You Do Yoga December 2013 Newsletter Cincinnati OH www.YouDoYoga.com

CINCINNATI - Dec. 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Happy Holiday Yogis! We hope you stay safe and warm, and your weeks ahead are filled with joy. We especially want to thank everyone in our community for the love and support over the past year that allows us to continue to develop and expand. Keep an eye out for some exciting announcements and improvements ahead!

Of course we are going to have a few class cancellations over the holidays: We will not hold any evening classes on Christmas eve or New Years' eve, no classes on Christmas day, and no morning classes on New Year's day. It's also a good time to mention our class cancellation policy for winter weather - No classes will be held if the City of Cincinnati declares level 2 or higher snow emergency. We will post ASAP on the You Do Yoga Cincinnati Facebook page, and tweet from @YouDoYoga if weather will delay or cancel classes.

We are so pleased with the current advanced teacher training! If you have been taking classes with any of our trainees lately you have surely noticed the excitement. Our next round of Taoist Yoga Teacher Training is coming up fast - the Yoga Alliance approved 200-Hour certification begins January 10th, 2014. Enrollment is by acceptance only and group size will be limited, so if you are interested please contact the Director of teacher training. And for you 200-hour certified teachers out there, it's not too early to start thinking about our Yoga Alliance approved 300-hour Advanced Taoist Yoga teacher training. We'll be starting another round next summer and dates are posted now! For more information go to http://www.youdoyoga.com/Teacher_Training.html

You Do Yoga is asking for your help in supporting our extended community this holiday season. We are partnering with Mt. Healthy City Schools to adopt-a-family as part of the annual Sharing Tree. We will adopt a family in need by providing new clothes, food, and toys. Details about clothing sizes and ages will be provided on our Facebook page and on the bulletin boards at each studio as soon as the family has been assigned.

We are always looking forward to another meeting of our Healing Circle, space dedicated to celebration and support of our community, led by Sharon and Sarah. The holidays can be a joyful and exhausting time, so give yourself the gift of healing and serenity in this circle. Join us Saturday December 7th 4-6pm in Anderson Township. http://www.youdoyoga.com/Healing_Circle.html

Sunday December 8th will be a full day at the Anderson Studio!  Shane continues the Dharma Study Group 1-3 pm, and then 3:30-5:30pm Shane will guide us thru a discussion Exploring Zen Buddhist teachings on samsara, nirvana, and our experience of life and death. Finally, 6-7:30pm Shane has organized a benefit for a great local cause - an hour and a half of Beginner’s Yoga to promote the rescue of shelter dogs and cats. All Donations from this event will go to local animal rescue Louie’s Legacy, a non-profit grassroots all-breed animal rescue which saves, rehabilitates, and rehomes animals from high-kill shelters across the United States.

Monks have brewed beer since the dawn of time, and there's a handful of yogis continuing that tradition. Saturday, December 21st at 6:30pm we will host another "Asana and Ale" event at our Anderson studio. An all-levels yoga practice comes first, and then you can stick around and sample a variety of very local hOMe-brews! If you are a brewer too and want to show off your work, get in touch with us to arrange a donation. And if you don't pre-register, there may not be enough beer for you, so hop (get it? hop!) on our website now and let us know if you're planning to attend: http://www.youdoyoga.com/Asana_and_Ale.html

Well, that about covers it for this edition. Unless you reply to this address with the subject "remove" we will drop you a line again in January, and remember - you can LIKE us on Facebook (You Do Yoga Cincinnati) and to follow us on Twitter @YouDoYoga. Be sure to visit our website regularly at www.YouDoYoga.com for updates.

Namaste!