BARBARA BORIS Yoga

“NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS“
A Special New Year’s EVE Yoga Class
Friday, December 31, 11:00 a.m – 1:00 p.m.
at Mountain View Studio

Come to this special meditative Yoga Class to close out the year and to prepare for the next. We will chant mantras, make personal affirmations, sit for meditation as well as practice Iyengar yoga. Note this is NOT a Restorative Class! Open to all levels and students of all schools of yoga. $20 or use your class card. Hour and half class cards holders pay an extra $4. This class will take the place of the regular Friday Class.

“NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS“
A Special New Year’s DAY Yoga Class
Saturday, January 1, 2011, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
at Mountain View Studio

Ring in the New Year with a special meditative AND energizing class. We will sit for meditation AND work off any residual ill-effects of last night’s parties…. Open to all levels and students of all schools of yoga. $20 or use your class card. Hour and half class cards holders pay an extra $4.

Sunday, January 2, General Level Class, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
On as usual. $15 or use your class card.

NPR: Morning Edition
Yoga: A Positively Un-Indian Experience
http://n.pr/dJU9xj

If you didn’t hear this, give it a listen. 4 minutes commentary about Indians and Yoga. Unfortunately when he interviewed Kate, the director of Enlighten Up, she talked about KPJ not BKS. The fact is that the majority of students in classes at the Iyengar Institute in Pune are Indians. NPR, get the reporting straight please.

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If the weather is questionable I WILL POST NOTICE OF THE CLASS CANCELLATION TWO HOURS BEFORE CLASS START TIME. That way those of you who drive some distance will know what’s going on before you set out. PLEASE check one of the following modalities on Snow Days to see if class is on. I have a huge email list from all over the world and I don’t want to bother the people who aren’t local about class details.

My WEBSITE: http://barbaraborisyoga.com/
or  http://woodstockyoga.net

My YOGA PHONE message: 845 679-3728
(PLEASE do not call my home number, thank you!)

My FACEBOOK Page: http://www.facebook.com/woodstockyoga
(Please “Like” me for instant updates!)

My TWITTER Account: http://twitter.com/woodstockyoga
(Please “Follow Me” for instant updates!)

I will also “try” to email the most current students if I have your email address. I don’t promise that I will do it every storm. This means if you normally come to that class, you might get an email. Make sure I have your most updated email. If you haven’t been to class in 2 months, I won’t be emailing you.

I apologize for anyone that showed up for class on Monday. But there WAS a blizzard going on! I was not plowed out and the roads had not been cleared by my house.

CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF FAITH AND JOY

Faith is based on genuineness, trusting in yourself and your vision. You are not faking anything, and you are not trying to impress anybody. Faith inspires discipline, which is not based on punishment or arbitrary rules and authority, but rather on becoming thoroughly gentle and genuine. Discipline guides you and shows you how to live in the warrior’s world. With this unwavering discipline, the warrior takes joy in the journey and joy in working with others. This joy is like music, which celebrates its own rhythm and melody. The celebration is continuous, in spite of the ups and downs of life.

Adapted from Slogan 20 in Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior: Book and Card Set, by Chogyam Trungpa. To subscribe to weekly Trungpa quotes, see more quotes online, or read the Ocean of Dharma blog, visit their website at http://oceanofdharma.com

Sanskrit for FAITH = SHRADDHA

Iyengar’s definition of Shraddha from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Pada I, Sutra 20

SHRADDHA = trust which comes from revelation, faith, confidence, reverence

Level I – II Iyengar Yoga Class
Mountain View Studio
Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010
10:00 – 11:30

Class will be calming AND energizing.
Recover/reflect on your holidays AND burn off a few calories.
Forward extensions AND backward extensions will be done.

Friday, Dec 24, 10:30-12:30
at my HOME STUDIO in Woodstock

Level II /III practitioners only. $20.
We will be working with ALL the props…
it will be sort of a “round robin,” yoga “power circuit” back bend class.
Please have no injuries or problems….
Email me asap if you want to come.  I will send you directions and parking instructions.

OM!

Thank you Janine for your wisdom and beauty.
You will be missed here in Woodstock and all over. Safe Travels. OM.

Kitchen Dream

In my room over the kitchen
in Barranco, the shadow of incense
curls across the wooden floor
I lean over the kingdom
of my possessions, and just like that
one day
the smoke will stop

A pigeon lands outside my door
and coos coming in and
out of silence
like a life
lit up for a moment
like someone at the mouth of a river
rushing out to sea.

–Barranco, Lima, Peru, September 1993

From Janine Pommy Vega’s book Mad Dogs of Trieste: New & Selected Poems

This week on Dec. 14, 2010
BKS Iyengar turns 92 years young
Woodstock will celebrate & honor him during
TODAY’s
Sunday Morning General Level Class
10-11:30 a.m.
Mountain View Studio

We will chant mantras for continued long life of Guruji, reminisce on his life and teachings, practice a sequence especially designed by the yoga master himself and of course, birthday cards, candles and “cake!”