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Om shanti shanti shanti
Love and light to all of you! My tiger lilies have begun to push green sprouts up out of the ground, and I have seen a robin resting in my backyard tree; spring is here. With new life, we begin to release previous truths of cold bitter days. Our once gray skies gradually deepen their blue, and we live for this new present moment. We breathe in the warmer air, and we bloom. Spring does not replace winter, which will always come again. Spring is a temporary transition and a temporary time. Spring represents life while winter symbolizes hibernation and death. Buddhist philosophy teaches that death is inevitable because we are alive. I consider death to be a going Home; a place we will be ready to head back to when we feel we are done here. I encourage you to let winter's memories slip away as you appreciate each day right now for what is has to offer. Another winter will come soon enough, but it will not be the same winter. It will offer different skies and different storms so it, too, is still a path yet to be trod. Greet the buds with their arrival. Feel the sun's new warmth on your face. Walk barefoot when the weather is ready to offer that option. Most of all, allow each day to stand alone as you find beauty and grace in between each sunrise and sun fall. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Yoga Class Schedule/Workshops *Gentle/Restorative classes every Wednesday evening from 6-7:15pm. Healing Arts Metaphysical, 4 E Wilson Street, Batavia (parking lot in back) All Levels, Walk-ins, $15 *Gentle/Restorative classes every Sunday from 10-11:15am. Healing Arts Metaphysical, 4 E Wilson Street, Batavia (parking lot in back) All Levels, Walk-ins, $15 NO CLASS SUNDAY APRIL 8th! *Inspired Vinyasa (Level 1), Tuesday's 10-11:15am, 1 E Benton St,, Aurora, downstairs. Parking in back or on street. $12/class, walk-in, all levels. Even more exciting, I will be making a monthly donation to the Aurora Food Pantry as part of the agreement for using this space. Work out, find peace and give back all at the same time! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ NEXT FUN YOGA FIELD TRIPS!!! Saturday April 7 6:40pm-? I have planned an escape room for Sat April 7 at 6:40pm at iPanic in St Charles. Sign up for the room Shipwrecked; it can hold 12 people so sign up when you know you can go. If you have done that room already, there are 2 others to choose from. The room is located in the Pheasant Run Resort. 4051 E. Main St. St.Charles IL. $30/person. http://www.ipanicescaperoom.com/ Tuesday June 26 7pm-?Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band will be at The Garaj Mahal Tuesday June 26th, 7pm. Tickets on sale now! Use the PayPal link below. This will sell out! Register NOW! https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr… ____________________________________________________________________________________________ FEATURED HEALING STONE: Rose Quartz by Maryann Sanfilipp, Crystal Writer Extraordinaire April is the harbinger of spring bringing warmer temperatures, longer days, and the blooming of new life. Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal so Rose Quartz is an excellent stone on which to focus this month. Rose Quartz is the quintessential stone of love of oneself, family, friends, community, the Earth and the Universe. It helps dissolve boundaries of isolation and mistrust and moves one into the sense of union with the Universe. It is one of the most important stones to wear, use in meditation and keep in one’s environment. It keeps the energy of love and harmony in all areas of life as it stimulates and opens the heart chakra. This calming and reassuring energy helps us to focus on the renewal of self that accompanies spring. Meditating with Rose Quartz can help one to reach resonance with the energies of compassion, thus releasing emotional patterns keeping one stuck in the past and embracing the higher frequencies of light. Some of the benefits include: calming the mind, assisting one in releasing worry, fear, anxiety and past emotional trauma. All in all, it is a perfect stone to use to welcome in the long-awaited spring! Some of the benefits include: balancing blood pressure, stimulating metabolism, lowering cholesterol and having an anti-inflammatory effect on the body. It can also ease allergies and migraines. __________________________________________________________________________________________ FEATURED QUOTE: "It's not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit." Robert Louis Stevenson
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