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Yoga this Week – March 2, 2014

When you do yoga postures, surrender to the moment, be in the moment, don`t worry about weather you can touch your toes or not, just experience the process.
Then try to carry this attitude into the rest of your day, away from tension, guilt and anxiety.
Experience is the door to the here and now.

                    Amrit Kala

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 Experience the process.  Everything is a  process.  The process is the road we walk from here to there.  When we are truly present as our life unfolds, worry, tension, guilt and anxiety take a back seat.  Surrender to this moment, try not to try too hard to shape it into something it is not or something you think it should be.  The process will reveal more of what you are supposed to learn, what you need to do and where this path you are on is leading.  Let go and allow yourself to simply experience the process (even if it is a difficult one).  knowing with true presence and awareness, the road you walk is leading you to higher ground.

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Yoga this Week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation following class

Friday Morning Gentle/Healing Yoga at 930am

Saturday 10-11am at the North Shore Public Library

(advance registration required)

Sunday 930am Gently Yoga Flow with live chanting at Jewel in the Lotus (details below)

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

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Happenings

Saturdays in March I will be teaching a mixed level Hatha Yoga Class at the North Shore Public Library from 10-11am.  Sign ups begin for cardholders on March 1st and non-cardholders can also sign up starting March 5th for a fee of only $14 for all four classes!  Our Library is very yogi friendly.

March 9th join me at Jewel of the Lotus in West Islip for Live Musical Chanting and Gentle Dharma Flow Class

Spring is almost here!  Come celebrate the coming of light and flow in an asana class infused with live musical Chanting.  Discover how the elements of music and yoga come together with Charlotte leading a gentle Dharma flow serenaded by Amy Perri on harmonium.   A beautiful vibrational experience joining breath, movement, music and spirit!  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

A Jewel In the Lotus @ 316-9871 or www.AJewelintheLotus.com

Yoga Darshana Spring Renewal Retreat is rapidly filling up.  So pleased to hear that a few of us have signed up already.  Don’ miss your opportunity to have a wonderful retreat experience in your own backyard.  The setting at Camp DeWolfe in Wading River is stunning.  I will be teaching an afternoon Vinyasa flow class as well as leading the Saturday night Devotional Chanting Kirtan, aside from that, I will be on retreat with you all!!  Here is the link, don’t delay…

http://www.yogadarshanacenter.com/Springrenewalretreat.html

Once again I am teaching the Vinyasa Section of Yoga Darshana’s 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training.  Click on the link to sign up…

http://www.yogadarshanacenter.com/200hour.html

Thursday, June 5 at 6:00pm
Windham Retreat Center, Windham NY
Led by Brian Miller and the group at Mind Body Adventures
Consider joining my for this special 4 day/3night escape into the mountains of Windham!  Benjamin Craig and I will be co-facilitating our Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oil sessions during the weekend which also includes hiking, meditation, Sangha and more.  Click on the link for more information.
Go hug someone you love!!
Namaste
Amy
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Yoga this Week – February 15, 2014

“Shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you?
You are at your very best when things are worst”
                                                                  Quote from “Starman” movie

 

Utkatasana (chair pose)  exemplifies the amazing ability of the human spiirt to rise up and find the strength, grace and power we didn’t even know we had.  We have all had experiences  where   the bottom seems to fall out from underneath our life; a devastating phone call comes or some unexpected turn of events sends life into a tailspin.   It is at precisely these times, when help seems to come out of nowhere; people organize themselves to help, families let go of their differences to work together for the common goal, friends come from all directions.  It is at our worst,  that we become our very best.

If you have a moment today, take chair pose for a few breaths.  Breathe into the grounding at your feet, feel how your heart lifts and your hands reach up toward the sky.  Embodying this powerful pose allows us to experience our own power and also the source of power around us that enables us to lift ourselves  up and bask in the light and love that is always there, either to ignite our own spirits or maybe even more importantly, to lift others up. Thich Nhat Hahn says “No Mud, No Lotus” which means that we must go through the dark, the struggles, the sticky stuff to reveal our true beauty.   In the depths of the winter, dig deep and reach high.  Spring is surely on its way and  we await its coming with joy, strength and resolve.  Meanwhile, enjoy the snow!!

Yoga this Week

Each Class will incorporate a Guided Meditation   

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

and

Tuesday and Friday Morning at 930am

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

Happenings

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Tomorrow Morning I will be teaching Vinyasa out at Peconic River Yoga Studio at 9am (weather permitting)  if you feel like a refreshing Sunday am practice.

www.PeconicRiverYoga.com

Saturdays in March I will be teaching a mixed level Hatha Yoga Class at the North Shore Public Library from 10-11am.  Sign ups begin for cardholders on March 1st

March 9th join me at Jewel of the Lotus in West Islip for Live Musical Chanting and Gentle Dharma Flow Class

Spring is almost here!  Come celebrate the coming of light and flow in an asana class infused with live musical Chanting.  Discover how the elements of music and yoga come together with Charlotte leading a gentle Dharma flow serenaded by Amy Perri on harmonium.   A beautiful vibrational experience joining breath, movement, music and spirit!

A Jewel In the Lotus @ 316-9871 or www.AJewelintheLotus.com

Peace, love and yoga,

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 – November 3, 2013

“The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.” 

~ Jack Kornfield

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Greetings dear yoga students,

Hope this evening finds you honoring your inner light, even though the darkness abounds all around us.  Honor the seasons, the coming and going of light and be present.    Have the awareness to savor the sights, sounds, and aromas of each passing day as we move towards the darkest day of the year.

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A dear friend of mine is taking up her yearly collection of coats for the needy which will be distributed in New York City the week before Thanksgiving.  I am asking for donations of winter coats of any kind but in particular, MENS COATS, to be brought in prior to Thanksgiving week.  If you have any old coats in your closets that aren’t being used, please consider bringing them to class and I will deliver to my fiend, Mary.  “Alone we can do some, but together we can do so much”.

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Classes this Week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow class

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am

**Morning Students – Remember to pull into the driveway if space allows**

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

Happenings

Two ShaktiPath Events this coming weekend  = please consider joining us!!

Celebrate life while experiencing the creative force of Music and Chanting as practice

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Friday, November 8th – ShaktiPath Thanks-Giving Kirtan and Food Drive at Peconic River Yoga –

http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html or www.PeconicRiverYoga.com

This will be a great night as ShaktiPath adds some new funky rhythms to the mix!

Saturday, 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.

This is a wonderful way to spend an Autumn Afternoon out East!

Santi Yoga is hosting their first Y12SR Meeting on Friday Nov 8th – Yoga for Twelve Step Recovery – www.santiyogany.com

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