Category Archives: Middle island Yoga

Yoga this Week – August 9, 2014

Beach Yoga Tomorrow Morning at 8:45am – Its looking like it will be beautiful!!

 

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Greetings dear yoga students,

If you want to know how you got to where you are today, look at your past actions.  If you want to know what your future will be like, look at your present actions.  Its that simple.  We create our future everyday  with what we do in the present.  Tapas, the Niyama described as disciplined action, helps us create the future we long for.  Take a look at your present state of mind, your present schedule and what it is comprised of and ask yourself if it is aiding you in creating the life you desire.  Tapas helps us to create the fertile ground for healthy growth to occur.  Tapas is getting on your yoga mat, getting to bed early, creating space in your life because the disciplines help to create an ultimate calm state of mine.   Tapas enlightens our days with determination and resolve to stay on this path we have chosen, courageously forging our way through this beautiful journey called life with joy.

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Yoga this Week

Monday Evening Special Yoga Class with Live Music at 7:15pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Mediation to follow

Wednesday 10am Class at the NSPL (Pre registration required)

Wednesday Evening Sunset Yoga on the Beach at 7pm

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

Sunday Morning Beach Yoga at 8:45pm

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

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Happenings

Special Event:  Yoga Class with Live Musical Accompaniment at 7:15pm

Pre Registration Required

$15 per person – There is currently one spot open for this event.  If you have signed up and do not plan on attending, please let me know.

Events & Workshops

Friday Night Gift from the Sea Book discussion will meet at Cedar Beach West Parking Lot between 545 and 6pm.  Bring your favorite passages and thoughts.  Bring a chair, drink and snack if you like.  Let me know if you plan on attending.

Hope to see you all real soon,

Happy, happy summer

Surya Mangalum – Blessings on the Sun

Amy

Asana Class with Live Music and Chanting Monday, August 11th at 715pm

Asana Class with Live Music and Chanting

 

Come celebrate the joyful energy of summer and flow in an asana class infused with Live Music and Chanting. Discover how the elements of music and yoga come together on August 11th at 715pm
with Amy on harmonium singing original, meditative compositions of ancient chants and Michael Smith joining in with hypnotic guitar rhythms .

Asana will be led by our own Megan Frisina, RYT, to guide you all in this beautiful vibrational experience joining breath, movement, music and spirit!

 

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Cost is $15 per person

Advance registration and a prepayment will secure your spot in this special class.

Please Contact

Amy Perri, eRYT500 at YogaWithAmy@optonline.net
631-839-0644
http://www.MyYogawithAmy.com

Yoga this Week – August 4, 2014

**Sorry but There is No Class Tonight!!  Monday Evening Yoga begins on August 11th at 715pm with a special Live Music Class; see below for details***

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“These three elements knows as Kriya Yoga, help us detoxify the body, nurture the senses and purify the mind…”

Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

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The Three Pillars of Yoga

Tapas: Discipline

Svadhayaya:  Study of the self and of  Spiritual Texts

Ishvara Pranidhana:  Devotion and Surrender to the Divine

Greetings dear yoga students,

What a gift to be able to retreat from our worldly life and dive in to yoga’s spiritual teachings.  Over the next few weeks, I hope to be able to shed some light on each of the three pillars of yoga stated above.   These three pillars are part of yoga’s ethical practices known as Niyamas and are the second limb of the Eight Limb Path.  Niyamas are personal observances and give us the tools to lead a happy, joyful , well-balanced life.  These three observances in particular are highlighted in the Yoga Sutras as Kriya Yoga.  The Sanskrit word, Kriya, means  to take action;  so Kriya Yoga is the yoga of action.  By concentrating on these principles and discovering where you  may need to take action in your life (making a plan)  the ancient masters tell us we will  discover a more fulfilling, joyful life  and also create the fertile ground for our life’s purpose and deepest desires to become manifest.

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow class

Wednesday Morning North Shore Public Library Yoga Class 10am (Prior Registration Required with Library)

Wednesday Evening Beach Yoga with an earlier start time of 7PM (Please arrive 10 to 15 minutes prior)

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

Sunday Morning Beach Yoga at 8:45am

(Please Reserve Your Spot or Cancel if your plans have changed)

 

Happenings

**Monday Evening August 11th – Yoga with Live Music at 715pm with Guest Teacher Megan Frisnia and guitarist Michael Smith Braceland     – Special Event

Please reserve your spot- Prepayment is suggested  – Click on the link for more details**

Events & Workshops

Friday Evening August 15th at 5:45pm Gift from the Sea book discussion group at Cedar Beach West Parking Lot

Bring chairs, drink, and snack if you like.  Try and make notes of your favorite pages, aspects, ideas to discuss.

Yoga Darshana Center’s Fall Retreat at Camp DeWolfe in Wading River is set for September 13-14th

Go to http://www.YogaDarshanaCenter.com for more information

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Shanti!!

Amy

Sunset Yoga with Live Music on the Beach Tonight 7pm!!

Yoga, Beach, Sunset, Live Music!!! Doesn’t get better than that. Hope you can make it for this very special class.

It is going to be awesome for sunset tonight!! Especially since we will have very special guest, Michael Braceland Smith accompanying us with his melodic guitar playing as we flow to the yogic rhythms of our bodies, breath and beach.

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Please try to arrive early as I will be locking up the beach parking lot at 7:05 to head down to the sand.  Sunset is at 8:10pm tonight  As the days begin to shorten, we will begin our class earlier.

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Next week we will plan to meet at 6:45 for a 7pm class start.  Reminder that there is NO CLASS THIS COMING FRIDAY OR SUNDAY!! 

Need more info?  Click on the link below for directions and details on beach yoga.

https://myyogawithamy.com/beach-yoga-at-nsbpoas-beech-road-beach/

Namaste Sweet Ones,

See you on the Beach!!

Amy

Yoga this Week – July 19, 2014

Beach Yoga Tomorrow Morning 8:45am – Beech Road Beach in Rocky Point – click on link for more info http://www.MyYogaWithAmy.com

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“Through practice, I’ve come to see that the deepest source of my misery is not wanting things to be the way they are. Not wanting myself to be the way I am. Not wanting the world to be the way it is. Not wanting others to be the way they are. Whenever I’m suffering, I find this ‘war with reality’ to be at the heart of the problem.”

Stephen Cope

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Greetings dear yoga students,

Welcome to another glorious day. As you meander through your daily round, think about something you may be “at war” with in your own life. Living life on life’s terms is not an endeavor for the faint hearted. As humans, we seem to always want to fix things or create fantasies and repeat mantras like; “if only things were different then I could be happy”. True inner contentment only comes from within. We must make the decision to be happy now. Now is all we have. This moment, this day, this family, this body, this home, this job, this stretch of 24 hours to live our life. Cultivate acceptance with whatever or whoever is in your life today. Be the one that brings serenity to your interactions and act with your heart on situations that seem to baffle you. Try and do more reflection that reaction and you may find, things are exactly as they should be. Relax, let go and focus today on being at peace with reality. The war within quiets when you cultivate Santosha – contentment; allow yourself to bloom wherever you are planted, within whatever circumstances life finds you.

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Classes for this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with 11am meditation to follow

Wednesday Evening 7:15pm on the Beach weather permitting or in Yoga Room

Friday Morning 930am Healing Yoga

Sunday Morning Beach Yoga 8:45am

(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed – Beach yoga does not require reservation but make sure you arrive at least ten minutes prior to class start to receive your parking pass)

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Happenings

I now have seven copies of Gift from the Sea for distribution to whomever would like to join our book Sangha group.  We will plan to meet mid August possibly on Friday, August 15th in the early evening on Cedar Beach to reflect on the book and enjoy the beauty of the sunset.

Watch for another Yoga and Kayaking trip  and the Fall Retreat with Yoga Darshana Center at Camp DeWolfe coming in September – details will follow.

Shanti

Amy

Yoga this Week – July 13, 2014

“We will only discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or other people’s models,

learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.”

Shaki Gawain

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Svadhyaya

The fourth Niyama (or observance) in the Eight Limb Path of yoga is the study of the self.

Like so many yoga practices, svadhyaya is the process of getting to know who we really are; our true self. Yoga asana, pranayam, and meditation are all ways to peel off the layers of our false selves. Doing this and staying present to the process is not always easy. As we peel the layers and really look at our exposed wounds, memories, conditionings and patterns, we may feel more confused and defeated than when we began. Trust the process and turn again and again to those spiritual teachers that came before us. They are there to guide us; in books, in music, in our dreams, our prayers or maybe sitting right across from us at work, home or in our communities. As we work to let go of others (or even our own) ideas of who we should be, the more open and compassionate to our own “particular genius” we can become and the more our “natural channels” to the divine open and our dharma (life’s purpose) is revealed.

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday 930am with 11am Meditation following class

Wednesday Evening at 715pm will be on the beach if weather permits or in the studio

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930-11am

Sunday Morning Beach Yoga at 845am

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

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Happenings

Watch for the return of Monday Evenings in the Yoga Room – Begins August 4th

This class will require pre-registration of at least four students each week for class to take place.

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Summer Yoga Group Book Read – Gifts From The Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I have requested 8 copies of the book to be held for me and I should have them this week.  Let me know if you would like me to hold one for you.  If you have your own copy, pull it down, dust it off and begin.  It is a perfect summer book to read again and again.  We will discuss where and when we will meet to contemplate this treasured classic.

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Beginning August 6th I will be leading an all-levels Yoga Class at the North Shore Public Library on Wednesday mornings at 10am for the month of August.  Registration begins on August 1st.  If anyone of you are interested in demonstrating for me, let me know.  It would be much appreciated!!!  Also at the North Shore Public Library this Saturday, Kishori (Kim) begins her Ayurvedic Series!  There may still be room for this informative three-session presentation.

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Classes down at the beach have been lovely.  I welcome lots of new faces  and am enjoying being on our beach twice a week.  Continue to check the website if the weather looks questionable as Wednesday  classes will be held in our yoga room if beach is not accessible.

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Shanti, Shanti, Shanti, Om!

Be at Peace, you are already perfect exactly the way you are!

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Amy

Yoga this Week – June 29, 2014

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Greetings dearest yoga students,

I love summer. I love diving in, breathing the air, feeling the warm shining sun on my face.   I love embracing the cool breeze and the tingaling feeling of salt on my skin hours after a dip in the sea. I love the energy in myself and I can feel it in those around me. Today’s kayaking adventure included all of these things and more. I am so very blessed to do the work that I love in this lifetime. To be around such wonderful open-minded people embracing natures beauty not only sharing an adventurous  journey across the water,  but an inspiring  yoga class on an island while collectively raising funds for our local soup kitchen was truly a gift. The water, sun, air, sky, birds, sand were all part of our practice.   When a student came up to me and said “Amy, you have truly found your dharma, this is your life’s work”, it filled me with such joy and awe.  Work?  I smiled and laughed to myself because I really never feel like any of these classes, events, sangha’s, are work!! (Although I must say, I will sleep deep tonight!)   Thank you all for your continued dedication to your yoga practice and to this community that continues to grow.  Thank you all for allowing me to live my dharma by brining this ancient practice of yoga in all its forms to new and continuing students.  And thank you for being  the open, receptive, loving and supportive people that yogi’s are known to be.  Sat Nam, A deep, loving bow to you all!!

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Classes this Week

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation

Wednesday Evening at 715 at the Beach *

Friday Happy Fourth of July (No Class)

Sunday Morning 845am at the Beach *

*(Remember beach classes are weather permitting – if the weather looks questionable, check the website or facebook page, if there is no posting, beach is a go!)

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July Happenings

Tuesday July 15th at Jewel in the Lotus Yoga and Wellness Center I will be providing live musical chanting at two of the evening classes

Click on the link for details

Events & Workshops

If you are a patron of the North Shore Public Library, check out the Saturday workshops on Ayurvedic practices that Kim (Kishori) is leading.  Kim facilitated an Ayurvedic lecture here at our yoga room last summer.  If you are interested sign up!  It should be very informative.

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Lokha Samasta Sukino Bhavantu

May all beings be happy, peaceful and Free.  And my our thoughts, words and actions in this day help to contribute to that freedom for all.

Thank you also to those hat support our freedom, in and out of the military.  May you be safe, healthy, happy and know peace!

 

 

 

Yoga this Week – June 22, 2014

  anjali mudra in lotus 

“Yoga helps us to remember again and again what we have forgotten…

that our bodies, our minds and our lives are pliable, changeable and capable of creating any experience we choose to create.”

                                                                                             

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If you are feeling stuck, stagnant or blocked at this time, please try and remember that even in the “down” times, we are still moving forward.  It is imperative, however,  that during dormancy we try and trust that the abundance of the universe is on its way; we are most likely being prepared for something much greater, much more expansive than our limited minds can understand.  Even when we are not sure of our next step, all we need do is stumble forward in faith, in perseverance and in the knowing that at any given moment we have the opportunity to make the necessary changes in our lives toward health, well being and happiness.  Allow your yoga practice to be a beautiful reminder of just how moldable our bodies, minds and spirits can become one compassionate,  patient, focused moment at a time.

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Classes for this week

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation

Wednesday Evening at 715pm on the Beach  – Click on the link for details – https://myyogawithamy.com/beach-yoga-at-nsbpoas-beech-road-beach/

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

Sunday Morning Yoga and Kayaking Fundraiser Adventure – Click on the link for details –

Events & Workshops

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

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The beach yoga class was a beautiful experience and so wonderful to see many new faces coming out to practice on our amazing shoreline.  Any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me anytime.  Jai to Summer!  Its finally here, lets enjoy every moment…

Shanti

Amy

Yoga this Week – June 15, 2014

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Every time we come into the present moment we unlock our ideas about what our life should look like.  Yoga helps us realize the unlimited potential that is inherent in every moment..  It shapes the way we feel about ourselves, our world and our dreams.  When we experience the radiance of our bodies, the power of our breath and the qualities of a calm mind, a long hidden truth comes floating to the service; that we are more than the sometimes limited labels we place on ourselves.  We remember again what we have forgotten, that we are more than our bodies, more than our thoughts, more than even this limited time we are encapsulated in called our life.  When we realize this truth again and again, we can give ourselves permission to dream dreams, discover new passions and then cultivate the trust and strength to materialize our desires.  So allow your yoga to be more than achieving some outward expression of physical form, allow YOUR yoga to unlock the inner flexibility of your minds so your life can soar beyond your wildest dreams.

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Guided Meditation

Wednesday Evening at 730pm

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

Sunday Morning BEACH YOGA at 845am on NSBPOA’s Beech Road Beach

Make sure you check the website or facebook pages prior to any beach yoga classes for any cancellations!

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

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Happenings

Mind over Madness Summer Solstice in Times Square NYC

Saturday, June 21st in Manhattan – Let me know if you received a ticket and would like to join our group

Kayaking and Yoga Adventure & Fundraiser June 29th in Setauket

go to http://www.MyYogaWithAmy.com and click on events to see details

Shanti!!

Amy

Yoga This Week – June 1, 2013 – No Friday Class this Week

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“All Spiritual Journeys have a destination of which the traveler is unaware. Most of us who start out on the yoga mat do not realize that, if we dedicate ourselves to practice, it is only a matter of time until the mat becomes an altar”

Stephen Cope

Greetings dear yoga students,

The practice of Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of devotion. Every pose we take, every breath we inhale, every intention and action is practiced as devotion to our divine source. The deeper we penetrate our physical world through our asana practice, we realize the divine lives in all things physical and that the physical lives in all things spiritual and we tap into the energy of yoga (connections). When we tap into the energy of yoga or connection of mind, body and spirit we can experience, what Bhakti yogis aim for; a “direct, intense, personal relationship with the divine or simply with life itself”.

Practicing yoga this morning in the middle of the woods with the birds, trees and sun, it did not take long for my yoga mat to become an alter. Seemingly magically, my physical practice transformed into an experience of being deeply connected to everything around me and inside of me, even the sound of children playing in the distance became part of the musical symphony that was playing inside and around me. I was completely immersed in Bhakti Yoga, devoting my practice to my divine source.  This was also the same way I felt Friday night chanting mantras behind a yoga class, immersed in a “personal relationship with life itself”.

 

There are countless ways to practice Bhakti yoga. Chanting spiritual mantras, praying with beads, gardening in the earth’s soil, relishing the light in a loved ones eyes, playing with a child or finding compassion in your heart when it is needed most are all postures we can take to express our devotion for life itself.   We can also come to our formal yoga practice with dedication and reverence for this ancient science which enables us to transform our own yoga mat into a sacred space where we come to be in the presence of the divine that is both inside, outside and in all things.

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning at 930 with Meditation

Wednesday Evening at 730pm

There is No Friday Morning Class this Week as I will be on the Yoga and Hiking Retreat at Windham…Still some spots if anyone wants to jump in last minute…let me know

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

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 Happenings

Yoga and Hiking Retreat June 5-8 at Windham Mountain – Still some spots left…Who would like to take the adventure???

https://www.facebook.com/events/236485009865105/

Yoga on the Beach Begins Sunday June 22 at 845am!!!  We were   approved by the North Shore Beach Association to use their parking lot and classes are planned for Wednesday evenings at 715pm and Sunday Mornings at 8:45am  –  Details to follow

Kayaking and Yoga Adventure June 29th in Setauket

 www.MyYogaWithAmy and click on Events

Blessings,

Amy