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May 11th
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9:30 - 10:30 AM
is teaching
Community Flow Yoga
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We would like to thank everyone for the kind, generous, and supportive response
to our announcement this past month!
SAY announces its closing as of May 31st
[ Please email us if you cannot open the announcement ]
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Remember, every ending is a beginning . . .
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
the master calls a butterfly."
~ Richard Bach
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Simple Abundance Yoga was founded by Wendy & Lamont Gilliland to provide
safe, professional Yoga instruction to our community. It is our intention to
reach those who will benefit most from the healing benefits of a regular Yoga
practice, to be mindful at all times of each individual's needs, and to create
an environment of support and encouragement for all who enter here.
To affect the quality of the day; that is the art of life. ~ Henry
David Thoreau
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Simple Abundance Yoga has been a labor of love for Wendy and me. Although the
notion of Simple Abundance Yoga started the fall of 2005, the idea of SAY has
been in the making for years – and a destined part of our life path together.
As is it for every person and every married couple, life presents its
challenges and life lessons. Most of us are simply doing our best to understand
why the things in our lives are happening, doing our best to survive our own
circumstances, and doing what we can to contribute and to have a positive
impact on the world, those around us, and the future of this tiny planet.
Wendy's history is one of a teacher, nurturer and gardener, while mine has been
one of an engineer, provider, and hopeful artist. We both have discussed
various possibilities in the past that would allows us to combine our interests
and experience, while allowing us to work together to make a difference in the
world. Along the way, there always seemed to be obstacles and roadblocks to our
plans.
Then yoga came into our lives – initially, through Wendy's determination to
find an alternative to “meds” for treating her MS symptoms. As Wendy began to
experience incredible results through her yoga practice, I began to join her in
her home practice and she shared with me what she was learning. One day I
realized that the lower back pain I simply got used to having in my life for
the past 20 years was gone. However, the benefits of yoga went well beyond
physical ailments or pain.
After more than 20 years of marriage, we found that our relationship had
transcended into something far deeper and richer than anything we could have
ever expected. This is not to say that yoga was the cause for this, however,
yoga was the means for bringing our marriage and relationship to this new
vista. The experience has been amazing and a true gift in our lives and our
marriage.
But this is not only about relieving physical pain, or improving a relationship
through yoga, we found that the process of integrating yoga into our lives
brought each of us and both of us closer to God. Ultimately, this best
describes yoga… yoga is a process for reconnecting with your self, those
around you, and God. The most amazing part of this is that it is
not yoga that is doing this… it is simply the true potential that you have
always had within your self.
So this became the eureka in our lives… THIS is it! This is what we are
supposed to be doing and to be sharing with those around us and the community.
In essence, things seemed suddenly clearer… simpler… and we realized that our
lives were now abundant. Therefore…
Simple Abundance Yoga. “Where you can just be…”
Lamont & Wendy Gilliland
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