Greetings to you all, Yogis everywhere.

I hope you are finding a place of peace in this holiday season.

Please watch this video all through til the end when there is some inspiring and good news about the ocean life: The Real Cost of a Shrimp Dinner

As you begin to settle into the time off, remember that you can still practice yoga with friends, Wed Christmas Eve all classes including meditation 7:30pm, and Christmas Day a special 10 am class with chai tea and sweets afterwards.

May all you moments be just right now,

many blessings on all our heads,

namaste,I bow to you

Namaste, Meta

December 17, 2008

Here we are almost to the end of 2008, what a year this has been.  Please accept a small token of gratitude … a YogaNow 2008 Calendar (with 2009 on the back).

Wherever you find yourselves during the holiday season I hope you find a way to pause, take a deep and luxurious breath, smile, and give yourself a hug.  Maybe you’ll even be in town and join us for classes on Christmas and NY’s at 10 am.

As the New Year approaches, plans for 2009 are finalized:  YogaNow will offer an advanced teacher training, 300 hr Registered Yoga Teacher (to add to your existing 200 hr RYT from any Yoga Alliance Registered School) to obtain the highest 500 hr RYT.  That will be a nine month program with once a month intensives (thur eve, f/s/s days).  The 200 hr will be offered as usual Oct 2009-March 2010.  Enriching your yoga, enriches your life.  (email or call to receive a brochure and application)

May the New Year bring everyone closer to lasting happiness, and that goofy smile, the sign of enlightenment.

May everyone be happy (sarva mangalam) everywhere,
Meet you on the mat,
Namaste, Meta…PS I promise to update the blog more often, at least weekly!

Note about classes:
Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, Wednesdays, including the Dharma Group meditation 7:30-8:15 pm.
Also 10 am classes on Christmas and New Year’s Day, with Meta and Halli.

Special Solstice Class, Sunday, December 21st, 6:00-8:00 pm

Guess What?All Downtown Parking is FREE until Christmas…another great reason to practice Yoga! Thank you city of Albuquerque.

 -Geshe Chekawa, in Advice From a Spiritual Friend

Meta’s Message

Meta

Welcome to our newest experiment: blogging it.  Our goal is to make the newsletter that has been going out for years to the YogaNow list to anyone who visits this site.  Let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions.  

Coming together as a community to practice yoga, chant, attend workshops (oh me oh my have we got workshops, kirtans and gongs coming, see below) is a serious support for these challenging times.

Between natural disasters and the human made crises there is plenty to concern us.  But spiraling down in despair doesn’t serve us or the world. Finding strength through yoga, community and focused action does serve us.  

There are plenty of opportunities for all these things, yoga classes, of course at YogaNow, Robin’s workshop on creating Courage this Sunday, and the Solar Feista this weekend at Highland High School. And for focused change that begins inside and then moves out, consider the next session of the YogaNow Teacher Training Apprentice Program which commences October 5 and continues for six months. You don’t need to want to be a teacher, you just need to want to delve more deeply into the transformative powers of yoga.  

I had the honor of witnessing the amazing power of yoga at home this past week when my father of 82 years came for a visit and agreed to a daily regime of meditation, yoga and a plant-based diet.  Tears came to my eyes when I watched on day five how much my dad’s spine had gained in flexibility with cat/cow poses and how his lunges were remarkably deeper.  To see such changes in just five days was truly amazing and once again, I am awestruck by yoga, day in and day out.

May everyone be happy (sarva mangalam),
May joy and bliss start inside and move out,
Meet you on the mat,
Namaste,
Meta.

Namaste,
I bow to you

 

 

Classes Updates

Friday nights: Devi Puja 7:30-8:15pm: Come chant and meditate upon the Wisdom Goddesses to bring their powers into your life while we also build a stronger Yoga community.Donation only. Facilitated by Cypresse.

The Wednesday 7:20 pm and Monday 9 am will end at the end of September.  On Wednesday come to the 5:45 class with Cypresse and on Monday try the noon class with Meta.  Don’t forget the 8 am Sunday class ended and now Erin teaches the 6 pm Sunday time slot…ah…more yoga.

Check out the full schedule: Class Schedule

Workshops Abound

To whet your appetite for the bliss of yoga, here’s our workshop schedule:

• 
Overcoming Anxiety, Exploring Courage, Robin Zimmer
  Sunday, September 21, 2-4:45 pm

• Gayatri Mantra, 
Cypresse Emery 
  Sunday, October 12, 2-5 pm

• Yoga Trance Dance, Dancing Through the Elements, 
Halli Bourne 
  Saturday, October 18, 6-8 pm


• Kirtan CD Release Party, 
David Newman, Durga Das 
  Wednesday, October 29, 7:30


• Gong Bath
. Richard Rudis, Sonam Dorje
• Friday, November 14, 7:30


• 
”Homecoming” Kirtan after his wild Kirtan tour 11 kirtans in 10 cities.
Dharmashakti and Friends, Saturday, November 22nd, 7:30-9:30 pm

• Partner Yoga
, Cypresse Emery and Meta Hirschl 
  Sunday, December 14, 2-5 pm 


• Ayurveda and Yoga
Neil Patel, MD 
  Sunday, January 11, 2009  2-5 pm

• YogaDay USA
  Saturday, January 24, 1-3:30 pm

• Understanding Chakras

  Neil Patel, MD Sunday, February 8, 2-5 pm


• Chakra Mapping
Cypresse Emery
  Sunday, March 8, 2-5 pm 


Coming in the Summer 2009….

Locovore Yoga Retreat…Into the Wild: Past Present and Future
A Camping / Yoga Experience
Jemez Falls Camp Ground
June 2009, 3 days Wednesday-Sunday
Cypresse and Meta 

Teaching Training Apprentice Program

The next session of the YogaNow Teacher Training Apprentice Program begins October 5, 2008…call for more information, 232-4717.

Did you Know?

The New Mexico Solar Energy Association invites you to the Solar Fiesta!

DATE: September 20-21, 2008
LOCATION: Highland High School, 10am-5pm
Solar Fiesta

Folks interested in lowering their energy bills will benefit from this year’s Solar Fiesta. Use ideas at the Fiesta to plan your route to increased energy independence and increased comfort in your home through conservation, efficiency and renewable energy. As you increase the energy-efficiency of your surroundings, your wallet will be buffered from increasing energy costs and our environment will be buffered from overuse.

On another note: If you have been spending about $2 a call to get info from 411, you should check this out…and versatile:  Goog411