December DeLIGHTS - Upcoming Solstice class - plus more

 

December DeLIGHTS Welcome Wonderful December! As we enter the last month of 2023 I wanted to share the poster for my upcoming online Solstice Class. Always one of my favorites. It will be online on December 21st from 7:30-8:30 p.m. CST.  Class is $20, or by donation as all money will go to the Prince Albert Food Bank. If you are interested in an in-person solstice class, my last class of the year at the Anderson Centre in Christopher Lake will be Solstice themed.   It will be on Tuesday, December 19th - 6:00-7:15 p.m.   I have posters for classes starting in January, both online and in-person.  They will both start the week of January 8th. I am also working on a few other workshops and retreat ideas.  I am bringing back my February Staycation - one day retreat.  Please let me know if you are interested and watch for the upcoming dates. Other news - I will be back teaching in Prince Albert at the Arts Centre starting near the end of March for the spring session.   I’m interested in hearing from you.  Many I haven’t seen for awhile.  I’d love to hear how you are doing and what is new. Although my schedule has changed I am happy to teach small workshops, weekend classes and for special events.   Please email plnyogastudio@gmail.com or call 1.306.981.4703 With love and all the best, Pam p.s. I was looking for a winter poem to share in the newsletter and found this cute little poem.   p.p.s.  A reminder that I currently have no Facebook or Instagram accounts. I am trying to reintroduce my original blog - check it out: https://plnyoga.blogspot.com Pam’s Blog Email Pam Pam’s Website Copyright (C) 2023 PLN Yoga. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

Fall 2023 Online and In-Person Classes

 After a long time away I am getting back to my blog.  I had quite a few years where I really enjoyed blogging.  It seemed with Facebook and Instagram and the many other ways to connect, that I got away from blogging. I recently made the bold move to delete my Instagram and Facebook accounts and I hope to get back to blogging.

Send me some blog requests!

Below is my current yoga schedule - online and in-person.

Please message for more information or if you would like to join.

Thanks!  

Pam 

Fall Yoga Classes - 2022

Fall Yoga Classes - 2022

Wow! It has been a minutes since I posted here.  I hope to start blogging again this fall. Even if only a few times a month.  In the meantime I wanted to share my fall newsletter with upcoming classes and workshops.

Thank you,

Pam

Read the newsletter here:

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Greetings! As you enjoy the last few weeks of August I wanted to share my upcoming fall classes with you.  Most start the second week of September, but you can register now if you like. I will continue the Sunday outside classes at my place as long as the weather is favourable 😊. The fist session in Christopher Lake, Prince Albert and Online is a short 4 or 5 week session meant to welcome you back to class, include beginners that may be new to yoga and for those returning a refreshing back to basics. I hope you can join me. Please feel free to message with any questions about the classes or to register. i also have a fall retreat at the end of September in Saskatoon. There are spots if you’d like to join for the day or the weekend.  On September 11th I will be hosting a free online information session for the fall 2023 retreat in Costa Rica. The early bird pricing ends soon so if you’ve been interested this is a good opportunity to learn more or ask questions.  I have included a short restorative practice also to end the evening. If you know anyone else that may be interested in fall yoga classes I would greatly appreciate you sharing the information. Thank you! I look forward to seeing you in September. Pam🪴

Register for Monday evening or Wednesday morning classes!

Monday evening yoga in Christopher Lake - September 12th - October 3rd Tuesday evening yoga in Prince Albert - register through the City of P.A. or at the Arts Centre Wednesday morning classes online

Outdoor Yoga every Sunday in August Join me from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sunday's in August. Attend one class or them all! Please message each Sunday you can join so if I need to cancel due to weather, etc. I can let you know. I will continue into September as long as the weather remains favourable.😊

Message Pam to say Yes to Yoga!

Fall Yoga Retreat at Ancient Spirals in Saskatoon - September 24th and 25th. Attend Saturday and/or Sunday. Options to stay in onsite accommodations also. Please email for details and to register.

Bridging - and making connections

This morning after my practice I was doing some reading in the book, In Love With the World, by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.  It is a wonderful book and one I recommend reading if you can.  

Today though it is about those connections that always seem to pop up, as I had been listening to a podcast yesterday by Mychal Bryan with Patricia Walden.  She mentioned some of her favorite volumes of Astadala Yogamala so I decided to also do a bit of reading out of Volume 7.  The connecting word that popped out in both readings was the word bridge or bridging.  

In Rinpoche's book he is telling the story of his personal wandering retreat.  He left his monastery where as a Tibetan master led a fairly sheltered life in terms of living in the outside world.  He writes about deciding to stay in a pilgrimage house for awhile and writes, "I would venture out in the morning to tentatively test the homeless life, and return in the evening.  Don't be in a rush, I told myself. I will stay on this bridge for as long as I need to, becoming homeless, becoming a beggar and a sadhu, becoming familiar with this new way."

I think sometimes we are in such a rush to get from A to B, we don't see the benefit of staying on the bridge for awhile longer.  We maybe get impatient or don't want to seem like we don't know something which when we think about it is impossible to go immediately from novice to expert overnight. 

Mr. Iyengar would talk about the going from the known to the unknown as a way of self-development and Rinpoche writes this also saying, "This retreat was supposed to expand my edges so far beyond the boundaries of what I knew about myself that there would be no me left to feel self-conscious."

When I picked up the Astadala Yogamala - the first chapter Yoga in General - Mr. Iyengar writes, "Mind is the link or bridge between the body and soul." and "conscience acts as a bridge between the consciousness and the soul."

How do we best connect through this bridge - body to mind, mind to soul?  Through this wonderful practice where we must explore and understand our own body, breath and mind.

Rinpoche writes that he traveled to Parinirvana Park and knelt in front of a reclining Buddha statue to pay his respects. He "prayed to stay connected to the timeless awareness that is the very essence of all turbulent emotions. I prayed to allow feelings of discomfort, and especially of embarrassment, to self-liberate, to let the feelings be, and to hold them within awareness. I prayed for the courage to welcome negative emotions and to try to work with them. I prayed to see the waves not as monsters or other threatening obstacles but as displays of enlightened activity that reflected the true nature of my own mind. I prayed to deepen my understanding so that I could be of more benefit to sentient beings."

I hope through your practice and study of the external world, you will gain more knowing and understanding of the internal world.

Peace,

Pam 

Book recommendation: In Love With the World - by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Podcast recommendation: The Mychal Bryan Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDJIDG0I6I01FXOxvQpxueQ

 

Sunday Morning Peace Practice

 

Each month I try to host a Sunday Morning Peace Practice. I thought I would share the link from today's practice.

Sunday Morning Peace Practice - April 25th, 2021: https://youtu.be/g9TQqkTAArM

Peace to you,

Pam

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Spring Session II

 

Link to Spring Session II newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/33e6a2532676/spring-session-ii

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May you be happy, may you be well, may you be safe, may you be loved Hello, I hope you and your families are doing well.  Above is a wonderful loving kindness prayer which can be great to recite and reflect on when sitting with your breath or even when out walking.   As uncertainty due to the pandemic remains, I will continue to offer online classes.  The Spring Session II schedule is below and I hope you will be able to join me. This session starts May 3rd and goes until June 23rd. I have 2 Monday morning classes and 2 Wednesday evening classes, as well as some Fun & Fluid classes on Saturday's.   Thankful Thursday is also a nice Gentle/Restorative class that is by donation to help support others. This year over $850 has been raised and donated so far and it’s only April. So thank you for your generosity and joining the classes. I have other free classes during the month that I hope you can take part in too.   And I hope to start some outside classes if the weather is nice.  The first outside class I'd like to host is on May 8th.   Please feel free to message me with any questions, to register or just say hello!  I miss seeing everyone and hope you are all well, safe and happy. Pam Sunday Morning Peace Practice - April 25th, 2021 Outside Yoga Classes: Outside yoga class to be held in Christoper Lake. Please message for details if you would like to join. Saturday, May 8th - 3-4 p.m. Class is weather dependent. Free classes this month:   Thankful Thursday classes in this session will be on May 6th and June 10th. The donations from these classes will go to the Prince Albert S.P.C.A. and STARS Air ambulance. The Free Monthly Facebook Live class will be on May 31st and June 28th from 7:15-8:00 p.m.   If you aren't in this group but would like to be added please let me know.   Weekly Wake-UP & Awsome April Playful Challenge Weekly wake up are some shorter videos that I post weekly to YouTube. Please check out the last few that were part of my Awesome April Playful Challenge. So far I’ve included over 470 sun salutations into my practice this month. The weekly wake up videos show some fun variations. Weekly Wake-up - April 21st, 2021 Weekly Wake-up - April 14th - Video 1 Weekly wake-up - Video 2 - April 14th, 2021 Find Out More - PLNYOGA Website