June 10th: 11.00am - 12.30pm: Couples Labour Preparation Class, cost €45
June 10th: 1.00pm - 3.30pm 'Yoga Nurture Afternoon', cost €25
June 10th: 1.00pm - 3.30pm 'Yoga Nurture Afternoon', cost €25
We are moving to 'Studio 3' in Monread Commercial & Leisure Centre (beside Monread Park). I am moving General Yoga classes on 23rd May and all other Yoga classes from 1st week in June. * 7-9year olds: Monday's from 4.00pm-4.45pm at Monread Gym, Naas * 4-6year olds: Tuesday's from 1.30pm - 2.00pm at Punchestown A.M.I School 'Core Stability & Introduction to Meditation' by Frances & Gillian Murdiff - Sunday 22nd January 11am-2pm, Cost €30 Yoga Pregnancy & General Classes re-commence next week 9th January at 'The Fairgreen Clinic', Main Street, Naas Pregnancy Yoga - Wednesday & Thursday's at 7pm General Yoga Beginnners/Improvers - Monday 8.30pm/ Tuesday 9.45am/ Thursday 8.30pm General Yoga Intermediate Level - Wednesday's at 8.30pm Postnatal & Children's Yoga, 'Fairgreen Clinic', Main Street, Naas Mum & Baby Postnatal Yoga: Tuesday 17th Jan at 11.15am (suits mums and babies up to pre-crawlers) Children's Yoga - February - day to be confirmed - Please contact if interested. “Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” Dalai Lama XIV 'Yoga Bugs' for 4-10year olds - Classes to commence in the New Year - Please contact Gillian for further information History Naas is a cosmopolitan town of approximately 16,000 inhabitants. In recent years it has experienced explosive growth with the commuter population moving into the expanding housing developments in and around the town. Naas has a long and colourful history. In annals and records the name appears in three forms namely, An Nás, meaning "The Place of Assembly", Nas Laighean meaning "The Place of The Leinstermen", and Nás na Riogh meaning "The Place of Assembly of the Kings". Nás na Riogh is the Irish form of the name now used. The last King of Naas to be recognised as King of Leinster was Cearbhall who died in 989 AD. In the mid second century AD the King of Leinster married one of the two beautiful daughters of the King of Ireland. When the Leinster King grew tired of his wife he decided to pretend that she was dead, and so arranged to marry her sister. He succeeded, but the new queen soon discovered the truth. Both of the women died of grief, and their father looked for revenge on the Leinster King. The territory of Leinster was ravaged, the King was beheaded and there was endless trouble for several hundreds of years. In the royal meeting place of Naas, the people assembled for special occasions, games were held, laws made and tributes paid. While there is now no physical evidence of this great gathering place the name of the town keeps that distant glory alive. Tradition tells us that during his ministry St. Patrick made several visits to Naas. He established himself on the green of the Dun and there the first church in Naas was built. St. David’s Church now occupies the site and the ancient baptismal font preserved there is from early Christian times. During one of his visits here, Patrick baptised the children of the King and the well in Oldtown where the ceremony was performed was afterwards termed holy and named after the saint. He also baptised at Sunday’s Well near Millbrook. The Town Hall which exists in Naas today was, until 1833, a jail. It became the Town Hall in 1858 when it was purchased from the Grand Jury by the Town Commissioners. |
