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September's Harvest Moon
If you have been coming to Heartsong Yoga for Full Moon Sunday classes, held on or nearest the full moon once a month, you have already heard of these moons: The Wolf Moon, the Snow Moon, the Worm Moon, the Pink Moon, the Flower Moon, the Strawberry Moon, the Buck Moon, the Sturgeon Moon, the Harvest Moon, the Hunter's Moon, the Beaver Moon, the Cold Moon.
They're really all the same Moon, of course, but long before the advent of modern calendars people named the full Moons of a year to keep track of time. These fanciful names have been handed down through the generations and they are still a part of modern Moon lore.
The Harvest Moon is no ordinary full moon; it behaves in a special way. Throughout the year the Moon rises, on average, about 50 minutes later each day. But near the autumnal equinox, which comes this year on Sept. 23rd, the day-to-day difference in the local time of moonrise is only 30 minutes. The Moon will rise around sunset tonight--and not long after sunset for the next few evenings.
That comes in handy for northern farmers who are working long days to harvest their crops before autumn. The extra dose of lighting afforded by the full Moon closest to the equinox is what gives the Harvest Moon its name. In the southern hemisphere, this week's full Moon behaves in exactly the opposite way: there will be an extra long time between moonrises from one evening to the next.
Join Beth this Sunday night at 6 pm to learn more about the The Harvest Moon, and enjoy a spirited playful yoga class. $14.00 to drop in, or use your class card, or FREE for monthly members, no pre registration required. All Levels welcome, and all ages junior high school and above.
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New on the Heartsong's Calendar
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Astanga Yoga with
Master Teacher Beryl Bender Birch
Beryl Bender Birch, a renowned visionary and author of Power Yoga and Beyond Power Yoga, has been an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness since l971. With degrees in philosophy and comparative religion, Beryl has traveled extensively in India, has been teaching yoga for 33 years, and training yoga teachers as "spiritual revolutionaries" since l980. In 2000 she was named by Yoga Journal as one of only seven American women in their "Innovators Shaping Yoga Today" issue. She is the director-founder of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute.
Sheila Magalhaes, director of Heartsong Yoga, has been a student of Beryl's since 1996 and has taken over 500 hours of teacher training hours with her, as well as many more weekends and events studying, assisting and enjoying her friendship with BBB.
Please join us for this rare opportunity to meet Beryl at Heartsong Yoga, as she "passes through" our area while visiting and guest teaching at her student's studio's in the northeast.
Saturday, October 20, 11 am to 2:00 pm, $50.00.(Heartsong Monthly Members $45.) (at the door, $60.00)
In this afternoon workshop we will do primary series, explore some second series back bending, do a little meditation, a little talking, ask some questions, breathe, and learn to simply pay attention! Challenging, hot, and lots of fun! All students welcome who enjoy a vigorous, strengthening yoga practice of any tradition are welcome to this event.
Pre registration is requested, but walk ins are always warmly welcomed.
To learn more about Beryl Click Here
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Next Saturday's Retreat Day
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Day Long Workshop with Sudha, Carolyn Lundeen
Give it a Break, a Day of Renewal and Rejuvination
Do you need a retreat day?
Are you seeking respite from life's stresses & health challenges? Do you have chronic health concerns?
Are you in need of a stronger immune system? Would you like to create your own Stress Management Toolbox? Would you like to learn more about Yoga?
Saturday, September 29, 2007, 11 am to 4:30 pm
Special price: $75.00 pre registered and pre paid, or on $90.00 at the door. (Heartsong members, $65.00 or $80.00) We will break for lunch, you can bring a bagged lunch or go out to a local restaurant.
Experience Gentle Yoga: to release tight shoulders and hips. Enjoy guided meditation and visualization: to quiet the Mind. Experience Yoga Nidra: the yoga of deep rest & healing. Explore and Dialog: to learn about ways that we might sabotage our health.
Sudha Carolyn Lundeen offers private and group classes and workshops in yoga, meditation, breathing, healing, and Ayurvedic Lifestyle around the country.. A GYN-Oncology Cancer Nurse and an 18 year breast cancer survivor, she specializes in supportive coaching of healthy lifestyles and helping others navigate the experience of cancer back into wholeness and Life. She has 20 years at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health as a senior workshop and seminar leader, Yoga Instructor/Therapist, Director of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association, Health and Lifestyle Coach, Healer and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist. Her Kripalu Yoga video has won 3 awards.
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Family Yoga Class
Back by Popular Demand!
Sunday, September 30,
Join director Sheila Magalhaes for this playful exploration of the practice of yoga, appropriate for all ages, especially those who just want to have some fun and enjoy a light hearted approach to practicing as a family and a community. Expect to make some noise, to celebrate animals and nature, and to enjoy some partner yoga. All are welcome, families, friends, and all yoga buddies of all ages. Find the yoga kid inside yourself! (next classes Nov. 4, and Dec. 9)
$5.00 per person, all ages, walk ins welcome!
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Parking Lot Reminder!
Starting next Monday, the entire 264 Condo East building's parking lot is going to be re claimed and re paved. There will be no parking in our lot for the entire week!
During the day
Park at the Forestiere Funeral Home's lower lot only.
In the Evening
Park at the Reminder Publication's parking lot.
(We are very grateful for our generous neighbors, and ask for your patience over the upcoming week.)
We look forward to seeing you at one of our amazing events this season. Please visit our updated class schedule for ongoing drop in classes, and take the time to visit our website for details of upcoming events.
Namaste,
Sheila and Tony
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