Look what a joyful picture Kris took at the summer Yoga Slumber Party.
Our next yoga sleepover is Jan 29-30.
Save the dates and you can join the fun.
Do it Anyway
Do It Anyway by Sal Spalenger
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest people, with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs.
Fight for the underdog anyway.
What you spend years building just might be destroyed overnight.
But build anyway.
People really need help, but may attack you if you help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you got and you’ll get kicked down.
Give the world the best you got anyway.
Yoga in Paradise
I’m still on Cloud 9.
I was invited to teach at Sivananda Ashram on Paradise Isle, Bahamas. This included 1 satsang called Mind Body Mystery, Mastery and Magic and 2 workshops and that grew to 4 workshops. Healing with Guided Imagery, Goddess Yoga and Real Relaxation with Yoga Nidra were the topics. Yoga Nidra was so popular, I offered it twice! People attended from Israel, Indonesia, France, Germany, England, Canada, USA, Brazil, Columbia, SA, and many other places. It was really neat.
Did I mention that this was the Symposium on Yoga and Sacred Healing? The other presenters I was blessed to be with included Amy Weintraub and Rose Kress (Yoga for Depression), Joseph and Lilian Lepage (Yoga Mudras), Zicciah Blackburn (Entering the Heart) and Elizabeth Lesser (Broken Open).
Sivananda yoga was quite the experience. We had 2-hour yoga classes daily. It was wonderful to be in someone else’s class. It was a very structured sequence for sure and not at all how I teach. All the postures were done in a specific order every time. They even counted everything out all the time, including the breaths. This has been like this for decades. There were 2 satsang’s per day with 25 minutes of silent meditation and 25 minutes of chanting followed by an hour long presentation and more chanting.
Everything was outside. Everything! All yoga classes, satsangs, meals, and everything else. A lot of people even lived outside in tents. I was grateful for an indoor room. The weather couldn’t have been better and the ocean and bay were magnificent. I’ve never seen water that color before. It really was like being in paradise and I can’t wait to go back and I’d love it if you would join me.
PS. If you’d like to experience the healing nature of Real Relaxation and Yoga Nidra but you missed it in the Bahamas here’s how. Just get a copy of my CD called Real Relaxation and Yoga Nidra.
Visit this link for more about Real Relaxation and Yoga Nidra
Back to School Stress Relief for teachers, students and parents
Picture yourself effortlessly gliding through your day with more energy, better brain power and less stress. You can with guided imagery! Guided imagery is a program of directed thoughts that guide your imagination toward a relaxed, focused state. Julie Lusk, published author and expert in the field will help you benefit from clear thinking and relaxing energy. Tom Laskey will accompany with instrumental music acknowledged by many for its relaxing attributes.
JULIE LUSK & TOM LASKEY
Joseph Beth Booksellers – Rookwood Plaza
2692 Madison Rd., Cincinnati, OH – 513-396-8960
Thursday, August 26 at 7:00 PM