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Love. Service. Devotion. Yoga.
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January 2009
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with
Debbie Ziemianski
Kids' Yoga classes resume Wednesday,
January 7th.
Both age groups will now be on Wednesdays.
7-9 years: 4:30 - 5:15 PM
10-12 years: 5:30 - 6:15 PM
Classes integrate yoga poses, games and meditation to enable
your child to become more fit and flexible in mind and body.
8 week session
$120
Pre-Registration
Required.
Class limited to 10 students.
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NEW!
HATHA FLOW
ON SATURDAYS!
J oin us for a Hatha Class for beginner to intermediate students. This class
is unique as it will be led by different instructors weekly and occasionally
more than one instructor!
Saturdays,
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Free to
members
$18.00 non-members
Begins January 10th.
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NEW!
OPEN CLASS
Join us for this innovative class led by
Alina Primelles
for intermediate
to
advanced students and instructors.
Learn the techniques for more advanced poses. Each class will encourage practitioners to move to their edge for
a truly challenging experience.
Sundays, 8:00-9:00 AM
Free to members
$18 non-members
Begins January 11th.
Click here to register!
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REV IT UP!
Nutrition Class
with
Fabienne C. Grossman, RD/LD
This is an 8 week
non-diet approach to weight management that will provide you
with practical, interactive instruction to help you achieve a more efficient
metabolism and a healthy balanced life.
Begins
Friday, Jan. 30th
10:45 -11:45 AM
Members: $140
Non- Members: $150
Pre-Registration Required
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Free!!
Restorative Yoga Classes
Wednesdays, 8:00-9:00 PM
Restorative Yoga is a gentle, therapeutic style of Yoga that uses props to support the body to deepen the benefits of the poses.
Recharge and restore health to your body and mind.
Donations accepted for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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Invite your friends and family to our
Open House
Saturday, January 24th
Free classes all day long!
$10 - $15 suggested
donations will go to the
Humane Society
of Broward County!
The
Humane Society receives no government funding
from national
organizations. They are funded 100% by private donations
and through special fundraising events such
as this!
Class Schedule
8:30 -10:00 AM Ashtanga Carla
10:30 -12:00 PM Heated Jessica
12:30 -1:30 PM Hatha/All Levels Paula
2:00 - 3:00 PM Kids Yoga Debbie
(7-12 yrs old)
3:30 - 5:00 PM Heated Alina
5:30 - 6:30 pm Restorative Fabienne
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Yoga and Mantra Dance
with Leah Bella Attie
Join us for the Yoga and Mantra Dance!
This gathering is an opportunity to release
stress,
relax the mind and uplift the soul.
Tuesdays, 8:15 - 9:15 AM
Free to members; $18 non-members
Begins January 6th
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New!
Kundalini Yoga
with Julie
Lazarus
Through the combination of
Numerology and Kundalini Yoga, students experience the healing benefits of
an ancient practice first hand.
Each week the class will participate in Kundalini Yoga and meditation geared
towards very specific objectives that will be decided once all participant's
numerology charts have been read. This group teaching is a very healing process
that will address issues relevant to the participants in the class.
Fridays, 12:15 -1:30 PM
$150 for the 6 week session
Pre-Registration Required. Space is Limited.
Begins January 9th
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DIVING DEEPER
Many students begin to seek greater insight into and a greater
understanding about yoga as their practice deepens. In the Diving
Deeper section you will find articles on yoga philosophy, yoga's deeper
history, and the spiritual aspects of the practice.
We look forward to bringing you these articles and hope you find them interesting and educational.
~ Namaste
Goals vs. Intentions
Goal making is a valuable skill;
it involves envisioning a future outcome in the world or in your
behavior, then planning, applying discipline, and working hard to
achieve it. You organize your time and energy based on your goals; they
help provide direction for your life. Committing to and visualizing
those goals may assist you in your efforts, but neither of these
activities is really setting intention. They both involve living
in an imagined future and are not concerned with what is happening to
you in the present moment. With goals, the future is always the focus:
Are you going to reach the goal? Will you be happy when you do? What's
next?
Setting intention
is quite different than goal making. It is not oriented toward a future
outcome. Instead, it is a path or practice that is focused on how you
are "being" in the present moment. Your attention is on the
ever-present "now" in the constantly changing flow of life. You set
your intentions based on understanding what matters most to you and
make a commitment to align your worldly actions with your inner values.
As you gain insight through meditation, wise reflection, and
moral living, your ability to act from your intentions blossoms. It is
called a practice because it is an ever-renewing process. You don't
just set your intentions and then forget about them; you live them
every day.
Goals help you make your place in the world and be an effective
person. But being grounded in intention is what provides integrity and
unity in your life. Through the skillful cultivation of intention, you
learn to make wise goals and then to work hard toward achieving them
without getting caught in attachment to outcome. Only by remembering your intentions can you reconnect with
yourself during those emotional storms that cause you to lose touch
with yourself. This remembering is a blessing, because it provides a
sense of meaning in your life that is independent of whether you
achieve certain goals or not.
Ironically, by being in touch with and acting from your true
intentions, you become more effective in reaching your goals than when
you act from wants and insecurities. Once the yogi understands this, she
starts to work with goals and intentions as separate functions.
Doing the Groundwork
What
would it be like if you didn't measure the success of your life just by
what you get and don't get, but gave equal or greater priority to how
aligned you are with your deepest values? Goals are rooted in maya
(illusion)-the illusionary world where what you want seems fixed and
unchanging but in truth is forever changing. It is in this world that mara,
the inner voice of temptation and discouragement, flourishes. Goals
never fulfill you in an ongoing way; they either beget another goal or
else collapse. They provide excitement-the ups and downs of life-but
intention is what provides you with self-respect and peace of mind.
Cultivating right intention does not mean you abandon goals. You
continue to use them, but they exist within a larger context of meaning
that offers the possibility of peace beyond the fluctuations caused by
pain and pleasure, gain and loss. Cause no harm, and treat yourself
and others with loving- kindness and compassion while seeking true
happiness, that which comes from being free from grasping and clinging.
Such a statement may sound naive or idealistic-a way for nuns and monks
to live but not suitable for those of us who must make our way in this
tough, competitive world. In choosing to live with right intention, you are not giving up your
desire for achievement or a better life, or binding yourself to being
morally perfect. But you are committing to living each moment with the
intention of not causing harm with your actions and words, and not
violating others through your livelihood or sexuality. You are
connecting to your own sense of kindness and innate dignity. Standing
on this ground of intention, you are then able to participate as you
choose in life's contests, until you outgrow them.
Naturally, sometimes things go well for you and other times not, but
you do not live and die by these endless fluctuations. Your happiness
comes from the strength of your internal experience of intention. You
become one of those fortunate human beings who know who they are and
are independent of our culture's obsession with winning. You still feel
sadness, loss, lust, and fear, but you have a means for directly
relating to all of these difficult emotions. Therefore, you are not a
victim, nor are your happiness and peace of mind dependent on how
things are right now.
Adapted from the Yoga Journal Article, "The Heart's Intention," by Phillip Moffitt
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Spanish Yoga and Meditation
Sunday, January 11th, 2:00 -
3:00 PM, $20
We
invite you to join us once a month for a yoga and meditation class in
Spanish!
The class will include yoga poses, aromatherapy, breathing techniques, and
meditation.
Pre-registration REQUIRED. Taught by Paula Goldstein.
Click here to register!
Become a Certified Yoga
Instructor!
Free Informational Meeting
Saturday, January 31st, 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Weston Yoga will be hosting a 200-Hour Teacher Training Program (Yoga Alliance Approved) led by Nancy Wile (E-RYT 500.) Nancy is a registered
yoga teacher and yoga teacher trainer.
She is the founder of the Yoga Education Institute - a registered yoga
school that is now offering teacher training at Weston Yoga. Nancy began practicing yoga in 1990. She loves teaching yoga and is committed to meeting the
individual needs of each of her students.
She believes in making yoga accessible and fun for everyone. Along with teaching yoga, Nancy earned a
doctorate in health education from Columbia University and has spent much of her
working life developing and evaluating health related programs for schools
and universities.
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"NAMASTE"
I
honor the place in you in which the entire Universe dwells.
I
honor the place in you which is of Love, of Truth, of Light and of
Peace.
When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are One.
See you at the studio soon.
Sincerely,
The Weston Yoga Team
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How are we doing?
We appreciate your feedback about the studio. Please feel free to send us your comments and suggestions. Send to
[email protected]
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Weston Yoga Mission Statement
Weston Yoga is a welcoming, vibrant yoga community devoted
to health, personal growth, spirituality and happiness. We will support every individual's yogic
journey by teaching, mentoring, sharing, and honoring the tradition of Yoga to
the best of our knowledge. It is our
goal to strengthen the mind, body and spirit of every student, teacher and
staff member. We will provide a
nurturing environment where yoga is accessible to all and is practiced as a way
of life.
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