Namaste yogis, I’m amazed to realise we’re coming to the end of another term. There are 2 more sessions at St Mary’s and 4 more at market Square. The summer break at St Mary’s ( no classes ) will be from 23 July – 03 Sep & Market Square ( no classes ) from 03 August – 07 September. I would like to say how privileged I am to see so many of you incorporate traditional yoga practices into your modern lifestyle without losing sight of the ancient, universal goal of liberation and believing that the ancient teachings and techniques of yoga are as valid and exciting today as they were over five thousand years ago. Keep up the good work. 🙂 I would also like to welcome new yogis who have joined the Monday evening class at Market Square. I realise some of you are finding the lessons physically challenging — let me say that challenging your preconceptions about your abilities helps you push beyond the limitations imposed by your mind. The practices should be difficult enough to bring up resistances, when these resistances are brought to light and observed with a detached mind, they are more easily shed. I do appreciate your feedback, please keep it coming. I’m going to leave you with a text from a book I’m reading by Sharon Gannon and David Life – The founders of Jivamukti Yoga. It’s about true happiness and I hope it gives you ” food for thought” … Most of us tend to identify with our problems. We identify with the struggles of the ego-personality, which has been convinced that happiness can be obtained from external sources. Yoga practices shift our identity away from the ego-personality and it’s struggles so that we can begin to reconnect with the essential nature of our being, which is bliss. We begin to understand that lasting happiness is inside us. We become independent: dependent inward. Have a great summer.