Amethyst Project

Listening to this morning’s Daily Trip, “Good Talking to You” with Jeff Warren on the Calm app. Simple technique for mitigating critical self talk. Breath. Center. Every now and then whisper a simple comforting phrase to yourself - I’m ok. It’s fine, I’m good. Become your inner best friend. Good advice.

It’s time to sign up for fall classes at Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs. Since I started teaching yoga here in the mid-2000’s, the program has steadily expanded. Many classes have been added including, ballroom dance, a breathwork class, my own yin yoga and meditation offerings, Zumba, polymer clay, and more. Check out our programs and register here:

Bloomfield Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs Department | Bloomfield Township, NJ The Bloomfield Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs Department is to provide its community with diverse, year round youth, adult, senior and family orientated programs utilizing their extraordinary parks and recreation facilities.

Amanda Gorman’s Poem - Speech read to the United Nations 9/19/22.

“How can I ask you to do good,
When we’ve barely withstood
Our greatest threats yet:

The depths of death, despair and disparity,
Atrocities across cities, towns & countries,
Lives lost, climactic costs.
Exhausted, angered, we are endangered,
Not because of our numbers,
But because of our numbness.

We’re strangers
To one another’s perils and pain,
Unaware that the welfare of the public
And the planet share a name–

–Equality
Doesn’t mean being the exact same,
But enacting a vast aim:

The good of the world to its highest capability.
The wise believe that our people without power
Leaves our planet without possibility.

Therefore, though poverty is a poor existence,
Complicity is a poorer excuse.
We must go the distance,

Though this battle is hard and huge,
Though this fight we did not choose,
For preserving the earth isn’t a battle too large
To win, but a blessing too large to lose.

This is the most pressing truth:
That Our people have only one planet to call home
And our planet has only one people to call its own.

We can either divide and be conquered by the few,
Or we can decide to conquer the future,
And say that today a new dawn we wrote,

Say that as long as we have humanity,
We will forever have hope.

Together, we won’t just be the generation
That tries but the generation that triumphs;
Let us see a legacy
Where tomorrow is not driven
By the human condition,
But by our human conviction.

And while hope alone can’t save us now,
With it we can brave the now,
Because our hardest change hinges
On our darkest challenges.

Thus may our crisis be our cry, our crossroad,
The oldest ode we owe each other.
We chime it, for the climate,
For our communities.

We shall respect and protect
Every part of this planet,
Hand it to every heart on this earth,
Until no one’s worth is rendered
By the race, gender, class, or identity
They were born. This morn let it be sworn
That we are one one human kin,
Grounded not just by the griefs
We bear, but by the good we begin.

To anyone out there:
I only ask that you care before it’s too late,
That you live aware and awake,
That you lead with love in hours of hate.

I challenge you to heed this call,
I dare you to shape our fate.
Above all, I dare you to do good
So that the world might be great.”

Amanda Gorman recites her poem, “An Ode We Owe,” to the U.N. General Assembly Sept 19, 2022

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Come practice with us! Register now with Bloomfield Recreation Our next eight-week session begins Sept. 21. Classes are held on Wednesday evening at 7, followed by optional meditation, and Saturday morning at 9:30. We will be outside or inside, as weather permits. Bloomfield and all area residents are welcome. The class works for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. Be prepared to move: bring a mat and water. Zoom option available. Register online: http://bloomfieldtwpnj.com/170/Parks-Recreation

Winter classes at Bloomfield Recreation are starting up - an 8 week session. I am teaching Adult Yoga on Wednesday evening at 6pm and Saturday morning at 9:30am, Kids Yoga on Wednesday at 5pm, plus Meditation on Wednesday evening at 7:30pm. There are limited in-person spaces available (must keep mask on in class) as well as zoom from your home. Bloomfield residents are welcome to register for $50, as are residents of other towns (for a small additional fee).
For more info/to register, call 973-743-9074 or go to:
http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/274/Current-Recreational-Programs

More witches…

Sunday, 9:15 am. Join me at Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga at Monksville Reservoir with Sandy Gola Flatwater Paddle Co.

Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga at Monksville Reservoir with Sandy Gola Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 9:15 AM: Get Out in Nature, Social Distance, and do Yoga on a Stand Up Paddle Board... Join Sandy Gola for a floating yoga class at Flatwater Paddle Co. on Monksville Reservoir.Clas

There’s still time to sign your child up for our outdoor Yoga class, starting Monday, July 12 at 4pm. Sponsored by Bloomfield Recreation. Option to join in person outdoors or on zoom. To register: http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/170/Parks-Recreation, scroll down to Summer Programs. Michael Sceurman Bloomfield Recreation

Bloomfield Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs Department | Bloomfield Township, NJ The Bloomfield Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs Department is to provide its community with diverse, year round youth, adult, senior and family orientated programs utilizing their extraordinary parks and recreation facilities.

Outdoor and on Zoom - Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Summer Program - Yoga Classes Begin July 12. Kids class at 4pm, Adults at 5pm. Hope to see you there.
Bloomfield Recreation Dana Morton Michael Sceurman