Namaste Friends,

Dissolution: We have all seen images of the destruction caused by our quaking  Mother Earth on the densely populated island of Japan; and it breaks our hearts to see others who are helpless and in need.  The number of those who died, or are unaccounted for has exceeded 15,000—more than 5,400 deaths and nearly 9,600 missing, while some 380,000 are still staying in about 2,000 shelters.  And its freezing cold there.  Its wintertime in Japan. 

 

 

 

 

Revolution: Then spin the globe a few lines of longitutude and you land amidst political and civil strife in the middle east.  Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Algeria, Iraq, Iran all have determined that being oppressed, repressed, and depressed is not the way this life was intended to be lived.  So they are standing up for themselves.  Although they are risking their lives to do, what is a life worth if it isn’t free?

 

 

 

 

 

Evolution: Finally, land your awareness at the center of your heart. Notice how much you have softened your perspective on so many aspects of life over the last few years, few months, few days.  As a collective, we humans are growing in compassion and tolerance on an exponential level.  We are becoming less about “me” and more about “we“.  Without realizing it, or perhaps without even understanding it, we are more willing to see our fellow man as a part of ourselves.  We are more inclined toward love, than we are toward hate. We are evolving spiritually.  We are being drawn toward something that is greater than ourselves.  We are more aware of what our heart is telling us to do because we are learning ways to settle our minds and listen to what the ancients have heard all along: our inner knowing.  Our inner knowing, when followed will take us all to a place of peace, joy, and tranquility.

Sometimes it doesn’t always seem so evident that we are evolving spiritually.  We see war and bloodshed in the headlines daily.  And we can even find ourselves questioning God if It allows for pain and suffering.  How is that loving?  My answer is everything is made of vibrations:  the Earth, our bodies, even our spirit is light vibrations.  So when we as a collective of human beings feel energeticallythe devastation of our brothers and sisters in Japan, or the fire of our muslim revolutionaries, we feel our own heights and our own depths.  Its like Newton’s law of nature; for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.  So the devastation in Japan, and the unrest in the middle east create strong vibrations which initially have a negative pull on our global community.  No one likes to see heartache and bloodshed.  But to know our greatest heights, we need to know its equal vibration in the same or opposite low.  So how does this make us more evolved?  Through our deep compassion and efforts to help our human family in need we raise our own consciousness as a collective. 

The same goes for us as individuals.   When we plumment deep into a well of despair, we can be comforted to know that for as deep as we fell, we can rise to success equally as high.  But many people play it safe.  They don’t risk loving deeply, travelling afar, or working a job that they love because they don’t want to fail or fall into the well.  But then they also risk not experiencing a rich, juicy, full life.  The settle for mediocrity.

Since we don’t have control over mother nature, because if we did we would most likely take the road of safety and avoid natural disasters, we have to look at the upswing of vibrational backlash that Newton’s theory holds.  We deepen our compassion for others as humans.  We learn to give of our time and energy to help each other.  We grow in our humanity.  Same with the political unrest we watch unfold around the world, not just in the middle east, and we see the violence, which in turns makes us value our ability to love one another even more.

I send all my prayers and blessings to all people who are suffering on this planet.  Many of us do, because we are evolving exponentially.  So at this rate, world peace is within reach.  Keep loving from the heart and encourage others to do the same.

Much love,

Katrina Gustafson

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Spring Schedule starts Monday the 21st!

Be sure to check the schedule for updates starting on Sunday the 20th.

Some new classes for the Spring include:

Yoga for the Cure.  This class is specifically designed for people with cancer and their families.  Taught by one who has used yoga to help overcome her own battle with cancer, Mary Ann Eagan.  Movement is gentle, supportive, and accessable to all at any stage of their recovery.  Monday mornings from 9-10

Beginner Flow/Anusara Inspired.  We are adding another beginner flow class into our evening class schedule.  This one has the principles of alignment as used in Anusara style yoga which is extremely beneficial to helping establish a new practice.  This class is taught by one of Nikki Gallant who just recently underwent the arduous requirements to become Anusara Inspired. 5:45pm

Kat Saks is teaching an all levels flow at 6pm on Mondays

Kundalini on Monday nights with Shannon EarthTree at 7pm!

Ian Maxwell is bringing is Advanced Practice Ninja class to Wednesday afternoons from 2-4!  Come play!

Jeremy Wolf is will be teaching Yoga Nidra at 5:45 on Wednesday evenings!

Denise Cook is leading an all levels flow class on Wednesdays at 6pm

Peaceful Yoga is combining with Nidra on Frday evenings for Peaceful Nidra with Alyssa Gunn at 5:45

We welcome personal trainer and yoga instructor Jordan New into our fold.  He will be leading the Yoga for Athletes class on Saturday mornings at 8am.

Saturday afternoon was screaming for a yoga class in our schedule so new teacher Robin Gallite will be teaching an all levels flow class from2:30-3:30pm.

Sunday evenings peaceful yoga is going to add a energy healing meditation to the curriculum as lead by yoga teacher and reiki master Elissa Hardy.