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HELLO LOVELY YOGIS 

LET’S GIVE THANKS

It's time for our yearly Thanksgiving yoga practice…just like our forefathers did.
Before we eat and drink and celebrate our lives with our friends and loved ones let’s weave and unwind together.

Thanksgiving Morning 10:00 – 11:30

All Levels Welcome.

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 LVM'S CURRENT SCHED:
SUNDAYS:

430-600 pm Back to Basics
MONDAYS:
630-800 pm Advanced Level Vinyasa
THURSDAYS:
 630-800 pm Mixed Level Vinyasa

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+ YOUR YEAR in a WORD +

+YOUR YEAR in a WORD+

whole
heal
own
build

All words I'm thinking about as we move toward a new year.  

Several years ago now I decided as the days got shorter and the nights got longer and colder I wasn't going to let myself slide and get lazy through the winter.  I wanted to make sure that when spring arrived I had done my work in the dark, defined boundaries and built strength around goals.

So I decided I would pick a word that would signify the work I needed and WANTED to do.  I kept it simple, just one word, knowing what direction I wanted to head off into with my word out in front of me like a flag.  I knew where I wanted to go but didn't know how I was going to get there or what it would look like along the way.  So it became an adventure.  Not so daunting or scary.  I would remember my word when I got lost and let it help me build those boundaries and keep me on track.  It would unfold from a word to a phrase, to a sentence, to a paragraph, to a story over the course of a year.  By fall I will have done my work and have something to show for it.  Something that is part of my greater foundation to build upon.  And it's super fun to see what happens to a idea when you nurture it and let it grow, like a seed.  Not so far off the bean seed I took home in 3rd grade in a styrofoam cup (it was the 70's) packed with soil to watch it grow...

We start on Halloween every year.  Halloween marks the cross-quarter holiday between the equinox and the winter solstice, when we go from the light half of the year into the dark.  And we just start to meditate on what we want.  Where do we want to be this time next year?  We pick our word and move it forward on the winter solstice as we cross into a new year.  So, you've got some time to think about what you want and set the foundation.  I hope to see you on Thursday - LVM

+Your Year in a Word +

Thursday 10/29

6:30 - 8:00 pm

w Laurel Van Matre

<3 All Levels Welcome <3

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Summer PLAYList * * * * * *

Hello yogis and music lovers.  Here's the latest playlist for those of you who have been asking and anyone who's looking for a new yoga or summer soundtrack.  I know I'm a little late to the game but I just fell in LOVE w Nick Cave.  God he's music is so good.  I get asked a lot about the music I play in class so I will try to be better about posting.  You can look back in my blog and get previous playlists too :)  Have a lovely summer day.  Love to All.  LVM

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SUMMER IS HERE! + + +

Which makes it the perfect time for YOGA.  The studio is bright and sunny and waiting for you and your friends > > > - Sunday -   Abbreviated Ashtanga w Calley Bliss > 10:30 - NOON  Back to Basics w Laurel Van Matre > 4:30 - 6:00 pm (Pete Cairns will be subbing through August) - Monday -  Mixed Level Vinyasa w Calley Bliss > 5:15 - 6:15 pm Advanced Vinyasa w Laurel Van Matre > 6:30 - 8:00 pm - Tuesday -  Candlelight Vinyasa w Tessa Kasinkas > 7:30 - 8:30 pm - Wednesday -  Mixed Level Vinyasa w Erin Amundson > 6:30 - 7:45 pm - Thursday -  All Levels Vinyasa w Laurel Van Matre > 6:30 - 8:00 pm - Saturday -  Mixed Levels Asana w Stephanie Loes > 8:00 - 9:00 am Slow Flow w Stephanie Loes > 9:30 - 10:45 am + Show Up Everyday + For Bios, Cost, Class Descriptions, Pics, Video and all the goodies: www.yogagardenmpls.com \ \ \\ \ \ \\\//// / / / / / /

I carry your heart

“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it (anywhere

I go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)

I fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)I want no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows

higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)” 

― e e cummings

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LET'S GIVE THANKS

Thanksgiving morning practice All Levels Welcome before we eat and drink and celebrate our lives with our friends and loved ones let's weave and unwind together 10:00 - 11:30 All Levels Welcome.

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YOGA HOME * * *

I got back in the studio today after a 5 day trip to SF.  As much as I LOVE to travel and meet new people I always miss the studio.  It was lovely to water the plants, restock candles, sweep the floor, check the mail and then meet up with the Monday night yogis for practice @ 630.  I love the quiet time I have to myself before class and the change that takes place when you all get there and bring the energy of the space up as you check in on whatever topic we start off w…movies, books, disco, what you'd like to work on that night.  We've got such a great community of people to collaborate with and I'm so happy to be home and see you all again and weave and unwind as we make our way on our mats together.  Love to All.

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