Friends–so happy to be together today in the space of learning and discussing ethics in the Restorative and Sustainable Yoga group on Facebook. Here is a list of books I referenced during the FB Live today–they are all over timers, and by that I mean, they are ones that will be with you over the lifetime of your practice ❤ Please note this is not the comprehensive list I use when teaching ethics for yoga teacher training courses. And, it’s a nice place to start/supplement your library.

Enjoy and please let me know if you have any questions. And, I cannot wait to get my hands on Kristin & Randall Brooks’ interpretation of the yoga sutra-s

Yoga for a World Out of Balance: Michael Stone

Teachings on ethics and social action. As I mentioned in the group, I studied ethics with Michael. He is my forever teacher, wise, brilliant, analytical, creative, irreverent, social action, and ecologically focused…The teachings today were dedicated to his memory, and to holding space for the suffering of mental illness, and the physical and mental dis-ease we as a global sangha are experiencing at this time due to COVID-19.

Four Chapters on Freedom: Swami Satyanda Saraswati

The Tree of Yoga: BKS Iyengar
Trees are life.

Teaching Yoga: Donna Farhi
There used to be a CD included in the book, not sure if they still include it, it has one of the best talks about yoga I’ve ever heard called Holding a Heart in Our Hands. It was the keynote address to yoga teachers and students at Yoga Spirit 2002.

threads of yoga a remix of patañjali-s sūtras with commentary and reverie: Matthew Remski
This book is a great example of how we as practitioners can re-interpret the sutra-s in new and useful ways, relevant and real.

Letter from Birmingham Jail: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Creative tension. Love is a revolutionary practice. Aham prema.
“You may well ask: “Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?” You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word “tension.” I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood. The purpose of our direct action program is to create a situation so crisis packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation. I therefore concur with you in your call for negotiation. Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue rather than dialogue.”
16 April 1963

Yoga Discipline of Freedom: Barbara Stoler Miller
The first “translation” of the yoga sutra I read starting back in 2004.

The Inner Tradition of Yoga: Michael Stone
Another beautiful book from Michael for the yogi whose really interested in yoga philosophy. Depth, wisdom, insight, clarity…siempre en mi corazon.

Let’s get wildly interested in energetics, pranayama, breathwork & qi gong.

Thursday evenings in May.
May 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2020.
7-8:30 PM CDT (that’s Texas time, y’all)!

All are welcome. On Zoom.

Please Venmo me @justinekerri to reserve your space & logistics, details & materials shared by email after registration. If I don’t have your email please make sure to include it in your Venmo with your first and last name. If you are requesting a sliding scale rate please email me via the Connect form on my website.

#yogiknow
@yogiknow

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This Friday, let’s chat on FB live in the Restorative & Sustainable Yoga FB Group.
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If you miss the live chat, please watch and comment with a tag to me so I can respond.
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Now is the time to practice.

Good folks of the internet, here’s the updated current situation Justine Yoga & Meditation schedule. As a reminder, there’s always a Balancing Heart Mind Meditation on my website available to you in the Audio Meditations tab!

Nightly Yoga Nidra Meditation at 5PM CDT–global friends welcome!

See you in the cloud!

CENTRAL TIME

EASTERN TIME

Here it is y’all, my Canva masterpiece. There are no words to describe how good it feels to connect with people on Zoom in the space of mindful learning and yoga/spiritual practice during this current situation. A day that started for me with tremendous anxiety relaxed and was washed away as I practiced, taught, and connected with my dear yogis. Thanks y’all for showing up.

**Current Situation Yoga @Home w/ Justine Zoom Schedule**

I’ve worked to create a good balance of times and opportunities. Strong Hatha & Restorative (Sunday morning Blossom St. Yoga Shala vibe), FAMILY Yoga (all ages, all abilities, all bodies, all hearts, all are welcome to breathe & be together), Balancing Heart & Mind Meditation aka ❤ M (seated) & Yoga Nidra Meditation (lying down). This a group online class schedule. If you want private online yoga & meditation classes please contact me directly.

I suggest printing this out and posting it where you’ll enjoy seeing it–old school schedule style!

If you’ve been doing Yoga Nidra please note the new Meeting ID and Password for all classes, below in Zoom instructions and here:
Meeting ID: 832 819 2470
Password:  yogiknow

*All classes are $20. For family class, a family is considered a group of people in a household up to 5 people. After that you’re starting another family and will be counted as such.

To join the session you must pay me in advance via VENMO. My venmo name is @justinekerri

You will only be admitted to the class once you’ve paid—please plan to pay at least an hour in advance of each session so you get admitted. If you come for any of the 10:30AM classes, you can stay for the ❤ M as a gift of practice to you from me.

If you don’t yet have Venmo you can pay via PayPal: justinekerri@gmail.com

So that’s $20/per person (family for FAMILY class) per session. Sessions are not refundable, although if you mess up the time zone you can come to another class. Based on what I’ve learned thus far: please don’t ask me for a refund if you mess up the time or can only come to 5 minutes of class—please know I love you, and this is my livelihood as a self-employed single woman. I’m proud of what I do, and what I can offer y’all during this intense time. I am making a commitment to show up for you with integrity, creativity, and presence, please do the same when you show up for this sangha/community. And, of course I understand that shit happens, you don’t have to explain what’s going on in your life, and let’s be clear and in agreement that this is the deal with these classes from the onset. Thank you in advance.

*If, and as I have done so for the past 20 years, you are wanting to practice and the fee is too high for you, please send me an email message justine@justineyoga.com letting me know what’s up and we will figure something out.

*Zoom is an awesome way to connect with others while being in your own home. Unlike apps, we are together, and we will have an opportunity to connect, chant oms, and be with one another in the comfiness and security of our own homes. Don’t expect an expert video set-up, I generally don’t practice while I teach and will likely be giving verbal instructions most of the time, not demoing. I invite you to go inside and discover the guru, or teacher, within. She is beautiful.

We will greet one another at the beginning of class and then you can turn off your video, I’ll mute you, and you can do your practice in your pjs, panties, takaras, or what have you. If you turn off your video I won’t be able to see you, so if you want feedback on form, etc., please know you are welcome to keep your video on. Panties too.

I do Zoom sessions with private clients when they or I travel so I’m experienced in this format—it’s great, you will love it!

*Meeting ID & Password for all the classes
832 819 2470
yogiknow

*I am committed to my well-being, to your well-being, and to the well-being of all sentient beings on this planet. I am also committed to the earth and truly feel that she is asking us all to take a break and rest. So let’s rest and be together, online.

Let’s stay sane and do yoga and meditation together. See you in the CLOUD.

Namaste,
Justine
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ZOOM & VENMO Instructions/Links

Getting on Zoom: you want to be here—it’s what’s happening now

https://zoom.us/join

Create an account

Login to our meeting room prior to the time of the class—you’ll be in the waiting room and then I’ll admit you once I see that you’ve paid for class.

Meeting ID & Password for all the classes
832 819 2470
yogiknow

This can help you learn how to join a meeting:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting

Venmo

@justinekerri

https://venmo.com/

Paypal

justinekerri@gmail.com

**Schedule is current through the end of March. Changes, additions, and special treats will post on insta, FB & www.justineyoga.com my website.

NAMASTE

I am honored and delighted to be on the teaching faculty at The Jung Center, Houston. This Spring I’ll be teaching two courses, Ethics for Yoga & Mindfulness Teachers & Practitioners and a Spring Yoga Nidra Practice.

1. Learn and Live the Yamas: Ethics for Yoga and Mindfulness Teachers & Practitioners
Saturday, February 8, 2020
2:00-4:00PM

Learn to apply concepts from ancient yoga philosophy to the modern practices of yoga and mindfulness. Together we’ll contemplate the yamas, the framework of ethical practice as laid out in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. When we begin with the five yamas, our teaching grows roots and encourages the practitioner to tune into the world in an action-oriented, aware, and compassionate way. This workshop is suitable for teachers and students of any style of yoga and meditation.

Recommended reading: Yoga for a World Out of Balance, Michael Stone.

Jung Center Member: $40.00
Non-member: $45.00

2. Spring Yoga Nidra Practice
Saturday, April 4, 2020
2:00-4:00PM

According to the yoga tradition, we have five bodies, kosha in Sanskrit, made of increasingly finer grades of energy. Think and feel them as you would Russian matryoshka dolls, one resting within and supporting another. In Yoga Nidra meditation, we move through the gross layers of the physical form and through the kosha, accessing somatic nourishment and relaxation; here we discover a profound way to internally source and experience well-being.

Yoga nidra meditation is practiced while resting comfortably on your back with props supporting the body. If the practitioner is not comfortable resting on their back, additional resting poses are offered. We will explore the pancha maya kosha (five layers of self), leaving us with a sense of wholeness, rest, ease, clarity, and peace. These aspects of freedom are what we cultivate through yoga and meditation practices.

We will focus specifically on the energy of spring, clearing the mind to soften and nourish the heart, and the deepest layers of our beings.

Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat, 2 blankets, and a washcloth.

Jung Center Member: $40.00
Non-member: $45.00

Please register for both classes via the links above on The Jung Center’s website!