March 30th – May 5th
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Be your own Valentine, een workshop achteroverbuigen met Cecilia
– Workshop met Chocoladegarantie! –
zaterdag 10 februari 2024 van 13:30 tot 16:00 uur
bij Faraja Yoga in Hoofddorp
Welkom bij onze yoga workshop “Achteroverbuigen”! Op deze bijzondere zaterdagmiddag nodigen we je uit om jezelf te omarmen, liefde te cultiveren en je hart wijd open te stellen voor de positieve energie om je heen.
De workshop begint met een warm welkom en een rustige meditatie om je te helpen in het hier en nu te komen. Laat de stress van de week los en concentreer je op het verkennen van je innerlijke zelf. Eenmaal gegrond, nemen we je mee op een reis van beweging en ademhaling, geleid door Cecilia.
Achteroverbuigingen in yoga staan centraal in deze workshop. We zullen samen werken aan het openen van het borstgebied. Met zorgvuldig gekozen houdingen en sequenties, leren we hoe we spanning in de rug en schouders kunnen verminderen en ruimte kunnen creëren in het hartgebied. Dit proces van fysieke openheid vertaalt zich vaak naar emotionele en spirituele openheid, waardoor je jezelf toestaat liefde en positiviteit te ontvangen en te delen.
Terwijl we door de houdingen bewegen, moedigen we je aan om je innerlijke kracht te omarmen en je eigen Valentijn te worden.
Na de oefeningen kan je genieten van een welverdiende ontspanning en een begeleide meditatie om de positieve energie die je hebt opgebouwd te verankeren. Sluit de middag af met een kopje thee, met chocolade…
Dus, neem een pauze van de dagelijkse drukte en gun jezelf deze
zaterdagmiddag van zelfzorg en groei. Buig achterover en open je hart.
Namaste!
Online aanmelden: https://www.faraja.nl/activiteit/yogaworkshop-be-your-valentine/
108 Sun Salutations, 25/6 2022
Practicing 108 sun salutations at the equinoxes is an ancient practice in the yogic tradition.
Most ancient traditions actually have some sort of practice and / or ceremony during the equinoxes.
I must say that to me the practice of the 108 sun salutations does feel like a moving meditation, like a moving mantra, like a moving prayer, like a moving ceremony.
It is a beautiful way to step in to a new chapter, a new intention, while leaving the old behind, step by step, finishing the practice with a true feeling of renewal.
We are honouring these traditions and practicing the 108 sun salutations together on “Midsummer” which falls on Friday the 24th of June this year of 2022, at Solid Performance in Cruquius.
And you are warmly invited to join!
If the weather permits we might even be able to practice outdoors.
A full practice session of 108 sun salutations themselves takes around one and a half hour. We all keep the same pace of the sun salutations, yet whenever the body asks for rest you can and should lie down on your back or in baby pose – you will be part of the flow and the energy anyway.
Since it can be quite an intense practice for the body and the mind we are building the practice up with three sessions for those who wish leading up to 24/6.
Every session starts with a sitting meditation, guided pranayama / breathing and ends with savasana / relaxation.
Below are the dates, times and investments:
27 Sun Salutations Friday 27/5 19.00 – 19.50ish
Single session: EUR 18 :-
54 Sun Salutations Friday 3/6 19.00 – 20.15
Single session: EUR 20:-
81 Sun Salutations Friday 17/6 19.00 – 20.30
Single session: EUR 22:-
108 Sun Salutations, Friday 24/6 19.00 – 21.00
Single session: EUR 28:-
All 4 sessions booked together : EUR 72 :-
3 sessions booked together : EUR 55:-
This practice is only available for those who already know the sun salutation. There will be a brief explanation at the beginning of the different variations and how and what to choose should you encounter challenges. There is however no formal teaching of the sun salutation during these sessions as we want to move, breathe and rest wherever necessary, as one flow.
There is limited space so please, make sure to book in advance either via e-mail or What’s App:
+31-6-46157019
Warm, sunny welcome everyone!
xxx
An Invitation to Practice
Yoga is about finding your inner light, about soaring from within.
Soaring on the wings of change, as change is the only constant – in our lives, on this planet, in this universe, in every breath.
Yet there is something which is unchanging, which is light, there underneath the layers.
I would like to invite you to come practice with me. Come join me on this inner quest, peeling off the layers, revealing the diamond inside.
Cecilia
Zoom Yoga Classes
Tuesday PM and Sunday AM
Ho,ho,ho! 🎅🏻🧘🏻♀️🎄
We are back in a “heavy lockdown”. Which means the yoga lessons are back on Zoom. Including a recording. So should you wish to follow the lesson again you can, and/or should you wish to participate but it does not work out time wise you can use the recording later.
All levels of yogis are welcome!
The following classes are now scheduled, just send me a DM, email or What’s App to join!
Sun 19/12 09.30 – 10.45
Tues 28/12 19.30 -20.45
Sun 2/1 09.30 -10.45
Tues 4/1 19.30 -20.45
Sun 9/1 09.30 -10.45
Tues 11/1 19.30 -20.45
Warm welcome to join!
Love, hugs and sparkles!
💕🤗✨🐺
Masterclass Head & Shoulderstand
Friday 5/11 19.00 – 21.00 in Cruquius
Warm welcome to the first of a series of Master Classes to be held at the gorgeous Solid Performance in Cruquius!
These Master Classes are for all levels of yogis, whether you are a beginner or more seasoned.
In this particular Master Class we will work towards head & shoulder stand.
Every yoga class, master class, workshop always contains the same important ingredients which are needed for a complete practice – sitting/meditation, pranayama/breathing, asanas/postures, savasana/relaxation, and yoga philosophy.
Every time we get together it is interactive, and always room for questions and more indepth explanations.
Looking foward to seeing you Friday the 5th of November in Cruquius!
To sign up, please email or What´s App:
cecilia@studiostark.net
+31-6-46157019
Investment: EUR 22:-
Address: Spieringweg 700, Cruquius
Yes! Yoga Outdoors is back!
“All good things come to those who wait”, is an ancient saying.
Well, we have all had the time to realize what good things we miss and what things we might not need that badly any more ;-).
One of those good things to wait for to hear for me has been those words again that we at least are allowed to start teaching Yoga outdoors again with a group larger than four people. That good thing arrived this week.
We have this gorgeous and huge field at Solid Performance in Cruquius that we have been invited to utilize for the yoga classes, so I am beyond delighted to welcome you all from this coming Sunday and then every Sunday morning at 9.30 – 11.30.
In case of wet weather we do have access to a spot which is roofed, yet open.
Contact me via email or What’s App if you would like to attend.
cecilia@studiostark.net
06-46157019
All levels of yogis are welcome, we are already a great mix of different levels from beginners to intermediate in the group.
You will need to sign up per class so that I can make sure we don’t override the allowed amount of participants and can all keep safe distance. You also need to bring your own yoga mat, meditation pillow or something else to sit on (for instance a few folded blankets or towels), a blanket for the relaxation and meditation, water to hydrate, plus make sure to wear layers as the temperatures change and we also change from movement to stillness a few times during the class.
Warm, warm welcome dear Yogis!
Love, hugs and sparkles,
Cecilia
Vegan & Paleo “yoghurt”, breakfast recipe
This is hands down the easiest, yummiest, filling and super healthy quick breakfast in the world to make! It takes less than 2 minutes to make!
Vegan and Paleo “yoghurt”💚
Mix:
1 banana 🍌
1 avocado 🥑
Juice from 1 lime
Done!
Serve with nuts, seeds, berries and your favourite morning beverage!
Who said living a healthy life is complicated eh 😉?
Enjoy your day!😘🐺
Merry Everything and Happy Livestreams
We are getting used to these fast changes of moving outdoors a bit more freely to locking down slightly, then moving again, then locking down totally, moving again, not moving….
Or maybe we are not getting used to it ;-)?
Either way, the flow of what we call life has been disrupted, shook up, changed and totally put on its head. All we can do is breathe and ask ourselves what the ancient wisdom teachings are saying, often quoted by many inlcuding one of my teachers Gregg Braden “Is this the best I have to offer in this moment?”
Of course that saying goes for what you have to offer yourself as well as the world around you, as they are both interconnected, intertwined. We are not separate from the world around us, neither is it separate from us.
Which is why we are being effected by what happens around us. But, it also means that what you do and decide to do with your own energy, your own self, your own being, your own energy has a profound effect on the world surrounding you.
Yoga is one practice which supports you in all this.
So the best I have to offer in this moment of the latest hard Lockdown in The Netherlends for myself and to the world is to teach Zoom Livestream Yoga again these coming Sunday mornings below. And you are warm, warm welcome to join.
Everyone joining will recieve a recording so that you can follow the class again. If Sunday morning does not work for you, you can still recieve the recording and practice any time later which works for you.
Sun 21/12
Sun 27/12
Sun 3/1
Sun 10/1
Sun 17/1
9.30 -10.45
Investment:
Some of you already have the 10, 5 or 20 x cards for my regular classes in Cruquius, you can use those for the classes.
Praktijk Deen members can use their Praktijk Deen membership to join.
For everyone else:
EUR 15:- per class or EUR 50:- for all 5.
Just send me an email or a What’s App message on cecilia@studiostark.net or +31646157019 to sign up.
I will send out the Zoom link the evening before and the recording a few hours after the class.
Really looking forward to seeing you!
Love, hugs and sparkles,
Cecilia
Sunday 15/11 Livestream Yoga & New Moon Ceremony
Dearest Yogi’s,
Thank you for connecting and practicing through Zoom Sunday last week ! It was gorgeous to see so many countries connected again !
This Sunday morning 9.30 am CET LiveStream lesson will stay a weekly class until we are allowed to meet live in the studios again.
From then on I will keep teaching a monthly LiveStream class for all of us who internationally connect in these classes and would like to keep connecting as well as keeping a steady home practice. More details on that class will follow.
This coming Sunday – November 15th – we have the New Moon coinciding with our practice. So it just seems natural toinclude a small New Moon ceremony or ritual, one that you can use for yourself every New Moon.
Nothing large or time consuming, it will be woven in to the class.
We will also focus on the postures that have a more “celestial” connection – like the sun salutations, a part of the moon salutations, the balancing postures of Ardha Chandrasana – half moon -, Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana – twisted or turned half moon, and more.
Of course any wishes you have are welcome too.
The practice will be recorded for everyone joining – you will receive a link the same day to download the lesson to your own computer so that you can practice again any time you want.
If you cannot join the lesson but would like the recording that is possible too, just let me know!
Warm welcome to join!
Drop me an email on studiostark@icloud.com or send a What’s App message on +31 6 46157019 if you would like to join.
Quite a few of you have cards for the regular Sunday morning lesson/s or the membership from Praktijk Deen, which can be used those to join these classes, including the recording.
For those of you who don’t have a card for the regular Sunday morning lesson/s, you will receive a PayPal link to pay through donation for the class, including the recording.
To keep it fair for those who have a card and are paying per class through their lesson card the recommended donation is EUR 15 – 18:- per class, including the recording.
If you have been hit hard by the corona crisis and EUR 15-18:- as a donation is too large for your financial space right now of course your donation can be smaller. It is more important that you can join the practice than not.
Looking forward to connecting with you Sunday/s!
Love, hugs, sparkles and new moons,
Cecilia