Yoga in Mirrormont: There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it is going to become a butterfly. ~Buckminster Fuller

Yoga in Mirrormont class will be offered this week on Monday evening, October 10th, from 7 - 8 in the clubhouse. Please make a note of the new time.

Stretch and tone your body and mind and embrace your heart's desires in Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose)!

Benefits of Setu Bandha Sarvangasana:
•Stretches the chest, neck, and spine
•Calms the brain and helps alleviate stress and mild depression
•Stimulates abdominal organs, lungs, and thyroid
•Rejuvenates tired legs
•Reinvigorates and revitalizes the feet
•Improves digestion
•Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
•Relieves menstrual discomfort when done supported
•Reduces anxiety, fatigue, backache, headache, and insomnia
•Therapeutic for asthma, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and sinusitis

Modifications and a profoundly beneficial gentle flow in and out of bridge will be offered, as well.

From The Joy of Partner Yoga by Mishabae

Make Bridge Pose even more challenging by offering support to a friend! One partner can hold a modified shoulderstand. Voila: Double Bridge!

Blessings,

Bonnie

Bonnie Dike, Certified Yoga Instructor, E-RYT

Bio: Bonnie (Certified Yoga Instructor, E-RYT) has been practicing yoga for 14 years and teaching for 10. She trained under Catherine Munro at Yoga Tree in Fremont and participated in teacher-training classes with Aadil Palkhivala. She taught at Terra Yoga for many years and regards Carina Terra as her mentor. She has taught yoga to many high school athletes, including the Liberty High School Football Team. The experience of natural homebirths led her to teach Prenatal, Mama/Baby, and Mama/Toddler classes. Bonnie teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Nidra, and Restorative styles of yoga. She studies and embraces yoga’s beautiful sister science, Ayurveda, and is pleased to offer seasonal workshops. Grateful for the opportunity to serve as a Board member for Yoga Behind Bars, she has been blessed to bring yoga classes to maximum-security incarcerated teens at Echo Glen Children’s Center. Off the mat, Bonnie enjoys hiking, boating, cruise-biking along old railroad beds, hula and bellydancing, learning jazz cello, and playing chamber music with her husband, 11 children, and grandchildren. She is a professional cellist and recently retired Children’s Director at the Academy of Music Northwest. Over the years she has taught Music, Art History, Shakespeare, Penmanship, Etiquette, and other classical subjects, including yoga, to tots through teens at her children’s supplementary homeschool center. She is certified to teach the Essential Low Back Program, having trained under internationally recognized yoga therapist, Robin Rothenberg. She is honored to assist Robin's yoga for MS and Parkinson's classes. Bonnie’s teaching style is calm and encouraging. She takes joy in sharing the compassion, gratitude, and realization of abundant blessings that yoga engenders.

Bonnie lives with her husband, Bruce, and their large family in beautiful Mirrormont. She is honored to bring yoga classes to the neighborhood as a way of encouraging great health and well-being.

Yoga classes are offered on Monday evenings from 7 - 8 at the Mirrormont Country Club. Please bring a yoga mat and a blanket and arrive 5 minutes early.

Find joy and serenity as you build strength, balance, and flexibility in the body, mind, and spirit with yoga!

1 hour class ~ $10

Married couples ~ $10

Teens and children ~ No charge

Families (regardless of size) ~ $10

Class changes or cancellations will be posted here.

Group lessons are available in the convenience of your own home. Invite your friends! Host a yoga party!

Private lessons are also available in the privacy of your home. Email me at bonniedike@gmail.com for details.

I also teach at Village Green Yoga in Gilman Village in Issaquah. Come and be moved!

Count the ways in which yoga can change your life!

Yoga for High School Athletes!

Yoga Behind Bars!