January 2009 Newsletter from Yoga on the Beach

Transition, can you smell it in the air, hear the crackling sounds? 2009 is here and it appears that change will be its theme. One of the few things that is certain in life is that things change. Yoga raises our awareness, which offers us the opportunity to change our experiences. Check out this month's article Prosperity in Action to learn more.

Yoga on the Beach has been nominated for a GLEE (www.keysglee.com) Green Living award. Check out their website to find out more and to vote for your favorite choice. This is a wonderful way to learn more about Green Living, and be part of a community effort to create change.

Nancy is very excited for the opportunity to see some of the Cape Cod students midwinter this year. Check out our upcoming events for the Midwinter Sanctuary. Space is limited and at the time of this writing we are 1/2 full, so call soon to reserve your spot.

One more shift that is happening is Nancy has a new office space she will be seeing her private clients at in Key West. True to her spirit on the water, the space is on a floating building with a great view on N. Roosevelt. If you'd like to book an appoinment for a private bodywork or yoga session call her at 296-7352.

Light, Love and Deep Appreciation,
Nancy and Don

Guest Teacher - Celine Peccatte

What a pleasure to have a former student, now teacher return to Yoga on the Beach and share her teaching with us. Thank you Celine!

Prosperity in Action

by Nancy Curran

In this time of recession so many people are suffering. I can feel the fear is almost palpable, as a great consciousness of lack is permeating the airwaves, media and daily conversations. So what did happen to all the money? Where is all of the vast abundance of this planet? Did it dry up and disappear? Or is there still a great prosperity available to each and every one of us?

This is a wonderful time for those on the Yoga path, as it is a great opportunity to maintain the consciousness of abundance. Yoga is not only the postures we practice in classes, but Yoga of the mind. There is a powerful philosophy of awareness that permeates a Yoga path. As we stretch our beliefs, question the consciousness that is surrounding us and find mental clarity, we have the opportunity to make a change, and be a solution to the problem or disturbance of our community.

Ancient Wisdom -
While teaching from the Yoga Sutras this week in teacher training, we were discussing the nine obstacles of the mind to finding peace (Samadhi) through mental clarity. They are illness, mental stagnation, doubts, lack of foresight, fatigue, overindulgence, illusions about one's true state of mind, lack of perseverance, and regression. Sound familiar? We each had a laugh as we went through the list and recognized these states, and the way they create mental disturbances and/or encourage distractions. I recognized how this applies to the path of prosperity as well.

There are times when we don't' recognize that we are experiencing any of these obstacles, and the Yoga Sutras help us by sharing the sign posts of these obstacles, they are -
�         Negative thinking
�         Inability to be at ease in different body postures
�         Difficulty controlling one's breathe
�         And mental discomfort.

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In Appreciation,

Nancy Curran
Yoga on the Beach