ARUNJI IS COMING TO CLEAR SPRING JUNE 14-16. Plus, there’s a nice quote for you at the end.

Once more, the information for Arun’s workshop here, and if you go to the calendar page you’ll find a link to the full (and printable) flyer:

Schedule
Evening Class Friday 6-8:00 pm
Morning Classes Saturday and Sunday 9:30am to noon
Afternoon Classes Saturday and Sunday 3:00 to 5:30 pm

Cost: $240 for the whole workshop, $215 if paid by June 1, 2013.
Two hour class $40
Two and a half hour classes $50

All classes located at:
Clear Spring Studio, 605A Copeland, Austin, Texas 78704
Parking on the interior of the block only; access from either South First or Copeland Street. Overflow parking to the south off Gibson St and S. 3rd St. No overflow parking anywhere on Copeland St.

To register, mail your check to Austin Yoga Institute, 1608 Dexter Street, Austin, Texas 78704.
NOTE:  tell Peggy which classes you will attend!
To attend all five classes, pay by June 1st and receive a discount (deadline extended).
One year’s experience with Iyengar Yoga recommended. If you have questions, call Peggy Kelley at 512-923-4643 or email her at:   yogini102@gmail.com

And now for the nice quote:

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us “universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

-Albert Einstein  
(from  http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuotes.html)

So even this man, regularly acknowledged as one of the most brilliant and far-seeing scientific and mathematical minds anywhere, had an understanding so close to the yogis’ that we could remove his name from this statement and the average student of Eastern philosophy might attribute the thoughts expressed to any of a number of great yogis and practitioners.  Pretty much every sentence or fragment of a sentence here, could be found presented as a Patanjali might express it, if he were inclined to paraphrase himself.  

If anyone has any more quotations that link the scientific world to the world of yoga, please include the references in comments.  I’m interested.

Looking into April and May

[UPDATE} Because I am going away to a yoga retreat in April with Gabriella Giubilaro, there will be a few days when I will have to cancel classes.  The certain cancellations are on Wednesday, April 17, only Devon's morning and afternoon classes.  NOTE: Charly's Anusara class will happen as scheduled at noontime.  Keep checking here for information about Monday's 4:15 Happiness class as the time gets closer; I may yet find a sub.   In the event of cancelled classes, please note that all who have bought a series of classes will get a week's extension on their pass, so that Clear Spring absorbs the cancellation, not the students.  But the result of this will be a refreshed Devon, no doubt with some new ideas to convey to you all, and a clearer understanding of the Italian accent which I will try out on all of you.  

And don’t forget, on Wednesday April 17, Gabriella Giubilaro herself will teach for one day only (two classes) at Clear Spring, so Devon's regular Wednesday classes will make way for Gabriella.  It's a fantastic trade; you should come to the workshop if you can.  

And a month later, the next workshop will be relatively short:  on May 17-19, Theresa Rowland and Devon will teach a three-class workshop on Friday evening, Saturday morning and Sunday morning (a flyer for this is coming soon).  The workshop will be for all levels of students with more than 6 months’ steady attendance in Iyengar Yoga classes, including those interested in or actively  teaching yoga.  

Oh, and then on June 14-16, right before you all leave for your summer vacations, we have one full weekend yoga workshop with Arun, a most light-hearted Iyengar teacher hailing from Bangalore, India.  We are very pleased to receive Arun in Austin on an actual weekend when we can hope to better accommodate the interest.  Come learn from one who has lived and studied in Pune for many years!