We love you at Liberty Yoga!

February 2014 Happenings!

NEW

CLASSES!

Beginning February 1st we have 4 Brand New Classes added to the schedule!

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Mondays

Tree Room

5:30- FLY!

7pm- Therapeutic
(taught by Gwen)

Wednesdays

Eagle Room

5:30- FLY!/TB

Tree Room

7:00- Restorative

(taught by Erin)

Meditation

Meditation is an important part of your Yoga practice. We will now have meditation practice for ALL on the 2nd Sunday of every month 8am to 9am beginning April 13 after Ellen's Meditation Workshop on Sat March 15! Come to her Workshop to learn the principles of Meditation!

Class Change

The 6am FLY! Vinyasa Class on Tues, Thurs and Fri is now changed to 6:15am-7:15am to allow time for transitions between classes. Please join us for this early morning class!

Remember Your Life!

JOURNAL!

Do you ever think how great it would be to put your thoughts and daily discoveries down in a journal?

"Dear Journal, today was a great day! I discovered a whole new world when I just paid attention to the present moment"

But---you never seem to have the time or you just can't remember to do it. Here is a great website to go to that is as simple as replying to an email.

(Something we do a lot!)

It's called

Oh Life!

Click the link. Enter your email and you are ready! Oh Life will send you a daily email that you simply respond to with your daily entry and your journal has started!

Give it a try today and

remember and LOVE your life!

THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES:

How do you like to be shown love?

Here are the 5 Love Languages:

1. Words of Affirmation - use words to affirm others

2. Acts of Service- actions speak louder than words

3.Receiving Gifts-you feel most loved when receiving a gift

4. Quality Time- giving a person your undivided attention

5. Physical Touch- touch helps you to feel you are loved

Knowing what your love language is and what it is for the people in your lives - how they want to be shown love- is a great way to improve your relationships with yourself and others!

Vegan Cooking Class with Priya!

Tuesday Feb 11 & 18
Thursday Feb 13 & 20
11:30am to 1:30pm

$20.00 per person.

Watch. Learn. Eat. Enjoy!

Savor the health benefits of delicious Vegan and Gluten Free meals. Class includes

demonstration with fresh organic vegetables, lentils, beans, legumes, fruits, nuts, healthy oils and a variety of flavorful, healing herbs and spices.
Class Size limit:
4 min/8 max
Sign up today to reserve your spot!

Classes will be held at:

Dennison Ridge

428 Scarecrow Court

Hockessin, DE 19707

L*I*F*E Group
Living In
Full Energy

with Paula Bairstow and Christine Shaw

Our Brand New L*I*F*E Group begins this Sunday, Feb 2
8am to 9:30am

Donation class

We will also meet Sun, Feb 9 & 23

See the description of L*I*F*E class at the bottom of Paula's "Meet the Yogi" article.

NEW

Class Price Increase!

We love our new room which means more space, more classes, workshops, teachers and growth for us all!

Growth means we will be making a change in our prices. Beginning February 1st, the Monthly Unlimited Package is now $125 (up from $110) per month. This gives you unlimited classes in a 30 day period. There are 31 classes per week.

Thanks for your understanding and support.

We encourage you to choose our Year of Monthly Unlimited AutoRenew Option.

(See offer at the bottom of newsletter)

Liberty Yoga co-owner, Christine Shaw SINGS !!

JOIN her

INSIDE THE OPERA STUDIO!

On March 7th and 9th Opera Delaware presents Bizet's Les p�cheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) in concert.

English supertitles will be provided in order to help follow the story.

If you are more visually oriented - we have you covered! The amazingly creative and talented Lee Zimmerman will perform LIVE silk-screen painting as part of this performance. As the story unfolds, Mr. Zimmerman will create a back-drop before your very eyes!

Performances take Place at Opera Studios, 4 South Poplar Street, Wilm, DE 19801.

Friday March 07, 2014 7:30 PM

Sunday March 09, 2014 2:00 PM

Join us March 7 (7:30pm)

(March 9 is SOLD OUT)

Come see Christine perform.It's one of the last performances for the opera company for awhile!!

Gather a group of Yogis and come for a fun night out!

To purchase single tickets Click here!

Yogis and Tea!

Relaxing, flavorful,

healing, aromatic, healthy, soothing.

That's Tea.

Come join one of our Yogis, Chris Marchegiano, as he shares his love of chinese herbal teas.

We will be meeting at Liberty Yoga soon in small groups of 6. Sign up at the studio and when we fill several groups we will pick the dates. Enjoy a 75 minute session with Chris to learn more about the variety and flavors of tea as well as the health benefits and how to brew the perfect cup!

New Teachers

and Classes

Gwen Gerety-Hays

We are excited to welcome Gwen, a 500hr RYT, to our Yoga community! Gwen will be teaching on Monday evenings at 5:30- FLY! and 7pm- Therapeutic

Click here to read more about Gwen

Zach Plerhoples

Zach has joined us

to teach several workshops in the past. He will be teaching on a regular basis now- every other Wednesday evening at 7pm beginning Feb 5 (and then Feb 19, March 5, 19, 26 etc.) He will alternate with Christine

Click here to read more about Zach

Also, Be sure to sign up for Zach's Workshop- "The Art of Playful Practice" with his co-teacher Susie Cohen on April 6, 1-3pm

This month, we want to show you how much we LOVE you by giving you a big box of chocolates! Well, how about if we just quote Forrest Gump "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get!" Aint' it the truth!

You do know what you will get at Liberty Yoga! A caring, loving community with lots of talent! This month we focus on:

1) Our Talented Students: Paula Bairstow, Priya Kearney and Chris Marchegiano as they offer their knowledge and support with our new L*I*F*E group, Vegan cooking and tea making!

2) Our Workshops: Couples Yoga. To get you in touch with your partner with fun poses and relaxing massage and Shoulder stand. To restore vitality to your body and bring the blood flowing back to your heart.

3) Our New Teachers: Two brand new and highly talented Yoga Teachers - Gwen Gerety-Hays (500hr-RYT) and Zach Plerhoples (200hr-RYT). They will be teaching beginning this month!

4) Our 21 DAY Yoga Body Program: It was a success. The Participants have lots to say about their experience. You can sign up now for the next one in May!

5) Our Special Articles, New Prices, Opera and much more!

Thanks for reading and being a part of our loving community! Be sure to spread your LOVE this month and all year long!

Love,

Christine and Erin

PS- So, we are not giving you a whole box but if you can tell us the hidden word and how many times it appears you will get a sweet treat when you come to the studio!

Focus on the Yogis!

Priya Kearney

I grew up in Mumbai (then called Bombay), India. My earliest memories are of going to the beach most mornings with my family, playing with my sisters and practicing yoga with my mother, then coming home to prepare and eat delicious vegetarian meals. As we cooked together mom would have us chant mantras or prayers (bhajans) to infuse the food with divine energy. Yoga was a way of life. Some of the parts of Putanjali's yoga were woven into our daily routine, the goal being enlightenment or union with the divine. To this day my mom (91 years young) can easliy go into Halasana (plow pose) with no problem.

When our entire family emigrated to the US I got caught up in the fast paced lifestyle here and was not very regular with my yoga practice and daily walks. We also missed our extended family and found the lifestyle in the West very isolating and lonesome. I started looking for interesting things to do and my interest in meditation lead me to a retreat in Boston where I met my husband, Michael. WE learned Kriya Yoga meditation, tried Kundalini and YinYoga, received Reiki and learned various sanskrit mantras, chants, poojas (prayer rituals) and fire ceremonies. My interesst in Hatha yoga was rekindled when I attended a yoga class taught by a medical student studying the health benefits of yoga and healing rituals of Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

For much of the last decade I have managed type II diabetes without medication by discovering the roots of healthy cooking with Ayurvedic methods using healing herbs and healthy ingredients. I discovered that this is the way I grew up; cooking following the Ayurvedic principles.

I have taken the traditional Indian and western ingredients and simplified cooking so we can incorporate these foods into our busy western schedules.

Michael and I have recently discovered Liberty Yoga and we love the feeling of community, enthusiasm and healing space created by Christine and Erin at the studio.

~ Priya

Vegan Cooking Classes:

Christine and Erin have invited me to share my meal plans with you to create dishes with Vegan and Gluten Free recipes. I will be holding Vegan cooking classes at our home in Hockessin, DE. Please read

Priya, my blog, to see how I reversed type II diabetes with my meal plan and exercise routine. Also see the other article in this newsletter about the Cooking Classes. Sign up at Liberty Yoga!

Paula Bairstow

My yoga journey began about 16 years ago, when I attended beginners classes taught by my chiropractor. I enjoyed the classes, but as the 8 class series ended, my life got busy with family and work, our first child arriving, and of course lots of grown-up type "stuff" happening that became my focus. I forgot all about yoga and got busy getting this "stuff" dealt with, and proceeded to really neglect myself along the way. I took on a lot of stress, gained a lot of weight ,and became thoughtless about food and lifestyle choices. After the birth of my second son in 2002, I weighed almost 200 pounds, my mood was up and down, and I continued to have back pain that at times was overwhelming. I was pretty miserable about the state I was in, and decided to take a look at my relationship with food. I read some books, and made some changes. I lost about 75 pounds, pretty awesome yeah me, and felt better in many ways. And all that without any exercise! So I was more slim, but my mood was still up and down, and I was still easily overwhelmed and anxious. I didn't sleep well. And on top of that, as the kids started to get active, I struggled physically at times to keep up. So, after encouragement from my doctor, I joined a local gym and began enjoying group fitness classes. I loved spinning and step classes, started kick boxing and swimming, and after a few years even completed a triathlon! My mood really did improve, and I was doing better managing stress. I added some yoga in here and there, and did really enjoy the poses and the stretching. But I still wasn't focused on the bigger possibilities with yoga....

And in addition to that physical stuff, I find myself starting to look more closely at my inner thoughts, my focus, and my intentions during my practice. My mind is getting stronger. With a growing commitment to a consistent practice, I have during this past year become increasingly aware of the power of yoga to transform my emotional energy centers. Yoga seems to have ignited my inner light. And I know I'm taking the positive energy I create in my practice with me outside of the studio. At home with my family, in my work as a counselor, and even with strangers. I know for sure I'm a better person to myself, my spouse, my kids, my coworkers and clients, and my fellow community members because of yoga. Yoga is good for me and good for anyone else I connect with along my way. Paying forward a good mood and good "stuff".

And over these past few months, I have discovered a secret little gift at the studio I didn't expect. The gift of the community of yogis! I am not sure if this sense of community happens at every studio since this is my only yoga studio membership experience, but I sure do feel it at Liberty. I feel the love! There's a whole lot of soul growing at Liberty. It feels great to show up. And I feel safe showing up with my "stuff" in class. Because everyone brings theirs too, and just shows up. You have this awesome thing in common with everyone there...our yoga, and our desire to do something nice for ourselves that brings us a little bit closer to our personal contentment. Our inner peace. Our happy place. And we get to move together and breathe together and collect our energy and focus it on our common goals, together. It's amazing and powerful and full of potential. It's inspiring! So inspiring, that I want to come together with our amazing community members and deepen our practice even more. I know for sure now that every one of us has stuff, and everyone has methods for managing the stuff, beyond using the poses of yoga. We all have skills, talents, wise thoughts, and valuable life experiences to share. We are all uniquely gifted teachers.

LIFE Discussion Group

I think it would be great to come together to explore what we all do with our energy as members of our communities, and discuss as a group how what we are learning in our yoga practices on the mat, shows up outside of the studio off the mat. I am excited to lead this discussion group with Christine and the Liberty community of yogis about our approaches to taking on life, in our safe, cozy community setting at the studio. This is not the poses part of our practice, but the mindfulness piece. The thoughts connect to feelings and lead to actions part. A chance to come together to explore what's happening in our lives and check in with each other about what we think, how we feel, and what we are doing to manage. Let's discuss how we cope, play, parent, commune, offer service, and engage our energy. Let's identify some topics and tap into what we are all doing to live our best lives. We call the group LIFE
, which stands for Living in Full Energy. Because the intention of the group is to support each person in their efforts to live life fully plugged in to our potential for being. LIFE at Liberty...in the pursuit of happiness. The more I get to know my fellow yogis the more I like our collective energy and care that each of us can shine as brightly as possible. I'm excited to see what will happen if we just show up, together, as a group. Show up. And don't forget to bring your "stuff". I hope you will. You all inspire me. Namaste.
~Paula

L*I*F*E Group will begin this Sunday February 2 at 8am.
In February classes will be Sunday Feb 2, 9 & 23 at 8am
After that, each Month L*I*F*E Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Sundays of Every month!

21 Day Yoga Body
Program Success!

Well, we did it! Our wonderful group

Carol Allmond Sara Cardile

Kath Beacher           Kathi Hamelin
Maryam Savabi         Nicole Mathias
Linda Catinella          Greg Woods
Erin Sweeney            Kathy Potter
Chris Marchegiano     Kat Kvoka
Hanne Holt               Jerry Holt
Robin Marks             Aleksandra Slijepcevic

made it through the 21 Days of Yoga!

We followed Sadie Nardini's book and focused on changes in our personal development, yoga practice and eating habits. Watch this video to see what the students had to say about their experience!

Sound good??

You can join us for our

next 21 Day Program--- Just in time for Summer!
May 17 through June 6!

$300 / AutoRenew = $200

Price includes:

book, yoga class practice, group discussion, menu preparing and eating

Early Bird Special (sign up before May 1, 14):

$275 / AutoRenew = $175

February Workshops:

Couples Yoga with Erin

Enjoy some special time with your Valentine!

Erin makes yoga fun with poses you can do together. Then add a little romance and relaxation as Jan Owens guides you through massage.

Saturday, February 15, 2-4:30pm
Romantic Couples' Yoga includes
90 minutes of Yoga & 1 hour Couples' Massage!

Cost: $50 / couple ($60/couple the day of the event)

Shoulderstand with Kathleen

Enjoy the most beneficial Yoga pose there is as Master Yoga Teacher- Kathleen Wright guides you into this wonderful inversion one step at a time. This workshop can be done any number of times and is suitable for new people to the pose and even better for people with years of experience practicing yoga. Shoulderstand is a tough pose that can be taken at many different levels. Find out what the safe and right level is for you.

Saturday, February 22, 12-3pm

Cost: $30 for members and nonmembers

New Feature

The 5 Minute Meal with Christine

Quick and Healthy?! Is that possible?

Is stopping at a fast food restaurant the only way you can get a quick and healthy meal? NO! Just click on a video and in 5 minutes (or less) you can make a super quick and healthy and yummy meal right at home. Then run out the door to work or your next appointment knowing that you ate well ---and FAST!

Watch and cook right along as Christine makes healthy meals in a flash! Meal is chosen. Timer is set. Food is made. Yummy, healthy meal is eaten! (You can eat the meal slowly as you savor its tasty-lovliness)

Here is video #1

The 5 minute salad

More to come!!!!

New Room Flow & Housekeeping

We love our new space!

The flow is going pretty well. Here are some reminders:

Coming to Class:

*Use the door to the right of the "Touch of Class" sign.
*Come up the stairs to the first room (Eagle).
*Please remove your shoes outside the door and then carry them in and put them on the shoe rack. (This is just during the winter with all of the snow and salt).

*Sign in on the sign in sheet (YES- even if you signed in on line)

*Make your way to the Tree or Eagle room.

NOTE: When there are two classes going on at the same time, please be patient entering. When it is time for class to start, the door to the Eagle Room will be locked.
If you are attending class in either room after the door is locked, go to the door nearest to the restrooms to enter.

Leaving After Class:

If you are in the Tree Room and there is a class in the Eagle room, please exit through the hallway door and go back in the main door to retrieve your things, NOT through the door by the restrooms.

Thanks for your help to make things flow!

Save the Date and Sign up!!

Upcoming Workshops & Classes:

March:

MELT - Sunday March 2, 12-2pm
Meditation - Saturday March 15, 1-3pm

April:

The Art of Playful Precision - April 6, 1-3pm

TBA:

Yogis and Tea!
Vegan Cooking Classes

LOVE,

Christine Shaw and Erin Sweeney

Save $$	BEST OFFER AT LIBERTY YOGA! 1 Year of Unlimited Yoga AutoRenew Contract* $85/ month for the first 3 months & $99/ month for the remaining 9 months*
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