Queen Street Yoga November Newsletter

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Queen Street Yoga Newsletter

Happy Halloween! I hope you are enjoying this incredibly warm and beautiful fall. 

If you are on Facebook, we highly encourage you to join our Queen Street Yoga group. Joining this group will help you stay connected to what is happening at QSY. It will also help spread awareness of who we are and what we do, and we really appreciate that! It is simple, just follow this link:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5837916017

Some happy news we want to share with you: I (Meaghan) was awarded Oktoberfest's Woman of the Year in the category of Health and Wellness. It was a really sweet honour and also a tribute to the work of everyone in the community of Queen Street Yoga. I just want to say how lucky I am to be in a community that supports the work we do. So THANK YOU!!!

Also, the QSY Retreat was a beautiful and restful weekend in the country.  To see pictures of the retreat, and other QSY pics, please see our new Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/queenstreetyoga/

November Events:

1) Courage to Feel Workshop with Hart: Nov 5-7th

2) The Art of Yoga, Yoga at the KW Art Gallery with Meaghan: Nov 20th

3) New Intro to Meditation Courses

4) New Parent and Peanut Class: Dec 1st

5) Yoga for Runners: Nov 8th

6) New Intro to Yoga courses

7) Restorative Yoga Fundraiser with Brad: Nov 28th

Cool Stuff Happening in the New Year, save the dates!!

8) Joy of Singing Classes

9) Power of Movement Fundraiser, a joined event with Moksha Waterloo and QSY!

1) Courage to Feel

There are still a few spots left in the Courage to Feel: Yoga and Mediation for Stress and Trauma workshop with Hart Lazer, November 5th-7th. If you would like to talk to me about this workshop, please just email and we can set up a time.  The details are below:

Price: $350 + HST. Friday 6:30-9:30 & Saturday/Sunday 9-12 and 2-5

2) The Art of Yoga: Yoga at the KW Art Gallery with Meaghan

Saturday November 20th, 2:30-4:30pm. To register, go to the KWAG site:  http://www.kwag.ca/en/programs/artsoul.asp

Our first run of this workshop was so successful, the gallery is hosting this again!  Please join us for an embodied experience of art. Here is a comment from the last one: "Meaghan's workshop changed how I typically respond to art. This experience was entirely new. Before we went into the gallery, Meaghan skillfully led us through a series of poses and exercises that brought us more solidly into our bodies and out of the usual thought processes of the mind. I practise and teach yoga so I was not unfamiliar with the calmness and clarity that I experienced in her class. What I wasn't prepared for was how I experienced the art afterwards. Barefoot, we padded through the gallery in silence. It was as though my mind was relaxed enough to not get involved and instead my body had a chance to respond. My feet felt the cool smoothness of the floor, my heart broke, my hair stood on end, my eyes watered, my mouth grinned, my shoulders tightened and then relaxed. My feelings ran from irritation to delight to grief to joy within moments. I think I ended up loving what I saw merely because I was able to be more present, more embodied, with it. At another time my mind would have made conclusions and interrupted the process. I drove home that night completely satisfied. I remember the moon being brighter than I've ever seen it."

3) Intro to Meditation

What better time of year to learn how to sit in Meditation?  Winter is coming and as the urge to stay indoors and keep warm grows, the wintry months ahead are a perfect time to learn to go inwards and reflect.  As well, you may want to learn these techniques to manage stress through the holiday season!

Here are November's Meditation Courses:

Just added: BodyMind Meditation with Nancy, Mondays 3-4pm, November 1st-January 3rd (no class Dec 27th)

Buddhist Meditation with Kunga, Tuesdays 6-7pm, November 9th- January 4th (no class Dec 28th)

BodyMind Meditation with Nancy, Wednesdays 7:30-8:30pm, December 1st - January 26th (no class Dec 29th)

All courses run for 8 classes and cost $96. We need a minimum of 6 and can take a maximum of 11 to run the class.

4) Parent and Peanut Yoga with Julie

For new parents and their newborn up to crawling. Next session starts  Wednesday, Dec 1st, at 11am. It runs for 6 weeks and the cost is $96.

5) Runner's Yoga with Tyandra

Mondays at 6pm, next session starts November 8th. 8 weeks, $120

This class is great for runners as well as cyclists and swimmers.  It helps to balance out the hard work of your sport, leaving you more limber, agile and less likely to be injured.

6) New Intro to Yoga Classes

Mondays at 7:45pm with Meaghan starts November 8th

Wednesdays at 9:30am with Leena starts November 10

Wednesdays at 7:45pm with Kunga starts November 24th

7) Restorative Yoga Fundraiser with Brad

Sunday November 28th, 2-4 pm

Brad will be offering one of his deeply relaxing restorative yoga workshops, and all proceeds from the class  will go towards buying basic necessities for the kids at the Ray of Hope Petersburg facility.  Brad has been teaching Yoga at this youth detention centre through New Leaf Yoga since September.  Please join him and and receive the gift of yoga for yourself while offering a financial donation to these kids going through a tough period in their life.

You must register for this class and reserve your space with a minimum donation of $10. Anything you would like to donate above and beyond that would be greatly appreciated (the usual cost for this workshop is $25). 100% of the money given will go buying personal items that the kids are in need of.

Cool Stuff for the New Year! I am so excited about these two events I wanted to tell you now!

8) Joy of Singing Classes with Jane from All Together Now!

This class will be on on Thursdays at 6pm, start date and cost will be in the December Newsletter. Singing can lift your spirits, reduce stress, build confidence, and strengthen your immune system. It's good medicine, and good fun. For six weeks, we will meet and join our voices in sound and song. Each night, a vocal tip or new exercise will be introduced. Over the course of the workshop, we'll work on a repertoire of songs, learning melodies and harmony parts. Most importantly, we'll share in the heart-warming experience of singing together. No experience necessary.

Jane is is joining us from Guelph. To read more about her see her website: http://www.all-together-now.ca/facilitators.html

9) The Power of Movement

QSY and Moksha Yoga Waterloo will join forces to teach for The Power of Movement: a yoga event to raise funds and awareness for arthritis and autoimmune disorders. 

Meaghan and Ashley will be co-teaching a yoga class on Sunday February 27th.  Join our team, raise some funds and come have a blast doing yoga with a huge group of people for a good cause! When you register, please sign up on our team Queen Street - Moksha Yoga Waterloo. For more information please see: http://www.powerofmovement.ca/register/mega_sessions/kitchener_waterloo/

Nameste,

Meaghan and the QSY crew

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