May Newsletter
The month of May brings into calling all the blessings of water and heat in the form of rain and warm temperatures. We are all embracing the cycles of celebration all month long from graduation to prom, mother’s day and Memorial day. As the beginning of Summer is not far away, there is a sense of transition and shift in our lives. Ride the wave of change with us and surf your way to freedom with AcroYoga on Sunday May 17. If you have been thinking about how much fun it would be to learn more about Yoga asanas, philosophy, meditation, ayurveda and more, then join Ananda’s second teacher training program ! Starting May 28 we are now also offering the Deepening into Yoga option that offers you a way to study and learn with us but not complete certification requirement. Read below or email us.
Diversify and taste the full-spectrum offerings of classes and programs that Ananda has to offer. Fine-tune in Alignment Yoga every Wednesday at 5:45 pm, or enjoy a juicy-sweaty flow on Sunday morning at 10 am, and don’t miss Kristen’s popular 5:30 pm Yoga Groove class with fun music, dynamic asanas and Friday fun to kick off your weekend just right.
blessings in the flow,
the tribe at Ananda Shala
May Spotlight
AcroYoga with Vanessa King
Sunday May 17
12 pm to 2:30 pm: Love, LIght and Flight
practice and learn the basics of Acro Yoga and see how easy it is to feel weightless and free.
3 pm to 5:30 pm: Invert & Evolve
Release all fear and inhibitions about going upside down. A perfect workshop for beginner – intermediate students to turn upside down and be free! Register on-line!
Deepening Into Yoga w/maria garre and guest teachers
8 month study program stars May 28
Join our teacher’s study community in this specialized program created to deepen your knowledge and go deeper into the study of philosophy, meditation, techniques, theory, and healing of Yoga. Each weekend will offer workshop style yoga classes along with juicy filled informative weekends from Yoga anatomy to self discovery and journaling.
Upcoming Events
sunday may 17
AcroYoga with Vanessa King as featured in the Washington News Post !
thursday may 28
Ananda Yoga Teacher Training Program Starts + All New Deepening Your Practice!
saturday may 31
Living Yoga with Reema Datta
saturday june 6
first saturday with ananda shala join us 5 to 9 pm
sunday june 7
pilates beach body work out with amy
june detox program
join maria for an incredible detox program that will leave you summer ready !
june 21 solstice celebration
SUMMER SOLSTICE celebration 7:30 am yoga mala on the Creek.
Mantra of the month:
“om let go” … breathe out and let go. Do you realize that we spend most of our lives controlling and projecting into what we want and how we think things should go? So “let go” and find freedom in releasing expectation and desire and allow yourself to simply trust. Realize that the more you hold on and try to control you will create more tension and resistance inside and outside.
Community Notes
Alive @ Five
Come to the first Thursday kick off – May 28 from 5 to 8 pm enjoy this Happy Hour Event on the Creek with live music, cheer, and fun.
June 6: 5 pm to 9 pm
Enjoy an evening of exhibit openings, guest artists and live entertainment designed to showcase the best of Downtown Frederick the First Saturday of every month. The evening includes interactive art projects and I ART Downtown painters creating scenes of Downtown Frederick in front of your eyes.
Ananda Recommends:
May 15 to 17
Yoga Journal Conference
New York City
Join Shiva Rea and many more!
May 17 to 25
Embodying the Flow and Pranafication Memorial Weekend at Kripalu with Shiva Rea.
join maria in ……
May 17 to 25 assisting Shiva at Kripalu Center for Yoga.
May 25 – 10:00AM
Prana Flow Class at Ananda Shala
Thursday June 11 – Annapolis, MD
At Lululemon Store- Ayurveda lecture and Lunar Sadhana practice.
Fri to Sunday June 12 – 14
Summer Detox Retreat
Saturday June 20 – Annapolis, MD
Workshop at Prana Yoga Center
Sunday June 21
Summer Solstice Yoga Mala 7:30 am
Sept 5 to 13 – Rishikesh, India
Sacred Yoga Journey to the foothills of the Himalayas. Offering advanced (300 hour) teacher training hours.
Detox with Ayurveda:
During this time of junction and transition, yogic/ayurvedic teachings rely on steady routine and practice (sadhana) to harmonize the action of change and transition. It is especially important to maintain good practices that support health and vitality. We now have the opportunity to “spring clean” the body of accumulation and stagnation as we move into summer. Doing so will ease any symptoms that may be caused by excess summer heat in the body (Pitta). Therefore, to balance and renew, Ayurveda offers wonderful detoxing recommendations and regimens to maintain stamina and health. Along with a seasonally appropriate daily routine of food, exercise, meditation, etc. you will flow into summer.
Retreat and experience the full detox benefits in June and enjoy true renewal celebration of life …. ignite into a new season, a new cycle, an initiation to the fire of summer. Retreat will offer rejuvinative yoga classes, vegan/raw diet, discussions on lifestyle plans, exercise, yoga and meditation.
Q & A:
What is the meaning of Namaste and Om Shanti ?
The gesture of Namaste, bringing your palms together at your heart’s center is a way of offering sacred greeting to someone. The sanskrit word ‘nama’ means to ‘bow to’, thus making namaste a gesture of bowing to one’s heart as a form of greeting not from the mind but a meeting someone on a soul level. It is a bowing to the soul, the heart and connecting with someone heart to heart. It offers a sense of equanimity and balance as we offer the word and gesture to symbolize the union or meeting.
You will notice that your teacher will often close out class by offering the chant of “om shanti” as a way of blessing and ending class. We end like to this to remind and invoke infinite peace for our selves and the world. The word ’shanti’ translates to peace and you can offer or send peace to others and yourself as we offer the intention and vibration to end class.
First AcroYoga sessions at Ananda
Teacher Training
Weekend Fun !
The post – Yoga bliss and sweat.
Bali Bliss
Walking around the village of Ubud Maria shares a view of the wild lotuses growing around a fountain. A truly magical land.
