Eastern philosophy says human beings have forgotten what they came here for. With all the stimulation outside ourselves, we have lost sight of the Beloved, our creator, and have lost ourselves as a result.
We do have all the answers within us, but it takes incredible discipline and hard work to gain back those abandoned gifts we were given as a birthright”
Living Yoga, by Christy Turlington
Finally spring is here and we turn our faces and hearts toward the sun and warmer winds coming our way! There is a sense of happiness when the light and warmer weather returns but also a sense of “Wait! I am not ready yet” Some of us want to hide away on a beach alone until we have some color on our skin and can adjust to the light again.
More sleep, healthy food, yoga and kind habits all support us as we move into spring. Do not be shocked if you are all of a sudden more tired, even a bit sad. These are very normal patterns when moving from Vata season towards Pitta season ( Air to Fire).
This month we are honoring Earth Day (which takes place on 22nd April), by gathering whoever wants to join our Earth Yoga team together with Lucky Bodies, Happy Souls to clean up beaches. Every year, tons of plastic, bottles and glass wash up on our beaches and we will join forces and have a nice day together on the Sunday before Earth Day, 19th April. Anyone who would like to join us, let us know and we will organize which beaches we will go to that need most urgent cleaning. Please sign up at Earth Yoga if you would like to spend the day with us. On the actual day of Earth Day, Sandra will donate her 18.30 class towards environmental projects.
We have decided to change the time of our Monday Kundalini class with Jeanne. It will now take place in the smaller shala at 10am instead of 8am. This will begin on April 6 and will now take place at the same time as our Vinyasa Class with Sandra.
We will also host monthly Breast Cancer Awareness workshops with Jeanne, instead of the weekly classes. Jeanne has a world of knowledge when it comes to prevention and care of breast cancer. She will share both yoga asanas, nutrition, skin care and much more in her monthly workshops . Her first Breast Cancer Workshop is on
Sunday 12 April (17.00 – 19.30), this workshop will be taught in English.
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David Lurey will host a Bhakti Vinyasa Retreat (non residential) here at Earth Yoga, Santa Catalina between 23rd – 26th
April. It will be a special weekend to have the balance between diving
deep into the bhakti and vinyasa practice of yoga, and also the
opportunity to participate in two Kirtans . If you are interested in
joining this retreat, please contact David at david@findbalance.net
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For those of you who a pregnant or know women that are, please know that we have really wonderful pregnancy and post natal classes with Philippa here at Earth Yoga, Santa Catalina. They take place every Tuesday from 11.00-12.00 ( Pregnancy) and 12.30-13.30 (mummy and baby). We have had lovely feedback from many ladies who practiced with Philippa during their pregnancy, they all said how it helped a lot as they went into delivery!
We will begin a Earth Yoga Challenge to detox, burn away layers and feel the lightness as summer is around the corner…please join us for the Earth Yoga Challenge, beginning 20th April and ending 20th May.
If you commit to practice with us for a minimum of 4 times per week, you will get half price off for your next bono! If you are interested in signing up for this challenge please talk to us at reception before Monday 20th April.
And finally our schedule for the Easter Weekend is as follows:
Santa Catalina Studio
Friday 3rd April (Good Friday)
6.30pm Vinyasa with Brent
Saturday 4th April
10.30am Vinyasa with Katja
Sunday 5th April (Easter Sunday)
10.30am Vinyasa with Rebecca
7pm Vinyasa with Frank
Monday 6th April (Easter Monday)
Normal schedule returns
Portals Studio
Friday 3rd April (Good Friday)
STUDIO CLOSED
Saturday 4th April
10am Vinyasa with Frank
Sunday 5th April (Easter Sunday)
STUDIO CLOSED
Monday 6th April (Easter Monday)
Normal schedule returns
We look forward to seeing you at Earth Yoga very soon. Until then be well, stay with all the good things that do come our way and remember gratitude for how blessed we are to live where we do!
Love
Sandra and the rest of the Earth Yoga Team
