Yoga Classes Start January 3rd!

Here is the lowdown on my weekly Kundalini Yoga class offerings!

*Please, if possible, let me know you are coming by dropping me a text or email or giving a call.  Also, don't hesitate to contact me any time with questions/comments/requests.  I'm here for ya!

240-315-3822

Brightlightyoga5@gmail.com

*Payment for all classes:  Give what you can, suggested $15-25.  

Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8pm

Ananda Shala
http://www.shalawellness.com/

34 S. Market Street 

​Frederick, MD 21701

**Starting February 4th, 2017** 

Saturday mornings:  7-8:30am  

The UnSchool of Yoga

http://www.theunschoolofyoga.org/

125 South Carroll Street, Suite 225

Frederick, MD 21701

More about Kundalini Yoga:

Kundalini yoga is the yoga of community. There is just nothing like being in a room full of people whose intent is to strengthen, grow, and heal.  Nothing like it.

A Kundalini Yoga class consists of centering with a mantra or two, breathing, stretching and movement (I like to think of it as yogaerobics- lots of dynamic exercises that get energy moving in the body), deep relaxation, and meditation.  The classes are very beginner friendly and are for all body types and abilities.  Expect to be challenged physically and mentally to go beyond old limitations and allow yourself to stretch and strengthen the body, mind, and spirit. 

Kundalini yoga works the entire system, strengthening bones and muscles, increasing flexibility, releasing nervous tension, balancing hormones and the glands, opening the lungs, increasing the circulation, massaging the internal organs, releasing toxins, and more.

Mentally and emotionally, this style of yoga helps us process our experiences in healthy ways, leading to greater self-acceptance and the ability to make wise choices in support of ourselves.  It is excellent for anxiety, ADHD, depression, addiction, bipolar disorder, and more.  I know, because mental and emotional struggles are what led me to this practice and the results are what inspired me to teach.  I'm a living testament that however dark life may seem, however insurmountable the challenge, Kundalini yoga provides the supportive tools you can use to heal and grow.  Over time you'll be looking at life from a whole different perspective, with a whole different understanding. Everything changes when we decide there must be a better way and we set off in pursuit of it.

Spiritually, Kundalini yoga opens our perception so that we may experience deeper and deeper truths and the unfolding of our full potential.  It allows us to face our fears with courage and grace as we move beyond them and step into our power as creative beings.  We begin to sense our oneness with all others and we look for ways that our gifts may be used to serve the whole.  We no longer tolerate the gross injustices of our times and we actively seek ways to take responsibility to change what is out of alignment with truth and life. 

Welcome!

Hola Amigos!

Welcome to my Blog!  It's called Local Yogi!   

Why Local Yogi? 

1.  I'm Local!   Not local in the sense that I live near You... necessarily.  I'm local in the sense that I Live near Me. I live where I live and I try my best to stay there.  I want to get to know my bit of Earth as best I can through all my senses.  I want to know the plants, the animals, the insects, the curves of the land, the smell of the soil, the angle of the sun in winter, the prevailing summer breeze, the rain and where it flows when it hits the ground.  I want to know all the people who live around me.  I want to weave myself into the web of life that exists right here. I want to nourish this place and be nourished by it.  I see no better way to heal the planet and empower myself than to live right here, fulfilling my needs from my immediate surroundings and local community.  

2. I'm a yogi!  I practice and teach Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.  Practicing yoga clears away my old habits and patterns so that I can be myself ever more fearlessly and creatively.  I'm not interested in yoga for yoga's sake.  I'm not interested in yoga to help me cope with a dysfunctional society. I'm interested in yoga that teaches me to see clearly the madness of the mainstream culture and my role in perpetuating it.  I want yoga that spurs me on to challenge the status quo and change it; yoga that supports me as I live my ordinary life every single moment of every single day.

Here is a Very important thing:

I am the mother of two amazing human beings.  A nearly 7 year-old girl and a nearly 5-and-a-half year-old boy.  We learn together at home.  They inspire me to Keep Up and Try My Best.

So I think I'll write here about my adventures in localness and yogidom and mommyhood and whatever else may be in my heart. And you, my dear, can write to me about your adventures in localness and yogidom and mommyhood (or daddyhood) and whatever else may be in your heart. And together we'll go about "being the change" and illuminating the planet with our acts of wisdom and love.