Sharon Stetter   (Bisbee and Phoenix)

 

Stepping on the Path, Staying on the Path

 

Sharon Shankari Stetter received her teaching certificate from the Integral Yoga Institute at the Satchidananda Ashram in Coimbatore, India in 2006. Integral Yoga is a synthesis of the various branches of yoga in order to bring about a complete and harmonious development of the individual; physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. Other influences in her teaching, from over a decade of practice, include her teacher Robin Schneider, workshops with David Life, Todd Norian, Paul Grilley, Mark Whitwell, Thomas Michael Fortel, Swami Maya Titananda and others. “I am grateful to all, and appreciate the never ending discovery of Yoga.”

Sharon lives between Phoenix and Bisbee, teaching in both places.

bisbeesharon@gmail.com

 

 

 Stepping on the Path, Staying on the Path:

 Committment to a Consistent Practice

Saturday, February 13th

9:45 am - 11:15 am

St. John's Annex

     This year’s expo theme of Mountain Mind conjures, in me, thoughts of mountain paths and the mental transformations experienced from who we are when we begin on a path to who we become upon completion.
      Just a couple blocks from my parents’ home was a trailhead to the summit of Squaw Peak, in Phoenix. I grew up there in a house full of boys, my 6 brothers and their friends. The male energy of that environment was palpable. One day in a fit of anger I left the house and began walking up the mountain. By the time I was back down and stepping off that path, my whole world had changed. I had forgiven everyone and everything. I am fortunate to have made the discovery in my teens; that to get to the spiritual I could exert myself physically. Today the yoga path mimics this understanding.
      Through opening our bodies we can free our minds. We need only to step onto the path and commit to seeking the summit. Therein lies the challenge. Committment requires consistency, which can be achieved through ritual. Let’s explore the concept of creating ritual through mindful participation in your everyday activities, making them part of your yoga practice. Move from the exclusively sangha/group experience (i.e. the weekly or semi-weekly class) to the daily personal practice. This is an all levels class.