Category Archives: Rocky Point Community Education

Yoga this Week – October 19, 2015 – No Friday Class this Week

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Never give up. No matter what is going on. Never give up.

Be compassionate. Not just with your friends but with everyone. Be compassionate.

And I say again, Never give up. No matter what is going on around you. Never give up. Never give up.

-The Dalai Lama

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Sometimes we feel as if we can’t go on. The mountain is too big, the task too daunting, the yoga pose too difficult, the situation too unmanageable.   It is always helpful to remember that even the most incredible tasks begin  by taking the next or first step, however small or insignificant that step may seem, it is a step forward non the less. Even if it means stepping back, collecting your thoughts, formulating a plan or just taking repose.  Keeping our minds on the action we need to take and letting the result rest in the hands of the universe, allows us to be in the present moment, even in difficult times.   You are enough, you have everything you need to move forward.  All you have to do is believe in yourself, let go of excuses and just begin.

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Regular practice of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability”

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Yoga this Week

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Monday Maryhaven Yoga 5pm

Tuesday morning 930am with Meditation to follow in Yoga Room

Tuesday Yoga for Kids at FJC 4pm

Thursday evening 7pm All Levels Vinyasa in Yoga Room

**No Friday Morning this Week**

Yoga at Caruso’s Restaurant 9:45am Sunday Morning

(Please reply to reserve your spot for Yoga Room Classes)

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Happenings

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Yoga at Caruso’s is gaining momentum, our donations are increasing every week, thank you!!!  Our indoor class was awesome  with the sun pouring in and Dave on his guitar, we were breaking down walls and creating space!!  Join us this week as Laurel Torres leads us in her sweet flow!

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October 28th Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils – 7 to 9pm.  Here are what some participants are saying:

” I describe it less like a class and more like a healing”

“Amazing restorative yoga last night with you and Ben, thank you. I felt a the love you both put into your work and the rest and healing was amazing.”

Contact me to register for this special session!

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Kirtan and Food Fundraiser Sunday, November 8th at 3 to 5 pm at Gentle Strength Yoga in Mount Sinai!

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Stay Tuned for the date to save for our annual Winter Solstice Gathering!

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Amy

Yoga this Week – October 5, 2015

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

 

Greetings dear yoga students,

Hoping to see all of you returning, releasing and finding rest this week in your yoga practice!!

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Tuesday Yoga for Kids at 4pm at FJC School

Thursday Evening 7pm Open Level Class

Friday Morning 930am Healing Yoga

Sunday Morning 9:45am Yoga at Caruso’s with Live Musical Accompaniment

(20% of proceeds from Caruso’s Classes to go to The Invited Inn Soup Kitchen in Rocky Point – Class Cards Honored)

 

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Happenings

Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils with Ben & Amy – Two Dates to choose from

October 16th 7pm at Peconic River Yoga http://www.PeconicRiverYoga.com

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October 28th 7pm in our Yoga Room

(These workshops fill up quickly so please reserve your spot.  A prepayment of $55 is due for the session held here on October 28th- Contact Peconic River Yoga for details on how to sign up for October 16th

Watch for announcement on the Kirtan in early November with me, Annalee & Jim!

 

Yoga this Week! Last Beach Yoga Wednesday with Live Music! Don’t Miss it

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Greetings dearest Yoga Students,

 

Much gratitude to all who took part in our first Sunday Morning Yoga Class at Caruso’s Restaurant. The space was beautiful, the music by Joe Spina was inspiring and yoga was peacefully practiced.  We raised a sweet $200 to donate to The Invited Inn Soup Kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church!  “Alone we can do so little, Together we can do so much!” said Helen Keller, and she was so right!.  Sunday Morning classes will be on-going at Caruso’s with the same pricing structure as our yoga room classes ($12 for one/$55 for five/$100 for ten (no one ever turned away).  Caruso’s will be offering a special lunch/brunch on Sundays after yoga.    We will also have fundraising classes every so often to give to those in need.

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If you are attending the Fall into Balance – Equinox Yoga Retreat this coming weekend, please be sure to go over the “List of things to bring” to make sure you have what you need.  Special note to make sure you bring bedding if you did not reserve it in advance and in case it gets chilly at night bring warm clothes, especially for the Saturday night Fire Ceremony.  Any questions, give me a shout.  So excited that this long awaited weekend is upon us!!

Yoga for Kids begins on September 29th at the FJC School  through the Rocky Point Community Education Department.  Follow the link to sign up and please spread the word!  Comm Ed Fall 2015 Flyer

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation

Wednesday Evening – 6:15pm  Last Yoga on the Beach will be accompanied with Live Music by Michael Smith and Brian Johnson!!

**No Friday Morning Class this Week – Equinox Retreat**

Sunday Morning 9:45am Yoga at Caruso’s Restaurant will be led by Laurel Torres, RYT!

 

(Please reserve your spot for Yoga Room classes)

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Beautiful Annalee in Dancer’s Pose outside Caruso’s Restaurant!

Hope you made it to the Rocky Point Farmer’s Market’s Harvest Festival.  There was great music, yummy food, wonderful people and I even got a chair massage!  The market will run till end November.  Come to yoga Sundays, have lunch at Caruso’s and take a stroll down to the market in beautiful downtown Rocky Point!!

 

Be Well,

Namaste

Amy

 

Yoga this Week – August 3, 2015

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”

Lao Tzu

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Greetings dearest yoga students,

We are in the midst of changes, some that are natural like aging and children growing up.  Others are spontaneous like suddenly losing your job or winning the lottery.  We all feel anchored in what is familiar to us and are comforted in what we can count on, like an old favorite receipe or comfy chair.  However, whether we want change or not, it comes.  Sometimes slowly and sometimes like a tidal wave sweeping us off our feet.  The best we can do is “let reality be reality” and join in with the flow.  Allow yourself time to grieve the past if you need to but with all the compassion you can muster up, don’t resist change or try to control it. Allow the energy of acceptance to flow towards gratitude for all you are able to experience.  Like a beautiful flowing river, allow your life to flow and ebb and flow, using your precious energy to be a part of it all.

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Wednesday Evening 7pm Yoga on the Beach

Friday Morning 930am Healing Yoga

Sunday Morning 8:45pm Yoga on the Beach

(Please reserve your spot for Yoga Room Classes – Website has all details on beach yoga)

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Events

Join me this Friday at the Earthquake Relief Expo on Lake Ronkonkoma!  I will be leading Kirtan at 530pm followed by a yoga class by Yogi Prakash

Festivities begin at 2pm and go until 9pm – Activities for kids of all ages – Downloadable flyer below!!  Hope you can make it!

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There is still one spot open for the weekend retreat September 18, 19 & 20th!

Hope to see you soon!

Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – July 26, 2015

“Yoga is the practice of observing clearly, listening acutely and skillfully responding to the moment with all the compassion we can muster”

Donna Farhi

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Greetings dear yoga students,

Thank you for your continued dedication to your practice for it is you that will make this world a better place.  By practicing the art of observing, listening and responding skillfully,  you not only bring health and right action to those around you,  but you also become a wonderful example of how a person can move through the world with integrity, kindness and love.  A beautiful student remarked to me that being in class felt like a “homecoming” to her.  Yoga is a homecoming; a homecoming and a connection to your body, your mind. your community and your true nature which has an amazing wellspring of intelligence, joy and compassion waiting just below the surface to shine!!

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Wednesday Evening Beach Yoga 7pm (or in yoga room if rain)

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am

Sunday Morning Beach Yoga 8:45am

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Events

Friday, July 31st – Peconic River Yoga is hosting our Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oil Session at 7pm.  http://www.peconicriveryoga.com

Friday, August 7th – Earthquake Relief Expo for Nepal 2pm to 9pm at the Age of New Beginnings – Beach Club Estate, 151 Rose Drive, Ronkonkoma.  I will be leading Kirtan at 530pm but there are many talented practitioners sharing their talents throughout the event.  Its going to be a lot of fun for a great cause!

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Sweet Sunday Morning Beach Yoga 8:45am Tomorrow!

Beach Yoga with Amy tomorrow morning! Its going to be a beautiful start to an awesome day, stop in at the Rocky Point Farmer’s Market on the way home and after you nourish your body, mind and soul n Rocky Point you can head over to the South Shore for the Great South Bay Music Festival!!

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Sunset Wednesday we will be having an Acoustic Asana class on the beach with Michael Smith and a percussionist playing the Tablas (indian drums), its going to be a real treat!

 

See you on the sand!

Yoga this Week – June 14, 2015

Kirtan Tonight at Yoga Darshana Center at 630 with Amy, Annalee & Jim – Come chant with us aligning with the energies of Surya!

 

“Attention is the most basic form of love.”
~ John Tarrant Roshi

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Give attention to the things that are important to you as well as realizing when you are squandering your precious moments on trivialities.  If the most basic form of love is attention, give it to yourself, give it to those around you, give it to the thoughts that empower you and set you free!!

Yoga this Week

*Mondays Suspended for Summer**

Maryhaven Yoga Monday – Port Jefferson 5pm

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow

Wednesday Evening Yoga on the Beach (Inclement Weather class is in studio and requires reservation)

Friday Morning 930am Healing Yoga

Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed

**(Please note:  Monday Evening Classes are suspended for the summer, resuming in the Fall)

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Happenings

Kirtan Tonight at Yoga Darshana Center in Babylon – http://www.YogaDarshanaCenter.com

Sunday Morning Beach Yoga beginning July 5th

June 28th Yoga & Kayaking – Click on events page for more info

June 31st Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils at Peconic River Yoga – http://www.PeconicRiverYoga.com

Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – May 31, 2015

 

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       “We depend on nature not only for our physical survival. We also need nature to show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our minds. We got lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating; lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems. We have forgotten what rocks plants and animals still know. We have forgotten how to be— to be still, to be ourselves, to be where life is here and now.”

Eckhart Tolle

The Empowerer

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Nature’s power to nurture us never ceases to amaze me.  The natural world reminds us of what is truly important and to let go of the rest.  We humans create all kinds of complex dynamics which keep our minds busy and our bodies tense.  Take time to receive the bounty of beauty that is always there for the taking right outside your door.  Make a special effort to experience nature everyday, either by cultivating your garden, sitting quietly and listening to the birds, feeling the embrace of the wind flowing around you or the tingling warmth of sun on your skin. Observe how the trees remain patient, grounded, growing and still within the movement of life.   Connect, ground down, let go and allow life to flow with the intelligent rhythm of nature and just BE!

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Yoga this Week

Meditative Monday at 7:15pm

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow class

Wednesday Evening Flow at 7:15pm

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed – Evening Classes require a minimum to sign up before 5pm)

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Events-Workshops-Adventures

Click on this link for details on all events:  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

June 6th at 1-4pm Join me and Donna Coogan as we co-facilitate  a very special workshop at the Long Island Yoga Association

 Shift your Prana – Exploring Vibrational Energy

http://www.LIYoga.org

 

June 10th, Wednesday,  Beach Yoga Begins

 June 11th, Thursday,  Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture in Rocky Point

June 14th, Kirtan with Amy, Annalee & Jim at Yoga Darshana Center!!

http://www.YogaDarshanaCenter.com

Sunday June 28th Yoga and Kayaking

Rocky Point Farmers Market is now in full swing Sunday Mornings on Broadway in Rocky Point

Come down and visit – its a local treasure!!!

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Much Gratitude to our adventurous hikers this morning!  It was absolutely wonderful and I decided to give 100% of the proceeds will go to our local food pantry! If anyone would like to contribute before I send in the donation, please let me know.  It’s never too late to give!

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Jai!!  Victory to our Spirits and Peace to All Beings!

 

Yoga this Week – May 16, 2015 – Wednesday Night Class Switched to Thursday Night this Week!!

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Greetings Dearest Yoga Students,

Have faith in your practice and the ability of your yoga to calm, nurture, enliven and release.  When we move our panic energy our practice through breath work, postures, chanting, and/or meditation we effect not only our physical bodies, but our emotional bodies as well.  Moving prana (life force energy) within ourselves allows us to be more open, more willing, more free to connect to that universal prana that is available for the taking and connects us to all beings everywhere.  In essence, it allows us to show up for ourselves and for others in our life.  Trust your yoga to move through you, all you have to do is show up and be present.  Your Yoga mat will catch you if you fall.

 

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Classes for this Week

Meditative Monday Evening 7:15pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Thursday Evening 7:15pm

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 9:30am

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

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Events-Workshops-Adventures

Click on this link for details:  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

Yoga Hike Sunday, May 31st

Friday, May 29th Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oils at Peconic River Yoga

June 6th at 1-4pm Join me and Donna Cogan as we co-facilitate  a very special workshop at the Long Island Yoga Association

 Shift your Prona – Exploring Vibrational Energy

http://www.LIYoga.org

 

Wednesday, June 10th Beach Yoga Begins

Thursday, June 11th Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture in Rocky Point

Sunday June 28th Yoga and Kayaking

Yoga this Week – May 10th, 2015 – No Friday Morning Class

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A Blessed Mother’s Day to all!  I hope you enjoyed your day as much as I have.  Remember that although cultural holidays are “supposed” to be happy and joyful, they often also come with a fair amount of sadness or grief for what used to be, what we hoped would be or for who we have lost along the way.  Allow yourself to feel your feelings as much as possible.  Happiness and Sorrow are both different ends of the same stick.  Have compassion and gratitude for those around you as we honor the great mothers that surround us as well as inside of us.

May you find peace and serenity in knowing you are loved!!

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Classes for this Week

Meditative Monday Evening 7:15pm

Maryhaven Yoga in Port Jefferson 5pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Wednesday Evening 7:15pm

Thursday Afternoon Yoga for Kids 4pm

 **No Friday Class this Week**

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

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Events-Workshops-Adventures

Click on this link for details:  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

Yoga Hike Sunday, May 31st

Friday, May 29th Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oils at Peconic River Yoga

June 6th at 1-4pm Join me and Donna Cogan as we co-facilitate  a very special workshop at the Long Island Yoga Association

 Shift your Prona – Exploring Vibrational Energy

http://www.LIYoga.org

 

Wednesday, June 10th Beach Yoga Begins

Thursday, June 11th Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture in Rocky Point

Sunday June 28th Yoga and Kayaking

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Namaste and special thank you to all those that mother others!!

Amy

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