from Suze Curtis'
Dynamic Power Yoga PLUS!
November 2003
In
this Issue:
Holiday Happy Hour Connection ~ FREE FOOD~
Bring your Friends!~This
Friday! (11/14)
Holiday
Class Time Change for Thanksgiving Day
Links:
Monthly
Events Calendar (Printable) with Suze's Personal Teaching Schedule for November!
Something To Think About~
Personal
Message from Suze Curtis
Do you have passion in your life?? Could it be that we have no room for passion
because we’re too full of worry & guilt?
Recently (& for the zillionth time).
I experienced the “wonderful” feelings associated with the onset of a woman’s
monthly cycle ~~ very lethargic, a desire to ”shut-down”,
“hole-away”, regenerate, re-new. For me
(thank God), these “feelings” are only for the first 1-2 days.
It just so happened that I was scheduled to teach that same
evening. What if I had someone else
teach in my place?
Very automatically (unconsciously), I began worrying about what my 7:15 p.m.
(Thursday night) students would be thinking & feeling ~~ “We hardly ever
see you on Thursday nights – I’m always missing your class – We hardly ever get
to see you @ 7:15 p.m.”
And even more automatically (unconsciously), I felt guilty ~~ “My personal teaching
schedule is already on the calendar that people pick up from the Studio – It’s
already on the web-site calendar, too.”
“I will disappoint my students ~~ think of how they will feel. I have published my schedule – they will think I’m
undependable.”
By
Blisters,
in Louise Hay’s book, Heal Your Body,
represent “Resistance. Lack of emotional protection.” Tailbone
represents
“Out of balance with yourself. Blame of Self.”
Interestingly, by “resisting by
own emotions” and worrying more about how my students would feel, my OWN
emotions were unprotected (I wasn’t even acknowledging them).
A few minutes later, I called one of my wonderful
Transformers, Susan, and she and I traded ~~ She took my class for that evening. As soon as I hung up the phone, the blister had already begun to disappear, and I felt an amazing “calm”
go through my body.
I have taught COUNTLESS classes over the past 25 years ~~ no matter how I was feeling. I was proud of the fact that I PUSHED THROUGH
no matter how I
was feeling. My mind -- my “will” was always stronger – no matter how I was feeling.
When I look back over all those years, I realize that many
times the constant “pushing through” resulted in subsequent:
a)
emotional & physical exhaustion,
b)
chronic aches & pains,
c)
desire to “hide away” (depression)
Of course, ALL of these “symptoms” STOPPED me ~~ gave me
permission to rest (albeit temporarily)
~~ reasoning that exhaustion & pain were legitimate . . . and . . . to
simply “not push through” ~~ to take a periodic break ~~ seemed (somehow) weak.
Tricia, our Harmonizer, has a wonderful way of putting it
~~
“Whenever I have that DEEP
DOWN feeling that I just DO NOT want to do something, I go by the motto "First, do no harm." Which I interpret as "OK, who is this going
to 'hurt' (including
me) if I don't do
it, and how much more complicated would my life become if I didn't do it right
now".
I had the “First, do no harm” part down to a science ~~ or,
at least, I thought I had. I forgot the
part about “(including
me)”.
I literally FEEL others’ sadness, disappointment & pain ~~ and ~~ I have became very
good at it . . . to the point that I completely lose touch with my own.
Simultaneously (upon Susan & I
trading classes), I began to have insights & awarenesses
(exciting, creative ideas) about many, many things ~~ they seemed to tumble
into my mind so fast, as if they had been “dammed up” previously.
Could just recognizing &
responding to MY OWN feelings have released the dam?
So many times I’ve heard people
say “. . . they just don’t know what they want to do in life – they don’t know
what would make them feel alive & passionate.”
Maybe it’s as simple as first
“removing” (paying
attention to & responding to / allowing) the “stuffed emotions” that have “dammed up” your
inspirations and passions, ~~
Remember ~~ as soon as I
“allowed” myself to take a night off, not only did the physical symptom
(blister) disappear, but also my body relaxed (calmed) . . . and . . . ideas, passion,
creativity flowed in!!
Be True To YourSELVES,
Suze ;-)
FREE FOOD! ~
Bring your Friends!
Enjoy Happy Hour @ Sambuca Jazz Cafe. Sambuca is
owned by one of your "sweat mates" Kim Forsythe). Free
food & Private "glassed in" Room, so you can mingle with your
friends & "sweat-mates", and still
enjoy the atmosphere & music (the entire experience).
Date:
Time:
Location:
Sambuca Jazz Cafe (on Inwood
just North of Beltline in
For
More info: tricia@lauerman.net
CLASS CHANGE!!
(Thanksgiving
Day)
FRI, SAT &
SUN Classes are as
scheduled
~November Vinyasa PLUS! Schedule~
Monday, November 3 ~ 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, November 15 ~ 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, November 20 ~ 9:30 a.m.
Monday, November 24 ~ 5:30 p.m.
Friday, November 28 ~ 9:00 a.m.
Vinyasa PLUS! is an energetic flow of
breath & movement between each "working" yoga pose ~~
consisting of Standing Forward Bend, Push-Up, UpDog, and DownDog. All movements
can be modified for all students ~~ beginner to seasoned practitioner
Find a Service . . . or . . .
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Jennifer
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Emina Karamanovski ~~
Emotional Fitness Coaching ~~ (214) 450-3150 ~~ Emina helps you find the
power & understand the message of your emotions ~~ "Emotions are like
the wind ~~ They can blow you away or take you places you want to go."
Laurie
Cobbley @ The
Garden Spa and Gallery ~ You'll actually feel HEAT from her hands as
they find blocked & stuck places in your body ~ Suze’s dearest friend-
(972) 490-1234 ~ You'll leave feeling VERY open, calm, relaxed & ALIVE
;-) Visit her website @ www.thegardenspaandgallery.com
NEW!! Nail
Fantasy~~(972) 732-6245 @ Preston/Campbell Road (S) ~~
Awesome natural-looking nails and soothing Pedicures.
Cindy
Hood ~"Organic"
Permanent Make-up ~~ "What a wonderful time-saver . . . and . . . what a
FABULOUS (perfectionist) facial artist" says Suze. Call her @ (214)
212-2029. (completely natural-looking eyebrows,
eye-liner, lips, etc.)
Cathy
Hall ~ Awesome!!
Dog Trainer/ Dog Sitter - One of our First Contact, -(972) 713-8539, #2 -
"She turned my crazy-playful 100lb. 1-year, Chocolate Lab
"puppy" into an intelligent, obedient, happy (still playful),
respectful "teenager" (Suze);-) Cathy can talk to the animals!!
We
now have a Resource
Library Webpage that includes the following information:
Suze’s recommended reading/listening
list
Yoga clothes available online
Alternative Care Practitioners,
websites and information
Products available for purchase at
the studio and online
Website resources to help support
environmental and other health issues
Please
visit our new Resource
Library Page for lots of great information!