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Yoga this Week – January 26, 2014 – No Friday Morning Class

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“Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asanas each time with a fresh mind and a fresh approach.

B.K.S. Iyengar

The Fourth Klesha  in the tree Avidya (misperception)

Dvesa

(Aversion or Rejection)

   Dvesa expresses itself by rejecting or avoiding things. we believe will cause us pain.    We have a difficult experience and are afraid of repeating it, so we reject the people, the thoughts, and the settings that relate to that experience, assuming they will bring us pain again.  Dvesa also causes us to fear the unknown, which can be as obvious as the future or as subtle as our daily decision making. Here is an except from my teacher, Rolf Gates’ Year of Meditation blog in which he describes the attributes of fear which is the underlying aspect of Dvesa. 

Year of meditation day 133: Using a “fear the mind killer” meditation while surfing.  by Rolf Gates

Fear of the size of the wave, fear of missing the wave, fear of being in the wrong place, fear of being in the right place, fear of being to tired or not ready.

Becoming empty of all of the fears that I see instead of the moment I am in.

I was breathing into the space created by letting go of fear  when a wave came to me. Then sun hit it from behind and I could see two dolphins surfing inside the wave.I turned and caught the wave.

Fear the life killer

When we are working from the misperception of dvesa (aversion and fear of repeating a negative experience) we loose the beauty of the present and will sadly miss what opportunities the universe is bringing to us.  Its can be thought of as tasting a chocolate cake and disliking the taste of that particular cake.  Then in another place and time you are offered a chocolate cake and you simply refuse to taste it in fear of it tasting like the one you had before.   So you see, it stops you from experiencing something entirely new and wonderful.  Even if you taste it and you don’t like it again, at least you were open to whet the present moment and all of its lessons has to offer.  In other words, breathe into the space that you create when you let go of fear and old patterns of thinking to have a fresh perspective.  Don’t miss the dolphins, hold your breath, catch the wave and let it take you to shores beyond your wildest dreams.

“Aversion, dvesa, after all, is the flip side of the same coin as attachment. When we resist or resent something, it is because of a remembrance that this thing caused us pain in the past.” Edwin Bryan  “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.”

Classes this Week

Monday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation

Thursday Evening at 730pm

No Friday Class this Week or Monday Class next Week

Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed – Classes are beginning to fill up with new year energy…

Happenings

February 11th Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture is all filled and accounted for!  If you would like to be on a the list for the next session and as soon as we get enough responses we will add another session!!

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February 13th Thursday Evening at 730pm will be a Special Partner Yoga Class – Please reserve your spot – Regular class fees/cards honored.

Partner yoga is a fun way to connect, deepen your poses and have fun!  It can be deeply rewarding.  Feel free to bring a partner of your choice or come on your own, we will work it out!!

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February 15th is the Have a Heart Kirtan at the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library!   1:30pm to 3:30pm in the afternoon!

Open your heart with live music, and experience a kirtan with ShaktiPath. A kirtan is an ancient participatory music experience that originated in India and involves call-and-response chanting. The performance is being held in conjunction with the Community Library’s Have a Heart Food Drive. Come and allow your shakti to flow with the joyful, transformative power of chant as you connect to your community, open your hearts, and help feed the hungry.
Please bring a non-perishable food item.
Light refreshments will be served.
Open to all!
To insure that as many adults as possible are able to attend our programs, spots are guaranteed for those who are registered and arrive promptly. A waiting list is used to fill cancellations before a program begins or for no-shows the day of a program. This does not apply to fee based programs.

 http://www.communitylibrary.org/calendar/calendar.aspx

Shanti, shanti, shanti!  Oooommmmm

Big Hug

Amy

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Yoga Jam this Saturday & Yogaholic Chanting Asana Sunday

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Good Morning Dear Yoga Enthusiasts,

Hope you are fairing the cold winds of winter.   Just a reminder of two special classes this weekend.  Trust and meditate on the perennial aspect of the seasons.  We are almost halfway to the Vernal Equinox (March 21st) where day and night are once again equal.  We are heading for the light, can’t you feel it?  Hoping you can join me for one of these special classes this weekend to connect, warm up and flow through winter.

Yoga Jam – January 25th at 830-945am – Please confirm your attendance

Join us as we shake of the winter doldrums together!  This class is open to all levels of students who would like to kick their practice up a notch!  Fast paced flows, rockin music and some adventurous holdings sure to build heat, pump up energy and enliven our spirits!!  Please sign up as soon as possible. $12 or class card

Click on the link to listen to “Heading for the Light” to get you going this morning!!!

–http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yIYFN-bEik

Live Musical Chanting and Asana Class At Yogaholic in Center Moriches-  Heading for the Light! – Sunday, January 26th – 9:30 – 1045am

Only seven weeks till the first day Spring!  Come celebrate this half way through winter time and flow in an asana class infused with live musical Chanting.  Discover how the elements of music and yoga come together with Laurel Frey leading asana while being serenaded by Amy Perri on harmonium with the rhythms of Isaac Sussman on the tabla drums.  A beautiful vibrational experience joining breath, movement, music and spirit!

Regular Class Fees and Memberships Apply –   You MUST call ahead to reserve!! – Suggested Donation $5 to Musicians

631-721-6303 or email dianec@yogaholic.net

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Yoga this Week – January 19, 2014

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Greetings Dear Yoga Students,

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment,

you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.’
Dalai Lama

Raga (Unnecessary Want) or Desire

The Third Klesha of the Tree of Misperception 

Raga expresses itself by making demands.  We want something today because it was pleasant yesterday, not because we really need it today.  We want things we do not have.  What we do have is not enough and we want more.  We want to keep what we are asked to give away.  This is raga.   Think of it as a longing which turns into a desire which turns into an obsession which leads to dissatisfaction with reality.  Desire can be gross, subtle or hidden; as can all the Kleshas.  Addiction to anything (substance abuse, gambling, food, etc) is Raga at its most gross form.  A subtler form of raga would be a nagging discontent that tells us we constantly need more to be happy.   It is like the donkey that chases the carrot dangling from a string just in front of him that he will never be able to eat because he doesn’t see the string is fixed on a pole attached to its own head.   

Raga keeps us  in a state of ever wanting because even when we get what we think we want, the misperception of RAGA tells us it is not enough.   The way out of Raga is to practice Santosha, contentment, one of the Niyamas ( yogic ethics) outlined in Patanjali’s Sutras.  Santosha tells us that we all that we need in this moment to be happy.  Look around and within and take notice of all you have to be thankful for.  Happiness is not necessary getting everything you want but acknowledging and expressing gratitude for what you already have.  Santosha burns through the fires of Raga because when we realize we are blessed just to be alive in this moment and recognize the impermanence of all that is given to us,  our wanting and desirous behavior ceases to impede our path to serenity.  Be Still and Know…in this moment…you have all you need to be whole, to be happy and to be free.
“When at peace and content with oneself and others
(Santosha), supreme joy is celebrated.

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Yoga this Week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow

Friday Morning Healing/Gentle Yoga 930am

Saturday Yoga Jam – 830am

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

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Happenings

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Yoga Jam – January 25th at 830-945am

Join us as we shake of the winter doldrums together!  This class is open to all levels of students who would like to kick their practice up a notch!  Fast paced flows, rockin music and some adventurous holdings sure to build heat, pump up energy and enliven our spirits!!  Please sign up as soon as possible. $12 or class card

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Live Musical Chanting and Asana Class At Yogaholic in Center Moriches-  Heading for the Light! – Sunday, January 26th – 9:30 – 1045am

Only seven weeks till the first day Spring!  Come celebrate this half way through winter time and flow in an asana class infused with live musical Chanting.  Discover how the elements of music and yoga come together with Laurel Frey leading asana while being serenaded by Amy Perri on harmonium with the rhythms of Isaac Sussman on the tabla drums.  A beautiful vibrational experience joining breath, movement, music and spirit!

Regular Class Fees and Memberships Apply –   You MUST call ahead to reserve!! – Suggested Donation $5 to Musicians

631-721-6303 or email dianec@yogaholic.net

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Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oils – Tuesday, February 11th at 730pm

This session is currently full.  I have three people on a wait list.  If I get enough of a response we will add a session for early March.  Please let me know if you would be interested.  Thanks so much.

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Thursday, February 13th 730pm will be a special Partner Yoga class in honor of valentines day.  Partner yoga is a fun way to connect and deepen your practice while supporting another.  Partner could be a friend, mother, daughter, son, spouse, etc.  I can only take six pairs (12 people) so let me know if you are interested in joining in.   No partner?  No problem, we will work it out.

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Namaste

Bask in the light of your own prosperity!

Amy

 

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Yoga this Week – January 11, 2014

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Yoga this Week

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Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

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Tuesday Morning at 930am with meditation to follow class

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Friday Morning Gentle/Healing Yoga 930am

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Friday Evening 7-9pm Brian Miller Meditation and Book Discussion

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

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Lion’s Breath

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The Kleshas

Asmita – Ego

Our Ego is a complicated part of our psyche.  On one hand is it the part of the right brain that allows us to take action, to make plans and to accomplish what we desire in our lifetime.  It drives us forward.  On the other hand, it is when the ego side of us begins to attach our existence to what we do, what we have, the past or the future,  or any other outer impermanent feature of our lives,  that it causes suffering.  When our ego begins to whisper “you are not good enough as you are, you need to do more, be more. to be whole” is when it begins to increase anxiety and creates trouble inside ourselves and to others around us. The hunger for control and outer validation never gets satisfied and we remain in a state of depletion when we let the ego guide our days.

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Yogic practices greatly soften the ego’s hold on us, Ethical Practices such as:  nonviolence, truthfulness, nonstealing, nonexcess, nonpossessiveness, purity, contentment, self-discipline, self-study and surrender to the divine plan as well as yoga asana, breath work and meditation all bring us closer to the reality of life and away from misperception.  In walking a spiritual path we keep our ego in check because these guidelines create inner tranquility and equanimity, we stay in the stream of goodness and out of self-seeking, ego driven rewards.

When something doesn’t feel quite like “you”, check in with your intentions.  Is the goal to attain some outer praise, avoid some inner pain or simply satisfy the need to feel validated?  If so, stop and breathe into the present moment, align yourself to what’s really important and let go of the rest.  Most of all, stay on the path that feels true to you, and only you, stepping away from fear and into the light of your true self.

HAPPENINGS…

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 A great way to begin 2014 is to spend the evening with Brian Miller  in our Yoga Room on Friday, January 17th to discuss his new book:

Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs that Impede you on Your Path to a Fulfilling Life

Join author and teacher Brian E. Miller as we unite ancient wisdom with modern science and psychology to explore and implement simple yet very powerful creation tools

that will give you the power to manifest the life you wish to experience.

Based on his latest book “Small Steps to Giant Leaps” Brian will discuss how we can use meditation and other simple, effective techniques to become the conscious creators of our lives. Are you ready to be the master of your destiny?

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Copies of the book are available here or on Amazon.  Cost is $15 for book or $35 prepaid for Lecture and Book

(Cost for Talk and Meditation is $25 Prepaid or $30 at the door  – Please reserve your spot)

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Chanting with Amy and Asana Class led by Diane, Director of Yogaholic – Friday Evening, January 24th at 6-730pm at Yogaholic in Center Moriches

www.Yogaholic.com

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Yoga Jam – January 25th at 830-945am

Join us as we shake of the winter doldrums together!  This class is open to all levels of students who would like to kick their practice up a notch!  Fast paced flows, rockin music and some adventurous holdings sure to build heat, pump up energy and enliven our spirits!!  Please sign up as soon as possible. $12 or class card

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Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oils – Tuesday, February 11th at 730pm – Only One Spot Left

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If you have reserved a spot, please get your payment in to hold it as there will soon be a wait list.  Thanks

These classes have been filling up so please reserve as soon as possible.  Payment of $50 holds your spot

Namaste

Amy

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Yoga this Week – January 5, 2014 = Regular Schedule Resumes!!!

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“The goal of Yoga is not to obtain something that is lacking: it is the realization of an already present reality. Yoga practice removes the obstacles that obstruct the experience of “Moksha” true freedom”   (Jaganath Carrera, Inside the Yoga Sutras).

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Classes this Week

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Monday & Thursday Evening at 730pm

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Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to Follow

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Friday Morning Healing Yoga – 930am

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

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I wish all of you a happy, healthy, joy filled 2014!   In keeping with the tradition of studying  yogic philosophies in the first part of the year,  for the next several weeks, we will be focusing on part of the Yoga Sutras called The Kleshas.  The Kleshas are known to be the misperceptions that keep us bound  and are often depicted as a tree that at the root of all our suffering is Avidya (spiritual ignorance) or misperception;  believing  the unreal to be the real or the impermanent to be permanent.

Avidya is the core klesha from which all the others arise.

Avidya – Ignorance

Asmita – Ego

Raga – Attachment to Pleasure

Dvesa – Aversion to Pain

Adhinivhesa – Fear of Death 

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Think about the Kleshas as all the misperceptions you have gathered in the course of your lifetime.  Some are born in our childhood, some we have been born into this life with.  Some are very subtle and some are very gross.  The yoga sutras tell us that if we are aware of these Kleshas at the root, and to not allow them to take hold in our psyches, we can release their power.  Together over the next few weeks, we will explore yogic tools that help us to find freedom from our Kleshas.

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HAPPENINGS…

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 A great way to begin 2014 is to spend the evening with Brian Miller  in our Yoga Room on Friday, January 17th to discuss his new book:

Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs that Impede you on Your Path to a Fulfilling Life

Join author and teacher Brian E. Miller as we unite ancient wisdom with modern science and psychology to explore and implement simple yet very powerful creation tools

that will give you the power to manifest the life you wish to experience.

Based on his latest book “Small Steps to Giant Leaps” Brian will discuss how we can use meditation and other simple, effective techniques to become the conscious creators of our lives. Are you ready to be the master of your destiny?

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Copies of the book are available here or on Amazon.  Cost is $15 for book or $35 for Lecture and Book ($5 Savings)

(Cost for Talk and Meditation is $25 Prepaid or $30 at the door  – Please reserve your spot)

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Yoga Jam – January 25th at 830-945am

Join us as we shake of the winter doldrums together!  This class is open to all levels of students who would like to kick their practice up a notch!  Fast paced flows, rockin music and some adventurous holdings sure to build heat, pump up energy and enliven our spirits!!  Please sign up as soon as possible.

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Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oils – Tuesday, February 11th at 730pm

These classes have been filling up so please reserve as soon as possible.  Payment of $50 holds your spot

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Yoga this Week – Regular Schedule Resumes – December 28, 2013

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Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. 

Mother Theresa

Hari Om Dearest Yoga Students,

The end of the year is upon us.  It is a time of deep reflection for most.  A time to look back with compassion and illuminate  the path we have walked.  This time is a unique opportunity to reflect, accept and let go.  You have changed, you have been changed by the experiences you have traveled through and the obstacles you have been confronted with; you do not need to hold on for the past will always be part of who you are today.   The most important thing we can do is learn and let it go.  In order to live the life we are meant to live, we must make space by releasing the past.  If you find yourself holding on, bless whatever situation you are at odds with, trust that all of it was destined to happen and let yourself move forward, you will move forward non the less, so why not go with the flow of your life.  All we have is NOW…Let us begin

Classes for this Week

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Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

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Tuesday and Friday Morning at 930am

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All classes this week will end with a Yoga Nidra – A guided savasana known as deep yogic sleep

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I am teaching a special class tomorrow morning at 9am at Peconic River Yoga out on the North Fork if anyone is out that way, I would love to see you there.  I am excited to be part of this studio as a substitute teacher as it was one of the first studios I frequented in my early days of discovering yoga.   http://www.peconicriveryoga.com/schedule.html

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 A great way to begin 2014 is to spend the evening with Brian Miller  in our Yoga Room on Friday, January 17th to discuss his new book:

Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs that Impede you on Your Path to a Fulfilling Life

Join author and teacher Brian E. Miller as we unite ancient wisdom with modern science and psychology to explore and implement simple yet very powerful creation tools

that will give you the power to manifest the life you wish to experience.

Based on his latest book “Small Steps to Giant Leaps” Brian will discuss how we can use meditation and other simple, effective techniques to become the conscious creators of our lives. Are you ready to be the master of your destiny?

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Copies of the book are available here or on Amazon.  Cost is $15 for book or $35 for Lecture and Book ($5 Savings)

(Cost for Talk and Meditation is $25 Prepaid or $30 at the door  – Please reserve your spot)

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Yoga Jam – January 25th at 830-945am

Join us as we shake of the winter doldrums together!  This class is open to all levels of students who would like to kick their practice up a notch!  Fast paced flows, rockin music and some adventurous holdings sure to build heat, pump up energy and enliven our spirits!!  Please sign up as soon as possible.

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Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oils – Tuesday, February 11th at 730pm

  These classes have been filling up so please reserve as soon as possible.  Payment of $50 holds your spot.

 

Ganesha – Remover of the obstacles and giver of prosperity!!

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“I alone cannot change the world, but can cast a stone across the water creating many ripples”

Mother Theresa

Wishing you all a beautiful New Year filled with peace, love and belief in your ripples…

Namaste

Amy

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Deep peace to you and all beings everywhere!

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Deep peace of the running waves to you.

Deep peace of the flowing air to you.

Deep peace of the smiling stars to you.

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.

Deep peace of the love of friends to you.

Deep peace for you and for all beings everywhere

At this time and always, may there be peace!

May you be happy

May you be healthy

May you be safe

May you walk in this world with Ease

Holiday Blessings to you all!

Sat Nam and a Big Hug,

Amy

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Yoga this Week – December 23, 2013

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I hope you are finding time to truly feel the precious moments in your life as they pass.  As we come into this last week of the year, take time to reflect with compassion on all the places you have been.  Reflect on those things that remained the same and the things that have changed; within you and around you.   Allow yourself some quiet time to go within and connect to the silence amidst the rush of comings and goings.  Thank you to all the beautiful yogi goddesses that filled the room on Winter Solstice night!  It was so heart warming to hear all of your intentions and watch you all connect to each other as a spiritual community!!

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  I wish for you all a happy, healthy, joy filled holiday season!

A deep bow of gratitude from me to you, Sat Nam.

 

Yoga this Week

Monday Evening at 730pm. 

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Please let me know if you plan on coming, if I don’t get a good response, I will be cancelling class.  So make sure you check into your messages before heading over.

There are no other classes this week.   Enjoy your week!!

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Happenings

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 A great way to begin 2014 is to spend the evening with Brian Miller  in our Yoga Room on Friday, January 17th to discuss his new book:

Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs that Impede you on Your Path to a Fulfilling Life

Join author and teacher Brian E. Miller as we unite ancient wisdom with modern science and psychology to explore and implement simple yet very powerful creation tools

that will give you the power to manifest the life you wish to experience.

Based on his latest book “Small Steps to Giant Leaps” Brian will discuss how we can use meditation and other simple, effective techniques to become the conscious creators of our lives. Are you ready to be the master of your destiny?

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Copies of the book are available here or on Amazon.  Cost is $15 for book or $35 for Lecture and Book ($5 Savings)

(Cost for Talk and Meditation is $25 Prepaid or $30 at the door  – Please reserve your spot)

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Yoga Jam – January 25th at 830-945am

Join us as we shake of the winter doldrums together!  This class is open to all levels of students who would like to kick their practice up a notch!  Fast paced flows, rockin music and some adventurous holdings sure to build heat, pump up energy and enliven our spirits!!  Please sign up as soon as possible.

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Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oils – Tuesday, February 11th at 730pm

  These classes have been filling up so please reserve as soon as possible.  Payment of $50 holds your spot.

Yoga, Meditation & Healing Studio in Rocky Point NY… 631-839-0644