Come and see the beauty of Lake Champlain in a unique way as we glide across the water.  Class starts with specific Yoga poses to strengthen and center the body.  Then we move on to the docks for a dry land lesson of Paddle boarding.  Then finally we move on to the water to experience the gentle yet physical practice of SUP.  Ultimately, in our final lesson we will be doing Yoga on the surf board in the water to develop skills of concentration, awareness and balance.
No problem if you have no experience at yoga or paddleboarding. Sign up online now or Call 802.864.YOGA to book your spot!  Please join us for this special experience.

Evolution Yoga carries JADE MATS:
“The world’s best-performing, most environmentally-friendly yoga mats.”

HarmonyPro: $59.95
Xtra Long: $64.95

For more information visit the Jade Yoga website.

Premium, non-slip, natural rubber mats now available at Evolution in blue, green, olive, red, and purple.

AVSI is led by the Uhuru (freedom) Movement, which brings African people together in the U.S. and worldwide to build collective community sustainable solutions to the economic crisis that has hit the black community particularly hard.

These crucial programs include community gardens; water harvesting and solar energy systems; and in particular at this time, the self-reliance economic development projects.

This is a wonderful opportunity to both enjoy a yoga class and participate in positive social change.

We Hope to see you there!

Yoga kids also use their imagination to invent poses: become a chair, a table, and then partner with a friend to be a chair and table together.

Our closing ritual grows more heart-warming each time, as the kids discuss what Namaste means, sing a special song and chant OM together: “Namaste is what we say, to the good in you and the good in me.  Say Namaste every day and the world will be in harmony.”

-Julie Epstein

Every October we clear two turtle nesting beaches with the help of volunteers.  One beach is in North Hero State Park, the other is Sandy Point in West Swanton.  The Spiny Softshell turtle is a threatened species in Vermont whose nesting habitat has been lost to lakeshore development.  The Spiny Softshell nests at these two beaches along with other species.  The beaches have been cleared of plant growth, but we go back every year to pull up the new growth from the summer just past.
Please join us for this great and necessary event.
Thanks,
Eric Lazarus
-Evolution Yoga student

Annual Autumn Turtle Nesting Beach Clean-up Day

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009

Location: Start at North Hero State Park (NHSP)

Time: 10:00 AM start. Be sure to get to North Hero State Park (NHSP) by 11:00 AM as we may move to other sites when we complete work at NHSP, which depends on how many join us.  We may be working until around 3:00 PM, but feel free to leave at any time.

Leader: State Biologist, Steve Parren, Program Coordinator Nongame & Natural Heritage Program of the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Join Steve and others  for a workday, as he prepares stretches of beach [NHSP, and sites in Swanton] for the turtle egg-laying season next June. The threatened Spiny Softshell Turtle is Steve’s particular concern, and its nests are found on both beach sites, along with those of Map, Snapping, and Painted Turtles.  While most hatchlings will have crawled up and out of the ground and into the lake by the end of September, some late hatching young may still be underground.  We often find young as we pull up the current season’s plant growth from the shale pebble beach. By then the lake will be too cold, so they will be brought indoors for the winter.

What to Bring: Bring warm clothes in layers, gloves, and rain gear if needed.  Bring only short handled tools, a trowel and/or a hand cultivator. Bring lunch.

Families welcome: If Steve has recovered some baby turtles (likely) he will bring and talk about them.

Directions: Route 2 north past Carry Bay in N. Hero. Right on Lakeview Drive, just before Rt 2 swings west toward Alburg. Follow Lakeview almost to end. North Hero State Park entrance and sign on left. Drive to end always bearing right.  Please arrive between 10 and 11 AM.

Contact: Eric Lazarus, 658-8505 or ericlazarus@myfairpoint.net

Hi Evolution!  I am the Burlington Green Living Examiner.  This means I write articles about green living in general and in Burlington, and they live on the internet for you to enjoy.

And yet, preoccupied with this or that, I realized I was not content. Right away, I stopped myself to notice the beauty and freshness around me. With attention and focus, the scene became achingly lovely, I dropped the veil of discontent and truly enjoyed a dip.

Contentment is not wanting more than we have. It is our natural state and the reality of the cosmos. Still in our culture, it takes practice.

Sometimes the practice is of gratitude. What am I thankful for? What do I appreciate? Stopping during the day to focus on these things increases contentment.

At other times, it takes detachment. What can I let go of?

At night before I sleep, I often practice a short meditation by going through in my mind everything that I value. My husband, dog, house, livelihood, physical ability to move and so on. One by one, I let them go. Not that I will lose them necessarily, but I release control of having them.

And what is left? That which I can be content with.

If you enjoyed the Burlington Yoga Conference, chances are you’ll love Liberate.  Also brought to you by Jane Jarecki, and her partner Ben Lanza, Liberate is a weekend full of music, yoga, camping, and more.

You can take unique yoga classes like the Shakti of Rock and Roll with Yogiraj Prem Prakash, Kaleidoscope Kundalini, Hip Hop Yoga Flow and more.

The music is upbeat, the land is majestic, the food is organic, the beer is cold.  If you don’t like to camp (camping is included in your ticket price), then you can take advantage of La. Quinta St. Alban’s special rate for festival goers.

Enjoy massage, reiki, walk the wooded trails and learn about herbs, hula with Morgan, Embodyoga with Annelies, Acoustic Anusara with Yogi Patrick and Anjali- you don’t want to miss Liberate!

Namaste

AUGUST 21 and 22 in Sheldon, VT: MORE INFO HERE!

When you buy tickets, use the promo code EVOLUTION and save $5 off your weekend pass! Book before August 01, 2009 and save and extra $10

Shanti!

And everywhere I turned there were Cheerios and watercolor paint plops.  On the car seats, the sofa and the patio stones. Goings-on included a naked child trying to pee in the yard or soak me with tub water.

I was tired. So I took a break to walk my dog in the woods.  After a few mindless steps, I stopped in my tracks to say to myself, “God, give me more than I think I have inside.”

I looked around as my consciousness expanded to embrace the surrounding deep, peaceful greenery. My heart grew beyond my own fatigue as the forest hugged me.

As we go within, our consciousness begins to extend beyond the body and mind and take into itself all that it encounters. The self becomes the greater Self. The result is peace, amidst the Cheerios.

Email Andrea

UVB is the cause of most sunburn and cancer but UVA causes premature aging, wrinkling, and can also damage DNA.

Most sunscreens filter UVB though some also filter UVA rays.  Sunblocks provide broad protection against many of the active UVA and UVB through ingredients like titanium oxide and zinc oxide.

SPF indicates the sun protection factor of UVB rays only.

UPF ultraviolet protection factor) rates protection from both types of harmful rays.

Water resistant sunscreens last only half the length of waterproof products, which maintain their SPF for 80 minutes after water exposure.

Enjoy summer safely and choose the shade once in a while!