  The workshop will consist of meditation, gentle movements, and creating our boards.  Cost is $20 with part of the proceeds to go to the Invited Inn Soup Kitchen in Rocky Point.  Each participant must bring 3 to 5 magazines of random genres to be cut up and used for our images as well as a favorite picture of yourself that you feel projects your inner spirit.   Please reserve your spot as soon as possible.

ShaktiPath Kirtan at Peconic River Yoga on Nov 8th… www.ShaktiPath.net

The Live Music and Asana Class at Yogaholic has been postponed.  New date to be announced shortly.  I apologize to those of you that did not receive the notification that it was cancelled..

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Peace of the rain to you all!

Namaste

Amy