January 2019
Plant the Seeds: Sankalpa Practice for 2019
The yoga tradition offers a refreshing alternative to the New Year’s resolution: the practice of sankalpa, or resolve. Like a vow, a practice of sankalpa starts from a radically different premise: that you already are who you need to be to fulfill your life’s purpose, or dharma. Through practices of breathing, movement, meditation and chanting, a focus can be created to connect to your most heartfelt desires, and this is where sankalpa begins. To create a life we want and…
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What Are We Really Doing When We Say “Open the Hips”, And Is That What We Really Want?
“Hip Openers” has become a catch-phrase to describe yoga poses that increase range of motion in the hip joint, widely offered therapeutically for lower back issues. But do you really just need a more mobile hip joint? While it’s true for some that increased external rotation will relieve stiffness in the lumbar spine and aid in overall extension, it’s also true that over lengthened hamstrings, hip flexors, and external rotators can weaken stability. So what’s a practitioner to do? Since…
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Two-day Meditation Course to Learn Neelakantha Meditation
Learn Neelakantha Meditation with Julie: September 7 + 8, 2019 - Brooklyn, NY *To learn more about Neelakantha Meditation in general, you are welcome to attend a FREE information session: Friday Aug. 30th, 7:30pm OR Friday Sept. 6th, 7:30pm - 708 Sackett St, Park Slope With the primary principle of effortlessness, Neelakantha Meditation offers a simple, easeful, and entirely approachable means to begin, and sustain, a regular meditation practice. Neelakantha Meditation is easy to practice and learn because it works…
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Dig a Little Deeper: Weaving the Yamas and Niyamas into Life and Practice
A contemporary look at the Yamas and Niyamas - October 27th, 3 - 5:30pm - Bend and Bloom Yoga The Yamas and Niyamas are the first two of Classical Yoga's "eight-fold path", known as the ethical precepts of yoga. Learning these ancient, yet relevant guidelines can create the conditions for a deeper yoga to germinate within you, and refresh your understanding of the practice and its purpose. While many of these guidelines we already embody and practice, they really serve…
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Meditation Essentials: The Path to Freedom
Join fellow seekers in community for Julie's seasonal offering of guidance, support, and instruction. Learn why meditation works, and why meditation matters. Interested in a daily meditation practice, but don't know how to begin? Have you had a regular practice previously, but stopped for varied reasons and are ready to start again? Or, do you have a regular sitting practice but it has become a little stale? Its widely known that yoga is a process and path of coming to…
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