Mary Newell Yoga

01/31/2023

05/24/2021

Learn To Unleash The Strength Of Your Own Positive Mindset To Achieve A Better Life! June 18-19!

05/15/2021

Porch yoga studio open for the season💙

Currently taking new clients. I love creating home sequences to meet YOUR needs. Let me know if you have Q’s.

01/20/2020

BRRRRRR...it appears that winter has arrived. This week FIRE will be the elemental focus! 3rd Charka power center will get attention. Pranayama practices, twisting, and forward folding will get the body and mind ready for 61 point Yoga Nidra practice developed by Rod Stryker.

May we be inspired to perform our unique duty with vigor and love.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."-Martin Luther King Jr.

“Set your life on fire, seek those who fan your flames. ”— Rumi

"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
― St. Catherine of Siena

01/05/2020

Please note changes at Fusion for 2020:

Monday 8:15a Tabata and Tone is now Sculpt X 45 minutes*
*precise, effective, efficient, anti-aging moves

Monday 9:15a Chakra Yoga Flow added (non-heated)*
*elemental balance for optimal health...alignment of energy wheels...chanting, breathing, and moving with awareness

Tuesday 4:30p Yoga (non-heated) added

WHY chant?
Chanting improves immunity.
Helps to calm the mind.
Helps in balancing the chakras.
Increases concentration and learning.
Helps to release stress.
Keeps depression at bay.
Increases radiance.

“Don’t dismiss the elements. Water soothes and heals. Air refreshes and revives. Earth grounds and holds. Fire is a burning reminder of our own will and creative power. Swallow their spells. There’s a certain sweet comfort in knowing that you belong to them all.”
― Victoria EricksonLove,

12/17/2019

Classes this week will include a Bhastrika Pranayama variation that works the nervous and circulatory systems. Build heat, clear your mind, and increase focus.

“A person must live in harmony with his or her inner self while recognizing a vital connection to the entire world. A quiet and virtuous mind can live contently no matter what their circumstances, because they do not spend their precious time engaged in worthless faultfinding. Like all despairing men, I need to cease expecting anything from life while expecting more from myself. I aspire to find beauty and joy in the humblest of human activities.”― Kilroy J. Oldste

12/03/2019

Several variations of Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) will be threaded through the yoga sequence this week..
Why?
Because Pigeon Pose:
– Opens hip joint
– Lengthens hip flexor
– Stretches thighs, gluteals and piriformis muscles
– Extends groin and psoas
– Helps with urinary disorder
– Improves posture, alignment, and overall suppleness
– Lessens sciatica, lower back pain and stiffness

It is a primal reaction to store stress, trauma, fear and anxiety in the hips.
Pigeon Pose opens the hips and releases negative feelings and undesirable energy stored in your system.

11/24/2019

Thankful for every teacher and student that has crossed my path.
This week's class sequence is inspired by a conversation with students today.
My yoga community is family...it may not be a typical family tree, but there are deep roots, many branches, and continual growth. Vrksasana (Tree) pose will be included with expansive heart openers. We will move as one on the same breath and support one another!
Sending love to all for a Happy Thanksgiving!
*Check out Thanksgiving Day options at www.fusionyogafw.com!

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family; whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one!" – Jane Howard

I read a sign the other day that said:
You are not the problem, YOU ARE THE SOLUTION!

Fort Wayne's first yoga and fitness studio with a dedicated hot yoga room. Over 40 heated and unheated classes per week. Partnering with Peony & Rose boutique. Located at 6382 W Jefferson Blvd in Covington Plaza

11/10/2019

Rod Stryker did not disappoint!
Whirlwind trip to Chicago was so worth it!
I have weeks of material to digest.
Some quick (not so light) take aways:
NO "thing" is BLISSFUL-BLISS is in YOU!
Complication is a sign that you are far from yourSELF.

Conflict outside is a sign of conflict inside.

I was moved by a Trikonasana flow Rod led us through...it is a perfect addition to the work we started last week. Simple flows and Kapalabhati Pranayama this week AND some movement around the mat to highlight the full Beaver Moon!

“Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we've been blessed with.”
― Steve Maraboli

11/03/2019

Saturday I am heading to Chicago for a yoga training with Rod Stryker. I can't wait to be inspired in my current practice and in my teaching.

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
― Socrates

Trikonasana (Triangle) will get attention in classes this week. I will be using a Salutation inspired by Rod Stryker to get the body ready. Building blocks and challenges will be added along with Pranayama practices. Seeking stability and balance through alertness on and off the mat.

“Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.”
― Bruce Lee

10/21/2019

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” ― Maya Angelo
This quote will inspire us through steady breath, an uplifting mantra, and spinal extension poses.

10/17/2019

Yoga Purification Series

3 Rivers Soap Shop
1935 East State Blvd
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805

This 5 week session will focus on pranayama practices to ignite fire (agni), twists to purify, and relaxation for restoration. The format-sequence will be the same for all 5 weeks:
-pranayama
-rhythmic opening
-surya namaskar
-length and twist
-relaxation
This gives the body and mind a chance to experience deeper layers of awareness. As elemental balance happens the body craves what it needs for optimal health.

Wednesday's 7:15p
Oct 23, 30
Nov 6, 13, 20
$60 for 5 sessions

Let me know ASAP
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 15

10/14/2019

Monday Night is "make up" class at 3 River's Soap Shop for those enrolled in current session. A few spots open for $10 drop in for anyone not in current session.

This week in class we will be moving energy through the bod by following intuitive movement. You may be holding a pose for a few breaths, but the energy is MOVING! Navel Chakra will be stimulated which regulates strength and mental clarity.

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” ― John Muir

10/07/2019

Jathara Parivartansasana will be included in classes this week. Overall emphasis on twisting. In the Sanskrit word "jathara" the root word "hara" translates to belly. Find balance and inner elasticity in your physical center to respond to any situation. Tone the gastric regions and reduce excess fat by strengthening the digestive force (jatharagni).
Everything is within your power, and your power is within you.

“Change your focus,
give power to the positive
and starve the negative.
We reduce our inner wisdom
to think with logic that's been
instilled in us whilst expecting
miraculous results. Retrain the core
issue and the pathway will build itself.”
― Nikki Rowe

09/29/2019

Traditionally there are said to be 840,000 poses possible to reach a body's full potential! My home practice space has a poster featuring over 900 and I thought that was impressive! Asana work takes TIME! To master the postures it is important to know name, meaning, and form. Repetition and total attention in Mind, Body, and Heart come next. HUMILITY and practicing as an ACT OF DEVOTION lead to MEDITATION IN ACTION! SO Much more than a STRETCH!

"You should do the asanas with vigor and at the same time be relaxed and composed." B.K.S. Iyengar

09/15/2019

Precision in Surya Namaskar will be practiced in classes this week. Body, thought, emotion, and energies align and awareness blossoms.
Awareness=Aliveness!

“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

PEACE is what you should feel when practicing on your mat...and ALL day long. Experience calm center and guard it through gain and loss. Feel connected to nature and everything in life. Let the ordinary become extraordinary.

“If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.
If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations.
When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.”
― Confucius

09/08/2019

During asana practice this week we will concentrate on the sense of fulfillment felt after bringing the second side of an asymmetrical posture to completion.
Mantra: “I am whole, I am complete.”

ATTENTION:
Yoga for a Better Golf Game @ Fusion Yoga
Gain strength in body, Stillness in mind, Power in breath and see where that can take your golf swing!

6 Sessions @ 7:30-8:30p on the 3rd Tuesday
Sept 17th
Oct 15th
Nov 19th
Jan 21st
Feb 18th
Mar 17th
$85/six weeks

08/25/2019

"Engage in Life! Run not from challenges. Fear not change, sorrow, even death. All existence is sacred." -Universal Yoga, Prem Prakash

"Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself – without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is perfect evenness of mind."-Bhagavad Gita

New moon this week offers the opportunity to empty and quiet, to listen, to be. Classes will encourage introspection.

The new moon phase holds special meaning for cultures around the world. It is often viewed as a symbol of new beginnings. This magical phase provides a reset where goals are renewed, desires are set, and new intentions are made.