Welcome to the Spirit of Yoga. May your New year create a strong spirit and bring balance to all areas of your life. It is a time to contemplate your life and lifestyle, a good time to look at ways that you can improve aspects of your life. This year I want to emphasize the importance of our thoughts and through awareness of our thoughts we come to understand that what we think so we become. Our thoughts truly do create our life and its circumstances. Since the making of the Movies "what the bleep" and "The Secret" more people are becoming aware of how the way we think has a strong basis for how we live our lives and the different opportunities that present themselves to improve our lives. Meditation is a way of cleaning out the mind and observing our thought patterns it teaches us how powerful our mind is in our everyday life. This year I will continue with the Meditation workshops now adding level two, so if you are ready to take this opportunity to begin to use your mind and thoughts to work for you and not against you these workshops are for you. I would really like to see more Men at Yoga this year. Recently teaching Yoga to a leauge football club I realised how important it is for our men to step up to the challenge of looking after themselves and to become aware of how taking time out to relax and time out for themselves is so important. Our men today face many stresses and deserve time to re-charge their batteries so they can make positive decisions at work, home and within the community. So ladies get them off the sofa and bring them along with you. My husband who works in corporate suffered headaches, back and neck pain, ah did I forget to mention "STRESSED OUT", until he reluctantly came to class, and guess what, no more headaches back pain and a rather large downturn of stress. Hmm wonder why he feels great. Classes in Reconnective Yoga will also commence. We are much more and greater than we have ever been as human beings and this year is significant to the changes that we can make for ourselves and the whole world. Everytime we work towards peace and harmony we effect the whole planet. We restore-reunite and reconnect with who we are. I am really excited about this year and look forward to sharing Yoga, Meditation and Reconnective healing with those who are ready. "Be Master of Mind rather than Mastered by Mind" Zen Proverb Namaste, Cathie ABOUT YOGA Yoga has been acknowledged by the health industry as a valid aid to enhance overall health and wellbeing. Yoga has realistic solutions that aid your journey back to good health by learning and practising the techniques taught in the classes and workshops.  Physically it enhances flexibility, strength, co-ordination and body awareness, promoting self-discipline, concentration,relaxation and inner strength, incorporating important breathing techniques (pranayama), to reduce stress and channel emotions in a positive way. Meditation, relaxation and visualisation is practised. By using mindfulness during classes we become more able to deal with the stresses of the outside world as well as the inner world. Specialised classes and workshops are held for beginners, pre-natal, meditation and teen-yoga, along with general classes that cater for all age groups and fitness levels. Classes are held in the Northeast and East of Adelaide. Workplace/sporting club programs are available on request. Programs can be tailored to suit the individual organisation from office Yoga to stress management sessions. Cathie McGill is the principle teacher with over twelve years teaching experience and on-going learning. Incorporating principles from Hatha Yoga, Buddhist and western philisophical teachings. She is also a Reconnective healing practitioner and conducts Reconnective healing sessions. " If you do not change direction you will end up where you are heading" Lao Tzu What can yoga do for you? Its aim is to restore, rejuvenate and re-unite the physical body with the internal source known as soul, spirit or nature. The body has its own unique healing system. Through the Yoga practices the bodies energy lines known as nadis are activated and balanced. This then encourages the body to begin transforming to perfect health and harmony. Meditation and mindfulness are important in understanding the obstacles of the mind and how we can overcome these obstacles by oberservation and the understanding of who we are. Once you have established an on-going practice you will acheive the following.
“to the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders" |
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