Newsletter – November 2006
November Yoga News
Hello Everyone,
Lots of news this month so please read all
carefully!
Roshan
Classical Indian Music Concert – this Friday at CU – This
will be GREAT!
Hot
Stone Massage | Thanksgiving
Schedule | The
Wish to Grow Meditation
Roshan
Classical Indian Music Concert
Join us for a free night
of Indian classical music this Friday at the University
of Colorado. Three world renowned musicians, Rajeev Taranath,
Roshan Bhartiya (www.sweetsitar.com), and Arup Chattopadhyay
will perform. Internationally acclaimed performer and award-winning
composer, Rajeev Taranath is today one of the world's leading
exponents of the sarod. In addition to earning a degree from
the Sarladavi Music Institute in Delhi, India, Roshan Jamal
Bhartiya has performed throughout the world, recorded in
Bollywood, played regularly for All India Radio (A-Grade
sitar), and taught at Tritantri Music School in Amsterdam,
Holland from 1971 to 1995. An A-Grade tabla artist of All
India Radio and Doordarshan Television, Arup Chattopadhyay
records and performs frequently for the Indian broadcasting
network. In 1998, Arup was selected by the living legend,
Pandit Ravi Shankar, to accompany him and has since then
been the maestro's accompanist of choice in many concerts
world wide. This is an extraordinary chance for everyone
to see and hear these musical heroes in live performance.
Date/Time: Friday November 3rd, 2006, doors at 6:30pm, concert at 7
pm
Location: Old Main Chapel, University of Colorado-Boulder
(1700 Pleasant St.)
Admission: FREE
Sponsoring Organization: The Cultural Events
Board, University of Colorado Student Union
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Thanksgiving SCHEDULE
No classes from Tuesday 11/21 through Sunday 11/26
Remember
to focus on your blessings and look at what you have, not
what is missing, every day. Gratitude is profoundly therapeutic.
Yogeshwari
travel schedule.
I will be away in India from 11/14
– 11/30. (Please mark your calendars.)
- No morning yoga Thursday
11/16, Tuesday 11/28, and Thursday 11/30.
- We will have
morning classes Wednesday 11/15, Wednesday 11/29, and
Sunday 11/19.
- Classes are on for Thursday 5pm on 11/16 and
11/30.
I have
excellent teachers scheduled for you while I am away. Do
keep up your practice!
The Wish to Grow Meditation
This is such a wonderful tool
for tapping into your Self and letting go of resistance,
negative emotions and whatever tension may be hindering your
bliss. We all hit up against challenging aspects of ourselves
and our lives as we continue to grow spiritually. Sometimes
it feels like things are worse and it is hard. How to gracefully
move through the tough times? I always fall back on this
practice and it NEVER FAILS.
Sit quietly and become aware
of your self, what ever state you may be in . . . Take
a few breaths in through the nose. Just follow your breath
down toward your abdomen and let go a little. Feel your seat
and spread into the earth, kind of nestle and wriggle a bit.
Take your time. You can imagine spreading your base and rooting
down into the earth. Keeping this feeling, sit up tall through
your spine and let your face soften. Draw a breath gently
into the heart center and feel it expand. This may take a
few repetitions. Then, repeat to your self “I wish to surrender,
open and grow” as you begin to exhale. Feel the words and
feel the desire behind the words. Tap into the place inside
of you that wishes to grow. Simply repeat the phrase “I
wish to surrender, open and grow” with your breath. 10
– 15 minutes will go by pretty easily if you immerse yourself
in this practice. Try it every day for a week. Just practice . . . Enjoy the sweet effects.
I’d like to thank Faith, Babaji’s wife, for first teaching
me this up at Shoshoni yoga retreat several years ago.
It was very hard at first for me to sit still, and relax
with meditation. She talked us through the practice and
it permeated me to the core of my heart and is always there.
For more on meditation see www.shoshoni.org.
HAVE a Joyful Thanksgiving and know how GRATEFUL I am for
your support, love and commitment as we continue to grow
together.
Namaste,
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