Northeast Texas Yoga Community is a network of local yogis creating friendship!

Welcome to the NETYC!

Namaste' Friends,

I want to invite you to the new Northeast Texas Yoga Community website! A place for yogis to make friends and create friendship!

I began practicing yoga in 1997 when my mother was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. I would help her walk from her bedroom to the living room and we would practice together. I was 13 years old. As a young girl, I did know much about yoga - but I knew it was powerful. As my mother used holistic treatment to overcome the cancer, we continued to practice restorative yoga and gentle asanas. I saw the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits as my mother was healed from her illness.

Now, 11 years later, I am more convinced than ever that yoga is POWERFUL and HEALING. As I have taught at facilities in East Texas, I have been able to benefit from the fellowship of yogis. We are a special group, aren't we? We strive to look at the world through eyes of ahimsa (non-violence) and love. Each week I look forward to seeing the yoga students in my classes and the instructors at the various facilities. There is satsang ("association with truth") and kindness in our conversations. We know what it's like to have "that feeling" when we complete our practice. It's "that feeling" that we want to bring to Northeast Texas - as a community.

I created exploringtheARTOFYOGA.com after realizing that the yoga studios & groups of Northeast Texas don't know each other. Each studio has a creative and outstanding people of yogis and we should all be able to know each other. Other studios are not "the competition". There is no competition in yoga. We are connected by our practice of yoga. We are connected through this love and joy we have found in connection.

I invite you to join the Northeast Texas Yoga Community and meet other yogis in your area. If you visit the website, you will find the beginning of a beautiful fellowship. ExploringtheARTOFYOGA.com has bios of local instructors and wellness groups, a list of upcoming events, and links to local/national yoga websites. If you a yogi, you can create a FREE profile about yourself and begin interacting on our forum by creating discussion topics and talking to other ETX yogis. If you are an instructor or wellness practitioner, you can list your bio and let yogis know about you. If you are a group coordinator, you can post your upcoming events on our FREE events calendar.

I request that you forward this email to all your yogi friends and let them know about the Northeast Texas Yoga Community. We will have a booth setup at LeTourneau University's Health Fair in Longview, Texas on February 7th.

If you are an instructor, stop by and bring some of your brochures and business cards. If you are a yogi, stop by and bring a HUG!