2-hour yoga and restorative classJoin us for a 2-hour class where you will begin with simple flowing yoga to build some heat and energize your body. The pace of the class will slow down and we will complete a number of restorative poses followed by a 20-30 minute guided relaxation to promote deep rest for you body, mind and soul.
The class will be held on July 19, 2012 at Liberty Presbyterian Church beginning at 6:30 pm. Click on the registration tab to sign up.
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Hello friends,
As we begin a new 10-week session, it will be helpuful for us to remember that when you practice yoga, go at our own pace. Even though we come together in fellowship to practice yoga, yoga is a very personal endeavor. Remember the exercise we did at the beginning of class where we stretched out our hands - so hard that it was difficult to do, then we backed off a little bit? That is how to approach yoga. Find the challenge in the pose that is right for you. Find the level of challenge that allows you to breathe easily. Find peace in the pose. People come to yoga for a lot of reasons. Some want to lose weight, some want to gain flexibility, some are curious. I think you will find practicing yoga has many many benefits. I hope you found that you felt better after the first class. As you continue your practice you will begin to cultivate awareness, awareness of your abilities and limitations, how you react to difficulty and how you accept ease. And then take this new awareness and the lessons learned from yoga into the rest of your life. So let's practice yoga together, while developing individually, so that we can strengthen our bodies, quiet our minds, open our hearts and spirits and develop awareness of our personal abilities so that we can use them to serve others and do God's will. I'm glad you came. See you next week. Blessings and Namaste, Vicki I went to a "Faith and Yoga" event this morning at the Newman Center at the Ohio State campus with Father Thomas Ryan. Father Ryan opened his session by saying "today will be a time of prayer, together, in heart and body."
He asked why do people do yoga? Then he mentioned two types of yoga alive today "Contemporary" and Classical." Many people enjoy "Contemporary yoga" as a way to exercize. To stretch and tone their muscles. However, originally, in the classical form of yoga, people did yoga to help them meditate better. To help them sit quietly in meditation. Yoga was and is used today to settle the mind and relax the body. By doing the asanas - the movements and postures - we release built up tension and we learn to focus the mind on the here an now. So at the end of your asana practice your whole being is ready to focus on meditation and prayer. Meditation throughout Christian history has used a mantra, a mental instrument, something to anchor the mind. So we use prayer words to focus the mind and then we can pray with faith and with love. Father Ryan led our large group through a series of warm ups and then taught us postures that can be done to the Lord's Prayer. By doing this we essentially participated in a moving meditation. Praying and focusing our minds on God while we actively worked our bodies. I think Father Ryan is right. Yoga is a way to pray holistically using your mind, heart and body. It truly is a beutiful way to pray. Have a wonderful week! |
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