Pre Natal Seminar - Free

Free Pre Natal Seminar to outline the upcoming Pre Natal workshop.  Sunday, April 25th 6:00pm - 7:15pm

See you and yours on your mat soon.

Pre Natal Workshop will begin on May 2 - June 27

This workshop will be appropriate for any trimester with any level of experience in yoga, this class is designed to increase your energy and stamina while building strength, flexibility, and balance.  Breath exercises and postures will help reduce fatigue and tension while improving circulation and keep you comfortable and feeling fit throughout your pregnancy.  Special  sequencing of postures, breath exercises and visualization are designed to aid you in labor.  Connect with other moms-to-be in a supportive and healthy environment.

Cost is $150.00

Yoga Asana Without Meditation?

Meditation is your intrinsic nature - it is you.  It has nothing to do with your doings; you can neither have or not have it, it simply can not be possessed, it is not a thing, it is you.

New to Meditation?  Simply find a quiet spot in a quiet space of your home.  Turn off all electronic devices.  Now, find a seated posture where you can remain for at least 5 minutes (you must remain upright, so as not to fall asleep).  Think of something (i.e. a few simple words like LET GO).  Try to make your breath consistent in both inhalation and exhalation.  Practice breathing your Mantra (i.e. LET GO); part on the inhale; part on the exhale (LET as you inhale and GO as you exhale).  Stay as long as you can.  Each time will get a little easier and you will be able to stay longer.

See you on your mat soon.

The Soul

Selfishness kills the soul; destroys it.  But take care that your altruism does not kill the souls of others.

See you on your mat soon.

There's no Judgment in Yoga

Navigating difficulty without judgment is yoga.  Understanding that all practice efforts are worthwhile (even the ones which do not flow) will lead to self-acceptance.

See you on your mat soon.  Kathleen

Day 30 Last Day of the Challenge - We Are Only Human

For the wonderful thing is that the body is not and never will be a machine, no matter how much we treat it as such, and, therefore, body movement is not and never will be mechanical - it is always and forever expressive, simply because it is human.  M. Whitehouse.

See you on your mat soon.  Kathleen

Day 29 - Be Grateful -- Your World Will Change

Everyday is a blessing, and in each moment there are many things that we can be grateful for.  The world opens up to us when we live in a space of gratitude.  In essence, gratitude has a snowball effect.  When we are appreciative and express that gratitude, the universe glows a bit brighter and showers us with even more blessings.

There is always something to be grateful for, even when life seems hard.  When times are tough, whether we are having a bad day or stuck in what may feel like an endless rut, it can be difficult to take the time to feel grateful.  Yet, that is when gratitude can be most important.  If we can look at our lives, during periods of challenge, and fine something to be grateful for, then we can transform our realities in an instant.  There are blessings to be found everywhere.  When we are focusing on what is negative, our abundance can be easy to miss.  Instead, choosing to find what already exists in our lives that we can appreciate can change what we see in our world.  We start to notice one blessing, then another.

When we constantly choose to be grateful, we notice that every breath is a miracle and each smile becomes a gift.  We begin to understand the difficulties are also invaluable lessons.  The sun is always shining for us when we are grateful, even if it is hidden behind clouds on a rainy day.  A simple sandwich becomes a feast, and a trinket is transformed into a treasure.  Living in a state of gratitude allows us to spread our abundance because that is the energy that we emanate from our beings.  Because the world reflects back to us and what we embody, the additional blessings that inevitably flow our way give us even more to be grateful for.  The universe wants to shower us with the blessings.  The more we appreciate life, the more life appreciates and bestows us with more goodness.

See you on your mat soon

Namaste

Day 27 of the 30 Day Challenge - Perserverence

Perservering through yoga practice will support you more then a thousand hours of armchair philosophy.

See you on your mat soon.

Day 23 - Awareness in our Bodies

It is the concrete, specific awareness of one's own act of moving which is so satisfying.  Something more is needed than simply body mechanics, that the feelings hidden in the body, the source of all its movement, must be involved.

-Mary Starks Whitehouse

See you on your mat soon,

Kathleen

Day 22 - Should I stay or should I go?

Physical postures are potent tools for both stasis and change and working with pleasure, pain and fear.  Finding the place between moving forward more deeply into a pose, or backing off is the work of yoga, and the perfect metaphor for negotiating intimacy with ourselves and with others.

See you on your mat soon,

Kathleen

Day 21 - A Change is Gonna Come...

By choosing to see change as an opportunity to welcome growth and progress in our relationships, we are able to relax and enjoy the connections that we share with others. Our resistance to change often stems from the fear of losing our cherished connections, when in fact predictability in relationships often leads to stagnation. Rather than allowing our relationships to become stale, we can choose to see change as a positive part of growth. As we release our expectations and open up to the possibilities, we can better relax and enjoy our relationships as they are. Your feelings of uncertainty and disconnection will vanish today as you embrace the changes that happen in your relationships. 


See you on your mat soon,


Kathleen

Day 20 - Breathe In; Breathe Out

When the mind is not turned outward it reflects consciousness itself... Yoga Sutra of Patanjali


See you on your mat soon,


Kathleen

Day 19 - Amazing What Your Body Can Do, If You Just Allow it to Breathe and Move!!!

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there as in me and invincible summer.....

Albert Camus

Day 17 Feeling Great....

Heightened state of consciousness may arise from our experiments with yoga, but if we chase after these states they become one more spoke on the wheel of samsara (Many people think of it as the Buddhist name for the place where we currently live — the place we leave when we go).  


Let them come and go without attachment and you will avoid disappointment.

Author is unknown to me at this moment...  But I love it.

See you on your mat soon,

Kathleen