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Yoga this Week – December 27, 2014 – Special Detox Class January 3rd

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 ” The Past and the Future is a joke to me now. I see that they’re nothin’. I see they ain’t here. The only thing that’s here is you and me…..I love you. Not, not like they told you love is….[the story books are bull],  love don’t make things nice, it ruins everything! It breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We, we aren’t here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect, stars are perfect. Not us! Not us!”   
 Ronny Cammareri, “Moonstruck”

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 The above quote is one of my all time favorite movie lines.  We are not here to be perfect, for our lives to look flawless, to create what society’s idea of a beautiful life is.    We are here to have our hearts broken a thousand times because we are meant to experience the oceans of emotions our life is full of.  We are here to experience the wonder of being human; with all its hills and valleys,  like the moon we continually cycle through a myriad of phases to become whole again.  As we near the end of another year, embrace this truth:   That loving, and being truly vulnerable in your life doesn’t always look nice and that truly living wholeheartedly means taking the risk that sometimes your heart will break; sometimes you will make a  mess.

 

Our Yoga practice helps us remember that we are perfect just the way we are and that our lives our beautiful as they are.   Within our practice we may fall down,  sweat,  and sometimes struggle just to bear the truth of our bodies and minds but when  we get back up again and   return to our mats, “We breath and something in us softens, makes space for the imperfections”.  So let go of the storybook idea of how your life should look.  Let go and enjoy the scenery of  today.  Be vulnerable, be open, allow grief, joy, success and failure, falling down and getting back up to all be part of the great tapestry that is your life.  When you reach into the beauty of imperfection;   the crooked tree, the moon’s craters,  the clouded sky, tears in a loved one’s eyes, experience it fully, turning away from nothing that you find.  The messes will be there,  the heartaches will surface, the past and future are but memories and dreams, breathe it all in and find your joy in being present through it all for yourself and those around you.

 Yoga this Week

Monday Evening 7:15pm

Tuesday Morning 930am

Special Class Saturday Morning January 3rd 8:45am

Detox Flow with a New Year’s Meditation and Yoga Nidra

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

 **Evening classes require at least four to sign up prior to 5pm to run – An email will post by 5 if class is cancelled**

 

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Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki & Essential Oils on January 7th at 7pm

Click on events page for more info

January 16th Live Music & Yoga Flow at the North Shore Public Library

Come flow in a Yoga class infused with live musical chanting. Discover how the elements of music and yoga come together as Linda Lindaman leads a gentle flowing yoga class serenaded by Amy Perri on Harmonium & vocals and Jim Romeo on percussion. An uplifting, vibrational experience joining breath, movement, music and spirit! Non-refundable fee: $5. Bring a yoga mat. NSPL cardholders may register in person beginning January 2. Beginning January 5 we will accept registration for non-residents if space permits.

Co-Creating Your Life – A Vision Board Workshop

Thursday, January 22nd 7-9pm  – $15

Click on events page for more info

Namaste and Blessings for a healthy, happy, enlightened New Year!

Amy

Yoga this Week – December 22, 2014

PLEASE NOTE:  NO CLASSES THIS WEEK – NEXT CLASS IS MONDAY DECEMBER 29TH!
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 Together
We call down grace,
and gaze without wavering into the fires of creation
We find the place where
Love embraces fear and tears taste like faith
We let our radiance be revealed in laughter and in longing
We hold the whole of life, sweet grapes and bitter, healing herbs
We hold until we overflow
and offer back the gifts that we’ve received
The vessel never empties.
The growing love between us keeps it filled
Danna Faulds
 

 

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This poem, so eloquently, expresses how I feel about our sweet yoga kula (community of the heart)!   Thanks to all of you who attended the winter solstice celebration and for all your generous donations.  A big thank you as well to all who have attended classes, walks, outings or events here over the course of the year.  We have shared laughter, tears, courage, nature’s beauty,  embraced the changes, and found peace among each other.  Great friendships have taken root and steady practices bloomed.  Many blessings for this Holiday Season to you and yours!

Om shanti, shanti, shanti!!  May there be peace, peace and perfect peace everywhere.

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Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Essential Oil Session is January 7th!  Reserve your spot and start your new year off right!!  Click on my event page for more details.

Great things are coming in 2015!!

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Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – December 15, 2014

**No Class Tonight, Monday 12/15/14**

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People are like stained glass windows, the true beauty can be seen only when there is light from within. The darker the night, the brighter the windows. 
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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Yoga this Week

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Guided Meditation to follow class

Wednesday Evening All Levels Vinyasa Yoga at 7:15pm

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed – Evening classes require at least 4 students to sign up prior to 5pm)

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Friday, December 19th at 7pm is our 7th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration!  A special gathering of hearts and minds.  The room is filling up so please let me know if you plan on attending.

Click on the link for details https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

This event is free of charge although I do ask you bring a donation for our local food pantry at The Invited Inn in Rocky Point.  The food banks in our area are particularly low on supplies at this time.  You can donate   non-perishable food items, toiletry or paper goods or a monetary donation.  The important thing is that we, as a Kula, (community of the heart) give of what we have to help those that may be in need.

Start your 2015 off right with the Four Pillars of Restoration:

Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils is set for Wednesday, January 7th at 7pm

Please get your deposits in if you plan on reserving a spot.  Don’t delay, these sessions fill up fast!  Would make a most loving gift for someone at this time or any time!  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

Reminder that Yoga Class Gift Certificates are available for any quantity of group or private classes for any age or level!

Please be aware that teenagers are always welcome in my classes, contact me to reserve a spot.

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Peace, Love, & Yoga

Amy

Yoga this Week – November 23, 2014

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

                                                                               Albert Schweitzer

 

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!!!

Classes this Week

Meditative Monday Evening at 7:15pm

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Tuesday Morning at 930am

Both classes will incorporate a gratitude meditation!

*No Wednesday or Friday Class this Week**

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

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Happenings

December 7th Join me for the Long Island Yoga Association Holiday Party Kirtan

Save the Date for December 18th Winter Solstice Celebration 7pm

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I bow to your inner light!!

Amy

Yoga this Week – November 15, 2014

 May all hearts be at ease. May our contentment promote the energies to alleviate suffering and turn ignorance into knowledge. May the cultivation of santosha guide us to courageous action, deeper community and greater love of all sentient beings.

                                          Swami Shraddhananda

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Greetings Dearest Yoga Students,

Santosha is one of the Niyamas outlined in the eight limbs of yoga.  Niyamas are ethical practices that cultivate inner peace and awareness about ourselves.  Santosha means contentment.  To be content with whatever is.  Having the good fortune of participating in a workshop with Todd Norian this past week enlightened me to a new way of thinking about Santosha.  He spoke about life being a series of problems that need our constant attention, creativity, compassion and openness.  We all know that once one issue, obstacle or problem is solved, right behind it rolls in another one, like waves on the ocean; the issues may seem bigger, smaller or take a different shape, but never the less, they keep coming.  What Todd so eloquently eluded to is that all we really need to change is our perspective; to change our obstacles into stepping stones on which we grow.  To be content in the action of solving, resolving or figuring out solutions while letting go of the result.  Contentment is now, not when things get better, not when we have all we think we need, it is now, in this moment.  It allows us to love all of life, opening our hearts and clearing it out of judgment as to what we consider “good” or “bad”.  Contentment allows our hearts to be at ease and turns our ignorance into knowledge.

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Yoga this Week

Meditative Monday at 7:15pm

Tuesday Morning Yoga at 9:30am with Meditation to follow

Wednesday Evening Yoga at 7:15pm

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

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

**Evening Classes require at least four to sign up prior to 5pm to run)

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Happenings

Saturday, November 22nd at 9am, Musical Chanting and Yoga at Yoga for Life
December 6th, Long Island Yoga Association Holiday Luncheon – Kirtan with Amy & Friends
Save the Date for our annual Winter Solstice Party – Thursday, December 18th 7pm
Next Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Acupuncture with Essential Oils scheduled for Jan 7 2015
Equinox Yoga Retreat – September 18, 19 and 20 of 2015 – Plans are underway!!  So excited..details coming soon!!
Click on Events page for details on happenings or contact me directly!  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/
Jai!!
Amy

 

Community Education Teen Yoga has been Delayed

Greetings yoga enthusiasts,

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The Teen Yoga Class I was offering through the Rocky Point Community Education has been delayed until the Spring Session.  If  your teen was interested in attending,  please contact me.  If I have enough interest, I will hold a four class session at my studio Thursdays, (11/20, 12/4, 12/11 & 12/18) at 5pm.  We would need a minimum of six students. Enjoy the leaves…

Shanti, Om

Amy

Yoga this Week – November 9, 2014

**Please note:   The Restorative Yoga & Acupuncture Session will be pre-empting the regular Monday Evening class this Monday**

“Banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. For we are the ones we have been waiting for!”  

~ Hopi Elder Prophecy

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Greetings dearest yoga students,

Hoping this email finds you well and allowing yourself time to transition into this fall season that is upon us.  Try to let go of your struggles today.  Our lives truly are a sacred expression of the love we hold  within.  The moment of sacredness is always now and is always a choice we make.  Our sadhanda (practice) teaches us that in the present moment, the abundance of the universe is available to us and we are exactly where we should be.  The more we practice bringing ourselves back to the present moment, the more we can live in that sacred space that is full of compassion, wholeness and healing.  Just as the journey from the head to the heart is only one breath away, the journey from the unreal to the real is within our reach.  Stop waiting for yourself to be more, do more or have more resources available to you to live from your heart’s desire.  You are the one you have been waiting for.  You are already whole, look inside to your inner light to guide you towards your soul’s purpose focusing on completing even the most mundane of tasks as sacred celebrations.  Just as your awareness in your yoga postures should spread to every part of your body, each part equally important, allow your awareness to spread to every task, every breath, every word you speak to rest on the sacredness that is within and around you.
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Yoga this Week
Monday Evening Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils 7:15pm (Session is Full)
Tuesday Morning at 930am
Wednesday Evening at 7:15pm
Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)
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Happenings
Thursday, November 13th at 5-6pm – Yoga for Teens offered by the Rocky Point Community Education begins
Saturday, November 22nd at 9am, Musical Chanting and Yoga at Yoga for Life
Save the Date for our annual Winter Solstice Party – Thursday, December 18th 7pm
Equinox Yoga Retreat – September 18, 19 and 20 of 2015 – Plans are underway!!  So excited..details coming soon!!
Click on Events page for details on happenings or contact me directly!
Jai!
Victory to our Spirits and Peace to all Beings!
Namaste
Amy
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Wednesday Evening Class Cancelled for tonight!

Class will be cancelled for tonight as I am planning to attend the LAST FULL MOON LABYRINTH WALK at the Little Portion Friary in Mt. Sinai at 7pm – Open to All

 

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Greetings dear yoga students,

This beautiful place of refuge, meditation, prayer and, of course, homemade bread, will be closing as the brothers are no longer able to maintain the property.  The full moon labyrinth walk is something I have been wanting to do for a long time and I do not want to miss this last opportunity.   With the full moon on the rise,  it is the perfect time to walk the labyrinth.  Below is a link for more information about tonight’s event and the website which can offer you a history on labyrinths, as well as the Friary itself.    If you were planning on coming to yoga class tonight, why not join me in this beautiful practice at the Friary 7 to 9pm.

http://littleportionfriary.net/event/labyrinth-walk-6/

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The Labyrinth at Little Portion Friary

A Pilgrimage for seekers of all faiths and spiritualties