Yoga in the Park Begins Saturday May 1

YOGA IN THE PARK BEGINS SATURDAY MAY 1!!
May Day marks the beginning of our Yoga in the Park series of free yoga classes for the community. I feel excited and nervous, because there seems to be a lot of energy generated around yoga now, which is a beautiful thing! Chris Gordon has been teaching free yoga at the library for a month now, and there is a dedicated group a people that faithfully show up and learn from his brilliant, Anusara style, full of devotion. Several neighborhood people attend yoga on Wed. AM at Oxford Rec Center for the Vinyasa class with Susan Schwartz, who again, is a gifted teacher.
When Jessica and I decided to do a series of 8 weeks, I was worried that it would be too much, and nobody would come. I was wrong! I have had many people ask me about Midway Movement Arts Project, and even some neighborhood parents seem interested in generating some energy around children's yoga, which seems to be a definite need. The energy is brilliant and amazing right now, in the thick of spring, with blooming abundance all around.
I am looking forward to serving the neighborhood in this way, and hope that it will catch on, and maybe we can plan a late summer session as well. Until Saturday arrives, let your Inner Light shine on all who you cross paths with. The Inner Light can be a beacon in a dark place for yourself and those around you. Seek that place of stillness, which can be hard in the lifestyles we create for ourselves. Just a few minutes a day, of quiet relaxation will begin to work wonders on your mind and your body.
See you Saturday. Bring a wrap or sweatshirt to keep yourself warm during subtle work.
Namaste.

midway movement arts project blog!

This is a new blog, created by me, Sonja Ramos, also founder of Midway Movement Arts Project(MMAP). Midway Movement Arts Project was created with the idea of neighbors coming together and doing activities together that promote healthy, active lifestyles. MMAP has evolved into just that, and we discovered that our sole focus is yoga, because yoga is one of those things that makes people feel awesome, but maybe they might not have a membership at a fitness ctr. or a studio, and it might not be available to them, but they really would like to do it. MMAP is about to kick off a very exciting 8 weeks of sharing the love of yoga and making it available to everyone, regardless of skill level. We will offer yoga to everyone in our neighborhood for hour long classes free of charge, because Yoga is such a beautiful thing, and we love it so much, that we want to share that love with others, in a way that is accessible to all.

Beginning May 1, 2010, we will start an 8 week series of Vinyasa and Hatha flow classes in Newell Park from 8:30-9:30 AM. Our hope is that we will start to catch on after a few weeks, and it will be a regular class enjoyed by people in the neighborhood, outside in the fresh morning air, and what better place than Newell Park, with all the gorgeous trees, rolling hills and grassy meadows?

I thought a blog would be a great way, besides Facebook, to connect with people, and write about the experience of the 8 week session, and see what other people think of it too.

Hopefully we will see you Newell Park on May 1 from 8:30-9:30, on the Hewitt Ave. side of the park, tucked into a little meadow close to Fairview Ave.

See you there, and Namaste everyday.