Thursday, December 2, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Fall / Winter Class Schedule
Charlestown Community Center
Tuesday 9am Seniors and All $5.00
Sherry
Thursday 9am Seniors and All $5.00
Sherry
Saturday 9am Adults Beginners and All $7.00
Mary Beth
Saturday 10:30am Kids 10 and up $7.00
Deidra
The Villiage on Wordon's Pond Club House
Wendesday 9:30 Adults Beginners and All $5.00
Sherry
Comeing Soon!
Richmond Senior Center
Monday 9:00 Adults Beginners and All $5.00
Tuesday 9am Seniors and All $5.00
Sherry
Thursday 9am Seniors and All $5.00
Sherry
Saturday 9am Adults Beginners and All $7.00
Mary Beth
Saturday 10:30am Kids 10 and up $7.00
Deidra
The Villiage on Wordon's Pond Club House
Wendesday 9:30 Adults Beginners and All $5.00
Sherry
Comeing Soon!
Richmond Senior Center
Monday 9:00 Adults Beginners and All $5.00
40 Days Starts November 1 - December 10, 2010
Includes 3 weekly Classes at Charlestown Community Center 11/1-12/10/10
Short meeting
40 Days to Personal Revolution By Baron Baptise
Journal
T Shirt
Cost $100.
without book $80.
Short meeting
40 Days to Personal Revolution By Baron Baptise
Journal
T Shirt
Cost $100.
without book $80.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Keep to the Path & Stay True
Forty Days to Personal Revolution Day 40!In body & soul, you've changed. The person you were at the beginning of these 40 days no longer exists. Are you not a different person, living a different way of living?
During these final days of my commitment to this program I looked back at my journal. There I read how I scolded my self for not getting my practice in every day. I had given myself grief over Kentucky Fried Chicken. I prepared a whole weeks worth of shopping list while meditating. I was proud of my self for buying regular oat meal and fresh fruit. (LOTS of fresh fruit!) I like putting lemons in my water. Green tea is pretty good. I find my practice in everyday movements like picking up sticks and backing up my truck. I like to stand in Mountain in the grocery store and read the scandal magazine covers. I can breath in a sun set and be one with the moon.
Yes, I am a different now. I have seen presence in myself, my body, my nutrition.
There will be difficult moments ahead. We are creatures of habit. This program has challenged our ingrained patterns. Staying in a routine of healthy habits is not always easy. Just like with our meditation practice, we will get swept away. Realizing that you've done so, allows you to re-establish presence. No matter if it's your nutrition, your work, your love, your self... Coming back to this present moment is the best healthy habit.
I have enjoyed sharing these 40 days with you and look forward to seeing you all in class. Continue to check in here for Community Yoga class schedules and updates.
During these final days of my commitment to this program I looked back at my journal. There I read how I scolded my self for not getting my practice in every day. I had given myself grief over Kentucky Fried Chicken. I prepared a whole weeks worth of shopping list while meditating. I was proud of my self for buying regular oat meal and fresh fruit. (LOTS of fresh fruit!) I like putting lemons in my water. Green tea is pretty good. I find my practice in everyday movements like picking up sticks and backing up my truck. I like to stand in Mountain in the grocery store and read the scandal magazine covers. I can breath in a sun set and be one with the moon.
Yes, I am a different now. I have seen presence in myself, my body, my nutrition.
There will be difficult moments ahead. We are creatures of habit. This program has challenged our ingrained patterns. Staying in a routine of healthy habits is not always easy. Just like with our meditation practice, we will get swept away. Realizing that you've done so, allows you to re-establish presence. No matter if it's your nutrition, your work, your love, your self... Coming back to this present moment is the best healthy habit.
I have enjoyed sharing these 40 days with you and look forward to seeing you all in class. Continue to check in here for Community Yoga class schedules and updates.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Week 5
Can you believe it! Already nearing the end of 40 days This week's emphasis is only more of what we have been discussing from the start. Being present, working from your foundation, finding balance in your life style.
By now your yoga practice is becoming familiar,hopefully you are also finding it easier to flow from one pose to the next. These transitions build from your foundation, which requires you to be totally present in your body in order to meet the challenge of taking your poses to your next edge. Ya gotta know where your feet are....!
I am interested in hearing about how the 3 days of fruit was for you. As you begin to increase the variety of foods back into your diet, be careful to stay on the lighter side. Your system is not going to like it if you eat hard to digest foods.
I noticed that my meditation practice is coming easier. Although I am still having to begin again and again, the resistance is lessening. How is it going for you?
Love Sherry
By now your yoga practice is becoming familiar,hopefully you are also finding it easier to flow from one pose to the next. These transitions build from your foundation, which requires you to be totally present in your body in order to meet the challenge of taking your poses to your next edge. Ya gotta know where your feet are....!
I am interested in hearing about how the 3 days of fruit was for you. As you begin to increase the variety of foods back into your diet, be careful to stay on the lighter side. Your system is not going to like it if you eat hard to digest foods.
I noticed that my meditation practice is coming easier. Although I am still having to begin again and again, the resistance is lessening. How is it going for you?
Love Sherry
Sunday, February 21, 2010
WEEK 4: Restoration
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it!
"As we remove the rocks that block our wisdom and light, we find that we are able to set more and more time aside for the things that restore us: time spent in nature, solitude, meditation, intimacy, having heart to heart conservations that heal."
I had trouble recognizing the "Rocks". After some weeks of looking at my habitual way of thinking, I was able to see patterns of behavior that had very little to do with the present moment and much more to do with how I thought others perceived me, judged me or how I judged myself. Re- examining these judgements opened up another side of the issues. By seeing these, my patterns started to change. I spent less time avoiding things, because they weren't in the way anymore. More time for me!
This is the week we all have been looking forward to! Three days of fruit! Nothing but fruit, which will cleanse you from the inside out. Sounds simple. Hmmmm..... I do not find this to be simple. How many ways can I make fruit exciteing? Slice it, dice it, freeze it, blend it, soup it, grill it, try it! I can tell you that presentation is everything!
Continue to practice and meditate! See you in class.
Sherry
"As we remove the rocks that block our wisdom and light, we find that we are able to set more and more time aside for the things that restore us: time spent in nature, solitude, meditation, intimacy, having heart to heart conservations that heal."
I had trouble recognizing the "Rocks". After some weeks of looking at my habitual way of thinking, I was able to see patterns of behavior that had very little to do with the present moment and much more to do with how I thought others perceived me, judged me or how I judged myself. Re- examining these judgements opened up another side of the issues. By seeing these, my patterns started to change. I spent less time avoiding things, because they weren't in the way anymore. More time for me!
This is the week we all have been looking forward to! Three days of fruit! Nothing but fruit, which will cleanse you from the inside out. Sounds simple. Hmmmm..... I do not find this to be simple. How many ways can I make fruit exciteing? Slice it, dice it, freeze it, blend it, soup it, grill it, try it! I can tell you that presentation is everything!
Continue to practice and meditate! See you in class.
Sherry
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Week 3 Equanimity
"Equanimity is the art of meeting life as it meets you - calmly, without drama or fuss."
Congratulations! This puts you at one full hour daily of YOU TIME!
Week 3 asks you to look even more closely at your eating habits and portion sizes. You're asked to increase your meditation to 15 minutes and to extend your daily yoga practice to 45 minutes. I realize that your practice my include walking or some other activity. That's good! Just be sure you are putting aside the whole 45 minutes to do it in.
Law 7 Relax with what is. This law says it all to me. The other laws seem to reinforce this one. They all ask you to be present without judging or trying to control everything. Meditation helps with this. By being attentive to the present moment, those automatic responses can be replaced with space and time to react with clear view of what is real in this moment. Whether it's eating more than you need or reacting automaticly, being present to the reality frees you from the restraints of living in the confines of past memories and judgements.
Sometimes I am even a little deep for me!
How is it going? I'd like to hear from you.
As always, Sherry
Congratulations! This puts you at one full hour daily of YOU TIME!
Week 3 asks you to look even more closely at your eating habits and portion sizes. You're asked to increase your meditation to 15 minutes and to extend your daily yoga practice to 45 minutes. I realize that your practice my include walking or some other activity. That's good! Just be sure you are putting aside the whole 45 minutes to do it in.
Law 7 Relax with what is. This law says it all to me. The other laws seem to reinforce this one. They all ask you to be present without judging or trying to control everything. Meditation helps with this. By being attentive to the present moment, those automatic responses can be replaced with space and time to react with clear view of what is real in this moment. Whether it's eating more than you need or reacting automaticly, being present to the reality frees you from the restraints of living in the confines of past memories and judgements.
Sometimes I am even a little deep for me!
How is it going? I'd like to hear from you.
As always, Sherry
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Week 2 Vitality
Week 2 asks us to focus on the path our foods take to our mouths, literally. Food is grown, gathered then what? Our society places great emphasis on connivance. Prepared foods line the shelves of our stores and pantry's. Another way to look at these products is "partially digested". No it's true. Flour and sugar that is refined to the nice fine whiteness we are used to, is striped of it's natural casings. Much of the nutritional content is lost in this processing. Our bodies are not required to use our digestive systems to ready it for absorption. Products made with refined sugar and flour are already at the point of digestion where they are quickly absorbed as glucose. No wonder our society is so fat. I often have thought I don't have time to prepare my food from fresh ingredients. I like instant oatmeal. Here is a great example of my laziness. Instant oatmeal; open the package, pour in hot water. I get preservatives, refined sugar, dehydrated fruit, artificial flavor and color. And its not cheap. My other option is surprising. 1/2 cup regular oat meal, 1 cup water, microwave for 2 minutes, add fresh fruit, honey or raw sugar to taste. No artificial anything, great taste, less expense and only 2 minutes! I'm not saying you have to eat oatmeal, just look at what you already like. Consider the fresher options.
This weeks meditation is 10 minutes twice a day. Here we identify the "Tapes" we play over and over in our heads. The victim...., The worrier..... the People-Pleaser, I call that one the Fixer...and The Blame Tapes. As you sit in your meditation notice if the thoughts that come up fit any of these labels. See them with an open heart not judgement. Then come back to the present moment, bringing your attention to your base, your body, your breath and the sounds around you.
Your Yoga practice asks you to stay in your poses for 5 breaths. Remember that the transitions from one to the next is connected to your breath. Inhales are openings like Sweep up and opening to Warrior 2. Exhales are closings like Low Push Up and Fold.
Remember to answer the Excavation Questions on page 122.
See you in class!
Sherry
This weeks meditation is 10 minutes twice a day. Here we identify the "Tapes" we play over and over in our heads. The victim...., The worrier..... the People-Pleaser, I call that one the Fixer...and The Blame Tapes. As you sit in your meditation notice if the thoughts that come up fit any of these labels. See them with an open heart not judgement. Then come back to the present moment, bringing your attention to your base, your body, your breath and the sounds around you.
Your Yoga practice asks you to stay in your poses for 5 breaths. Remember that the transitions from one to the next is connected to your breath. Inhales are openings like Sweep up and opening to Warrior 2. Exhales are closings like Low Push Up and Fold.
Remember to answer the Excavation Questions on page 122.
See you in class!
Sherry
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Week One
Hi Everyone,
How's it going? I am having a little trouble focusing on my goal this week. Simply being present is a lot harder than you would think! Each morning I have started with 5 minutes of meditation. My alarm goes off at 6. I sit up, hit the snooze button and begin to meditate. I start by congratulating myself on such a good intention.... then I remember.... set my attention on my hands, my head says did I set up the coffee maker? then I remember.... set my attention on my base, my toes are tangled in the sheets, do I need to cut my toe nails?.... then I remember....set my attention on my breath, in and out, in and out, I need to blow my nose, wheres that tissue box?.... then I remember.... set my attention to the inner wall of my forehead.... is it almost time yet?.... Did I turn the alarm off?.... then I remember...set my attention on the sounds around me...... BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. 5 minutes is up!
The point is I kept starting over, again and again. This over and over is how we begin to meditate. Please do not scold yourself for the chatter in your mind. Just remember to begin again. It may seem impossible, but eventually your mind will get sick of being redirected to the present, and it will allow you to rest there.
How about food? During this first week we are asked to identify our needs for cooling, heating, building, and cleansing. I find that I am out of balance here. I like to be warm and I do not need to gain weight. I'd like to loose some. What I need are foods that heat and cleanse. Here, I am struggling with "habit" food choices. Being present, considering my options and my goal often enables me to make a healthier and satisfying choice.
If you choose to believe the voice in your head, your daily yoga practice may seem like a chore. "My knees hurt, I'm too tired...." no matter what excuses your mind comes up with, just do it, just show up. I am always surprised by the truth of my practice once I get started. "My knees can take it, I'll sleep later"
Keep to the moment,
Love Sherry
How's it going? I am having a little trouble focusing on my goal this week. Simply being present is a lot harder than you would think! Each morning I have started with 5 minutes of meditation. My alarm goes off at 6. I sit up, hit the snooze button and begin to meditate. I start by congratulating myself on such a good intention.... then I remember.... set my attention on my hands, my head says did I set up the coffee maker? then I remember.... set my attention on my base, my toes are tangled in the sheets, do I need to cut my toe nails?.... then I remember....set my attention on my breath, in and out, in and out, I need to blow my nose, wheres that tissue box?.... then I remember.... set my attention to the inner wall of my forehead.... is it almost time yet?.... Did I turn the alarm off?.... then I remember...set my attention on the sounds around me...... BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. 5 minutes is up!
The point is I kept starting over, again and again. This over and over is how we begin to meditate. Please do not scold yourself for the chatter in your mind. Just remember to begin again. It may seem impossible, but eventually your mind will get sick of being redirected to the present, and it will allow you to rest there.
How about food? During this first week we are asked to identify our needs for cooling, heating, building, and cleansing. I find that I am out of balance here. I like to be warm and I do not need to gain weight. I'd like to loose some. What I need are foods that heat and cleanse. Here, I am struggling with "habit" food choices. Being present, considering my options and my goal often enables me to make a healthier and satisfying choice.
If you choose to believe the voice in your head, your daily yoga practice may seem like a chore. "My knees hurt, I'm too tired...." no matter what excuses your mind comes up with, just do it, just show up. I am always surprised by the truth of my practice once I get started. "My knees can take it, I'll sleep later"
Keep to the moment,
Love Sherry
ps, 2/2/2010 these are from the first class at Richmond senior center. 26 students!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Today is Monday Febuary 1, 2010!
Law 1: Seek the truth
Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
-John 8:31-33
Today you have opened yourself to remembering how to live a more present, healthy lifestyle. Law 1 asks you only to seek the truth without judgement. "Have the courage to open your heart, face reality, admit your mistakes and take right action."
Now, all of that sounds difficult, but as you progress through these 40 days the right action will become easier and easier to identify. Simply being present is where you begin.
Week 1 Come into your Body, Presence
Yoga practice
6 days of the week. Do what ever fits into your schedule. If you go to a class, use a DVD or just your own flow (for at least 20 minutes) focus on your breath. UJJAYA
Meditation 5 Minutes.....The basic technique is on page 55.
Nutrition Seeking Balance Heating/Cooling, Cleanseing/ Building foods. page 93.
Take a deep breath in..............................................and a slow breath out................................
Sherry
Check in here frequently
Law 1: Seek the truth
Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
-John 8:31-33
Today you have opened yourself to remembering how to live a more present, healthy lifestyle. Law 1 asks you only to seek the truth without judgement. "Have the courage to open your heart, face reality, admit your mistakes and take right action."
Now, all of that sounds difficult, but as you progress through these 40 days the right action will become easier and easier to identify. Simply being present is where you begin.
Week 1 Come into your Body, Presence
Yoga practice
6 days of the week. Do what ever fits into your schedule. If you go to a class, use a DVD or just your own flow (for at least 20 minutes) focus on your breath. UJJAYA
Meditation 5 Minutes.....The basic technique is on page 55.
Nutrition Seeking Balance Heating/Cooling, Cleanseing/ Building foods. page 93.
Take a deep breath in..............................................and a slow breath out................................
Sherry
Check in here frequently
Sherry
Sunday, January 24, 2010
40 Days Log
Hello Friends,
Hopefully you have already printed and looked through your log. You will find it very helpful to track your progress and keep you motivated. I used the food lists to shop prior to my starting the program. You will undoubtly see things new to you. I'm not sure seaweed is even sold in my grocery store! Don't worry you pick what you want to eat. Maybe you'll try something new? The bottom line is try to use fresh unprocessed or least processed foods.
I looking forward to hearing from you!
Sherry
Hopefully you have already printed and looked through your log. You will find it very helpful to track your progress and keep you motivated. I used the food lists to shop prior to my starting the program. You will undoubtly see things new to you. I'm not sure seaweed is even sold in my grocery store! Don't worry you pick what you want to eat. Maybe you'll try something new? The bottom line is try to use fresh unprocessed or least processed foods.
I looking forward to hearing from you!
Sherry
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Get Ready, Get Set!
Only one more week until we begin! Your commitment to these 40 Days is a great start. I remember the first time I started the program. I encouraged myself by saying, "Its only 40 days." That helped me to get started. Funny thing is that 2 years later I still apply the healthier lifestyle I learned during those short 40 days.
Now is the time to begin to get familuar with your book. Be sure to read the first chapter, Laws of Transformation by Feb. 1, from there we will begin week one together. I will be getting a journal to you via E- Mail soon. You'll want to print it and write all over it and your book.
Check here often and leave your thoughts and questions.
Sherry
Now is the time to begin to get familuar with your book. Be sure to read the first chapter, Laws of Transformation by Feb. 1, from there we will begin week one together. I will be getting a journal to you via E- Mail soon. You'll want to print it and write all over it and your book.
Check here often and leave your thoughts and questions.
Sherry
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Getting Closer
Hello Ciber Yogies!
As we get closer to Feb 1 more of my community class students are deciding to join us for 40 days of yoga, meditation and attention to what we put into our bodies. I have started to re-read my book. The simplicity of it still amazes me.
More Soon, Sherry
As we get closer to Feb 1 more of my community class students are deciding to join us for 40 days of yoga, meditation and attention to what we put into our bodies. I have started to re-read my book. The simplicity of it still amazes me.
More Soon, Sherry
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