Yoga this Week – November 3, 2013

“The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.” 

~ Jack Kornfield

Yoga this Week - February 12, 2012

Greetings dear yoga students,

Hope this evening finds you honoring your inner light, even though the darkness abounds all around us.  Honor the seasons, the coming and going of light and be present.    Have the awareness to savor the sights, sounds, and aromas of each passing day as we move towards the darkest day of the year.

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A dear friend of mine is taking up her yearly collection of coats for the needy which will be distributed in New York City the week before Thanksgiving.  I am asking for donations of winter coats of any kind but in particular, MENS COATS, to be brought in prior to Thanksgiving week.  If you have any old coats in your closets that aren’t being used, please consider bringing them to class and I will deliver to my fiend, Mary.  “Alone we can do some, but together we can do so much”.

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Classes this Week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow class

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am

**Morning Students – Remember to pull into the driveway if space allows**

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

Happenings

Two ShaktiPath Events this coming weekend  = please consider joining us!!

Celebrate life while experiencing the creative force of Music and Chanting as practice

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Friday, November 8th – ShaktiPath Thanks-Giving Kirtan and Food Drive at Peconic River Yoga –

http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html or www.PeconicRiverYoga.com

This will be a great night as ShaktiPath adds some new funky rhythms to the mix!

Saturday, November 9th – Live Music and Asana with ShaktiPath at Yogaholic (this is the rescheduled date from October) – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html  If you plan on attending, please contact the studiohttp://www.yogaholic.net/  and sign up in advance if possible,  Walk-Ins are welcomed as well.

This is a wonderful way to spend an Autumn Afternoon out East!

Santi Yoga is hosting their first Y12SR Meeting on Friday Nov 8th – Yoga for Twelve Step Recovery – www.santiyogany.com

Two Great Local Fundraising Events!! Be part of the Change…

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7th.  ANNUAL

GRATEFUL YOGA CLASS

INSTRUCTOR, KATHY SIMOS

 FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT OUR LOCAL FAMILY

SERVICE LEAGUE, RIVERHEAD

(www.fsl-li.org)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2013

10:00 am – 11:15 pm

        THE SHOREHAM VILLAGE COUNTRY CLUB Woodville Road, Shoreham Village

Space is limited so please reserve now!

Bring with you a $20 donation in the form of supermarket gift cards in $10 denominations

(please include the receipt with activation information)

or bring a check made out to:

FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE-in the memo area write

“Riverhead Family Center-Holiday” Gift Card from either:

KING KULLEN or STOP AND SHOP

For information call: 849-3517   ksimos62@optonline.net

Vision Board Workshop – Tonight at 7pm – Still time to join in!

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Co-Creating Your Life – A Vision Board Workshop

Wednesday, October 30th 7-9pm.

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“Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.”

   

Enlightenment happens, not in some far away distant esoteric place, but in the everydayness of life.  Enlightenment is an appropriate response to your inner callings and a willingness to act from your highest, intuitive self.   A Vision Board is a collection of images, words, affirmations or drawings that serve as a spirit-led guide for discovering and acknowledging what your soul is yearning for.  The universe wants to support your efforts to live a life filled with joy, abundance, adventure and purpose.   It is within the effort of creating the Vision that brings clarity as well as focus to your intentions so you can begin to live your life by your own design, free of fear based judgments or cultural pressures.

This workshop will consist of a centering meditation, a simple writing exercise and creating our boards.  Each participant is asked to bring 3 to 5 magazines of random genres to be cut up and shared, a picture of yourself that projects joy and happiness, and a small journal or notebook.  All other supplies will be provided.

Cost is $20

Percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the Invited Inn Soup Kitchen in Rocky Point to align our visions with the energy of service.

Please reserve your spot by contacting Amy Perri, ERYT500 at

 

Yoga this Week – October 26, 2013

Greetings dear yoga students,
Hope you are having a wonderful, cozy fall day.
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Please feel free to come to class as you are, living in the present moment, even if that means
you are dealing with ailments; emotional or physical.  You can feel confident that coming to your
mat and practicing with an open, non-judgmental heart will prove to be a positive, transformative experience that will help move you gracefully through whaever circumstance you may
 find yourself in.
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“You can use yoga for stress management, as a powerful ally in a storm, or a vehicle for profound self-acceptance, tranformation, and love.” 
                          Stephen Cope

“If it excites you, if it makes you feel good, It’s God speaking to you”  Wayne Dyer
 
Classes for this week – No Thursday Night due to Halloween – Boo!
Monday Evening at 730pm
Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to follow
Weather Permitting we will take  a group hike through the beautiful trails of Rocky Point after class.  Bring your walking shoes  if you would like to join us.
Wednesday Evening 7pm – Vision Board Workshop – Still room left for this fun event – https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/
If you plan on attending this workshop, you can begin your board by cutting out any images that jump out and catch your eye…
Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am
(Please reserve your spot or cancel if your plans have changed)
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Happenings

October 30th – Co-Creating your Life – A Vision Board Workshop – Click on the link for information on this fun and enlightening evening  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

November 8th – ShaktiPath Thanks-Giving Kirtan at Peconic River Yoga – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html

November 9th – Live Music and Asana with ShaktiPath at Yogaholic (this is the rescheduled date from October) – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html  If you plan on attending, please contact the studiohttp://www.yogaholic.net/  and sign up in advance if possible,  Walk-Ins are welcomed as well.

Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – October 19, 2013

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

                                             — Albert Einstein

Hari Om dearest yoga students,

Hoping this beautiful fall morning finds you in some form of gratitude for this gift of today.  The way of the yogi warrior is the way of the heart.  The intuitive mind is led by the heart.  Our yoga practice awakens a deeper awareness of our minds, bodies and spirits and it is in this awakening that we can begin to “feel” into our lives instead of “thinking” through our lives.  Although intellectual ability is often the first to be consulted to solve problems, create plans, or learn new abilities, it is truly the intuitive mind that will always lead you down the sacred path of the heart.

  Inside your heart are the yamas and niyamas.

The Five Yamas

  Ahimsa : nonviolence   Satya: truthfulness   Asteya: nonstealing   Brahmacharya: temperance   Aparigraha: noncovetousness

The Five Niyamas

Saucha: cleanliness  Santosha: contentment  Tapas: heat; austerities Svadhyaya: study of the sacred scriptures and of one’s self  Isvara pranidhana: surrender to God

To find the way, close your eyes, listen closely and find that light within you, that energy moving, that feeling tone that points the way.   We are naturally pure, go deeper, your intrinsic goodness will move you towards the most ethical, loving way. Without studying a single yoga sutra, we know inside ourselves the path.  Honor this gift, the sacred intuitive mind and allow your intellect to serve.  For this day, allow the words of Ghandi to resonate on a deep level;

“The Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart”

 

Classes this week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow class

Tuesday Evening Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture wit Reiki and Aromatherapy at 730pm

Currently ONE spot left!  Let me know if you would like to take this journey with us.

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am

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

Happenings

October 22nd – Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils – Payment is due to hold your spot – Click on the link for more information for the special event that is almost sold out.  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

October 30th – Co-Creating your Life – A Vision Board Workshop – Click on the link for information on this fun and enlightening evening  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

November 8th – ShaktiPath Thanks-Giving Kirtan at Peconic River Yoga – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html

November 9th – Live Music and Asana with ShaktiPath at Yogaholic (this is the rescheduled date from October) – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html  If you plan on attending, please contact the studiohttp://www.yogaholic.net/  and sign up in advance if possible,  Walk-Ins are welcomed as well.

 

I honor the place within you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace. When you are in that place in you, I am in that place in me. We are one.  Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – October 13, 2013

 

The Goddess Sarasvati

Sara:  The one who gives the essence & Sva: of  our true Self

The Goddess Sarasvati is worshipped for her creativity, wisdom, purity and gentleness.   She is said to bestow eloquence, intelligence and artistic inspiration to all who meditate on her transcendental qualities.   Her calming peaceful presence reminds us of the great power of Shakti (the feminine energy that is said to be the catalyst of change and creation with love as the driving force) and the ultimate divine mother.  As this last day of Navrarti (the nine day festival celebrating the divine mother in all her forms) comes to a close, we honor Goddess Sarasvati  and call upon her to connect us to the essence of our own true, divine nature where all of these beautiful qualities have always, and will always exist.

“May the great river of Sarasvati overflow and grant us her grace”

Yoga This Week

Monday & Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning at 930am with Meditation to Follow Class

Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

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

Happenings

October 22nd – Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils – Payment is due to hold your spot – Click on the link for more information for the special event that is almost sold out.  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

October 30th – Co-Creating your Life – A Vision Board Workshop – Click on the link for information on this fun and enlightening evening  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

November 8th – ShaktiPath Thanks-Giving Kirtan at Peconic River Yoga – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html

November 9th – Live Music and Asana with ShaktiPath at Yogaholic (this is the rescheduled date from October) – http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html  If you plan on attending, please contact the studiohttp://www.yogaholic.net/  and sign up in advance if possible,  Walk-Ins are welcomed as well.

Peace, love and healing,

Namaste

Amy

A Vision Board Workshop – Wednesday, Oct 30th, 7-9pm

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Co-Creating Your Life – A Vision Board Workshop

Wednesday, October 30th 7-9pm.

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“Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.”

   

Enlightenment happens, not in some far away distant esoteric place, but in the everydayness of life.  Enlightenment is an appropriate response to your inner callings and a willingness to act from your highest, intuitive self.   A Vision Board is a collection of images, words, affirmations or drawings that serve as a spirit-led guide for discovering and acknowledging what your soul is yearning for.  The universe wants to support your efforts to live a life filled with joy, abundance, adventure and purpose.   It is within the effort of creating the Vision that brings clarity as well as focus to your intentions so you can begin to live your life by your own design, free of fear based judgments or cultural pressures.

This workshop will consist of a centering meditation, a simple writing exercise and creating our boards.  Each participant is asked to bring 3 to 5 magazines of random genres to be cut up and shared, a picture of yourself that projects joy and happiness, and a small journal or notebook.  All other supplies will be provided.

Cost is $20

Percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the Invited Inn Soup Kitchen in Rocky Point to align our visions with the energy of service.

Please reserve your spot by contacting Amy Perri, ERYT500 at

www.MyYogaWithAmy.com or 631-839-0644

Yoga this Week – October 6, 2013

 .Everyone  has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a  suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and  manifest your innate enlightenment.

“Watch your thoughts, they become words;
watch your words, they become actions;
watch your actions, they become habits;
watch your habits, they become character;
watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
 

Classes this Week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

Friday Morning Healing Yoga 930am

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

Happenings

Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture with Reiki and Essential Oils on October 22nd from 730pm to 930pm is open for reservation.  Click on the link to learn more or to sign up.  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

Co-Creating Your Life – A Vision Board Workshop – October 30th 7-9pm.  In this workshop we will each create a Vision Board.  A Vision Board is a collection of images, words, affirmations or drawings that serve as a spirit-led guide for manifesting, planning and co-creating the life you are meant to live.   Vision boards help you identify your soul’s desires and give  clarity as well as focus to your intentions to help you live your life by design and not default.  The workshop will consist of meditation, gentle movements, and creating our boards.  Cost is $20 with part of the proceeds to go to the Invited Inn Soup Kitchen in Rocky Point.  Each participant must bring 3 to 5 magazines of random genres to be cut up and used for our images as well as a favorite picture of yourself that you feel projects your inner spirit.   Please reserve your spot as soon as possible.

ShaktiPath Kirtan at Peconic River Yoga on Nov 8th… www.ShaktiPath.net

The Live Music and Asana Class at Yogaholic has been postponed.  New date to be announced shortly.  I apologize to those of you that did not receive the notification that it was cancelled..

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Peace of the rain to you all!

Namaste

Amy

Yoga this Week – September 29, 2013

“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.  Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language.  Do not now look for the answers.  They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them.  It is a question of experiencing everything.  At present you need to live the question.  Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.”
                                    Rainer Maria Rilke
Greetings dearest yoga students,
Being at peace with the unknown is one of the greatest accomplishments we can acheive moment by moment.  To be “okay” with not knowing how things will turn out means we must first banish fear and replace it with faith.  Increasing our capacity for faith immediatly allows us to let go of our percieved control over our life.  Having faith that things will turn out alright enables us experience all of life without having to figure everything out.   Living the question means to let the answers be revealed when it is time so that you can remain in the present moment without anxiety. Many precious moments are squandered away overthinking situations that either have already happened or haven’t happened yet.   So try to LOVE the question that this day brings as if you were turning a corner on a beautiful mountain and be open to the beauty that the landscape of your life lays out before you.
Classes for this Week

Monday and Thursday Evening at 730-9pm

Tuesday Morning 930-11am with Meditation to follow class (meditation is no charge and open to all whether you are able to attend asana class or not)

Friday Morning 930-11am  Healing Yoga

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

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Happenings

ShaktiPath at Yogaholic this coming Saturday, October 5th from 2-4pm for an uplifting yoga class infused with Live Music  and a mini-Kirtan capping off the event.  Consider joining us for this inspiring, musical afternoon!  Click on the link for more info.  http://www.shaktipath.net/events/events.html

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Restorative Yoga, Reiki and Acupuncture with Essential Oils is back for the Fall Season.  Join us on October 22 from 730-930pm for a healing experience.  Benjamin Craig, LicAc will again be joining us for this special event.  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

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