Category Archives: Rocky Point Yoga

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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Yoga this Week – July 19, 2015

***Wednesday Night Beach Yoga will have Michael Smith along with his drummer providing live music for our class!!**

 

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Hari Om Dear Yoga Students,

“Santosha, or the practice of contentment, is the ability to feel satisfied within the container of one’s immediate experience” 

Donna Farhi 

Feeling satisfied within the container of one’s immediate experience means to meet the present moment with a fresh perspective and open up to everything it has to offer.  Satisfaction combines the energies of acceptance and gratitude.  Contentment is not based on what you think you need to be satisfied, but more a sense of gratitude for what you already have.  The ability to feel satisfied within the container of your immediate experience comes when you allow your expectations to fade and your perceptions to clear enabling you to become empty of past impressions;   this is the practice of yoga, this is the practice of Santosha.

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Classes for this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Wednesday Beach Yoga 7pm with Live Music!!

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am

Sunday Morning Gentle Beach Yoga 8:45am

(Please reserve your spot for yoga room classes and keep an eye out for changes due to weather)

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 Events

Live Music for Beach Yoga this Wednesday at 7pm!!

Friday July 31st, Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils at Peconic River Yoga 7-9pm

August 7th Earthquake Relief Expo 2 – 9pm Ronkonkoma

Hope to see you soon!

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 – July 5, 2015

  *Please Note this week’s Friday Morning Class will begin at 9am (30 minutes earlier)**

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Greetings dearest yoga students,

Yoga practice is about being aware.  We connect to our bodies, minds and breath so we can be aware and present to what is happening internally; to the places we need to empower, the places we need to open and the places we need to protect.  Therefore, our yoga is about learning about ourselves.  We study the self so we can better understand why we do the things we do so we can let go of the what is not our true nature.  We learn what actions brings us closer to our higher self and the things that take us further away.  We acquire the patience to be with difficult sensations, whether they are emotional, physical or mental, so the interactions can teach us what we need to know to move us along our path.  “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know”, so embrace your challenges with the pose of the Warrior and stand your ground, be open and embrace the lessons, for they are gifts that come wrapped in the most unlikely packages.

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation

Wednesday Sunset Beach Yoga with LIVE MUSIC 7pm

**Friday Morning Healing Yoga 9am

Sunday Morning Gentle Beach Yoga 845am

(Yoga Room classes require reservation)

**Beach Yoga Classes held at Broadway Beach (weather permitting) if weather  uncooperative Beach Classes may be held in the yoga room with reservation https://myyogawithamy.com/beach-yoga-at-nsbpoas-beech-road-beach/

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Events

July 11th – Yoga and Kayaking Trip:  This coming Sunday at 8:15am in Port Jefferson Harbor.  Click on the Events Page to join in!

July 12th Sunday Evening Reiki Circle hosted by Amy & Annalee:   Join us for a Reiki sharing Circle with  Meditation 7:30pm – All are welcome to attend please rsvp for this special once a month event.  $10 offering and/or a food pantry item (no one ever turned away for lack of donation)

July 17th Restorative Yoga & Essential Oils at the North Shore Public Library:  Join Barbara Delledone and myself for a relaxing, rejuvenating evening.  Sign ups begin July 1st for NSPL cardholders and opens for all on July 6th.  $5 fee

July 31st Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils at Peconic River Yoga with me and Benjamin Craig.  This is our only summer session.  Contact the studio to reserve your spot.  It is sure to fill up!  http://www.PeconicRiverYoga.com

 

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Beach Yoga with Live Music Wednesday at 7pm!!

Yoga, Beach, Sunset, Live Music!!! Doesn’t get better than that.    All levels and ages welcome…

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 Wednesday night 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 is at 7pm with Sunset at 8:30pm…Lets watch it go down – Broadway Beach in Rocky Point

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 Click the link for more details

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

Namaste Sweet Ones,

See you on the Beach!!

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!!

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*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

Join me at Rocky Point Relay for Life Tomorrow!

Relay will be held at the Joseph A Edgar School on Route 25A (Next to Swim King) in Rocky Point.

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  • Acoustic Music with me and Dennis from 4 to 5pm
  • Yoga Class with guitar accompaniment from 5 to 6pm
  • Opening Ceremonies at 630pm
  • Carnival starts at Noon
  • Relay goes all night!!!

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I would love to see you at the Rocky Point Relay for Life organized by members of the Rocky Point Community and the American Cancer Society to both celebrate life in honoring cancer survivors as well as those that have lost their battle with this pervasive disease.  The relay will begin with a carnival at noon and teams will begin walking at 6pm to raise much needed funds!

 

I will be performing an acoustic set with my good friend, Dennis from 4 to 5pm followed by a yoga class with live music,   designed to warm up, unite and celebrate the participants!  This event is free of charge but donations are always appreciated the day of event.

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Yoga this Week – June 8, 2015

 

**Still some spots open for Thursday’s Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils**

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It’s time. If you are to walk the path of heart, then it is time…”
If not now, when? If not me, who? To walk the path of the heart is a great honor. Every human has the choice to walk this path, but very few will decide to make it. Why? Well, because you can’t act and behave like everyone else behaves. You must be the person who will learn to look within. You must be the person who will be fully accountable for yourself. You must be the person who prays and meditates. You must be the person who will sacrifice. You must decide to be a Peaceful Warrior

–Nippawanock, ARAPAHOE

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Yoga this Week

Meditative Monday 7:15pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Wednesday BEACH YOGA at 7pm down at Broadway Beach

(Beach Yoga will be held in our yoga room in inclement weather)

Thursday at 7:30pm Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

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

 

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 Events/Workshops

Beach Yoga begins Wednesday – Info on Beach Yoga Page on my Website

Thursday Night Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture at 7:30pm – A few spots open

Rocky Point Relay for Life – This Saturday at 4-6pm – Acoustic Music followed by Yoga Class – Would love to see some of my yogis show up and support this wonderful fundraising event.  You don’t have to part of the event to come and enjoy the energy!!

Sunday June, 14th at 630 – 830pm – Kirtan with Amy, Annalee and Jim at Yoga Darshana Center in Babylon – $15 per person

– Click the Link for more details – http://www.YogaDarshanaCenter.com

Kayaking and Yoga Trip scheduled for June 28th!!!

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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!

The Bee Mother

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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)

The Hidden Jewel

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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!

The Graceful Dancer

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