Namaste beloved ones,

March is upon us and the snow keeps on falling. So peaceful and serene it is when the snow arrives.
So peaceful and blissful when the snow melts again.

There is one more month of Om Sweet Om yoga classes for the winter term and the $79 unlimited yoga special is available to you now.  That works out to be $3 a class if you come to all of them.. WOW Cheapasana

Om Sweet Om Thai Massage special for March your first 90 minute massage for $75.. Lazy yogi's yoga. Treat yourself today!


Ocean has decided to give you some instructional tips on the following poses:

Gyan Mudra for infinite love
Downdog your way to bliss
Find peace and joy on your path of the warrior
Open your wings and fly like a butterfly
Chillasana in Svasana
That concludes the Ocean Love Yoga instruction for today. mummaste

 
 
A few very Om Sweeeet exciting events coming up:


Myoga & Om Sweet Om 30 day yoga challenge wrap up party and
"pre" Grand opening celebration of Myoga studio.





When: Friday March 13th 2009
Time:  5 - 8pm
Where: Myoga Studio / 747 North rd, Gibsons
What to bring: Yummy Finger Food
All are welcome.
Door Prizes, barefoot dancing, and live music with Fabrizio Alberico


Free Laughter Om Sweet Om Yoga Workshop



Why come: Laughing feels GOOD and heals your life
When: Tuesday March 24th, 2009
Time 11:15am - 12:00pm
Where: Eric Cardinal Hall, Gibsons
What to bring: Your laughter of course & family and friends

What is Laughter (Hasya) Yoga?
 Did you know that the average child laughs between 300 and 400 times per day? By the time we reach adulthood we are reduced to laughing, on average, only 12 times a day! Laughter has been proven to reduce stress, pain, and depression while improving creativity, physical vitality and a sense of well being.

The worldwide laughter movement started in India in 1995 when Dr. Madan Kataria, a Mumbai physician, discovered the physical and psychological benefits enjoyed by his patients who had taken to heart his prescription for regular laughter.  They were happier, healthier and more productive.  With his wife, Madhuri Kataria, a yoga teacher, Dr. Kataria developed laughter yoga-- a series of breathing and movement exercises designed to teach the body to laugh without depending on jokes or humor.
You will leave refreshed and invigorated. You will do this for no reason at all, except improving your health and well-being.  People of all ages, religions and ethnicities laugh together. It is a great way to build bridges and promote peace in the community.

Imagine! Laughing for no reason at all except the joy of improving your health and well-being.


Sunshine Coast 4th Random acts of kindness day:

Date: Sunday, March 22
Time: Noon - 3pm
Location: Meet at IGA in Gibsons
Please RSVP to: info@omsweetom.ca
What to Bring: A Loving Heart, Your Family and Friends
Rain or Shine
Please Forward this e-mail on to those you LOVE

Inspiring Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHozenoswcI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MONTPHr7V1w

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BE1YqDYlLo

http://www.extremekindness.com/ek/kindness/index



Inspirational CommUNITY dinner and movie night hosted
 by Shining Sage and Om Sweet Om Yoga :

Dr Wayne Dyer in "From Ambition to Meaning"
Finding you Life's Purpose




Date: Monday April 13th, 2009
Location: Gibsons United Church
Time: Shinning Sage Catered Dinner  6pm
Dr Wayne Dyer Movie " From Ambition to Meaning"  7pm
Cost: Dinner $8  /Movie by donation (all donations go toward gibsons united church)
To rsvp for dinner please e-mail:
info@omsweetom.ca or boycottkraftdinner@hotmail.com

More info on Movie
Dr Wayne Dyer's First movie



Other commUNITY events happening:

Rose Kirchner and Fabrizio Alberico in Concert
Sat. March 14, 2009  8 pm, doors @ 7:30
Sunshine Coast Art Centre
5714 Medusa St. at Trail Ave.
Sechelt, BC  604-885-5412



 

Galactic-Pleiadian Activation Journeys in the 9 Dimensions


Saturday, March 14, 1 -5 pm in Halfmoon Bay
 $40/session
 For more information, the address and to register:
email neva@thespiralriver.com <mailto:neva@thespiralriver.com>  or call 604-886-4966

 
Magical Gatherings on the Sunshine Coast,
designed to Awaken and Refine Cosmic, Cellular and
Shamanic Memory of the 9 Dimensions
 
Gather with like-minded people in a curious supportive environment to:
~ Open to the awareness of the 9 dimensions in your daily life
~ Develop and expand mind-body knowing
~ Awaken and share innate healing knowledge and wisdom
~ Dance with the 7 Sisters into 2012
~ Consciously evolve
 (Based on the Pleiadian Agenda work of Barbara Hand Clow
Facilitated by Neva Murtha and thespiralriver.com)

Gospel Choir Workshop at Gibsons United Church



Where: Gibsons United Church
When: Saturday March 28 & Sunday March 29th 2009
Cost: $35 (but the minister said if you can't afford it come anyway.
What time: 10-4pm
more info visit www.briantatemusic.com
To register email: webmaster@gibsonsunitedchurch.ca
Here is a little clip to inspire you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq3oS7unFSo




As we have been talking about happiness in class the last week, here are a few articles to further quench your thirst in your journey into a deep sense of BLISS.

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/03/f-happiness-research.html
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/soc/12-08Happiness.asp


 

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer:

    I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
Albert Schweitzer

 Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient
Aristotle

Consider the following. We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others' actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others' activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.
 Dalai Lama:

  When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Helen Keller

 Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mohandas K. Gandhi:

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.  ~Mark Twain

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.  ~Cynthia Nelms

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.  ~Author Unknown

The best vitamin to be a happy person is B1.  ~Author Unknown

Story of happiness:

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.
His bed was next to the room's only window.
The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. Every afternoon,  when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fin e view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene. One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days, weeks and months passed.One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed.It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

Epilogue:  There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy. "Today is a gift, that is why it is called   The Present .."