Party!

Summer Yoga and Dancing

Belly dance: Mondays 7 p.m. at ChiroJava

Yoga: Tuesdays 11:45-12:35 p.m. at The Sample Society

            Thursdays: 5:30-6:30 at The Sample Society

PARTY! August 2

               Henna tattoos

               Mini-massage

               Meditative movement

               Menu inspired by Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisines

               Stay tuned for more information.

Belly Dance Holiday

Just in case anyone checks, we will NOT be dancing July 7.

Class will meet all the rest of the Mondays in July at ChiroJava.

Doga at Thunderpaws Canine Solutions

The latest addition to Silk and Saffron offerings is Doga, or yoga for dogs and their human companions.

You and your dog can practice rejuvenating yoga postures and meditate together at 6 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month at Thunderpaws Canine Solutions at 206 S. Austin St. in Seguin. Also check out the products for pets and pet owners and the professional grooming and training that is the Thunderpaws specialty.

For information about doga class please call Thunderpaws at 830-379-7000.

Sacred Dancing

Last Monday's belly dance class members responded with great enthusiasm to an introduction to Nritya Yoga, or the yoga of dance.

The 12 hours of intense study and practice with Amrita Choudhury, who created nritya yoga after meeting one of the last living temple dancers in India's Orissa province, were amazing and I was eager to share what I am now integrating into my own yoga and dance practice. Nevertheless, I didn't know how the class would view a pretty big shift from what we've been doing for the last few years when we meet in Chiro-Java on Monday evenings.

The dancers in our class liked what we did... and asked for more. So, bring a veil if you're coming to class tomorrow!

Dance is a sacred practice for me -- meditation, prayer, celebration of the beauty and grace in each of us -- so I am glad to have the opportunity to share more of the global vocabulary with dancers in Seguin.

By opening our minds to explore Middle Eastern dancing, Indian sacred dancing or yoga, we are participating in the dream that Amrita imbibed as a student in Santiniketan in Northeastern India, and that inspires Ananda-Amrita Dance Creations

...where people from all over the world could work together in a common pursuit of truth, share our common heritage and realize that artists in all parts of the world have created forms of beauty, scientists discovered secrets of the universe, philosoophers solved the problems of existence, saints made the truth of the spiritual world organic in their lives, not merely for some particular race to which they belong, but for all mankind.

--Rabindranath Tagore

Photos were taken during the Nritya Yoga workshop at Yoga!Yoga! in Austin, Texas.

Spring Classes

Belly Dance class will not meet during TLU's spring break, which includes two Mondays. That means no class March 17 and 24.

Class WILL meet at 7 p.m. on the Mondays from March 31-April 21 at ChiroJava.

I will be attending a Dance and Yoga workshop the last weekend in March, and I'm sure I'll be brimming with new things to share.

Yoga class will meet for the third time of an eight-week session at noon March 11.

The first Doga class ever in Seguin will meet at 6 p.m. Friday, March 14 at Thunderpaws Canine Solutions. If you are interested in doing yoga with your dog (and laughing a lot, I imagine), please call Thunderpaws for information. 830-379-7000

Beginning Yoga Begins Tuesday

Take yoga for a 50-minute lunch break once a week.

Class meets Tuesdays at noon at 607 Jefferson St. Parking is in back of the building.

$64 for eight classes (no class during Holy Week/Spring Break) or $10 to drop in on one class.

Blankets, blocks and other yoga props will be available along with a limited number of yoga mats. We have a wood floor but most people are more comfortable with a sticky mat.