New Yoga classes!

Greetings Everyone!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have 2 new classes on the schedule! Monday I will be teaching over at Free Spirit Yoga Studios in Bixby Knolls. Its a gentle yoga class from 430-545. 

I am also teaching a class for the next 3 months over at the downtown Yoga World location from 530-645,FLOW.

Friday morning at the East West Ice Palace in Cerritos at 9am, Flow/All levels.

Also a couple workshops coming up this month, check out the events page for more information!!!

I look forward to seeing you there!!!

Blessed Love

Jennyogini

ZINE!!!

As usual I have many projects going on at once!! Which is always fun!!! Right now I have been working on creating a zine to go along with my moon pads and monthly full moon hikes. This zine was created with the intention to raise awareness about wombyn's bodies and how they are intimately connected with the different cycles of the moon. At the very end of the zine you will find a chart where you can follow your own menstrual cycle in relation to the moon.

Earlier this evening, Renee Tello Spencer ( who I've been collaborating with on the moon pads project) and I made little packages of eye pillows and Reusable pads stuffed in cute little boxes to sell for our upcoming events. This would be a great zine to go along with your kit!!! Especially for young girls coming into their moon cycle! They need this kind of education!!! Especially in schools!! I'm pretty sure they're not teaching this kinda stuff to young girls in middle school. The only thing they are learning is to stuff their bodies with birth control pills! There is another way!!!

We're also going to be selling kits and pads at the Everyday Zen Relaxation Studio in Bixby Knolls Long Beach. We're also planning to carry some at Native Sol in Downtown Long Beach. We need to start making more pads!!!

We've also started making Lactation pads for mama's who are breastfeeding. We are selling a pair for $5.

A special shout out to my little sister Kathie Ahn for making the cover page for the zine.Thank You!!! Tomorrow I will go to Kinko's and put the whole zine together for printing and packaging. I  love it when I can finish my projects! It is so full-filling! And I wouldn't have been able to do it all if it wasn't for all the help that I get! Thanks Ladies! And thank you again for all the womb-moon for the inspiration to continue doing what I love doing!!!

If you want a zine, contact me!!! Or find me at my next event and I will have one on me!!!

Much Love to you all!!!
Jennyoni

HelloGiggles

Check this out everybody!

A Yoga student who takes my classes over at The Belmont Athletic, wrote a blog over at HelloGiggles, a popular pop culture blogging site. Its got all kinds of blogs/info from trendy shopping tips to reviews of the Real Hollywood Desperate Housewives.

Edward is a great writer and an aspiring Yogi, and I was more than happy to be a part of his "project" He's also a great writer, creative, and I love the way that he expresses his passion for Yoga! Its so enthusiastic and inspiring!

Here is the blog, its fun to read too!
Check it out!!!

http://hellogiggles.com/my-yoga-my-self

Until soon,
Jennyogini

Moon Time!

My friend just shared with me a great website/forum where womyn can find support, inspiration, and resources about our menstrual cycles! Here is the site!

http://redmoon13.ning.com/

You can also find ways to create more ritual around your cycle, such as the act of going into the "red tent" without actually going into a tent.

This is really inspiring for me because I feel that there has been lost knowledge and/or misinterpreted ideals and taboos that surround our moon times. Its really sad, not only are men completely disconnected from it, but the womyn themselves who bleed do as well. As usual, mainstream culture only seems to perpetuate a negative feeling about "that time of the month" instead of empowering or educating womyn on whats really happening to a womyn when she is bleeding ( physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually).

For example, bleeding and the new moon represent a time of darkness and no-thingness when we have the ability to go deeper into the self, and really listen. Its a time when we are able have visions for what it is that we really want to create for ourselves and our planet. A time to shed out with the old, and create space for something new. We really are given an opportunity to "slow down" for a reason! And we should take advantage of it!!

When we are connected to our bodily rhythms and the cycles with nature, we realize that we really are just ONE cycle. With the demands of life and our concrete environment,  sometimes its not as easy to stay connected. But there are tools and rituals you can create to keep the sacred alive in all things.

That is why I am happy to have found this forum!
It's inspiring, supportive of who and where I am going on this path as a womyn, and I feel that I am not alone. That there are other warrioress's that are also sharing and holding space for other womyn to find the womb-moon within. We cannot rely on others to do the work, if we want to see change, we womyn have to do the work!!

The next Full Moon Gathering in January 2012

Greetings Sisters!

 For the next full moon "walk", I have set my intentions to create a womens gathering to celebrate and share the joys of being a women!!!


Really, I wanted to do this in December, but with all the holy-daze craze, I realized it would be less stressful for myself and everyone else, if we did this in January.
So, Here it is!!!

*The evening will start with "The Moon Inside You" a documentary, about a taboo that defines the political and so...cial reality in both women and men in a very profound way, and to demystify some of those taboos that we "believe" to be true. It also aims to deconstruct the menstruation phenomenon, and offers not just to women but to men as well, the ability to achieve a greater understanding about a neglected but very important human experience, our period!

www.mooninsideyou.com

*Following the movie we'll open up the circle for any discussions or questions regarding the movie and our moon cycles led by Rose Ghavami ( We will be joining forces this evening with the Age of Aquarius Women's Group that Rose puts together in LA.

www.sacredroseyoga.com

*This is going to be a potluck so please bring something to share with the circle and to keep our energy flowing!

*We'll end the evening with some fun with Cucci!!!
Sex-Positive and Body-Positive Education and Fun, and an opportunity to purchase your next new sex toy!!!!

For more info on Cucci check out:
www.ilovecucci.com

I am really looking forward to this event, especially because I love co-creating with ma' ladies! And also to share this experience with all the other beautiful and inspiring women in my life! I'm really  excited to host this event, and to hold the space for one another as we journey, process,  and discover deeper into what it really means to be a women.


Thank You
I hope to see you all there!


In Love and MoonLight, 
Jennyogini

Life

Wow! What a productive day!

I actually had the day off, which is really nice because it is not that common for me these days.

The summer and its warmth drew me outdoors, running about and creating more with community and friends. But now with the new fall season, I find myself wanting to stay warm and create internally, and indoors. With all the shifts and changes going on, the need to really stay grounded is more apparent. And in that place of center, when I am able to hold a solid and stable space for myself and others I feel at my optimal.

To be honest, I was feeling quite tired and fatigued the past couple months, and realized that I've depleted my Ojas ( relates to our immune system and state of overall health and vitatliy according to Yoga and Ayurveda) To replenish weak Ojas, one must REST!!! And one must receive full 8 hours of sleep, maybe even more if the body is yearning for it.

And thats exactly what I did!

I feel myself re-nourished ! I am able to give more to my friends, family, and community. I realize that when we give from an empty cup, we deplete ourselves even more.
Ayurveda states that we must be like a cup that is overflowing with the elixer of life so that we have enough to share with others, and enough to give to ourselves.

So with all this time, and energy today, I made a medicated reproductive ghee ( clarified butter). First I cooked 4 herbs, quadrupling the ingredients( 4 parts Shatavari, 2 parts Donq Quai, 2 parts Ashwagandha, and 1 part Cardomom) with 64 oz of water. I cooked it using a crock pot for about 9 hours, and then once i reduced the water by 3/4th, I added about 16 oz of ghee! Weeeeeeee! Now its still decocting the herbs out of the water, so ill probably let it cook for another couple hours.

*The intention behind this formula is to tonify the reproductive organs. Its heaviness of the oil is great for alleviating vata dosa and the sweet herbs are tonifying and building for the reproductive tissues!

I then made some herbal bath soaks made out of epsom salt and ginger root powder.
This blend is great for aches and pains, to reduce inflammation, and for any congestion or stagnation in the blood. Ginger is Amazing!!!!

I actually made these for an event coming up Dec 10th. where Ill be selling my re-usable moon pads, flax and herbal eye pillows ( very yummy) and herbal bath soaks. I will also be there doing my henna tattoo designs!

gifts for the season
BAZAAR & BAKE SALE
local artisans~musicians~yogis
December 10, 2011 * 6-10pm

**handmade & one of a kind** 
Isthuthi Jewelry ~  Ranmalee
Tarot Readings  ~ Amy Jones
Anachronistic Relix ~ Shannon O'Sullivan
Goddess Glam Jewlery ~ Jessie Fresh
Kumari Visions ~ Roz Fattalah 
Henna Art ~ The Awakening Yogi
T's Space ~ Tanya Quinn
YogaMala Jewelry ~ Aga Kuska

groovy music provided by....
DJ Dravidian * Divine 1 * Sougy B

Free Admission

This event will take place at Trilogy Yoga Studio on Broadway and Obispo.  Check out the website for more details.
www.trilogyyoga.com


Anyhow, Tomorrow is Thanks-Giving, yet another day to experience gratitude and love for all the beauty that we are blessed with each day! It is when we can focus on all the abundance around us, that that part of our lives begin to flourish and grow even more!


I wish everyone a beauty full Thank-Giving  and hope to be blogging more often! I was really feeling the need to go inwards the past couple months, and retreat. But now I'd like to make more of a presence once again! See You all Soon!


In Love and Light
Jennyogini

Seva for Sangha

http://www.trilogyyoga.com/Trilogy/Events.html

Greetings!

I wanted to announce an event that is going on this Saturday Oct.15th over at Trilogy Donation Based Yoga Studio in Long Beach! Its our 1st year anniversary and its going to be a fundraiser for our new floors! Yeah!

Trilogy is a beautiful space to practice in, and we'd love to keep it that way. We would really appreciate the community to please come out and show your support! It is not possible without you!!!

Didi I mention that I will be there between 4-7 doing henna tattoos on a donation basis, along with a couple other vendors! Check out the event link above for more details!


***Also a special shout out to all the Goddesses that came out on Monday Nights Full Moon Hike! Seeing all my LA ladies was such a blessing! The hike is so different each time, but the intention is the same! Loving, healing, appreciation, and so much gratitude!!!
Thank you once again!
I will announce the next Nov. Full Moon Hike soon, so stay tuned!

***Dont forget to check out my other blogs for Oct 22nd event! Its going to be an All Day Meditation and Yoga Retreat in Ranchos Palos Verdes led by Victor Byrd of the Long Beach Meditation Group, and your's truly will be facilitating and holding space for the Yoga classes throughout the day! Along with felllow Yogi and dear friend Travis Ott-Conn!!!

Hope to see all you Beauties soon!!!
In Love and Moon Light
Jennyogini