May Yoga Schedule

Sunday

11am – 12:15pm = yorkville club uptown = hot ashtanga II

12:30pm – 1:45pm = yorkville club uptown = hot ashtanga I

3pm – 4pm = I am yoga = ashtanga I *

 

Monday

6:30am – 7:30am = yorkville club uptown = ashtanga I

noon – 1pm = yorkville club downtown = hot ashtanga I **

5:30pm – 7pm = yorkville club downtown = ashtanga I/II

8:30pm – 9:45pm = moksha yoga danforth = hot ashtanga II ***

 

Tuesday

noon – 1pm = yorkville club uptown = ashtanga I

5pm – 7:30pm = ashtanga yoga center of toronto = mysore

8:15pm – 9:30pm = moksha yoga north york = hot ashtanga I

 

Wednesday

noon – 1pm = stratusphere yoga = ashtanga I

5pm – 6pm = I am yoga = ashtanga I

 

Thursday

6:30am – 7:30am = yorkville club uptown = ashtanga I

12:15pm– 1:15pm = yorkville club downtown = ashtanga I

5pm – 7:30pm = ashtanga yoga center of toronto = mysore

8:15pm – 9:30pm = moksha yoga north york = hot ashtanga I

 

Friday

noon – 1pm = yorkville club uptown = ashtanga I

4:30pm – 5:45pm = yorkville club downtown = hot ashtanga I **

6pm – 7:15pm = yorkville club downtown = hot ashtanga I **

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* 3pm – 4pm = I am yoga = ashtanga I (NO Class on May 17)

** ALL = yorkville club downtown = hot ashtanga I (classes are only for yorkville club members)

*** 8:30pm – 9:45pm = moksha yoga danforth = hot ashtanga II (No Class on May 18)

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web-sites (for location and contact information)

Yorkville club uptown = www.theyorkvilleclub.com

Yorkville club downtown = www.theyorkvilleclub.com

Moksha yoga danforth = www.mokshayogadanforth.com

Moksha yoga north york = www.mokshayoganorthyork.com

Ashtanga yoga center of Toronto = www.ashtangatoronto.com

Stratosphere yoga = www.stratusphereyoga.com

I am yoga = www.iamyoga.ca

if you have any questions please contact me via email jonnybelinko@gmail.com

namaste.

 

 

heading back to canada….

I traveled back to mysore early this week to spend my last few days in India where I started the trip.

India has been an incredible time for me.  I find it quite difficult to explain the experience I have had here in words. 

I feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to be in India this year.

I would like to thank everyone so much for making this trip possible. 

I am really looking forward to being back at all the studios in Toronto next week to spread the Indian yoga energy!!!!

I will be posting my april yoga class schedule on this blog on Monday!!!

peace and love,

Jonny

Tiruvannamalai, India @ Ramana Maharshi’s Ashram

I left Goa on Friday morning and headed east to the bottom of Arunachala mountain at Ramana Maharshi’s Ashram in Tiruvannamalai.

Ramana Maharshi’s Ashram was a spot in India that I have wanted to go visist for a while now.  It felt really nice to be there.

to learn more about Arunachala:

http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/arunachala.html

to learn more about Ramana Maharshi’s Ashram:

http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/ramanasramam.html

pictures:

me outside the main gate of the ashram.

a view of Arunachala mountain from inside the ashram.

inside the meditation room where a shrine built over Ramana Maharshi’s tomb sits.

the shrine built over Ramana Maharshi’s tomb

a photo of  Ramana Maharshi on the wall of the meditation room.

some of my new yoga friends.

namaste.

goa, india

I found my way to the ocean!!! well to be more geographically correct the Arabian Sea.  I have been in Goa now for over a week and it is GREAT!!!  the sand, the sun, the Arabian sea….all so amazing.

here are some pictures which will help explain my experience:

I started my Goa trip in the North at Mandrem Beach.  I found a bamboo hut on the beach and i lived in that bamboo hut for 8 nights.  this is the hut D-9.

and this is my new “bucket wash” view.

playing in the sea.

who is that in the distance?…..is that my good friend Darcy from Toronto running in from the Arabian sea to say hi.

hey Darcy thanks for dropping by,  do you want to go more south down the coast of Goa to Candolim?  Darcy said “sure”.

this is the sunset from Candolim Beach.

this is Darcy and me soaking up all that sunset.

lunch time.  Indian food styles.

ok back to the Sea.  we moved a little more north to check out Vagator beach.  that is one strong sea breeze.

Darcy thanks for dropping by to say hi.  I had a great time hanging out with you in Goa.  safe trip back to Toronto.

namaste.

mysore, india

hello!

after 2 months spent in mysore, i will be leaving this  wednesday morning @ 1:30am to start my journey to goa to hang out with the ocean for a few weeks.

practicing ashtanga at the Shri K. Pattabhi Jois yoga shala for the past 2 months has been amazing!!!! 

Sharath has been an incredible teacher!!!  it will be great to have him in toronto this summer.

here are some pictures of me around town in mysore:

getting to know rickshaw auto drivers.

after morning yoga practice in front of the shala sign.

a coffee and newspaper break.

just before i climbed half of chamundi hill. 

me and the guys that serve me lunch at green leaf food court. north indian thali special (a thali is a selection of different dishes, usually served in small bowls on a round tray)

Sharath and me in the shala lobby.

namaste,

jonny

the coffee estate.

this past friday a group of us travelled to Coorg, a coffee growing region in the south of india.  we stayed at Honey Valley which is a coffee estate in the area.  Honey Valley was very relaxing, and i was able to talk to the owner of Honey Valley about growing Coffee.  I also took a bunch of pictures of the coffee growing process.

this first picture is of the coffee berries on the coffee plant.

now a closer look.

the coffee berries are picked by hand, then they are laid on the ground to dry in the sun.

this is what they look like when they dry.

the aerial view.

then once the Berry is dried, it is easy to open and see the Coffee Bean.

closer look.

the owner of Honey Valley, who looks after the coffee plants. and his granddaughter

higher aerial view. when we went out on a trek around the mountains.

Steve, Amy, Shelley, and myself soaking up the nature.

taste of india….

a date & cashew laddu.

a laddu (or laddoo) is the Indian word for any ball-shaped sweet. laddu is made with all sorts of ingredients from fruits and vegetables, to grains and legumes!

i thought i would share a taste of india with you.

i did some research on the internet and found these ingredients and procedure would best represent my laddu experience.

Ingredients:

• Chopped dry dates- 1cup

• lightly Toasted cashew- 1/4th cup

• lightly Toasted Dry coconut- 3 tbsps

• lightly Toasted poppy seeds(gasalu)- 2 tbsps

• Golden raisins- 1/4th cup

• Cardamom- 6

• Grated jaggery- 2 to 3 tbsps (adjust according to your taste)

Procedure:

First grind the poppy seeds in a mixer. Transfer it to a large mixing bowl.

Now grind cashews, coconut,cardamom and jaggery to a fine powder. Remove this mixture and grind the dates to fine powder. Now transfer the rest of the ingredients that were ground and grind it again.

Note: Its important to grind the poppy seeds seperately, because it takes more time to grind.

And also cutting the dates to small pieces helps it to grind faster.

here is a picture of the laddus, the guy who sells them, and myself:

Sharath in Toronto & India update.

Hello!

The Yoga teacher who I am studying with right now in India (Sharath Rangaswamy)  is making his first trip to Toronto this summer (May 2oth – May 26th).

To register go to www.sharathtoronto.com.

I copied and pasted the following off the website. 

Sharath Rangaswamy is the grandson of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, master teacher and guru of Ashtanga Yoga.  Sharath practiced under and taught along side his grandfather for almost 20 years.  Since his grandfather’s retirement from active teaching , Sharath is now in charge of teaching at the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute, in Mysore India.
Sharath is also Pattabhi Jois’ most advanced student. 
He has mastered five series of the Ashtanga yoga system
and is currently studying several asanas in the sixth and final series.

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Everything is still going amazing!!! I just finished my first month here and I am going to register today for another month of classes with Sharath.  After that I will spend about a month traveling around south India, then I will be back in Toronto mid-April. 

I miss everyone and I am excited to be with all of you again in the spring!!!

peace and love,

Jonny

david robson.

david robson started his journey bright and early this morning from mysore heading back to toronto.

for those of you who are reading this who don’t know david…..

david is by far one of the best yoga teachers that i have ever met.  everyone who lives near and around toronto should feel extremely blessed and honoured to have david teaching ashtanga yoga full-time at the ashtanga yoga center of toronto www.ashtangatoronto.com.

i strongly encourage everyone that can to check out the studio and get some of the powerful indian energy that david is bringing home with him!!!

here are some photos of david in Mysore:

namaste and thank-you!

beard trimming & cow chatting

I went to the local barber and had my beard trimmed down. 

excellent service!!

on the way I stopped and chatted with a nearby cow.

very interesting conversation!!