Jaya Jax Update

Hello Lovely Yoga Teachers!

Well it's been a while since we gathered. I know a lot of us have taken the opportunity to do some traveling so I thought we could wait a bit before planning our next gathering.

• I'd like to thank Terry at Mindful Motion Yoga again, for hosting last quarter's Jaya Jax Meeting.We discussed a lot of great ideas about our group.
• We are very open to feedback about the group and how we can make it more enjoyable when we do get together. Your ideas for fun events are important, too!!
• Heather Hixon : yogaheather@hotmail.com  (904)521-4845

• Let's plan to communicate on dates for our next meeting as well as ideas for how we can grow our yoga teachers community!
• Should we try a different day and time????
• We can possibly meet in September or October. 
• I do need someone to volunteer to host since my studio, Renaissance Healing Center in Jacksonville Beach is now closed, otherwise I would do it.
• Visit and Join our Yoga Site by clicking on the Jacksonville Yoga link on the Jaya Jax Blog.
• and/or share the blog with fellow yoga teachers by forwarding the blogsite address.

www.JayaJax.blogspot.com 

• Thanks so much for helping make Jacksonville an EVEN better Yoga Community!!!

Namaste'

Heather Hixon

P.S.

I am also putting together a Yoga and Wellness Retreat for January, I would LOVE for Jaya Jax to be one of the sponsoring communities for this event!!!

Renaissance Healing Center - Teachers 2010

Lauren Amerson, LMT, RYT

Kripalu Yoga Instructor at Renaissance Healing Center

JAYA JAX, Admin. Coordinator

Heather Hixon, LMT, CYT

Part Owner and Yoga Instructor at Renaissance Healing Center

JAYA JAX - Co-Founder

The Renaissance Teachers

Heather, Marci, Lauren, Sherry, Joy, and Lacy.

Laura and Deanna (not present)

Visit Our Yoga Website:

http://www.jaxbeachyoga.vpweb.com

Renaissance Main Number: (904) 249-0200

228 3rd Ave. N.

Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

Spring 2010 - Meeting and Survey Questions

Our Meeting was held at Ocean Yoga in Atlantic Beach with Paula
Format For Meeting:

Introductions: A go-around

· Your Name
· Where You Teach
· If you have an Upcoming Workshop…And if you brought flyers.

· Let the Host Studio:  go last, to take a few extra minutes to share about their studio…workshops, styles of yoga, etc…

· Announce Next JAYA JAX Meeting :   Mindful Motion Yoga

 http://www.mindfulmotion-yoga.com/ Terri Morrison

· Date of next meeting : June 6, 2010
· Time: 4:00 pm

· Lauren A.– Jaya Member Support
Your Blog Host- This is a way of communicating, I will post new members info on blog site http://www.jayajax.blogspot.com/

· Lauren’s contact info: lolobriana@yahoo.com
· Lauren A. “Member Support” (352) 359-2787

· Current Members e-mail and website links will be on blog

· Please send your bios and picture (as a Jpeg) to Lauren for the blogsite

· Re-Capp: Old Business from our last meeting…

· JAYA JAX press release for Natural Awakenings was in the December Issue- Thank you Freddie and Thank you Lisa Long.

· Thank you - Toni, Seca, Jessica,Lisa & Lululemon for organizing and hosting our Holiday Gathering! And for all you do in the community to spread the word about our Yoga Studios and classes.

· Jaya Member Discount on Classes: Ideas? Just email Lauren what your studio would like to offer. (For example: 1st class free and then half off all classes for Jaya Members) This list will be posted on the blog site.



· New Business: March 2010
This is the survey we propsed...please let us know what you think by answering the following questions in an email addressed to yogaheather@hotmail.com

· 1. Guidelines for membership and for the website listing: ____
A) Members need to attend at least 2 Jaya Meetings a year to be a "Current Member".
B) Members need to attend all Jaya Meetings (unless- illness or out of town) to be a Current Member.
C) Members do not have to attend regularly to be listed as a current member.

· Re: The Actual Website: Melissa Johnson paid $100 to get the domain name and the site hosting. It will need to be renewed soon. http://www.jayajax.com/  

· 2. Please vote on a reasonable fee for premium membership which will include a listing of your studio and or contact info. ____
A) $10 for the year
B) $15 for the year
C) $20 for the year

3. Our Jaya Jax Yoga Event: Teachers sharing with Teachers ____
A) I would like to have this event on the same day as a Jaya Jax Meeting
B) I would like to have this event on a Saturday Afternoon
C) I would like to have this event on a Friday during the day

4. Would you be willing to pay to attend an event like this? ____
A) No. It should be free to Current Jaya Members.
B) Yes $10-$15
C) Yes $20-$30

If you would like to offer a 30 min. class for this event please email Lauren with full details about your class.


Please share with us some other ideas for us to consider and bring to the next meeting:

Detailed minutes taken at the meeting will be posted soon.
Sign up to follow this blog to stay connected to Jaya Jax!
 
With Gratitude,
Heather Hixon
http://www.timetounwind.com/

Our Next Jaya Meeting will be Sunday - March7, 2010 at 4pm

Kate Cordel will co-host this next meeting at her studio in Atlantic Beach (Ocean Yoga)
You can RSVP to yogaheather@hotmail.com
This gathering is open to all yoga teachers and/or studio owners in the Jacksonville Area.
There is no fee to be a member of this networking group. We always welcome new teachers!
Jaya Jax about creating unity and sharing our community workshop information with eachother, so we can continue to grow as a yoga community.
Please simply email me your upcoming workshops in email format (text) so I can cut and paste it into our blog posts. Once you have attended at least 3 meetings, you can continue to promote your workshops and classes on the blog. Again here is my email address: yogaheather@hotmail.com
See you soon!
Namaste'
Heather Hixon
http://www.timetounwind.com/
PS
Check out our new Yoga Network!!
http://www.jacksonvilleyoga.ning.com/

Next JAYA meeting - Dec. 6th

We all have such a good time at lululemon, they've offered to throw us a holiday party!  Holiday Party and Meeting from 6:30 - 8:30pm at Lululemon Athletica on Sunday Dec. 6th You may contact sroberts@lululemon.com for more info

Namaste
Heather Hixon

Notes from JAYA meeting--thank u Kate!

JAYA Meeting – Sunday, September 13, 2009

Compiled by Kate Cordell, ERYT500

Hosted by Melissa Johnson, Yoga Ananda

People introduced themselves and these are highlights of introductions.

INTRODUCTIONS

Heather Hixon, Renaissance Healing Center, explained the difference between Premium and Basic Membership in JAYA.  PREMIUM Members at some point would be willing to contribute dues for the expansion of JAYA.  BASIC Members can attend to network without paying.  Membership forms are available for choosing your membership type.

Melissa Johnson, Yoga Ananda, is starting to build a website for JAYA and it will

be completed soon.    She indicated that her studio is still enrolling for the Radiant Child Teacher Training Program.  And, they are looking for an Acupuncturist to work at

their Wellness Center a couple of days a week.

Lisa Long announced that she and 3 other teachers are forming a 500-Hour Teacher Training.  The other teachers participating are Joyce Savitz, Dawn Shay and Terry Morrison.  This program beginning in 2010 will be under the direction of Jenny Otto and will host other national teachers.  Both Jacksonville Yoga and Mindful Motion Yoga will present the events.  More information is available on their website at www.RYT500.com

Joyce Savitz, Jacksonville Yoga, stated that she is starting a 200-hour Anusara Immersion and Teacher Training.  This program will begin on October 2, 2009 and will be divided into 3 sections.  More information about the program is available on www.jacksonvilleyoga.com

Jim Ryan, Radiant Wellness Center, will be offering a Past Life Regression Class

on October 17.  It will be held at Beaches Pain Clinic in Jacksonville Beach.

Joan Ryan, Radiant Wellness Center, will start an Integrative Yoga Therapy Teacher Training in February 2010.  This will be a 10 Month Non-Residential Weekend Program

for students who wish to teach yoga for total therapeutic wellness. 

Seka Roberts from Lululemon asked for Teachers to teach Karma Yoga on Sundays for

free community Yoga.  There are openings for Sunday of October and all of November.

Lululemon will be hosting a big party on October 25 for their Research and Development

members.  They have also offered to host the next JAYA meeting, which will be a Christmas Party.  A discussion ensued as to whether JAYA members should make a financial contribution and Seka will check this out with her management. Will it be a love offering or cover charge or nothing?

Kate Cordell, Ocean Yoga, announced their free Community Global Mala on September 20.  She circulated flyers for Christopher Baxter’s upcoming Workshop on Energy and Emotions on October 11.  Also, informed the group about the 11the Step, Recovery Yoga which is a donation class offered Tuesday at 8:00 p.m.

Iain Broadbent, Massage Therapist, stated that he would be offering $50 massages on Fridays to members of the Holistic Community.  A portion of his earnings will be given to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

Heather Hixon, Renaissance Healing Center, indicated that members of JAYA receive 15% off on massages and facials.  Their boutique is closing and they are having a 50% off sale on the items in the boutique.

DISCUSSIONS:

Heather keeps a 3 ring binder for workshops and teachers who wish to be on a sub list.

She asked that we write that information in that book.  Or, we can email our events

to her blog address:  www.jayajax.blogspot.com.  Please be sure to put these in TEXT format so that they can easily be cut and paste.  Should this blog be public or private?  Heather will research this. 

Heather began a discussion on publicity and how we can get the word out about JAYA and how can we do it cheaply (FREE).  Getting into Jacksonville Magazine would be a good outlet as many people traveling to Jax see this magazine in their hotel and it would give us great visibility to travelers. 

Lisa Long will do some press releases and try Natural Awakenings, Jacksonville Magazine, Folio Weekly and Jacksonville Business Journal.

In response to a request during the last JAYA meeting, Lisa Long did some research regarding non-profit organizations.  Some members had thought that non-profit might be the way for JAYA to form.  Lisa contacted MAYA (Mid Atlantic Yoga Assn.) and SATYA (Savanna) organizations, which have each been in existence for a long time.

MAYA is non-profit and was required to fill out a lot of paperwork to gain this status and is a more formal organization.  SATYA is NOT non-profit and is more informal.

It seemed that the consensus of our group was that we would stay informal and NOT collect any money at this time but on an as needed basis.

Lisa Long initiated another discussion about the push by many states to license as vocational schools those doing Yoga Teacher Trainings.  This is happening in several states and we received some articles about plight of these schools.  How can we support these teachers in other states?  Florida could be next.

Heather asked for teacher bios and photos for the blog and Melissa suggested that we should send a copy to her also for the website.  We also have a Facebook page.  Search JAYA Jax on Facebook to find it.   Heather stated that unity and service are the intention, to serve the greater good and have Jacksonville recognized as a Yoga destination.

Next 3 Meetings (may be subject to change):

December 6 – 6:30 p.m. – Lululemon.  They will have a space for a meeting for JAYA.

They will provide refreshments and Iain Broadbent (Chef) has volunteered to help with food.

March 7 – 4:00 p.m. – Ocean Yoga, Atlantic Beach

June 6 – 4:00 p.m. – Mindful Motion Yoga

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

ATTENTION ALL YOGA TEACHERS: J.A.Y.A Meeting

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. Membership is free! Come in unity of our yoga community. Great time to meet other yoga teachers, promote your classes or events and connect if you are a sub looking for classes!
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 our blog: www.jayajax.blogspot.com
Our website is in the works! Check it out!
www.jayajax.com

A Recap of our Summer '09 Meeting at Renaissance

Greetings Jacksonville Yoga Teachers!
Thank you so much for your support at our last meeting. I am so grateful to be on a forward track towards unity among the yoga teachers of Jacksonville. We are a fabulous group of spiritual and well trained Yogis. Here is a recap of our meeting in case you wanted to review, or if you were unable to attend.

• Heather Hixon shared her story and vision for Jaya Jax and gave a brief "context" of what the meeting would entail.
• We then went around to introduce ourselves, announce workshops and offer community outreach information.
• Lisa Long then gave her story and vision of Jaya Jax.
• We opened up the floor for discussion about "Jaya Jax Area Volunteers" to help spread the word about our group to other yoga teachers & studios in Jacksonville. As of right now we have the following members in place for volunteer purposes.
• Heather Hixon & Lisa Long (Jax Beaches)
• Melissa for (Avendale, San Marco). (please correct me if I'm wrong)
• Terry for (Southside). (please correct me if I'm wrong)
• Kate Cordel has offered to take our minutes at our meetings in the future.
• Dennis & Kathy Lang have offered to promote to the community and help out when needed.
• Melissa has offered to host and create our website. Which will be for the community to find out about our studios, classes and workshops.
• Lisa is contacting MAYA and SATYA to find out about the "how to's" for future visions.
• Heather Hixon will continue to host the Jaya Jax blog site. This will be our teachers forum/ information about upcoming meetings and workshops, contact info and meeting minutes board. (Not designed for the community ...but more for us as teachers)
• Make sure you sign up to "follow" the blog. It's easy.
• Heather put in a call to Freddie at Natural Awakenings. (FYI.)
• Marci Cervone is putting together ideas for the fundraising event for the animal shelters. We will make sure all legalities are researched.
• Melissa also created a facebook page so be sure to link up with JAYA JAX.

Our next meeting will be on September 13, 2009 at 4:00pm at Yoga Ananda, hosted by Melissa.

Please RSVP Melissa at mel@yogaanandastudio.com

or Call her at (904) 680-7344

What to expect at the 2nd JAYA JAX meeting: 6/20/09

Hello Jacksonville Yoga Teachers!
We are in the process of getting more area covered of this HUGE city of Jacksonville. Melissa from Yoga Ananda has stepped up with enthusiasm to connect Southside, Riverside, and all the sides ... to get everyone involved. Thank you for your support and guidance Melissa! She is also starting a Facebook for Jaya so check that out and connect there as well.

This JAYA group (which stands for Jacksonville Area Yoga Alliance) is for the purpose of Unity among the many Yoga Studios in Jax. I hope we can help each other fill up our yoga-like workshops so we can continue to be a popular, sought after and well known place for Yoga-like events.
Who knows maybe someday the Yoga Journal Conference will be right here in Jacksonville!!!
Ooommmmmmmmmmmm. :)
So, We will meet again at Renaissance Healing Center which is located in Jacksonville Beach at 228 3rd Ave. N. (right behind Rita's Italian Ice...it's a little green and white house)
Saturday June 20th at 5:30pm. Last time we planned to meet for 1 hour and I believe it went on for more like 2 hours, with all that positive energy I didn't even notice the time! We met outside in a circle, as the beach weather was breezy and beautiful. I am hoping for the same for June. Lite and healthy refreshments will again be available. Please bring a towel to sit on, your ideas, a list of your summer workshops and events, and also some information on your favorite local animal shelter charity organization so we can create a fundraising event. ( My goal is to choose one charity per year to raise money for by offering a Yoga Community Event put on by JAYA which means all of us. This idea has been in the works by Marci Cervone and I for the last year or more. Involvement in this Event is of course optional.

If you are wondering about membership to JAYA JAX...
Right now it's free.
This is a good time to get involved as we have a lot of area to cover.
At some point there will be a membership fee for the hosting of a live website which will be linked to every local hotel, bed and breakfast and website that Jacksonville and surrounding areas offer.
I have already purchased the website domain and will be in the process of getting that going.
Lacy Norman (pilates instructor & co-founder of the Healthy & Fit Group) has been assisting me with getting organized so if you receive an email from her it is basically also from me...was that confusing?
This brings me to another point about the group...
We need to decide at our next meeting if we want to open up to other styles of teaching such as Pilates, Qigong, Tai Chi, etc.. I like the fact that we are a Yoga Group but I also hate to exclude anyone. Let me know what you guys think about that. yogaheather@hotmail.com

We are always open to new members and always will be. Please pass on this blogsite http://www.jayajax.blogspot.com/ to every yoga teacher you know.
Remember to email me your upcoming workshops so I can keep posting them.
I think that's it for now...I hope to see you all on June 20th at 5:30pm.

JAYA JAX!!! (Victory Jacksonville)
and of course...
Namaste
Heather Hixon
http://www.timetounwind.com/

Renaissance Healing Center
228 3rd Ave. N
Jacksonville Beach
Main number (904) 249-0200
Heather's number (904) 521-4845

Beaches Holistic Alliance Health Fair
Saturday May 30th / 11am to 3pm
Ponte Vedra Beach Library
Free to the public

Renaissance Healing Center Upcoming Workshops:

Sunday - July 26th
Kripalu Yoga & Soul Collage
1 to 4 pm
$25
By Sherry Wolfson (Yoga Teacher and Soul Collage Facilitator)
Attend a 45 minute Gentle Kripalu Yoga class at 1:00 pm, then use your creativity to make an awesome deck of cards to use with your daily intuition and journal writing, or use them in your yoga practice. Each card has a theme such as nurture, adventure, love, family, etc...
Enjoy a day of nurturing your soul!
Call to register (904) 249-0200
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Deeksha Blessings
I experienced this in Asheville, NC this past April at Namaste Yoga Sanctuary.
I had no idea what is was or what it was all about...as an adventurous yogini... I went anyway.
The feeling in the room was so amazing...the lights were soft the room was filled with light-hearted people, the music was angelic...
I sat on my yoga mat, instead of a chair which was available as well. The Deeksha Blessing givers were seated at the front of the room as they explained what was going to take place and how they came to be Deeksha Blessing Givers.
My experience was wonderful. I knew immediately that I had to find this in Jacksonville.
While still on my trip in Asheville I did some research and found Lavanya on line.
She has agreed to do our Deeksha Blessing service.
All I can say is...you must experience this blessing.
I would like to Invite Lavanya to do an event for us as a group, so let me know if you are interested!
Namaste,
Heather Hixon yogaheather@hotmail.com

Coming to Renaissance Healing Center in August:

• Reiki I with Joan Ryan
• Yoga for Surfers
• Organic Skin Care (Easy Steps to Beautiful Healthy Skin)

What to expect at our 1st JAYA meeting

Hello Jacksonville Yoga Teachers!
I am very excited about gathering such a finominal group of people at our Renaissance Healing Center this Saturday - April 18th at 5:30pm
We will have Yogi Tea available and treats.
We will be sitting in a circle to introduce ourselves and announce any upcomming events (bring flyers if you can to hand out to the other teachers)
This meeting is about supporting eachother as well as making sure we are not scheduling our major yoga events on the same dates.
I have created this blog and will be able to add your studio as a link on the blog. Lisa and I are in the process of putting a website together which will then require a "small membership fee" to JAYA to be listed on the website.
I would like to plan a 2nd meeting date for June 20th due to the fact that many wanted to attend the JAYA meeting but could not make our 1st date.
Please mark your calandars for June 20th at 5:30pm.
For more information about JAYA you can email yogaheather@hotmail.com
Renaissance Healing Center is located at 228 3rd Ave. N. in Jacksonville Beach
(behind Rita's Italian Ice)
Namaste'
Heather Hixon
www.TimeToUnwind.com

Welcome To JAYA Jax!!

Hello Jacksonville Yoga Teachers!!!
This BLOG is where we can post upcomming workshops, and our websites. You can include this blog site address on your newsletters and or flyers to your students as well.
Hopefully we can create a wonderful network for yoga teachers and events. Perhaps we can avoid double booking our fabulous workshops on the same dates/times.
Instead I hope we can help one another by promoting eachother in the spirit of UNITY!

Our 1st official JAYA meeting is scheduled for April 18th at 5:30 pm to meet at Renaissance Healing Center in Jacksonville Beach.
I hope to see you all there! Please RSVP to yogaheather@hotmail.com
Namaste
Heather Hixon, LMT, CYT
www.TimeTounwind.com
www.RenaissanceHealingCenter.com