Dear Visitor,

This is the newsletter our clients received at the beginning of October. Enjoy!

                                                          Deborah Harris
Studio Owner

     Over the past few months we have gotten a lot of requests to start offering Prenatal Yoga. People are starting to hear from their obstetricians regarding the benefits of this activity for soon-to-be-moms.

     Prenatal yoga is one way that women are bringing body, mind, and spirit together as they prepare to introduce another life into this world.

     Prenatal yoga takes a pregnant woman gently through preparation for childbirth with the assumption that labor is the most important marathon she will ever do. We work on breathing for optimal relaxation and awareness, strengthening the legs in preparation for labor, strengthening the arms in preparation for for nursing and carrying the baby around, and working on flexibility and vitality in the pelvic floor to ease the birthing process.

     We are starting to register women now for the Prenatal Yoga Seminar set to begin at the end of October or beginning of November. We are going to limit the class to only 10 people, so if you know someone who is pregnant perhaps you could forward this newsletter to them or send them our way. We'd love to talk to them about the specific benefits of Prenatal Yoga!

     Courier News recently devoted a whole section of the paper to prenatal Yoga. Not only were we interviewed for the story, but our studio was extensively photographed and featured on the front page of the section. Many thanks to Gillian and our pregnant Yoginis who volunteered for the shoot.

     Click here or on the picture above to read the full article.

Upcoming Holidays

We wish our Jewish clients a Happy New Year!
L'shana Tova!

May the upcoming year be good for you and your family! May it bring some much-needed love and peace into this world!

CLASSES COME,
   AND CLASSES GO...
October Schedule Update

   Starting Oct 7th, Kristen will be teaching a new
Friday Evening Yoga Class 6:30-7:45PM

  A Dynamic Flow Yoga - a new class by Cheryl Muradas starts October 11th. This class, for intermediate to advanced Yogis, will run Tuesdays 7:30-8:45PM

  Denise's Tuesday Evening Yoga Class is moving to an earlier time, it will now be offered 6:15-7:25 PM

  A Pilates Tower Class is added on Thursdays mornings to run 8:30-9:30AM. Sign up now to reserve your spot!

  Denise is now teaching the popular Sunday Morning Yoga Class

FOCUS ON THE INSTRUCTOR
     Cheryl Muradas

   I first took an interest in yoga back in the mid 1970’s when I discovered a book on yoga at my grandmother’s house.  The book belonged to my Uncle Jimmy, an 8^th degree black belt in karate.  I was 16 at the time.  Being in a severe car accident during my junior year in high school, with damaged discs and a severely injured left leg, my uncle suggested I take a couple of karate classes at his school, as that would serve as physical therapy.  Many of the warm-ups consisted of stretches, which were similar to many of the postures now being taught.  I felt so wonderful during the warm up and cool downs, which were the stretches, that I quickly fell in love with and practiced them up until the end of the last year of high school. 

With so many things happening in my life, I shortly thereafter abandoned yoga and all exercise.  Many years later, after having two beautiful daughters, Heather and Rachel, my injured L-4 and L-5 disc problems reappeared leaving me almost crippled, and unable to move comfortably. I turned to yoga as an alternative, and thus began my journey of healing, both physically and spiritually."

Read the full bio here

Starting October 11th, Cheryl will be teaching a new class at our studio:

Dynamic Flow Yoga
Tuesdays 7:30-8:45PM

Dynamic Flow yoga is an athletic, rigorous style of yoga, done at a fast pace, geared toward promoting cardiovascular health, muscular endurance, and overall strength and flexibility.  Concentration on breathing is emphasized during the entire flow.  Some abdominal work is done, as well as a mixture of standing, seated, reclining, and inverted postures, which are connected to the Sun Salutation.  A short segment of breathing exercises is performed after final relaxation. This Vinyasa is guaranteed to burn calories, tone and elongate the body, and refresh the senses.