 Yes, Valentine's is come & gone, but like all rituals and celebrations they remind us of values we cherish everyday. The joy of gifting and receiving gifts of love and "charity" and kindness keeps giving all year.
For encouraging early spring, this love month I renew my tradition of donating 10" of hair every two years to an organization that gifts wigs to children with medically caused baldness. Truly, the giver receives twice as much pleasure as the recipient, in my case!
 Valentine yourself, my dears ~ with what do you gift yourself, this week, this month, this year, this life? For me, this includes the pleasure of work that is giving and receiving; it includes the gift of learning and hobbies, for which I am passionate; it includes the gift of experiencing the planet & its people. So April has Jamaica, then Philadelphia, May is the Catskills, July is Atlantic City and then Tahoe, October is Portland OR, November is China ~ that's for starters!
 China is a bit of a Roots journey for me. It's my parents' and ancestors' homeland, and my first visit ever; tho' hopefully not my last.
I am super excited.
My brother in Australia sent an aerial video of south China filmed via drone; it is spectacular to view, and it whets my travel appetite. Enjoy the aerial drone China video!
And... make yourselves some delicious 2018 giftings, my Valentine beloveds!
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May 26-29 Elemental AcroYoga Immersion
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 What does an AcroYoga Elemental Immersion give you?
The solid roots of an AcroYoga practice, with room to keep soaring upward. Inspiring, encouraging, clear instruction, daily steady progressions, training drills, acro asanas solar and lunar, accelerated learning curve, with stellar support.
You will receive solid foundations in acrobatic and therapeutic AcroYoga, enhance your partner and group communications, and grasp a clearer understanding of yourself and your own practice.
All this with chanting, play, and community. We go as high as you go on this Memorial Day weekend journey. Facebook Event here.
Ticket Link here.
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Workshops, Immersions, Retreats, Festivals, Trainings
5/4-6 Wagging Tail Yoga Weekend Retreat, Bethel, Catskills, NY
with co-host/co-teacher Ora Ramat, Wagging Tail Yoga Center
5/12 Mother’s Day Restorative Treat, 3-5PM, Pure East, NYC
5/26-29 AcroYoga Elemental Immersion, Cosmic Fit Club, NYC
with co-host/co-teacher Brian Davis & AYI team
June 30-July 1st / July 28-29 / August 18-19 / Sept 8-9
100-Hour Mother Mary Restorative Teacher Training, Pure East
4 Weekends of 4 Levels (25-Hours each) Saturday-Sunday, 9AM-6PM
7/19-22 Wanderlust Festival, Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe CA ~
assisting Kadri Kurgun + Justin Bench, AcroYoga team
9/14-16 Wagging Tail Yoga Fall Retreat, Bethel, Catskills, NY
with co-host/co-teacher Ora Ramat, Wagging Tail Yoga Center
9/22-23 25-Hour Yoga Nidra Teacher Training, Pure Yoga East
Classes in New York City
Pure Yoga New York Weekly Yoga Classes:
Pure Yoga Eastside - 203 E.86th St. (3rd Ave)
Monday: 10:30-12:00 Slow Flow Meditation
Monday: 1:00-2:00 Yoga Nidra Meditation
Tuesday: 12:30-1:30 Restorative
Thursday: 12:30-1:30 Restorative
Pure Yoga Westside - 204 W.77th St. (Amsterdam Ave)
Friday: 11:30-12:30 Restorative
Om Factory Weekly AcroYoga Class:
Friday: 7:30-9:15PM AcroYoga Flow L1-3 (Open Level) Fashion District
~ 265 West 37th Street (8th Ave), 17th Floor, NY NY 10018
*1st Friday/Month 9:30-11:30PM AcroYoga JAM - Fashion District
New York Health & Racquet Club: (March 7 & March 9):
Wednesday: 1-2PM Vinyasa Open level - 60 W 23rd St/6th Ave, NYC
Private Sessions by Appointment:
Thai * Restorative * Yoga Nidra * Meditation * AcroYoga * ISHTA Yoga
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Mother Mary Teacher Trainings
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 Whether you are a Yoga Teacher looking for Advanced TT credits, a fascinated student/practitioner, or a trainer or educator or healer, my Mother Mary TTs are the best way to immerse yourself with my variegated and marvelous lineage of Teachers I've inherited through my journeying in the lands of Yoga, healing, learning, and growth.
That's really the best way I can put it. A Teacher is always transmitting what s/he knows best, loves best, passions best about. The subject is merely the focus that we've agreed to choose to share deeply.
And the two current focuses that I've fashioned TT times for, are Restorative Trance Meditation Yoga (100 Hours), and Yoga Nidra (25 Hours). Come and share my time, and my teaching lineage, and honored teacher trainees. You'll be joining a long line of very good company.
June 30-July 1st / July 28-29 / August 18-19 / Sept 8-9
100-Hour Mother Mary Restorative Teacher Training, Pure East
4 Weekends of 4 Levels (25-Hours each) Saturday-Sunday, 9AM-6PM
9/22-23 25-Hour Yoga Nidra Teacher Training, Pure Yoga East
See more information by clicking on each training title.
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 Simplicity practice: the shorter hair supports this. Less time for hair care! The "sans makeup" practice I've adopted the past year supports it. Giving away and reselling stuff supports it.
Going "in" each morning before going "out" ~ be it 5 minutes or 20 minutes ~ supports it. Use whatever meditation forms work best for you.
 All things feel lighter and easier, with a centering practice. Vata-Pitta Virgo-Librans like me especially need the centering and grounding. A few fave resources are linked below.
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Need some mothering with no family drama attached? We all do; I do too! Tho' my mom's gone she is with me in many wonderful ways. Teaching is one shared passion we have.
Restorative Yoga takes you inside, to your nourishing center, using yoga poses supported on bolsters, blankets and blocks.
 Let me and my sweet team restore you. Bring a friend or family member and give everyone more ease. Music, aromatherapy, melting postures, & love. Pre-register here to ensure a spot. Two together are even better.
Saturday, May 12th, 3-5PM, at Pure Yoga East.
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 Thanks this issue for photos to:
Derek Pashupa Goodwin, Mindra Harmoniums Sales and Repairs, Wagging Tall Yoga, Google Images.
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