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O G A L I C I O U S #15
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NAMASTE YOGIS AND YOGINIS, Welcome to YOGALICIOUS 15. Like me, many of you expressed that this month has been one of oscillating back and forth between emotions of strength and weakness. In seconds, I can slip from feeling "normal" to revisiting shock, anger, and sadness. I imagine this will continue for some time. A flow between experiencing comfort and discomfort, over and over again. Actually, this has always been the deal. All the great yoga, meditation, and spiritual leaders teach that we are in an endless flow between comfortable and uncomfortable conditions. The secret to peace and happiness is to develop equanimity with this flow. This is what we practice on our yoga mats and hopefully learn to bring off the mat and in to our daily lives. With this issue, I hope to inspire your practice with ideas to work with this flow, as you continue to heal and release stress. I'd also like to invite you to practice with me in NYC FREE. Please extend the invitation along to everyone you know who might benefit from a free yoga class! (See bottom for coupon.) With Much Faith and Love, |
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IN THIS ISSUE ——
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| VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - For November 6 |
| SPECIAL OFFER FOR CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY |
| UPDATES FROM LAST ISSUE: |
| IT WAS A YOGA ADVENTURE |
| KAHIL GIBRAN (an excerpt from THE PROPHET) |
| FREE COUPON for Yoga Class |
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| WORDS OF WISDOM |
| “Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.” — Aldous Huxley |
| WHEN THINGS FALL APART |
| I highly recommend this book NOW! Pema Chodron offers exceptional insight to working with the flow between comfort and discomfort. Here's an excerpt: “Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it. Nothing ever sums itself up in the way that we like to dream about?To stay with the shakiness-to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge - that is the path of true awakening. Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic -this is the spiritual path.” When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron is Published by Shambhala Books http://www.shambhala.com. back to top |
| THE SPACE AROUND YOU |
| Life is stressful enough without allowing the physical environment - air quality, lighting, noise, and other controllable factors - to intensify day-to-day stress. Here are some ideas to help you create less stress and tension in your work and home life. http://stress.about.com/library/weekly/aa072401a.htm?PM=n13080201a. back to top |
| MINI-RETREAT, NOVEMBER 11 |
| ThisMelt away stress at this Restorative Yoga Mini-Retreat with Jillian. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11. 1- 3:00 pm. (note my last email listed the wrong date.) With six yoga teachers assisting me in this workshop, you will receive lots of hands on work, pressure points, and gentle massage while you lay in deeply healing restorative yoga poses. We will warm our muscles with a gentle yoga flow, retreat into restorative yoga poses, clarify with meditation, aromatherapy and creative visualization then let it seep in fully with deep relaxation. Workshop Yoga Zone 138 Fifth Ave. (btwn 18-19) 212 647 9642. Cost: $40 pre-registration. $45 at the door. Space is limited. Pre-registration required. back to top |
| ESSENTIAL OILS |
| Essential oils are natural pure plant extracts that possess strong therapeutic benefits. I often use oils before meditation, in my bath, and by burning them in a diffuser. My personal mix this month is designed to reduce stress and anxiety, increase mental clarity, and uplift spirits. I've combined lavender (6-7 drops), peppermint (3-4 drops), and tangerine (5 drops). Young Living Essential Oils are known to be the purest oils and aromatherapy products in the world. For more information on oils and their benefits visit: http://essenceofthings.com/AromatherapyIntroPage.htm. back to top |
| GOING TO PARADISE JUST GOT EASIER |
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our difficulties this season, our friends at Hotel Na Balam, Mexico
have generously offered us new flexibility with the deposit date and
refund policy for the Yoga In Paradise Trip. New extended deposit
due date is Tuesday NOVEMBER 27. (However, your space is reserved
only upon payment. 25 spaces) (There's also a new refund policy in
place. Email me for details.) So, do not miss this week of complete
rejuvenation. NEW TRIP DATE is March 16-23, 2002. Here's what a student
from last year say: "The yoga in paradise retreat was healing
sun, white sand, gleaming stars, gentle breezes, swaying hammocks,
no clocks and yoga yoga yoga. Two words for you, just go! — Renee
For more info on the hotel and island visit: http://www.nabalam.com and http://www.Isla-Mujeres.net If you have questions call me at 201 377 7010 or email me for full description. back to top |
| THE WORLD WIDE ONLINE MEDITATION CENTER |
| Janiss This is a user-friendly site, created to provide easy meditation instruction to people anywhere on the planet. It covers a variety of meditation techniques drawn from many of the world's great mystical teachings. http://www.meditationcenter.com/index.html back to top |
| THICH NHAT HANH |
| If you missed his talk last month at Riverside Church in NYC, you can hear a recording of it on the War and Peace Report - Gound Zero Radio. Cut and Paste this address (The talk begins in minute 25 on real player). http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/exile/dn20010926a.ra back to top |
| HELLO ~ NAMASTE |
| In the ancient Celtic language, each letter/sound of their alphabet had a sacred meaning: "H" was the letter/sound for honor, for giving homage."EL" was for God" we find the same root sound in Elohim and Allah. "O" stood for fire and initiation. So "HELLO"' literally meant, “I honor God in Whom you’re initiated.” In today's language, that can mean, "I honor the Divinity within you," or "I give homage to God burning in your heart." Therefore, "HELLO" has the same basic meaning as the Sanskrit word "NAMASTE," which also means, "I honor the Divinity within you." (source: The Yoga House) back to top |
| VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - November 6 |
| Help is needed at a free one-day conference for surviving spouses of the WTC attack. At the event, companies like Lehman Brothers, New York Life and the American Bar Association are donating services and employee expertise to help surviving spouses with everything from legal advice to counseling services, from insurance to child care to job hunting. Volunteers would act as guides to make sure people find the help they need. Event is Tuesday November 6, 7:30 am to 3 pm. At New York Hilton. For more information, contact: Jeanne Coffey, jobrien@mindspring.com back to top |
| SPECIAL OFFER FOR CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY |
| Our friends at Integrative Rehab are offering a special rate for craniosacral therapy when you mention this newsletter. ($75 a session, Valid until Dec 31.) Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, hands-on therapy that relaxes and integrates the nervous system and is effective for post-traumatic symptoms. Integrative Rehab is located in NYC at 20 W. 20th St Suite 401 (between 5th and 6th ave) phone is 212-206-7558. back to top |
| UPDATES FROM LAST ISSUE |
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I had a lot of trouble sending out the last issue of YOGALICIOUS 14. Please let me know if you did not receive one last month, I'd like to resend it to you. Also, note the email address for the Relaxation CD has been changed to threegems@earthlink.net. Please re-send emails. back to top |
| IT WAS A YOGA ADVENTURE |
| 30 yogis joined me for the Yoga Adventure, Oct 5-7. It was certainly an adventure. The resort is gorgeous. It is right on a lake, surrounded by mountains, and the leaves were just changing colors. It was perfect... well, almost. Due to the events of September 11, the campus was over-booked with folks wanting to get out of the city. There were many other groups there running around playing sports, and "letting go". Then the rain came? Since it was the first rain of the season, the Camp was not prepared to accommodate all the activities indoors. In addition, our first morning session was in a tent overlooking the lake. Perfect for a sunny day. Without another room for us, we needed to make it work. They secured the tent with side panels and cranked up space heaters. After a few sun salutes, gripes, and laughs, we all got used to the waterfalls rushing down the tent sides, the occasional drips on our mat, and the gusts of wind overpowering my voice. This group of yogis really knew how to take things lightly. We practiced equanimity. It turned out many even expressed that practicing in the storm made them feel more connected to nature, more meditative. Phew, close call. Just as I started joking about making t-shirts 'I survived Yoga at Club Getaway' - things really got bright. The sun came out and many of us participated in other activities including golf, hiking, archery, mountain biking and softball - or walked to town to visit the cute shops and eat homemade chocolate. The highlight for me was our group hang at The Moose Lodge. We sat in couches around a big fireplace; toasted marsh mellows, made yummy smoores, ate dinner, enjoyed a glass of wine, laughed a lot, and played an exhilarating game of Taboo. (I highly recommend this game!) At the end of the weekend, many students declared they were able to go deeper into their asana practice than they had in a long while. This is the beauty of a retreat; you have the opportunity to do yoga with out being on the run to get home, to work, or your next task. When you are less stressed and more relaxed, you lighten up and your body and mind become more easeful and open. Combine this with some laughter and you have the perfect equation for bringing your practice to a new level! back to top |
| KAHIL GIBRAN (an excerpt from THE PROPHET) |
| "Then said a teacher, "Speak to us of teaching". And he said: "No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding. The musician may sing to you the rhythm, which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm nor the voice that echoes it. And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell of the regions of weight and measure, but he cannot conduct you thither. For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man. And even as each one of you stands alone in God's knowledge, so must each one of you be alone in his knowledge of God and in his understanding of the earth." back to top |
| FREE COUPON |
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Come join Jillian for a FREE class at YOGA ZONE (And pass this on
to your friends!) Tuesday
and Thursdays from 6-7:25 pm - level 2 Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 pm
- level 2 Yoga
Zone 138 fifth Ave. New York, New York. (btwn 18-19.) 212-647-9642 Valid only if you have not visited the downtown Yoga Zone within the last three months. Call to ensure that I am teaching before you come. Valid until January 1, 2002. BRING THIS COUPON with you. 6:15 p.m. back to top |
| JILLIAN’S RECENT SCHEDULE AND CHANGES |
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Yoga Zone (138
Fifth Ave, NYC 212 647 9642) Hoboken YMCA
- 14th and Washington. (201 963 4100) I will be away Oct 5-7 teaching a yoga retreat in Kent Connecticut. (Just a few spaces left if you want to come. Call 201 377- 7010.) |
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Thank you so
much for reading, for being part of this community, for your practice
and you commitment to healing. May you continue to return repeatedly
to the light within you during your yoga practice and throughout
your day. Remember, I always love to hear your ideas and suggestions. And as always, email me if you have an email address change or would like to add a friend to this distribution. |
| With peace, Jillian |