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Dear Sweet Yogis and Yoginis
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As the year comes to a close and the Holiday season arrives we at OM Sweet Om are filled with gratitude toward you our treasured sangha (spiritual community) for making our Yoga Center such a vibrant and purposeful place. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, Solstice or any combination thereof, we wish you all the gifts that love and connection offer. As your dedication to practice grows and the transformative effects become more and more known in your lives we wish for you and yours a holiday season supported by the health of your bodies, calmed by the clarity of your minds warmed by the love in your hearts and lifted by the lightness of your spirits.
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"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God."~Eleanor Powell
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In the spirit of giving that the season inspires Gail and I are offering to you a special gift of ourselves. Please join us for a 15-minute private yoga session/evaluation to address any question you may have about your practice. Please ask at the front desk for the sign up sheet.
Please note that we do have a modified schedule for the holidays so do check it out before you come to class, as some will be subbed and some cancelled.
Click here to view the schedule
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"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present." ~Babatunde Olatunji
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| Pose of the month |
 Headstand (sirsasana)- Using the wall or in the center of the room start on your hands and knees. Place your elbows on the mat below your shoulders. Interlace your fingers and place your fists to the floor pinky side down about 6 inches from the wall. Place the crown of your head on the mat wrapping you palms around the back of your head. Curl your toes into the mat and lift your knees off the ground. Walk your feet toward your face keeping your shoulders lifted, and your neck long, eventually feeling your spine along the wall. Tuck you knees into your chest and begin to lift your feet off the ground and up to the wall eventually stretching your legs straight. Keep lifting you shoulders away from your ears, lengthening your neck, and keeping your weight on your arms rather than your head. Only 30% of your weight should be on your head! Breath here for 10 -15 breaths or until you feel you would like to come down. Lower your knees into your chest and feet to the floor with control and take Childs pose for 5-10 breaths.
Physical Benefits- helps to build shoulder strength and a strong neck. Gives the heart muscle a rest as the forces of gravity are reversed and venous blood is returned to the heart. Aids in lymphatic drainage.
Spiritual Benefits- If inversions are new to you; you may find that they bring up a lot of emotion, running the gamut from terror to elation...Moving into fear is a very powerful practice and in the end very empowering. Another beneficial aspect of headstand is that it creates a change of perspective as we literally flip our worldview.
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Sanskrit word of the month
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 Guru- A teacher, or one who dispels spiritual ignorance (darkness) with spiritual illumination (light).
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Upcoming workshops and events
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Solstice Celebration and Reiki Circle with Terri Heiman Thursday December 19 at 7:30pm
Burning bowl ceremony. Come one and all.By donation
Gail and Lisa are offering 15-minute private yoga consultation/evaluation as their gift to you this Holiday season. Please check at the front desk for the sign up sheet.
January 6th 1:30-4:00 pm, Pre-registration only-$40
Inner Alchemy workshop with Gail Grossman and Rev. Deirdre Breen-Bernstein
In this 2 1/2 hour workhsop you will learn how to use breath, sound,
color and yoga postures to cleanse your organs. The precise
metaphorical language of your body systems and strengthen your inner
cosmos with this system of inward training techniques of meditation,
asana and visualization. How to imporve your senses: hearing, seeing,
tasting, touching and smelling. The key to Yangshen, the nourishing of
life. Join Reiki Master and interfaith minister, Deirdre
Breen-Bernstein, and Om Sweet Om's visionary creator, Gail Grossman,
for this Taoist Inner Alchemy Workshop.
January 12th 1:00- 3:30 pm, Pre-registration only-$40
Three Paths to oneness workshop with Jean Aronoff, Lisa Bondy, and Monique Lonner
Three Paths to Oneness, don't get stuck on the road! 2 1/2 hour workshop designed to enlighten as we explore the teaching lineage of the great teacher Sri T. Krishnamacharia Yoga master responsible for among other things bringing Yoga to the West and to women and known for being the Guru of the greatest living teachers TKV Desikachar, BKS Iyengar and Sri Patabhi Jois, (gurus of Viniyoga, Iyengar yoga and Ashtanga yoga respectively). Discover for yourself the similarities and differences of these approaches to practice. Open to new possibilities for connection and integration into wholeness and oneness. Learn about your own practice, your own unique proclivities and aversions. Realize the dynamic nature of the practice; it's history and how it plays out in your own body, mind and spirit.
Winter Cleanse January 5-12. We can provide 2 meals a day, plus the fruits and vegetables for juicing. Cost is $444 with the food. Cleanse by itself is $199. To learn more about the Ultimate Energy Cleanse click here. A deposit of $100 is due by January 3rd to participate.
Om Sweet Om Holiday/4 year Anniversary Party Thursday January 3rd, 7-11pm-being held at Om Sweet Om-$10 per person, includes food and beverage, plus a fun evening hanging out with our community, dancing etc.
Basic Pranic Healing Workshop, will be held on Sundays Feb.3rd and 10th. with Stacey Avidane
Learn the fundamental principles & techniques of Pranic Healing. Learn about the 11 major chakras and their functions, easy to follow protocols in treating simple to moderate ailments, scanning, self-healing, distant healing, & more.
Yoga Retreat and Cruise with Gail Grossman-March 29th-April 5th-Cruise to Sanibel and Captiva Islands in Florida, food, yoga, accomodations and excursions included $1290-$1490 per person. Please register soon, space is limited. See the front desk for forms.
200 hour Teacher Training 2008-More details to come!
The Winter schedule will be in effect on Wed January 2nd. Please note there are some changes, we have added Candlelight Yoga every Friday night! We have also added our popular Weekend Winddown with Stacey on Sundays at 3:30, plus a few more great additions! Click here to see.
Our Kids Winter Schedule begins in February, be on the lookout for that schedule after the new year!
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"And in the end the love we take is equal to the love we make. "---The Beatles
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