14 W. Main Street, Middletown, Maryland 21769 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaA June 8, 2020

Keep the power of love alive in your heart

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Place your right palm on your heart and your left palm on top. Feel the beating rhythm of your heart - the steady thrum of life pulsing through you. Notice the rise and fall of your chest with your breath - life force energy flowing in to nourish you and flowing out to release what has already served you well. As you breathe in, call to mind someone you love dearly; as you breathe out, send them love from your heart. When you have sent them more love and are ready, breathe in and call to mind someone you know only in passing; breathe out and send them kindness from your heart to ease their life journey. Breathe in and out and feel that ease flow through you as well. After a few more breaths, call to mind someone experiencing pain in their life. Breathe in infinite love from the universe; breathe out and send them the understanding and compassion that flows from the universe through you. Sit with your breath, experiencing love, kindness, understanding and compassion until the distinctions between you and those in your mind dissolve, and they move into your heart with you. Take another breath and chant OM, feeling its resonance in your heart

May we all know peace of heart and mind, joined in a circle of loving awareness.

Sending an abundance of light and love,

Carla

Join us for the Online June Session!

June 1 - 26

Week 2 of the June Session begins today - more opportunities to take online video classes to help keep you strong, centered, and prepared to venture back into the world when you are ready. The studio is still closed for in-person classes, so take advantage of these videos for practicing with us at MSY online.

June Schedule - Week 2

Monday

Chair Yoga - with Carla (alternates with Audra)

Tuesday

Moderate Plus Yoga - Exploring Balance - with Carla - (Moderate class with Vigorous options)

see description of this new series below

Wednesday

Moderate Yoga - with Audra (alternates with Carla)

Thursday

Gentle Yoga - Stress Relief for Modern Life - with Audra

see description of this new series below

Friday

Yoga and Pilates for Bone Strength - with Mary

Friday Surprise Yoga! - Back Care Revisited - Strength to the Rescue! Upper and Whole Body - with Carla - see description of this class below



Visit the MSY website here to purchase your June Week 1 videos!

New Class Series

Moderate Plus Yoga - Exploring Balance

Join Carla to explore the interplay of movement and stillness, of focused and widespread physical awareness, and how to use them to establish balance through yoga. We will build standing balance pose series over the 4 weeks, using the principles of grounding, rising and expanding; as well as determine how breath, mudras, and affirmations affect our emotional and mental balance.

Gentle Yoga - Stress Relief Series

Join Audra for various practices to release stress in our bodies in gentle practices of stretching, movement, breathing, and stillness. Releasing stress in our bodies positively affects our physical functioning and calms our mind and emotions. Week 2 - This week we slow down and breathe. Gather your props and prepare to relax. We start with a short guided relaxation and end with a Yoga Nidra. We'll take some time for gentle maintenance yoga in the middle.

Create Bone Strength

This whole body fitness program utilizes balance exercises, weight bearing routines, and low impact movements to help maintain and stimulate bone health in a safe way. Come strengthen your whole body and improve balance! Chair and floor options will be given for all movements.

Friday Surprise Yoga!

Join us every week for a surprise instructor and topic!

Week 1 and Week 2 - Back Care Revisited - Strength to the Rescue!

Join Carla to learn the importance of strengthening opposing muscle groups of the body to balance the opening and releasing of tight places. Without strength-building, the effects of releasing tension patterns is short-lived and less effective.

Week 1 - Lower Body Strength

Week 2 - Upper and Whole Body Strength

Tai Chi

Current Tai Chi Students - More videos coming your way this week, courtesy of Cain! Be sure to purchase the June Tai Chi Pass to continue receiving videos.

Video Delivery Change for June!

Exciting News!

Due to a new feature in our registration system, your video link will now appear on your purchase receipt! That means that you can begin practicing as soon as you buy your video!

How does it work? Like a dream!

When you complete the transaction to order a video from the MSY website, either by using a class pass or paying through PayPal, our system generates a receipt and sends it to you.

Your receipt will now have the YouTube link for your video embedded beneath each video you order. If you order more than one video, be sure to look for the link after each video . See the red circle below for where to find your link!

Logistics

Passes

Timing

Classes Available for Purchasing

How do I register for classes?

For the answer to this and any other questions you have about our new online registration system, please: Visit the MSY website for detailed instructions, complete with multiple screenshots, in the "Registration FAQs" blog here .

Support your Home Practice

Tricky practicing without a block? Your dog ate your peanut?

There is a small stock of props available from the studio.

Contact us to purchase them from the Virtual MSY Marketplace.

BREATHE * RELEASE FEAR * BE PRESENT * SMILE!

Come experience why Mountain Spirit Yoga has been a Top Finalist for Best Yoga Studio in Frederick County for the past 5 years!

Classes, workshops, Private Yoga Therapy to serve the needs of all our students through Yoga, Pilates, and Tai Chi.