May 17th, 2010
Namaste Everyone,
I'm delighted to inform you all that Shruti Institute (www.shrutiinstitute.com) will once again be offering some amazing workshops in Anchorage from August 6 to 15, 2010. Download the PDF for more detailed information. There are discounts for multiple class registration. This is a unique opportunity to take advantage of a full week of classes almost daily, with 2 master instructors without leaving your home state.
Many of you were disappointed that you missed last year's Sanskrit for Yogis workshop. Dr. Katyayani Poole will once again be offering this highly effective and enjoyable workshop on the weekend of August 6-8, 2010. It is for yoga teachers and students who would like to enhance their knowledge of the sacred language of yoga and Vedic chanting. An article by Dr. Poole is attached for you to read. This is a required prerequisite for enrolling in Feeling the Alphabet of the Body.
Sri Jeff Poole will be offering The Blissful Wave Technique, an "effortlessly simple meditation practice that very effectively and rapidly opens your awareness to its own unbounded nature. This Vedic meditation is taught in the same manner as it's been taught for thousands of years." It will be offered over 4 consecutive days– Sunday, August 8 through Wednesday, August 11 (times in course description text below).
And lastly, Dr. Katyayani Poole will be offering Feeling the Alphabet of the Body, an immersion into the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. We were given a small taste of this work last year and it left no doubt that this will be a fascinating and deeply transformational class. This 10-hour course will be offered over the weekend of August 13-15.
Sanskrit for Yogis will be held at Inner Dance Yoga Studio. Locations for the other workshops will be determined soon.
Contact me to register. Your space will be reserved by sending the full payment for the course or courses you choose. Make checks payable to Lynne Minton and send to PO Box 190121 Anchorage, AK 99519. Please include a contact phone number and email address if you did not receive this information by email.
Hope to see you!
Pranams,
Lynne
January, 2010
Hello yoga friends! I am very excited to be sending you this information regarding the Yoga Retreat at SwaSwara Retreat Center in Karnataka, India March 1-11, 2011
November 17th, 2009, Anchorage, AK– Essential Nature of Yoga CD Released!
Greetings everyone,
I'm very happy to announce the completion of my first yoga practice CD! It's titled, "The Essential Nature of Yoga: A guided practice for all levels" (The alternate title was "Going Roga" but someone stole my thunder on that one.) A CD presentation party is in the works for sometime in early December. Watch the website for details.
The Table of Contents for the CD is included on the announcement poster and an asana photo guide is included with the CD. The wonderful music of Benjy Wertheimer and Michael Mandrell from their CD "Anjali" leads into and out of each track. You can order by downloading the form and mailing it with a check to the address listed on the form.Your order willl be mailed to you or if you choose, ready for pick up at the studio.
Homepage Reflections
October 26th, 2009
Let it come to you
On one of our recent beautiful autumn days, we were walking on the coastal trail and I recognized a man coming our way as a local access channel spiritual teacher. I discovered his program while channel surfing one Thursday evening and spotting a recognizable lineage of Yoga Gurus posted on the wall of his program’s set. The rest of the set is embellished with blinking traffic lights and traffic cones with the words “mind control” in reflective tape. The shear tackiness of it got my attention and endeared me to this person who so obviously values the message over the image. And the message is good!
Everything begins in consciousness. Control the wavering mind and you will perceive the Truth behind phenomena. As we spoke to Roger on the coastal trail and commented on the beauty of the day, his response was, “Yes it is beautiful, but there’s nothing out there for me. I’ve learned to go inside for what I need and then let it come to me. Its so simple and yet people make it so hard.”
This is one of the most joyful truths I know. I no longer doubt this truth, that what we hold in consciousness is what we manifest in the physical world. It is always a delight to have the heart’s desires, the support one needs, the “coincidental” meeting, appear at just the right time and place to fulfill a specific need. And it is just as true that when our outer world is chaotic or fear-filled, individually or collectively, we need look no further than into our own mind state to instigate a change. To steady the wavering mind is to hold it on the highest thought and then allow that thought to infuse our presence, like water permeating the soil rather than running off of a concrete surface. In this way a reservoir of inner strength, peace, joy and love builds within that we can draw on, not only for our own nourishment but also, to water the seeds of this consciousness in those around us.
Aum, Peace, Shanti,
Lynne
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Yoga Retreat at SwaSwaraRetreat Center in Karnataka, India
March 1-11, 2011. (NEXT Year) Information packets available. Download PDF here. |
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Yoga in Paradise 2011
Enjoy a relaxing and fun-filled Yoga Vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii at the Kalani Retreat Center! TWO WEEKS THIS YEAR! Beginners January 5-12, 2011 Intermediate January 12-19, 2011 Information packets available. Download PDF here. |
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Book II. Sutra 39
"Knowledge of past and future comes to one who is free of grasping for possessions." From Light on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by BKS Iyengar |