Tuesday, May 02, 2006
yOga unlimited
Goodness gracious mudita! Happiness is a continuing yoga student!
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
Mudita means "appreciative joy". I think the greatest joy I have over the years that I've been teaching is to see our yogis growing and coming again and again for yoga class. I know how easy it is to give in to the feeling now and then of wanting to just go home early and watch TV or go out for some shopping therapy than coming to yoga and sweating it out to win your all too short time in shavasana (corpse pose). I've been through that. I know how it is our minds would rather do a thousand and one things rather than come and sit on a meditation cushion and face the difficult task of understanding our own minds. I've been through that too.
Ah. Then isn't it great that the divine spark in you and I would not allow us to sink into the mundane and waste this precious human life by making us climb up the 3 levels of stairs into that familiar space for contemplation? It urges: "If you can't climb up just 3 floors of stairs to gain momentary peace tonight? How can you hope to gain Ultimate Peace and Liberation?! Duh!?"
We often give ourselves a lot less credit than we deserve. It is good to remember that we bow at the end of the class not so much to the external teacher who conducted the 1.5 hour class but to our internal teacher who conducts our entire life. We bow to that which is already wise and accomplished within us. That part which is already enlightened.
I remembered that when I first started learning yoga. In the beginning I wanted to give up before each class. But I kept on telling myself, "just one more class, then see how" and at the end of the class, I would say to myself "Another class down the belt! I've survived another one! Whoohoo!" Whatever that means. . . anyway, I congratulated myself HEARTILY for SIMPLY BEING PRESENT and doing something really good for myself although it was difficult for me. . . Then I slowly began to learn that there is no limit to what we can do with this kind of attitude.
So please each time you come to class, congratulate yourselves heartily for simply being present.
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And to encourage those who want to come to class more frequently, mOmentOm yOga is happy to introduce our new yOga unlimited packages:
6 months unlimited yoga package: $1,200
12 months unlimited yoga package: $2,100
We have classes 7 days a week now. . . and we will soon be introducing more classes by other instructors, so these packages are very timely to take advantage of these new developments. See you in class!
For easy reference, here are our existing yoga packages (subject to changes):
Trial class (for first-timers): $15
Single drop-in class: $25
10-class package(classes valid for 3 months): $200 = $20 per class
20-class package(classes valid for 6 months): $300 = $15 per class
40-class package(classes valid for 7 months): $400 = $10 per class
*Students 20-class package(classes valid for 6 months): $200 = $10 per class
[*Students of tertiary institutions holding student passes.]
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Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
Mudita means "appreciative joy". I think the greatest joy I have over the years that I've been teaching is to see our yogis growing and coming again and again for yoga class. I know how easy it is to give in to the feeling now and then of wanting to just go home early and watch TV or go out for some shopping therapy than coming to yoga and sweating it out to win your all too short time in shavasana (corpse pose). I've been through that. I know how it is our minds would rather do a thousand and one things rather than come and sit on a meditation cushion and face the difficult task of understanding our own minds. I've been through that too.
Ah. Then isn't it great that the divine spark in you and I would not allow us to sink into the mundane and waste this precious human life by making us climb up the 3 levels of stairs into that familiar space for contemplation? It urges: "If you can't climb up just 3 floors of stairs to gain momentary peace tonight? How can you hope to gain Ultimate Peace and Liberation?! Duh!?"
We often give ourselves a lot less credit than we deserve. It is good to remember that we bow at the end of the class not so much to the external teacher who conducted the 1.5 hour class but to our internal teacher who conducts our entire life. We bow to that which is already wise and accomplished within us. That part which is already enlightened.
I remembered that when I first started learning yoga. In the beginning I wanted to give up before each class. But I kept on telling myself, "just one more class, then see how" and at the end of the class, I would say to myself "Another class down the belt! I've survived another one! Whoohoo!" Whatever that means. . . anyway, I congratulated myself HEARTILY for SIMPLY BEING PRESENT and doing something really good for myself although it was difficult for me. . . Then I slowly began to learn that there is no limit to what we can do with this kind of attitude.
So please each time you come to class, congratulate yourselves heartily for simply being present.
. . .
And to encourage those who want to come to class more frequently, mOmentOm yOga is happy to introduce our new yOga unlimited packages:
6 months unlimited yoga package: $1,200
12 months unlimited yoga package: $2,100
We have classes 7 days a week now. . . and we will soon be introducing more classes by other instructors, so these packages are very timely to take advantage of these new developments. See you in class!
For easy reference, here are our existing yoga packages (subject to changes):
Trial class (for first-timers): $15
Single drop-in class: $25
10-class package(classes valid for 3 months): $200 = $20 per class
20-class package(classes valid for 6 months): $300 = $15 per class
40-class package(classes valid for 7 months): $400 = $10 per class
*Students 20-class package(classes valid for 6 months): $200 = $10 per class
[*Students of tertiary institutions holding student passes.]