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February 2017
February is often one of the coldest months of the year. This is a great time to connect to what warms your heart, enlivens your spirit, and encourages your mind. Keeping your spirits up through a good practice of Kundalini yoga and meditation can help! See below for this month's offerings at the ashram. |
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In case you're wondering about the change in the newsletter:
What does "Mata Shakti Ashram" mean?
*The word "Mata" means "mother" in India. In Portugese and Spanish, the word "Mata" means wood or forest, and Mata Shakti Ashram is located in a quiet wooded setting.
*The word "Shakti" means empowerment and primordial cosmic energy. Shakti represents the dynamic forces of feminine divine energy that move through the entire universe.
*The word "Ashram" means the locus of activity for spiritual practices.
Mata Shakti Ashram will be filing for non-profit status, and is asking for your help as we determine how best to move forward. If you are interested in finding out how you can support this center of spiritual practice, contact me: hardarshan@matashaktiashram.org
I will continue to include information about special events related to my counseling practice in this newsletter, and www.sacredlistener.com will be the website focused on the psychotherapy services that I offer. Contact me for information about the new classes for The Highly Sensitive Person which will begin in February.
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Over the next 40 weeks of classes, the yoga sets and meditations will be drawn from insights from the book "The End of Karma" by Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD. This book takes the 40 parts of Japji, the sacred Sikh morning prayer, and illuminates the basic message of each. This path of inquiry is open to people of all beliefs and faith traditions! Topics for each week:
Feb. 2: "Going Deeper"
Yoga to Prepare Yourself Physically, Mentally, and Spiritually
Grace of God Meditation
Feb. 6 & Feb. 9: "Listen and Agree"
Yoga Kriya for Self-worth and Releasing Negativity
Narayan Meditation for Self-esteem
Feb. 13 & Feb. 16: "Becoming Wise"
Yoga: Foundation for Infinity
Meditation Set to Become Intuitive
Feb. 20 & Feb. 23: "Faith"
Yoga Set for Purpose
Meditation for the Blossoming of Your True Self
Feb. 27 & March 2: "The Thousand Petaled Lotus"
Yoga set: Past Tense, Future Perfect
Meditation with Har Har Mukunday
Mondays 11am - noon
Location: 305 Glenwood Drive, Chapel Hill, NC
Fee: $10
Thursdays 6:15 - 7:45 pm
Fee: $15 drop in or $10 per class when paying for multiples
same address and contact as above
Special Workshops
This is part of the special monthly workshop series that is an opportunity to join part of our teacher training weekends. You may want to attend if you are interested in what teacher training is like, if you've already done teacher training and want to revisit some of the topics, or are just interested in the topic presented. Here's a preview of upcoming workshops:
March 12, Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm, includes lunch. "Humanology" - lifestyle aspects of yoga. Fee: $90
April 9, Sunday, 8 am - 12 pm. "Relaxation and Kundalini Yoga" with visiting instructor Dukh Niwaran Kaur. Learn to give and receive relaxation massage! Fee: $50
June 2, Friday, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. "Kirtan!" 6:30 - 8:30 pm
includes refreshments, Fee: $20
Stay tuned for more information about this workshop series.
If you are a registered yoga teacher, and need some continuing education credits, these classes have been approved by Yoga Alliance for CE credits. You will receive a certificate of completion. Please specify if you are taking any of the workshops for this purpose so I can have your certificate ready for you at the end of class!
Register now for the next Sacred Feminine gathering:
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 1 - 4:30 pm
Our theme will be "Angels Among Us!" We will practice yoga, meditation, and foot (or hand) massage with aromatherapy!
Fee is $50
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| Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, Level One |
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It's time to start thinking about the next Level One Kundalini Yoga teacher training, which will begin in September of 2017.
Consider joining us for what many have said is "The best thing I have ever done for myself, the best decision I ever made!"
Here are some photos of the beautiful training space:
when the weather is nice, we have lecture and discussion outside!
walking meditation in the heart labyrinth
enjoying graduation!
blissful meditation
Stay tuned for more info on the Level 2 training "Conscious Communication", coming in the fall of 2017! |
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Durga's Magic Closet!
The closet is making some changes, also! All yogic white clothing is now in the Free Box! All books are also free! All yogic music CDs are $5.
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Quote of the Month
"Beauty is merely an attitude"
Isabelle Allende
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Recipe of the Month
Exotic Cauliflower
Kundalini yogi Tina Craven/Sukhpreet Kaur, introduced me to this recipe, and I'm happy to share it with you!
Ingredients:
3 cups caulifower florets, divided (make them VERY tiny)
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
3 TB olive oil, divided
1/2 tsp salt, divided
1/4 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. chili powder
In a blender, combine 1 cup cauliflower, water, nutritional yeast, 2 TB olive oil, 1/4 tsp. salt, and turmeric.
In a bowl, combine the remaining cauliflower, olive oil, and salt, chili powder and cauliflower puree. Mix well and eat straight away or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days. |
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Service Opportunity
Mata Shakti Ashram welcomes your support! How can you help?
Time and Talent: help with yard and garden maintenance, upkeep of classroom and workshop/training spaces, vegetarian raw food prep, help with social media and technology.Talk to your friends and perosnal community about Mata Shakti Ashram, for we are truly "grass roots"!
Finance/Funds: Donations of money to assist Mata Shakti Ashram pay the overhead cost for the current space, pay guest teachers, and provide some scholarships to those in need. Let us know how much you are willing to pledge monthly or yearly over the next year to 5 years, as we prepare the non-profit status. Every donation will receive a class pass to share with a friend to acquaint them with the ashram.
Thanks to Lisa Brown, Jennifer Pittman, Lindy Hoeft, Joni Liebel, and Michelle Hill, who have already given their support!
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Sacred Listener, Transpersonal Counseling and Kundalini Yoga, Chapel Hill, NC
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