Friday, August 26, 2022

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.

Monday, May 10, 2021

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, April 25, 2021

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

www.plnyogastudio.com







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

Monday, April 12, 2021

Spring Sounds of Silence - Days 1-7

 


Sounds of Silence started during the pandemic.  For me it was, and still is a way to connect to others near and far by sitting, reflecting and generating peace.
Here are the videos from this past spring session. I was recording to Facebook at the same time as on Zoom so the quality here isn't great but the audio is fine.  Since most of it is seated quietly I think you can still follow quite easily.  The videos with better quality though are on my Facebook page under videos: @plnyoga

Peace to you,
Pam


Day 1: https://youtu.be/XdNBFkq-Etw



Day 2: https://youtu.be/-7nL63WxEqI




Day 3: https://youtu.be/XUuclpV2twg



Day 4: https://youtu.be/lNHgEwFpnSM



Day 5: https://youtu.be/bXF4Izg6IO8




Day 6: https://youtu.be/6SLt_ddo8kM




Day 7: https://youtu.be/RY7QFd47Ih8















Monday, April 5, 2021

Spring Sounds of Silence - Sit with me in Silence - April 5th - 11th

 



Over this past year I have done a few online sessions called Sounds of Silence.  I felt it could be a great way to build a consistent meditation practice and feel connected to others at the same time. 

Spring Sounds of Silence will be held over 7 evenings on my Facebook page, @plnyoga and I will also be recording over zoom and uploading to my YouTube channel. If you can’t join live you can do at a time that is best for you.

Spring is a time of renewed energy and often an endless to do list. It can become very challenging to maintain a steady mind when we are thinking of so many things and during a pandemic even harder.

Let’s join together and bring our normal awareness, which can be quite cluttered with day to day thoughts to a more meditative awareness. 

If you would prefer to join me via Zoom instead of on my Facebook page please email me: info@plnyogastudio.com


Pam 🌞