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Amy's work centers around the embodied experience of love's spaciousness and is grounded in brain, body, and heart-based wisdom. She teaches yoga, meditation, & writing as a way to cultivate tender self-love that supports empathy and compassion-driven work in the world. Check out her bio @amysecrist.com.

Veterans Yoga: New Location and New Time

Greetings, Yoga Friends,

As part of their mission to serve the local community, Mind Body Align will host free yoga classes for veterans and their families at The Butterfly House beginning this Saturday, Nov. 5th, 11:30am – 12:30pm.

Veterans Yoga in Richland County was founded by Dale Warren as a way to support veterans and their family members.  Area teachers take turns leading free weekly classes.  My classes will focus on mindful breathing and moving, the relationship between the body and mind, and the ways in which a regular yoga practice can help relieve stress and introduce a sense of balance and ease in daily life, as well as in particularly stressful circumstances.  To find out more, please email questions to Dale at veteransyoga@aol.com and keep in touch with veterans yoga via facebook.

I am scheduled to lead yoga practice Saturdays,  Nov. 5th & 19th, 11:30am-12:30pm.

If you are a veteran or the family member of a veteran, please come and explore how yoga might be of benefit to you.  And please do spread the word about this great free service to all you know who will benefit from attending.

Select “Yoga Class Schedule” from the menu for full details about classes, locations, and parking.

Hope to see you in the studio!

Happy Practicing,

The Catholic Yogi

 

 

 

 

Yoga Updates and Reminders

Hi, Yoga Friends,

Thank you for a lovely first session of Autumn Yoga at No Limits Studio.  We have a one-week break between sessions, so there will be no classes tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 31st.  The second session of Gentle Yoga, as well as Ashtanga-Based Power Yoga, will begin Nov. 7.  Please visit the “yoga class schedule” page at thecatholicyogi.com for full details, and email amysecrist6@gmail.com to register for classes and upcoming workshops.

I’m happy to share that our first-ever weekly Restorative Yoga class at The Butterfly House was well attended and a joy to lead.  Thank you for your commitment to your well-being and self-compassion!  Look for more weekly restorative classes to begin in January 2017.  In the mean time,  I will hold a Restorative Yoga Workshop on Dec. 10 for everyone interested, beginners and beyond.

Our “sun-rise” yoga class (Ashtanga-Based Power Yoga) at The Butterfly House has been meeting from 7:00 – 8:15 am  for the last three weeks.  It’s been invigorating to begin our sun-salutations in the dark of night’s end, move through the practice during the blue shades of early dawn, and wake from savasana (relaxation) to the light of day.  Please join us for the last three weeks of our Autumn session.

Happy Practicing!

The Catholic Yogi

Additional Information

Parking at The Butterfly House:  The Butterfly House has four available parking spaces next to the building.  During the week, on-street metered parking is 25 cents an hour, 50 cents for two hours.  (There is a dish inside the Butterfly House with extra change for the meters.)  The Library parking lot, located at the corner of 3rd Street and Mulberry Street, is available for free.  Please do not park in the adjacent restaurant lot, respect all “no-parking” signs, and refrain from parking in the covered library lot as it is for library customers only. During Saturday and Sunday classes all spaces in the lot across the street are available, and on-street metered parking is free.

Yoga News

The first meeting of Power Yoga, Beginners and Beyond will meet this Saturday.  Each class is individualized and self-sustaining; however, subsequent classes will build on knowledge and experiences gained in the preceding classes.  It is a great experience to attend an entire session as one creates a foundation of experiential knowledge from which to question, experiment, and enjoy a personal yoga practice.

In addition, I am scheduled to teach two more free classes for the Yoga for Veterans group at the AmVets on 4th St. in Mansfield:  Nov. 5 and 19th.  Please spread the word about this wonderful gift to our military community and families.  Everyone with a connection to a military service member is encouraged to attend!

See below for more details, or click on Yoga Class Schedule to find the full list of offerings.

Happy Practicing!

The Catholic Yogi

Yoga for Veterans
Nov. 5 & 19th
10:30 – 11:30am
Am Vets, Mansfield, Post #26
Free

Veterans Yoga in Richland County was started by Dale Warren as a way to support veterans and their families.  Area teachers take turns leading free weekly classes.  My class will focus on mindful breathing and moving, the relationship between the body and mind, and the ways in which a regular yoga practice can help relieve stress and rediscover a sense of balance and ease in daily life, as well as in particularly stressful circumstances.  To find out more, please email questions to Dale at veteransyoga@aol.com and keep in touch with veterans yoga via facebook.

Ashtanga-Based Power Yoga*, Beginners & Beyond

Saturday Mornings, 7:00 – 8:15am
6 week session:  Oct. 15 – Nov. 19
The Butterfly House
$50 for the session, or $12 drop-in

This 75 minute morning yoga class will explore postures and breathing techniques that cultivate ease and openness, strength and flexibility, awareness and contentment. Utilizing the principles of Ashtanga Yoga while following our body’s internal rhythms and wisdom, we will find support where we are weak and inspiration where we are strong.  Beginners & Beyond focuses on the fundamentals of power yoga, as well as explores modifications and variations on the traditional practice.  Come with an open mind and a big heart. All levels welcome!

*This is a physically demanding practice; please consult your health care provider before attending if you have any concerns.