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Schedule in Amsterdam Nieuw-west
SCHEDULE in Yoga Nieuw-west Amsterdam
Classes are from 19.30uur – 21.00 uur) and on Wednesday. We are looking into adding Friday morning at 9.30. I will keep you informed.
I leave you with the 5 principles of yoga philosophy summarized by Swami Sivananda.
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Welcome back to Yoga Nieuw-west in 2015!
“Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as bird wings.”
Rumi
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
Dalai Lama XIV
“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
Buddha
Yoga Nieuw-west opens again on Tuesday, 6 January.
Check out the class schedule here.
Hotpod yoga for Yoga Nieuw-west community
“Life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
(Jim Rohn)
As classes are limited for December at Yoga Nieuw-west, I have arranged a special deal with Hotpod yoga Amsterdam and anyone registered with Yoga Nieuw-west Amsterdam to enable you to keep up your yoga practice. You will get the opportunity to try out yoga in a hotter room (actually a specially designed Hotpod) with a wonderful yoga teacher, Mercedes Parellada.
Yoga in the Hotpod
Amsterdam Yoga Nieuw-west members are entitled to a 5-class pass for EUR 25 (normal price is EUR 45) which has no expiry date. I will send the details on how to book with the discount to those of you registered with a Yoga Nieuw-west. If you do not receive the information by email by end of 1 December, then please get in touch.
Hotpod yoga is not far from Yoga Nieuw-west
December 2014 schedule — only four classes
Please note the changed (reduced) December schedule for yoga in De Honingraat. The reduced timetable is because the Honingraat closes at 17:30 in the holiday season.
Tuesday 
schedule
There is only one Tuesday class, on 9 December.
Wednesday Schedule
There are only three Wednesday classes in December, on 3, 10 and 17 December.
This means NO CLASSES on Tuesday, 2, 16, 23, 30 December and Wednesday, 24, 31.
So far, the January schedule is as usual. I will post it shortly.
Avoiding yoga injuries
It’s always worth remembering that only you can practice with awareness. Your teacher is only your guide…
Yoga by its nature should be sustainable, yet yoga injury is becoming increasingly common. This could be due to the surge in popularity of yoga worldwide as well as a growing willingness of people to talk about their injuries, owning up that even the universe doesn’t protect yoga practitioners from injury in their practice.
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The benefits of practicing yoga are many, and regular practice of yoga postures increases flexibility, strength and balance, with increased sensitivity being the side-effect. Despite this increased sensitivity, it might seem strange that even the most experienced yoga practitioners and teachers suffer yoga injury at some point over time.
Although there is no sure way never to get injured–we are only human after all–there are some things to keep in mind when you do yoga postures.
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Avoiding yoga injuries
Yoga by its nature should be sustainable, yet yoga injury is becoming increasingly common. This could be due to the surge in popularity of yoga worldwide as well as a growing willingness of people to talk about their injuries, owning up that even the universe doesn’t protect yoga practitioners from injury in their practice.
Flickr.com FiberArtGirl
The benefits of practicing yoga are many, and regular practice of yoga postures increases flexibility, strength and balance, with increased sensitivity being the side-effect. Despite this increased sensitivity, it might seem strange that even the most experienced yoga practitioners and teachers suffer yoga injury at some point over time.
Although there is no sure way never to get injured–we are only human after all–there are some things to keep in mind when you do yoga postures.
The real key to yoga
“Strengthening your capacity for attention is the real key to yoga, and your breathing is key to this capacity. This is more important than being able to touch your toes, or stand on your head or turn yourself inside out….”
Source: Erich Schiffmann — The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness
New address for Yoga Nieuw-west
From 21 October, Yoga Nieuw-west moves to the brand new building, just three minutes away from the older location, at:
De Honingraat
Slotermeerlaan 103F
1063 JN Amsterdam
Next week, the Wednesday lesson (16 Oct) is in the old location (Huis van de Wijk ‘Multibox’, Jan de Louter straat, 19,) as usual and at the usual time.
There is NO lesson on Thursday (17 Oct) due to the move.
Namasté,
Natasha
Celebrating Vrouwenweek: Yoga for women in Amsterdam
Celebrating Women’s week, I am offering two free yoga lessons to women in the community of Amsterdam Nieuw West (and anyone else who would like to come).
Tuesday, 5 March from 10:00 – 11:00
Where: Huis van de Wijk ‘Multibox’, Jan de Louter straat, 19, 1063 KX, Geuzenveld-Slotermeer, Amsterdam
Thursday, 7 March from 10:00 – 11:00
Where: Huis van de Wijk ‘Pluspunt’, Huis van de Wijk, Albardakade 7, 1067DD Amsterdam.
Yoga for the Community 