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Yoga this Week – November 15, 2014

 May all hearts be at ease. May our contentment promote the energies to alleviate suffering and turn ignorance into knowledge. May the cultivation of santosha guide us to courageous action, deeper community and greater love of all sentient beings.

                                          Swami Shraddhananda

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Greetings Dearest Yoga Students,

Santosha is one of the Niyamas outlined in the eight limbs of yoga.  Niyamas are ethical practices that cultivate inner peace and awareness about ourselves.  Santosha means contentment.  To be content with whatever is.  Having the good fortune of participating in a workshop with Todd Norian this past week enlightened me to a new way of thinking about Santosha.  He spoke about life being a series of problems that need our constant attention, creativity, compassion and openness.  We all know that once one issue, obstacle or problem is solved, right behind it rolls in another one, like waves on the ocean; the issues may seem bigger, smaller or take a different shape, but never the less, they keep coming.  What Todd so eloquently eluded to is that all we really need to change is our perspective; to change our obstacles into stepping stones on which we grow.  To be content in the action of solving, resolving or figuring out solutions while letting go of the result.  Contentment is now, not when things get better, not when we have all we think we need, it is now, in this moment.  It allows us to love all of life, opening our hearts and clearing it out of judgment as to what we consider “good” or “bad”.  Contentment allows our hearts to be at ease and turns our ignorance into knowledge.

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Yoga this Week

Meditative Monday at 7:15pm

Tuesday Morning Yoga at 9:30am with Meditation to follow

Wednesday Evening Yoga at 7:15pm

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

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

**Evening Classes require at least four to sign up prior to 5pm to run)

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Happenings

Saturday, November 22nd at 9am, Musical Chanting and Yoga at Yoga for Life
December 6th, Long Island Yoga Association Holiday Luncheon – Kirtan with Amy & Friends
Save the Date for our annual Winter Solstice Party – Thursday, December 18th 7pm
Next Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils scheduled for Jan 7 2015
Equinox Yoga Retreat – September 18, 19 and 20 of 2015 – Plans are underway!!  So excited..details coming soon!!
Click on Events page for details on happenings or contact me directly!  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/
Jai!!
Amy

 

Yoga this Week – November 9, 2014

**Please note:   The Restorative Yoga & Acupuncture Session will be pre-empting the regular Monday Evening class this Monday**

“Banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. For we are the ones we have been waiting for!”  

~ Hopi Elder Prophecy

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Greetings dearest yoga students,

Hoping this email finds you well and allowing yourself time to transition into this fall season that is upon us.  Try to let go of your struggles today.  Our lives truly are a sacred expression of the love we hold  within.  The moment of sacredness is always now and is always a choice we make.  Our sadhanda (practice) teaches us that in the present moment, the abundance of the universe is available to us and we are exactly where we should be.  The more we practice bringing ourselves back to the present moment, the more we can live in that sacred space that is full of compassion, wholeness and healing.  Just as the journey from the head to the heart is only one breath away, the journey from the unreal to the real is within our reach.  Stop waiting for yourself to be more, do more or have more resources available to you to live from your heart’s desire.  You are the one you have been waiting for.  You are already whole, look inside to your inner light to guide you towards your soul’s purpose focusing on completing even the most mundane of tasks as sacred celebrations.  Just as your awareness in your yoga postures should spread to every part of your body, each part equally important, allow your awareness to spread to every task, every breath, every word you speak to rest on the sacredness that is within and around you.
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Yoga this Week
Monday Evening Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils 7:15pm (Session is Full)
Tuesday Morning at 930am
Wednesday Evening at 7:15pm
Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)
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Happenings
Thursday, November 13th at 5-6pm – Yoga for Teens offered by the Rocky Point Community Education begins
Saturday, November 22nd at 9am, Musical Chanting and Yoga at Yoga for Life
Save the Date for our annual Winter Solstice Party – Thursday, December 18th 7pm
Equinox Yoga Retreat – September 18, 19 and 20 of 2015 – Plans are underway!!  So excited..details coming soon!!
Click on Events page for details on happenings or contact me directly!
Jai!
Victory to our Spirits and Peace to all Beings!
Namaste
Amy
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Yoga this Week – November 2, 2014

Be Self-controlled!
Give!
Be Compassionate!
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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This is the true aim of yoga, this is the goal.  To learn to control the mind when it leans towards selfishness, egoism, fear and negativity.  The ultimate aim of all our yoga practices are to bring our focus inward so we realize all the peace we seek comes from our true divine nature.  A yogi feels the lack of noting, therefore, there is no need for hoarding, competition or greed.  The yogi knows all comes from and all will return to the divine source; that in our natural state we are all one.
Be Self-Controlled by following an ethical path. Give by coming from a place of abundance.  Be Compassionate so others can gain strength from your strong spirit.
This is the aim of yoga, these are the true goals.
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Yoga this Week
Meditative Monday Evening at 715pm
Tuesday Morning at 93oam with Meditation to follow class
Wednesday Evening Open Level 7:15pm
Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed, please note evening classes need a minimum of four to sign up by 5pm to run)
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Happenings
Today!!  Call library to see if there are still spots left and join us on this windy, wild day for: 
What is Yoga?  An Experiential Journey with Amy Perri and Barbara Delledonne November 2nd at the North Shore Public Library – Registration now open to NON-Library card holders.  $5 fee and in person registration required.  Still a couple spots left, join us  for what’s sure to be a great afternoon.  Philosophy, asana, chanting and yoga nidra!!!.
Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils – Monday, November 10th 715-915pm with Ben Craig!!
Click on the link for more info
Yoga and Live Musical Chanting and  Thanksgiving Food Drive
November 22nd at 9am at Yoga For Life in Setauket
Regular Class Fees and Class Cards Apply along with Food Pantry Contribution- Donations for Musicians Appreciated

Yoga this Week – October 26, 2014

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The goal is not to tie ourselves in knots …

we’re already tied in knots. 
The aim is to untie the knots in our hearts. 
The aim is to unite with the ultimate, loving, and peaceful power in the universe.”

– Max Strom

Yoga helps us to “untie the knots” not only in our overworked, overstressed bodies but also in the parts of our hearts that we seemed to have closed.  Focus your attention on this “ultimate, loving and  peaceful power in the universe” and let it calm, soothe and give you the courage and strength to untie, unwind and open up the flood gates of your hearts.  When the heart chakra is open and free, we have the ability to love and be loved, unconditionally,  and there is absolutely no greater force than that in this world or beyond.
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Yoga this Week
Meditative Monday Evening at 715pm
Tuesday Morning at 93oam with Meditation to follow class
Wednesday Evening Open Level 7:15pm
Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed, please not evening classes need a minimum of four to sign up to run)
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Happenings
What is Yoga?  An Experiential Journey with Amy Perri and Barbara Delledonne November 2nd at the North Shore Public Library – Registration now open to NON-Library card holders.  $5 fee and in person registration required.  Still a couple spots left, join us  for what’s sure to be a great afternoon.  Philosophy, asana, chanting and yoga nidra!!!.
Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils – Monday, November 10th 7-9pm with Ben Craig!!
Click on the link for more info
Live Music and Yoga at Yoga for Life has been rescheduled for November 22nd for the 9am class with Lois.
Details to follow…
Thank you all for your generous donations to our food pantry bin.  Anytime you remember to bring in a small non-perishable food or toiletry item, you are contributing to the needy in our own community and it is much appreciated.
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Heart Chakra Mudra:
First Finger and Thumb of right hand touch at the Heart Center – Chant YAM (like yum)
Hope to see you soon,
Namaste
Amy

Yoga this Week – October 19, 2014

Await the auspicious moment when one will be free from pleasure and pain, desire and a sense of worldly gain–since, attention should be on the perfection of means and not the end, which is bound to follow if the means are perfected.  To accomplish this one should scrupulously observe all aspect of sadacara 
(The Yamas which are right conduct — non-violence, truthfullness, non-stealing, moderation and non-greed)
                                                Ravindra Kumar
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Be gentle with yourself and others as you strive to walk this road less traveled remembering that we truly cannot become enlightened beings by simply sitting on a meditation cushion, doing yoga poses or reading spiritual material;  WE MUST ADHERE TO AN ETHICAL PRACTICE if we are to move forward in our journey back home to our true selves and do the work we were meant to do in this lifetime. When our intention is pure, our paths will become illuminated like moonlight on a dark night and others will follow your example. Allow yourself to take risks, be willing to be vulnerable;  there is a song in your heart waiting to be sung and in walking the true and right path you will find inside you the ability to give yourself fully to your unique, beautiful style of music that lives inside your soul. 
 
Kirtan at Breathe
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Yoga this Week
 
Meditative Monday evening at 7:15pm
Tuesday Morning 930am – Special Class – Kishori will be here teaching a Vata Balancing Class for the Fall
Wednesday Evening 7:15pm
Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed – Please note the evening classes require a minimum of four students to sign up for class to run)
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Happenings
Thursday Evening 730-9pm Live Music and Asana Class led by Lois at Yoga for Life with  me and my musical friends providing the music
Click on the link for more info or to sign up!!
What is Yoga?  An Experiential Journey with Amy Perri and Barbara Delledonne November 2nd at the North Shore Public Library – Registration now open to NON-Library card holders.  $5 fee and in person registration required.  This class is filling fast.  Grab your spot for what’s sure to be a great afternoon.  Philosophy, asana, chanting and yoga nidra!!!.
Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils – Monday, November 10th 7-9pm with Ben Craig!!
Click on the link for more info
Special thank you to all of you who attended the yoga hike at Avalon and the Kirtan at Breathe!! I love that I can share all I love with all of you.    It was such an amazing, uplifting weekend!  I am sure the soup kitchen will be equally uplifted when I deliver the donations this week. Much Love and Gratitude!!!
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 
Metta always,
Amy
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Join us this Saturday evening at Breathe in Port Jefferson!

***Mention that you are a student of mine and receive a $5 discount off admission***

An evening of Chanting with Amy Perri and Friends

Saturday, October 18th at 7 to 9pm

At

Breathe Inspiring Gifts in Port Jefferson Village

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Join with us in the ancient practice of Kirtan – A call and response form of singing that creates calmness of mind, connection to spirit and joy of heart!   The practice of Kirtan or Japa, the repetition of mantras, has been used in cultures all over the world to clear the mind of clutter in order to tune into a higher vibration or universal spirit.  This practice has the ability to create connection with your community while facilitating a sense of inner calm and joy

$20 per person prepaid or $25 at the door

(Along with A donation of a non-perishable food item is much appreciated)

All are welcomed! Call Jena at 642-2377 or Amy at 839-0644

Amy Perri is a Registered Yoga Teacher, ERYT500 and enjoys teaching adults and children, bringing yoga to the developmentally disabled and presenting workshops in area studios. She also takes great pride in using yoga as a fundraising tool to support local charities. As an expression of Bhakti Yoga  (the yoga of devotion), Amy enjoys taking her harmonium and musical friends on the road, providing music & chanting for asana classes and Kirtan. www.MyYogaWithAmy.com

 “Chanting is a spiritual practice that quiets the mind, engages the body and channels “Shakti”, universal energy from the deep seat of the soul straight to the heart”.  

Breathe Inspiring Gifts

116 East Main Street

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Port Jefferson, NY 11777

642-2377

Yoga this Week – October 15, 2014

**No Monday Night Class this week – Make sure you scroll down for some wonderful offerings this month!**

“Again and again ~ Return like Mountain ~ Release like Ocean ~ Relax like Sky ~And Rest ~ Rest in the Heart of Pure Awareness” Living Buddha

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Greetings dear yoga students,

This quote reminds me that there is a need for us to keep coming back again and again to rest in our true selves. However, to balance our energies we must seek different modalities to meet our ever changing needs; sometimes we need to relax like the sky,  be still like a  mountain or release the past  like the ocean.  Tune in to exactly what you may be needing today.  Draw upon the power of nature to nurture you and give you what you need.  As the season transitions to shorter days and longer nights, you may feel your energy, mood and mind shifting so try and adjust your daily round to help you be true to yourself.  In this way we begin to live in the natural rhythms of nature, returning again to rest in the awareness of the heart and what truly matters in your life. 

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Yoga this Week

**No Monday Evening Class – Happy Columbus Day & Happy Birthday to my 16 year old Zachary!!**

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation

Wednesday Evening at 715pm

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

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

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Happenings

What is Yoga?  An Experiential Journey with Amy Perri and Barbara Delledonne November 2nd at the North Shore Public Library – Registration now open to NON-Library card holders.  $5 fee and in person registration required.  This class is filling fast.  Grab your spot for what’s sure to be a great afternoon.  Philosophy, asana, chanting and yoga nidra!!!

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Yoga Hike at Avalon Park this coming Saturday, October 18th!  Please arrive by 915am to park and meet by the gristmill pond.  In speaking to the park office, the area that I planned to do yoga in will not be available so we will hike the park and upon returning to the ponds, we will have our class overlooking the duck pond.  The Labrynth will not be available as it is being reseeded for the spring.  The suggested donation is $15 per person with half of the proceeds going to the Invited Inn Soup Kitchen.

Chanting with Amy & Friends at Breathe in Port Jefferson 7-9pm this coming Saturday Night, October 18th!  Please join me for a wonderful evening of chanting, connecting and raising vibrations!  Advanced registration is $20 and $25 at the door.

Breathe Inspiring Gifts

116 East Main Street

  1. http://www.breatheinspiringgifts.com

Port Jefferson, NY 11777

642-2377

Yoga and Auyerveda for Fall with Kishori Gopika, Tuesday, October 21st at 930am right here in our yoga room.

Regular Class fees apply with $10 for guest teacher – Class is currently full – Please contact to get on waiting list.  If we have enough interest,

we will add a second date for this special class.

Yoga and Live Music at Yoga for Life, October 23rd 730 to 9pm with Lois.  Musical chanting provided by Amy & Friends…

Contact Amy for details

Shanti,

Amy

Yoga this Week – October 5, 2014

**The regular Wednesday class is replaced this week with Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture – Still two spots open**

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“Mother Ganges teaches us that if we want to attain the sea of our aspiration, we must persevere in our goal and never be discouraged by the inevitable obstacles that come on our path. All impediments are like rocks in the river of life. We should flow around them and never give up. With the Lord’s help, there is always a way.”

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Excerpt from “The Journey Home” by Radhanath Swami

Dearest Yoga Students,

One of my favorite teachers, Rolf Gates used to say, “The obstacles in our path, are our path”, and I believe this to be true.  Yoga is about relationship and connection. Today explore your relationship to the rocks in the river of your life.  How you think about your obstacles  and the energy you bring to your actions as you relate to them, has everything to do how you “flow around them”.  Today as my husband and I literally got lost in the trails in the woods, we reminded each other (in between glares of confusion) to enjoy the journey of being lost.  As the sound of the road became louder and we knew we were almost back, I contemplated the fact that we are never really lost, we are never really off the path and that the detours, obstacles and the “not knowing” are usually the most beautiful parts of our journey.  So persevere today and avoid becoming discouraged.  With the help of the divine source that is vibrating all around us, there is always a way.

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Yoga this Week
 –
**Meditation Monday Evening  at 7:15pm
A Meditative flow ending with time for a guided meditation and relaxation.  Appropriate for all Levels.
Tuesday Morning 930am Yoga with Meditation following Class
Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture Session 7-9pm
No regular Wednesday night class this week but there are still two open spots left for this session
Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am
(Please reserve your spot in class or cancel if your plans have changed)
**Please NOTE that Evening Classes require a minimum of a four to sign up prior to 5pm day of class for it to run***
 (but feel free to check in as late at 7 for a spot)
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Happenings
Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture on October 8th at 7 to 9pm.  Click the link to learn more.

https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

Fall Yoga Hike!!  Saturday Morning, October 18th at the beautiful Avalon Park in Stony Brook – Relaxed walk through the woods to practice a gentle yoga class in natures studio – All ages and levels are welcomed!  Click on the link and scroll down for more information.

  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

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An evening of chanting with Amy and Friends at Breathe in Port Jefferson – Saturday, October 18th 7 to 9pm

Join with my in the ancient practice of Kirtan – A call and response form of singing that creates both a meditative as well as uplifting experience!

All are welcome, no musical or prior experience needed!

Thursday, October 23rd at 7:30pm  Yoga with Live Musical Chanting at Yoga for Life in Setauket with me and Lois Healion!  Join us as Lois guides you in a gentle flow as Amy and friends serenade you with live musical chanting into a blissful experience.  $20 prepaid or $25 at the door.  Contact Amy to sign up.

Yoga Movie and Indian Scarf Night!  Join us as we view two  very interesting  short yoga movies entitled “What is Yoga” and “Why we Breathe” together as a Sangha.  Kishori will be here with Indian scarves for purchase.   Date to be announced shortly.

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Save the Date for a mini-yoga retreat!!!  What is Yoga?  An Experiential Journey with Amy Perri and Barbara Delledonne – November 2nd at the North Shore Public Library – Registration begins October 1st –

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Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week -September 28, 2014

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So Much Happiness

It is difficult to know what to do with so much happiness.
With sadness there is something to rub against,
A wound to tend with lotion and cloth.
When the world falls in around you, you have pieces to pick up,
Something to hold in your hands, like ticket stubs or change.

But happiness floats.
It doesn’t need you to hold it down.
It doesn’t need anything.
Happiness lands on the roof of the next house, singing,
And disappears when it wants to.
You are happy either way.
Even the fact that you once lived in a peaceful tree house
And now live over a quarry of noise and dust
Cannot make you unhappy.
Everything has a life of its own,
It too could wake up filled with possibilities
Of coffee cake and ripe peaches,
And love even the floor which needs to be swept,
The soiled linens and scratched records….

Since there is no place large enough
To contain so much happiness,
You shrug, you raise your hands, and it flows out of you
Into everything you touch. You are not responsible.
You take no credit, as the night sky takes no credit
For the moon, but continues to hold it, and to share it,
And in that way, be known.

~ Naomi Shihab Nye ~

One of yoga’s most beautiful niyamas (ethical practices to cultivate) is Santosha or Contentment.    With Santosha, there is less doing and more a sitting with, a being present for, a quiet contemplation to look around and be content in the moment, in this very moment.  Today notice how many times you might sabotage your contentment.  Sometimes we worry that things are too good, that it won’t last.  Sometimes we think we should do more, be more or get more.   Be aware of when you feel content today  and allow yourself the joy and peace that cultivating santosha brings, however fleeting or far between, 

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Yoga this Week
 –
**Meditation Monday Evening  at 7:15pm
A Meditative flow ending with time for a guided meditation and relaxation.  Appropriate for all Levels.
Tuesday Morning 930am Yoga with Meditation following Class
**Wednesday Evening Multi-Level Class 7:15pm
Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am
(Please reserve your spot in class or cancel if your plans have changed)
**Please NOTE that Evening Classes require a minimum of a four to sign up prior to 5pm day of class for it to run***
 (but feel free to check in as late at 7 for a spot)
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Happenings
Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture on October 8th at 7 to 9pm.  Click the link to learn more.

https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

Fall Yoga Hike!!  Saturday Morning, October 18th at the beautiful Avalon Park in Stony Brook – Relaxed walk through the woods to practice a gentle yoga class in natures studio – All ages and levels are welcomed!  Click on the link and scroll down for more information.

  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

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An evening of chanting with Amy and Friends at Breathe in Port Jefferson – Saturday, October 18th 7 to 9pm

Join with my in the ancient practice of Kirtan – A call and response form of singing that creates both a meditative as well as uplifting experience!

All are welcome, no musical or prior experience needed!

Yoga Movie and Indian Scarf Night!  Join us as we view two  very interesting  short yoga movies entitled “What is Yoga” and “Why we Breathe” together as a Sangha.  Kishori will be here showing her Indian scarves for which she will take orders for during the evening.  Date to be announced shortly.

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Save the Date for a mini-yoga retreat!!!  What is Yoga?  An Experiential Journey with Amy Perri and Barbara Delledonne – November 2nd at the North Shore Public Library – Registration begins October 1st –

Breaking News!!! Live Music tonight for our Beach Class!!!

Yoga, Beach, Sunset, Live Music!!! Doesn’t get better than that. Hope you can make it for our last sunset yoga class!!!  All levels and ages welcome…

It is going to be awesome for sunset tonight!! Especially since we will have very special guest, Michael Braceland Smith back on the beach accompanying us with his melodic guitar playing.   Come and enjoy this beautiful experience!    

Class tonight is at 630pm – Sunset is at 730 and it is shaping up to be a beauty

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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!!