2021 A New Beginning

It’s a symbol of hope for one basic reason: We survived the previous year, and the upcoming year must be better than the last one, 2021 a new beginning.

The New Year holds excitement for many reasons. It’s a symbol of hope for one basic reason: We survived the previous year, and the upcoming year must be better than the last one, a new beginning. Then we dance and party, albeit a little more privately this year. Oh, and we make a resolution that usually amounts to some form of behavior modification. We set “deep intentions” and then sit back and…watch it all fall apart. It’s become such a pattern that we have come to expect to not really work.

REMEMBER (EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO) HOW GOOD 2020 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE?

Now, I’m sure it’s different for you, but most get caught in time loops where we avoid the inner work and move from one thing to the next expecting the new form of it to be better than the last. Whether it’s a new relationship, new job, new clothes, new house, new location, or new year, we fall into the trap and renew the outer (which includes the body) without doing the yoga of renewing the inner. Gandhi said it best, we can’t look for the change we want to see in our bodies or the world. We must “be the change.”

HERE’S HOW TO MAKE THIS YEAR DIFFERENT AND “BREAK OUT” OF THE TIME LOOP. THINK GROUNDHOG DAY (WITH BILL MURRAY)
  1. Knowing that adversity is the catalyst for a better way, look back on 2020 and see how it worked perfectly to bring you to this present moment where you are ready. For 2021 to be better, we must see how well 2020 worked. We don’t get to go back. Life is not a board game where you get to start over. Or do you?
    There is a way to start over, but the idea is that you start over and over, and over again. Not in form, but in heart and mind. The stars are aligned. It’s time. Here’s how…
  2. It comes with many names, that you’ve heard before. Beginners mind. The power of now. Presence. They are all phrases or ideas that bring a new beginning! Problem is, we write them off because they’re too woo-woo and it so much easier to go back to sleep and “live the dream.” But now you’re ready! So how do we tap into the newness that only comes with nowness? First, we catch ourselves expecting, if not demanding change to occur in our favor. Is it not insane to be watching a movie that has a pre-written script and wanting it to change and end the way you want it to? Life is no different but we believe that it is. Instead of accepting what is, we manipulate it (and others) to fit our needs and desires according to a predetermined set of values. And 7 billion others are doing the same thing! It’s organized chaos at best.

But what if just one, decides to accept it as it is? What if just one decides to try something different, and make it all the same? What if just one decides to stop criticizing, blaming, defending and attacking? What if just one decides to withdraw their projections and accept what is? What if just one decides to heal from the past and gently let it slip away? What if just one decides against the fear of the future and lets love show them the way?

What if that one, was you? If not, then who?
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75-minute Community Chats are available 1:00 PM – first Wednesday and 6:30 PM – third Wednesday of each month.

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Goal of All Goals – How We Practice

Practice Peace, make it the goal of all goals, incorporate it into your practice
On our Avita Community Chat last night, a practitioner made a statement that we can all relate to in one form or another. The statement was essentially, “I want my knee to be pain free.” Don’t we all have bodily desires? Don’t we all have a goal for a body part to be better? Do we not all have a desire for some kind of outer change, whether in body or life? Of course!
It’s normal to have physical desires and goals. It’s also perfectly normal to pursue them.

However (you knew this was coming) I would like to offer a caveat that will put it all in perspective and create the backdrop for the best outcome: Allow your worldly/bodily goals to be second to one prevailing desire/goal for peace in mind—the last place we think to look for it. Close your eyes for a moment and offer yourself this one prayer. Go ahead, if even for an instant, set the goal. Don’t worry, you don’t need to throw your worldly goals away, but put them all in a second group called “fuzzy goals.”

Avita Yoga community Chat October 2020

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With so many uncertainties in our world, there’s no better time to practice. Whether it’s isolation, masks, election outcomes, bodily aches and pains or uncertainty about the future, we each have a litany of worldly preferences—some people with similar goals and preferences but no two alike. It’s a great opportunity to use them all to practice and join with the two things we all have in common, the struggle as sentient beings, and the peace we share in spirit.

Here’s how we practice: When you feel things working against you, you can say to yourself, “Ah, yes, I would like ____________ to happen but peace is my goal.” Or, “I see this thing happening in the news and if only it were_______________, then I’d be happy. Oh yeah, peace is my goal.” Nothing is lost. There’s but a gentle shift to a different inner voice.

Here’s the most important part of all! Once the goal for peace is set (remember, you did that a moment ago) its outcome is certain because a peaceful Self is your reality.

That’s number one. Number two, don’t demand inner peace (of self or others) and don’t beat yourself up for not having it! There’s no surer way to delay your inevitable gains than proclaiming your “failure.” Instead gently observe the notion that something can seemingly take your peace away. It goes like this, “Oh, I know my goal is peace, but this _________ is taking my peace away….isn’t that interesting.” We begin by not critiquing the judge! This tiny gap in time, this moment of reprieve is enough to open the mind and your world up to vast, endless and helpful possibilities…all of which will align for the most favorable outcome. It’s called getting out of our own way and it will take a little trust, at first.

One of my favorite movies that exemplifies this so well is The Legend of Bagger Vance with Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Matt Damon. In the end we don’t know if Bagger Vance was a real person or a symbol of Ranulph Junuh’s peaceful mind. I vote for the latter. We all have a wise, healed and whole “Bagger Vance” within, waiting to be known. And if we listen for It (by dimming the chatter of the unhealed, demanding mind) it will guide us closer and closer to Itself and all the things that use to trouble us slip away and life begins to fall into place. You’ll first be OK with the knee pain and then you’ll gently find the way to mend it. If you watch the movie, notice how Bagger Vance has not a judgmental bone in his body, how peaceful he is, how easy the words come, how patient and loving he is…and he’s always there. Watch how Matt Damon’s character tries outwit him and fights for his own limitations. Eventually resistance is laid aside and peace comes.

This is our yoga and the essence of the Avita Practice. It’s why it works. It’s mind over matter time and time again as we work on the matter! We don’t stop working on the body, we just get our priorities straight. If you take the time to read the Yoga Sutras, this is what they point to. It’s not easy but it is simple. Instead of putting the body first, we learn to put it second and get to know the one thing that is constant, eternal and available to all: Lasting Peace. That is out of this world!

That is what we want above all else. Why wait?

Give the Gift of Avita Yoga Online

Give the Gift of Avita Yoga Online

Did you know you could give the gift of Avita Yoga Online? It is a great gift idea, especially for your friends and family who are staying at home and looking for ways to stay active.

Here’s how to give the gift of Avita Yoga Online:

  1. From the PRODUCT PAGE add a Monthly Membership to your cart
  2. Check the “THIS IS A GIFT” box
  3. Add the email address of the person receiving the gift
  4. Enter and apply a coupon code if you have one
  5. Update the cart
  6. Proceed to checkout
  7. Enter the billing information
  8. Set up your account:
    1. Active account and are not logged in – you will be asked to login and choose the payment method
    2. Inactive membership account – you will be asked to login to your inactive account and select payment methods for the gift – this will not impact your membership status
    3. Not of Avita Yoga Online – you will be asked to set up an account to house your billing information – so that you have access to your account information and the recipient does not
  9. After the purchase is completed, the recipient of the gift will receive an email from Avita Yoga Online with information about setting up their own account and billing

Gift Avita Yoga Online DetailsGive the gift of Avita Yoga Online to a friend or family member and enjoy together

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Avita Yoga Virtual Weekend Retreat

INTRO to Avita Yoga Teacher Training Weekend Retreat - workshop, learn from Avita Yoga founder Jeff Bailey

Are you looking for more in your Avita Yoga practice? Interested in learning the fundamentals, history and the healing principles of Avita Yoga? This Avita Yoga Weekend Retreat is made for you! Jeff Bailey, Founder of Avita Yoga is offering an online weekend retreat where you can dive in and experience this innovative yoga practice for an entire weekend! Imagine that – an entire weekend of Avita Yoga from the comfort of your own in-home studio. Through-out the live feed, Jeff will be in-studio with others, giving you the feel of being in the studio and the classes will be live and interactive so that you can ask questions in realtime.

The weekend retreat is coming up – register today to begin your next level of Avita Yoga practice.

Expand and deepen your Avita Yoga practice

This weekend retreat comes to you live via zoom and is for anyone interested in learning more about the Avita Yoga practice, whether you are interested in teaching or taking your individual practice to the next level. Looking for an easy weekend get-away? This retreat is for you.

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Itinerary Friday, June 19th – Sunday, June 21, 2020
Friday, June 19

6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Where do we start? At the beginning. Where is the beginning?

Avita Yoga Teacher Training INTRO Weekend Retreat - workshop, learn from Avita Yoga founder Jeff Bailey

We’ll open with a short discussion and practice that sets the tone for the weekend and brings purpose for everything to come. In doing so, we touch on the healing principles of the practice.

Saturday, June 20

9:00 – 10:00  Avita Green Practice
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:30

What is Avita Yoga? What are we doing and how does it work?

This discussion explains the link between anatomy, physiology, and the mind where all healing occurs. If we miss any of these steps, we simply trade one temporary effect for another and never get to the cure.

Assignment: Learn the bones in the skeleton

11:30 – 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 – 2:00 Physiology of the Breath

Learn why it’s now more important than ever to breath (only) through your nose!

Dr. Kemmet, DDS is an expert on occlusion, the airway and why mouth breathing is harming to the system. Even when it comes to the breath, less is more!

2:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:30 Avita Green Practice
4:30 – 4:45 Meditation: We rest by awakening, not by sleeping.
4:45 – 5:00 Closing

Sunday, June 21

10:00 – 11:15 Avita Orange Practice
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30

Quiz and review. Quiz!!??

I know. It’s optional. The only reason we gently test is to facilitate learning. That, and the discussion that comes after the quiz is powerful!
12:30-1:15 Anatomy of bone and cartilage: Overuse/underuse and the role of Avita Yoga in maintaining osseous health.
1:15 – 1:30 Closing thoughts

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 All Weekend Retreat participants are eligible to apply registration costs of the retreat to the full Avita Yoga Teacher Training through 2021.

Show us your face — share your space!

Show us your face -- share your space

How is your at-home yoga practice going?–We would like to see you.

We know you are enjoying your Avita Yoga Online practice and while we can simulate a studio by having other participants in the videos we are sharing with you…we miss SEEING your beautiful face – so we would like to  create a visual experience of the Avita Yoga Online community by posting your pictures of your virtual  yoga practice.

Here’s how – take a picture and post it on Facebook and TAG Avita Yoga (@AvitaYoga). Your picture will be featured on our Facebook Page in the community photos and will help to create that visual community experience that we are all missing. And, each week, one lucky person posting a photo will be selected to receive one month free of Avita Yoga Online.

Join the Avita Yoga Online Community: https://www.facebook.com/avitayoga/community/

Building community and connection is critical during this time of isolation. Help us see how you are doing and join the Avita Yoga Online community visually. We can’t wait to SEE all of you. Take a picture today of your Avita yoga practice, post it on Facebook and TAG Avita Yoga (@AvitaYoga).

To “TAG” Avita Yoga, you have to “LIKE” the @AvitaYoga Facebook page if you don’t already.

So… ready? Let’s start connecting visually and strengthen our connections globally.