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Inside - May 2019
 

Terry's Thoughts

Rehoboth Beach Yoga Offerings

Community

A Month of Sundays, by Kelly Sharp

Svaroopa Vidya Ashram Fundraiser

Class Schedule Survey

Blanket 101

Yoga for the Road

Walk like a Svaroopi

Learn to Meditate Easily

Private Sessions

Travels with Terry

Feedback Wanted

Yoga Funnies/Deep Thoughts

Class Schedule

Upcoming Events
 

We teach Svaroopa® yoga at Rehoboth Beach Yoga. In Svaroopa® yoga, the focus is on releasing tension in the muscles around your spine. We get that release with precise alignments and support in the poses. In addition to our daily classes (check out our schedule!), we're offering the following asana events:

Sunday, May 5 - Yoga for the Road, 1pm-4pm $45

Sunday, May 12 - Free Yoga Class, 1pm

Friday, May 31 - Swamiji's Shaktipat Celebration, 7pm-9pm Free
 

We teach Svaroopa® Vidya Meditation at Rehoboth Beach Yoga. If you want to start a meditation practice, restart your practice, or are a regular meditator, we have programs to support you! We're offering the following meditation events in May:

Wednesday, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 -
Weekly Meditation Satsang Group, 6pm-7:30pm Free

Friday, May 31 - Swamiji's Shaktipat celebration, 7pm-9pm Free


 

Photo used courtesy of Svaroopa Vidya Ashram

Mark your calendars for a special celebration at Rehoboth Beach Yoga in honor of Swamiji's Shaktipat anniversary - Friday, May 31st from 7pm-9pm. This free program will include asana, a special discourse, short meditation, and some social time with tea and cookies. We hope you can join us to spend time with your kula, your yoga community. Find out more here. 

You may be aware that we are a mere two hours from Svaroopa Vidya Ashram, home of Sadguru Swami Nirmalananda, and the teacher training school (Lokananda) where immersions in Svaroopa® yoga and Svaroopa® Vidya meditation are offered. Terry and Sandy spent several days up there in Deceptive Flexibility in April. Kelly will be heading up for two courses in May - a Shaktipat Retreat and Treating Pain. It's always great when your teachers return from training - refreshed, renewed and revitalized. We all benefit!

Of course, trainings aren't the only reason for heading up to Lokananda. Swami Sunday happens most weeks, and consists of two programs. The Guru Gita begins at 8:30am, which means a 6am departure. If chanting (or a 6am departure) is not for you, please consider heading up at 10am for satsang. Swami Nirmalananda will lead the group in another (shorter) chant, and then offer some teachings. Kelly attends Swami Sundays a couple of times a month, and would love to have you join her! She will be going on Sunday, May 12th and Sunday, May 26th. If neither of those dates work, she will also be going up on June 16th and June 30th. If you're interested in attending both the Guru Gita and Satsang, you are welcome to hit the road with Kelly at 6am. If you would like to meet her up there later for Satsang, she can coordinate that with you. And, if you had time, we could certainly avail ourselves to lunch afterwards at one of the many delicious restaurants in the area. What a great way to spend a Sunday... on a yoga field trip! Email Kelly with any questions or to make some plans.

Travels with Terry
 

    In 2003 I organized my first week long yoga travel adventure. I took 9 students, partly made up of friends and family that were taking my classes, to Pura Vida Spa Yoga and Retreat Center in my beloved Costa Rica. The spa was In the center of the country close to the Airport in San Jose. Everyone loved the experience. We had a yoga class in the morning before breakfast then went out to explore the rainforest, or take a zip line, a white water rafting trip, or hike to an extinct volcanic lake. We had another yoga class before dinner. We would linger into the evening in the open air eating area with seekers from different groups and the therapists until they started to turn out the lights. Some moved to the outdoor hot tub with the view of the city at night and the stars above. It was heavenly. The resort was beautiful and rustic, all enclosed in 12 acres, so it was small and intimate.Our rooms were very comfortable, no phones, no TV, only a coffee pot with great local coffee  and usually a lovely view.
    After two successful trips, Kim Abplanalp Joined me and we began to build a growing group and a growing adventure for our students . The experience of two classes per day in these  relaxed surroundings had an effect on the participants. They came home to a more dedicated practice, and many took Foundations teacher training - some to teach, and others to deepen their personal practice. 
       At night from the balconies,  the city looked like a giant bowl of sparkling diamonds! We soaked in the the newness of this unique experience. The yoga studios were well equipped and beautiful. The food was glorious, healthy and freshly prepared with love and attention. The spa services were extraordinary and beyond what we were accustomed to. It all felt very exotic. And then there was the staff and people.... we fell in love... we went every year for six years. And then a space opened up in their sister spa in Tulum, Mexico! To be continued.....

Yoga Funnies and Deep Thoughts
Memes are everywhere these days, and you'll find some great ones on our Facebook page
Do you have a favorite meme? Share it with us, and we may include it here! Email Kelly