Inner Light Outer Peace Yoga Blog

NEW YOGA CLASSES & CLASS TIMES WITH MELANIE WEEKS AT AGORA

Melanie has added 2 classes & moved the Thursday class later for those of you who have a hard time getting there.

Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm
Thursday Lunchtime 12:05-12:55pm
Thursday 6:30-7:30pm

BOOK 2 OR MORE SERVICES AND RECEIVE 10% OFF
Our therapists are available for in-studio & in-home relaxation and beauty services. Book an afternoon to get a massage, get your hair done & have energy work, all at the same time.

TIME TO GET LIGHTER…
15-day Weight Loss Cleanse & Flush and
Multi-Cleanse available at Jyoti for this cleansing time.
Also Urinary Cleanse and Respiratory Cleanse.

Jyoti Yoga and Wellness | 259 Main St. 2nd Floor | Stamford | CT | 06901

Don’t forget to join us this Sunday, March 30th at 9:30am for a free Basic class and Open House. Come and practice Yoga, check out the space if you haven’t had a chance yet and meet teachers, students and friends!

See you there!

Need Directions? Click here.

p.s. please arrive a few minutes before 9:30 to sign in so class can begin on time.

David Swenson does a funny two minute demonstration of Tamasic and Satvic approaches to Asana.

It is a lesson in moderation. Let it be a reminder to us to find the middle ground, use our energy wisely, on the mat and off! Enjoy.

In partnership with Dew Yoga, the blog ‘hopes’ to introduce a community Yogi each month to learn how students connect Yoga on the mat with their lives and communties off the mat.

Meet Anik Palulian. Anik is an award-winning graphic designer, accessory designer, artist and budding product designer based in Rowayton, CT. A BFA from School of Visual Arts, and a BA in psychology mix with her lure towards the authentic, personal, handmade, and natural to create a unique style and dedication to “making it special”. She hopes to ride a pony to her mailbox one day, in Europe. To contact Anik for professional art and design work, please e-mail her at anik @ optonline dot net

You may have noticed Dew Yoga has a new logo. It has been designed with great love and care by Anik. She set out to create something for our community that would represent many characteristics of our practice; continuity, transformation, fluidity, union, peace, nature… We love the result, from the single stroke lines of the letters incorporating dew drops to the union of the birds.

Thank you Anik for seeing our dream and creating a beautiful representation of it!

I asked her some questions about Yoga.

Q: How long have you been practicing Yoga?

A: Only about a year and a half now. It feels like longer though.. it has integrated very fluidly and naturally. For me, it was time.

Q: What fills your time off the mat?

A: I’m a designer and artist, so my work, interests, and thoughts tend to be interrelated. I am either working on an idea, thinking about an idea, researching and collecting things for such ideas, riding, reading, gazing love-sickeningly at my cat, thinking, making something, talking to myself, talking about how talking to myself is now a public activity and is only going to get worse with age, stalking stuff on ebay, daydreaming, writing, more cat love (I could just eat dem pawsers), listening to music or watching law & order re-runs. if it’s spring or summer, move it all outside in the grass and garden!

Q: How does your yoga practice affect your life off the mat?

A: Yoga has been a challenge, a support, a release and a nurturing route for my own growth. I feel a sense of accomplishment, strength and grace from my body, and a forgiveness, acceptance and presence in my “mind” or self. Sometimes yoga helps me drop something that has been grating at me.. sometimes all I can think about is what I want for dinner. And sometimes i am quiet. Often, I’m still in meditation prayer while everyone around me is rolling up their mats. And many times I have cried during shavasana, then scurried to my car and cried more. Whatever comes up, I take with me. I am always grateful I showed up for myself and went to class.

Q: What would you like to share with others about Yoga?

A: Give it your full self. Don’t think about the poses or any of that totally useless achiever-role crap. Yoga is a healing practice. It’s accepting. It can bring forth beautiful qualities in yourself that you did not know you possessed, or did so to such a degree, if you let go of thinking and doing your way through it. If you are in a vulnerable, fragile personal space, it is the perfect time to start. You will be guided, nurtured… and then, at some point, you’ll realize that nurturing is coming from yourself. you are doing it for yourself.

Namaste.

Take one minute out of your day and enjoy this video by Rowan North about how together we can be the change we wish to see in the world.

Breathing into a Deeper Kripalu Experience with Ann Russell, RYT-500hr
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 9:30 - 11:30am

Guest teacher, Ann Russell, RYT-500hr, will lead this workshop designed to take your Yoga practice deeper by exploring Asana with a focus on Pranayama (breath control). This will be a great opportunity to learn more about breath work in your practice as well as to immerse yourself in the gifts of the Kripalu experience.

Ann Russell, received her 500-hr certification from the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. She has also studied extensively with extraordinary teachers coast to coast. Her full bio is here.

Pre-registration is required. Minimum 6 students required. Cost: $35.00/person. Contact Dew Yoga to reserve your space.

Dew Yoga at Bobby Valentines, 72 Camp Avenue, Stamford, CT 06907
www.dewyoga.net ~ info@dewyoga.net

Elysa Shares Inspiration

How many times have you been asked to take a compliment in grace?

This week I was overcome with gratitude. I can’t tell you how many times I was left speechless and those of you who know me , it’s not an easy thing to do! To many, this would be considered a blessing in itself. Heeheehee! But really, this was a week of powerful lessons. Continue reading “Receiving The Blessings”

Who: Everybody
What: “Grand Opening House” Free Basic Class, Q&A, Class Card Give Away and more…
When: Sunday, March 30, 9:30 - 11am
Where: Dew Yoga @ BVSA, 72 Camp Avenue, Stamford, CT 06907

Visit Dew Yoga Event Page here.

Please join us, one and all, current students, new students, friends who are curious about Yoga, neighbors…everyone is welcome to enjoy a free class, check out the facility, meet the teachers and maybe make some new friends in the community!

Or contact me if you have any questions.

Yes, friends, that is attire as opposed to ‘a tire’ which I would not bat an eye at.

And yes, it is BMW the auto manufacturer that has decided to launch a line of Yoga Apparel so Yogin can feel stylish and coordinated with their car as they practice Yoga.

Read it for yourself here.

Could they be using sustainable products for the manufacture of their clothing, you know, in Yogic balance with the planet damaging effects of the auto industry? Maybe the elastic comes from recycled tires?

What do YOU call it? Satire? Irony? Hypocrisy? Do you think BMW could have been inspired by Elysa’s post about Merging into the Moment?

Comment, speak your mind, it’s painless, free and you don’t even have to register…

I can tell it’s March, I saw a sweet pair of mourning doves in my neighbor’s driveway yesterday. A sign of Spring, longer, warmer days on the way and for me a visual affirmation of peace. Nature reminding me that awareness of peace is a gift.