schedule changes for semana santa 2013

Please note that we will be having some SCHEDULE CHANGES for SEMANA SANTA (Easter weekend):
 
* Wednesday, 27 March: FULL MOON – CLOSED
* Friday, 29 March: PUBLIC HOLIDAY – LED CLASS at 10am ONLY (please arrive early so we can start on time.)
* Sunday, 31 March: EASTER – CLOSED 
* Monday, 1 April: PUBLIC HOLIDAY – LED CLASS at 10am ONLY (please arrive early so we can start on time.)

Enjoy your semana santa either here in Barcelona or wherever your travels take you! 
Take care and I hope to see you soon in class... much love and peace, namaste, hojung

yoga stops traffick 2013: saturday, 9 march 2013

On SATURDAY, 9 MARCH, we will be holding a “108 SUN-SALUTATIONS” benefit class to help Odanadi, an organization based in Mysore, India that works with getting women and children out of the sex trade and to stop human trafficking.

When: SATURDAY, 9 MARCH at 10am (please arrive earlier so that we can start on time)

Cost: DONATION (all donations will go to Odnadi)

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE, BUT CANNOT ATTEND THE CLASS, YOU MAY GIVE ME YOUR DONATION BEFORE THURSDAY, 21 MARCH.

Global, united, compassionate, YOGA STOPS TRAFFICK is a large-scale yoga event being held this year on March 9th 2013 in more than 150 locations around the world, to raise awareness about human trafficking and show support to its millions of victims.

UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING By standing alongside Odanadi on March 9^th you will be demonstrating your solidarity and support for them, as well as sending a message of defiance against the serious, rapidly escalating exploitation of women and children in India – and around the world.

• Odanadi Seva Trust is a pioneering anti-trafficking organization based in Mysore, South India, working for the rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficked women and children.
• Over the past 20 years Odanadi has rescued and rehabilitated more than 2,000 children, carried out 60 brothel raids and brought 137 traffickers to justice.
• Today Odanadi runs two residential rehabilitation centers in Mysore, housing up to 100 women and young people at any one time.
• Odanadi residents are provided with a wide range of therapeutic activities, from psychological counseling to art therapy, drama, karate to yoga and acupuncture.

If you would like to know more about this event and its cause, in the attachments you may visit their web-site: www.yogastopstraffick.org. You may also view this youTube clip of the Odanadi children practicing Yoga and preparing for this year´s event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrXkYRQjhLM

I hope that you will take the opportunity to participate in this event! Besides having an individual yoga practice, yoga is also about creating community and helping others. this will be a nice opportunity to bring everyone together and maintain our sense of community as practitioners.
This event is open to all… so, please spread the word and forward this e-mail to anyone who you think might be interested in participating! IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE with me in class or at info@ashtangayogabarcelona.org. Thank you very much!

Take care… much love and peace... namaste, hojung

march news 2013

 I just want to let you know a few things for the month of March:

1. Please note that the moon days this month are MONDAY, 11 MARCH, and WEDNESDAY, 27 MARCH. There will be NO class on these days.

2. on TUESDAY, 5 MARCH, I have a prior personal commitment in the morning that I am unable to change, so NICK FENN will be giving the MORNING CLASS. Please welcome him! Thank you!

3. Please take into account the SCHEDULE CHANGES for SEMANA SANTA (Easter weekend):
* FRIDAY, 29 MARCH: LED CLASS at 10am ONLY (please arrive early so we can start on time.)
* SUNDAY, 31 MARCH: CLOSED
* MONDAY, 1 APRIL: LED CLASS at 10am ONLY (please arrive early so we can start on time.)

4. on SATURDAY, 9 MARCH, from 10am – 12pm, we will be holding a BENEFIT CLASS of 108 SUN SALUTATIONS to help Odanadi, an organization based in Mysore, India that works with getting women and children out of the sex trade and to stop human trafficking. This is the fourth annual world-wide event with many ashtanga shalas participating on the same day to raise money for this cause and to spread awareness of this issue.
I hope that you will be able to participate! Please reserve your space with me in class or by writing me at info@ashtangayogabarcelona.org

5. On SATURDAY, 16 MARCH, I will be teaching the SECOND SESSION of the Ashtanga Yoga Workshop: Deepening your Understanding of the Practice, Deepening your Awareness of the Self” from 10am – 1pm. THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL.

* I am adding ANOTHER session of this workshop on SUNDAY, 17 MARCH, from 12pm – 3pm, for those of you who did not have a space in the one on 16 March.

Please register with me in class or by writing me at info@ashtangayogabarcelona.org if you would like to attend on SUNDAY, 17 MARCH. There are only 6 spaces still available. Thank you!

6. Please remember that we offer REGULAR YIN YOGA CLASSES at MIDDAY on TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS, from 2:15pm – 3:30pm, taught by Kathy Paez, in our shala.
If you would like to attend these classes, please save your space: 617. 672. 872 or kathypaez@gmail.com or just come!

7. During these cold months, when entering and exiting the shala, please close the door well (without locking it) as to keep the warm air in and cold air out. Likewise, the doors to the practice room should always be kept closed in order to retain the heat.
If you leave AFTER 11am or 7:45pm, you can close the door to the shala completely. Thank you!

Take care and I hope to see you soon in class! With gratitude... much love and peace... namaste, hojung.