**Two Spots Available for Tuesday Night’s Synergy Session**

Woman With Flower

by Naomi Long Madgatt

I wouldn’t coax the plant if I were you.

Such watchful nurturing may do it harm.

Let the soil rest from so much digging and wait until it’s dry before you water it.

The leaf’s inclined to find its own direction;

Give it a chance to seek the sunlight for itself.

Much growth is stunted by too much prodding,

Too eager tenderness.

The things we love we have to learn to leave alone.

Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow

Tuesday Evening at 645pm Synergy Session (2 spots open)

Wednesday Evening at 715pm

Friday Morning Gentle Yoga at 930am (Gretchen Subbing)

(Please Reserve Your Spot or Cancel if your plans have changed)

Workshops and Offerings

**Scroll Down for some Great Events coming Your way **

*Only Three Spots left for the Synergy Session on January 22nd*

Dearest Yoga Students,

Yoga gives specific tools to lead a well balanced life, full of love, presence and adventure.  All we need to do is continue to follow our breath, open our minds, and move energy in our bodies to feel the fullness of being alive.  As we become more aware of our habits, and how our state of mind effects our actions, it is only natural that we begin to make better decisions.   Join us this week as we once again clear away the clutter to find what is always waiting for us, freedom!

Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow class

Wednesday Evening 715pm All Levels Yoga

Friday Morning Healing/Gentle Yoga 930am

Please Reserve Your Spot or Cancel if Your Plans have changed

Jack Licitra is coming to our Yoga Room!!

Workshops and Offerings

Dear Yoga Enthusiasts,

I love when a student emails me to ask for a poem I read in class, or to comment about a pose or a feeling they encountered during practice. I love getting feedback from you!  So please don’t hesitate to comment to me whether its something positive or something I need to be aware of to improve your experience.  I read the  following poem last week and was asked to share it.  You may want to print it and pull it out whenever Winter is getting the best of you!  I know I will. (Scroll down for the poem).

Love, light and peace as we begin this next trip around the sun!

Happy New Year to you all!

Yoga this Week

New Year’s Day Blessings – No Class

Wednesday Evening at 715pm

Friday Morning at 930am with Meditation

Friday Night – Kirtan!! at North Shore Public Library – Call to register 631-929-4488 Click here for details

Sunday 9am – Yoga Detox class – Please sign up (need at least 4 students to run class)

Click here for Workshops and Events and all the details!

Winter Teaches Me by Joyce Rupp

Winter teaches me patience:

Walk carefully on icy sidewalks. Drive slower through snarled traffic.

Take more time to put on layers of clothes.  Wait for streets to be cleared of snow.

Be understanding about mail arriving late.

Winter strengthens my courage:

Go out into windy, freezing air.Risk traveling on snowy roads.

Dress warmly and go for a walk.  Ski through woods, alone and free.

Be a peace in long days of darkness.

Winter brings me beauty:

Look up at the star-filled sky. Pause to breathe the crisp air.

Vigil with steel-blue sunsets.  Marvel at the frost etchings on windows.

Sink boots into soft, sensual powder.

Winter gives me silent hope:

Touch the terminal buds on branches.Clear the snow and find green moss below.

Watch the sunlight fade, then linger longer.Stand with the strength of evergreen trees.

Listen to the birds cheeping at the feeder.

Namaste Dear Ones,

Amy

11th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration

Thursday, December 20th 7 to 9pm

Join us for a Winter Solstice Celebration as we come together in Sangha to celebrate the return of light!! On this darkest of days we will light up the night with intention setting meditation, candle lighting ceremony, musical chanting, fun group yoga poses and refreshments (Please bring a small dish to share) . This is a fun evening that has become a wonderful tradition honoring this auspicious time of year.

There is no charge, this is my gift to you, however, I am asking for a donation of $10 donation of which all proceeds will be donated to the Invited Inn Soup Kitchen in Rocky Point.  

All are welcome, please rsvp to let me know you will attend.

Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create a clearing…
in the dense forest
of your life and wait there patiently,
until the song that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world so worthy of rescue.

Workshops and events

Winter Solstice Gathering, December 20th at 7pm

Kirtan Chanting Concert, January 4th at 7pm

Synergy Session – Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with oils, January 22nd at 630pm

Learning to tune in to your internal cues and honoring them will help keep you stay safe and attain balance on and off the mat.  Get quiet when making a decision, listen to what your body is saying as you begin your yoga practice, the answer is there.  Allow yourself to have goals, goals are a healthy way of moving forward in the direction we desire. Goals keep us motivated and keep us focused.  However, learn to honor the journey and give space for your goals to shift and change as life unfolds.  Trust the process and enjoy an experiential,  experimental life that allows  the divine expression of your unique self to shine through.   

Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

 Wednesday NSPL Yoga at 1030am

Wednesday Evening Yoga & Meditation at 715pm

Friday Morning Gentle Yoga & Meditation at 930am

Workshops/Events

December 20th at 7pm 11th Annual Winter Solstice Gathering- Please let me know if you plan to attend

Synergy Session – January 15th at 645pm – Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils – Sign ups are open.

Next Reiki Healing Circle Scheduled for Late January

Watch for the return of our Sutra Study Class in 2019

Yoga Gift Certificates are available.  Give someone the gift of Yoga!

Please let me know if you would like to join our Reiki healing Circle  tonight.  At present there are a couple spots open. If you have signed up and your plans have changed,  please let me know so another can take your spot.

Looking forward to creating our healing Circle together. If anyone cannot attend but would like a distance healing,  please contact me and I will be sure to send energy your way

Namaste

Amy

**Please Note:  Wed Evening Class is switched to Tuesday Evening for this Week only.  Please let me know if you plan to attend**

Open your doors and allow gratitude to flow in and out.  Gratitude is the mother of Joy!  Let us all be grateful for our beautiful, crazy, unpredictable, exciting lives by expressing our joy and light wherever we happen to be.   Hoping you all had a  blessed holiday.  Let us keep up our practice as the season into the dark is quickening.  In order to motivate you not to skip class,  each time  you come to practice, from now until January 4th, remember to put your name in the box to win a Private Session with me.  The more times you come to class, the more chances you have to win!

Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation following class

Tuesday Evening 715pm with Meditation

Wednesday Morning NSPL Yoga 1030am

**NO WEDNESDAY EVENING CLASS THIS WEEK**

Thursday Evening 7pm Reiki Healing Circle

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am with Meditation

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

Workshops/Events

November 29th at 7pm Reiki Healing Circle

December 20th at 7pm 11th Annual Winter Solstice Gathering

Synergy Session – January 15th at 645pm – Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils – Sign ups are open.

Click on the link above to sign up.  Reiki Circle is almost full to capacity