Restoring spirits & souls
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Do I wish I could shower you all with healing touch, music and aromatherapy, in the restorative, yin and sonic meditations I'm blessed to give as my vocation? I do! Yes, I do.
And generous as my studios are so I can invite you as guests, that only works if you are physically in NYC with me. It only works if you are in the USA. If you have the space, time, freedom, food, shelter, safety and choice to come, receive, be restored by me or others ministering to spirit, soul, body.
My heart yearns outward and upward towards souls outside of my geographical reach, or outside our emotional bandwidth to be able to be held by me and others ministering in all the places of soul restoration.
But we do reach out even when you cannot come to us. Prayer ministers, healers, teachers everywhere, we extend ourselves, and those with us, to you, and to others out of reach. Weekly in all my classes, those gathered with me are extending love and blessings not only inwards to themselves, but outward, too.
We feel the world, in meditation. We bridge distances. We open our hearts to the humility of care, the sacredness of connection. We open to healing, for ourselves, and others through us.
 If there were not overwhelming pain and heartbreak in our world, would we know quite so powerfully our precious cherishing of love, life, freedom?
We can give time, voice, $, and presence, where we fervently wish for effect. But we also make an impact when we offer our communal hearts, with care. At church, at synagogue, at mosque. At places we may volunteer.
And, that, my friends, requires that we practice self-care. Where and how are you doing that, my friend? May you be kind to self.
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Email to request an Equinox guest pass for a club where you are not a member, if you need it!
Email for Reiki, Thai, Restorative or Coaching privates.
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My 7-Chakra crystal bowls are ready to sing you magic! Also offered: team building, journaling, coaching, and communication practices.
You can find my classes, workshops, retreats, cleanses, and more at my website anytime: MaryAranas.com.
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 Thanks for photos to:
Pure Yoga and Equinox, Meagan Kelley, restorative model, NY AcroFest, Raul Aranas, Little Church Around the Corner (Church of the Transfiguration), Raphael Aranas, Ramon FrÃas, Sandy Ames, Derek Pashupa Goodwin, Katie Capano, Josue in DR, and my truth little iPhone. Plus all the students and teachers at NYAF, all the Lunar Immersion students, and apologies to any Festival photographers I may have missed naming.
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Photo Privacy; Reply, Forward, Subscribe
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 I honor your privacy and do not share email lists.
Please feel free any time to Reply, Forward, subscribe, or unsubscribe. These monthly missives keep "us" connected over the years ever since they began in January 2006, when my yoga practice and my son were both around ten years old!
If everything brings us to where we are in each moment, let us celebrate every celebration or challenge that has brought you, me, us, to this precious choice moment, where we always have choice: shall we choose, in this moment to act, speak, think, see, hear, and feel from love, or from fear?
With trust and hope, in service of love & peace,
OMMMmmmmary
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If you're interested in skills for better relating with others and self, Thom Bond's 52-week online Compassion Course is accessible and digestible, yet transformative. If you want that come check it out!
 It can be a mere email lesson a week or you can be more involved in it, as you please.
The Course begins June 18th. Sign up earlier to get oriented! Ask me anything about it!.
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Inspired by Dutch Acrofest, which has been around 38 years since 1987, our own New York AcroFest has brought together professionals, aficionados and new friends each summer since 2013 (with a pause in 2020-2022).
This year our global, fun-loving, connecting AcroYoga tribe gathers again on July 18-20 weekend, at the Chelsea Piers Field House.
Inspiring teachers offer classes and workshops in AcroYoga, handstands, Acro Dance, group acro, standing acrobatics, and partner therapeutics, all under one giant roof. Our roof the last few years is Chelsea Piers.
I have taught at NYAF (NYAcroFest) since it began. My class the past three years is a Thai massage class on the Sunday afternoon right before the festival ends and the outdoor park jams begin.
If you're any part of the worldwide partner Acro tribe, perhaps I'll see you, or fly or Thai with you in July!
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May Flowers & Showers * Issue #233