Look at me!  Look at me! Look at me now.

It’s fun to have fun, but you have to know how!
- Dr. Seuss

 

Class changes:
Lisa takes over the Thursday 5:30-6:45 pm Mixed Level at YogaNow Gold.  Goodbye Barbara, and Good luck back in Mexico, we’ll miss you.  We’re thrilled to have Lisa (formerly a YogaNow Teacher Training Apprentice) adding this class to her Monday and Wednesday noon schedule.

 

New class at Mountain Run:
Friday at 6-7:15 pm, Prepare for the weekend with Christina in a Mixed/Restorative Class:  Mixed level for 45 minutes followed by 30 minutes of Restorative yoga!  Here’s the description:  Bring balance to our demanding lifestyles. This half mixed level, half restorative class will help you shrug off the stresses of the week through an invigorating mixed level asana practice, followed by a restorative practice to replenish, relax and restore your body, mind and spirit as you enter the weekend.  Begins 2/17.

 

Jimmy is back from Mysore , India and is presenting a yoga workshop: 

Workshop:  Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga

Sunday, February 26, 2:30-4:30 pm, YogaNow Gold

$25 plus tax

 

After a month of intensive Ashtanga training with the living master, Sri K Pattabi Jois, at the Mysore Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India Jimmy returns.  He's offering a 2 hour workshop this month, 2/26, 2:30-4:30 pm:  Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga covering History, Philosophy, Anatomy, Asana, and Breath.  If you are new to Ashtanga or just want to learn more about Ashtanga, this is the workshop for you.  Sign up now ($25 plus tax) and reserve your space at YogaNow Gold, 232-4717.

 

Community News:

Michele Basta, YogaNow Teacher Apprentice, is in an art show with her beautiful work – join her at the opening, this Friday, February 10, 5-9 pm, 105 4th St SW, downtown!

 

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana back by popular demand at the Guild, February 6-9,-- don’t miss it if you can make it!  On Friday Feb. 10 & Saturday Feb. 11 at 7:30pm, director Gayle Ferraro will be at the Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE, two blocks west of Carlisle in Nob Hill area) to present her documentary Ganges: River to Heaven.  This documentary will play Friday Feb. 10 & Saturday Feb. 11 at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and will continue to play Sunday Feb. 12 thru Thursday Feb. 16 at 5:15, 7:00 and 8:45pm.

 

A word from Meta:

This is a period of birthdays for me – my father turned 80 last month and I turn 50 next.  My dad, Harry Hirschl, stood up at our celebration and said he wanted to quote his favorite philosopher, Dr. Seuss.  He then read the lines at the top from The Cat in the Hat, part of our family experience.  Having fun does seem to be the key, yes?

 

I’ve been contemplating how to celebrate, mark my ˝ century and it came to me one night…rather than explore the external (was thinking of hiking the Grand Canyon, going for a kayaking adventure) I decided to dive into the final frontier – the mind.  So, partly from the inspiration of the documentary mention above, Doing Time, Doing Vipassana, I signed up for the classical 10 day Vipasssana retreat – no talking, no reading, no writing, no yoga.  Just meditate from 4 am til after night fall.  I’ll be going on the retreat in March and will let you know then who all my subs will be, but in the meantime the anticipation is sweet – tho I know the sitting may well be the biggest challenge of them all, perhaps topping my 40th celebration, running the big sur marathon.

 

I send you all wishes for delicious moments strung together on the thread of the breath,

In peace,

With many smiles,

Meta.