Greetings dear yoga students,
Hoping this email finds you fostering a sense of grateful anticipation for the day and week ahead. Acceptance of life circumstances does not mean to give in, give up or throw in the towel. Acceptance is looking at what fate has brought to your door, examining the facts with an open heart and clear mind and then from deep within gather the courage to do what you need or do – which in some instances is the courage to do absolutely nothing. Whenever we are at odds with something, feel “off-kilter” or are experiencing anxiety, it usually can be traced back to our inability to accept what is happening in the present moment. The moment we begin to trade our expectations in for acceptance, we experience a shift in perspective and sometimes, as if miraculously, the limits begin to fade or change shape.. Acceptance enables us enjoy the senery of our lives the way it is, even if it is not what we expected. So dive in to the present moment of your life today and meditate on the areas that you meet with resistance; breathe a compassionate breath, bless your circumstances, love the people who join you on your journey with all your heart and find the peace and serenity that comes with true acceptance.
Classes for this Week
Monday & Thursday Evening at 730pm
Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow Class
Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am
(Please reserve your spot or let me know if your plans have changed)
Hope to see you in class.
Om, shanti, shanti, shanti!
Peace
Amy
ShaktiPath Kirtan Food Drive at the Mastic Moriches Shirley Library Feb 9th 1:30PM – 3:30PM Registration is open to all – you do not have to be a card holder and this event is FREE with a food pantry donation – Call to register 399-1511 Ext 240 https://www.communitylibrary.org/Programreg/view.php?resource_id=10441
Amy Perri Registered Yoga Teacher
631-839-0644 Yogawithamy@optonline.net
New Class – Therapeutic Yoga – Wednesdays 11 to 1215pm
First Four Week Session: February 27 to March 20th – $55 per Session
I am starting a new class called “Therapeutic Yoga”. This class will be very gentle, catering to those that have special situations, recuperating from surgery, or limited mobility. We will use chairs and props and each pose/movement will be modified so that everyone can experience the deep healing of their practice in their own unique way. We will begin each class with gentle breath work and end with a fifteen minute restorative/relaxation posture incorporating a little massage and reiki therapy.
This class will run on four week sessions. The class is limited to seven students so that everyone can get ample attention. Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to try it.
Payment of $55 due one week prior to start of session.
Hari Om Dearest Yoga Students,
In these chilly days of winter, give yourself permission to relax. There is a time for action and a time for in-action. Practice sitting amidst the caos, amidst the messy room, amidst the crowded space in your mind and see what happens. Letting go of your “to do list” is just as important as scratching things off. Our inner wisdom knows that we will never be done, that life is not a grand race to the finish line. If our list keeps growing, consider it a blessing that you have work to do in your life. However, there must also be time to take repose, to step back from all the doing and simply be in your life. Let go of the non-essentials in your life today and make space to rest, cuddle, read, meditate, rejuvinate and….enjoy the journey by experiencing the finer things in life.
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“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose” |
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Indra Gandhi |
ShaktiPath Kirtan Food Drive at the Mastic Moriches Shirley Library Feb 9th 1:30PM – 3:30PM Registration is open to all – you do not have to be a card holder and this event is FREE with a food pantry donation – Call to register 399-1511 Ext 240 https://www.communitylibrary.org/Programreg/view.php?resource_id=10441
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
Author Unknown
Greetings dearest yoga students,
How many times do we find ourselves “bent out of shape” when things don’t go quite the way we had planned. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to be flexible enough to flow moment to moment in our life adjusting instead of reacting to the situations that occurr? Think about how much more peaceful life would be. Sometimes all it takes is a step back, a moment or more of reflection to think about our part in the situation. To shift our focus on a sollution instead of bringing all of our energies into the problem. This does not mean allowing our personal boundaries to be crossed or negative behavior to continue in or around us. It means taking a step back and being flexible enough, open enough to see the reality of what is happening. To focus our desire on the truth and see where we can adjust and make changes so that we contribute to the sollution. Perhaps in some situations flexibility is simply moving towards acceptance of what we cannot change with compassion and love for all those involved.
What if the only New Years Resolution we had was to simply love ourselves More?
Classes for this Week
Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm
Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow class
Friday Morning Special Class: Restorative Yoga 930-1130am
( Please Note: as many are returning to Yoga Class after the long Holdiay break, the classes are filling up. Please be mindful to reserve your spot or let me know if you cannot make it. I realize that sometimes things come up that you cannot avoid and cannot let me know, all I ask is that you do your best, Thanks so much)
Happenings
The Monthly Restorative Yoga Class on Friday, January 11th has filled up, if you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please let me know.
Monthly Yoga Jam – January 19th at 8am!! Class cards honored. Still some spots left, come on Yoga Jammers, we need to shake up the shakti for the New Year!!! This is a fun, fast-paced vinyasa class that is sure to elevate your energy and lift your heart. Try it…what are you waitng for?
ShaktiPath Kirtan Food Drive at the Mastic Moriches Shirley Library Feb 9th 1:30PM – 3:30PM Registration Begins January 16th: https://www.communitylibrary.org/Programreg/view.php?resource_id=10441
Namaste in a very big Way
Amy
Greetings Dearest Yoga Students,
Happy New Year!! Classes resume this evening!!
“Leap, and the net will appear” John Burroughs
Celebrate, dream and allow the empty pages of the year ahead to be filled with a vision of hope, happiness, fulfillment and abundance for yourself and your life. Use this brand new beginning to let go of old ways of being that do not serve you any longer making room for new perspectives and attitudes that empower you to empower others. Much like in our yoga asanas, we ground down to rise up, letting go actually allows you move forward. So take time time to breathe into your many positive qualities and let go of negative self-judgement. Bundle up, brave the weather and go take a long walk in the fresh snow making footprints that are all your own!
Classes this Week
Thursday Evening at 730pm
and
Friday Morning at 930am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)
Happenings
Beginner’s Yoga Series led by me at the North Shore Public Library starts on Saturday, January 5th at 1030-1130am and will run for three weeks with a continuation in February. If you are new to yoga, want to get back to the practice or know of anyone that would benefit, this is a great introductory course. Sign ups begin January 2nd.
The next Friday Morning Monthly Restorative Yoga Class will be on January 11th. This special two-hour class requires advance sign up and is a special fee of $15 or $12 for seniors. This class is filling up fast…much need of restoration in January…
Monthly Yoga Jam – January 19th at 8am!! Class cards honored.
In the coming year I will be part of a wonderful 200 hour and 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Darshana Center. Pick up a brochure when you come to class or click on this link for more info http://yogadarshanacenter.com/500hour.html
Blessings for a happy, healthly peaceful New Year to you all!!
Om, peace and love
Om, peace and health
Om, peace and light
Namaste,
Amy
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Thank you, Creator of the Universe, for the gift of life you have given me. Thank you for giving me everything that I have ever truly needed. Thank you for the opportunity to experience this beautiful body and this wonderful mind. Thank you for living inside me with all your love, with your pure and boundless spirit, with your warm and radiant light. Thank you for using my words, for using my eyes, for using my heart to share your love wherever I go. I love you just the way you are, and because I am your creation, I love myself just the way I am. Help me to keep the love and the peace in my heart and to make that love a new way of life, that I may live in love the rest of my life. Amen. -From The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz Hari Om Dearest Yoga Students, As requested, the above prayer is the one we all read together on Winter Solstice. It was truly a blessing to have all of you partake in this special celebration. The outpouring of gifts shared; (material, edible, verbal and rhythmic) were so very special and endearing. Setting intentions, publicly with the candle ceramony is always my favorite part. When we come together as a yoga community to both see and be seen, we realize so clearly, that we all share the same common desire; To let go of old, dibilitating thoughts of fear, judgment and anger so the things that truly matter; peace, love, service and gratitude have space flow through us. In this season of lights, may you find the beautiful light that dwells within you. Knowing that when you allow your own inner light to shine, you radiate love, acceptance and peace on all those around you. Be the one to Shine!!! Classes for this Week Thursday Evening at 730pm and Friday Morning at 930am Both classes will incorporate yoga nidra (deep yogic relaxation). (Please sign up or cancel if your plans have changed)
Happenings Beginner’s Yoga Series led by me at the North Shore Public Library starts on Saturday, January 5th at 1030-1130am and will run for three weeks with a continuation in February. If you are new to yoga, want to get back to the practice or know of anyone that would benefit, this is a great introductory course. Sign ups begin January 2nd. The next Friday Morning Monthly Restorative Yoga Class will be on January 11th. This special two-hour class requires advance sign up and is a special fee of $15 or $12 for seniors. Yoga Jam – January 19th at 8am!! Class cards honored. Watch out Yoga Jammers, I just did a Yoga Dance Workshop this past Friday Night….whohoooo it was fun!
“I’ve come to believe that the highest form of prayer is to pray and yet ask for nothing. To resonate with awareness, acceptance, and gratitude is surely to pray. To breathe and accept gratefully the air that surrounds me into my body…..to be conscious of this, as we breath,
turns the physical practice into a devotional one”
Sting
Much Love, Gratitude and Health to you all!! Amy |
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