Day 1 - of the 30 Day Yoga Journey

Dear Yoga Friends and Jaya Jax Memebers,

I received this email from Pam Davis...Thanks Pam!!

And Thank you Deborah for creating this!

I am doing this journey myself as well and wanted to share it with the group. Follow the link at the very bottoe of the post to sign up.

Welcome and Day 1: Commit to your self-care

Welcome and thank you for beginning the 30-Day Yoga Journey!
Prepare to be inspired, challenged,validated, frustrated and perhaps even enlightened.
Each day for the next 30 days you will receive a new tool for beginning or enhancing your yoga practice -meditations, mantras, hatha yoga practices, communication tools and more.
This journey is appropriate for new comers to yoga and long-term practitioners so feel free to share it with your students, teachers and friends.
Your first day begins right now!

Day1 is below...ready? Let's begin together. Ommmmmmm.
Fondly,
Deborah Bernstein, Creator of the30-day Yoga Journey
Let's Begin now....
Call it what you will, "a fat-off", "re-commitment to the path of yoga", or simply "living well"....I'm beginning a journey. I invite you to join me. You may have very different reasons from me, but the reason is not what is important, it is the process and the community support. Two years of an erratic schedule (and several other equally great excuses) has insidiously added a whopping 20 pounds to my 5 foot tall body. Eeeek. Just putting this in writing is unpleasant for me...equally unpleasant was remembering that nine years ago Patriot's Day (a holiday here in Boston...AKA"Marathon Monday") I ran the Boston Marathon, and today, I would have difficulty completing a 10k. So yesterday, while prepping our house for sale (oh, another good excuse for gaining weight...moving), Scott, Chris (our realtor and friend)and I started what Scott coined a "fat off". Here are the rules of our fat-off: Whomever looses 10% of our body weight first, "wins". If I win...the guys treat me to a spa day...if one of the guys wins, the two non-winners treat to Red Sox tickets.
The fat-off is the catalyst for my journey. Winning it is not the goal.
I have a daily meditation practice and a daily yoga practice. My yoga practice has been mostly restorative for the past 6 months and erratic in the time of day and duration of my practice. My cardiovascular and muscle conditioning routine has been sporadic, at best and non-existent for stretches of up to two weeks sometimes. My energy level is generally moderate, and I find I need more sleep than "usual". I share this information with you as a framework for my starting point. And in the spirit of vinyasa krama, or "starting where you are", this is where my journey begins (at least on the surface). I've sketched out a process of physical, spiritual, intellectual, and emotionally nourishing practices to live over the next 30-days. They are practices that have worked for me in the past in enhancing my well-being and they are practices that I have researched and learned about from others. If you want to join me on this journey, I will offer suggestions each day for the next 30 days. Some of the suggestions may be practices you are familiar with, others may be new to you. Some will resonate, others will not. But join me and let's see where we go together. Let's enjoy the process....ready?
Day 1: Commit to your self-care
For today, write an affirmation that is a contract with yourself.

Commit to 30-days of wellness, perhaps note a goal, or perhaps keep it open-ended to see what outcomes arise naturally. Here is my affirmation, feel free to use it too. But be sure to put it in writing (even if it is typing it into the comment field of this article)

I, _______________, understand that I am undertaking an exciting, creative,and intense journey to enable physical, intellectual and spiritual self-nurturing. I understand that there will be days that this will be challenging; I will remain committed to my journey throughout those difficult days because I have support and because I care about my well-being. 30 days to feeling more energized...it will not necessarily be linear. I will remember this on the days that feel like I am regressing.

I look forward to the journey together.

NAMASTE. Deborah Bernstein

To sign up for the 30 day journey go to: http://florianyoga.blogspot.com/2009/06/join-30-day-yoga-journey.html

Namaste'

Heather Hixon www.TimeToUnwind.com

Looking for Good Yoga Teachers in CA...

Hi Teachers,
If anyone knows any good yoga teachers in:
Santa Monica, CA - please contact Kathy Cooper at yogainspires@bellsouth.net
Fort Myers, FL - please contact Cynthia Geesey at cynthiageesey@yahoo.com
Please do not respond to me.
Jai,
Deva Parnell
DISCOVERY YOGA
http://www.discoveryyoga.com

Lululemon - St. John's Town Center

Come by the store on Sunday mornings for Sunday Karma -
Community Yoga Program at 9:30am and
Run club on Tuesdays at 6:30pm.
All of our events are always complimentary!
Please check out our Events page to see what else we have going on!
Come and see what all the buzz is about!!!

• the lululemon manifesto
  Drink FRESH water and as much water as you can. Water flushes unwanted toxins from your body and keeps your brain sharp.
• A daily hit of athletic-induced endorphins gives you the power to make better decisions, helps you be at peace with yourself, and offsets stress.
• Do one thing a day that scares you.
• Listen, listen, listen, and then ask strategic questions.
• Write down your short and long-term GOALS four times a year.
• Two personal, two business and two health goals for the next 1, 5 and 10 years.
• Goal setting triggers your subconscious computer.
• Life is full of setbacks. Success is determined by how you handle setbacks.
  Your outlook on life is a direct reflection of how much you like yourself.
• That which matters the most should never give way to that which matters the least.
• Stress is related to 99% of all illness.
• Jealousy works the opposite way you want it to.
• The world is changing at such a rapid rate that waiting to implement changes will leave you 2 steps behind.
• DO IT NOW, DO IT NOW, DO IT NOW!
• Friends are more important than money.
• Breathe deeply and appreciate the moment.
• Living in the moment could be the meaning of life.
• Take various vitamins. You never know what small mineral can eliminate the bottleneck to everlasting health.
• Don’t trust that an old age pension will be sufficient.
• Visualize your eventual demise. It can have an amazing effect on how you live for the moment.
• The conscious brain can only hold one thought at a time. Choose a positive thought.
• Live near the ocean and inhale the pure salt air that flows over the water, Vancouver will do nicely.
• Observe a plant before and after watering and relate these benefits to your body and brain.
• Practice yoga so you can remain active in physical sports as you age.
• Dance, sing, floss and travel.
• Children are the orgasm of life. Just like you did not know what an orgasm was before you had one, nature does not let you know how great children are until you have them.
• Successful people replace the words “wish”, “should” and “try” with “I will”.
• Creativity is maximized when you’re living in the moment.
• Nature wants us to be mediocre because we have a greater chance to survive and reproduce.
• Mediocre is as close to the bottom as it is to the top, and will give you a lousy life.

lululemon athletica creates components for people to live longer, healthier and more fun lives. If we can produce products to keep people active and stress-free, we believe the world will become a much better place.

• Do not use cleaning chemicals on your kitchen counters. Someone will inevitably make a sandwich on your counter.
• SWEAT once a day to regenerate your skin.
• Communication is COMPLICATED. We are all raised in a different family with slightly different definitions of every word.
• An agreement is an agreement only if each party knows the conditions for satisfaction and a time is set for satisfaction to occur.
• What we do to the earth we do to ourselves.
• The pursuit of happiness is the source of all unhappiness.

Radiant Child Yoga Program - at Yoga Ananda

A certificate training course for teachers, parents, therapists, and all who would like to
GIVE CHILDREN THE GIFT OF YOGA
Radiant Child Yoga Program is a certificate teacher training program for anyone interested in giving children the gift of yoga - perfect for certified and aspiring yoga teachers, school teachers, parents, therapists, day-care workers, and many others! This insightful 20-hour weekend training program, founded by Shakta Kaur Khalsa, is designed for all yoga traditions and for all levels of experience with either children and/or yoga. Level 1 takes place on Friday and Saturday, and Level 2 on SUNDAY, builds on the course work in Level 1.
Itinerary includes:* Guidelines for teaching children of all ages, babies to teens* Yoga songs and games that children love* Time for sharing knowledge and networking with others* Exploring a variety of meditation practices: using breath, singing, movement, and silence.* Brain-balancing yoga and Brain Gym skills* Yoga in Motion movements, games, dances that children love.* Practical tips for keeping the class focused and engaged* Breathing practices/meditation with children* Using yoga sets with children* Keeping yourself centered when working with children* Powerful yoga and meditation for you as the teacher* Collaborate with others to create a unique yoga presentation based on what you've learned in the course.* Practical tools for any situation that arises when working with children* Setting up children's yoga business/classes* Yoga for ADD, Autism, SPD* Adapting yoga for schools* Certificate of completion and opportunity to be listed onwww.childrensyoga.com and www.kidsandyoga.com * Course has been recognized for CECs with public schools, therapy organizations, and Yoga Alliance.* Course is approximately 50% lecture and 50% practice, and is serious fun!
Level 1 materials include: Fly Like A Butterfly: Yoga for Children book, Children's Yoga Songs & Meditations CD and RCYP-1 Giving Children the Gift of Yoga Training Manual.
Level 2 materials include: Kundalini Yoga book and companion CD Deeply Relax & Meditate-Music and Mantra, as well as RCYP-2 Growing in Awareness, Living Your Practice Training Manual. You will also receive Yoga in Motion DVD and Yoga in Motion workbook, and two CDs of kids' yoga music Happy and Cozy. That 's $180 worth of mat eria ls for on ly $125, so y ou get 30% o ff t he r etai l pric e!
Cristin Tighe, RYT, MEM, MA, is the Founder of Kids & Yoga! (www.kidsandyoga.com). She is also the former owner of Spiral Flight, DC's oldest yoga center. She is certified to teach Kundalini Yoga by the Kundalini Research Institute's International Teacher Training program, and has advanced training in Conscious Pregnancy and Relax & Renew Restorative Yoga. She is certified to teach children's yoga by Itsy Bitsy Yoga (Babies, Little Families, Tots & Tykes), Next Generation Yoga, Radiant Child Yoga Program, Samarya Center for Integrated Movement Therapy, Yoga 4Teens, Y.O.G.A. for Youth Yoga Ed. (K-8 & Tools for Teachers) and Yoga for the Special Child. Cristin has taught kids' yoga since 2003 and is a trainer for Radiant Child Yoga Program and Yoga4Teens. She's a Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher and International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association member.
Tuition: $460 + $125 materials fee, when registered by August 28th, $520 + $125 materials fee, after. That's $180 of materials for $125, 30% off!

Registration closes September 11th to assure materials arrive in time. Reviewer's price: $75 level 1 or 2, or $130 for both. Register (1) mail a check to: Yoga Ananda, 4150 Herschel Street, Jacksonville, FL 32210; or (2) www.yogaanandastudio.com , 904.680.7344, orinfo@yogaanandastudio.com , Please bring lunch, pen/paper, water, yoga props. Questions to Cristin: cristin@kidsandyoga.com
**There is a $75 refund fee and no refunds given after the final deadline of Sept. 11th.**
To find out more about our upcoming events visit our website: www.YogaAnandaStudio.comFind us on Facebook
Yoga Ananda
4150 & 4154 Herschel Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32210
904.680.7344
www.YogaAnandaStudio.com

Meeting Reminder for September 2009

Our 3rd - J.A.Y.A Meeting
Date: Sun., 9/13/09
Time: 4:00PM – 5:30PM
Cost: FREE
J.A.Y.A = Jacksonville Area Yoga Association.
JAYA also means : Victory!!
Membership is FREE (as of right now!)
"Come in unity of our yoga community"
This is a Great time to meet other yoga teachers, promote your classes or events and connect if you are a sub looking for classes! ~ Melissa from Yoga Ananda
This quarterly meeting will be held at
YOGA ANANDA: A CENTER FOR YOGA AND WELLNESS
4150 Herschel Street, Jacksonville, FL 32210
Call 904-680-7344 for directions
Find or Forward our blog: www.jayajax.blogspot.com
Our website is in the works! Check it out! www.jayajax.com

Global Mala 2009 - A Message from Dennis & Kathy Lang

Again this year, we are partnering with lululemon athletica at the St. Johns Town Center to coordinate a special Yoga Mala around Jacksonville. This is connected to the international effort Shiva Rea started years ago to support UN Peace Day, September 19h and 20th.
The purpose of the Global Mala is to unite the yoga community from every continent, school or approach to form a "mala around the earth" through collective practices based upon the sacred cycle of 108. Each studio can offer their form of a Yoga Mala according to their yoga tradition and inspiration. Examples can be:
· 108 Sun Salutations (or variations of 27, 56)
· 108 rounds of mantra such as the Gayatri or Maha Mrityanjaya (or variations of 27, 56)
· 108 rounds of a kriya (or variations of 27, 56)
· 108 minutes of meditation, kirtan, movement meditation (or variations of 27, 56)
· … or simply a standard class with a dedication or intention set for peace.
Go to www.globalmala.org for more details.
We feel convicted in this effort and envision linking all studios and practitioners throughout the area to support this. For us here in Jacksonville, we are holding a class at the lululemon store as the hub location, while other studios do their own variation as noted above. The store event will be held on Saturday, the 19th from 8:30AM to 10 AM. Kathy and I will lead the practice in a four part series of 108 Sun Salutations (four sets of 27) with a special dedication in between each set. If your schedule does not allow for that particular time, then simply a class during that weekend with the intention set to support the effort is enough. Leveraging our collective consciousness and intention during this weekend through the action of our practice expands awareness and can make a difference.
Thank you for your consideration. We admire what you do through your practice, your studio and your example.

Lokaha Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu!

Namaste,
Dennis and Kathy

Chakra Balancing and Tuning Workshop

Workshop Name:"Harmonic tones integrated with yoga for energetic alignment"
Workshop Host: Dennis and Kathy Lang with Keith Holden
Start Time: Saturday, August 29 at 2:00pm
End Time: Saturday, August 29 at 3:30pm
Where: Ocean Yoga

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=93662826871&mid=ea1353G56fc0526Ga5dda8G7