Inner Light Outer Peace Yoga Blog

Buildings in the cities of the future.

Click here to read about the concept of big buildings that can provide freshly grown food for it’s inhabitants, dramatically reducing carbon footprint.

“Recyclers who hate separating paper from plastic are getting a reprieve, at least temporarily…
single-stream recycling, which means residents do not have to separate recyclables”

Starts now – Read it in the Stamford Advocate here.

Dew Yogini Jeanne is in the Stamford news today, with her dog, not the asana, Beau as he was first to set paw into Stamford’s new Dog Park. Leashes off! Yay, Jeanne for supporting a great cause and yay Stamford for finally creating a space where our canine friends can be legally free of the leash. Read it in the Stamford Advocate here.

Go Dee Marie for creating a program to train school teachers and parents to share Yoga with children at home and in school. Like the wonderful and innovative Yogis at YogaEd, this Yogini is an important piece of a more peaceful future. Read the article here.



Teachers, principals and researchers observe that Yoga in the classroom leads to better concentration and a decrease in violence.

Parents, ask your schools to give Yoga a test run. Often Yoga teachers will volunteer their time to introduce the practice to teachers or students. Perhaps it can be incorporated into a PE or activity budget.

School Teachers, take a training at YogaEd or with Calming Kids (Dee Marie’s program) and consider it not only continuing education, not only personal enrichment but an investment in the future.

From the Kripalu Newsletter:

True yoga starts with radical self-acceptance. You are fully present with what is, observing the self without judgment. When the body knows that the mind is kind, it will open and release.

—Shobhan Richard Faulds, senior Kripalu Yoga teacher

Next Beach Yoga Tonight!
Tuesday 6/30 at 6:30pm.
Weather looks amazing! See you there.

West Beach, Stamford, CT

Parking nearby without a permit is available. Directions below.

Fun Yoga on the sand as the sun sets with Yogi musicians to accompany the sounds of the sea. Breathe, flow, move and groove with us. Dress in layers, bring a blanket AND beach towel, an open mind & a smile! A willingness to feel the sand on your toes is useful too!

Payment & registration NOT required. Karma donations of kindness, dollars, hugs or even some good vibes will be appreciated.

Directions & Parking Scoop

Option 1: I just learned that there is no longer non-permit parking in the outer lots. If you have a park permit please use the entrance to West Beach on Shippan Avenue(it is not marked on the map but trust me it is there!). Here is a Google Map with directions from Summer Street. You can drag the beginning marker to the location of your starting point.

Option 2 Parking without a permit: Continue past West Beach on Shippan Avenue and turn left onto Iriquois Rd. Follow Iriquois all the way to the end & you will be facing a grassy hill, the beach is on the other side of the hill. Park on the street near or around Brennans Restaurant on Iriquois, Wapawama, Ponus Ave. or Rippowam. The beach is very close and can be accessed by the paved foot path that wraps around and over the grassy hill. Google Map

For questions or further details:
Jen Irwin, RYT (203)524-2919 or jen@dewyoga.net
*In case of rain, cancellation will be posted here by 5:30pm.

Be sure to read the post “Gratitude” which is my thanks to all of you and here’s what people said about the last classes:

Yogini N said it poetically, “It was like a mini vacation. I always feel a bit like that at the beach, but this was incredibly special and memorable. Thanks to Randy, too. So nice to have gentle rhythmic sounds bobbing on the breeze.”

Currently available at the Farmers Market – One bunch organic radishes @ $2.50 + one bunch beets @ $2.50 = $5.00.

Trim the greens off both bunches, wash well in cold water.
Slice the radishes and add to the greens.
Boil (or roast) the beets and add to the greens
Little olive oil, salt, balsamic vinegar.

Why is it cheap? Plentiful salad for five people for $5.00.

Why is it rich? Red beets provide Vitamins A and C, calcium and iron, and add fiber to the diet. Beet greens contain large amounts of vitamins K and A, along with large amounts of anti-oxidants beta Carotene and Lutein. Radish greens contain almost six times the vitamin C content of their root and are also a good source of calcium. Radishes have antibacterial and anti-fungal properties and contain vitamin C and potassium.

A little stream of sound and words trickled through my head, so, I thought I’d share,

“C’mon people now, Smile on your brother, everybody get together
Try and love one another right now”

Complete lyrics below the video.

~The Youngbloods, Written by Bagge, Anders/Astrom, Per/Price, Stuart.
Get Together
Love is but the song we sing,
And fear’s the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Know the dove is on the wing
And you need not know why

C’mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try and love one another right now

Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass

C’mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try and love one another right now
(Repeat)

C’mon people…

If you hear the song I sing,
You must understand
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at your command

C’mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try and love one another right now

Alessandro sent me this enlightening opinion piece from the NY Times. More reasons to shop the Farmer’s Market or better yet to join a CSA. More about that next post.

Here’s an excerpt,

“The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000,” Michael Pollan, the food writer, declares in the film.

What’s even more eerie is the way animals are being re-engineered. For example, most Americans prefer light meat to dark, so chickens have been redesigned to produce more white meat by growing massive breasts that make them lopsided. Who knew that breast augmentation was so widespread in chicken barns? Click here to read the whole piece.

I have always liked shopping farmers markets, allowing the dinner menu to emerge from whatever goodies I can find on the weathered tables and presented from hands that have touched the actual earth that sprouted my future meal.

After watching Earth 2100 (see post below) I became even more inspired to shop the farmer’s markets. Besides that fresh picked tastes better and lasts longer, we can rest assured that the carbon footprint is smaller when the cucumbers are not being transported from half way around the planet and hopefully are not just a little piece of the agribusiness puzzle that genetically modifies and then chemically ripens our produce. (Did you know that our ‘winter’ tomatoes are picked green and then ripened with methylene? Watch the trailer for upcoming movie, Food Inc. for more on that topic.)

Finally, at least for me, it is myth that buying food at the farm stand is more expensive. At the grocery store whether the veggies are pre-packaged or there is a 3 for 1 type deal going, I always end up with more than I can use before they spoil since they were likely picked at least two weeks prior.

Yesterday I arrived at the new High Ridge Shopping Center Farmer’s Market a little too late, they were packing up. However, I managed to purchase 3 beautiful cucumbers and 2 large and juicy tomatoes for only $2. I can tell you that the cucumbers were so good, my teen age kids ate one with breakfast this morning. Now that’s a testimonial and a dollar well spent if my teens are eating veggies for breakfast.

Here’s where you can buy your food fresh and local, reduce the damage to the Earth in the process, and feed your self and loved ones with fewer chemicals.

Wednesdays, 10am-4pm High Ridge Shopping Center, Stamford, CT
Promises fresh produce, flowers & baked goods from in and around Connecticut.

Wednesdays, 10am-2pm Bartlett Arboretum, High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT
Promises seasonal vegetables, fruits, cheese, chocolate, fresh baked pies, homemade soaps and lotions and more, grown and made in Connecticut.

Wednesdays, 11am – 6pm Darien Farmers Market, Municipal Parking Lot on Mechanic St. Promises Now featuring greenhouse tomatoes, lettuces, other greens and baby root veggies, fresh cut herbs and flowers, annuals and perennials,hanging baskets, honey, free range eggs, non-hormone beef, pork, chicken, goats milk soaps, pies and pastries, breads, pesto, jams and jellies, and a whole lot more.

Saturdays, 9am – 2pm, Stamford Downtown French Market Bedford & Forest Street. Promises freshest fruits, vegetables, flowers, baked goods and more! Straight from the farm and right to your home.

Saturdays, 10am – 2pm New Canaan Farmers Market Corner of South Ave, Maple and Main Streets.

If you know of others, please let me know, I will add them to the list. Happy shopping local, eating fresh and saving Earth!

Thanks Elysa for helping to compile this list!