For tomorrow

For tomorrow please read the Responsibilities And Teaching Guidelines
(P. 37--40, Teaching Methods Chapter )

This Saturday, Jan. 31st, 2009

This Saturday we will be studying and practicing hands on adjusting, so re-read your materials on this.

Also we will be doing the "teaching circle". We will go around in a circle and each teach a pose.
So review your cards.

I just want you all to know what a privilege it is for me to be your teacher and I thank you from my heart for your beautiful spirits.

Love from Ramani (which means the joyful one: I am joyful because I get to be with you!)

Rescheduling Chant evening

I am in the process of rescheduling the chant evening, with Govinda and also possibly Jeffrey.
How would Fri. Feb. 6th at 7 work for you all?

DATES ARE SET FOR BABAJI'S VISIT!

I got the word from Swami Kripananda today that Babaji is definitely coming on April 24--26th.
I will now be flying into action and will keep you up to date!

Dream studio.......

I don't need to design my future yoga studio.....I look at it every day on my computer desktop. When I first found this, my initial reaction was a big exhale, like I knew this room, this person, and I had found my way "back" to somewhere I had been before.

I just love the light, the warm wood floors, the trees outside the window.....the peaceful pose you see here - Namaste - Anjali mudra - a beginning, or an ending to the day.

Several people have asked or wondered if this is me...it is not. And yet......it is.

Here's to all my great friends

This is wonderful to listen to and watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q

Rescheduling Chant evening

Jan. 24th Chant with Jeffrey will be rescheduled, due to his remembering he had a previous engagement. Sorry about this: I was looking forward to it happening in January.

However, this Saturday, we will have a wonderful treat to have Govinda come and chant with us at the beginning of class. Govinda is also a student of Babaji's, and is also a professional singer.

Special population

The Baltimore Museum of Art is offering yoga classes. Love this idea! That's a special population no one mentioned on Saturday!

Read more about art + yoga here.

SUMMARY OF UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS FOR MODULE 2, 2009

SUMMARY OF UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS FOR MODULE 2, 2009


Jan 17th
1. 6 Week Class Outline Theme Topics Due (p. 11 in Overview chapter)
2. Be ready to teach a short (5-6 poses) vinyasa series with your partner (s)
3. Take the Ayurvedic questionnaire in your manual.


Jan. 31st:
1. Block 2 Essay questions given
2. Be working on vinyasa written assignment which will be due on Feb. 28th.
(Overview chapter , p. 7 in your manual)


Feb. 14th.
1. 6-Week Outline: theme topics w. structure and pranayama progression DUE
(First draft) (If first draft is acceptable, you do not have to do second draft)
(Instructions in Overview chapter, pp. 7-14)


Feb. 28th
1. VINYASA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT DUE
2. Teaching practice: Mini-Vinyasa Teaching practice: 5 asanas to prepare and counter


March 14th
1. BLOCK 2 ESSAY QUESTIONS DUE
2. Mini-Vinyasa Teaching practice: 5 asanas to prepare and counter


March 28th.
1. 6 weeks Class Plan due: Draft #2: FINAL PROJECT DUE


April: Module II PRACTICUMS and final evaluations.
**** Possible trip to Shoshoni and/or we will schedule one more Saturday together.

a forest, a year, 40 seconds....

a passage in Meditations from the Mat, by Rolf Gates:

"The forest reminds us that the seasons are both temporary and eternal. In the midst of an urban winter though, I have no such perspective. I am certain that winter will never end. Disconnected from nature, I miss the subtle messages, the daily variations in earth and sky that signal the slow turning of the seasons. I live in my head, noticing little and I forget that nature has an intelligence that brings balance and harmony to the mind, heart and soul."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmIFXIXQQ_E

Thoughts from the Universe -daily e-mails.....

Notes from the Universe...

www.tut.com


Daily thoughts via e-mail.....like this one:

Cindy, today, be the person of your dreams.
See life through THEIR eyes.
Make decisions with THEIR mind.
Let every thought, word, and action come from THEIR perspective, as if you had already arrived, and just watch how 2009 warps into the kind of year you talk and laugh about forever and ever and ever...Peace, love, and green M&Ms - The Universe