OM yoga teacher, Edward Jones,
Monday, February 8th, 2010
gets to retreat, too -- by the pool.
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Monkey Body, Monkey Mind
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Monkey body, monkey mind.
Watching the monkeys outside our window. The howler monkeys. Yesterday we saw a family. The baby was so tiny that I was afraid it would fall out of the tree. The mom climbs ahead and up, up, up. Then she sits and waits. The little baby slowly, bravely found her way up and when she was almost to the mom, the mom would take off again. I finally figured out that how the mom teaches the baby to climb. ”Follow me!” At one point the mom was up really high, the very top of the branches, and the baby got stuck. The baby just could only go so far and then couldn’t figure it out or was afraid. So the mom came back down almost to the baby and sat there and waited. That seemed to encourage the baby and she got going again. I could’ve watched for hours. The monkeys move and fly from branch to branch and then they stay still for long periods. Is that like your mind?
OM yoga has arrived at Blue Spirit
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Edward is here. Upbeat and happy, despite the arduous journey.
Our first breakfast -- don't tell but I am actually wearing my PJs!
After a 7am stretch class led by Edward, and breakfast, we met again in the beautiful Yoga Hall. David gave an inspiring dharma talk about the relationship between mindfulness and awareness.
Then we meditated together. After a short break, we had a fun yoga class with Edward.
Sunset in Nosara
Friday, February 5th, 2010We went to the beach in the town. Or the dusty strip of a few shops and restaurants that some think of as a town. People gather there for the beautiful sunsets.
The setting sun was a huge fireball hovering over the ocean and then whoomp, it was almost gone and then gone. It gets dark early here. It also get light early here.
Then we decided to go for a beach walk.
Then we decided to take pictures of each other. This is Nudgie, me, Tara and Danny Goleman.
The dudes: Dave, Michael, Dan.
Dave and Cyndi aka Buddha Mind and Yoga Body.
Then we went to Michael's house and changed clothes to go out to dinner for Tara's birthday.
We went to a beautiful Italian restaurant called La Dolce Vita which was up a hill and felt like being in a tree house. We had a wonderful party for Tara but I forgot to take pictures. Sorry about that.
100 degrees in the shade =
Friday, February 5th, 2010Nudgie in the pool! It’s a gorgeous eternity — I mean, infinity pool.
Ahhh....
I took a water color class
Thursday, February 4th, 2010..for about an hour. Ann Lindsay is a wonderful watercolor teacher sharing this Omega week in Costa Rica with us. Here are some pictures of her demonstrating how to do a watercolor of the view we were all looking at.
The first thing she taught us was how to look. Make a frame with your fingers and look through and you can even squint a little bit. That is how you use your picture.
She showed how to make many colors from just yellow, red and two shades of blue. She likes to always draw a little frame around the edge of the page. I liked that, too.
Here is her painting. That was our lovely view from the balcony by the cafe. I thought that was all very interesting and I enjoyed it. But then I got nervous and left and did not paint a thing. Silly me.
first morning in Costa Rica
Sunday, January 31st, 2010We started with an orientation in the yoga room.
This is the entrance to the yoga room. It is on the top floor and has a spectacular view on two sides of the ocean and infinity.
This is Steven Michael Pague singing and sharing with us the native Indian way of expressing gratitude for all of nature.
Nudgie gives a dharma talk.
...while I mixed my mind with space, ie., stared off into space. And I saw these vultures flying in formation. Can you see them?
Maybe you can see them better in this picture.
This is the view from the bar where I will be found later, either drinking an organic Costa Rican cappuccino or organic wine...or both.
Costa Rica!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Whew! We made it. It was about 10 degrees when we left our apartment at 6:30am Saturday. Everything went smooth as pie, the plane was even on time. But when I pulled out my Kindle, my wonderful Kindle that I LOVE SO MUCH, my treasured Kindle that I had loaded up with books because one of my most happiest things ever is to read, read, read on the beach — well, that very Kindle was broken. It got smushed in my computer case because I put too much stuff in there, specifically a big knitting project. So there I was on a five hour plane ride with not much to read. The thing is that the plane ride was soooo bumpy due to weather (winter storms and I heard, a tornado) that I did pranayama for about three hours non-stop. It does help. Inhale, 4, exhale, 4. Then I chanted to myself, “It’s just like going on a bumpy, gravely road.” Finally, I fell asleep and when I woke up we were in Costa Rica. We got into the Blue Spirit van and drove for three hours on a very bumpy, gravely road.
We flew into Liberia, not San Jose, so we were in the countryside right away. Nice, huh?
Two hours and a car sickness remedy stop for ginger ale and corn chips outside the oldest cathedral in Costa Rica built by the Indians and a long, insanely bumpy dirt road later...our first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean.
We made it!
Jeffrey unloads the luggage from the roof rack.
Then we sat down and let my molecules realign and met new friends. It is great here! Hurray! Dinner was next: guacamole, incredible tomato salad and more good stuff including bread pudding, Costa Rican coffee and organic Costa Rican chocolate with ginger.
calm abiding: meditation morning
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Hi, Due to popular request I am going to lead a two-hour meditation session at OM yoga on Sunday, Nov. 8 from 10:30-12:30. Here are the details:
Calm Abiding: Meditation Morning
A Two Hour Sitting and Walking Meditation led by Cyndi Lee
It is always easier in a group, right? So Cyndi Lee is offering a two hour meditation session so we can all support each other in developing our meditation practices.
The session will begin with a short dharma talk and meditation instruction followed by 45 minutes of meditation. Then we will do walking meditation and some simple stretching and another 45 minutes of sitting meditation. Cyndi will hang out in the OM yoga living room afterwards to talk and answer any questions.
Don’t panic!
You can do it.
All you have to do is sit there and then walk there and then stretch there and then sit there and just be there.
Let’s be there together.
Sunday, November 8
10:30am-12:30pm
Cost: $12 or a punch on your class card
Call OM yoga Center to reserve your space
212-254-9642 or go to www.omyoga.com
826 Broadway, 6 fl.
fall colors
Friday, October 16th, 2009It was lovely to be at Garrison.
The fall colors were starting to show and it was so beautiful there along the Hudson.
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