Saugerties Yoga

How are you feeling after this week? Maybe you feel unsteady, unsure of what to do next to make a difference, or fluctuating between emotions. Maybe you don't feel anything. For me, events like those this week remind me to take a pause and look at my actions. What can I do to make this world a truly better place? Then listening to the answer and seeing if I'm on that path or not.... Sometimes, we have to switch our approach. We may need to do more, or do differently. If you're asking these questions, or feeling uneasy, Saturday's 9am class is for you. We'll be focused on relaxing, releasing, and equally important strengthening our bodies and minds for what's to come. Want to come but can't swing the drop-in fee? Just message us and we'll send you the link for this week. Photo by @megancardonephoto

Yoga for Autism teacher training starts tomorrow! Join us for this in-depth 100-hour training, all online. Led by Sharon Manner and a team of experts you'll leave the training ready to support people with autism as well as their caregivers. Sharon is considered the expert of using yoga to support people in the autism community. She has over 35 years of yoga and mediation practice.... She has experienced first hand how yoga helps to reduce stress for autistic people. For the past 11 years, inspired by parenting a 24-year-old daughter with autism, Sharon developed and presented programs exclusively tailored to benefit individuals on the spectrum. Her work has positively impacted the lives of thousands of adults and children throughout the United States and Canada along with more than 150 individuals trained to bring Yoga for Autism into their schools and community organizations that serve individuals with autism. Join us in this latest group. We'll be meeting each Saturday, January 9-March 6, 10:30am-5:30pm. Have to miss a week? That's okay! All will be recorded and available for you to watch on replay! Learn more here: https://samadhisun.teachable.com/p/yoga-for-autism1

Phew, it's 2021! May it bring all the joy and happiness you desire. To start the year off strong, I've recorded an 80-minute workshop allowing us to celebrate 2021, set our intentions for the day ahead, and honor the lessons of 2020. Throughout our time together we'll do yoga, meditate, and set our intentions for the year ahead through journaling and other exercises.... Tiered pricing available, with rates starting at just $11. (As always, Saugerties Monthly Members, this is free for you and already in your members area!) Start the year strong and join me in welcoming in 2021 and all that it promising it bring our way. And however you choose to celebrate the new year, and whatever your intentions or resolutions may be, know that you are capable of reaching them! Learn more here: https://saugertiesyoga.newzenler.com/courses/celebrating2021 Photo by @megancardonephoto

It’s the full moon in cancer tonight at 10:28. Read more below

It is when it's darkest that our light stands out the brightest. As the days get shorter, and nights longer we have the powerful opportunity to turn inward and reflect. Join Sarah & Sarah for a free Moon Magic event to celebrate the winter solstice tonight, Sunday, at 6pm. We'll come together to discuss the astrological highlights of the solstice and then provide a meditation and exercise to bring this information into your body so you can truly make the most of this po...werful time. A recording will be available for those who can't attend live. Sign up here for the replay or Zoom link for tonight: https://forms.gle/uYsWGfSEuLvQr7Xk7 Photo by @megancardonephoto

Can you feel them? As the days get shorter sending you all the love and support you need. Want more good vibes and energy? Join us on the mat, from the comfort and ease of your home. Thursday schedule:... 6:15am morning flow with Sarah 8am pranayama with Sarah Friday is our philosophy class at 6pm, where we'll continue to explore the first limb of yoga, the Yama. Or join us for a quick yoga flow to transition into your weekend Friday at 5:30pm. #goodvibes

EARLY BIRD RATES AVAILABLE UNTIL 12/22! Yoga is a powerful practice, allowing us to improve our health, strength and flexibility while increasing our sense of peace. You probably experience this regularly as a yogi yourself! What you might not know is that for people on the autism spectrum, yoga is an even more powerful practice.... In addition to the benefits typically associated with yoga, autistic individuals also experience a reduction of pain, anxiety, aggression, obsessive behaviors, and self-stimulatory activities with consistent yoga. They frequently also have greater success making new friends and regulating emotions. But while yoga frequently empowers people on the spectrum, there is a way to teach it safely that doesn’t harm or create overwhelm. In fact, while many yoga postures and breathing exercises are helpful and grounding to people in the autism community, there are others poses that should be avoided. If not appropriately taught, certain yoga postures and breathing techniques can be overstimulating, thus creating harmful results physically, mentally and emotionally for those on the spectrum. Knowing the skills to effectively provide yoga to each individual on the autism spectrumwho each have their own unique responses, abilities, and historyrequires scientific and yogic knowledge, along with empathy and patience. That knowledge and skill is carefully broken down, step-by-step and pose-by-pose throughout a new program we’re happy to support: Yoga for Autism. All proceeds will be donated to @ashrams4autism, which is dedicated to providing yoga in schools and facilities for the autism and special needs communities. Check out the details here: https://samadhisun.teachable.com/p/yoga-for-autism1

It's the start of the new week and the new moon. There's a magic about beginnings and all the potential they bring. But sometimes it can be challenging to start those beginnings. It's scary. It's messy and complicated. And we're all a bit messy and complicated and afraid as well when stepping into the unknown.... The true magic happens from moving forward, showing up, even with that fear. What's on your list for the week? Where do you feel a bit of fear? Notice that and see how you can step into it. What support or help do you need to do that safely? No surprise here, but for us yoga is one of the best tools to work through that fear and into inspired action. Monday Schedule: 9am with Anna (75 minutes) Tuesday Schedule: 6am and 6pm flow with Sarah 8am meditation with Sarah

Take a moment to relax this evening with a gratitude practice and gentle yoga.

What are you grateful for at this moment? Taking time, even 30 seconds, each morning before you start your day to practice gratitude is such a gift for yourself, and those you interact with throughout the day. Wherever you read this, I invite you take a few moments for this simple practice: 1. Close your eyes, or at least allow them to rise up and leave your phone 2. Take 3 deep breaths... 3. Start listing in your mind all of the things you're grateful for Step 3 is the hard part. Sometimes it's hard to get the gratitude ball rolling. If that's the case for you today, start small. Consider the weather. Check in with your body. Open your eyes and look around you. Sometimes when I'm doing this practice on a rough day I'll start with a simple truth I can always count on. For me, it's that "my mom loves me." After you say the first thing, other things you're grateful for will start rising. If they don't? Just keep breathing and repeating the one or two that do come to mind. Let me know below what came up for you today! If you want to practice a free gratitude meditation, I'd like to invite you to join me for a wonderful holiday marketplace that @samanthazee is hosting today. I'll be joined by a host of beautiful people and small businesses with their holiday offerings. The action starts today at 3, and I'll be leading a free meditation at 7pm taking you deeper into your gratitude practice. Stay for a free yoga class with @gabriellaeve_yoga at 7:30. Some of you will recognize her from taking classes at our studio, she has a beautiful practice and is a truly gifted teacher! Use the link here to join us live, or watch the recording later: https://www.facebook.com/events/131263738610324 Photo by @megancardonephoto

As the nights get longer and darkness is more and more a part of our days, it gives us the opportunity to go inward and get deeper with our yoga practice. Starting today, and happening Sunday's throughout December, @freebird_wellness will be leading us through Yoga & Our Sacred Trinity. Each week we'll use yoga to connect deeper with our body, mind, and spirit. Sessions will be Sunday's at 11am Eastern Time to 12:30pm, and recordings will be available if you can't attend live.... Need an extra incentive? Sign up today with code 20TOGODEEP for $20 off registration. (Monthly members, this is free for you, read my last email for directions on how to sign up, or email me for a reminder!) Remember Kelli is also teaching at 9am this morning, in her uplifting vinyasa flow style, so join for that as well! Like the photo? It's of Tiffany (Lila) at one of her happiest places, the ocean. She'll actually be teaching her workshop from Mexico so it's one more way to bring in the light on the these darker days! Here's the link to join: https://saugertiesyoga.newzenler.com//yoga-our-sacred-trin

Rest & surrender, two of the biggest gifts we can give ourselves, especially as the holiday season ramps up in this far-from-normal year. Join @sunsalutingsocialworker tonight on Zoom at 6pm for our monthly community class supporting the Saugerties Boys & Girls Club. Have other plans to transition into the weekend? Kelli will be back teaching Sunday at 9am.... Sign up for either of both here: https://www.saugertiesyoga.com/classes

Connecting & Exploring Body, Mind & Spirt Yoga is a unique tool that allows us to dive deep and discover new layers of ourselves and others. Join Tiffany (Lila) for a special workshop Sunday's in December: Yoga & Our Sacred Trinity In this workshop we will dive into our sacred trinity - our body, mind and spirit. We will learn how they connect and how we can use yoga as a tool to better understand and develop each part of ourselves.... Each of the four classes, meeting live each Sunday at 11:00am eastern time, will start with a yoga flow, with the intention and focus being on the specific part of the Trinity that we will be expanding on that day. We will then discuss and practice techniques to help us dive into the various components of our Sacred Trinity. On the last day, we will tie all three together and briefly discuss Ayurveda, as this ancient Indian medicine incorporates all three aspects, with the goal of balancing our body for optimal health. Can't attend live? All classes will be uploaded to watch at your convenience. Learn more here: https://saugertiesyoga.newzenler.com//yoga-our-sacred-trin

One thing is certain, we are stronger together. Today is #GivingTuesday and we'd like to highlight two of our non-profit partners that we support throughout the year, @ashrams4autism and the Saugerties Boys & Girls Club. Both of these organizations are doing amazing things, and even more in the face of the demands of 2020. If you are inspired, we invite you to donate to one or both of these organizations.... Ashrams for Autism is currently raising scholarship funds for their January Yoga for Autism training. We're helping to host that and we have several studio students who are attending. These scholarships will make it possible to bring the power of yoga to more people in the autism community. Visit the link below for their donation link. We have two opportunities to support Boys & Girls Club: 1. Join Kelli for our First Friday community class. It is by donation and all donations go to the Boys & Girls Club of Saugerties. 2. Or DM us here or Kelli directly to participate in this year's gift-giving opportunity to help bring the holidays to a local family in need. Sending you all love and gratitude at the start of this holiday season. Ashrams for Autism website for donations: https://www.ashrams4autism.org

Lunar Flow lovers we are so happy to announce that it is back in a new form! Join Sarah tonight at 6pm to discuss the start of eclipse season and tomorrow's full moon. Sign up here for the Zoom link: https://forms.gle/QFth5DtaYWsg5QHR9 PS: Miss the live event? Let us know and we'll send you the recording <3

#FlashbackFriday to when it was still warm enough to wear tank tops outside! Whether you're hitting the internet scouring for #BlackFriday deals, enjoying a relaxing day off, or back to work this Friday take a time to remember a bit of joy this past summer brought you. Big or small, and reach out to the people you enjoyed it with to remind them as well. Was it a moment by yourself? Take a moment to honor that and thank yourself for taking time.... And either way, think about how you can bring in a moment of similar joy as the days grow colder. Something I'm thinking of? Snow yoga! Let me know if you'd be up for some outdoor yoga despite the cooler weather this winter! It's a great day to pick up some snow gear after all... Join us today for a special live yoga class at 9am, with $10 from class going @ashrams4autism's January Yoga for Autism scholarship fund that we're hosting. Sign up here: https://saugertiesyoga.newzenler.com/c/gratitude-connection

What’s not to love about a day focused on gratitude? While this Thanksgiving is different for many of us, and likely more virtual, I’m always down for another opportunity to honor the beauty and blessings in everyday life. Even with COVID. There's a trick to expressing gratitude. Well many, I'm sure, but my favorite is to take a few minutes to write down everything I'm grateful for, big and small. And then from that list pick the one thing that's really calling to you.... Take some time to go deep into that one thing you're grateful for and write down 3-4 sentences why you're grateful for it. Go deep! And then repeat with as many different things as possible. I'll god first with an example: I'm grateful for so many things: my family, my friends, Zoom for keeping us connected and @athleta face masks for supporting my runs and keeping my glasses unlogged. But what I'm most grateful for today is all of you. I'm grateful for you continuing to practice online and outside, for being brave enough to (mostly!) do Zoom with the camera on, for responding to me emails, and texting to say hi and connected. I'm grateful that you have continued to prioritize your self-care in these wild times, and through that commitment have encouraged me to double-down on my own self-care on days I forget it. Thank you all for being a part of this community! Tell me, what are you grateful for? And if you'd like to go deeper in this, I've made a worksheet for you to dive deep. Or join us for our live yoga today and tomorrow at 9am where we'll explore gratitude and connection. $10 of each class will go to @ashram4autism's Yoga for Autism scholarship fund. Link here: https://saugertiesyoga.newzenler.com/c/gratitude-connection

Gratitude is a bit like this. It's the ability to look at our beautiful, but messy and imperfect, lives and see the good. Honor and thank the good. But it's also what gives us the ability and strength to keep moving forward and working for what we want to accomplish next. So today take a moment to be happy. For all those things and relationships that bring you joy, stability, and peace. And then take a few moments to dream and make action towards your intentions and goals.... Let us know, what are you happy for? And what are you working towards next? Schedule for today: 7:30am Vinyasa with Kelli Remember on Thanksgiving and Friday we only have one class each: 9am with Sarah for a special 75 minute class, Gratitude & Connection

We know weekdays can get chaotic, especially a holiday week like this one, leaving almost no time for self-care or exercise. That’s why we have @sawilks coming too you multiple times on Tuesday so you can squeeze in your yoga whenever (and wherever!) time allows. Don't have time for a full class? Take a few minutes to do a few sun salutations between Zoom calls, or to do a bit of alternative nostril breathing before turning to your next project to keep you limber and active t...hrough the day. Feel free to pop in any fitness-related questions you may have and Sarah will answer them for you! Join Sarah live today, Tuesday at: 6:15am for morning flow 8am for meditation 9am Sharon will lead a vinyasa class 6pm Sarah's back with an evening flow Photo by @megancardonephoto

While this Thanksgiving week won't be the same as past years, we'll be here for you with some changes to our schedule: Today, Monday: 9am with Tiffany (Vin Yin) Tuesday: Normal schedule, with Sarah at 6:15 and 8am, Sharon at 9am, and Sarah again at 6pm Wednesday: 7:30 with Kelli... And now for the changes! Thursday, 9am, Connection & Gratitude with Sarah Friday, 9am, Connection & Gratitude with Sarah Join us for one or both of our special Thanksgiving classes. $10 from each class will go to @ashrams4autism's scholarship fund that will go to supporting people who join January's Yoga for Autism training (and our scholarship application is still open if you're interested!). Monthly members, please remember these classes are free for you! Sign up at the link here and you'll also get a free gratitude exercise to complete at your leisure: https://saugertiesyoga.newzenler.com/c/gratitude-connection

One thing is clear, Thanksgiving will look very different for many of us this year! Sarah recently shared with the Poughkepsie Journal how she'll be spending Thanksgiving this year, and the silver-lining in it. HINT: I have so much gratitude to still offering a class to all of you at 9am, while being able to see my grandmother and mom later in the day! Let us know, what are you up to for the holiday? And remember, we'd love to have you for and your household for yoga at 9am T...hursday and Friday! However you spend this week, be sure to take some time for yourself. Be it a walk, meditation, cooking a favorite side dish, or (of course) a few sun salutations. https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com//covid-tha/6262539002/