ISLAND YOGA NEWPORT

Welcome to the summer website for

Community Yoga with Shelley Dungan.

My indoor classes are held at my ministry home:

The Sacred Center

hosted at St. Mary's Church in Portsmouth.

Please visit my new website to see the expanded October schedule!

www.sacred-center.org

NO CLASS WED SEPT 27. SEE YOU SOON!

Please scroll down for schedule & class locations

All classes are currently offered for a suggested donation of $10.00

A portion of the proceeds goes to Clean Ocean Access to support keeping our beach environment healthy!

As an ordained Interfaith Reverend, I am so happy to invite you to join me Sundays in September for Gentle Yoga on the Beach followed by COMMUNITY PRAYER AND SHARE . This is an inclusive spiritual gathering, welcoming all paths and those who walk them. There will be uplifting readings and meditations taken from a variety of world religions including Christianity,  a discussion time and a time where we join our hearts in prayer for personal needs, our families, our community, our nation, our world, our Earth and all beings who need healing.  Prayer is a powerful action we can take in these challenging times.  See the schedule below for dates and times.

                                  * Please bring a beach chair for the prayer and share time.

SEPTEMBER 2017 Community Yoga by Donation with Shelley Dungan

Yoga on the Beach (YOB) meets on Third Beach, weather-permitting. Free parking during class in small lot across from beach.

For cancelations, check Yoga by Donation with Shelley Dungan on Facebook or www.IslandYogaNewport.com

For beach yoga, No mat needed.  Bring a big sheet or blanket.  Dress in layers including a sweatshirt. Bring a warm hat & a friend!

Saint Mary’s Church (SMC), 324 E. Main Rd, Portsmouth

please click here to go to my facebook page where I post inspiring quotes

A prayer I wrote for us...

Creator, Divine source of Love in whom we live and move and have our being… You are beyond our mental comprehension yet felt with the presence of each and every breath we take. Your presence is made known wherever there emerges kindness and compassion. Our intention is to allow your love to soak us and fill us to overflowing, to welcome your unconditional love and acceptance and guidance. By your grace grant that we may feel connected to you, to ourselves, to one another and to our experience of being alive.  Despite our preference for comfort, may we be able to honor both the shadow and light within our human experience. It amazes us that in this moment people and animals everywhere in this world are engaged in the Universal Breath, all breathing in and breathing out as One, the plants are also a part of this Universal Breath as they breathe in our exhalation and breathe out oxygen...providing our next inhalation! One planet breathing together… every moment of every day … surely all is Holy, all are equal, all is Love.

Amen

The happy heart is one that is filled with gratitude. A simple ritual such as bowing and breathing deeply to greet each day awakens joy in us. Each day, each season, each cycle offers something of beauty. Let us notice and give thanks.

 - Diane Mariechild, Open Mind

 Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. You may not be perfect, but you are all you’ve got to work with. The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are.

I send you all wishes for peace, health & happiness, now and always.

   Class Descriptions for Community Classes:

YOGA ON THE BEACH - This class is a blend of Gentle Yoga and Slow Flow -  a true community class intended to be suitable for everyone!

GENTLE YOGA - Come experience slow-paced, gentle yoga blended with meditation and comforting spiritual readings during relaxation. This class will help you reduce tension & stress while fostering better health and deeper faith. You will leave feeling centered, relaxed, peaceful and bathed in God’s love. All ages are welcome, no yoga experience needed. 

FLOW YOGA - Come experience how mindful movement, breath and yoga postures can bring strength, flexibility and inner peace to your life. Modifications are offered so beginners and experienced students alike will feel supported and successful. You will leave class feeling relaxed, renewed and bathed in God’s love. All ages in good health are welcome, no yoga experience needed. Please bring your own yoga mat. 

YOGA BUFF - Come join this empowering and strengthening new yoga class! All the bliss and flow of yoga with some “buff” for additional toning and strengthening using light weights.   

ST. COLUMBA'S CHAPEL - 55 VAUCLUSE AVE.  MIDDLETOWN, RI