1. ZOYOGA NEWSLETTER
Volume 2, Issue 3 March 2010
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Inspiration—The Spirit of the Warrior
From The Tibetan Book of and our rough
Living and Dying By edges worn smooth
Sogyal Rinpoche. by changes.
Through weathering
Although we have been
changes we can
made to believe that if we
learn how to de-
let go we will end up with
velop a gentle but
nothing, life itself reveals
unshakable compo-
again and again the oppo-
sure. Our confi-
site: that letting go is the vives death, a fundamental
dence in ourselves grows,
path to real freedom. Just goodness that is in every
and becomes so much
as when the waves lash at one of us. The whole of
greater that goodness and
the shore, the rocks suffer our life is a teaching of
compassion begin natu-
no damage but are how to uncover that strong
rally to radiate out from us
sculpted and eroded into goodness, and a training
and bring joy to others.
beautiful shapes, so our towards realizing it.
That goodness is what sur-
character can be molded
Announcements
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Inside this issue:
Featured Pose 2
Featured Benefit 2
Featured Partner 2
Nutritional Tip 3
Current Public Classes 3
Private Instruction 3
About Julie 4

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Featured Pose
Benefits: Strength- right knee bent and and the quadriceps
ens the legs and the right thigh paral- to support the legs.
arms, opens the lel to the floor. Outer
Repeat on the left
chest and shoulders, edge of back foot
side.
tones the abdomen. rolls into mat. Draw
the belly in slightly. Beginners: Make
Instructions: Take a
Find the shoulders sure the right knee
big step to the front
directly over the hips. stays tracked over
with the right foot.
Reach out through the middle toe of the
Bring arms parallel to
both finger tips. The right foot. Don’t allow
Virabhadrasana floor, bringing the
gaze is forward over the knee to drift over
right arm in front of
Warrior II the right hand. En- to the left.
you and the left arm
gage the triceps to Advanced: Hold the
behind. Open the left
support the arms, pose for ten breaths.
hip back. Keep the
Featured Benefit
Yoga can aid weight regulating metabolic belly fat. Finally,
control efforts in sev- function and increas- mindful eating has
eral ways. First, it will ing muscle tone. shown to be associ-
increase calorie burn Secondly, yoga pro- ated among yoga
not only during class vides a heightened practitioners. Yogis
(a 130 lb woman can sense of well-being are more likely to
burn 375 calories in and reduces stress, stop eating when full
an hour in a flow- reducing cortisol lev- and not engage in
Weight Man- type class) but also els in the body which emotionally eating,
agement outside of class by is thought to reduce leading to weight
control.
Featured Partner
For over fifteen years Their mission is to They also sponsor
WestHealth has wel- work together to pro- several free health
comed and cared for vide quality, conven- and wellness com-
the community with ient and trusted care munity events that
exceptional outpa- for their patients and are open to the pub-
tient services de- the community. One lic. For more infor-
signed to fit their of the many ways mation, check this
guests' busy life- they do this is by link. http://
styles. providing free space www.westhealth.com
in their building for /health_wellness.htm
yoga classes.
WestHealth

3. VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 Page 3
Nutritional Tip—Eliminate Artificial Sweeteners
We think, “If sugar is vascular disease and to “forget” that most
bad, artificial sweet- diabetes]. Research- sweet things do have
eners must be the ers at Purdue Uni- a lot of calories
answer, right?” Un- versity found that thereby altering the
fortunately not. A when animals were internal “I’ve had
study of 9500 people fed yogurt with sac- enough calories”
over 9 years found charin, they later switch. Furthermore,
that drinking diet consumed more Aspartame may
soda was one of the calories, gain more cause permanent
3 most prominent weight and put on damage to our
risk factors of more body fat than brain’s appetite cen-
whether people de- animals that were ter. So eliminate arti-
veloped metabolic fed yogurt sweet- ficial sweeteners
syndrome [a combi- ened with a natural from your diet. A little
nation of medical sugar. The metabo- sugar is better. [info
disorders that in- lisms of the animals Jillian Michael’s
crease the risk of that ate the artificial book, Master your
developing cardio- sweeteners started Metabolism]
Current Public Classes - March/April
Monday Friday Mothers Day Studio
9am: Mothers Day 10:45am: Ultimate 521 Lake Drive,
Studio Martial Arts Chanhassen, MN
Tuesday Sunday WestHealth
3:45pm: WestHealth, 5:30pm: Ultimate 2855 Campus Drive
Plymouth Confer- Martial Arts Plymouth, MN
ence Room Ultimate Martial
Wednesday Arts 147 Hamel
9:30am: Ultimate Road, Hamel, MN
Martial Arts
Current Private Instruction - March/April
Private instruction is Private instruction Private instruction
available for busi- in my home in St. within 20 miles of
nesses, organiza- Louis Park is $25 my home is $50 for
tions, celebrations, for one, $30 for two one to five stu-
groups of friends and $35 for three. dents.
and individuals. Julie@zoyoga for
arrangements.

4. Twist Your Body, Straighten Your Mind
Featured Quote
"May the long time sun shine upon you; All love
surround you; And the light within you guide your
way on." Irish ballad
ZoYoga wishes you a great St. Patrick’s Day!
About Julie
Julie leads students through classes that link breath and
movement to increase strength, flexibility and balance in
the body and focus in the mind. Her yoga style combines
basic and intermediate poses in a flowing Vinyasa style.
She really enjoys introducing yoga to beginners, especially
those who think they could never do Yoga, creating a wel-
coming atmosphere of fun in each class.
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