Nixa De Bellis - Yoga Ritual

Fall 2008

FEED THE WEALTH OF THE HEART,
FEED THE WELLNESS OF THE BODY,
FEED THE WISDOM OF THE MIND.......YOGA

There is some serious stuff happening in the world. Despite the fact that the world is in chaos, the economy is tanking, the presidential race is preoccupying our minds, and most of us are experiencing some level of anxiety, crisis, depression or fear...

Please!

Don’t forget that you, as a human, have in your empowered ability to celebrate, bless, give gifts, create beauty and joy, and both experience and generate pleasure.

In fact, it is my conviction that when we forget these things in our own lives, it is reflected in the world at large. When we forget to honor all that created us, when we forget to celebrate the delicious, transient, fragile gift of life, when we forget to offer our poetry, our willingness to dance, to sing with gratitude at the gift of life itself, then there is a huge cost. The penalty of ignoring the ecstatic celebration of life is visible all around us right now, in the world at large. If we do not savor each breath and give thanks for the privilege of it all, there are serious consequences.

Martin Prechtel says, "Humans cause wars and revolutions, ethnic cleansings, and epidemics by forgetting what gave them life." Each of us has the opportunity to remember. Right now. To choose to celebrate, to choose to honor, to fall on our knees in gratitude and sing our silly song of ecstasy, for the privilege of this day, this time, this breath. Don't miss the chance. Even if you gotta take a bus, pack breakfast and stay in the Residence Inn.

Maybe, it's even like this -- the world requires your celebration, to exist at all. Could your pleasure be that important? What do you think? ~Mama Gena

Pleasure vacation to jamaica november 5-9, 2008
Vote on the 4th, hop on a discount flight and spend the rest of the week immersing yourself in yoga practice (which is good for everyone!) our theme for the trip is “the yoga of pleasurable living” even in the midst of an unstable world.
...especially in the midst of an unstable world.

www.inwardbound.com to sign up, to get more info, to celebrate life.

On the homefront in manhattan:
I have two new classes on the schedule...hope to see you.

Tuesdays 9:30 am exhale CPS location level 2
Sundays 7:10 pm new york yoga all levels
(full schedule on www.yogaritual.com )

YOUR YOGA PRACTICE CAN
~REDUCE AND MANAGE STRESS,
~REDUCE THE NEED FOR MEDICATION,
~FIGHT HEALTHCARE COSTS,
~BE A CHEAP REMEDY WITH NO HANGOVER!,
~PROVIDE WELLNESS AND WISDOM INSTEAD,
~COMBAT INSOMNIA AND FATIGUE, AND
~ERADICATE ANGUISH FROM CORRUPT COMPETITION.

anyone up for that?

need a career change?
the next installment of the i/o Inside Out Yoga School is beginning on January 9, 2009.
200 hour teacher training certification program.
you’ll be a certified yoga teacher by june 2009, and what the world needs now...

Find an application, dates, and more at www.yogaritual.com
Applications are being accepted now!
Apply, change your life, feed your wealth wellness and wisdom.
Please feel free to email me at nixa@yogaritual.com with inquiries.

PIN UP GIRL -RESERVATIONS
on of my greatest pleasures and great goals of celebratory life is to be a pin-up girl. well, i’ve gotten my wish!
I have the ecstatic magnificence of starring as the calendar girl on december 12, 2009 in the YOGA 2009 CALENDAR on sale in stores soon!

I will be selling some in classes once the shipment arrives.
Let me know if you’d like me to RESERVE one for you!

in our current political, ecomonic, social situation,
PRACTICE YOUR YOGA.
YOU CAN’T GO WRONG WITH THAT.

as i always say,
be good. be well.
also, be a blessing unto this world.
make of yourself a gift, an offering of pleasure and beauty.

is it responsible to party and to practice while things seem to be falling apart? IT’S YOUR JOB.

great love, nixa