Ayurveda and Yoga to Support Gentle Spring Cleansing

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sketchVeronica Wolffe returns to the studio to teach us more about the fascinating science of Ayurvedics!
May 5th,  3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
1.5 hours of wonderful Iyengar Yoga and 1.5 hours of Ayurvedic Knowledge

(Pipal leaf Yoga students may use their class card to cover the class, all others will be charged the drop-in fee: $17  and $13 for seniors and students)

The cost of the workshop is $25.

Veronica will cover basic Ayurvedic Science and then explore “cleansing” in a safe and sacred way as done for thousands of years in India. Please pre-register for this course by cash or check $25 (state if you are a current student) to Pipal Leaf Yoga Studio.  Your deposit for the Ayurvedic portion will hold your space. Limited to 20 students.

Beginner’s Series

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Mondays, April 1st – May 13th
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
*no class April 15th

Designed for beginners and those who want to refresh their Yoga practice.

Over the course of six weeks, new students will be introduced by Beth Cohen to a variety of beginner level poses; they’ll learn to use props and stay safe through alignment basics. Upon completion, students will feel ready and able to enter open level drop-in classes with confidence!

Pre-registration is required. Stop by the studio for a registration form.
$90 cash or check required. Space is limited to 12 students. Your spot is reserved upon receipt of payment.

Please contact the studio with any questions or concerns:  pipalleafyoga@gmail.com

Mindfulness Based Meditation

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The 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month,
beginning February 24th – May 5th
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Pipal Leaf Meditation Room

This program is designed to lift the mystery of meditation and enable students to begin a practice that can continuously be built on.

Pre-registration is required and is limited to 12 people.
$60 cash or check required to secure registration for 6 classes.

For further information please email Margaret at pipalleafyoga@gmail.com

The studio will be open from 4 – 6p.m. for individuals seeking a quiet, sacred space to reflect prior to the 6:00 p.m. program.

Rising Lotus Yoga

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Rising Lotus Yoga  Wednesdays 4:00 p.pm – 5:15 p.m.

Classes Suspended until the Fall

Yoga with Teen Girls in Mind! 

Join Margaret for a 6 week Yoga journey created just for High School girls. Come relax into the beautiful space of Pipal Leaf Studio and feel what Yoga is all about. Whether you want to improve focus, creativity and your self-esteem or gain the flexibility and strength to take sports or life to the next level, you’ll love this easy-going, fun class! Yoga to open your heart and mind and explore who you truly are.

To register, please contact pipalleafyoga@gmail.com. Please Pre-register for this class with payment ($80), cash or check made out to Pipal Leaf Yoga.

Mindfulness Based Meditation

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The 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month,
beginning February 24th – May 5th
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Pipal Leaf Meditation Room

This program is designed to lift the mystery of meditation and enable students to begin a practice that can continuously be built on.

Pre-registration is required and is limited to 12 people.
$60 cash or check required to secure registration for 6 classes.

For further information please email Margaret at pipalleafyoga@gmail.com

The studio will be open from 4 – 6p.m. for individuals seeking a quiet, sacred space to reflect prior to the 6:00 p.m. program.

Partner Yoga Thursday

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“Like any chemical reaction,
when two things make contact,
both are transformed.”  Carl Jung

Partner Yoga, Thursday, February 14th
7:15 – 8:30 p.m.

Union is the essence of yoga, and practicing postures with another person can deepen one’s understanding of Yoga.
Whether it is your life partner, friend or Yoga buddy enhance your body-heart-mind-spirit connection through the use of Yoga, compassion, trust and creativity. All level students are welcome. Current students-bring a partner and get your class for free. (The partner/friend must be a new student to get the free class).

“A penny for your thoughts….” Meditation room opens

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Meditation Room Opens:  5 – 6 p.m. The 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. 

“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.”
― Voltaire

Happy New Year to all!  With the holidays behind us, along with most of our resolutions, we can finally move forward with hope for a year filled with peace, love and mindfulness. All of us, with great vigor and determination, decide on what we will do or change as one year slips into the next.  It is no surprise to any of us that many of these aspirations end up being vacant lots in our minds.

I never make resolutions and really never have.  I know myself better than that.  I do know if I have the desire to pursue something new it will have to come from within me, somewhere deep down in my soul being and guided by Self.

Yoga is what I love – it is my “determined practice” and I could not imagine my life without it.  Meditation practice, on the other hand has always been a struggle for me to keep committed to.  Isn’t it odd that no matter how inept we are at somethig we still need to practice. Beethoven I am certain practiced as did Picasso or Cezanne.  They practiced relentlessly and not always with the results they were reaching for, but each had a shining moment(s) at one time or another.

Meditation practice follows the same school of thought; practice makes perfect. Except in meditation we seek no perfection or thought.  Time and time again I sit and time and time again I hope for one of those moments where I feel one with everything. Yes, this has occured, rarely, but it has.  So daily, I bring myself to the studio altar, I light a candle and an incense, close my eyes, quiet (or try to) my mind and hope for the best. What is the best? The best is that moment and that is all I can hope for.

I continue to have a meditation practice and I am again honored to assist Jack Kornfield at Kripalu for the third year.  His workshop take place Feb. 3rd – Feb. 8th.  If you have a regular meditation practice I highly suggest attending and if you don’t have a regular meditation practice I highly recommend going.  One never knows where the mind will go and as Jack Kornfield say, “My mind is like a bad neighborhood. I try not to go there alone.”