Nowhere  can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own  soul.
Marcus  Aurelius

Greetings dear yoga students,

We had a wonderful time at the Yoga Darshana Center’s Restoration Retreat at Camp DeWolfe this past weekend.  It was both enlivening and restorative.  Being with a community of like minded people in a beautiful setting focusing on spiritual awareness is a wonderful way to connect back to your own soul healing capacities.  As I walked along the beach early Sunday morning alone preparing for the Fire Ceremony to come (we were to burn a paper with what we wished to let go of  in our lives and keep the paper with what we wish to bring in to our lives), I came across a horseshoe crab  that had died within its shell and was covered in barnacles and other shells that had stuck to it and the following insight came to me.

“We need to shed our current shell in order to grow or we will wither and die as the small space around us is no longer what we need.  If we hang on to the past and allow it to stick to us, we will be weighed down and be unable to move forward.  Let go, embrace change, become vulnerable, take care of yourself,  enjoy the journey and trust that the place you are traveling to is worth it”

Classes for this Week

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Monday and Thursday Evening at 730pm

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Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

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Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

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Saturday Morning 10am Yoga Paddle

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

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Happenings

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Our Yoga Paddle is scheduled for this Saturday, September 21st at 10am in Setauket Harbor – Details will go out again on Thursday- Weather Permitting of course – Click on the link for more information.https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

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I will be leading a teacher training on Vinyasa Yoga again at the Yoga Darshana Center in Babylon  The training begins September 18th.  My section is in November.  You can sign up for one section or the entire training.  Here is the link if anyone is interested.  http://www.yogadarshanacenter.com/200hour.html

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Keep an eye out for ShaktiPath events coming this fall – the first one is October 5th at Yogaholic in Center Moriches 2-4 Live Music and Asana Class.  Click on the link for more info.  http://www.shaktipath.net/index.html

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Hope to see you all soon,

Namaste

“It is a mistake to look too far ahead.  Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time”

-Sir Winston Churchill

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Breathe into this present moment.  When we try to look too far into the future we only deny ourselves the serenity being in the now..  Breathe, relax and feel your life as it is .  Allow each activity each thought to remind you we are not in a race to get to the future.  The future becomes the future one moment, one breath at a time.    When we practice yoga in the true sense of the word (to unite our mind, body and spirit in the present moment),    our mind is free from worry and anxiety and open to the abundance that is all around us and in us.   When we free ourselves from the wasted energy that worry brings we are free to be open to allow joy to  fill our day and to make that choice  to see what is beautiful, right and lovely in our world.

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Classes for this Week

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Tuesday Morning 930am wit Meditation to Follow

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Thursday Evening at 730pm

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Friday Morning Healing Yoga at 930am

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Please Reserve Your spot or cancel if your plans have changed

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**Check your email Monday mid-day, there may be a special impromptu Labor Day Beach Class in the late afternoon if the conditions are right***

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Happenings

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**Yoga Paddle – Date Changed to September 21st at 10am at Setauket Harbor***

This is Kayak and Yoga Class trip (not stand up paddle board yoga).  Please click on the link for more details.  Its going to be a blast!  https://myyogawithamy.com/eventsworkshops/

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Restoration Retreat at Camp DeWolfe in Baiting Hollow is September 14 and 15th.  consider joining us!!

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Have a wonderful Holiday Weekend, be happy, be safe, be free!!!

Namaste

Amy

“The yogi feels that the collection or hoarding of things implies a lack of faith in God and in himself to provide for the future….By the observance of aparigraha, the yogi makes his life as simple as possible and trains his mind not to feel the loss or the lack of anything. Then everything he really needs will come to him by itself at the proper time.”    

Iyengar

Dear Yoga Students,

Hoping this evening finds you resting in the sweet, nourishing power that faith can provide.  Aparigraha reminds us that when we feel no lack, we are free;  free to give, free to rest, free to believe that we have everything we really need.  When we come from this power of faith, we can trust in the future, even when it is unclear.  Non-attachment, no-hoarding and non-clinging is really all about letting go.  Letting go creates the serenity we  so crave for.  Much like a trapeze artist must let go of the first ring before they can catch the second, that moment in mid air can be scary and uncomfortable, but they cannot move forward unless they let go first; we must learn the art of letting go.  Let it become sadhana (practice) by letting go of some of the heaviness of holding on to people, places or things in your life and jump with faith, trust and the knowing that the universe won’t only just catch you, but help you to soar.

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   Thank you to all who showed up to practice this morning on the beach and contribute by donating to The Invited Inn at Trinity Church in Rocky Point.  It was a special treat to practice to the rhythmic sounds of Billy’s Djembe drum, the gentle waves hitting the shore and the cool breeze flowing all around us.  It was truly a beautiful morning!!

Classes for this Week

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Monday Evening 7pm at Hallock Landing Beach

((Check your email as the day goes forward to see how weather pans out))

This will truly be the last Monday Night on the Beach as the Sunset is now at 740pm

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Tuesday Morning 930am with Meditation to follow

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No Thursday Evening or Friday Morning Classes this week

Sorry!!! Regular Schedule Resumes Next Week

Namaste Everyone, Hope to see you Soon!

Maybe some sun salutations will break up the cloud cover.  Forecast tells me it is NOT going to rain till later.  We are going to chance it since there are so few evenings left for beach yoga.  Plus we are in the full moon phase whether we can see it or not, the energy of Chandra is out there…

(If it does start to rain, however, check your messages, we will switch to yoga room…but its NOT going to rain)

Beach Yoga is on for tonight at Hallock Landing beach.  If you need directions, email me directly at yogawithamy@optonline.net

This will likely be one of the last nights on the beach as the sun is setting earlier and earlier…..

See you there

Amy