When you know in your bones that your body is a sacred gift, you move in the world with an effortless grace. Gratitude and humility rise up spontaneously. – Debbie Ford
Let’s move together with grace, love, intention, peace, joy and an attitude of gratitude this week. We all know Thanksgiving is coming; the question is, how are you going to show up in your practice to celebrate it?
Here is where we will be…
GRATEFUL HEARTS: A Yoga & Meditation Practice for Kids ages 9-12 with Karen Gilmour
November 20th at 3:45 PM
Alluem Yoga in Cranford, NJ
Call in an attitude of gratitude this holiday season. Just like our yoga poses, our breath and our meditation – gratitude is a practice. In this workshop we’ll be practicing gratitude through gentle reminders of turning negatives into positives, turning challenges into blessings and turning what we have or what we can do, into enough.
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING BENEFIT CLASS
November 23, 2017 at 9:15 AM
Join Ellen. This is our 16th year ushering in the holiday season by practicing together with an attitude of gratitude. Every year we are amazed and touched by your generosity and spirit. This year, we have chosen to donate to STOMP The Monster a not-for-profit organization that provides financial and other support for cancer patients, their families and caregivers when they need it most — during their fight with the disease. They promote a healthy lifestyle with proper diet and exercise, lead by example and provide funding for potential advances in prevention and treatment.
GRATITUDE FLOW: Free Community Class with Sally Bruno
November 23, 2017 at 9 AM
Join Sally for this FREE offering, open to students of all levels.
Gratitude Vinyasa Flow
November 23, 2017 at 9 AM
New Providence and Lebanon
Join Yoga Essence to start your Thanksgiving off right. All levels are welcome and encouraged to come flow! A box for donations of food, personal care items and cleaning supplies can be found in the studio. These items will be donated to the Community Food Bank of NJ.
**Special $20.00 drop-in rate with donation**
SVAHA! LIVE YOU LIFE WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE
November 23, 2017 at 8:15 and 9:30 AM
Start your Thanksgiving day with TWO special holiday flows with Serena and Bridget. Pick one or take both, SVAHA STYLE!
This will be just what you need to start the day feeling grateful, balanced, bright, beautiful, loved, intentional, sweaty, and spirited. No special charge-class cards and drop ins are all good! Come hang and feel the positive vibes shake your soul!
BLACK FRIDAY GLOW-GA
November 24, 2017 at 7 PM
Avoid the craziness of Black Friday and celebrate instead with yoga, black lights, paint, music, dancing and a whole lot of fun!!!! Come join Dani as we flow and glow in the dark to a kickass all levels power yoga class while listening to some awesome music provided live by Rod Manrique.
GLOWGA is a unique experience where you are immersed in music. Bring your glow sticks and light up the night as you deepen your practice and unwind with deep meditation.
GROUNDED & GRATEFUL
November 24, 2017at 10 AM
Devotion Yoga’s Hoboken Urban Sanctuary
Take a pause during the holiday season to ground your energy and reflect upon all that you’re grateful for. Jessica Namit will lead you through a series of postures to calm the mind and create a feeling of peacefulness. Practice will be followed by a special meditation on mindfulness and gratitude. This workshop is perfect for people looking for calming yoga and gratitude practice around the holidays.
RESTORE AND REIKI
November 25, 2017 at 7 PM
This time of year brings shorter days, longer nights, and a shift in the seasons. what a wonderful time to settle into inward exploration through meditation, reiki and essential oils.
By using an array of props to support the body, we will offer an opportunity to find a balance of action and ease. A carefully crafted sequence of supported poses with longer holds will prepare the body for supported inversions. These inversions are known for their rejuvenating properties, for flushing lymph, and for boosting the immune system. Find peace in the candlelit room assisted by the healing properties of Reiki energy.
You’ll leave the session deeply restored with a sense of ease in body, mind, and spirit.
DETOX AND RESTORE MASTER CLASS
November 26, 2017at 6:30 PM
As much as we love the holidays, we cannot deny the total sensory overload of the season: days and nights filled with edible indulgences, celebratory libations, shopping stresses, mounting obligations and NO time for self-care.
Let’s make 2017 the year we change ALL of that!
Join Bridget for a cleansing, nourishing, intention-filled detox practice, loaded with the best poses and vinyasa flow sequences for cleansing your body. We will, pull, push, twist and turn to facilitate the removal of the gunky stuff that eventually but inevitably limits our ability to physically, mentally and emotionally function efficiently and effectively.
Bridget will explain the importance of breath and posture during a detox-specific flow (stop slouching as you read this, for starters), and will finish class with a “Restore, Renew and Focus on YOU” meditation.
MANIPURA CHAKRA WORKSHOP
November 26, 2017at 1 PM
Selfless Love Yoga in Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Join Regina Bliss Golden. RYT as she guides you through an in-depth workshop on the Manipura Chakra. The Chakras are energetic wheels that run along the spine and help regulate the flow of energy in the body.
DONATION PRACTICE FOR THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION
November 26, 2017at 1 PM
Join Jillian Schultz for a 75 minute donation class with all proceeds of the class benefitting the Arthritis Foundation, where Jillian has been a Youth Hero, Valor Award Recipient and Ambassador.
SOUNDBATH AND GONG RESONANCE with Abhaijot Kaur
November 26, 2017at 6 PM
Jai Pure Yoga in Montclair, NJ
The gong is a sacred and ancient instrument of healing, rejuvenation and transformation. The Gong produces a strong sound wave, almost tangible to the touch, which stimulates the physical body by influencing the surface of the skin and every cell. On a physical level, the gong releases tension and blocks in the body, stimulates a higher functioning of the glandular and nervous system, increases prana, our vital life force and improves circulation.
Join Abhaijot for an evening of meditation followed by the sacred sound of the healing gong allowing us to deeply purify and quiet the mind while bringing the the mental, emotional and spiritual bodies into the harmony.
GRATITUDE WALK AND MEDITATION
November 26, 2017at 3 PM
Come take a meditative walk through Mercer County Park. We will meet at the East Picnic Area (off of Edinburgh near Old Trenton Road) and walk to the lakefront where we will sit and meditate. We will then take a Japa Walk back to the picnic area. Don’t know what a Japa Walk is? No worries, it will all be explained. This is perfect end to the holiday weekend. A time to be mindful and prepare for the rush of the holidays. This event is free, but donations for the Honor Yoga Foundation will be accepted!
Meditation for Beginners
November 26, 2017at 1 PM
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May Louie first took yoga in college to fulfill a Phys-Ed requirement and immediately fell in love. She unfortunately did not continue with her practice but reconnected with it when she retired from her corporate job in 2002 and has since become a serious yoga enthusiast. After her second retirement last year, she completed her 200 hour RYT certification, studying with Dina Crosta, Ellen Mosko and Jamie Segal Hanley, with a focus on alignment based flow.[/box]
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