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Winter Solstice Full to Capacity!

Greetings dear ones,

Our Winter Solstice Gathering is full to capacity.  I am overjoyed at the response to our 10th Annual Celebration of darkness and light.  If you have rsvp’d, please let me know if your plans have changed.  If you have not reserved a spot and would still like to come, contact me to  get your name on the wait list.

With all the germs circulating around at this time, if you are feeling under the weather, I thank you in advance for  staying at home and taking care of yourself (and others).

If you are coming,  bring your best intentions and dress festively, sparkly, and bright!  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.  See you tomorrow at 7pm.

Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week & Winter Solstice, December 17, 2017

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain, or help one
fainting robin unto his nest again I shall not live in vain.
~ Emily Dickinson

The message in the above quote is powerful and simple;   Emerge from your own suffering and be of service in any small way and your life will have meaning and your heart will be full.  I take this opportunity to thank all of you for allowing me to be a small part of all your lives. Each time one of you expresses their gratitude for this humble space I have created, I am filled with the knowledge that I am being used for something bigger than I can even realize; even if in very small ways.    I cannot express enough how blessed I feel to have the opportunity to use this ancient system of yoga to “ease one life the aching or cool one pain” even if it is just the short time we spend together in class
Never doubt what any small act of kindness can accomplish.  Live from you heart, experience the light the shines inside and reflect the brightness on to another giving them the opportunity to connect with the light they too have within. Most of all, I sincerely hope you enjoy this journey from the darkness into light and receive within your gifts of the holidays, more love than your heart can hold!

Classes for this Week

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow class

Thursday Evening Winter Solstice Gathering 7pm (see below)

Friday Morning 930am 

(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed, due to the Winter Solstice Party on Thursday, there will be no Wednesday night class this week)

Winter Solstice Gathering – Thursday Evening 7 – 9pm

Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year and the first day of Winter.  As we journey deeper into the darkness the promise of light abounds.  Our winter holidays are festivals of light.  We celebrate the light within and around us.  We honor the warm light of those that are close to us as we come together as one:;  one voice, one breath,  one mindful purpose of giving and receiving peace, love and joy. Chanting, Intention Setting, Group Poses, Sangha Social….  Prior reservations required.  If you have reserved your spot, please let me know if your plans have changed!  ($10 Suggested Donation and a small dish to share)

Events & Workshops

So excited to be hosting  a Sound Healing with Karen Marcello!  Click on the above link for details!

The Giayatrye Mantra

Om bhur bhuvah svah, Tat-savitur Varenyam

Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, Dhiyo yo nah Pracodayat

“Let us meditate on the light of the sun which shines on the earth, in the sky and in space.  May this divine light shine also within us to inspire our intellects to make the right decisions at the right time.”

Great Events  and a Special Guest Coming in January and February, Click this Link for details

 

 

Namaste

Amy

 

Yoga this Week – December 3, 2017

December Contest

Put your name in the box every time you come to class.  We will pull a winner mid-January.  The more times you attend, the more chances you get to win a 60 minute private session to focus on anything you would like!!  Don’t skimp on your practice when you need it the most.

Greetings dearest yoga students,

It has been an honor and a pleasure be part of  The Long Island Yoga Association as  presenter, contributor and student. This amazing organization  began 29 years ago in response to a need for yoga students and teachers to have a community for connection, study and sangha.  Due to yoga’s rise in popularity, yoga studios and workshops are more than bountiful and LIYA just could not sustain itself.  All things must pass and I am in profound gratitude for all the Long Island Yoga Association had done over the years and for  igniting my forever growing love of yoga in all of its forms.   Click on the link below to read the article I wrote for LIYA’s last newsletter.

Grounded in Gratitude

Yoga this Week

Monday Maryhaven Yoga 515pm

Tuesday Morning Yoga with Meditation at 930am

Wednesday Evening 715pm Yoga

Friday Morning Healing/Gentle Yoga 930am

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

Events and Workshops

Monday, December 11th at 715pm Restorative Yoga and Oils $15 per person (Preregistration Required)

 

Save the Date for our 10th Annual Winter Solstice Gathering – Thursday,  December 21st at 7pm – $10 Suggested Donation and a Dish to Share 

 

Coming in the New Year:  Monthly Satsang – Talks on Philosophy, Sacred Yogic Scriptures and how to apply these ancient teachings to our modern lives.

This will be a interactive group meeting once a month. Details to follow.  Let me know if this interests you.

Click the link Above for all Details

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Deep gratitude to all who continue to light the flame within with yoga.   Just by being part of our Kula (community of the heart) you can be a spark that helps to ignite and inspire another.  I know you all spark my inner light whenever you come to class, send me an email or say hello in our community.  I am grateful to each and everyone of you for bringing your unique and beautiful energy into our yoga room.  Hoping you all have a very healthy, Happy Thanksgiving.  Shanti, Shanti, Shanti, Om!!!

Still Two Spots available for Monday Nights Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils.  Let me know if you would like to come.  it is an amazing way to boost your immune system, release tension and emotional stress and prepare you to stay healthy and vibrant through the end of the year festivities!

Namaste Always,

Amy

Gratitude in Giving Collection: Please bring item to contribute tomorrow night!

I forgot to mention that, as always, I have a collection bin outside our yoga room that I collect and periodically deliver to food pantries.  Along with your $15, please bring a non-perishable food or toiletry item to contribute to our gratitude in giving collection if you have signed up for Monday nights class.

The room is almost completely full of grateful students, just one or two spots left.  If you have signed up, please let me know if your plans to attend change.

In Gratitude,

Amy

 

 

Yoga this Week – November 19, 2017 – Gratitude Abounds!

We will have a special Gratitude Class Monday Evening at 715pm incorporating some Chanting, a Gentle Yoga Flow and Meditation focusing on all we have to be thankful for.   If I don’t see you this week, have a very wonderful Thanksgiving and please know how very grateful I am for you all!

Metta Blessings Always,

Amy

Gratitude

Yoga this Week

Monday Gratitude Class at 715pm

Tuesday Morning Yoga with Meditation at 930am

*No Friday Class this Week – Stay in Bed-Be Grateful-Make Soup”

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

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Events and Workshops

Monday November 27th at 730pm Synergy Session (Restorative Yoga & Acupuncture with Reiki and Oils)  $60 PrePaid.  These sessions always fill up,only three spots open.  Please reserve as soon as possible.  This is an amazing way to both detox after the holiday and prepare for the busy season ahead.

AHA Assn. Family Support Group – Thursday November 30th at 630pm at the North Shore Youth Council in Rocky Point,  Never any charge!

Friday, December 1st at 7-830pm – Co-Creating Your Life – A Vision Board Workshop at Heart, Mind & Spirit at 106 Prince Road, Store #5, Rocky Point, NY  11778
Call (516) 395-4904.  $30 Prepayment required to hold your spot ($36 Walk In if Space Allows)

Monday, December 11th at 715pm Restorative Yoga and Oils (Preregistration Required)

Save the Date for our Annual Winter Solstice Gathering – Thursday,  December 21st at 7pm

Click the link Above for all Details

Gratitude Class – Monday Evening 715pm

Greetings,

Since we won’t be having our regular Wednesday evening class next week, I’m wondering if you would like to join me in a Gratitude Yoga & Meditation Class on Monday Evening.  This will be a gentle class and meditation focusing on all the abundance we have in our lives.  Let me know if you would like to attend.  We need a minimum for class to run.  Please rsvp.  Thanks!!

Shanti!

Amy

Yoga this Week – November 6, 2017

Peace Mantra

 

Everything depends on your state of mind.    Whatever is on your agenda for today try chanting Shanti (Peace) a few times followed by the sound of Om, say it loud and say it soft.  Send it to yourself, others and the world.  Do it as many times as you need to feel a sense of calm arising in you, then continue on and notice if there is a shift.  Your breath may be deeper, your actions may be slower, your mind may be clearer.  When whatever you are doing, reacting to, applying yourself to comes from a place of calm abiding, you will be able to access your inner wisdom which is always, at its foundation, peace & love.

om shanti

Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning at 930am   with Meditation to Follow

(No Wednesday evening this Week)

Thursday Evening Monthly Restorative Yoga 715pm (Pre Registration Required)

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

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    Events and Workshops

Monday November 27th at 730pm Synergy Session (Restorative Yoga & Acupuncture with Reiki and Oils)  $60 PrePaid.  These sessions always fill up.  Please reserve as soon as possible.  This is an amazing way to both detox after the holiday and prepare for the busy season ahead.

AHA Assn. Family Support Group – Thursday November 30th at 630pm at the North Shore Youth Council in Rocky Point,  Never any charge!

Friday, December 1st at 7-830pm – Co-Creating Your Life – A Vision Board Workshop at Heart, Mind & Spirit at 106 Prince Road, Store #5, Rocky Point, NY  11778
Call (516) 395-4904.  $30 Prepayment required to hold your spot ($36 Walk In if Space Allows)

Click the link Above for all Details

Yoga This Week – October 30, 2017

Hoping this email finds you in good health and uplifted spirits.   We all want to belong, to feel loved and respected for who we really are.  Look around you today at the people who pass you buy, serve you food, listen to your ideas, hear your concerns and drive along the same roads.  Make it your intention to really see those around you and have patience if cars are going slower than you would like, if someone is taking longer at the check out line, if a mistake is made.  The Upanishads, one of the greatest yogic texts, reminds us that when we are plugged in to the universal energy by quieting the mind and keeping our thoughts pure, releasing every selfish desire we know deep down that We Are All One!

Classes for this Week

Monday at 5:15pm Maryhaven Yoga – Port Jeff Station Location

Tuesday Morning 930 am with Meditation to follow class

 

Wednesday Evening 715pm All Levels Gentle Flow

 

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

 

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

Events & Workshops

Thursday, November 2nd beginning at 9am Bridging the Gaps 2017 for All Professionals and Family Members working with individuals with Disabilities.   I will be speaking on behalf of AHA Assn, Asperger’s Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association.  Join us, Its Free and so important to our population and communities to bridge the gap toward understanding and empowerment for all.  Registration required.  Click Here for flyer and registration information.

Saturday, November 4th at 7 to 830pm Kirtan Chanting at Gentle Strength Yoga Studio in Rocky Point!  Join us as we send out positive energy into a world that so desperately needs it. Together we will sing original compositions of sacred chants meant to clear the mind, body and spirit of clutter and negative energy. Chanting connects us not only to each other as community but is said to call down powerful spiritual energy to connect us to a power beyond this world. Chanting is healing, uplifting and meditative. Not vocal or chanting experience necessary. All are welcome!! $25 per person as well as a non-perishable item for donation to those in need.

 

Thursday November 9th at 715pm Restorative Yoga with Oils Monthly Class – $15 per person pre-registration required.  This is a great way to story up that energy and give yourself some much needed TLC!!

 

Monday, November 27th 715pm Synergy Healing Session: Restorative Yoga, Acupuncture & Reiki with Essential Oils

Give this gift of healing and restoration to yourself or a loved one. This is a great time to Detox and  build up your immune system preparing you for the chilly, busy season ahead.  $60 Prepaid $70 Walk In if space allows – These sessions always fill up – Don’t Delay!

Hope to see you all in class real soon!

Sat Nam

(I honor the truth within you)