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 This is a photo of Amma that I have..  She used to be in my studio,  now she is in my home.. smiling at me..  I have a larger portrait of Amma that I am willing to sell.  It is a black and white pen drawing witha beautiful frame.. if interested, let me know and i'll send details.  Update:  I am still teaching two classes a week: Tuesday 9:30-10:45 at Peace and  Thursdays, outdoors in Circle Pines 5-6:15pm .. We will be back at Peace starting mid October..  I am also teaching two classes at the Rookery in Lino Lakes (used to be a YMCA), now it is a community center..  Tuesdays 3:45-4:15 tabatha                  4:30-5:30 yoga beautiful setting right at the end of a bike trail that winds thru the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes!!

 4 sale:  yoga books, blocks, sandbags, bolsters..   I am getting rid of a lot of yoga cds, and all things used for yoga /pilates classes..  I have about 3 big balls.. Lots of books.. I will post photos sometime today or tonight..   Located in Shoreview..  I teach my classes at Peace United Church , 5050 hodgeson road

 Do everything with a mind that lets go.  Do not expect any praise or reward If you let go a little, you experience a little peace.  If you let go a lot, you experience a lot of peace.  If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom Your struggle with the world will have come to an end." ~ Ajahn Chah

 If you have had a yoga or pilates class with me, or a massage...swedish or thai massage, please write a bit about what you liked.  I am accepting new students and clientForte! Can submit them here or send me via email.   After several years of subbing in the schools I am deciding I would really rather grow my business and help people to  tune into themselves, and how to handle the stress in their lives thru my various modalities.  I've been at it for 20+ years.  This is my forte!

  I recently read part of this book and I highly recommend it .  I especially like the subtitle :  My Yoga of Self Acceptance.  That is really what Yoga is all about isn't it ?   not how far or deep you can go into a pose.   As a student of Buddhism I like to share  snippets of articles that I read  in books and  magazines like the quote that follows from tricycle:  We spread thoughts of goodwill for all the world, that we don’t wish anyone any harm. We wish that all beings could find  happiness . So why are we sitting here with our eyes closed? (in meditation).  Why aren’t we going out there, making people happy? Because happiness is something that has to come from within. It’s based on being skillful in the way you act, which includes not only your physical actions, but also your  speech  and the actions of your mind—and in particular, the act of intention. This is because it’s through our intentions that we shape the world we experience, along with the amount of pleasure or pa

 Updated as of july 22 2022. (Cool date!)   We will be outdoors for this thurs pm class. If weather is bad, we can be under the shelter or zoom. New time 5-6:15pm at the labyrinth at the clock tower roundabout in Circle Pines.  Please contact me with your interest.   Here is an interesting read about emotions by Jeff Foster. I CANNOT LOSE MYSELF. I used to be terrified of feelings, my own feelings and the feelings of others.  I believed that if I went too deeply into feelings, if I let them exist for too long in me, if I allowed them to live in my body, I would go mad, or I would be destroyed by them somehow. Or they would never leave, and I would get “stuck” in them forever, sucked into their dark heart, no way out.  I feared “losing myself” in feelings. I feared my own fear. I had anxiety about having anxiety. I was angry with my own anger. Like many, I believed that I had dark, sinful, dangerous energies inside of me, and that I had to avoid these ‘demons’ at all costs. This was all

 We are a small group doing yoga outside at Golden Lake Park tomorrow am. 9:30-10:45.  Be prepared with a  blanket  or sheet to lay on the grassy ground . Cost for new students is $10. Previous students pay $16 if u purchase 3 or more. Or 18 for a single class.