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"As knowledge feeds the mind, so beauty nourishes the heart."

Manly P. Hall

This week's offerings:

▪	Sun 8/9 Yoga 10:00 - 11:30 AM MST

▪	Mon 8/10 Yoga 10:00 - 11:30 AM MST

▪	Tues 8/11 From Awareness to Transformation 7-9 PM MST

▪	Wed 8/12 Yoga 10-11:30 AM MST

▪	Thurs 8/13 Yoga 4:30 - 6:00 PM MST

▪	Fri 8/14 Empowered Living Chat - Choices 10-Noon MST

▪	Fri 8/14 Yoga 4:30 - 6:00 PM MST

More details below and on the CYWY Website Calendar...

Lion's Gate - Eclipse Season

The Lion's Gate Portal is a spiritual and energetic phenomenon observed each year between late July and mid-August, with its peak on August 8.

It occurs when three celestial events align: the Sun in Leo, the star Sirius (often called the “Spiritual Sun”), and Orion’s Belt in relation to Earth.

This alignment is believed to create a high-frequency energy window that enhances intuition, spiritual awareness, and manifestation potential.

Astro Butterfly, an astrology school, shares about the eclipse season we are in.

The earliest traces of astrology go back thousands of years, to the Babylonians. They observed that whenever the Sun or Moon was eclipsed, an important event would follow. We just had a total solar eclipse on August 2nd, and a penumbral lunar eclipse will happen across the globe on August 17-18th.

During eclipse season, we can assume that something about ourselves or our life WILL change. The question is how we meet that change: let it happen without conscious participation or take an active role in it.

What has become the default of our lives no longer has to be. The career we thought we would always have. The childhood conditioning deeply embedded in our psyche: the same relationship patterns, the same response to rejection, the same choices producing the same outcomes.
If there is a time to really change what’s otherwise the default - the status quo of our lives - it’s eclipse season.

Which agreements do you need to work on?

Tools and Practices

by Nancy Markow

Do you have a copy of The Four Agreements, a spiritual self-help book by Don Miguel Ruiz that outlines a code for personal freedom and happiness based on ancient Toltec wisdom?

When you take time to review the beliefs and rules you live by - are they yours? Did you consciously choose them or are they ideas and standards from childhood conditioning, social pressure, and cultural expectations? Are they supporting or hindering you?

In The Four Agreements, Ruiz draws on Toltec wisdom to explain how to break free from this conditioning and reclaim our personal power.

Ruiz explains how our belief systems function like parasites that feed on fear-based emotions, and he describes how our internal Judge and Victim perpetuate cycles of guilt and shame.

The agreements invite us all to increase awareness, forgiveness, and intent; they can serve as foundational tools for liberation. Practicing what they share helps you live from your authentic self - have an empowered life!

CYWY offers free and accessible opportunities to connect with your high mind and heart and your innate instinctual wisdom. CYWY offers different approaches that increase understanding of why you have the habits, strategies, fears, strengths, and gifts you have.

There is nothing to fix - the path is about awareness and choice.

Which event will you choose this week?

RSVP on Meetup - Click Here

Intentional Living Circle

Awareness to Transformation

Tues, 8/11, 7-9 PM MST

Sophia Carmien, Essential Wholeness

What if growth didn't require fighting with yourself? The 5 A's offer a practical and compassionate approach for creating more awareness and opening the door to lasting change.

CYWY Meetup

The Intentional Living and Alignment Circles are on the CYWY Meetup. To utilize the Meetup effectively and CYWY to grow on Meetup, please sign up for these circles on the Meetup site.
https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-calgxpkd/

Have you tried yoga with me?

Intentional Yoga

▪	Sun 8/9 10-11:30 AM MST

▪	Mon 8/10 10-11:30 AM MST

▪	Wed 8/12 10-11:30 AM MST

▪	Thurs 8/13 4:30-6 PM MST

▪	Fri 8/14 4:30-6 PM MST

In Yoga we explore somatic practices that build neuropathways that support awakening using all three centers of intelligence - high mind and heart with the bodies instinctual innate knowing.

Guided in a multi-level style by Nancy Markow

Zoom Link

Recorded classes are available on our CYWY YouTube channel when our schedules don't line up.

Be sure to leave a comment so I know you are out there watching.

As we move into the fall (October), the Yoga schedule will shift to a 3-day, M-W-F schedule, with occasional offerings on Sun-Thu-Fri.

Namaste

See you on Zoom!

Empowered Living Chat

Fri - 8/14 - 10-Noon MST

Topic: Choices

Empowered Living Chats offer an opportunity to self-see; time to get to know yourself - understand why you do what you do and if it is still working for you.

We are using the new book by Nancy Markow, titled Empowered Living.

Whether you are new to the Enneagram system or seasoned, this chat offers a place to go deeper.

To prepare, read Chapter 17 in the Empowered Living book. Get a free PDF of Empowered Living (Draft) at www.connectingyouwithyourself.com

Alignment Circles resume later in August.

Alignment Circle

Hosted by Anca Kuhns, Beyond Orion

Self-Relationship Practice:

Trusting New Ways of Participating

I recommend moving through the following questions slowly. There's no rush. The practice is the point. And it can last through the month of August and much longer.

This is a presence practice. Don't be surprised if you begin noticing changes in places you wouldn't normally associate with something this simple.

▪	How does the way I imagine myself, my expression, and my communication differ from how it is actually experienced by others?

▪	Pick a memory that reliably activates an underlying fear. Let it become present enough that you can feel it, but not so strongly that you become consumed by it.

▪	For how many seconds can I remain with this fear while still trusting that movement is possible?

▪	What did I observe?

▪	What happened in my body?

▪	What made me leave?

▪	What allowed me to stay?

▪	When I allow myself to feel myself—unapologetically, freely, gently honest—what within me begins asking to be lived?

As always, I'm open to your questions, your observations, and especially how this practice finds you in your body.

And if you'd like to go deeper, you're always welcome to reach out for a 1:1 session, a month-long personalized practice, or to join future collective participations.

The Alignment Circles will resume later this month. Have a beautiful week.

I see you.
I celebrate us.

— Anca

Reach out to Anca at Beyond Orion.

Save the date...

The Good Grief Group

Guided by Melody West,
Grief & End of Life Coach

Sat, 9/5, 10:00 AM MST

Many types of loss cause grief. Grief is a heavy burden to bear alone, but it can become more manageable when shared. Whether
you’re navigating the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or even a phase of life, our Grief Group offers a space where you can begin to heal. Anyone experiencing any kind of loss is welcome.

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Remembering Terry Lalley - click here for obituary

Terry and Mike

Terry and Mike both taught yoga at Club USA. Terry was one of the people who inspired me to become a yoga teacher. He and his wife Lyn are in the picture with two other friends and me when we went to Mexico together.

I met Mike after I started teaching yoga at Club USA.

Both Terry and Mike recently transitioned and are definitely missed.

If you knew and loved Terry, please consider going to his celebration of life on August 22nd at the Applewood Golf Club, 11-3. Click here for more information.

Mike was in Grand Junction when he passed, and his son is now taking care of his mom, who is also ill. There is no celebration of life planned at this time.

Two wonderful Yogis are now on their next adventure.

Have questions? Suggestions? Reach out and connect here!