Category Archives: Rocky Point Yoga
Yoga this Week – October 26, 2014
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 this Week – October 19, 2014
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
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.
Yoga this Week
**No Monday Evening Class – Happy Columbus Day & Happy Birthday to my 16 year old Zachary!!**
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Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation
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Wednesday Evening at 715pm
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Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am
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(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)
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Happenings
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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.
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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
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
642-2377
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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.
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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
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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.”
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.
https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/
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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!
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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.
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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
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Yoga this Week -September 28, 2014
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,
https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/
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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!
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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 –
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Yoga this Week – September 21, 2014
“The yogi feels that the collection or hoarding of things implies a lack of faith in God and in himself to provide for the future….By the observance of aparigraha, the yogi makes his life as simple as possible and trains his mind not to feel the loss or the lack of anything. Then everything he really needs will come to him by itself at the proper time.”
Iyengar
Hari Om Dear Yoga Students,
As this Fall draws us inward I wish for your eyes to see all the abundance that you already possess right now in this moment in this time in your life. One beautiful morning this past week I walked down to the shore, a little less than a mile from my house and was embraced by the serene beauty all around me. It caused me to stop and I experienced a moment that seemed to have transformed into one of those magical moments suspended in time. I paused, connected to my breath, did some simple yoga postures and sat on a piece of wood to silently sit in meditation.. As the rhythmic sound of the waves made their way into my mind and the gentle warm breeze caressed my skin, I felt so completely connected to all that was around me. The feeling of abundance and gratitude seemed to encapsulate my entire being. If we take even a moment to connect with all that is precious and dear to us in our lives right now, we allow the divine light to shine into our hearts. A moment like this can change your entire day from one that is ordinary to one that is full of miracles and we seem to lack nothing.
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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!
Details to follow…
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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 –
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Watch for the return of monthly Yoga Jam in November and other fun yoga related events…
Suggested Rituals for Autumn Equinox
- Give thanks to the Gods for the harvest.
- Evaluate the past year, and identify what to harvest and what to plow under.
- Identify and cut away outworn habits and emotional baggage which are wearing you down.
- Work for balance and equilibrium in nature or in human affairs.
- Give to those less fortunate than you are
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Shanti Om,
Amy
Yoga this Week – September 14, 2014
Rocky Point Farmers and Artisans Market Fall Festival today 8 to 3pm
Music, Food and Fun!!!
Old Depot Park, Broadway & Prince Rd., Rocky Point
- rockypointfarmersmarket.org
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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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Fall Yoga Hike!! Saturday Morning, October 20th – Relaxed walk through the woods to practice a gentle yoga class in natures studio – All ages and levels are welcomed!
Details to follow…
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Watch for the return of monthly Yoga Jam in November and other fun yoga related events…
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Namaste and enjoy this beautiful day!!
Amy
Yoga this Week – September 7, 2013
“Detachment is simply letting go of all you hold fast to in your mind. It doesn’t actually mean losing anything, simply changing your relationship with the things in your life today. The greatest pleasure for every soul comes as a result of choosing detachment. Why? Because attachment is a form of slavery that takes place in our own minds. And the result of detachment? Real freedom”
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
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!!






























