MorningMysore

Dear All,

We have very exciting news which we were all hoping for. Adarsh and Heleen Williams finalized their decision and will be joining us to teach the morning Mysore program from the beginning of August onwards! They are moving from Monterey to Mountain View.

Thank you all for your feedback and please continue letting us know so we can continue making improvements.

As you may know, Lizzie will be back to teach in July after the David Roche workshop. And we just confirmed that Leigha Nicole will be here this summer to teach 2 weeks, July 9 through July 21. She is a very special teacher and we are sure you will appreciate her.
UPDATE: Leigha Nicole will not be coming
Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for your endless patience as we navigated the process!

Joseph and Sabina

Our first afternoon in Rome, we visited Lino Miele’s shala, to make sure of the hours and the location. Rosanna, Lino’s assistant, actually recognized us.

In this shala (Scuola di Astanga Yoga, http://www.astanga.it), Mysore classes are offered usually three times a day, at 9 AM, 1 PM, and 5 or 6 PM. Classes run Monday through Saturday, only, and moon days are ignored.

We decided to go to the 5 PM class the next day. When we arrived, there was Lori Huneke, visiting from London. Once again, the Ashtanga community makes this a small world.

The shala is about a 10 minute walk from the Colosseum. There are several showers available, and hot tea (but not chai). The practice room has nice wood floors, but the loaner mats are dirty and smell of old sweat. In the early evening classes, there was no led chant. The people at the front of the room place their mats so that they are facing the wall in front of them. We didn’t like that, so placed our mats in the middle of the room. Both Thursday (5/25) and Friday (5/26) evenings there were about 15-20 people practicing, mostly first series, some second series. There was one main teacher (Rosanna on Friday, Maria Paul on Thursday), with one assistant teacher. The adjustments were good and plentiful. Practicing late in the day found us more flexible than usual. Since we were in Rome, we had taken afternoon siestas, so we weren’t overly tired.

Last night we had a lovely dinner with Lori and her friend Angela. Lori is doing well, and said that right before she left for Rome, Risto had shown up at the London shala to practice. He is doing well, has had all his pins taken out. She said it was great to see him.

We decided to take the weekend off, but will be back at the shala Monday at 6 PM for one more practice session before we leave Rome.

Dear all,

A quick reminder that this Sunday May 28 at 6pm at YiY there will be a potluck to welcome David Roche and his son Youngblood to our community. They will be introducing themselves and there will be an opportunity to ask questions too. The first workshop Mysore-style class starts on Monday so this will be a chance to talk while not being adjusted.

Don’t worry too much about bringing food - if you can make it without food please do!

And if you habve not signed up for the workshop here’s the link.

Lizzie will teaching a “last” class on Sunday morning (”last” because I have a feeling we may be seeing her again before too long).

Laurel has offered to host a get together at her house right after morning mysore this Sunday May 28. Very informal, don’t bring anything but your good selves:

Place: Laurel’s house 505 Mountain View Ave.
Phone:279 4205

Also Lizzie asked me to post this message:

Dear Mysore Friends- I have really enjoyed being part of your community for the last month. You have such a special group at YIYand it has been a privilege to be part of it. I look forward to working with you all again soon. Thank You. Please keep in touch.

Lizzie
elinichols@yahoo.com

Hi from Portland,

Just wanted to say hi to everyone, I hear Adarsh is in town these few days to check out YIY….Philippe says you were all out in full force this morning.

Sherry Cassedy was here Sunday, the deliver of the beautiful mobile. I have hung it up in our living room where I can think of you all often. As Philippe said, there were many wonderful and tastefully selected photos, the better to think of you all by. Thanks to Wendy and everyone who contributed.

Life in Portland: On Sunday we washed some sleeping bags, thought that it would be great to hang them out on the line. Then we went for our hike. It rained buckets, all the way out, (but not during our hike) and all the way back home. Luckily they weren’t expensive sleeping bags. Welcome to Portland. Actually the weather has been pretty good, and we are definately checking out all the hiking trails in the vincity.

Will be down as most of you know June 16th to 20th, to visit with you all and David Roche. Looking forward to seeing you all then, less one of you wants to come to Portland to say hi sooner.

Peace,

Anne