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A Full Moon Joins Our Annual Candlelight Walk

Our Fifth Annual Candlelight Walk alongside the Snohomish River was the best attended yet — bringing out entire families, (including the dogs), carolers, even a full moon! The winter solstice marks the beginning of longer days, and the returning light is a cause for celebration with its promise of new growth.

And the New Year means a new schedule of classes at Yoga Circle Studio, which you will receive soon in the mail. New to these pages is that the Class Schedule now links directly with the MindBody program — allowing you to select, register and pay for a class all in one step. Why not give a try right now?

Our studio is warm, and a beautiful space to practice the healing art of yoga. We continually strive to make yoga more accessible and beneficial to you — with our teaching, our website, and monthly newsletters — and we are most grateful for your continued support.

And many thanks to all who helped prepare and light the luminaries to mark the way for Snohomish’s unique community gathering. You may view a 24 image slideshow HERE, and please leave a comment about your experience walking the Riverfront Trail on the winter solstice.

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Yoga 101 and 102

Beginner Yoga 101, begins Tuesday evenings, 6:45p, October 26th.

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Dorrinda Carlson

This is a perfect class for those who want a gentle, fun, and structured
introduction to yoga and it’s many benefits. Dorrinda Carlson has been inspiring
many students to start this healing and healthful practice of yoga.
New students get a 30% discount — only seven weeks for $56!
Only a few spaces remain — register and pay online HERE.

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Yoga 102, begins Thursday evenings, 6:45p, October 28th.

Karen leading 'Boat Pose'

Karen Guzak, senior teacher and owner of Yoga Circle Studio, leads a slightly more advanced seven week series. This class that will
deepen your understanding of yoga — the poses, the breath-work, and the philosophy — all geared to create a steady mind and a more joyful life. Students may take both the Beginner 101 and Yoga 102, as these two classes are complimentary. The cost is $80 for seven weeks. Register and pay online HERE.

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The Benefits of your Yoga practice

We welcomed 36 new students to Yoga Circle Studio in September’s National Yoga month with our new student specials. I’m happy that we can introduce new people to this wholesome practice.

So many people know that Yoga is beneficial to anyone  at any stage of life. A consistent yoga practice provides physical, mental, and emotional benefits, such as:

  • Strengthens the body while building endurance
  • Increases flexibility
  • Develops better balance and coordination
  • Improves circulation
  • Helps align the spine for better posture
  • Slows the aging process
  • Stimulates the abdominal organs
  • Controls body weight
  • Heightens the senses
  • Energizes the immune and endocrine systems
  • Develops the respiratory organs
  • Reduces stress and encourages relaxation
  • Creates mental focus and internal  awareness
  • Enhances a sense of well being and  inner peace

 When we are physically, mentally, and spiritually flexible and strong, we experience a sense of joy, emotional balance, and inner wisdom – the mind is quiet , confident, and the true self emerges.

Now that we start the fall season,  and so many are starting yoga, or starting yoga after some time off, I think about the power of commitment. A wonderful quote comes to mind:

“Until one is committed there is hesitance, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans. That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.  All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no one could have dreamt would have come one’s way.”
–W.N. Murray, Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951