Weekend Retreat to Harmony Hill with Melissa and Erin Creating a Home Practice May 14 - 16
Would you like to take the benefits of your yoga class home with you but don't know when and where to begin? This weekend retreat will offer practical advice on starting and sustaining a home yoga practice. In the quiet and surrounded by the physical beauty of Harmony Hill, you will have the time and space to explore the elements of a home practice, consider how to develop a practice that is right for you, and look at strategies that get you started and keep you motivated.
EARLY BIRD
SPECIAL
Register by
March 31st
and receive
10% off retreat cost!
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Remember
Our New Referral Program!
From January until May, if you refer anyone new to our studio who purchases a Series, Class Card, or Membership, you will receive $25 on your account to go towards any retail items, classes or workshops.
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New Retail
in the Studio
Need some inspiration for your practice and life please check out our new books, CD's, and more!
Please note:
we will be donating lost and found items at the end of March! If you think you have left something at the studio, please come look for it!
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Citta vritti nirodaha
 Yoga is the cesation of the fluctuations of the mind. This is one of the very first recorded statements of what yoga is, attributed roughly 2500 years ago to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. We may think of yoga as a series of postures and breathing, stretching and strengthening exercises, but what we are truly practicing each and every time we come to the mat or the meditation cushion, is stilling the ever active, ever talkative mind.
We can practice quieting the mind in an active yoga posture, or in a more restoring pose where we are focused on relaxing the body and the mind. We can practice this while sitting in meditation, observing our breath, our body, and our thoughts, and learn to take that practice into our lives and be able to be relaxed and present in everything we do.
One way to quickly, easily, and beautifully settle into that quiet mind, is through the practice of singing in community. As we open our throats to allow the breath to create the vibration of sound in mantras, chants, or songs, the heart naturally begins to open as well, and the mind begins to let go of its insessant chatter. We are in the moment.
In the next month or two, there are several opportunities for you to experience the power of singing. Our montly Kirtan, led by local friend and yogi Jeannine Maxwell, will be this Friday at Source Yoga, 7-8pm. Experience the sweetness of song and chant in a small group - by donation ($5 suggested).
At the end of this month, go to Seattle to experience some chanting masters. March 24th at the Moore Theater, Krishna Das joined by Deva Premal, www.krishnadas.com for more details. And check out our studio favorite, Snatam Kaur March 31st at the Seattle Unity Church. www.snatamkaur.com, or contact East West Bookstore in Seattle for tickets.
April 10th, we welcome back guest teacher Rebekkah LaDyne for an afternoon workshop featuring LIVE MUSIC with Seattle favorites Steve and Anne-Emilie Gold. That evening, Source Yoga will co-sponser a concert/Satsang with Three Trees Yoga in Federal Way and Yoga Soliel in Puyallup. They will perform and lead group singing at Three Trees Yoga. Sign up at Source Yoga to come and sing with us!
It is important to remember that to experience the joy of singing in community, you don't have to be a trained singer, or even a good singer! Come join us for one of these wonderful events and access the peace of residing in your voice and in your heart.
Students, please scroll down to the bottom of this page for a special coupon for our favorite chiropractors, Paul and Laelle Martin of Brilliant Life Chiropractic. We love Paul and Laelle and use their chiropractic services to support the health and well being of our bodies in combination with our yoga practice! |
March Events
Yoga for Fertility
With Guest Teacher Lynn Jensen
Saturday, March 13 ยท 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost: $60 (10% off for members)
Yoga for Fertility is designed for women or couples who are trying to conceive, either naturally or through assisted reproductive technology. In a recent Harvard-based study, women participating in a yoga and relaxation program increased their chances of pregnancy by almost 3 times. We will use specific yoga postures for each phase of your monthly cycle, to stimulate and tone the reproductive system. We can also help regulate the body's hormone levels using yoga postures, breathing and relaxation practices which support the endocrine and nervous systems. Yoga is a well-recognized stress-reducer, and chronic stress has been shown to adversely affect fertility. The class environment is small, personal and supportive. No previous yoga experience is necessary. If you are currently taking a general yoga class, it is highly recommended that you attend a session of Yoga for Fertility to learn how to adapt poses during your cycle.
Attention
New Mommas!!
Source Yoga will be having a Mother's Tea after the Mom and Baby Class Wednesday March 17th! Stay after class and meet your community of Yoga Mommas!
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Workshops coming soon
Coming Home to
Yourself - Yoga, Mindfulness, Meditation, and Live Music
With Rebekkah LaDyne
Saturday April 10th, 1-3:30pm
Members receive 10% off!
Join returning guest Teacher Rebekkah LaDyne with live music of
Steve and Anne-Emilie Gold for a slow, thoughtful workshop begininning with a
talk drawing on wisdom from eastern and western philosophies and then the yoga
portion inviting students to take their time in each pose, to feel, and to
breathe deeply.
Satsang:
An Inspirational Night of Group Singing!
When: Saturday April 10 at 7pm
Where: Three Trees Yoga
in Federal Way (www.threetreesyoga.com)
Cost: $15 in advance
(register through Source Yoga),
or $20 at the
door
Please join us for a very special concert by Steve and Anne-Emilie Gold co-hosted by Source Yoga, Three Trees
Yoga in Federal Way, and Yoga Soleil in Puyallup.
Steve Gold's music is an enlightened
blend of mantras in English and Sanskrit, American spirituals, deeply healing
Blues, and devotional songs. Performing at festivals, yoga studios, art spaces
and spiritual centers, Steve and Anne-Emilie's musical satsangs are
wonderful occasions for listeners to be nourished with the healing vibrations
of the voice. www.somuchmagnificence.com
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Friday Night Events!
Movie Night at Source Yoga!
1st Friday of each month 7pm, $5 Suggested Donation For Source Yoga Scholarship Fund
Next Movie Night - April 2nd -
Showing Yoga Unvieled Part 2 - Yoga as Therapy(don't worry if you missed Part1!)
Join us here at Source Yoga for yoga and other spiritually themed films, shown right here at the studio! Bring your friends and treats! Discussion will be held after.
Tacoma Kirtan with Jeannine Maxwell
and Friends at Source Yoga
2nd Friday, March 12, 7-8PM
 As an ancient form of meditation, Kirtan uses simple repetitive songs and chants that carry us effortlessly into a place of quiet stillness. This community event is by a suggested donation of $5.
All proceeds will go to our Source Yoga Scholarship Fund, providing yoga to those who could not otherwise afford it. No singing experience is necessary.
Yoga Nidra with Najeea Leslie at Source Yoga
3rd Friday, March 19, 7-8PM
Use Class Card, Membership, or $15 Drop-in
Also known as yog  ic sleep or sleep with awareness, Yoga Nidra is a meditation practice that is intended to induce full-body relaxation and deep state of consciousness. In our overly stimulated daily lives, Yoga Nidra is a method of entering into deep rest, mentally, physically, and emotionally.
YOGA DANCE!!!
Every 4th Friday,
March 26, 7-8:30PM
$15 Drop-in or use your Class Card/Membership
Yoga Dance is an hour and a half of fun, creative, and alive expression. Expect infused yoga, invigorating dance, and deep meditation. Through your body, breath, and heart feel your inner juices rise, pulse, and flow, and then quiet, deepen, and expand. No experience necessary.
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Get to Know Your Community
 Source Yoga Teacher
Najeea
Leslie
Najeea is both a massage therapist practicing Chi Nei Tsang (Taoist abdominal massage) and a yoga instructor. She teaches Monday night Relax/Restore and Yoga Nidra the third Friday of each month.
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NJ: I have always had a deep sense of longing to fully express my love and happiness. Even as a child I had a fascination with the intangible aspects of life. In my twenties I was searching deeply and asking "Why am I here in this life, what's my purpose?" It came to me that I am here to do healing work but I must actively be healing myself in order to serve others. I experienced yoga as a healing practice right from the beginning, so it was a perfect fit for me.
In 1991 I began studying with Sue and Mike Maharry at The Yoga Room in Tacoma. As a result of having a formal practice I found real direction in my life. I am deeply grateful to them for their support and dedication to the practice of yoga.
SY: Why do you practice yoga?
NJ: My desire to fulfill my purpose in this life is deep and it requires a lot of clarity and inner strength. Sustained practice has given me the discipline essential to developing those qualities.
I love how my practice affects the most important aspect of my life, my relationships. It helps me to be more conscious and loving day by day. When I am present to the truth of my essential nature I have the freedom to act accordingly. My experiences in life and my relationships are very different when I come from love versus fear and anxiety.
SY: Why do you teach yoga?
NJ: Teaching yoga is like showing someone how to fish. As a result of the practice we start living more authentically and having a sense freedom and peace. It cultivates awareness, compassion and clarity, which increase our ability to be more loving towards ourselves, and others. The outcome is greater healing and love in the world. How wonderful is that?
SY: How does your yoga practice affect your life.
NJ: Here's an example of a big transformational moment that happened in the first years of my practice. During the seconds after the impact from a fender bender, when time seems to slow down, I heard a voice say," You can freak out and get really stressed but that won't change a thing so you might as well stay calm and make it easier on yourself. It's your choice." I got it and did stay calm and it was much less stressful. From then on I understood how I could actually impact my experience with my state of mind.
I feel more emotionally and spiritually mature with each passing year. My desire is to be awake through all of my life, even in the most challenging moments. If I'm not happy with my life it's my responsibility. I want to look back, whenever my time comes, and go, "wow, that was great!" My practice is making these things possible.
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Lokhah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu ~ May all beings in the world be happy.
Namaste,
Melissa and Erin
Source Yoga
2712 N. 21st St, Ste, A
Tacoma, Wa 98406
www.sourceyogaonline.com
info@sourceyogaonline 253-756-8066
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