Hayfever time is upon us... I found a homeopathic medicine that works very well !

it's called Pollen/hayfever Relief by BioAllers.

about $8 for 1 oz bottle.

You just put a few drops of this liquid under your tongue and you get relief for about 4 hours without the sleepy side effects.

Available at health food stores. I found it at Whole Foods and the IYI Natural Pharmacy.

OM Shanthi

My Teaching Schedule :

Integral Yoga in Greenwich Village :

Tuesday April 3 6.30PM Hatha I/II
Monday April 9 6.00PM Yoga Nidra / Deep Relaxation

Tuesday April 10 6.30PM Hatha I/II
Tuesday April 17 6.30PM Hatha I/II

Tuesday April 24 6.30PM Hatha I/II
Tuesday May 1st 6.30PM Hatha I/II
Tuesday May 8th 6.30PM Hatha I/II

Classes are 90 minutes (but I tend to go over....)

East West Yoga - 14th Street/Fifth Ave

Saturday May 12 10AM- 11.15AM Hatha Open Level

I will be doing the Thurs night classes in Soho with Dawn soon.....
yoga by candlelight... how wonderful.

Golden Bridge Yoga NYC

New yoga place in town from San Francisco ! Golden Bridge is known for its Kundalini and vinyasa yoga and it's the "in" place on the West Coast. They are located downtown by Chinatown/Little Italy and occupy a lovely brownstone building. Satya Jewelry shares the ground floor level so should you be interested in a little shopping, it's all there for you.

If you are a new student, they have a special introductory rate of $40 for one month's worth of unlimited classes ! Make sure you ask about it before you take a class !

Saturdays they have a Community class at 430PM -- and the fee is by donation. They donate the proceeds to a local project (like a school.... )

At the end of class, their closing chant is most lovely. I offer the blessing here for you :

May the long time sun shine upon you
All Love surround you
And the pure Light within you
Guide your way on


Golden Bridge Yoga
253 Centre Street - B'tween Broome and Grand Streets
NYC
212 343 8191

Just do yoga.
OM

Ravi Singh, a great kundalini teacher, sent me an email and I extracted this little story from it for you.

"Swami Satchidananda told a story, in a DVD presented at our event last weekend at Yogaville in Virginia, which illustrates this point: We spend our lives running after our shadows, which remain always just out of our reach. When finally, out of frustration, we turn away from our shadows and towards the light, our shadows run after us.

Kundalini Yoga is both a path and a process. As with all forms of self discipline, there is a dynamic tension created between where we've been and where we're going. Remember, it's darkest before the dawn. Keep your eyes on the prize! We hope you will be inspired to keep up and blossom."

Yoga Accessories
Don't know about you, but I frequently feel I am being gouged when I see the prices of yoga accessories...so at last, I found a place that sells reasonably priced yoga stuff !
They have everything you could want, bolsters, straps, mats, DVDs ....
www.yogaaccessories.com

Just do yoga.

And it's raining in NYC.

OM Shanti

TIBET HOUSE MEDITATION

With Sharon Salzberg

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about meditation with one of our leading Masters. Sharon Salzberg is a Buddhist monk, and a wonderful speaker. She is casual, funny and confused at the rest of us, yet brings the ancient Buddhist teachings to life for us today as we run around NYC. This lecture series is well worth attending. $10 suggested Donation per evening.

She has written many highly acclaimed books, you can check them out at your local bookstore. Sharon also has a meditation retreat up in New England.

The lectures are held on Tues evenings at 7PM - 9PM.

May 15- May 29

June 12 - June 26

Tibet House -- 22 West 15th Street, NYC

www.tibethouse.org

We are so lucky to live here in NYC. It is only here that we have the opportunity to be so easily exposed to these great teachers of yoga and meditation. I hope you take advantage of this.

Hari OM.

45 Minute Yoga Class at Jivamukti Yoga

I was at Jivamukti last night and I noticed that they have a monthly $108 unlimited yoga for their 45 minute classes. Seems pretty darn good to me. And their schedule provides lots of these classes so you dont have to rearrange your life to fit one in (I guess that's the point).

Double checked their website today , but didnt see any prices listed.

They charge $2 rental for their mats.

But I think it is certainly worth looking into this ! they have an uptown school and the main one at Union Square.

Just do YOGA !!

Hari OM : )

TANTRIC YOGA
That got your attention, right ?

Before we get started, yes, Tantra does/can involve sex but it is more about opening your chakras and feeling the energy of Shiva Shakti merge into the ONE energy that we already are. Tan means Expansion. Tra means Liberation. It's about being aware. It is raising your consciousness, using the vehicle of love making, and allowing you to feel the cosmic energies rising in the shushumna. once you experience that, the idea is to be able to control that power and break through barriers that hold you back and focus it into your daily life for success and abundance and self enlightenment. Sexual energy is the most powerful energy and tantra is about learning how to contain that power so that you can use it in a constructive way.

Secondly, be warned that anything with the word tantra in the title attracts sex wierdos in the audience. That is why a lot of the tantric lectures are expensive... it's a way of weeding out people who are not serious, or people who think they are going to participate in a free orgy. Thirdly, please be aware that tantra is a spiritual practice -- in it's purest form, sex is but a miniscule part of the practice -- the true practice is to find your own Divine Bliss through non-duality.

Charles Muir is an acclaimed teacher and interpreter of the ancient tantric practices. you can look up his books on Amazon.com.

Tantra, the art of conscious loving
presented by Charles Muir and Leah Alchin
** no nudity or sexual activity involved. couples and singles are welcome.***

Fri May 4 7-11PM
Sat & Sun May 5-6 10AM-9PM Fee: $450
212 777 0794
www.sourcetantra.com

Free preview
April 10 6-9pm Meta Center 214 W 29th Street 16th Floor NYC


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