Events & Workshops
Goodbye 2015 and Hello 2016 from MGYS!
Please join us at 9:00am for a New Year’s Eve Practice.
Our lives and experiences are ever-changing, aren’t they? New Year’s Eve is a celebrated marker of transition and yoga is the practice of being present within a sea of change. In recognition of the two, we invite you to reflect on the past year, appreciate the present, and prepare to embark upon a new year from the welcoming space of Morning Glory Yoga Studio.
We practice today (everyday) as a way to develop a healthy body and calm mind, discover our true self, encourage connection, dissolve separateness, and promote compassion.
Happy 2016!
See you on the mat!
- Date: December 31, 2015
- Place: Morning Glory Yoga Studio
- Time: 9:00 – 10:15am
- Teacher: Erin
- Cost: FREE
Merry, Merry from Morning Glory!
Join us at 9:00 am on December 24th
for a Christmas Eve Practice at MGYS.
This will be our last practice at the studio before we briefly part for holiday break. Practice at home during the holidays (share with your family) — we certainly will! Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas!
Please see our modified Holiday Schedule below and plan to attend!
MODIFIED HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Holiday Schedule
Wishing YOU and YOURS a Merry, Merry Christmas and Happy, Happy New Year!
Thank you for practicing at MGYS day in and day out, on and off the mat. The practice of Yoga truly is the gift that keeps on giving and we want to express our deepest gratitude for your choice to share such a gift with us, the teachers of MGYS.
We understand it’s not always easy to make it to the studio, to your mat, to the asana practice – we understand because – WE practice just like you, struggle just like you, overcome just like you, grow just like you, LOVE just like you, and we learn just. like. you. Your dedication is an inspiration and for this we say, “Thank you for being not only a student but a teacher, a fellow yogi, and a gift.”
We love you and are honored to be your teachers and share the journey! Namaste.
Amy, Arrie, Sherri, Eralda, Kasey, Debra, and Erin
Please see our Holiday Schedule below and join us on the mat at MGYS!
- Christmas Eve, December 24th, 9am, All Levels
- Closed December 25th – Dec 30th.
- New Year’s Eve, December 31st, 9am, All Levels
- New Year’s Day YOGA MALA 108 Sun Salutations, 10am, All Levels
- Regular schedule resumes on Jan 2nd.
Amy returns Monday, January 11th!
Practice and Share the Love on Thanksgiving Day!
Please join Arrie, Eralda, and Kasey at MGYS on Thursday, November 26th, as they serve up a fulfilling Thanksgiving Practice! All are welcome and encouraged to meet on the mats to begin this special day with friends! Expect heaping portions of gratitude with plenty of leftovers to carry home and share. Sounds good, right?! See you at the Studio so you can share the love on Thanksgiving Day!
Date: November 26, 2015
Place: Morning Glory Yoga Studio
Time: 9:00 – 10:15am
Holiday Host(s): Arrie, Eralda, & Kasey
Cost: FREE
9am Veterans Day Class, All Levels Welcome
Wednesday, November 11th, our regularly scheduled classes are canceled in honor of Veterans Day.
Please join Kasey for a special All Levels class at 9am. Let’s (this means YOU too) meet at MGYS and practice in gratitude, honoring veterans past and present. <3
Namaste.
Thanks Weather! Saturday, 10.31.2015, 9am Hatha 1&2 Will Be Held.
It has been brought to our attention that, “Due to predictions of inclement weather, the Stephen F. Austin State University Homecoming parade scheduled for Saturday morning has been canceled.”
This means that we WILL have our Saturday 9am Halloween Hatha class after all. Kasey is VERY excited to teach so please don’t let the weather spook you from getting on your mat at MGYS!
Remember how especially lovely the space is on a rainy day? Exactly, see you on Saturday!
Friday, 10.23.2015, Happenings at MGYS
Hello Yogis! This is my last week in Nacogdoches for 2015 and although I am looking forward to my studies in India I am already beginning to miss Morning Glory Yoga , which is to say, missing all of you.
If you have the evening free this Friday please join myself and the other MGYS Instructors for our Community Free Friday class at 5:30 followed by what is sure to be a good time as one of MGYS’s newest teachers and talented musician, Kasey Lansdale, performs. Admission to the concert is free, donations for my trip and support of MGYS are welcomed, encouraged, and greatly appreciated.
We hope to see you on the mat at 5:30 and/or at 7pm for Kasey Lansdale’s Benefit Performance for MGYS and Amy to India.
In Gratitude,
Amy Sanford <3
TEXAS COUNTRY CHANTEUSE KASEY LANSDALE TO PERFORM SPECIAL BENEFIT CONCERT IN HOMETOWN OF NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
Texas native and soulful songstress Kasey Lansdale will give a special benefit performance on Friday, October 23rd in her hometown of Nacogdoches, Texas at the downtown Morning Glory Yoga Studio. The performance will benefit Morning Glory Yoga Studio owner Amy Sanford, who is soon returning to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga Yoga at the renowned Shri K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute. Admission is free but donations are welcome and encouraged.
Kasey Lansdale will kick off the show at 7 p.m. by performing songs from her album, “Restless,” which was produced by the Grammy award-winner John Carter Cash, progeny of “The Man in Black,” in the Cash Cabin studio. Her “Sorry Ain’t Enough” music video was officially released on September 29 and gives viewers an exclusive look inside the historic studio. The “Sorry Ain’t Enough” single debuted at #4 on MPE’s Most Downloaded and Streamed Songs, only behind Lady Antebellum, Sheryl Crow, and Brantley Gilbert, and also landed at #14 on the Hot Disc UK International Chart.
Lansdale’s songs “Back of my Smile” and “Foolin Around” were featured in the June 2014 film “Cold in July,” an adaptation of her father’s book, which starred the award-winning actor Michael C. Hall (“Dexter”). She recently wrapped up her second successful “Restless Roadtrip” Radio Tour with stops for live interviews and performances across the country.
- Who: Kasey Lansdale
- What: Benefit Concert for Amy Sanford
- When: Friday, October 23, 2015
- Where: Morning Glory Yoga Studio in Nacogdoches, TX
- Tickets: Tickets are free — bring a cash donation or checks made out to Morning Glory Yoga Studio.
ABOUT KASEY LANSDALE:
Produced by Grammy award-winner John Carter Cash, Kasey Lansdale is a Country Blues artist from small-town Nacogdoches, Texas. Already an accomplished songwriter and author, her music is featured in the new films, “Cold in July,” starring award-winning actor, Michael C. Hall of Showtimes’ hit series “Dexter”; and in “Christmas with the Dead,” where she made her first big screen debut portraying Ella, the protagonist’s wife. Lansdale was nominated for the Best New Female Artist at the 2015 Texas Regional Radio Music Awards. For the most up-to-date news and tour dates, please visit:www.kaseylansdale.com.
AND as if the above isn’t impressive enough, Kasey is also a yoga instructor and Morning Glory Yoga’s newest teachers! Come meet our newest teacher!
ABOUT AMY SANFORD:
Amy has been teaching yoga in East Texas for the last ten years, both at Stephen F. Austin State University and at Morning Glory Yoga Studio, which she owns and operates. Her classes are designed to meet the needs of each individual, from beginner to advanced, with an emphasis on proper alignment and breathing. Amy believes that yoga is practiced both on and off the mat, and she encourages her students to explore and deepen their personal practice, then apply lessons learned to moments in their every day lives. She is certified to teach yoga through the Living Yoga Program in Austin Texas.
Amy’s continued studies and personal practice have taken her to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga Yoga at Shri K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute with her teacher Sharath Jois. She returns for a second year to deepen her personal practice and understanding of yoga and anticipates teaching Ashtanga in Nacogdoches in 2016.
Special Lunar Flow with Jade Skinner at 8:30am, 10.12.2015
We’ve had a great weekend of Ashtanga Yoga with Jade Skinner and, as a special treat, Jade is going to teach the 8:30 class this Monday before flying back to Florida. If you didn’t have an opportunity to practice with Jade, now you do! This is NOT an Ashtanga class. It’s a New Moon tomorrow and with that in mind Jade is teaching “Lunar Flow.” This will be 75 minutes of gentle yet energizing, heart-opening, hip-loving, [chatturanga free] flow. Sounds good, right? Right! See you in the a.m. on the mat at MGYS!
Since this is a unique arrangement, please feel free to bring a $ donation (not mandatory but welcome). If you need to leave at our regularly scheduled 60 minute class length, no problem.
Prepare for goodness, MG Yogis!
Love ~ Amy
Grounded in Asana Workshop at 1pm (NOT 1:30)
What a great Half Primary this morning! Thanks to all you Yogis that showed up, it was a sweaty good time! See you on the return this afternoon!
If you haven’t registered yet for the “Grounded in Asana” workshop there is still room for YOU this afternoon. Register online NOW or arrive a little early to complete registration at the studio.
1:00pm -3:00pm
Grounded in Asana – $35.00
The standing poses of Ashtanga are the basic grounding and centering asanas, therefore, making them an ideal starting point for your practice. All the postures integrate the body, balancing flexibility, strength, endurance, and coordination. In this workshop we’ll bring our attention to the connection that we have with the earth through our feet. Learning to be relaxed and balanced as we realign our foundation from the feet, to the ankles, through the knees, to the pelvis and base of the spine. Because standing poses require us to actively engage our awareness of how we use our muscles, joints, and breath, they build both mental and physical stamina as well as discipline. No matter what else you might want to explore in the vast world of yoga, this workshop will give you a solid foundation, good alignment, an understanding of body mechanics, and tangible training in mindfulness.
