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SPIRIT SHINE
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YOGA DAY
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ach year, thousands of Americans young and old, flexible or not, athletes
and couch potatoes, come together at hundreds of designated yoga events
to stretch body, mind and spirit on Yoga Day USA. In 2010, it will happen
Dawn Colombo, owner
skyelighthealingarts.com
again, on January 23.
117 Depew Ave., Nyack
Yoga Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving lives through
917-273-4046 yoga, orchestrates the occasion in yoga studios, community centers and parks as
well as on beaches across the country. In the spirit of karma yoga, or service to
others, hundreds of alliance-registered yoga teachers and schools will host free
or low-cost workshops to raise awareness, change lives and address the needs of
It is not length of life,
their local communities. Yoga Alliance President and CEO R. Mark Davis notes
that many of the day’s workshops will raise funds or in-kind donations for local
but depth of life.
charities.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Following are some local yoga instructors and studios. See our calendar of events
and/or contact them for class details. Also, see Yoga Day Special Rates, on page 26.
Jackie Alvarez, RYT
Yoga Style: Hatha Yoga
Jackie Alvarez is the owner and founder of Yoga on the
7 E A R E T H E
Lake, which just opened in December. Jackie came to
yoga as a way to release stress and fell in love with the
practice and philosophy of yoga. In time, she realized her
dream of going to India and becoming an instructor. Her
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classes are a mix of spiritual and physical. She asks
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students to challenge themselves without losing the real
purpose of this ancient practice and to awaken to their greatness.
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