Classes Schedule

Rise 'n Shine Yoga
10:30-11:45a
Saturday's at
Breathe Joy Yoga
Sharon, MA
(781) 784-4848

Vinyasa Flow Yoga
9:45-10:45a
Bi-Weekly Sunday's
YMCA
N. Attleboro, MA


Reiki I
January 2012
12p $150
(4-5 hours)
Breathe Joy Yoga
Sharon, MA



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Full Calendar...

More classes are always being added to the schedule! Check back soon. And email me if you'd like to see something on the schedule!

What's New

What a month!!! :) We began this month with a new moon solar eclipse on June 1st , then a big energy day on 6/11/11 (that whole 11:11 gateway thing happening every month this year) and then we moved into our Full Moon/Lunar eclipse (image below from google's live youtube of the event) and Summer Solstice (for the northern hemisphere and winter solstice for the southern hemisphere)! Phew had I only known how busy a month it was going to be I might have scheduled a few more vacation days! But it all worked out divinely! :) To boot we will begin July, on July 1st, with another solar eclipse. Be prepared for more energy stirrings! This will be felt by everyone but the level depends upon where you are on your path.

I have been very busy this month with fun creative Design projects. It's been nice to spice up the projects. I've taken on corporate design projects and on the other end of the spectrum I've just finished designing a fun sparkly angel website! Love it! I've also officially received my certification in intermediate Integrated Energy Therapy (more work with the Angel - as I requested). Love it! And I've received my course materials and will begin more Yoga Teacher Training with Sadie Nardini; her Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training. Yay! I just keep adding to my tool box of abilities to assist you and empower you on your path. :)

Update on my book: It is now going to be TWO books! I know I keep saying it's coming but now it really is! I was in a standstill because the book was meant to come in two parts, not one. I have already paid for my publishing services with Balboa press, a division of Hayhouse, and am very excited to get the first installment out there! The name is new and perfect! You're going to love it! My goal is to have my book published on or BEFORE 11/11/11. I will keep you posted!

Life can be fun and interesting. But luckily, we also have the lazy days during these summer months up here in this hemisphere. I'm up for some of those carefree-do-nothing days. :) Although I have a feeling it will be a bit busier than we expect this summer! We'll see!

UPCOMING CLASSES

"Your Soul Loves the Truth"
28-day Soul Coaching® Program, 7-8:30p.m.
Location: My Sacred Yoga Space in Cumberland, RI
As your Certified Soul Coach® I create a safe space within which you can listen to the inner messages from your soul. Through Soul Coaching® you will discover your authentic self, and begin to realize the meaning of your life. This class will get to the route of your old past patterns and zap them for transmutation. Click here to learn more. Begins Sunday, June 17th $175

We still a couple of good warm weekends ahead! Want to make it to the Beach by 9a.m. and still get a good yoga practice in?
Come join me every Saturday morning at 7a.m.
RISE 'n SHINE YOGA, 7-8:15a.m.
Location: Breathe Joy Yoga in Sharon, MA
Get up and go in the morning! This class will incorporate Sun Salutations and a flow practice to help you energize in the auspicious early morning hours. All levels are welcome. Come join us!

If you are looking for any of the classes I offer and don't see it on the schedule, shoot me an email and I'll get it up there or we can work on doing it one-on-one.


TESTIMONIALS

From a 28-Day Soul Coaching® Student:
"You truly have a gift. This work is incredible and I amazed by the amount of miracles that have been happening to me." ~ Jane

Regarding my Spiritual Compass website:
"Beautiful, empowering, motivating contribution. Thank you for this gift. In peace and thank you for this site." ~ Ellen

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Please check back here for monthly updates and as always you can see past newsletters in the archives. Also, go here to check out the newest articles I've added to date! Here's to a magical blissful year to us all!

Yoga Pose of the Month
Downward-Facing Dog (Downdog) Pose
Sanskrit: Adho Mukha Svanasana
Photo of Maggie Anderson taken by Donald Anderson IV

The most common yoga pose around! Nicknamed, Down Dog, this is a perfect inverted "V" in the body. It's great for aligning the spine, elongated the back, legs and arms. This pose can really open up the chest and heart as well.

Okay, so usually you are on a flat surface, not working your way over a little river. :) But I loved doing it and the pose is so awesome! What's nice it this still illustrates the perfect pose for Down Dog. You'll find this pose in most yoga classes and most commonly used in a Sun Salutations and vinyasa sequences.

It's a beautiful transitionary pose as you flow into one pose or out of another. Eventually, this pose becomes your resting pose. When you first start out it may not feel that way. But eventually you will long for a Down Dog as you evolve in your yoga practice. I practice the Five Tibetans (an ancient Tibetan practice also known as the Fountain of Youth) every morning and this, in combination with Upward Facing Dog, is one of the five. It just feels so good!

You will enjoy more challenging postures and then come into this pose and stretch your *whole* body in the process. Not only that, but Down Dog:

• Calms the brain
• Helps relieve stress and mild depression
• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
• Relieves menstrual discomfort when done with the head supported
• Helps prevent osteoporosis
• Improves digestion
• Relieves headaches, insomnia, back pain, and fatigue
• And it is therapeutic for high blood pressure, asthma, flat feet, sciatica, and sinusitis

It's just all-around excellent for your health. Why would you *not* do this pose during your yoga practice. :) Enjoy!!!

Directions on how to come into the pose:
Begin in Child's pose (knees on ground, slide hips back to meet heels and rest head on mat). Then slowly rise up, keep hands on mat slightly forward from shoulders and knees under hips. Begin to lift your knees off the mat and straighten the legs making an inverted V position with your body. Push up up up through the tailbone. Allow your heels to reach for the mat (they do not need to touch but if and when they do, see if you can lift your toes off the mat, but only if heels are touching the mat). No air bubbles in those hands, fingers wide and hands shoulder width apart. Feet are hip distance. Shoulders are wide and back and away from the ears. Press the chest down as if reaching for your thighs, open the heart. Lift high from the tailbone to the sky. Elongate the spine and feel the stretch. Breathe deeply. Hold for 3-5 deep cleansing breaths. Allow your head to hang loose and drink your breath.

Hold for five deep breaths. To come out, perhaps you can drop your knees down onto the mat and slide your hips back to your heels, coming back into Child's pose. Rest here. This is a pose you can do whenever Down-Dog becomes a bit much. But as you strengthen your body, you will be able to hold Down-Dog longer and enjoy it more fully and deeply. Slide your hands up to your knees sitting up and roll out your wrists. Down Dog works a lot in the wrists, so it's helpful to loosing them up.

When not to do this pose or to modify / Contraindications:
Be leary of practicing this pose if you have carpal tunnel syndrome or symptom of Diarrhea. And it's not recommended to do this pose if you are in your late-term of pregnancy. If you have high blood pressure or a headache, try to modify this pose by supporting your head on a bolster or block, ears level between the arms.

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Inspire You Article
Ignite the Fire

Ignite the fire within. It's never too late to feel the passion we are so naturally given in life. We can be drawn into melancholy as a goal to find inner peace and stillness. But there is a difference. Inner peace can be misconstrued and turn into melancholy. There are ebbs and flows in life. And we ride that wave. However, if we begin to grow lazy or complacent in one area, thinking that is how we are meant to be in order to steer clear of ups and downs we never enjoy the fire innate within us.

No matter what age we are, we have a purpose and we are constantly changing and evolving. The fire within us can always be ignited for a purpose, a goal to live life happily in joy rather than something that the same old same old.

In my "prior life" I was overweight and very lazy with not much by way of pursuing my passion. I didn't know what that meant. I didn't think life was more than working as an administrative assistant, food and the occasional personal connection. But there was something deep inside me and it was stirring. It finally burst when I was pushed even more into situations and relationships that were unhealthy and emotionally abusive. I just knew that there was something more for me. And I craved it!

And that's when I finally decided on a lifestyle change. I began eating better and exercising - finally! I chased after what drove me to my happy place and became an even more spiritually connected person. This spiritual connection was missing from my life and for most of the beginning stages of my life. But once I found this, I felt complete for the first time in my life and I wasn't about to lose that connection ever again.

Those around me still resonating at that destructive frequency were not happy with my uplifting change that stirred inside me. Eventually, these people got out of my life, either by my choice or there's. It was time. I changed.

This particular change began seven years ago! And now I am passionate about awakening that fire within others! To empower others to find that within themselves! Because it's there; always. Even today I will get complacent. So I have to be mindful and totally conscious to ask myself if this is a "rest" period in my life or ask myself: Am I going back into "unconsciousness land" and moving away from being truly totally ALIVE! Because there are rest periods, as we need balance in our lives.

However, we must watch these rest periods and not wallow too long because that can turn into a static state of being and become an unhealthy pattern. We might miss a window of opportunity because we fell into the pattern of rest rather than flowing with life like ocean waves! So yes, rest; maintain balance; recharge your system; and then flow, live, empower yourself to strive for a new version of yourself always.

Ask yourself today: What Sparks you today!? Then find a way to make it happen and be in that uplifting energy! The energy this month and this entire year is especially strong for our desires and manifesting those results! So take advantage!

May you know the peace that dwells within.

Blessings to you on your path,
~Spiritual Cheerleader

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Favorite Movie, Video's and/or books
In this section I share favorite websites, books, videos or whatever inspires me to share from time to time sometimes in place of books. Enjoy!

www.SadieNardini.com
If you're into yoga this is a superb website for you to peruse! It's beautifully designed and has a ton of freebies. Sadie is constantly adding free video to her youtube channel (sign up)! These videos are great ways to keep up your yoga practice and get deep into the core. She is an amazing teacher and so down-to-earth. Love it! That's why I've signed up for her teacher training! :)

Don Juan DeMarco
This is an oldie but a goodie. Starring Johny Depp. He plays and fits the role so well! I place this here for good reason. It has the element of imagination and aspiring the the deeper truths held within us all. Questions arise about reality and what reality and LOVE truly is. How we interpret it and how we can, at any age, change our perspective and ignite the fire once again. You'll enjoy this one!

It is my desire and intention always that you take away from my newsletter feelings of empowerment, aliveness, divine connection and peace. May You Always Know the Peace that Dwells Within.

Bliss,
Maggie CYT, RMT, CSC, CPLC
Empowering you through Yoga, Healing & Workshops
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