OMnibus: April Newsletter

April 2011

newsletter of the Om Sweet Om Community

Dear Sweet Yogis & Yoginis,

"Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting." ~Dr. Seuss

"How much of human life is lost in waiting?"~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Omnibus April Fools/Is it Spring yet????

Well, the weather outside is still frightful, but stoking our inner fire is so delightful. And we at Om Sweet Om Yoga are at it everyday! Far be it from us to wait for the sun, we create our weather from the inside out, finding and cultivating our inner light and shining it out into this wonderful and worrisome world. We invite you to join us and bask in your inner rays. And we offer so many ways to find your inner beach: Classes, kirtan, workshops and most important of all the warmth of community to open your heart.

We look forward to seeing you soon at Om Sweet Om.

Love and peace and more love,

P.S. We're waiting

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."~John Campbell

5 Flavours of Health by Cora Wen

Cora Wen will be visiting Om Sweet Om

May 20th-22nd for a weekend immersion called Yin, Yang, Yum (see details under workshops or on our website)

Traditional health sciences of India and China share many similar concepts. Ayurveda, the ancient tradition of India, is usually translated as "science of life"/ Chinese philosophy and social structure are integrally related to the harmony of body and spirit.

Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine see these concepts as instructional, rather than scientific, and aimed at enhancing life. Both systems focus on balancing Energy for optimum health.

In Chinese medicine the concepts of Yin and Yang and Five Elements have a strong influence, along with the internal organ systems (Zangfu).

In Ayurveda, the total system is complex, with a dominance of three Dosha(tridosha): kapha, pitta, vata (vayu). These are described in stages of transformation rather than physical structures and functional organs.

Many herbs used are similar an

d their healing actions are described in overlapping terms. The results from treatments of Ayurvedic and Chine

se medicine reveal one must look at underlying issues to treat a whole person. These issues can manifest

physically through pain or poor health.

India and China share traditional ideas; Chinese describe conditions of excess and deficiency, while Ayurveda depicts excitation or disturbance (vitiation), and sluggishness of the doshas.

Taste groups are similar in both systems.

Ayurvedic: sweet, sour, salty, pungent/spicy, bitter and astringent

Chinese: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Pungent/Spicy, Bitter and Bland

The next time you crave a certain taste, notice what is going on in your life. Perhaps that sugar craving is for more sweetness (Sukha)

in your life, or salt to soften difficulties (Dukkha) you might be experiencing.

Whether the goal is to balance Chi (life force) or just heal a cold or allergies, we can benefit from this type of wholistic medicine physically, emotionally, and mentally.

Ayurvedic Tastes

Sweet strengthens, heals and purifies blood

Sour is digestive, expels wind and gathers waste

Salty purifies, relaxes and clears digestive system

Pungent/Spicy increases digestive power and purifies

Bitter improves and reduces secretions

Astringent cleans impurities and reduces moisture

Chinese Tastes

Sweet nourishes, tonifies and relieves pain.

Sour absorbs and controls secretions

Salty softens and treats constipation

Pungent/Spicy promotes circulation and invigorates

Bitter clears heat and fire, and removes dampness

Astringent is similar to Sour

Bland removes dampness

Asana of the Month

Parvrtta Uttkatasana/Revolved Chair

Sadie Nardini in revolved chair will be visiting us for a weekend immersion May 6th-8th

Begin in Tadasana. As if you were to sit in an imaginary chair, inhale and bend knees deeply and sit your butt back shifting your weight into your heels. Feel the thighs and sits bones moving in toward each other. Lengthen the pubic and tailbone in and down. With the foundation of the pose set , inhale and lift the arms up ultimately overhead and the upper chest lifts up as well accentuating the extension of the thoracic spine. As you exhale knit the front ribs in and draw the navel back and in.

Adding the Twist: Take a breath in and on the exhale bring your hands to heart center and twist to the right bringing the left elbow to the outside of the right knee. Press knee and elbow together to turn the front of the body to the right. Keep the left knee and hip in line with the right. If you can get the shoulder to the outside of the knee you may enjoy dropping the left hand down to the floor while lifting the right arm up. Eventually you may like to bind the arms around your back.

Modifications: If you are pregnant or have other challenges that hinder the spinal extension and rotation in this pose, you may enjoy bringing your left hand to the right knee and lifting the chest while twisting and taking the right arm straight back behind you.

Physical benefits: Revolved chair pose is a strengthening pose for the legs, glutes and core. It is also extends and rotates the spine which again works the core and back muscles while massaging the abdominal organs, liver and kidneys ridding them of toxins and replenishing with fresh nourishing fluids.

Spiritual benefits: This pose is both grounding and liberating. The lower portion of the body; the feet, legs and hips remain firmly established, steady and connected to the earth, while the upper portion extends and rotates upward in effect lifting away from the earth extending upward toward the heavens finding freedom.

Recipe of the Month

Lisa's avocado and kale salad with raw apple cider dressing

In a large bowl combine

1 large or two small ripe avocados cubed

1 bunch of kale washed and dried and stemmed chopped

1 small jicama cubed

4 carrots julienned

Dressing in a cruet

juice of 1 organic lemon

3/4 cup raw apple cider vinegar

1 tbsp grade b maple syrup og

1/2 cup EVOO og

shake well and pour on to salad and toss

add sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

Enjoy!

Attention yoga teachers!

Coming up with Gail Grossman & the Yoga School of Business:

Fill Your Classes Now! This module begins in May 2011

May 3 & 17 @ 11:00 - 12:15pm PST

Tuition: $119 USD

Master How to Talk about What You Do

If when asked "What do you do?", your answer is "I'm a yoga teacher!", you'll find out why this probably isn't the most effective way to grow your practice. Not only learn, but master how to talk about what you do in a way that attracts more ideal students to practice with you. Successful marketing begins with knowing how to effectively communicate who you are and what you do in a way that is engaging for the other person.

Discover Your Niche

The most foundational piece to growing an abundant practice is knowing how to market yourself in a way that's authentic to who you are. Learn how to talk about what you do so you're not generic or confusing, discover your 'sweet spot', get more referrals, and more.

If you are interested in joining this module

click here to register

Last Stop

The Yoga Challenge winners!

We are proud to announce our dedicated yogis who participated in the yoga challenge and made it to the 21 day mark! Congratulations to Ken Buettner, Carolyn Avery, Jen Heinlein, Lynne Dinner, Lauren Petricca and Andrea Cayea. We are proud of everyone for trying, we certainly hope you feel like the prize was in the practice! For those who did fulfill the challenge they will be receiving $10 off their next series or $10 off their next purchase in the boutique (for items over $20) and a silver peace charm to remind them of the peace they feel when they come to their mat!

Dr Robyn Croutch and Dr Michael Schwartzstein from Back to Life Chiropractic are now offering

NEUROFEEDBACK - a drugless, non-invasive solution for symptoms related to ADD/ADHD, Insomnia, Anxiety, Migraines, Fibromyagsia and much more.

Complimentary evaluation with Dr Robyn and Dr Mike

"Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think." ~Chinese Proverb

Click here to register for all events at Om Sweet Om

April 30th - 2:00-4:30 pm

The Eternal Energy of Yoga

Tao Porchon Lynch

This 92 year old yoga master will share her vibrant practice and radiant light and wisdom with us.

April 28th, May 5th, 12th & 19th- 12:30-2:00 pm

Dine & Dharma with Rathi Raja

Ever wonder about the philosophy behind the yoga?

Ever wonder how it applies to every day life?

Now is your chance to delve deeper into the yogic texts

Bring your lunch and dine while you deepen your knowledge and have a good time doing it!

$20 a session

4 sessions total, come to one or come to all! Thursdays,

May 1st - 1:15-3:15 pm

Tibetan Buddhist Lama Gursam returns to Om Sweet Om Sunday, May 1st. He will be holding a meditation and empowerment ceremony

May 6th, 7th & 8th

Weekend Immersion with Sadie Nardini, take any or all of the workshops

May 6th, 5-7PM/7:30-9:30PM

Sequencing & Living from the Core

Whether your practice is a faster or slow-flow, or even if it's not Vinyasa, you'll join a powerful conversation about what works...and what doesn't when it comes to sequencing, and being the most effective teacher you can be. You'll see why it's imperative to find your Core Message, unleash your Core Voice, learn Sadie's Core Sequencing Secrets, and discover how to spark Core Creativity in your home practice or in the classroom. You will discover new anatomy and alignment points, including clarification of the physical -core, in order to instruct yourself or your students to their most powerful core connection.

Then you'll move through a mindfully challenging Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga class to experience the power and clarity of sequencing from deepest center on all levels!

May 7th, 1-3PM/4-6PM Dissolving Obstacles & Breath and Bandhas

Learn about your Samskaras, and focus on Sadie's Core Poses -new moves that finally release tension from the Superficial Back and Front Muscle Meridians. Find out how to dissolve obstacles to your power and freedom on all your levels! Discover the inner life to your yoga poses. Finally learn the simple instructions to activate your bandhas and understand how they can support-or block you from your energizing, de-toxing and centering breath!

May 8th, 2-4PM

Fierceness and Flow: A Rejuvenation and Transformation class for Mothers

Move through an empowering, vigorous, and then deep stretching class designed to help you access the true power of all your poses! Learn to get more benefits from the time you spend on your mat with Sadie's 3-part Core Instruction, creative new sequences and poses, and alignment tips that will keep you improving and toning for a lifetime! Special emphasis on Mother's Day, and the 2 aspects of the Feminine Core. Suitable for everyone.

May 14th

1:30-4:30 pm

Taste of YogaKids with Amy Cohen

May 16th

Monday evening 6-9pm

David Swenson and Shelley Washington

Breathing, Flying, Flowing

Great news! We have opened up our registration to take everyone on the waiting list and then some! Please contact us to finalize your registration. We will be holding the workshop at St. Stephen's Church at 9 Carlton Ave in Port Washington, diagonally across the street from the library.

May 20th - 22nd

Cora Wen

Weekend Workshop Immersion

Yin, Yang, Yum

Take any or all of the offerings

Many of the workshops count for continuing education credits.

Yoga is balance in body, mind and spirit. Ease and flexibility in

body and mind, and the strength and stamina to ease thru life.

Balancing ease to effort, and mobility to stability can open up new dimensions in your practice.

Yin and Yang are complementary opposites within a greater whole, and everything is both, constantly interacting and collaborating. Join us and discover your Yoga Yum!

Friday YOGA YUM

Hips & Shoulder Openers

6:00p-8:00p

Saturday YANG

Salutations, Backbends & Inversions 1:00a-5:00p

Sunday YIN

Twists, Forward Fold & Restorative 1:00p-5:00p

June 5th

Sunday 10:30-12:00 pm

Gabriel Halpern

Pranayama and Restorative Class

The fourth limb of yoga is pranayama. Yogic breathing exercises are the natural outcome of mastering poses. Asana practice confers a flexible body, calm nerves, and mental steadiness. Yoga becomes the best antidote for being burnt, being out-of-sync with your own life rhythm, or fluctuating back and forth between being anxious or depressed. Yoga teaches techniques that are simple, safe, and effective. Today's class will cover a sequence of poses that will relax and renew. Supine breath awareness, as well and digital pranayama basics will be covered. If you want to leave with peace of mind, come to this class.

June 5th

Sunday, 12:30-3:30

Gabriel Halpern

Yoga, Aging and Inner Beauty

Yoga has its own spin on what keeps a person beautiful inside and out: aging begins with deficiency rather than years. The practice offers sage advice, rules for living and techniques to fend off deficiency. Gabriel's workshop explores poses and sequences that strengthen the immune system, the body's most resilient and adaptable organ. Yoga asanas will be explained, demonstrated, instructed and corrected.

June 10th

Friday, 7:30pm

David Newman

Kirtan Concert

June 11th

Live music during 11:45am yoga class with David Newman

June 12th

1:30-4:30 pm

Taste of YogaKids with Amy Cohen

June 18th

Sensory Yoga workshop with Diane McDonald, Yoga for children with special needs.

July 7th- 10th

YogaKids Foundations Training

Learn how to teach yoga to kids

July 11th - August 5th

200 Hour Summer Intensive Teacher Training (Weekday format, Monday -Thursday (1 Friday))

Save $300 if you register before June 11th!

Artha-wealth or abundance, not solely material assets, but all kinds of wealth including the ever important non tangibles such as knowledge, friendship and love.

Spring Fling is coming!

Shop & Stroll Main St. from the boulevard to the bay. Saturday, April 30, and Thursdays, May 5th and June 2nd from 5-8 pm.

Om Sweet Om will be having family yoga classes at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. We will also be offering a fun planting activity for kids in conjunction with the Reconstructionist Synagogue.

Also... we will be a stop for the scavenger hunt, which if you visit all the stops you can participate in our group raffle. Scavenger hunt begins at Peace, Love, Art Studio and ends at Om Sweet Om.

Keep up to date with all the latest at Om Sweet Om!

Discount Coupon	Student Summer Special is back! $199 for 3 months of unlimited yoga Take 20% off any one item in our boutique. (Nothing excluded for this coupon) 5/31/11