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GOOD MORNING PRECIOUS ONES

Honouring the Universe – The philosophy of The Australasian Yoga Institute….

Dedicated to a tradition of excellence in teaching for more than 40 years, The Australasian Yoga Institute offers yoga teachers comprehensive and systematic training in classical yoga. We teach yoga techniques for body, breath, mind and spirit in 200hr and 500hr certification programs. Our programs include training in meditation, asana.

MAKING SMALL CHOICES Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca famously said to Ingrid Bergman that their lives “don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world” and I must admit there are times when it feels like that to me, and I know it feels like that to you. But with the season of LENT coming up on the calendar I have had the growing feeling that actually small choices can matter a great deal. Like ripples on a lake, everyone of those small choices, those millions of decisions we make in a lifetime has the potential to change the world (I am not saying that do, but that they could do) – but where to start? What seem like small choices to us may well be part of a much greater plan and purpose. Mistakes may be put to good use and chance becomes opportunity. I think that God made us not just to be but to BECOME. If we know anything at all, we know we have been given the will to choose. We can rule wisely or badly, respectfully or just raping and pillaging. We have the glory of choice. We were not created with huge brainpower for nothing! Even if you have not been exercising wise choice lately, it is never to late to start.

THE YOGA NIDRA WORKSHOP was fantastic. Thank you to all those who turned up. We had a couple of amazing personal breakthroughs in the practical session (which weren’t looked for – they just happened), and a good learning was had by all. I did alert everyone that it was possible to go very deep with this technique, and it appears it was easier for you than I had anticipated. I have been asked to consider putting on a mandala workshop with meditation as the next one. It is just a matter of moving the workshops around so we will do this. It will not however be a MIDNIGHT MANDALA workshop. We will leave that for the winter.

BLOGS are where you will find the thoughts for the day

www.ministryofyoga.blogspot.com.au

“Everything will change for you when you work out that there is plenty of time in every day to complete the important things”.

THE NEW YOGA TEACHER TRAINING STUDIO COURSE

You can decide to do JUST the workshops if you already have a teacher training qualification, or perhaps just an interest in the topic of the month..

1. You can come just for the monthly workshops and pay for them individually ($60 per workshop), and get certificates just in those – there is a distance ed requirement in each.

2. You can add this to your teacher training course as an elective, or just to get extra skills.

3. OR you can do the RESTORATIVE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING MASTER COURSE in its entirely and get a 500 hour certification at the end.

If you register your interest I will let you know personally how to join in. I understand it is not for everyone. As usual there will be a distance ed. Component and yes, you will be able to organise a payment plan with Debbie.

NOA BELLING – YOGA HANDBOOK. PLEASE…..WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE!

We are still asking for your help. I wondered if any of you out there had finished with their book and would like to sell it back to us, WE WOULD LOVE TO BUY IT OFF YOU. We can get it secondhand from time to time for $25 to $30. We will buy yours off you for $25 plus whatever is the postage cost. Email us if you would like to sell yours, and Deb will call you to organise. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA CLASSES- Classes held at Bentinck

THE HOME OF THE AUSTRALASIAN YOGA INSTITUTE

Cost: $10 per person per class (or $100 a 12 class pass: non–transferable).

$15 mum plus little yoga bub. $25 per family (mum, dad and two primary school children.

Young adults $10 each).

Monday *1.45pm SPIRITUAL YOGA with Jahne followed by a one hour Yoga Nidra.

5.30pm RESTORATIVE with Jahne, 6.30pm General class with Nicole or Kalma

Tuesday 10am RESTORATIVE with Jahne, and 7.30 General class with Nicholas,

Wednesday 12.30pm General class with Kalma, *6.30 YIN YOGA with Bron.

Friday 6.30pm General class with Nicholas,

Saturday 10am General class with Nicole (9am and 12.30 RESTORATIVE with Jahne)

Sunday: *4.30 Restorative followed by a Hands-on-healing session with Jahne

THE SPA – Thank you for your response to our notice of the spa – soon to be opened. We are still receiving applications from therapists, and to this point have lined up a superb Tarot/Astrology Therapist, an Ayurvedic massage practitioner, A fantastic Masseur with amazing qualifications and lots of different massages to offer, the Nail Spa Apprentice of the Year, Amanda is amassing wonderful crystals, artifacts and clothing, and Lorraine is getting her “Blessed Herbs” ready for sale..and we are also offering my hypnotherapy. We are going to be the place to go. There will be an “open day party” I am told!

NEW CLASSES – NEW TEACHERS

There will be new classes, and new teachers going into the new year. Not because we are trying to confuse you, or be difficult. Many of our teachers have more than yoga to deal with (families, other occupations) and this is the time when those changes are made. Often suddenly. It is the yoga that matters, it is not about the teacher.

THE CLASSES: If you are wondering what level to join here’s a clue. The General class is a more vigorous class, the Restorative is a very gentle class and Yin-Yoga lies between the two. If you haven’t done yoga for a long time, you may like to start with Restorative, move on the Yin and then take your pick of the general classes.

TEACHERS WANTED. WE ARE OPEN TO INTERVIEWING EMERGENCY TEACHERS. If you are one or know of one “on the lamb”, please let us know. There are always unexpected things happen in family, and right now, we really have to search to get teachers when a regular can’t make it.

WHERE IS THE BENTINCK? “The Bentinck” is on the corner of the Romsey Road and the High Street in Woodend. Enter from the start of the Romsey Road only.

PARKING: No matter which class you come to – as you enter the Romsey Road gate, Yoga parking is either to the left or the right of the gate – on the inside of the gate. If that is full, then the space over the road is always available. PLEASE DON’T park in the central space – even it is empty and you are late, this is for Innisfree staff coming and going.

There is no need to park on the road if there is room inside the gate to the right or to the left, and a huge space available just across the road if all is full inside. Please do not go to the front of the building in Carlisle St. That is for residents.

www.yogabeautiful.com.au If you are looking for any changes in times and days, then please go to the web site. You will find everything there. There is also our blog. www.ministryofyoga.blogspot.com.au

What you are may sometimes miss the mark, a prisoner in liberty.

Get up somehow, get clean right now and be a happy, happy child set free.

NEXT TEACHER TRAINING CLASS

The next will be Sunday 7th February at the Bentinck – in the Yoga Room. Please join us. If you are a distance ed. student then the cost of the afternoon is $10 If you are a visitor you are most welcome – and if you are not formally a student teacher with us then the cost is $20.

SPIRITUAL YOGA CLASS – DIVINE YOGA: (an absolutely favourite class of mine)

Mondays at 1.45, followed by meditation 2.30 to 3.30.

Please bring an open mind – this is a ‘ guided’ class. We will be exercising the muscle between the ears (the brain). Do come along…. No children please. I love children in yoga but this particular class is not appropriate for children.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – “JAHNE’S YOGA UNIVERSITY”

Within our school there are three levels of YOGA TEACHER TRAINING, plus a course in the Gita, the fundamental source of all yoga teaching through the ages.

*THE BHAGAVADGITA (and YOGA PHILOSOPHY) which is like a Certificate or Diploma Level, RYTA 200/350 which is our “degree course” and *RYTA500 the “masters”.

1. THE BHAGAVADGITA (YOGIC PHILOSOPHY)

2. RYTA200 – THE BASIC YOGA COURSE

3. RYTA350 – COURSE ACCREDITED BY YOGA AUSTRALIA

4. RYTA500 – THE NEXT STEP

5. RESTORATIVE YOGA

THE SHOP and ETSY www.myyogabooks.etsy.com

As usual we are ahead of the pack. Colouring books are the new big thing, and we have had our colouring-in posters available for a long time now.

This week I received an email from one of our students who had purchased the chakras and colouring book and REALISED THAT COLOURING THE DRAWINGS WAS A MEDITATION. I celebrated. It has taken a year for a student to understand the reason for the drawings. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU……!!!

ALL OUR IN-HOUSE DVD’S AND CD’S ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE. Please remember that they are not flashy high cost productions. They are made by Deb and me to answer your various questions. They are useful in your course.

*YIN YOGA, THE ANATOMY AND THE CHAKRAS all by Paul Grilley *THE YAMAS *THE UN-MEDITATION COURSE *YOGA SWINGS *THE REVELATION TAROT *HOW-TO STUDY YOGA BY DISTANCE EDUCATION – A BOOKLET….. *THE CHAKRAS – A COLOURING-IN BOOK and a REFERENCE BOOKLET -*CHAKRA BOOKLET

*ETERNITY THE PRAYER

I move with the infinite in nature’s power. I hold the fire of the soul. I hold the life and healing”. (Rig Veda)

YOUR TEACHER TRAINING YEAR (or so):

If you are a trainee Yoga Teacher who has been working on the course for more than a year please understand that your course fee only gives you FREE classes with me for your first training year – the first 12 months only. Imagine if what would happen to our Institute if you took three years to finish your course and you could still come to classes free for the entire course. We do our fee calculation based on 12 months of free yoga classes. Your training fees cover you for a year, after that we ask you to pay $10 per class.

Also, just signing up and not sending in any modules means you are not really a trainee yoga teacher, and unless we receive regular communication (even if it isn’t modules), at a certain point we will deem that you have disconnected from us, and we will disconnect from you. And, coming to class with no intention of completing the course just to get the cheaper, easier student insurance, and free classes isn’t exactly living the yamas! Sooner or later we will call your bluff.

I have found if you paddle your boat it is easier to maintain the illusion of control, but I tell you it is so much more fun if you pull the oars in and just let the river take you where it will….

VIDEOS: THEY ARE NOT OPTIONAL – THEY ARE NECESSARY! Only $275 per annum. The price hasn’t increased since we originally put these on our site.

Philosophy videos recently put up for you. Please look down the list of the videos before you try to do stick drawings, or organise your journal. I have shown you what I recommend.. All you have to do is download. Please. Email us and Debbie will make sure that you are logged in promptly. OH YES, IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT THE SUBSCRIPTION, THEN PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEOS. IF YOUR NAME IS NOT EDGAR CAYCE THEN YOU CAN’T LEARN WHAT IS ON THE TAPE FROM SLEEPING WITH YOUR COMPUTER! yogafirst2@bigpond.com

In response to requests, there are more philosophy videos out on the web site. Subscribe today if you haven’t already. You asked for them, I have made them.

GARDENING WITH BENEFITS

This unseasonal wet cool conditions means that the berries have quit earlier than usual, and the garden is growing fiercely and new shoots are appearing. I will have to wait and see what is happening. The apples are looking great, and the plums are nearly ready, but with the wind there has been a lot of windfalls, which I have been picking up an using in relish. I love the tartness of the not quite ripe fruit – and there is no wastage in my garden.

COOKING WITH JAHNE

I am considering going vegan for Lent (Mar 24th to Feb 10th). I know it won’t be easy for me as I enjoy drinking milk and I eat eggs. But I am sure I will learn a lot in the course of the four weeks. In the old days of course it was a real fast, but not drinking milk or eating eggs (I don’t mind not eating meat or fish) will be a fast for me. Lets see how we go. Anyone going to join me?

Think YIN YOGA/ANATOMY/MEDITATION DVD’s – all with Paul Grilley…before when I bought mine they cost $100 or so each. I thought that this was a good investment. I think half that is a steal! And that is what we are selling this. www.yogabeautiful.com.au

REGARDING DEBBIE

If you want to speak to Debbie about any aspect of the courses – she has done them, please remember that she only comes in on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On those days she is available on Ph: 0354 273 518. I am always here, and available preferably on email or text because I teach and am not always at my desk. Don’t hesitate to email me and I will answer your email or text as soon as I can.

THE LAST WORD: I try to imagine life without being able to speak to God, but none of the days without that special energy have the same laughter, or opportunities…..

For more wonderful, delicious thoughts

Log on to our Web site www.yogabeautiful.com.au

and tune in to our videos daily.

ENJOY – Love and Blessings,

Namaste Jahne

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GOOD MORNING PRECIOUS ONES Honouring the Universe – The philosophy of The Australasian Yoga Institute…. Dedicated to a tradition of excellence in teaching for more than 40 years, The Australasian Yoga Institute offers yoga teachers comprehensive and systematic training in classical yoga. We teach yoga techniques for body, breath, mind and spirit in 200hr and 500hr certification programs. Our programs include training in meditation, asana.

AYI AND YOGA AUSTRALIA – TOGETHER. ACCREDITATION AT LAST.
For the past 8 years (that’s right, 8 years – hence the sparkly “8” on the cake)) I have been trying to get our course recognised and accredited with YA, and guess what – IT HAS HAPPENED. Yoga Australia has accredited our big course THANKS IN PART TO THE WONDERFUL EFFORTS OF SHYAMALA. That means that you can join YA, and get all of their wonderful advantages through doing our course. They are The Peak Body and you can get lots and lots of benefits by joining them.

Although The Australasian Yoga Institute older than Yoga Australia, they started out just doing registrations, and they have stayed just doing that. When we started there was no distance training and NO registration, so I did both. That has been a blessing, but I couldn’t get the advantages they did because I did both. No matter, I believed in the course we offered and still do, so we kept on doing both, and always will.

I also have some extra good news. Because we started working on this project 8 years ago we revisited our policies to not only bring them into line with theirs, we exceeded them, and have been changing, upping our hours certification/accreditation requirements yearly to be ahead of the game – and it looks like it works. However, they require that you have done 350 hours to get accreditation with them. Some of you will have, and some of you won’t.

Deb and I are still working on our course requirements especially in light of this new development.
If you want to take advantage of this new step, and want your certification to have the YA logo on it, please write in to us and request it, and depending on when you did the course, and the hourly requirement you have met, we will let you know the next step. Deb and I are in the process of determining upgrade requirements, some of you will have to do it, some of you won’t. Based on a review of your results and extra courses you have done, we will determine what YOU need to do to bring you into line with the 350 Hour requirements of YA.

It is time consuming for me, and every student is different, but it does mean that you get a course tailored to your requirements, and that is what we are all about – plus YA accreditation is now an optional extra. The RYTA200 is the first step which delivers the foundations (everyone has to start there), and then we build on that.. Let me know, email me, if you want to bring your certification up to YA standards (RYTA350) , and get their accreditation. It is not necessary, it is not a requirement to register with YA. We have been Registering our students for 40 years and we will keep on doing that, however, I think it will give you an advantage in the future to have a dual registration.

Email me as usual at yogafirst2@bigpond.com

CELEBRATION
To Celebrate the union of Yoga Australia and The Australasian Yoga Institute, I bought a cake. Big, double chocolate fudge, gluten free!!! It was made by Blackbird Cakes in Woodend, and I am sure that you will agree that it is wonderful (photo attached). It has (had!) the logos of both organisations, and a lotus on the top. I have the lotus, and I am sending a slice of cake to Shyamala at YA and to our GitaJaia Yoga Foundation Board. I am sure it would have taken another 8 years to Accredit our course without the efforts of Shyamala, and a slice of cake is a small thing to thank her for her work. THANK YOU SHYAMALA THANK YOU EVERYONE AT YOGA AUSTRALIA! Sorry you couldn’t be at our celebration.

TEACHER TRAINING….FERMENTATION WORKSHOP
I cannot express in words what a fantastic afternoon we had with Margaret. She was of course super organised, we got notes, background info, and then were able to do the actual grating and grinding. I am sorry if you couldn’t be there. I am going to do a video of the process, so you will be able to see Margaret in action. We will put it on our blog probably. I will let you know.
This week I am also discussing with Catherine, the owner of our local cook store MORT AND PESTLE how to work in with her to bring you the little implements that are useful to do the fermentation, cheese, jam and other workshops that we plan for the future. This week she is expecting the delivery of old fashioned ceramic fermentation pots to arrive. These will be perfect for the ferment we started at the workshop, and the kimchi lesson we are planning. More to come on this.

What you are may sometimes miss the mark, a prisoner in liberty. Get up somehow, get clean right now and be a happy, happy child set free.

FACEBOOK
I promise, promise, promise to get stuck in to making our page pop with news. It just will take a little determination on my part, and then whamo!!! There is so much happening and it is the only way to get it to you.

NOA BELLING – YOGA HANDBOOK. PLEASE…..WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE!
We are still asking for your help. I wondered if any of you out there had finished with their book and would like to sell it back to us, WE WOULD LOVE TO BUY IT OFF YOU. We can get it secondhand from time to time for $25 to $30. We will buy yours off you for $25 plus whatever is the postage cost. Email us if you would like to sell yours, and Deb will call you to organise. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA CLASSES- Classes held at Bentinck
THE HOME OF THE AUSTRALASIAN YOGA INSTITUTE
Cost: $10 per person per class (or $100 a 12 class pass: non–transferable).
$15 mum plus little yoga bub. $25 per family (mum, dad and two primary school children.
Young adults $10 each).

Monday 5.30 RESTORATIVE with jahne, 6.30 General class with Nicole
Tuesday 10am RESTORATIVE with jahne, and 7.30 General class with Brad,
Wednesday 12.30 General class with Kalma,
Friday 6.30 General class with Nicholas,
Saturday. 10am General class with Nicole (9am and 12.30 RESTORATIVE with jahne)

*RESTORATIVE YOGA (all classes with with Jahne) is a beautiful, gentle yoga which is done using lots of props and lots of time. No balancing, no headstands, nothing but gentle stretches and rests. You and/or a friend will love it especially if you have had surgery, are anxious, haven’t exercised for years, have a weight problem, or have a neurological problem. It is also a PERFECT pre and postnatal session – if you are pregnant, please get a doctors certificate and bring it to your first class – not because I think you are unwell, but as it is an insurance requirement.

“The Bentinck” is on the corner of the Romsey Road and the High Street in Woodend. Enter from the start of the Romsey Road only.

PARKING:
No matter which class you come to – as you enter the Romsey Road gate, Yoga parking is either to the left or the right of the gate. If that is full, then the space over the road is always available. PLEASE DON’T park in the central space – even it is empty and you are late, this is for Innisfree staff coming and going.

www.yogabeautiful.com.au If you are looking for any changes in times and days, then please go to the web site. You will find everything there. There is also our blog www.ministryofyoga.blogspot.com.au

NEXT TEACHER TRAINING CLASS The next will be the first Sunday in November (1st Nov.) at the Bentinck – in the Yoga Room. Please join us. If you are a distance ed. student then the cost of the afternoon is $10 If you are a visitor you are most welcome – and if you are not formally a student teacher with us then the cost is $20.

THE FORGIVENESS BOOK This book is still travelling, keep it moving along, the list is longish. And…..If you would like to be next on the list of 108 people, please email me… yogafirst2@bigpond.com

Everything will change for you when you work out that there is plenty of time in every day to complete the important things.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – “JAHNE’S YOGA UNIVERSITY” AT A FANTASTIC PRICE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS…. our classes are available via distance education and you can start any time.. Thank you to those students who are moving from their 200 to another, higher course. Once you have got into the habit of learning, then it is easy to keep going….

Within our school there are three levels of YOGA TEACHER TRAINING, plus a course in the Gita, the fundamental source of all yoga teaching through the ages.

*THE BHAGAVADGITA (and YOGA PHILOSOPHY) which is like a Certificate or Diploma Level, RYTA 200/350 which is our “degree course” and *RYTA500 the “masters”.

1. THE BHAGAVADGITA (YOGIC PHILOSOPHY)
2. RYTA200 – THE BASIC YOGA COURSE
3. RYTA500 – THE NEXT STEP
4. RESTORATIVE YOGA THERAPY TRAINING (WE WILL BE ADDING PRE AND POST-NATAL RESTORATIVE YOGA).

THE SHOP and ETSY www.myyogabooks.etsy.com As usual we are ahead of the pack. Colouring books are the new big thing, and we have had our colouring-in posters available for a long time now.
This week I received an email from one of our students who had purchased the chakras and colouring book and REALISED THAT COLOURING THE DRAWINGS WAS A MEDITATION. I celebrated. It has taken a year for a student to understand the reason for the drawings. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU……!!!
ALL OUR IN-HOUSE DVD’S AND CD’S ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE. Please remember that they are not flashy high cost productions. They are made by Deb and me to answer your various questions. They are useful in your course.
*YIN YOGA, THE ANATOMY AND THE CHAKRAS all by Paul Grilley
*THE YAMAS
*THE UN-MEDITATION COURSE
*YOGA SWINGS
*THE REVELATION TAROT
*HOW-TO STUDY YOGA BY DISTANCE EDUCATION – A BOOKLET…..
*THE CHAKRAS – A COLOURING-IN BOOK and a REFERENCE BOOKLET –
*CHAKRA BOOKLET
*ETERNITY THE PRAYER

I move with the infinite in nature’s power. I hold the fire of the soul. I hold the life and healing”. (Rig Veda)

REGISTRATION/INSURANCE www.yogabeautiful.com.au We are giving you total choice now, although it may be a bit more expensive…..
REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE HAVE BEEN UNCOUPLED. YOU CAN BUY THEM SEPARATELY. A DEARER OPTION, BUT IT SEEMS THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT. WE AIM TO PLEASE.

YOUR TEACHER TRAINING YEAR (or so): If you are a trainee Yoga Teacher who has been working on the course for more than a year please understand that your course fee only gives you FREE classes with me for your first training year – the first 12 months only. Imagine if what would happen to our Institute if you took three years to finish your course and you could still come to classes free for the entire course. We do our fee calculation based on 12 months of free yoga classes. Your training fees cover you for a year, after that we ask you to pay $10 per class.

VIDEOS: THEY ARE NOT OPTIONAL – THEY ARE NECESSARY! Only $275 per annum. Please look down the list of the videos before you try to do stick drawings, or organise your journal. I have shown you what I recommend.. All you have to do is download. I even did a video on ‘The Gita. Good feedback thus far – thank you. Please. Email us and Debbie will make sure that you are logged in promptly. OH YES, IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT THE SUBSCRIPTION, THEN PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEOS. IF YOUR NAME IS NOT EDGAR CAYCE THEN YOU CAN’T LEARN WHAT IS ON THE TAPE FROM SLEEPING WITH YOUR COMPUTER! yogafirst2@bigpond.com

GARDENING WITH BENEFITS My garden is looking splendid. The bees are having a ball, and I got heaps of greens for my latest batch of kimchi, plus lots for salads and cooking in the week.
Can anyone help? I need some fish for my little pond (anyone out there able to donate?). I just to keep the mozzies in check. I am assured with the number of frogs I have the mozzies will be tamed, but fish really do a better job, and now I have weeds and protection from birds in the form of a cat, I think it is safe to put fish there. Last time (pre-water weeds and pre-cat) a heron popped in on the day I put the fish in and cleaned them totally out in short order. The cat keeps the birds under control without killing them. Just by wandering from spot to spot around the garden.

COOKING – YOUR FOOD IS YOUR MEDICINE.
Did anyone try the chick pea pizza. It was fantastic.

CAULIFLOWER STEAKS Debbie brought a recipe to me in the week for fried cauliflower, served with a salad or cooked vegetables. Just par-cook the big slices of cauli and then fry in butter, until it is brownish and looks a bit steak-like. I thought this was OK, but could be improved. So gang, I suggested and in version 2, – Par cook the cauli, then egg and (gluten free) breadcrumb it, THEN fry. So much better. It has a fabulous crunch in contrast to everything else on the plate. A rich aioli, pest or tomato sauce (home made of course) would be a great susszh and brighten the dish too. Give it zing.

“THE GROUCHY OLD TART COOKS”
One of my students at Innisfree called me “a grouchy old tart”. It was supposed to be an insult, but as teaching them was “grouchy old tart business”, I kept it and it is now used affectionately (I think). I thought a T-Shirt would be good “Yes, I am The Grouchy Old Yoga Tart” but it hasn’t happened. So the current version could be “Yes, The Grouchy Old Tart Cooks”

I have said in the past that we will be doing cooking videos. Well I am exploring the technology. I have the space, I have the mind, I have a plan and the plan is on the top of the pile. So now, “the grouchy old tart” will cook!

YIN YOGA/ANATOMY/MEDITATION DVD’s – all with Paul Grilley Just got a new shipment. They are the best and will form the backbone of your yoga references. As I have told you before when I bought mine they cost $100 or so each. I thought that this was a good investment. I think half that is a steal! And that is what we are selling this. www.yogabeautiful.com.au
JAHNE’S MENTORING SESSIONS …. Because Jahne has been teaching yoga teachers for more than 40 years, and running a business the Buddhist way for much longer than that (and successfully) she is often asked for advice. She also consults on the Tarot and the I-Ching. Please make an appointment.

REGARDING DEBBIE If you want to speak to Debbie about any aspect of the courses – she has done them, please remember that she only comes in on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On those days she is available on Ph: 0354 273 518. I am always here, and available preferably on email or text because I teach and am not always at my desk. Don’t hesitate to email me and I will answer your email or text as soon as I can.
THE YAMAS – I cannot stress these too much how important these are, and I am going to leave them at the bottom of the newsletter because I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THEM. If you come to me to be registered in our organisation (and baby, it is growing and is going to take some BIG leaps) and you haven’t done the yamas, guess what, you will have to do a workshop and an exam….. For me, the philosophy of yoga is the most important. There is NOTHING more important. We start there I have never liked the (Christian) “Thou Shalt Not” approach and am trying out a new one. What do you think of this.

“Just for today I will not kill thoughts, hopes, aspirations, confidence. I will not kill.”
“Just for today I will work on telling the truth”
“Just for today I will work on not stealing”
“Just for today I will work on respecting all people and all things”
“Just for today I will work on not taking more of anything than what I need”.
THE LAST WORD: I try to imagine life without being able to speak to God, but none of the days without that special energy have the same laughter, or opportunities…..
For more wonderful, delicious thoughts
Log on to our Web site www.yogabeautiful.com.au
and tune in to our videos daily. ENJOY – Love and Blessings,

Namaste Jahne

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SINCE DISCOVERING THE COOKING SHOWS…
I think that having a hotplate and an oven for the first time in at least 10 years, (prior to that I had them but didn’t use them), could be a trap. Sure, good food is fantastic, but once you start looking at the cooking shows FOOD takes on a whole different meaning. It is no longer something that happens so you can eat.. That is too, too easy. It has to be artistic, varied, different. No more formula meals. Here is the Buddhist REFLECTION USED BEFORE EATING… Reflecting carefully I use this food, not for pleasure, not for indulgence, not for personal charm, not for beautification, but only for maintaining the body so that it endures, for keeping it unharmed, for supporting the (holy) life, so that former feelings of hunger are destroyed and new feelings from overeating do not arise, then there will be for me a lack of bodily obstacles and living comfortably. There is nothing in the reflections about making food an obsession, an artistic pursuit. Nothing about concentrating on the next meal in a way that causes you to miss what you are meant to be doing in the moment – even if you do tell yourself it is an artistic pursuit!

Before I got the accoutrements I knew what my breakfast dinner and tea would be. I was a formula eater, and a formula cook. My meals took the same time to prepare and cook every day (hardly any) and that left lots of time to concentrate on my yoga and my students. I still concentrate on yoga and my students (you), but I have to admit to thinking about food a different way. Can’t be all that bad though. I have upped my skills, upped my nutrition (I believe), but haven’t upped my weight by an ounce – in fact I weight a little less. “…feelings of hunger are destroyed, new feelings from overeating do not arise, there is a lack of bodily obstacles, and I certainly live comfortably”. I have discovered I like to cook, something I haven’t really done since the children left home.

Some time ago a client came for a PAST LIFE Session. She had an eating problem which, matched with a “I don’t need to work” problem, didn’t fit. She was getting poorer and poorer and bigger and bigger as her eating and working ethics got further and further apart. She didn’t understand that she had to work, and didn’t, so her choices of food got worse and worse. In the session we went back into her past (actually into her “future past”) and she then understood the problem and changed. Now she is healthy, happy, in relationship and doing well. Once one part of your life gets right out of whack, it usually pulls the whole lot with it – always with unfortunate results.

I understand that, and work at keeping a balance by planning the day, and keeping to the plan (even if I would prefer to cook or paint). There is a certain amount that has to be done each day, and no matter how much I would like to cook a three layer cake just to see if I can, or experiment with a tangine, or chocolate crisps, I know that it wouldn’t it be the best thing for me, and it would really screw up my daily plan – so I don’t do it. At the end of the day I have done what I planned to do, and then I am prepared to say that “life is good”.

What you are may sometimes miss the mark, a prisoner in liberty. Get up somehow, get clean right now and be a happy, happy child set free.

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Thank you all for your feedback. Nicole does the YOGAFIRST site, and I do The Australasian Yoga Institute and Jahne Hope-Williams sites. Nicole concentrates on recipes and chat, and I try to pass on my philosophical musings.

THE RESTORATIVE COURSE – GET INSPIRED, GET CREATIVE, GET INVOLVED!
OOOO! It is getting very, very interesting. Fabulous in fact!

I have broken the course into two. Level 1 and Level 2. Level One is pretty wonderful as the first step, don’t get me wrong, but I wanted you to be able to understand and access the things that I do. Trying to write all that down is proving to be bigger than I thought. Exploring Yoga’s Model for Health and Well-Being, The Science of the Breath, Pawanmuktanasana (seated yoga in four section), Brain Yoga, Structural Yoga, Restorative Yoga + + +. Once you have integrated this you are on the path to being a Restorative Yoga therapist. It is not simple.
It reminds me as I have said before, of when I was offered the opportunity to become a naturopath. It was a short course in comparison to what it is today, consequently was cheaper. But I didn’t see the potential of what I was being offered so I turned it down. Don’t turn this opportunity down. Yes it will change, yes, like naturopathy it will get bigger (I can see the potential, even if you cannot) – so, get in on the ground floor!!!

Monday 5.30 RESTORATIVE with jahne, 6.30 General class with Nicole
Tuesday 10am RESTORATIVE with jahne, and 7.30 General class with *Brad and others,
Wednesday 12.30 General class with Kalma,
Friday 6.30 General class with Nicholas,
Saturday. 10am General class with Nicole (9am and 12.30 RESTORATIVE with jahne)

*Brad is not well at the moment, and we have other teachers who have volunteered their time to take his place (thank you).

Everything will change for you when you work out that there is plenty of time in every day to complete the important things.

Within our school there are three levels of YOGA TEACHER TRAINING, plus a course in the Gita, the fundamental source of all yoga teaching through the ages.

*THE BHAGAVADGITA (and YOGA PHILOSOPHY) which is like a Certificate or Diploma Level, RYTA 200/350 which is our “degree course” and *RYTA500 the “masters”.

1. THE BHAGAVADGITA (YOGIC PHILOSOPHY)
2. RYTA200 – THE BASIC YOGA COURSE
3. RYTA350 – COURSE ACCREDITED BY YOGA AUSTRALIA
4. RYTA500 – THE NEXT STEP
5. RESTORATIVE YOGA (Level 1) and RESTORATIVE YOGA THERAPY TRAINING (Level 2)
Two levels. CPE (pending) and Diploma level – includes “Brain Yoga”… A professional level course.

The RESTORATIVE YOGA THERAPY COURSE (Level 2), has morphed into a professional stand-alone course for people who want to specialise in Restorative Yoga Therapy. It won’t be easy, and attracts the same conditions and provisions as the Professional Yoga Teacher Training course. Everyone who is now on the course is doing the Level 1. If you are interested in making Restorative Yoga Therapy your primary modality, then please let me know. It is such a worthwhile course, and few are doing it to this level. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

Most people have never met, and don’t understand, that there are angels all around us whose only job is to make sure that you don’t get too comfortable, fall asleep and miss the important moments (and gifts) in your life.

THE FOUNDATION: Gosh it has taken such a long time from its inception. But the lawyers say we are nearly there.
It is so important to me, because I want to know that even if I die (and I don’t plant to quite yet – my hair is not yet pooling on the ground at my feet), the Institute will be able to live on. When I do go, I will be in the air around you, as I have always been the person who believed in the dead inhabiting the world of the living….

I move with the infinite in nature’s power. I hold the fire of the soul. I hold the life and healing”. (Rig Veda)

GARDENING WITH BENEFITS The pond is clear and sparkling thanks to a little solar pump from Auto-Pro in Kyneton. I did start with a Bunnings one but it was a non starter actually. Didn’t last any time at all. It is also sparkling and has no mozzies thanks to the tadpoles that are now inhabiting it. I have lots, isn’t that fantastic. That means it is a very healthy pond. It looks so natural with the iris and other plants who are softening the edges. My little “watercress” pond in another part of the garden always surprises me because the water sparkles all year no pump, no taddies, no fish. It must be something in the watercress which stops bacteria.

COOKING – YOUR FOOD IS YOUR MEDICINE.
SNAKEY CAKEY – (As usual I am not really sure of quantities – I just play).

INGREDIENTS… 200g icing sugar, 2 eggs, 200g almond meal, 1tab flour, zest 1 lemon and 1 orange, crushed pistachios and 3 tabs rose water.

METHOD…. Mix everything together and let it rest. Then, spread out enough filo end on end to reach over about one meter length. Make a good overlap and brush the overlap with melted butter, and gently brush the entire surface with butter. The put the filling in a sausage like line from end to end close to one side, then roll up like a snake. Top to bottom, then top to bottom and repeat until you have a firm filo snake. Then roll the snake and place snuggly into a pan. Brush with butter sprinkle with crushed pistachios, and then make at 180 for about 35 to 40 minutes until it is crips and browned. De-pan, cool, sprinkle with icing sugar and rose petals and serve with ice–cream.
There is quite a lot of snake. You could use a dried fruit mix in with the ingredients and use as a christmas cake!

MY VIDEOS.. I am so pleased with myself. I actually managed to take a video, get the video on to my computer desk top and then put on a USB! Huge. My first attempt had good information, but, as I didn’t anticipate success I didn’t pay attention to what I looked like. As it was the end of the day, and as I hadn’t looked in the mirror since early morning, it was messy. I am doing a more concentrated repeat. This will be the first of a selection of USB’s to go with the RESTORATIVE2 course.

JAHNE’S MENTORING SESSIONS …. Because Jahne has been teaching yoga teachers for more than 40 years, and running a business the Buddhist way for much longer than that (and successfully) she is often asked for advice. She also consults on the Tarot and the I-Ching. Please make an appointment. Past Life Therapy available, but not on the phone, mainly due to the occasional line disconnect for whatever reason. Totally ruins a session. My next visit will be to Brisbane to chat about your yoga progress, explore the Restorative option, and to do a past life session or two, so if you want me to contact you first when I know the dates, get your name on the list.

REGARDING DEBBIE If you want to speak to Debbie about any aspect of the courses – she has done them, please remember that she only comes in on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On those days she is available on Ph: 0354 273 518. I am always here, and available preferably on email or text because I teach and am not always at my desk. Don’t hesitate to email me and I will answer your email or text as soon as I can.

THE YAMAS – I cannot stress these too much how important these are, and I am going to leave them at the bottom of the newsletter because I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THEM. If you come to me to be registered in our organisation (and baby, it is growing and is going to take some BIG leaps) and you haven’t done the yamas, guess what, you will have to do a workshop and an exam….. For me, the philosophy of yoga is the most important. There is NOTHING more important. We start there
I have never liked the (Christian) “Thou Shalt Not” approach and am trying out a new one. What do you think of this.

Namaste Jahne

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