Y12SR Niagara

We never keep to the present. We recall the past; we anticipate the future as if we found it too slow in coming and were trying to hurry it up, or we recall the past as if to stay its too rapid flight. We are so unwise that we wander about in times that do not belong to us, and do not think of the only one that does; so vain that we dream of time that are not and blindly flee the only one that is. The fact is that the present usually hurts. We thrust it out of sight because i...t distresses us, and if we find it enjoyable, we are sorry to see it slip away. We try to give it the support of the future, and think how we are going to arrange things over which we have no control for a time we can never be sure of reaching. Let each of us examine his thoughts; we will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so. Blaise Pascal, Pensées

Join us TONIGHT at 7:30pm for our Y12SR online gathering. All are welcome. Bring your yoga mat, a warm cup of tea and an open heart pass it on! All are welcome. 7:30pm via Zoom Meeting ID: 831 9708 5904 Join Zoom Meeting... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83197085904 See more

Join us TONIGHT at 7:30pm for our Y12SR gathering. All are welcome. Bring your yoga mat, a warm cup of tea and an open heart pass it on! 7:30pm via Zoom Meeting ID: 831 9708 5904... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83197085904 See more

We can find the ego sneaking in the back door of our healing experience whenever our healing is accompanied by the intention to become needless. Ultra-independence, the lone wolf archetype, the hyper-individualistic path of healing all share a common thread - they work for the ego. There is great risk taken in opening ourselves to connection and being vulnerable with others. Sometimes what looks like healing is really a sealing of the entryways that lead to the heart.... Relationship is the hardest path because we aren’t in control and often have to face the most hurt and scared parts of ourselves that can more easily be dismissed or ignored when we’re on our own. The idea that when we’re healed we won’t need anyone is not true healing, it is a trauma response.It is the ego as gate-keeper, protecting the heart from ever being hurt again. But if not for connection and true belonging, then what is this all for? To accept and embrace our most primal needs for community and connection, we must also face ourselves in the shadows and the pride that defends from being truly seen.We are not here to be lone-wolves, disconnected from others and the world around us. It is the idea that we should all be entirely separate and have it all taken care of on our own that has brought us to this time on the planet with profound imbalances of power, equality, food and resources. You are not here to learn how to become needless. It is the wound that wants to stay separate. Don’t let the ego win. When you feel like closing your heart up and giving up - please remember, your pain does not make you separate from others. You are not alone in your suffering, and your story does not have to end here. Let your past experiences serve as a reminder of your resilience rather than evidence of an unsafe world. Life isn’t trying to break you down.it’s trying to break you open. @sheleanaaiyana

Y12SR (Yoga of 12 Step Recovery) Tonight at 7:30pm, half discussion, half yoga. Feel free to message us if you have any questions. Can't wait to see you on your mat 9 spots only available in studio. Please register for the class beforehand so we can maintain physical distancing rules and regulations. http://www.bridgewateryoga.ca/class-schedule-https.../

The normal question is, Is this bad enough for me to have to change? The question we should be asking is, Is this good enough for me to stay the same? And the real question underneath it all is, Am I free? ... Brilliant piece by Laura McKowen

We are offering our Y12SR (Yoga 12 Step Recovery) meeting in-person only. Tonight at 7:30pm, half discussion, half yoga. Feel free to message if you have any questions. Can't wait to see you on your mat 9 spots available in studio. Please register for the class beforehand so we can maintain social distancing. ... http://www.bridgewateryoga.ca/class-schedule-https-clients/ See more

Hi yogis We will have these t-shirts available for sale at Y12SR meetings throughout the month of September to acknowledge Recovery Awareness Month! $25 each. Sizes S-XL. Ladies & Unisex sizes available.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our girl, Nikki Myers Yoga! You lead by example...kind, fearless, honest, a true bad ass and SO LOVED! Enjoy this trip around the sun...

We are offering our Y12SR (Yoga 12 Step Recovery) meeting in-person and will be live-streaming as well for those who would prefer to stay at home. TOMORROW 7:30pm, half discussion, half yoga. Feel free to message if you have any questions. Can't wait to see you on your mat 9 spots available in studio. Please register for the class beforehand so we can maintain social distancing. ... http://www.bridgewateryoga.ca/class-schedule-https-clients/ See more

Tonight at 7pm we will have our Y12SR meeting - -half meeting - half movement. Y12SR connects the dots between the ancient wisdom of yoga, the practical tools of 12-step programs, and the latest research on trauma healing and neurobiology. As part of a holistic recovery program, it works in tandem with traditional treatment to address the physical, mental and spiritual disease of addiction. We will be starting back slowly in studio as well. If you would like to come tonight please message us. You will need your own mat, props and of course a mask. We will wear our masks to and off our mat. Zoom code 5370317382

JOIN US TONIGHT Y12SR Niagara Zoom Meeting and Yoga Class starts at 7pm https://zoom.us/j/5370317382... Meeting ID: 537 031 7382

Will you please join us in CELEBRATING our founder, Nikki Myers Yoga and 20 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS RECOVERY! ___________________________________ "It’s with immen...se gratitude, humility and a deep knowing of divine grace that I share that,after two relapses. on this day I celebrate 20 years of continuous recovery. OMG and YAY!!!! This morning I found myself in deep reflection around the program promises - vividly remembering the first time I saw them and saying to myself ; ‘this shit is never gonna happen for me’. And then someone told me that I could turn those promises into affirmations. So when shit happened, I’d affirm; ‘I will know a new freedom and a new happiness’ or ‘I will know serenity’ or ‘the fear of people and economic insecurity will leave me’ or ‘I will intuitively know how to handle things that now baffle me’. And then one day, nearly 10 years ago now, like a lightening bolt I realizedHoly Shit! - they have all come true! Now, don’t get things twisted, this doesn’t mean that it’s all sunshine and lollipops. As a matter of fact, at the very heart of everything for me is the practice of ‘keep coming back’. It is all about coming back to hope, humility, love and community - even while dancing with fear, uncertainty, grief and isolation. I am deeply grateful for life and for this journey. And because you can’t keep what you have without giving it awayhere are a two things I know for sure. - 20 years isn’t a long time to stay clean 24 hours is a long time to stay clean. The deeper meaning of keep coming back is coming back to presence. -Recovery is something no one can do for you AND it’s impossible to do alone. So this celebration is not just about me, it is also about all the prayer, support, encouragement and so much more that so many people have so generously offered to me. I deeply bow in appreciation and thanks to all of you. Recovery rocks! - Nikki

We do recover!!!

Y12SR Niagara Zoom Meeting and Yoga Class starts at 7pm https://zoom.us/j/5370317382 Meeting ID: 537 031 7382... All are welcome. Bring your mat. An open mind. And an open heart.

Between Stimulus and Response There Is a Space. In That Space Is Our Power To Choose Our Response. Y12SR Niagara Zoom Meeting and Yoga Class starts at 7pm https://zoom.us/j/5370317382... Meeting ID: 537 031 7382

How free do you want to be? TONIGHT at 7PM Y12SR Zoom Meeting and Yoga Class https://zoom.us/j/5370317382... Meeting ID: 537 031 7382 All are welcome.

Authentic spirituality is always about changing you. It’s not about trying to change anyone else.-Fr. Richard Rohr

TONIGHT at 7PM Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/5370317382... Meeting ID: 537 031 7382 Password - 526874

Breathing in, I’m aware of the painful feeling in me. Breathing out, I’m aware of the painful feeling in me. This is an art. We have to learn it, because most of us don’t like to be with our pain. We’re afraid of being overwhelmed by the pain, so we always seek to run away from it. There’s loneliness, fear, anger, and despair in us. Mostly we try to cover it up by consuming. There are those of us who go and look for something to eat. Others turn on the television. In fact, m...any people do both at the same time. And even if the TV program isn’t interesting at all, we don’t have the courage to turn it off, because if we turn it off, we have to go back to ourselves and encounter the pain inside. The marketplace provides us with many items to help us in our effort to avoid the suffering inside. Thích Nht Hnh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

**NEW START TIME** Join us for tonight's ONLINE - Monday night - Y12SR Niagara meeting at 7:00 PM EST. All A’s welcome!!! We will open our hearts and move our bodies.... Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/5370317382 Meeting ID: 537 031 7382

An anonymous donor is giving away a truck full of groceries to St. Catharines residents on Thursday. Food filling a 50-foot-long trailer will be distributed at Market Square downtown starting at 1 p.m. and until supplies run out.

We have created a special edition resource guide for mental health and addictions. The guide provides links to support currently available in Niagara and online resources you can access for information and support. #TogetherApart. You can access it here: http://ow.ly/eX1150zxhNb

Join us for tonight's ONLINE - Monday night - Y12SR Niagara meeting at 7:00 PM EST. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/5370317382... Meeting ID: 537 031 7382 Password - 526874 Can't wait to see you on your mats

New time. Same place. Join us Monday’s 7PM. Please let others in the group know. Thank you. See you tomorrow night. Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/5370317382... Meeting ID: 537 031 7382

Join us for tonight's ONLINE - Monday night - Y12SR Niagara meeting at 7:30 PM EST. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/5370317382... Meeting ID: 537 031 7382 Password - 526874 Can't wait to see you on your mats

Friday night dance party? Who is in? 6 pm EST.

Join us for tonight's ONLINE - Monday night - Y12SR Niagara meeting at 7:30 PM EST. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/5370317382 Meeting ID: 537 031 7382... Password - 526874 Lisa will be our space holder - all A's are welcome. The days and weeks can be long and let's face it...they seem to feel a bit longer as of late. We all deal with personal struggle in our own way and sometimes a crisis can bring out the best and yes, sometimes the worst in each of us. As humans we are "perfectly imperfect," and now more than ever, it's important to find ways to create space for more forgiveness, more understanding, less blame and less shame. We're here for you. Even though we have to practice social distancing during this time, we are never far from one another. The YOGA OF 12-STEP RECOVERY connects the dots between the ancient wisdom of yoga, the practical tools of 12-step programs, and the latest research on trauma healing and neurobiology. As part of a holistic recovery program, it works in tandem with traditional treatment to address the physical, mental and spiritual disease of addiction.

Join us for our second online Y12SR yoga of 12 Step recovery Niagara meeting. All A’s are welcome. We will open up the room at 7:15 pm EST and will start promptly at 7:30 pm. The lovely Gabe will be leading us. Bring in what you need (water, tea) you may also want a blanket or any props that you would like to have with your practice. If you don’t have a mat. Perhaps, use a towel. We will start with the sharing first. Then movement. See you soon. Love Lisa. Zoom Meeting https...://zoom.us/j/5370317382 Meeting ID: 537 031 7382 Password - 526874

Bridgewater YOGA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting Monday night 7:30 PM EST for Y12SR with Meredith leading. Join Zoom Meeting ... https://zoom.us/j/5370317382 Meeting ID: 537 031 7382 Any difficulties signing in call Chris at 905-295-1902.

Hi everyone! We are planning to host our Y12SR (Yoga of 12 Steps Recovery)meeting on Monday via Zoom. If you haven’t had a chance to join us in person this would be a great way to start! Y12SR weaves the ancient wisdom of yoga and the practical tools of 12 Step Programs. The meeting begins with a discussion and afterwards we take it to our mats for a yoga class. All A’s are welcome, no yoga experience required! ... Feel free to message us if you have any questions. We are working on getting the Zoom details and will post them soon. Monday’s @ 7:30pm

I think we should do what the recovery community does best service to others, the sharing of hope and the importance of living one day, one hour or one minute at a time when life is difficult. Because what we do have control over is how we react to the events occurring around us. We have valuable experience and tools in our toolboxes. Start thinking about those around you who may need help and check in on them on the phone of through media regularly. This is our chance to be part of the solution.

No Y12SR this Monday. Bridgewater is closed until March 23rd. Much love. If you need support please reach out to each other or one of the space holders. We love you. Gabrielle Crocco Meredith Lichty Lisa Simone

Choose Love. Y12SR Niagara tonight at 7:30 PM with Lisa Simone leading with love Bridgewater Yoga.