Iyase vol15 issue3 2008

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Volume 15, Issue 3, September - December 2008

IYASE Iyengar Yoga Association: Southeast president’s letter

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renew your Membership in iyase & iynaus General members can renew on our website or send in the form on the last page of the newsletter Certified teachers need to renew through IYNUAS. Email the membership chair with any questions.

Iyengar New England Regional Conference October 16 - 18 Providence, Rhode Island http://iyengarnewengland.com/

future articles If you have information that you would like to be included in future IYASE newsletters, please send an E-mail to Joe Adlesic, Newsletter Chair, at: newsletter@iyase.org (Next deadline: March 1, 2008).

December and January seem to bring with them a current of inward-turning energy as the daylight shortens and the sun’s warmth feels more and more distant. And this may be especially true this year, due to the world-wide recession, as experts have pronounced we are officially in, at least in the US. We may all feel a natural leaning towards lessening our outward efforts and expenditure of money and energy. But the turning inward is also a redirection of a different sort, towards a celebration of family and friends. We hopefully look forward to getting together with them during the holidays, to celebrate connections that are refreshing and invigorating. We have given thanks during the harvest of November, and now we can also give thanks for a time of rest and reconnection with family. Hopefully it is also a time of renewal. For IYASE it is also the end of the year, and of the participation of three members of our board, myself, Nancy Mau and Shaaron Honeycutt. And the election of three new board members. On behalf of the entire board, I want to thank Nancy, who served as president in 2007, and before that as treasurer, whose guidance and energy and clear thought helped the entire board stay focused on its commitment to being a helpful and productive board to our region’s members. And thank you to Shaaron, who brought vision and energy to our website--one of the most effective and important tools we have to remain connected with our fellow members in a time of rapid changes and little discretionary time. We welcome three new board members, Margaret Carr, from West Virginia, Becky Lloyd, from New Orleans, and Diana Martinez, from Virginia. Susan Marcus, from Florida, will be an alternate, in the case that any other member due unforeseen circumstances should be unable to complete their term. Many thanks to all who were willing to run, including Kquvien DeWeese, Aretha McKinney and Jean Riley. Although we were only able to fill in three positions for 2009, there will be two more to fill in 2010. It is now time to renew your membership in IYASE! It is important to renew in a timely fashion to remain a member in ‘good standing’ with IYNAUS, and renewal with IYASE includes renewal with IYNAUS. If you are planning to apply for an assessment this year, it is especially important to renew membership in January. If you are a Teacher in Training or a certified teacher, then renewal is only directly through IYNAUS, but also includes renewal of your membership with IYASE, as long as you designate IYASE as your choice of region. I have enjoyed serving on the board of the IYASE, and give thanks for being able to contribute in a small way to the family of yoga practitioners and teachers in IYASE, and especially for the honor of working with the energetic, kind and dedicated members of our board. Wishing all of you peace and blessings in 2009, Siegfried. n


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