“When you do your yoga practice, do it for more than the obvious physical benefits. Yoga gives us an opportunity to connect with that sacred self that lies beneath appearances, beyond belief systems and transcends even time. Yoga ignites our curiosity and expands our capacity for growth to help create a more meaningful, healthy and vital sense of living, not just for ourselves, but for all we come in contact with.” AP

Thank you to all who contributed to our Equinox Fundraiser. We collected $375 for the Food Pantry, in addition I will be adding $200 from both our Kayaking Trips for a grand total of $575! If you wish to contribute, let me know. I plan on sending it in after our next Kayak trip. (Which, by the way was postponed due to the high winds on Sunday morning, see below if you would like to join us). The Equinox was a beautiful expression of community. As special thank you to Jim, Derek and Steve who serenaded us with live music on the beach. We are so blessed to live and work in such an amazing place. May our efforts benefit all beings especially those closest to us! Jai!!

Yoga this Week

 Monday Meditation on Zoom Click Monday Morning Meditations 10am

930am Tuesday Morning Yoga in the Yard or to stream click Tuesday Zoom

7pm Wednesday Evening Yoga in the Yard under the stars! (Zoom link if rains) Dress in layers, I will have lights.

930am Friday Morning Healing Yoga in the Yard (Link will post for Zoom if it rains Friday)

830am Half-Day Yoga and Kayaking Adventure, Sunday, Sept 27th in Setauket. There are currently a few spots that opened up. Let me know if you wish to join us!

Please reserve your spot for in person classes or register on Zoom to live stream.

Here are some highlights from the Equinox Fundraiser

Good Morning Friends,

I assessed the yard and its too wet and windy to practice outside today.  Please register on Zoom if you would like to join class.

Here’s the link.  Namaste!!!

930am Friday Morning 9/18

Hari Om dear yoga students,

Please be advised:   If you have not contacted me and I have not confirmed your spot for tonight’s gathering, it is now full.

Due to social distancing logistics, the attendance is limited.  If it were not for this, I would love to have you all!!!

For those of you that have signed up, try to carpool when possible and arrive at the parking lot before 645pm.  The lot will be locked promptly at that time.  Please arrive with a Mask and maintain your distance as we set up!  Dress Warm.

This is a fundraiser for Friend’s kitchen located at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rocky Point that feeds the hungry in our area.  The suggested donation is $15 cash.  If you can’t attend and would like to contribute, please feel free to venmo Amy-Perri or send a check.

Many Blessings for the upcoming Equinox.  The winds of change are upon us.

Namaste

Amy

Holding the Balance-Ode to the Autumn Equinox

 Our lives hold grief and balm in equal measure, light, darkness are two ends of the same stick.  How do we hold all this life, all these dualities of sadness and joy, receiving and letting go, failures and successes, dreams and regrets, doing and not doing? The Tao Te Ching tells us that when we become empty we receive all that we have been grasping for.  This emptying and filling is as natural as the turn of the seasons.  To learn to let go with the grace of a tree in fall, to go within to shine the light where it has remained dark.  To share our burdens and our joys together as we walk this life full of transitions.  As we empty and prepare for what is to come,  planting seeds of intention; we find gratitude as we give rise to what is germinating deep inside; we honor the balance of light and dark. (AP)

Yoga this Week

 Monday Meditation on Zoom Click Monday Morning Meditations 10am

930am Tuesday Morning Yoga in the Yard or to stream click Tuesday Zoom

645pm Equinox Fundraiser Celebration (prior registration required)

930am Friday Morning Healing Yoga in the Yard (Link will post for Zoom if it rains Friday)

Please reserve your spot for in person classes or register on Zoom to live stream.

Events

Our Second Yoga and Kayaking Half Day Adventure is this coming Sunday.  If you signed up, watch for the email outlining details this week!

The Equinox Celebration is full at this time.  If you are interested I can put you on a wait list and if a spot opens, I will let you know.  If you signed up and can no longer attend, please contact me.  Thanks.

I will be posting a POP UP Beach Yoga Hike for an upcoming day when the weather looks good.  We got rained out twice so I’m hopeful that the third time is a GO!  Watch for the announcement.

well….its supposed to rain again in morning so we will have to postpone again!!! We will make this happen. Shooting for Saturday morning the 19th! Stay tuned

There is no meditation today, however the Monday Meditations will resume next week on the 14th!!

Namaste

Amy

Greetings,

Beach Yoga is on for tonight and we only have two more beach nights left.  September 16th will be a special Fall Equinox end of the season class featuring a Beach Fire, Live drumming, yoga and ceremony  to welcome Fall!  Let me know if you plan on coming.  More details forthcoming.

Unfortunately, the weather doe NOT look conducive to a beach hike for tomorrow.  We will try again next Wednesday or Thursday morning, whichever morning looks better.

See you on the Sand!!

Namaste

Amy

“Yoga is a balancing factor, a substratum across all of your life, so you do not get shifted in one direction or another. It gives you freshness, gives you light, recharges your batteries. You become a stable person. You realize what balance is, what sukha is, what contentment is, what joy is.”
~ Birjoo Mehta

Hoping to see you all in class this week so together we can recharge, re-balance and stabilize to experience yoga’s true gifts;  sukha (sweetness), contentment and joy!!!

Yoga this Week

10am Monday Morning Meditation through MMS Library.  Click Meditation to join!

930am Tuesday Morning Yoga in the Yard or to stream click Tuesday Zoom

645pm Wednesday Evening Beach Yoga in Rocky Point.  Click HERE

930am Friday Morning Healing Yoga in the Yard (Link will post for Zoom if it rains Friday)

Saturday 12-4pm is our First Yoga and Kayaking Half-Day Adventure!  If you signed up, you should’ve received and email with details!!

Please sign up for in person classes by email or text/Sign up for ZOOM Class using the link

Events

The September 5th Yoga and Kayaking Half-Day Adventure is Full to Capacity at this time!  There is still a spot or two for the September 20th trip, if you’re interested, let me know.  If you are interested in renting, you must call/text Kevin at Paumanoktours at 631-404-6447 to reserve.  He will bring them right to the launch site!

This Thursday I am organizing a Beach Hike at Smith’s Point.  We will meet between 8 and 815am at the West end of the parking lot.  The hike is about 45 minutes each way.  Once we get to the beautiful breach in the beach which is located to the west, we will stop and do a simple asana class before we hike back!  Text or email me if you would like to join me!  It’s worth getting up that early, trust me!

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
Pema Chodren

Blessings and love to all those that are suffering today.  Suffering comes in many forms.  Inner and outer darkness, circumstances beyond our control and unexpected turn of events can all lead to suffering.  May our hearts turn for a moment to all those that are in the debts of suffering to recognize we are bound together by our humanity and offer our deepest compassion.

Yoga this Week

10am Monday Morning Meditation through MMS Library.  Click Meditation to join!

930am Tuesday Morning Yoga in the Yard or to stream click Tuesday Zoom

645pm Wednesday Evening Beach Yoga in Rocky Point.  Click HERE

930am Friday Morning Healing Yoga in the Yard (Link will post for Zoom if it rains Friday)

Please sign up for in person classes by email or text/Sign up for ZOOM Class using the link

Events

The September 5th Yoga and Kayaking Half-Day Adventure is Full to Capacity at this time!  If you haven’t gotten your payment in, please do so to solidify your spot! I may have an extra spot or two for the September 20th trip, if you’re interested, let me know.  If you are interested in renting, you must call/text Kevin at Paumanoktours at 631-404-6447 to reserve.  He will bring them right to the launch site!

“The lesson which life constantly repeats is to ‘look under your feet.’
You are always nearer to the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
Do not despise your own place and hour.
Every place is under the stars.
Every place is the center of the world.”
― John Burroughs, Studies in Nature and Literature

Dear Yoga Students,

For reasons beyond our human understanding, we are here in this time and this hour.  We were meant to be here right now. Where you are is always where your true source of power is and where your greatest opportunities to learn and grow reside.  Yoga reminds us that all of our experiences, the difficult and the wonderful,  are worthwhile to explore.  Each moment is an opportunity to stop, connect and realize every place you are is the center of the world.

Yoga this Week

10am Monday Morning Meditation through MMS Library.  Click Meditation to join!

930am Tuesday Morning Yoga in the Yard or to stream click Tuesday Zoom

645pm Wednesday Evening Beach Yoga in Rocky Point.  Click HERE

930am Friday Morning Healing Yoga in the Yard (Link will post for Zoom if it rains Friday)

Please sign up for in person classes by email or text/Sign up for ZOOM Class using the link

Events

The September 5th Yoga and Kayaking Half-Day Adventure is Full to Capacity at this time!  If you haven’t gotten your payment in, please do so to solidify your spot! I may have an extra spot or two for the September 20th trip, if you’re interested, let me know.  If you have signed up and are interested in renting, you must call/text Kevin at Paumanoktours at 631-404-6447 to reserve.  He will bring them right to the launch site!