New Teaching Schedule

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Cobalt Moon Studio
217 1st Street
Neptune Beach, FL 32266

9:00 AM- 10:15 AM Multi-Level Yoga Flow

Tuesday and Friday

Yoga Ananda
4154 Herschel Street
Jacksonville, FL 32210

Tuesday 9:30 AM-11:00 AM
Friday 5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Saturday

Yoga Den
2929 Plummer Cove Road
Jacksonville, FL 32223

4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Note: The 7:00 AM class that I currently offer at Cobalt Moon will be cancelled as of this Friday--I will continue the class through this week but will remove it from the schedule until fall due to lack of interest.

Rate Change at Cobalt Moon

FYI--rates are going up to standard yoga class rates in July.

$15.00 drop-in

or

$60.00 for six classes

Enjoy the lower rate for the rest of June.

$10.00 drop-in

or

$50.00 for six classes

So what is Yin Yoga?

I've mentioned it here a few times, perhaps you'd like to know...

http://www.yinyoga.com/index.php

Teacher's Practice?

As a new teacher, finding my way along this path I've chosen and hold so dear, I am challenged with finding my time to practice.

I used to look at my yoga teachers and think, man, they must live in a constant state of bliss--they're doing yoga all the time.

Not so much.

Sure, I practice along with my students but my "practice" is merely movements. I can call the breath but I cannot breathe it myself which is elemental in yoga.

So, this is me, carving out space for yoga. I'm learning bit by bit. Tonight, I moved through a few sun salutations and practiced yin yoga in several hip openers, closing with a brief meditation.

Tonight I was a student again--but in a big way, I suppose I always will be.

Thank goodness...

The Power of Prayer...Hands

It's amazing the calming effect of bringing your hands together in prayer with your thumbs resting on the chest where the heart lies beneath.

It soothes. It instills peace. It allows you, for the moment, to come into the moment.

Try it out.

Come to a comfortable seated position bringing hands together at heart center. Then raise the hands to the forehead resting the thumbs there, "peaceful thoughts". Then lower your prayer hands and rest your thumbs on your mouth, "peaceful words". Lastly, bringing hands to heart center, "peaceful actions".

Walk in peace into your next moment, elevating yourself because you deserve the rise.

Namaste

Coming in June

New Cobalt Moon Classes Coming Soon!

~Daybreak Yoga Flow~

Sun Salutations

High Energy Flow

Aromatherapy Savasana

These classes are designed to wake the body and mind in
preparation to greet the day!

Coming in June to Cobalt Moon

Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 am

Yogassage

Brenda Star Walker and Tina Vaughn

present:

Yogassage

A slow, restorative practice
with Aromatherapy and massage
followed by tea and chocolate !

Where: Cobalt Moon Earth Studio

When: Sunday, June 15, 3 – 5pm

What to bring: $25, your yoga mat,
your favorite blankee and a beach towel or two,
an eye weight, your favorite tea cup and your journal

For further information and registration call
Brenda Star
904-398-8429

or

Tina Vaughn

904-381-0501

Register on-line ~ brendastarwalker@yahoo.com

or

tina.c.vaughn@gmail.com

Friday's Flow

Was jazzy, blissed and smooth--the energy in the room was GrEaT and I soaked it up. Great class, great people, great vibes.

There was:

Centering
~Breath awareness
~Neck rolls
~Acting as a compassionate witness to thoughts

Warm-up
~Side stretching from seated
~Table: Cat/Dog
~Puppy--Moving that lymphatic fluid!
~Downward Facing Dog/Walking the heels down

Surya Namaskar (3)
~Side body stretch
~Crescent lunge
~Prayer Twist Modification

Trikonasana Flow
~Triangle to
~Standing Split
(Reverse)

Balance
~Tree

Prone
~Cobra
~Half Locust
~Gharbhasana Child's Pose

Hip Opener
~Baddha Konasana Bound Angle

Forward Bend

Supine
~Setu Bhandhasana Bridge
~Knees to chest

Inversion--Half Shoulder Stand/Legs in air
Counter to inversion--Matsyasana/Fish

Blissful Savasana

Peace to all who read, peace to all who came--I am SO digging this journey and live as a blessed soul.

Yoga Anatomy

I am beginning to read, "Yoga Anatomy" by Leslie Kaminoff and I came across this statement in the first chapter that resonated with me:

"The moment you're born, you're confronted by two forces that were not present in utero: breath and gravity. To thrive, you need to reconcile those forces for as long as you draw breath on this planet"

Yoga= Breath + Movement

That's it man.

More than that are the adjustments made and the balance restored within the body during a yoga practice--our bodies are magnificent and I wonder how many of us have actually met our own.