"The Peace of Wild things"
When despair of the world grows in me and I wake at night at the least sound
In Fear of what my life and my children's life may be ,
I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in her beauty on the water,
and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with
forethought or grief.
I come into the presence of still water .
And I feel above me the day -blind stars waiting with their light.
For a time , I rest in the grace of the world , and am free.
By Wendell Berry
We begin our newsletter with the beautiful poem above " The peace of Wild Things". This represents the struggle and the worries that we all carry but also that the answers and the peace is always there waiting there for us in stillness and nature.
We had a beautiful end to our year here at Earth Yoga and over 65 dedicated yogis and friends showed up for our annual New Years Practice. It was an honor to teach the practice and the stillness and focus from all of you was so special to witness and be a part of. Thank you for bringing your heart, energy and focus for our last practice in 2016.
As we embark on 2017 we have a lot of wonderful events to share with you.
Beginning tomorrow (Tuesday 3rd January) with two special 108 Sun Salutations classes with Agnes. The first one will be at 9.30am in our portals studio and another will take place at 18.30 in our Santa Catalina studio.
There are still spots available for David Lurey's introduction to Yoga For Men Workshop on 13 - 15 January. This workshop weekend is open for any men out there who may feel that they would benefit from a yoga practice but have not perhaps had the right introduction to yoga or would feel more comfortable starting from the beginning with a well experienced yoga teacher. For more information please see the flyer below:
Mirjam Wagner will be back at Earth Yoga to teach her Yin and Pranayama practiceon Friday 20th January. As many of you will know, Mirjam is a well known Yin yoga teacher and also now hosts Yin teacher trainings. This will be a wonderful opportunity to move through the practice with her and gain wisdom from all of her years and experience of sharing this practice. The theme will be to find liberation and stillness from stuck energy and old emotions. All proceeds will go towards a local charity called Can Gazà Project. This is a social project run by Mallorcan ex-priest who lives with 30 homeless people in an old Finca outside Palma and he also feeds up to another 30 people from the street on a daily basis.
Please note that Brent´s regular evening class on Friday 20th January will still go ahead but will be across the street at the Lucky Bodies studio.
We are also happy to introduce Monica who will guide and lead us through a painting workshop on Saturday 21st January (Time : 13.00 - 15.30) Monika has experience in teaching painting courses, numerology and guiding people through tarot cards . This will not be your regular painting course, you will be more guided to work from your inner self and intuition. With help through meditation and music to access your inner self to paint and draw what may lie hidden within you. If you are interested in taking part, we are happy to give you more information
The price for the workshop would be 30 euros and please bring your own crayons and a notebook.
For those of you with children who are interested in Kung Fu there will be a weekly class held here every Tuesday at 5pm. This class will focus on White Crane kung fu and the Chinese language ( Mandarin ) using the lingua-kungfu curriculum of exercise, song and calligraphy. It will be open to children Aged 9 years and upwards. The first class begins on Tuesday 17 January. For more information please contact martin@lingua-kungfu.com
We wish you all a beautiful beginning for the new year that we are about to embark on together.........and our hope for us all is to stay open, be full of courage and heart! As one of our favorite Spiritual teachers, Marianne Williamson says :" Those who sit must also take a stand."
Love
Sandra and the Earth Yoga Team
PS: Please note that the EARLY BIRD PRICE for Jeanne Heileman´s Tantra Flow 300hr Teacher Training will end on Friday 20 January. Please get in touch if you would like to sign up or would like more information.
Jeanne Lurie
