Hi Everyone,
The L.A. Times printed an interesting article on Yoga's Rock Stars - Shiva Rea, Bryan Kest, Ana Forrest, and Duncan Wong. Funny enough, the first three are amongst my favorite teachers - I've studied with Shiva and Bryan for 8 years, now. And my formal training is with Shiva and Ana. Duncan Wong is the only one I haven't experienced, yet, but am VERY curious about how he teaches.
So if you'd like to know a little bit more about the lives of those who have influenced me, check out the complete article:
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-yogistars21aug21,0,1207508.story?coll=la-home-health
Have a lovely week (!)
Aria
xx
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Getting Out of Being Stuck
Dear Yoga Crew and Family,
I found this online, today, and sent it out to a few friends; but then, I realized that I wanted to post it on my site. None of this is anything different from what we all /know/ and feel, deep, deep down in our gut. But so often, it's something that we completely forget.
So if you're feeling stuck in any kind of situation, join me, if you will, and let's have fun by changing it.
After all, who wants to experience the same ol' shite over and over again?
xx
Aria
------
"Tools to Shift Your Prosperity Set-Point"
Indulge me for a moment.
Think of an area of your life that is not working in the way that you
would like to see it work.
You can focus on a relationship that is problematic, a work challenge
that is not yet resolved, a financial situation that seems to be
getting worse instead of better, or a physical illness that seems to
show no signs of improvement.
Now that you are focusing one particular subject, ask yourself - on a
scale of 1 to 10 - how much do you really expect this situation to
change?
If the 'challenge' is not new but has been going on for a time (and if
you are very truthful with yourself) you'll likely come to recognize
that you don't really expect this particular situation to change.
From a vibrational perspective, once we decide that something is a
'problem' we immediately shift our energetic field into a position of
resistance and, simultaneously, we freeze the energy around the
situation -- thus creating the condition known as 'stuck'.
According to Universal Principles there is no such thing as 'stuck'.
Energy is constantly in motion and the law of attraction is never
acting in response to the energy of the past, only to the energy of
the present moment.
The reason we experience certain situations as 'stuck' is that we
continue to respond to the situation -- energetically -- in the same
way over and over again, thus attracting to us the same energetic
by-products -- over and over again.
For example, if you have a problem with a debt, more likely than not,
every morning you wake up and you focus on the feeling of being in
debt. You think about money and you tighten up. You think about the
future and you tighten up. You try to think about what you might do to
change the situation but, being as tight and constricted as you are,
you find yourself without fresh inspiration and you tighten up some
more.
Then you announce to yourself (and the Universe) that you are 'stuck' in debt.
Or, in a completely different vein, say that you have come the
conclusion that there is a problem in one of your relationships.
Whether you feel that: your mother criticizes you too much, your
husband is aloof, your child is belligerent or your boss is a tightwad
- by holding that perspective and bringing the conclusions from
yesterday to bear in your relationships of today, you will most
certainly find these people acting in much the same way - today,
tomorrow and next week. Applying 3rd dimensional logic to the
situation, you'll come to believe that this is just the way things
will be between you and the other party. In other words, your
relationship is 'stuck'.
Well I don't buy it -- about the money, or the relationships, or the
illness -- or whatever. On the contrary -- I'm a firm believer (based
on my experience and the experience of hundreds of my students and
clients) -- that 'Nothing is Ever Stuck'.
If you find the same situation appearing over and over again - the
repeating external circumstance is merely a mirror that you are
bringing an old set of expectations and vibrations to bear in a
potentially new situation.
If you wake up today focusing on debt, you'll attract more debt for
tomorrow. If you wake up today affirming an illness, you'll have that
same diagnosis tomorrow - and next week. If you expect your
unappreciative spouse to forget your anniversary again this year,
you'll be setting the stage for a similar confrontation on your 50th
wedding anniversary.
As Abraham explains: 'Sometimes we hear you say 'I'm stuck' and we say
'No you're not stuck, because you cannot stand still. You cannot stop
emitting a vibration so it is not possible you are stuck. Instead what
is happening is that you are creating the same thing over and over
again. It's changing but it's changing to the same thing...'
So what do you need if you feel 'stuck'? You need to make room for a
'breakthrough'. Notice I did not say you need to 'create' a
breakthrough. That is not your job. You work is simply to let go of
the way that you've been holding your vibrations so that you can offer
a more open/less resistant vibration today -- thereby allowing the
Universe to bring you a slightly different shade of experience
tomorrow.
Begin by making a list of the areas in your life that feel stuck.
Acknowledge that you have been, inadvertently, holding these
situations in place and then acknowledge that you have the power to
create internal vibrational shifts that will free the circumstances to
show up in a new form.
While you are doing this, try this Abraham phrase on for size: "That's
how it's been but tomorrow it will be different, and I like the idea
of changing to something different."
So what would you like to see change? The majority of you would like
to see your money situation change - and we're all for that!
For once you recognize your innate power to shift your financial
situation you'll realize that that is just the beginning.
-------------------
taken from: Prosperity from the Inside Out
I found this online, today, and sent it out to a few friends; but then, I realized that I wanted to post it on my site. None of this is anything different from what we all /know/ and feel, deep, deep down in our gut. But so often, it's something that we completely forget.
So if you're feeling stuck in any kind of situation, join me, if you will, and let's have fun by changing it.
After all, who wants to experience the same ol' shite over and over again?
xx
Aria
------
"Tools to Shift Your Prosperity Set-Point"
Indulge me for a moment.
Think of an area of your life that is not working in the way that you
would like to see it work.
You can focus on a relationship that is problematic, a work challenge
that is not yet resolved, a financial situation that seems to be
getting worse instead of better, or a physical illness that seems to
show no signs of improvement.
Now that you are focusing one particular subject, ask yourself - on a
scale of 1 to 10 - how much do you really expect this situation to
change?
If the 'challenge' is not new but has been going on for a time (and if
you are very truthful with yourself) you'll likely come to recognize
that you don't really expect this particular situation to change.
From a vibrational perspective, once we decide that something is a
'problem' we immediately shift our energetic field into a position of
resistance and, simultaneously, we freeze the energy around the
situation -- thus creating the condition known as 'stuck'.
According to Universal Principles there is no such thing as 'stuck'.
Energy is constantly in motion and the law of attraction is never
acting in response to the energy of the past, only to the energy of
the present moment.
The reason we experience certain situations as 'stuck' is that we
continue to respond to the situation -- energetically -- in the same
way over and over again, thus attracting to us the same energetic
by-products -- over and over again.
For example, if you have a problem with a debt, more likely than not,
every morning you wake up and you focus on the feeling of being in
debt. You think about money and you tighten up. You think about the
future and you tighten up. You try to think about what you might do to
change the situation but, being as tight and constricted as you are,
you find yourself without fresh inspiration and you tighten up some
more.
Then you announce to yourself (and the Universe) that you are 'stuck' in debt.
Or, in a completely different vein, say that you have come the
conclusion that there is a problem in one of your relationships.
Whether you feel that: your mother criticizes you too much, your
husband is aloof, your child is belligerent or your boss is a tightwad
- by holding that perspective and bringing the conclusions from
yesterday to bear in your relationships of today, you will most
certainly find these people acting in much the same way - today,
tomorrow and next week. Applying 3rd dimensional logic to the
situation, you'll come to believe that this is just the way things
will be between you and the other party. In other words, your
relationship is 'stuck'.
Well I don't buy it -- about the money, or the relationships, or the
illness -- or whatever. On the contrary -- I'm a firm believer (based
on my experience and the experience of hundreds of my students and
clients) -- that 'Nothing is Ever Stuck'.
If you find the same situation appearing over and over again - the
repeating external circumstance is merely a mirror that you are
bringing an old set of expectations and vibrations to bear in a
potentially new situation.
If you wake up today focusing on debt, you'll attract more debt for
tomorrow. If you wake up today affirming an illness, you'll have that
same diagnosis tomorrow - and next week. If you expect your
unappreciative spouse to forget your anniversary again this year,
you'll be setting the stage for a similar confrontation on your 50th
wedding anniversary.
As Abraham explains: 'Sometimes we hear you say 'I'm stuck' and we say
'No you're not stuck, because you cannot stand still. You cannot stop
emitting a vibration so it is not possible you are stuck. Instead what
is happening is that you are creating the same thing over and over
again. It's changing but it's changing to the same thing...'
So what do you need if you feel 'stuck'? You need to make room for a
'breakthrough'. Notice I did not say you need to 'create' a
breakthrough. That is not your job. You work is simply to let go of
the way that you've been holding your vibrations so that you can offer
a more open/less resistant vibration today -- thereby allowing the
Universe to bring you a slightly different shade of experience
tomorrow.
Begin by making a list of the areas in your life that feel stuck.
Acknowledge that you have been, inadvertently, holding these
situations in place and then acknowledge that you have the power to
create internal vibrational shifts that will free the circumstances to
show up in a new form.
While you are doing this, try this Abraham phrase on for size: "That's
how it's been but tomorrow it will be different, and I like the idea
of changing to something different."
So what would you like to see change? The majority of you would like
to see your money situation change - and we're all for that!
For once you recognize your innate power to shift your financial
situation you'll realize that that is just the beginning.
-------------------
taken from: Prosperity from the Inside Out
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
August Shakti Newsletter
Dear Friends and Yoga Family,
Welcome into the full breadth of the summer season. I hope you are all happy and well.
Teacher Training News:
Just last week, I finished 120 hours of advanced yoga teacher training with Shiva Rea. Her style of Prana Vinyasa Flow has always been very close to my heart, and the experience was absolutely amazing (!) I've become more deeply conscious of sequencing - within the lunar and solar sequences that we worked with, we created variations that emphasized chakras and the elemental nature of Water, Fire, Earth, and Air.
I am now combining Shiva's sequencing and her emphasis on working with Prana - breath, vital life force- with what I learned in my 225 hour foundation training with Ana Forrest (emphasis on alignment, core strength, and injury prevention) and my Power Yoga background with Bryan Kest.
For me - the end result is a highly energized practice that emphasizes Shakti, the creative life force within us all. I am excited to share these teachings with you. :-)
Schedule: Days, Times, and Info updated daily at: yogawitharia.com/schedule.htm
New Class:
Check out my new All Levels Flow at Yummy Yoga*, Tuesday evenings, in Los Feliz.
*Contrary to what their website says, I am NOT playing hip hop in my classes. Repeat. No hip hop. Dub, maybe. Reggae, funk, soul, house, maybe even some breaks, but current radio play hip hop? Sorry. No can do.*
All-Levels Donation Classes:
Wed evenings in the Pico/Fairfax area, and Thursday evenings in Silverlake.
No Weekend Donation Classes:
Due to our heavy weekend travel schedule, I will not be able to offer donation classes at our home on Saturdays or Sundays on a regular basis. If you can't make any of my other donation classes and are interested in a weekly morning donation class at our home (south of Hancock Park area), I currently have available Mon mornings, Tuesday mornings, and Friday mornings. If I can get at least six people interested, I will start up a new class; so email me your preferred days and times, and we will go from there.
Until we meet again - May you all experience abundance, health, laughter, love, and joy all around.
Thanks for your support(!)
Namaste,
Aria
:-)
Welcome into the full breadth of the summer season. I hope you are all happy and well.
Teacher Training News:
Just last week, I finished 120 hours of advanced yoga teacher training with Shiva Rea. Her style of Prana Vinyasa Flow has always been very close to my heart, and the experience was absolutely amazing (!) I've become more deeply conscious of sequencing - within the lunar and solar sequences that we worked with, we created variations that emphasized chakras and the elemental nature of Water, Fire, Earth, and Air.
I am now combining Shiva's sequencing and her emphasis on working with Prana - breath, vital life force- with what I learned in my 225 hour foundation training with Ana Forrest (emphasis on alignment, core strength, and injury prevention) and my Power Yoga background with Bryan Kest.
For me - the end result is a highly energized practice that emphasizes Shakti, the creative life force within us all. I am excited to share these teachings with you. :-)
Schedule: Days, Times, and Info updated daily at: yogawitharia.com/schedule.htm
New Class:
Check out my new All Levels Flow at Yummy Yoga*, Tuesday evenings, in Los Feliz.
*Contrary to what their website says, I am NOT playing hip hop in my classes. Repeat. No hip hop. Dub, maybe. Reggae, funk, soul, house, maybe even some breaks, but current radio play hip hop? Sorry. No can do.*
All-Levels Donation Classes:
Wed evenings in the Pico/Fairfax area, and Thursday evenings in Silverlake.
No Weekend Donation Classes:
Due to our heavy weekend travel schedule, I will not be able to offer donation classes at our home on Saturdays or Sundays on a regular basis. If you can't make any of my other donation classes and are interested in a weekly morning donation class at our home (south of Hancock Park area), I currently have available Mon mornings, Tuesday mornings, and Friday mornings. If I can get at least six people interested, I will start up a new class; so email me your preferred days and times, and we will go from there.
Until we meet again - May you all experience abundance, health, laughter, love, and joy all around.
Thanks for your support(!)
Namaste,
Aria
:-)
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
August Full Moon
Hola Friends and Family,
I am almost finished with my 120 hours of advanced teacher training with Shiva Rea. I'm very excited by this training. It's alivening what I already know and showing me how to create new seqences based on chakras, elements, and both solar and lunar cycles.
Starting up this Thursday, August 10th, I'm happy to return to my regular schedule of classes. For those of you on the Eastside of L.A., I'm starting up at a brand new studio that prides itself not only on the strength of its classes, but the fact that every instructor plays groovy music during class. Although most of the classes play R&B and hip hop, I'm going to start my own little dance revolution with some choice house, funk, soul, classics, and maybe even some breaks. Check it out - 7:30 - 9:00pm, Tuesday nights at Yummy Yoga in Los Feliz.
I also return to my regular Wed morning classes at Silverlake Yoga. 10:45am - 12:15. And donation yoga is coming back to West Hollywood/Pico/Fairfax area. (yey!)
Would love to see you all soon. You know I'll be incorporating and expanding upon what I've learned, and bringing it to you.
In the meantime, in honor of the lunar cycle which is upon us tonight - the full moon - I am posting this bit of info, forwarded to me via moontribe:
Full Moon in Aquarius:
The full moon in Aquarius shines a light on our sense of community,
basic connectedness, and humanitarian instincts. In opposition to
the sun in Leo, the dynamic tension of the full moon rests in a
foundation of precious individuality. The aristocrats in the
castle join with the masses of common folk with no apparent
difference, except that which allows their union.
As this bright sun connects with the planet Saturn, the opportunity
to ground our egos in a satisfying structure connects with the
bright moon and Neptune in Aquarius -- the rich and heavy moon
reflecting the fullness of our souls lifting, stretching and
expanding limitlessly from the vital foundation of spirit and
spine. Neptune dissolves our boundaries, while Saturn reaffirms
and stabilizes structure. The two planets are facing off with each
other calling into question our ability to make our dreams reality
– or risk the dissolution of our very being with the intoxication
of escapist excess.
The opportunity to set an intention to make our ideals real, to
manifest them in the real world -- body, soul, individual, and
community will come from the place of an open heart and an expanded
mind, grounded by the wisdom of healthy limits while truly loving
ourselves and others unconditionally
I am almost finished with my 120 hours of advanced teacher training with Shiva Rea. I'm very excited by this training. It's alivening what I already know and showing me how to create new seqences based on chakras, elements, and both solar and lunar cycles.
Starting up this Thursday, August 10th, I'm happy to return to my regular schedule of classes. For those of you on the Eastside of L.A., I'm starting up at a brand new studio that prides itself not only on the strength of its classes, but the fact that every instructor plays groovy music during class. Although most of the classes play R&B and hip hop, I'm going to start my own little dance revolution with some choice house, funk, soul, classics, and maybe even some breaks. Check it out - 7:30 - 9:00pm, Tuesday nights at Yummy Yoga in Los Feliz.
I also return to my regular Wed morning classes at Silverlake Yoga. 10:45am - 12:15. And donation yoga is coming back to West Hollywood/Pico/Fairfax area. (yey!)
Would love to see you all soon. You know I'll be incorporating and expanding upon what I've learned, and bringing it to you.
In the meantime, in honor of the lunar cycle which is upon us tonight - the full moon - I am posting this bit of info, forwarded to me via moontribe:
Full Moon in Aquarius:
The full moon in Aquarius shines a light on our sense of community,
basic connectedness, and humanitarian instincts. In opposition to
the sun in Leo, the dynamic tension of the full moon rests in a
foundation of precious individuality. The aristocrats in the
castle join with the masses of common folk with no apparent
difference, except that which allows their union.
As this bright sun connects with the planet Saturn, the opportunity
to ground our egos in a satisfying structure connects with the
bright moon and Neptune in Aquarius -- the rich and heavy moon
reflecting the fullness of our souls lifting, stretching and
expanding limitlessly from the vital foundation of spirit and
spine. Neptune dissolves our boundaries, while Saturn reaffirms
and stabilizes structure. The two planets are facing off with each
other calling into question our ability to make our dreams reality
– or risk the dissolution of our very being with the intoxication
of escapist excess.
The opportunity to set an intention to make our ideals real, to
manifest them in the real world -- body, soul, individual, and
community will come from the place of an open heart and an expanded
mind, grounded by the wisdom of healthy limits while truly loving
ourselves and others unconditionally
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