Brewster Yoga Newsletter

More in October 2009

2009-10-29T18:51:00.000-07:00

Brewster Yoga & Massage
Ed teaches Saturday Vinyasa 10 am!

Studio hours this weekend:
Saturday & Sunday 11am - 4pm
October 17, 2009
Namaste,

Fall is upon us and I hope you find time to enjoy its many beautiful colors.

We at BYM are committed to helping you take the best care of yourself. Many have spent the past several months welcoming all the tourists, yet we are now given the opportunity to work deeply in our practice of Yoga.

Take time to begin or renew your practice. Spend time with Kim, Ed, or Judy to learn how therapeutic yoga can be. Feel great in Aisling's Pilates class, or let loose in Keelia's Tribal Belly Dance! Why not come and enjoy a massage with us (Basalt Hot Stone and Oil massage anyone?)- we have reduced our massage rates so that you can enjoy these treatments. Help us grow and you will receive a free massage. Join our Referral Program.

We're offering a free Herbal Circle Class Friday, the 23rd at 5pm to discuss Winter Wellness/Immune Support with Kari, our Herbalist. And you are welcome to visit the studio anytime and learn ways to strengthen your immune system no matter what fears about a flu come our way. Trust that you have the ability to keep your mind, body, and spirit healthy and that healing can occur through many non-invasive wise ways, and often simply in the stillness that happens during Yoga.

November starts our relationship with Emerson Ecologics. We're going to offer you convenience and a consistent discount when you order through our site. I'm a stickler for quality and effectiveness in products - Emerson simply offers some of what I consider the best.

Next month, we'll offer Asanas that can help if you get a cold. There are some great postures to help keep your Chi flowing, which creates ease in the body (the opposite of dis-ease).
Aside from our regular classes, we offer our popular and fun (really!) 'Open Your Hips' seminar, Beginner's Yoga seminar, and another Hike and Yoga session in November. Please visit our seminar page for descriptions.

Thank you for continuing to share in the creation of our sacred space in Brewster.

With Love,
Kim Hudson

The shoe that fits one person pinches another. There is no recipe for living that suits all cases. -- Carl Jung

Please enjoy our space that we promise to keep serene and intimate to serve your individual needs towards health & healing.

We carry only products with superb quality, whether it is our clothing, incense, soy based candles with essential oil, Eco-yoga mats or props, and medicinal Herbs & teas. We are honored to offer you only the best quality natural and locally made soaps & miosturizers, and a selection of beautifully homemade body oils and butters.

"Hi Kim: Just wanted to send a thank you for the well-done and enjoyable yoga sessions in Brewster this summer. You really helped keep our practice going, which strongly contributed to a very serene and happy vacation with our family. Thanks so much,peaceJeff and Michele
ps. I picked up the David Andor CD, thanks for the info ;-) Alameda, CA USA"

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Dandy Blend is available at the studio. It is a delicious Healthy Herbal Coffee Substitute. Kim drinks it daily...

Tastes like coffee but has no caffeine
no acidity or bitterness
sweetened with its own built-In fructose
contains all the goodness of dandelions
delicious iced
dissolves instantly in hot or cold water
can be used in any recipe which calls for instant coffee
Blend instant dandelion beverage is the only herbal coffee substitute in the United States that features both the health benefits of dandelion and the rich, full-bodied flavor, smoothness and texture of real coffee. Many say that, because it lacks bitterness and acidity, it actually tastes better than coffee.

A Most Versatile BeverageOne level teaspoon in eight ounces of water makes a delightful dandelion tea. A rounded teaspoon makes a beverage very similar to a full-bodied cup of instant coffee, and a heaping teaspoon to a full tablespoon makes an exquisite espresso-style beverage. It is so versatile that any type of gourmet coffee beverage made from it is virtually indistinguishable from the real thing, and it can be used in any recipe requiring coffee as an ingredient. Dandy Blend tastes great served iced or hot, and dissolves instantly in both hot or cold liquids. This delicious herbal coffee is especially good made with milk or dairy alternatives and your favorite flavorings. Those using it to wean themselves from coffee report that the transition is seamless- no headaches, upset stomachs, jitters or other symptoms of withdrawal.

The ConstituentsDandy Blend is made from the totally water-soluble extracts of three roasted herb roots: dandelion, chicory and sugar beet- and two roasted grains - barley and rye. Nothing other than extracts of the three roasted roots and two roasted grains is in Dandy Blend. It is naturally sweetened by the fructose released from the breakdown of the storage starch inulin when the dandelion and chicory roots are roasted. Because all sweetening comes from substances in the roots, Dandy Blend is a low carbohydrate beverage, with only 1 gram of carbohydrate per cup. All ingredients have been chosen because of the health benefits historically associated with them. Every cup contains 630 mg. of dandelion and chicory extract. In Dandy Blend, you are getting the best of all worlds! Nothing compares with it in flavor, ease of use, and health-promoting effectiveness. Try it, you'll like it.

"Of all the coffee substitutes out there, I like DandyBlend the best. I think it is more effective than the other barley-based beverages because it has that little kick of dandelion." - Joyce Wardwell, author of The Herbal Home Remedy Book "DandyBlend is one of the most delicious ways to take dandelion root. Roasted dandelion roots seem to have an almost indefinite shelf life, and give a wonderful boost." - Dr. Ryan Drum, Owner, Island Herbs, Waldron Island, WA.

"DandyBlend is one of the few coffee substitute blends on the market which actually tastes better than coffee. Not only is it wonderful tasting, but drinking it also provides substantial health-promoting benefits which, of course, coffee doesn't have."- David Winston, Founder of Herbalist and Alchemist, Inc., Washington, NJ.

Fall Song:

Another year gone, leaving everywhere

its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves,

the uneaten fruits crumbling damplyin the shadows,

unmattering backfrom the particular island

of this summer, this NOW, that now is nowhere

except underfoot, molderingin that black subterranean castle

of unobservable mysteries - roots and sealed seeds

and the wanderings of water. This

I try to remember when time's measure

painfully chafes, for instance when autumn

flares out at the last, boisterous and like us longing

to stay - how everything lives, shifting

from one bright vision to another, forever

in these momentary pastures.
~ Mary Oliver ~

Yoga Hike

2009-10-29T18:44:00.000-07:00

Yoga and Hike Too often we take for granted the beauty that is all around us on Cape Cod.... Walk quietly through the woods and deepen your connection to the Sacred.

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water,

and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.

I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind starswaiting with their light.

For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

--- Mary Oliver

We begin with a meditation and gentle stretch. Our hike is a moderate one and may be a combination of paved and unpaved trails for just over an hour at a comfortable pace. We will observe a peaceful and reflective walk. Please limit social talking so that we become more intimate with the beautiful sounds of the woods.Our hike is followed with a deep yoga session (suitable for those new to yoga) that will stretch and open those legs and hips. Good walking shoes or hiking boots are suggested.Sunday, October 11th @ 9am - 11:30. $20 preregistered. Rain date Sunday, Otober 18th. Location shared when you register.

Restorative Yoga

Effortlessly you are draped over soft cushions and blankets.Feel supported as you let go of layers of fatigue.Kim is your guide into relaxed awareness,soothing breathe and deep meditation.Enter the stillness.

I've had some questions regarding Restorative practice and hope to clarify that with a few words.
This practice is suitable for anyone who wants to heal from stress, injury or illness. Not just for recovery, We all need to take time to restore, in fact, the body will take the time if we don't. Ever get run down and catch the latest bug going around? That's the body choosing restorative practices. Rest, liquids, some quiet time, and eventually we're back in action.

If we regularly spend time refilling the well, we'll feel better, and have more energy, a stronger immune system, and be generally more satisfied with our lives and relationships. Mainly because we have more to share. Learn a few postures to practice often. Previous yoga experience is not required.Our restorative Yoga class last session was full-up, and by special request, we're having another on Sunday October 25th, 10am - noon. There was a waiting list last month, so sign up right away $20 preregistered or $25 at the door.
Replenish Restore Renew

Referral Program
Our business continues to grow by word of mouth. Receive a free massage from us when you refer 5 new people to us for massage. Gratitude.

October 2009

2009-10-29T18:38:00.000-07:00

October 2009

Happy October!
Our first beautiful summer together has come to a close and we have moved into October so quickly. Aisling has returned from Ireland and is eager to teach. She'll be at the studio today at 5pm. Monday Pilates 5-6pm. Thursday Pilates 5:30-6:30pm.

Meanwhile, the 'Open Your Hips' seminar is this Sunday from 10am-noon. There are a few spaces left. Please call the studio to preregister. Through a dynamic sequence of standing, seated, and supine poses, we will explore the theme of external rotation, opening the hips, and learning how to practice progressively deeper and more challenging poses in ways that are both safe and fun. This seminar addresses problems related to tight hips, including issues with the lower back and knees.

Also coming in October: FREE Herbal Sharing Circles discussing Winter Wellness & Immune Support. Other events include a Sunday Yoga Hike and Restorative Yoga seminar.

Herbal Sharing Circles are free events led by local our in-house herbalist, Kari. inviting you to explore the transformative power of herbs. This circle is created with the intention of allowing all of us to share and learn from each other.

Join us in practicing good self care, healing, and balance. Stay tuned for more.

Shanitih ~ Peace,

Kim Hudson

Fall Massage Rates
Our massage rates are now $75 for fall and winter. We also began our referral program! Receive a free one hour massage when you refer just 5 people to us for massage. Thank you for helping to spread our word.

Visit our Yoga ShopWe are committed to only carrying products we trust and love to use.
We offer products made locally and with loving attention and that are sustainably made, organic, and ecologically friendly products. In addition to the herbs and locally made body products we currently offer, we've expanded. Come See.

Ill gotten Beauty Soaps and Creams
These beautiful products are handcrafted here in Brewster, with the intention of making simple, natural products in a responsible way, leaving the smallest "footprint" possible. The soaps creams are made from natural ingredients such as olive oil, almond oil; beeswax, aloe vera, essential oils and petals.

Breath-A-Licious
Dog Bones.
Kim's dog Lakota loves these breath fresheners. You may have heard of Greenies dog bones. Well, these are better :-) Using natural ingredients such as peppermint, parsley, dill, and fennel, these bones clean your dogs teeth, freshen breath, and aid in digestion.

Yoga Supplies
We just got in a new order of yoga props: blocks, bolsters, and strap are now available. We continue to offer mats, including
Eco-concious mats, which are non-toxic, biodegradable, and contain no PVCs.

And finally, receive 25% off our line of Be Present yoga clothes.

Traditional African Healing

2009-06-24T09:29:00.001-07:00

Hello dear ones,

I'm going to cancel our "Yoga for Depression" class this Wednesday evening at 7pm. Instead, I encourage you to read the email below and attend this wonderful (FREE) healing event just around the corner from the yoga studio.

See you next Wednesday to continue our sacred work. Many of you have asked from what text I read in our class. There are many references I draw from, however the main lately book lately has been Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore.

Books, as do Teachers appear when we are ready. Breathe to get beyond any resistance and open yourself up to this free healing with Mandaza, a traditional African Healer.

Circles of Light to you,
Kim Please read on below.......

Traditional African Healer Coming To FPB
Mandaza Kandemwa, a traditional African healer, will be speaking at First Parish on Wednesday, June 24, at 7pm in the Parish Room. Sponsored by FPB Social Justice Committee, Mandaza’s talk will center on peacemaking; dreams as messages from the ancestors; and the practices of prayer and surrender that will help us become instruments of Spirit in honor of all Living Things. This presentation is free of charge. Tax deductible donations may be made through Tatenda, a project of the International Humanities Center, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. Your donations are received with the utmost gratitude, as they are the sole funding for Mandaza’s mission. Tatenda means “we thank you” in Shona, Mandaza’s native tongue.
In Zimbabwe Mandaza was born a Svikiro--a carrier of many earth and water spirits, and a Mhondoro--one who is in constant prayer on behalf of others. He travels internationally as a peace maker, teaching the Ways to become “living prayers,” in service of the One Spirit that exists in all things.

Mandaza will also be offering group and individual healing sessions during his stay on Cape Cod from June 22 to July 1.

June Solstice

2009-06-24T09:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Solstice,

A lot is happening at Brewster Yoga & Massage..

As we move into summer, we're signing up KIDS (ages 7-11) for our Wednesday 11am 7 week series starting July 8th - August 26th. Please visit our website to view more about KIDS Yoga classes with Karen Corcoran. We'd like to have at least 4 children registered to run the program. Please pass along this information to those you know who have children.

We also have a weekly Toddlers class with Jessica. No preregistration required.......
Juliet leads our Teen Yoga Flow on Thursdays from 11-noon. No preregistration required......
Please confirm the Toddler and Teen classes in the morning at our studio 508-896-YOGA.

We're also planning the best time to offer Yoga for Golfers this summer. Please get back to us if you are interested. Several folks have expressed interest and we would like your feedback. We're considering Wednesdays from 4-5pm or Fridays at 3:30-4:30pm.

This Friday we offer from 5-6pm the first of our Herbal Lecture Series: 100 Uses for 7 Common Lawn Weeds. Be re-connected to the many blessings growing just outside your doorstep. What you may have considered a nuisance, may just turn out to be your best ally. Please give us a call to RSVP $10 please. Led by Kari, our resident herbalist, she is a wise woman full of information to guide you back to natural healing. Kari is available for private herbal consultations - 30 minutes for $20.

We offer herbs right our of the studio as well as a line of beautiful homemade organic natural body oils, salves, and butters. Kari and I made some and I couldn't find this kind of quality any where else (even those fancy natural skin care lines), so after making Body Butters together, I've asked her to make what we've brought in to the studio just for you.

This Sunday, June 28th, Kim will lead an Open Your Hips Seminar. Please preregister (cost $20) by calling the studio 896-YOGA. If you decide to come on Sunday, the cost is $25.

Sue, our NIA Dance teacher is going to be teaching my favorite routine, Yulanga this Friday at 8:30am. I'm definitely going to be there... come and dance with us....

Finally, our drum circle is this Thursday evening 7pm-9pm. Cost is $5... Please bring a drum and any extras you may have. Beginners thru advanced are welcome. You will be so moved by the experience of drumming!

Please call me if we can be of service to you.

Todays New Moon energy extends for the next 2 weeks. Use this energy to seed your desires and intentions.

Please scroll down to the very end of this email. I have pasted an email from one of my dear teachers, Tias Little honoring the life and teachings of Pattabhi Jois'.

May your heart be light and full of compassion.
Love, Kim

Remembering Sri K Pattabhi Jois
From Antwerp, Belgium
We learned the sad news of the death of Pattabhi Jois yesterday and so today we set up a humble alter to him during class today with a large striking photograph of his ebullient face as the centerpiece. There were fresh flowers decorating his image and Surya led a small aarthi, blessing his image by encircling the alter with the offering of a hand held fire while we chanted the "kaurpurgauram" mantra. It is astonishing to remark on the extent that his teachings have proliferated around the world, and here in Europe Ashtanga Vinyasa is popular. Certainly the vinyasa wave that swept through the USA could not have happened without the influence of Pattabhi Jois teaching.

His death falls mid stream in this week's training program and on our syllabus today are the teachings on impermanence. So the timing for our small puja to "guruji" was fitting and we reflected on how potent it is to witness directly the passing of a life. I remember guruji referring to the "birthing and deathing" of all things, and I have always treasured that phrase, for in his broken English he suggested that birth and death are not static but involve ongoing transformation.

I recall having studied with Pattabhi in Mysore for six months on my first trip to India in 1989 (and returned again to study in '95). Surya also studied and practiced in Mysore, prior to the two of us meeting. So we both have the Ashtanga Vinyasa practice as a common source for our teaching and practice. I learned the Primary and Intermediate series with Patabhi Jois in 1989. This was before Sharath, (his grandson who will lead the tradition form this point forward) was assisting in the classroom. There were just 12 of us in the room (Derek and Radha, John Scott, Lino Miele, Dina Kinsburg) and what I recall most was how nimble Pattabhi was given his 75 years at that time (he was born in 1915 and died in 2009, so was 94.) He was like a veritable lion the way he moved about the room-lifting people up and dropping them back, holding people in poses and climbing down to the floor next to or on top of his students. I particularly recall the weight of his girth on my back in baddha konasana! The abundance of core strength he demonstrated, down to the very marrow of his bones, was astonishing.

His passing is indeed a considerable loss to the yoga world, for not only did he have mastery of the yoga asanas and have the shakti to transmit this extremely formidable and rigorous practice to all those who walked into his shala, but he was a master of the language underlying the yogic teachings. He had moved to Mysore to study with T. Krishnamacharya from a small village in rural South India and attended Mysore University studying Sanskrit. From his guru

Krishnamacharya and through his studies he memorized the Sanskrit slokas from the Upanisads and bhakti sutras and Bhagavad Gita. On the occasions when Pattabhi Jois would lecture on the philosophy of yoga, and students would have opportunities to ask him questions, (which he abhorred because his mastery of English was always left wanting), he would quote verses from the ancient sources, reeling off lengthy verses in Sanskrit. He was not only a master of hatha yoga but was a scholar, and a bhaktin ( I remember how before the first class started at 5 AM, he could be heard in the front of the home performing offerings to his household deities). Pattabhi Jois had mastered the yoga teachings by a strict discipline of study and through a yoga sadhana that included in-depth memorization of traditional text-harkening back to the days when yogic teachings were limited to oral transmission. This ability to memorize scripture is now a dying art. With Pattabhi Jois' passing not only do we lose a great hatha yoga master, we lose a solid link in the chain of direct transmission of scripture learned by heart.

Two Hands Together,
Tias

we open in our new location Friday May 1st: Brewster In Bloom Weekend

2009-04-28T11:56:00.001-07:00

We are excited to announce that we are moving to our new location at 84 Underpass Road in Brewster on May 1st. We'll offer not only Yoga & Massage, but Healing & Health Seminars, as well as a collection of herbs, vitamins, yoga clothes, et cetera... to support your path to health.

Join us during beautiful Brewster In Bloom weekend. We'll have our regularly scheduled classes for the month of May starting Friday 5/1 including Vinyasa, Kundalini, Meditation, Gentle Yoga and many more...... We'll also offer

During the weekend, we'll also hold a drum circle Saturday night, Free Dance Classes, Chair Massages, and a "Healing with Herbs" seminar on Sunday afternoon.

Please note that we are closing our old studio on Millstone Road and there will be no classes on Wed or Thursday. See you Friday at our new space. Come on down and join us!

March 2009 Happenings at BYM

2009-03-01T21:20:00.000-08:00

Our March schedule of classes and seminars is available.
Cancelations are on a link added to our Class Schedule page.
You can also call the studio line 896 - YOGA. Each day, we announce that days' classes.

What you put into your body either improves or depletes your vitality. We now carry Dandy Blend, a yummy delicious nutritious coffee alternative drink, at the studio. After one cup you might just feel differently about that beautiful little flower growing all over our lawns.

There is a time for departure even when there is no certain place to go.—Tennessee Williams, American playwright

In the quiet of winter, we often miss out on the sunshine and face anything from a bit of the blues to more serious emotional imbalances. Yoga is a holistic way to address the roots of this. "Yoga for Depression" classes with Kim start in March. When we address the emotional aspect of Dis-Ease, the body has space to release and heal. This is the perfect time of winter to commit to your emotional and physical health. Beginners through advanced are welcome.

“The Breath is the Movement of Spirit in the Body”

Dr. Andrew Weil

"Introduction to Yoga" is a monthly seminar offered to Beginners as well as those who want a broader context of yoga, and a chance to ask questions you might not be able to ask in a traditional yoga class.

We also offer a weekly class just for Beginners on Tuesday evenings. Many of our other classes are appropriate for all levels including Beginner's - Kundalini, Yoga for Depression, Open Yoga, Yin Flow Vinyasa I and our newest class, Yoga for Every Body on Mondays.

Beginners, please come as you are.

We are offering you a taste of NIA Dance this month. Please welcome Sue Landers to the studio. Sue will offer two FREE classes on Thursday 3/5 & 3/12 at 5:30pm. She will join BYM in April to teach weekly NIA Dance classes.

Come and meet another new teacher, Maureen Hammett. Maureen will lead us through a sacred Vinyasa class (heated) on Saturday 3/21 at 4:30pm. She will join BYM in April to teach weekly Vinyasa classes.

We continue to offer classes for Toddlers with Jessica, and Kids with Karen. We are so fortunate to have these wonderful teachers to share yoga with our community children. We're creating our Teen Class in collaboration with local schools.

Please support the classes that you want us to continue. We are here to serve your needs. We appreciate your feedback about what classes & seminars you want as we decide during March what we'll offer in April.

We received our massage establishment license in February and now offer Massage Services in our beautiful peaceful massage room. Kim Hudson and Kari Stroh are your massage therapists at BYM.
Massages are on Special for $65 through March.
Gift certificates are available for Massage or Yoga.
Purchase a 5 massage pack and receive the 6th free. Call the studio to schedule your massage today. (508) 896 - YOGA

"Meditation is not to get away from society,

but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on."

Thich Nhat Hanh

We have Judy Moran offering two classes..... Yoga for Every Body and a beautifully rejuvenating Guided Meditation class. Think you couldn't sit and relax for 45 minutes,,, just give her class a try and you'll be wanting more and more.

March Seminars
Body Prayers Friday 3/30
Restorative Yoga Sunday 3/22
Introduction to Yoga Sunday 3/29
Open Your Hips Sunday 3/29

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,

or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,

in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms

but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;

thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,

risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how,
or when, or from where.

I love you straightforwardly,
without complexities or pride;

so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,

so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,

so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
Pablo Neruda Sonnet XVII

We are still accepting donations for Katrina's Kids in Haiti.

Please read Katrina's love story below.

She is inspiring and so are these children!

You are welcome to make donations at the studio.

"As I stood on the cement porch drinking fresh coffee, I watched the glistening turquoise water turn golden as the sun rose into the sky. I felt that I was standing on the most beautiful place on earth, until the sudden cries of my next patient brought me back to reality. I was really standing on the back deck of the St. Rock Medical building in the middle of Haiti. I was offered a chance to volunteer at the St. Rock Haiti Foundation with nurses from Mass General.

The Haitian people are amazingly happy and have the largest personalities. It was very hard to see these warm hearted people suffer with all kinds of pain, mostly from the lack of nutrition. The nursing staff treated patients for issues like worms, scabies, and many different stomach problems mostly contracted from what they had eaten in desperation. At the clinic I would help record heights, weights, and symptoms, pass out water and food; but most of the time I would play soccer or Frisbee with the energetic children who lived nearby.

One morning a mother came to the clinic complaining that her baby girl just didn’t seem healthy. I held the girl close to me in my arms, but no emotion lit up her tiny face. Her body was burning with fever and she had a rash all over her fragile skin. I began to feed the subdued child formula, and I couldn’t help but stare into her inert eyes which slowly began to gleam as she devoured her largest meal of the week. An hour later I learned she had scabies and that I needed to immediately wash my body with alcohol and bag up my clothes. At this point the reality of the Haitian’s situation hit me hard and I cried thinking about how sick this poor baby was and how she obviously wasn’t consuming enough food.

Life in the city was a lot different than life in the Mountains. Port Au Prince is extremely polluted with trash covering the streets and canals; people live in shacks or underneath sheets next to the road. It was hard to breathe properly because of the lead gas pollution and the burning of trash, since there is no such thing as a disposal. It was surprising to see hundreds of cars on the roads when the people here don’t even have food to eat. As we passed the Palace on the way to the airport it looked completely out of place, it was so transcendent and extensive; however, ironically surrounding it were starving citizens living in homes made out of rags.

In the Mountains was another unexpected building, an extravagant Church. The sight of around 100 women walking up the stairs to Church in dresses of every color imaginary just blew me away. I couldn’t believe these same gorgeous people travel to the stream every day for water and go home every night to a small clay shack on the mountain side. On Saturday we took the day off from our busy week and went to visit the orphanage in the city. It was devastating how many children were in just the first room of this 3 storey building. I reached down to pick up an adorable little boy, but as I held him, not once would he look at me or embrace me. He knew that I was only going to hold him for a few minutes and then never see him again. This child had the emptiness in his eyes of no hope. Nothing. This boy’s precious face just broke my heart as I put him back in his crib where he remained sitting reticently. I could only take so much of the orphanage before I began to cry.

Over all Haiti was a shocking yet humbling experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. Even the simplest things like turning on the faucet or flicking a light switch make me realize how lucky I am to be living in such an exceptional place. I learned a real concept from this trip that will stay with me forever, money doesn’t equal happiness. Not one out of nearly 600 patients we saw in Haiti suffered from depression, but even in my small Cape Cod town I know at least 3 classmates who do. I’m very excited to go back to Haiti in March and see how the friends I made there have changed and grown up. I hope my experience will influence people to help poor countries all over the world, because right now they are desperately in need.

I went to Haiti last March when I was 16 years old. I am planning on returning to “see my children” March 16-23rd of this year. Any financial donation you would like to make would be greatly appreciated. My goal is $1000. Checks can be made out to Katrina Messersmith Haiti Account. I am planning on purchasing much needed medicines for the clinic and I would love to take over soccer balls for the children so they no longer have to play with old bottles.

If you would like to reach Katrina, please call the studio and we'll forward on your message and phone number to her or drop your donation by the studio anytime there are posted classes. If you would like further information about the St Rock Haiti Foundation site, visit http://www.saintrock.org/. Thank you!

Gratititude for forwarding this email on to your networks

and especially to those who might enjoy Yoga
..... and Remember to keep your heart light.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power,

the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Enjoy the budding of spring, Kim & BYM

Amazing Grace

2009-02-07T10:08:00.000-08:00

Namaste,
Want to heal your body? Want to heal your life? Here's a good example.

Take 4 minutes to watch this video posted on Yahoo today Feb 7, 2009.

How to be truly free of your past

Own it, forgive yourself, forgive others and then, move forward.
By doing this, you can release the vitality draining hold of the past and make space for good to flow into your life.
Keep doing that again and again and again .... That is the learning.

Yoga can help you open your body to live from your true nature that is Grace.....
With time, we learn that real yoga is taking it off your yoga mat out into the world.

Honored to have you share the path with me at the studio.
Circles of Light to you, Kim at BYM Yoga

Katrina's kids - Beat the Blues - Just Dandy - Yoga Seminars - Surfing

2009-02-05T13:59:00.000-08:00

Hello friends old and new,
We are up and running and welcome all to our sacred space. We are offering a full schedule of classes and will add more in March. What you put into your body either improves or depletes your vitality. We now carry Dandy Blend, a yummy delicious nutritious coffee alternative drink, at the studio. After one cup you might just feel differently about that beautiful little flower growing all over our lawns. Ahhh, how Mother Nature nourishes... Trial packets are available.

"Yoga for to Beat The Blues" with Karen Corcoran is an 7-week package starting in March (no class April vacation week). When we address the emotional aspect of Dis-Ease, the body has space to release and heal. This is the perfect time of winter to commit to your emotional and physical health.

“The Breath is the Movement of Spirit in the Body” Dr. Andrew Weil

We have several classes for Beginner's... Come as you are. In March, we'll be adding Yoga for Every Body, and a Movement/Dance Class. Please support these classes so we know that you want them. We are here to serve your needs.

We are also offering classes specifically for Toddlers, Kids, and Teens! We want to continue and grow these programs. Our new generation needs many tools as they will face unprecedented challenges. Please help spread the word to as many parents as possible to guide them our way.

We received our massage establishment license and can now offer Massage Services at the studio. Gift Certificates are just in time for Valentine's Day. Call the studio for our February Special: Purchase a 5 massage pack and receive the 6th free.

"Meditation is not to get away from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on"Thich Nhat Hanh

We have 2 seminars this weekend: Body Prayers on Friday 2/6 & Introduction to Yoga on Sunday 2/8. Next Sunday 2/15 we will have a Restorative Yoga Seminar. Pre-registration is required for all seminars.

Body Prayers
Silently Guided Asana ~ Savasana ~ Meditation
In this class, there is little or no verbal instruction given. It is better suited for those who have had at least a few Vinyasa classes. Asana is followed by a restorative Savasana - occasionally we'll have live music followed by a a silent Meditation.
It is best to stay in the quiet zone after class and we'll part ways generally in silence so that everyone can savor the stillness. Friday, February 6th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.$20.oo or just $5.oo additional with your class card.

Introduction to Yoga
A complete beginners class going a little bit more in depth that we have time for in a regular class. Class will include a short talk, basic introduction to yoga and postures, non-dogmatic philosophy, breathing, and meditation. All levels welcome.Sunday, February 8th from 1:30 - 3:30 pm. $20.oo or just $5.oo additional with your class card.

Restorative Yoga
Replenish, restore, and revive yourself through this nurturing style of yoga. Winter is a time to go inside. Yet, in this modern age of progress, we often find ourselves overly stimulated & stressed with the many demands that pull us off our center. This class will teach you new ways to replenish yourself and give you the opportunity to recharge each week during the cold and sometimes busy winter.
Please bring a pillow and blanket.Come feel wonderful and let the sacred happen.Sunday, February 15th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.$20.oo or just $5.oo additional with your class card
20% of tonights proceeds will benefit Katrinas' kids. Please read below....

Give the gift of Compassion for Valantine's Day. Can you give without expectation of anything in return? Please read Katrina's love story below. She is inspiring!
You are welcome to make donations at the studio.

""As I stood on the cement porch drinking fresh coffee, I watched the glistening turquoise water turn golden as the sun rose into the sky. I felt that I was standing on the most beautiful place on earth, until the sudden cries of my next patient brought me back to reality. I was really standing on the back deck of the St. Rock Medical building in the middle of Haiti. I was offered a chance to volunteer at the St. Rock Haiti Foundation with nurses from Mass General.

The Haitian people are amazingly happy and have the largest personalities. It was very hard to see these warm hearted people suffer with all kinds of pain, mostly from the lack of nutrition. The nursing staff treated patients for issues like worms, scabies, and many different stomach problems mostly contracted from what they had eaten in desperation. At the clinic I would help record heights, weights, and symptoms, pass out water and food; but most of the time I would play soccer or Frisbee with the energetic children who lived nearby. One morning a mother came to the clinic complaining that her baby girl just didn’t seem healthy. I held the girl close to me in my arms, but no emotion lit up her tiny face. Her body was burning with fever and she had a rash all over her fragile skin. I began to feed the subdued child formula, and I couldn’t help but stare into her inert eyes which slowly began to gleam as she devoured her largest meal of the week. An hour later I learned she had scabies and that I needed to immediately wash my body with alcohol and bag up my clothes. At this point the reality of the Haitian’s situation hit me hard and I cried thinking about how sick this poor baby was and how she obviously wasn’t consuming enough food.

Life in the city was a lot different than life in the Mountains. Port Au Prince is extremely polluted with trash covering the streets and canals; people live in shacks or underneath sheets next to the road. It was hard to breathe properly because of the lead gas pollution and the burning of trash, since there is no such thing as a disposal. It was surprising to see hundreds of cars on the roads when the people here don’t even have food to eat. As we passed the Palace on the way to the airport it looked completely out of place, it was so transcendent and extensive; however, ironically surrounding it were starving citizens living in homes made out of rags.
In the Mountains was another unexpected building, an extravagant Church. The sight of around 100 women walking up the stairs to Church in dresses of every color imaginary just blew me away. I couldn’t believe these same gorgeous people travel to the stream every day for water and go home every night to a small clay shack on the mountain side. On Saturday we took the day off from our busy week and went to visit the orphanage in the city. It was devastating how many children were in just the first room of this 3 storey building. I reached down to pick up an adorable little boy, but as I held him, not once would he look at me or embrace me. He knew that I was only going to hold him for a few minutes and then never see him again. This child had the emptiness in his eyes of no hope. Nothing. This boy’s precious face just broke my heart as I put him back in his crib where he remained sitting reticently. I could only take so much of the orphanage before I began to cry.
Over all Haiti was a shocking yet humbling experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. Even the simplest things like turning on the faucet or flicking a light switch make me realize how lucky I am to be living in such an exceptional place. I learned a real concept from this trip that will stay with me forever, money doesn’t equal happiness. Not one out of nearly 600 patients we saw in Haiti suffered from depression, but even in my small Cape Cod town I know at least 3 classmates who do. I’m very excited to go back to Haiti in March and see how the friends I made there have changed and grown up. I hope my experience will influence people to help poor countries all over the world, because right now they are desperately in need.
I went to Haiti last March when I was 16 years old. I am planning on returning to “see my children” March 16-23rd of this year.

Any financial donation you would like to make would be greatly appreciated. My goal is $1000. Checks can be made out to Katrina Messersmith Haiti Account. I am planning on purchasing much needed medicines for the clinic and I would love to take over soccer balls for the children so they no longer have to play with old bottles.

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If you would like to reach Katrina, please call the studio and I'll forward on your message and phone number to her or drop your donation by the studio anytime there are posted classes. If you would like further information about the St Rock Haiti Foundation site, visit www. Saintrock.org. Thank you!

And finally, we are excited to announce that we are a sponsor of The Cape Cod Wahines. They have a lot of fun and keep healthy out in nature all year-round, yes, some of them just might be out surfing today!
Waves gives us a rhythm for our breath. Take some time to sit by the sea and let its calming waves help move you into a state of deep relaxation and presence.
See you on the sea.....and Gratititude for forwarding this email on to your networks and Remember to keep your heart light.
"The reason Life works is that not all of us are nuts on the same day." - Annie Lamott.

Happy New Year 2009 Opening

2008-12-31T14:40:00.000-08:00

A peaceful & Joyful New Year

Brewster Yoga & Massage
Opens New Years Day 2009
1273 Millstone Road

(508) 896 - YOGA ~~ http://www.brewsteryoga.com/

Classes by donation January 1st - 4th
Click here for Class Schedule

Namaste,

Exhale 2008 and breath in the New Year. Set your intention and purpose for the year ahead. Perhaps let go of your new years resolution and the preoccupation of being perfect.

Instead we practice with mindfulness, letting things be as they are without wanting them to be other than they are. As the Zen expression goes, "No snowflake ever lands in the wrong place." This is when real peace and ease can manifest in our life, moment by moment. And so we find joy in simplicity.

It doesn't matter what 'type' of yoga you practice, or whether you are a beginner or veteran yogi. Our intention it to help you find peace and physical & emotional healing that already exists within you. Stillness is a doorway to explore your mind and body and Breath is the link between these.

Please come as you are and simply receive at our neighborhood studio and meet current instructors Karen Corcoran and Kim Hudson. We are here to serve you and the community - please tell us what you want. And please feel free to forward our news on to others.

We have plenty of Yoga mats or you can buy your own at the studio.
Therapuetic massage services will begin later on in January or early February.

Rest Replenish Renew
Om Shanti Peace

A vital time-out with Kimshar Yoga in Brewster

2008-09-23T20:40:00.000-07:00

Namaste,

"If you ask what is the single most important key to
longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress
and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it."
— George F. Burns: American comedian

Hi, Yes, there is a lot of stress spreading in epidemic proportions in the past two weeks, whether you're feeling it in the economy,,, personally, nationally, or globally. War, politically heated times, et cetera...

More than ever, we need yoga. "Be the change you want to see in the world" Ghandi. More than ever, the following statement is vital:

“Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. … Before they know it ... time runs out.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes

World change happens with Yoga.. by becoming still we can get clarity. Join Kim this evening (every Tuesday and Friday evening) from 7- 8:30 for Yoga. I'm sharing the teachings of yoga with you based on the root of yoga. Kim's teaching incorporates comprehensive elements from the many branches that it has been broken into.

Pranayama ~ Asana ~ Savasana ~ Meditation

Om Shantih Peace

Brewster Yoga & Massage Summer Newsletter

2008-07-11T09:33:00.000-07:00

Hello,
Included are tidbits of information for you to take in as it resonates with you. Feel free to pass along any information.
Namaste

"Once again we face a paradox, for it appears that softening your heart and gently tending its wounds _will protect you from evil. Building a fortress and defending yourself behind it will only make you more vulnerable. Healing your own heart is the single _most powerful thing you can do to change the world. Your own transformation will enable you to withdraw _so completely from evil that you contribute to it by not one word, one thought, or one breath."-Deepak Chopra, *The Deeper Wound Recovering the Soul from Fear and Suffering*

**Brewster Yoga & Massage**
My intention is to open a Home on Main Street

We have found a wonderful location and have begun the process to open this fall.
Renovations will be underway soon.
A variety of classes (and class packages) will be available inlcuding meditation.
There will be guest teachers, seminars as well as on-site and off-site retreats.
Please send your thoughts and requests such as class or seminar requests and your retreat desires.
I am creating the studio with your needs in mind.

Stay tuned!!

"Make visible what, without you, might have never been seen."- Robert Bresson

Beach Yoga is ongoing through Labor day. We got our picture on the front page of the Cape Codder last month and had a lot of fun with many many new faces. Bring your bathing suit and jump in for a swim after class, or take a walk or run on the Brewster flats. (You can park without a beach sticker until 9am.) Truly a magical way to start your day.

Deepen your practice, learn correct alignment, and rehabilitate injuries during Kim's Tues & Fri evening Vinyasa flow classes.

Please see Kim's class schedule page to see updated classes & location!

"At all times I will be the pupil of everyone." - Shantideva

Ultimately, we practice taking the lessons of yoga from the mat with us as we head back into our 'real' life: For more insight, check out this great article from Yoga Journal Being vs. Doing

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As always, I am available to help with any bodywork needs you have. In addition to the many modalities I have learned and shared throughout my years healing and in practice, I maintain many resources to help you with concerns that may be beyond my scope. Call or write if I can be of service.

God Bless.

www.KimsharYoga.com

Cell: (617) 510 - 3338

Don't forget Love.
It will bring all the madness you need to unfurl yourself across the universe.
--- Mirahai

Full Moon Brewster Yoga Newsletter

2008-05-19T17:01:00.001-07:00

Happy Full Moon

Your old life was a frantic running from silence.
The speechless full moon comes out now. Rumi

Namaste,
Brewster Yoga classes with Kim begin tomorrow
Tuesday May 20th. Tues & Fris 7pm - 8:30pm

1673 Main Street Brewster - COA Upstairs Auditorium
The COA is the large yellow building next to the Fire Dept near the intersection of Rts 6A & 137.

Bring your yoga mat, tho I do have several available as well.

Please wear non-restrictive clothing. Best to come on an empty stomach.

FEELING TOO TIRED TO leave the house for yoga... come and your energy will shift.

"If you do not change your direction,
you are likely to end up where you are headed."

Ancient Chinese Proverb

Classes will be primarily focused on Flow, including the obvious flow of Vinyasa. Other nights the class will focus simply on the Flow of breath as in an Iyengar style or Yin yoga class. Our classes encompass several styles of Yoga and I encourage you to listen to your body's sensations to find the best Way for you in each class.

On Yoga: Yoga was not intended to be broken up into different styles, or named after various people who crafted a certain name brand of yoga. It is all a part of the same system through which I holistically share the teachings.

SHIPS EAST AND WEST

One ship drives East, another drives West

With the self-same winds that blow.

'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale

That bids them where to go.

Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate

As we journey along through life,

'Tis the set of the soul that decides the goal

And not the calm nor the strife.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

For more information, please visit: http://www.kimsharyoga.com/
(617) 510 - 3338
Classes are $15.00 Barter welcome. Contact me if money prevents you from coming.

To read an article from Joseph Goldstein, open your Spacious Heart.

Filled with gratitude for our practice of yoga, I am honored to share both it and the path with you helping us to remember Rumi's words:

Stop the words now.

Open the window in the center of your chest,

and let spirit fly in and out.

Brewster Yoga Newsletter

2008-05-19T16:48:00.000-07:00

Wishing you all a beautiful May with lots of good things coming from the seeds you plant with your affirmations and intentions in your yoga practice. The Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings.

Check out Richard Rosen's short article at Have you ever asked yourself why you're really practicing yoga?
Practicing yoga regularly isn't always easy. Life can get in the way. Fear not. Help get your groove back and read You Can Go Om Again
Two articles from Yoga Journal describe Kim's intentions to share in her upcoming yoga classes. Check out Kims website for new Evening Yoga and Beach Yoga classes. More updates soon will include featured articles, mystic poetry, retreat information, and stories Kim is publishing and sharing with you. God Bless & Namaste

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Emotions in Motion

You reach up and back, your chest opening into a supported backbend. Then, suddenly, you're in tears. How did you move from serenity to intensity in just one moment?Last summer, Danielle Pagano hurried to her favorite yoga class feeling rushed but happy. Everything was fine until it came time to relax into Child's Pose just before the end of class. With her head bowed and attention focused inward, Pagano, a 33-year-old vice president of an international investment company, began to cry. She spent the next few minutes struggling to contain herself, and wrote the experience off to exhaustion. When it happened again the following week—this time earlier in the asana progression—she was stunned. It's a Good Thing.

"The holistic system of yoga was designed so that these emotional breakthroughs can occur safely," says Joan Shivarpita Harrigan, Ph.D., a psychologist and the director of Patanjali Kundalini Yoga Care in Knoxville, Tennessee, which provides guidance to spiritual seekers. "Yoga is not merely an athletic system; it is a spiritual system. The asanas are designed to affect the subtle body for the purpose of spiritual transformation. People enter into the practice of yoga asana for physical fitness or physical health, or even because they've heard it's good for relaxation, but ultimately the purpose of yoga practice is spiritual development."

This development depends on breaking through places in the subtle body that are blocked with unresolved issues and energy. "Anytime you work with the body, you are also working with the mind and the energy system—which is the bridge between body and mind," Harrigan explains. And since that means working with emotions, emotional breakthroughs can be seen as markers of progress on the road to personal and spiritual growth.

Not every spontaneous emotional event is quite so clear-cut, however. Difficult and stressful breakthroughs occur most often when the release involves long-held feelings of sadness, grief, confusion, or another strong emotion that a person has carried unconsciously throughout his or her life.
Yoga sessions focus on helping people recognize their own body’s wisdom and get to the source of emotions that may be causing aches and pains, physical or otherwise.

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Here Comes the Sun

That most familiar of asana sequences, Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) is as rich in symbolic and mythic overtones as it is in physical benefits.
In many cultures, light has long been a symbol of consciousness and self-illumination. "The world begins with the coming of light," wrote Jungian analyst Erich Neumann in The Origins and History of Consciousness (Princeton University Press, 1995). "Opposition between light and darkness has informed the spiritual world of all peoples and molded it into shape."

Our primary source of light is, of course, the sun. When we look at our closest star, we may see nothing more than a big yellow ball. But for thousands of years, the Hindus have revered the sun, which they call Surya, as both the physical and spiritual heart of our world and the creator of all life itself.

That's why one of Surya's many other appellations is Savitri (the Vivifier), who, according to the Rig Veda, "begets and feeds mankind in various manners" (III.55.19). Moreover, since everything that exists originates from the sun, as Alain DaniŽlou wrote in The Myths and Gods of India (Inner Traditions, 1991), it "must contain the potentiality of all that is to be known." For the Hindus, the sun is the "eye of the world" (loka chakshus), seeing and uniting all selves in itself, an image of and a pathway to the divine.

One of the means of honoring the sun is through the dynamic asana sequence Surya Namaskar (better known as Sun Salutation). The Sanskrit word namaskar stems from namas, which means "to bow to" or "to adore." (The familiar phrase we use to close our yoga classes, namaste—te means "you"—also comes from this root.) Each Sun Salutation begins and ends with the joined-hands mudra (gesture) touched to the heart. This placement is no accident; only the heart can know the truth.

The ancient yogis taught that each of us replicates the world at large, embodying "rivers, seas, mountains, fields...stars and planets...the sun and moon" (Shiva Samhita, II.1-3). The outer sun, they asserted, is in reality a token of our own "inner sun," which corresponds to our subtle, or spiritual, heart. Here is the seat of consciousness and higher wisdom (jnana) and, in some traditions, the domicile of the embodied self (jivatman).

It might seem strange to us that the yogis place the seat of wisdom in the heart, which we typically associate with our emotions, and not the brain. But in yoga, the brain is actually symbolized by the moon, which reflects the sun's light but generates none of its own. This kind of knowledge is worthwhile for dealing with mundane affairs, and is even necessary to a certain extent for the lower stages of spiritual practice. But in the end, the brain is inherently limited in what it can know and is prone to what Patanjali calls misconception (viparyaya) or false knowledge of the self.

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"What we perceive with our eyes and our minds can be very superficial.
What we see from our hearts is real."