Happy New Year -- 2013

Happy Country New Year everyone!

Join Jane for 90 minute yoga classes $10 per class...

Bath: Tuesday evenings, St. John’s Hall, 5:30pm-7pm 

starting Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Wilton: Wednesday mornings, Wilton Hall, 

251 Simmons Road, 9:30am-11am 

starting Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Fall session extended two weeks

I am extending my fall schedule by two weeks until the last week of November 2012 as plans to travel have changed.

Fall 2012 Schedule

Tuesdays, 5:30pm - 7pm, St. John's Church Hall, Bath, starting September 11, 2012 -- Cost $10 per class.

Wednesdays, 9:30am-11am Wilton Hall, 251 Simmons Road in Wilton starting September 12, 2012 -- Cost $10 per class. Wilton is located west of Kingston, north of the 401, exit 599. The Hall is a short distance northwest of the famous Wilton Cheese Factory.

Fridays, 10am - 11:30am, St. Andrews by the Lake Church, 1 Redden Street, Kingston, starting September 14, 2012 -- Cost per class is $15.

All classes are offered are suitable to all levels of yoga experience.

Pay-as-you-practise basis for 10 sessions by cash or cheque.

Or, you can pre-purchase a 10 class session pass 

and get one class free.

West Kingston Summer Yoga Schedule

Yoga by the Lake July & August Summer Classes 2012 St. Andrews by the Lake Church, Upper Founders Hall 1 Redden Street West Kingston (near Days & Front Roads, off Lakeview Avenue)
Jane’s Classes, 10am Fridays	Karen’s Classes, 5pm, Wednesdays
July 6	July 11
July 20	July 25
August 3	August 8
August 17	August 22

Karen and Jane both graduated from Still Point Yoga Teacher Training in 2005.

Invest in 4 every-other Wednesday classes: $48 (4 classes @ $12) payable to Karen

Invest in 4 every-other Friday classes: $48 (4 classes @ $12) payable to Jane

Invest in all 8 summer classes ($96) – pay either of us and we will work it out!

Drop in: $15 per class

A minimum of 6 students committed to each four week session

is required for this summer schedule to happen.

To count yourself in, contact Jane before June 30 at (613) 386-3673, jmcd@reztel.net

and/or

Karen before June 30 at kaalexander9@gmail.com

Karen will be offering Wednesday classes throughout the month of June, 2012, while Jane takes a break from the city and hangs out in the country.

Wilton Summer Yoga Schedule

Gentle Summer Morning Yoga

Wilton on Wednesdays

251 Simmons Road, Wilton

9am-10am

Cost: Free will donation (suggested $5-$10)

Twenty percent of proceeds will go to Wilton Hall.

This session will continue throughout June, July and August 2012

Come whenever you can.

Drop in to any class any time throughout the summer

to stretch, breathe, have fun and relax.

Jane McDonald, Instructor

Still Point Certified since 2005

(613) 386-3673

jmcd@reztel.net

India Photos

To see photos from my trip to India in March, please go to

http://www.flickr.com/janeeindia

Namaste,

Jane

Back at Home

My trip to India is over and I am still somewhat numb about the experience of two weeks' intense time in Rishikesh, Hardiwar and along the banks of the Ganges River.  Many different events took place in this organized tour.

 One highlight was our visit to the Arya Sugandh Sansthan Ashram, an orphanage and school located in a rural area on the plains to the south of where we were staying. The motto of the place is "When a candle is lit, it shines in all directions..." and very quickly my candle was lit by the place, the work of the staff and young people who live there.The place is a 6 acre farm and there are beautiful mango and other fruit trees as well as an organic garden and a cowshed with over 30 cows.

 We broke up into groups and designed costumes made out of newspaper, coloured paper, stickers and the brilliant imaginations of the kids. Mina was our model and here is the finished product. She walked down the runway with music blaring and all the other kids as audience. Smiles everywhere so it wasn't just us that had fun.

As part of their welcome, the students gave us flowers and we were honoured with a tilak. Here's Chandra receiving his. Tilak is a mark of auspiciousness. It is put on the forehead with sandal paste, sacred ashes or kumkum (red tumeric). The sweetness and kindness of this welcome brought me to tears. 

The gray-haired woman is an English-speaking volunteer who lives at the ashram with her 80 year old husband, a retired Air India pilot. About five years ago, they gave up their comfortable lives to come to the ashram to help. In October 2012 they will have been married 50 years.

The place houses about 100 boarding students and 800 other students come to the school daily. The children and young adults tend to the gardens, the cows and also make crafts. I found a paper mache deer that I treasure, of course.Those that live here are under-privileged, orphaned or physically 
challenged children.

www.aryasugsans.com


More pictures and thoughts to follow as I recover from jet lag and start to process.

Namaste and love, Jane