There is only one thing to remember from a yogi point of view.  HEMP INCREASES CHI – It is the worlds most advanced SuperFood.  We are only just starting to understand how “super’ it is.  MARIJUANA REDUCES/REMOVES CHI – no explanation needed of what this means.  We know what happens as use and/or addiction progresses.

That being said, if you are purchasing full “spectrum oil”, be super careful about what it is you are actually getting.   You must make sure it is full spectrum HEMP oil.  There will be no “terpenes” on the label, no THC.  CBD has been bred out of cannabis (marijuana) in order to load the plant with THC the psychoactive ingredient.   That is why I am writing the blog, and giving you the addresses of manufacturers and importers whom I believe at the moment are abiding not just by the law, but also the letter of the law.

There should be a batch number on the bottle.  If you have any concerns, call the manufacturer, quote the batch number, and ask what it contains, and how it was manufacturers and where the ingredients come from.

One of my students was given a bottle of what he thought was CBD Full Spectrum Hemp Oil.  After a couple of doses he took to the couch and drifted into a different place.  When his wife looked at the bottle she saw the problem.  It had terpenes and THC.  He was getting high.  A timely reminder that it is very important that you buy from a reputable company, and make sure what you are getting.  Buyer beware.  It is not just about getting high, it is about pesticides, herbicides, manufacture generally.  We are building the body and the mind via the ECS (endocannabinoid system), we are not trying to get high (well, my students and I are not). 

Read the labels carefully, if you are still concerned email the manufacturer.  If they don’t get back to you, probably you shouldn’t buy from them.  This is a new field, and we all have many questions.

A few that I especially like are below.   I will update my list as I get to try the different brands.

Royal hemp.com.au – oils, seeds, powders, skin balms – they are switching to Aussie seeds to manufacture their products and full spectrum oil (imported from Colorado).  This brand is available in health foods stores and alternative health destinations.  As its name suggests, classy marketing, labelling and packaging.

RedTractor.com.au – oils,  seeds, powder.  This brand is available in Coles and IGA and in Health food stores.  Please let me know where you see it so I can update my list.  A down-home style of presentation in eco-friendly packaging.

Thompsons.com.au – oils, seeds, capsules.  This brand is available and featured in Chemist Warehouse (alongside HempFoods, and their own proprietary brand on the seeds and grains aisle).  I have not tried Thompsons.  It could be more economical, although I am not convinced of the value of capsules over putting the actual oil on your foods during the day.

HempFoods.com.au – oils, seeds, powder.  This brand is available everywhere I go.  Coles, IGA, Health Food Stores. I believe that this company brings its seeds from Canada and New Zealand.  I have been told both by health food store proprietors.    It was one of the first to manufacture the products on a large scale, and it seems has single handedly championed the market from its inception.  A reliable company with great marketing.

 

Keep watching this blog.  Namaste.  Jahne

 

 

YOGABEAUTIFUL NEWS from THE STUDIO, WOODEND.

 

……if you have not taken the time to listen to this GREAT BELL CHANT please do – I am sure you will love it.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/6518109?autoplay=1       Have you checked out our UTUBE channel – it’s free.  Google “Jahne Hope-Williams YouTube” and it will get you there.

 

THE YOGA CLASSES:

Winter is coming and our classes are small, warm, and gentle.  We are still at the Home Studio,  37 Morris Road in Woodend.  Please go to www.yogabeautiful.com.auand click on classes. Our classes (by popular demand) are primarily RESTORATIVE YOGA  although on Mondays at 1pm we do have the “by donation” class at the Uniting Church, and the usual Hatha at 6.30 at the Studio.  It is such a fun class.  For more classes and times, please go to the web site

 

EXPLORING HEMP (not marijuana)

Hemp is often confused in peoples’ minds with its hallucinogenic cousin – marijuana. Hemp doesn’t contain the same chemicals, so it can never make you high.

I am writing a book on my finding, and will alert you when it is ready. Locally, in the meanwhile, go to Natures Garden in Woodend.  They are very knowledgable, and stock reputable organic brands, but there are lots out there. You are looking for oils and seeds with a very high Omega 6 reading, high protein, and a high balanced 3 and 9.

I love hemp seed milk.  One third of a cup of hulled hemp seed, 2 cups of cold water, dates or coconut sugar if you like it a little sweeter – how much is up to you.  Blend and strain.  There is hardly anything left after blending for about a minute.   If you want hemp cream (delicious) cut down on the water to get the desired consistency.

 

TAROT: 

If any of you would like a tarot reading, or a healing session, then do make an appointment with me – I even work on weekends.  For a booking email: yogafirst2@bigpond.com

The REVELATION TAROT is now in its 10thyear on ETSY.  I am at present waiting for scanning and then printing of the extension 13 cards, “Gates and Guardians” and “Natures Oracles”,  Apparently they will be ready on Tuesday, and I have written and bound a lovely booklet to accompany them. 

If you want a worksbook encompassing both the original dack, and the new 13, it is on the ETSY site, and ready to go….  There are also ready-to-frame cards.  See them on the You Tube Channel together with our FREE Tarot Course.  Google “Jahne Hope-Williams YouTube” and please subscribe.

 

NOW AVAILABLE ON WWW.MYYOGABOOKS.ETSY.COM

The Yoga of Kombucha * Yamas – The guide for life *Restorative Yoga * Yin Yoga and Yin Yoga for Kids * Red String of Fate * Chakra Enhancing oil * Rose Petal Jam – a Cookbook*How to be a Yoga Teacher by Home Study * The Sacro Cranial Connection* Tea leaf Reading – The Chart *Yoga for pregnancy * 5 ELEMENT YOGA (The 5 Tibetans) + charts * Pendulum chart * Revelation Tarot Deck

 

YOGA WITH JAHNE…..CLASS TIMES – all STUDIO classes $20

All on the Web Site.  Go to www.yogabeautiful.com.au  for classes.

COST:   Yoga $20 per Class Or CLASS PASS – $135 per 10 CONSECUTIVEclasses (students of the studio for 3 years or more).   New students: $165 per 10 class pass (normally $200)  After 3 years as a student, the cheaper rate will apply.

 

UNITING CHURCH CLASSES (FREE or by donation)

Next door to the Police Station, Forest Road, Woodend.

Monday:12noon FREElunch and 1pm YOGA

 

PARKING HOME STUDIO – 37 Morris Road, Woodend.

Please, Please – Park on white gravel in front of the studio.  I had it made especially so that it would be easier for you! If there is no room, then park in the drive-way directly opposite in front of double grey garage rolladoors. Not in front of neighbours driveways please.

 

REALLY HELPFUL BOOKS: ETSY, ETSY www.myyogabooks.etsy.com

I write books to help you. What will you find on ETSY?  YAMAS, CHAKRAS, HYPERMOBILITY, THE FIVE TIBETANS AND TEMPLATES and more. There are lots of books there to help you in your progress with yoga.

 

EMAIL/POST:  Please use the email address  yogafirst@optusnet.com.au  for anything to do with accounts,  or the usual yogafirst2@bigpond.com. to get to me.  If you do want to speak to me personally, then email, make a time suitable for both of us, and then we can chat.  If you do it this way, rather than just “wing it”, you can be reasonably sure I have time, and you will get my attention.  POSTAL ADDRESS is not at my home –Please address all land mail to PO Box 14, Mt.Macedon.  Vic. 3441.  Until you see a change written here in large letters, that is where it will be.

 

Love and Blessings

Jahne…….

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TEACHER TRAINING WINTER NEWS

 

THE AUSTRALASIAN YOGA INSTITUTE IS MISSION DRIVEN AND MEMBER SUPPORTED.  BECOME A REGISTERED MEMBER TODAY.

 

Please transfer all your account queries to Jacky at yogafirst@optusnet.com.au

If you want a direct answer from me, as usual, yogafirst2@bigpond.com.   All mail to go to PO Box 14, Mt.Macedon. Vic. 3441. 

ATTENTION ALL WHO HAVE NOT WATCHED THIS …..This is a wonderful, wonderful GREAT BELL CHANT, by Thitch Nat Hahn.  Pay particular attention to his walking meditation.  That is how I would like you all to practice.  Looks easy – but notice he is doing it on a busy sidewalk.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/6518109?autoplay=1

 

HYPERMOBILITY AND HEMP

Teacher Training Sunday was a wonderful experience where we shared what we know, and how we will work with hemp to balance the endocannabinoid system, alleviate the symptoms of hypermobility, with emphasis on anxiety, depression, IBS etc  I have been taking hemp oil for some time, but in the last 6 weeks I have added hemp seed, and hemp powder to my daily regime (a very relaxed regime!).  I have found that I just feel more relaxed, more grounded, and as I said to the class, I seem to have more time to be me.

I am not talking about the psychoactive cousin to hemp – marijuana.  You can never get high on hemp! But there is still so much to know.  There are a lot of people entering the market by importing products from China and other less regulated countries.  If you see “Produced in Australia” on the label, make sure it is not followed by an indication that only 10% was produced in Australia!  Ring the company, ask the boss, make sure that the seed comes from Australia, Canada, Colorado or New Zealand.  You can be pretty sure that the seed will them be pesticide and herbicide free, and not GMO.  My favourite brand is ROYAL HEMP (Royalhemp.com.au).  The quality is good, the nutritional details on the bottle are the best and most extensive, and if you have questions, they get answered quickly. These are all important considerations.

Both hemp and Marijuana are considered Cannabis Sativa by genus and species, but that is where the similarity ends.   Marijuana has been cultivated mostly for its recreational value although it does have medicinal usage, and decades ago hemp – although not hallucinogenic got dumped under the same heading

I could make this whole newsletter about this one subject, however, I will be writing more fully about this in future newsletters and in a booklet.  I have  started a blog on Yogabeautiful – access it.. Also a video when I have some products to show you. The Teacher Trainings for the next month will deal (briefly) with this subject as it is top of mind at the moment.

 

TAROT: 

I have produced and boxed the latest delivery of the tarot. The complete original boxed set together with the new 13 and the book.

The REVELATION TAROT is now in its 10thyear on ETSY. I now have the  latest (minors?) 13 cards, “Gates and Guardians” and “Natures Oracles”, and I have written and bound a lovely booklet to accompany them. I am available for consults…Also on the videos.  I am walking the viewers through the cards in my Revelation Tarot Deck. The new book has been loaded and is available for you.  I am starting to introduce my next 13 cards.  As soon as they are printed they will be on ETSY.   Google “Jahne Hope-Williams You Tube” to get there.  I need 100 subscribers before we are granted an easy link.

If you want a workbook encompassing both the original deck, and the new 13, it is on the ETSY site, and ready to go…. There are also ready-to-frame cards. See them on the You Tube Channel together with our FREE Tarot Course.  Google “Jahne Hope-Williams YouTube” and please subscribe.

 

YOGA WITH JAHNE…..CLASS TIMES – all STUDIO classes $20

All on the Web Site.  Go to www.yogabeautiful.com.au  for classes.

 

COST:   Yoga $20 per Class Or  CLASS PASS – $135 per 10 CONSECUTIVEclasses (students of the studio for 3 years or more).   New students: $165 per 10 class pass (normally $200)  After 3 years as a student, the cheaper rate will apply.

 

UNITING CHURCH CLASSES (FREE or by donation) Next door to the Police Station, Forest Road, Woodend. Monday:12noon FREE lunch and 1pm YOGA

 

MONTHLY TEACHER TRAINING AT THE HOME STUDIO:

DATE of the next Teacher Training:   Sunday 7th July 2pm to 4pm  at my home studio (37 Morris Road in Woodend – YES!We can talk about “Hemp and Hypermobility” – it is top of mind at the moment. There is no need to book. Bring writing materials, and be early. If you are teacher Training student then the cost of the afternoon is $20. This fee applies to everyone. (Visitors are welcome – even those not yet in teacher training – $30).

BENDIGO Teacher Training classes– Next class is the 4thJune (and then 7thJuly) at 3.30pm. Crusoeden Health.  Turn at the Metricon building on the highway in Kangaroo Flat just up from Bunnings on the same side.

NEW SHEPPARTON MASTERCLASS. The class at Heidi’s studio in Kialla was amazing – she was right, I couldn’t miss it.   We are moving forward with a regular teacher training class, and  re-evaluating class times to make sure as many as possible turn up.  Once a month seems to be too soon between classes.  Please register your interest with me or Heidi at  vanmaan@hotmail.com   It is always wonderful to get together with my students, and I think we all get something from sharing more than just how to do downdog.  The philosophy is at the basis of everything.  You can copy my classes, you can copy everything – but I am hoping that by about halfway through the course that you start to do things for yourself, your way. Not by finding alternatives to the foundations but by building on them.

 WERRIBEE MASTER CLASS.  I have been asked to conduct a Restorative/Hypermobility Master Class in Werribee.  This will be a month or two off yet, but we will get there, and will advise you on the dates when they are decided.

 

PARKING HOME STUDIO – 37 Morris Road, Woodend.  Please, Please – Park on white gravel in front of the studio.  I had it made especially so that it would be easier for you! If there is no room, then park in the drive-way directly opposite in front of double grey garage rolladoors. Not in front of neighbours driveways please.

 

REALLY HELPFUL BOOKS: ETSY, ETSY www.myyogabooks.etsy.com

I write books to help you. What will you find on ETSY?  YAMAS, CHAKRAS, HYPERMOBILITY, THE FIVE TIBETANS AND TEMPLATES and more. There are lots of books there to help you in your progress with yoga.

 

HYPERMOBILITY (the course)

The new course is on the ETSY site.  www.myyogabooks.etsy.com.

Watch my FREE UTUBE CHANNEL.  Hypermobility, Purushatras, and so on.  There is lots there – do one video per day..  Google “Jahne Hope-Williams You Tube”.  There is everything you need to start your study. Don’t go to google first and then give up and go to our materials.  We have done the hard work for you – use it.

There will soon be a booklet on Hemp and how it can help your students who are demonstrating Hypermobility no matter where in the body it occurs.

 

RESTORATIVE (REMEDIAL) YOGA. 

The “strawberries and cream” of yoga.  More Restorative (Remedial) classes.  Look at the web site for dates and times. I am building and building on this… It is what passionately interests me as it links with hypermobility and now, HEMP.

 

Why Register with THE AUSTRALASIAN YOGA INSTITUTE? 

We are your lineage.  You can pretend, you can take cheaper options, you can use all kinds of rationalization BUT WE ARE YOUR LINEAGE, your yoga family.  No-one else can be.   PLEASE, PLEASE CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION.  You need to be currently registered for your insurance to be valid, and you will need to supply a copy of a valid registration to be insured.    You also need to forward a current first aidcertificate with your application and CPE when necessary (see below)

Please check your insurance requirements – keep up to date. We have moved to AON insurance.  You will be able to insure on-line BUT you will need a current (student or graduate) Registration to prove you are a member with us to get the advantages that a big firm like AON can offer.

CPE:  To bring us in line with INTERNATIONAL requirements rather than just Australian, we will only be requiring you to do your CPE every 3 years, do it round about the same time you do your first aid which is also a 3 year requirement.

 

REALLY HELPFUL BOOKS:

ETSY, ETSY www.myyogabooks.etsy.com

I write books to help you in your course.  Please download them, and then please use them in answering your modules.HYPERMOBILITY – The Course…. A certificate course.  If you teach yoga, you need this.  No excuses.

 

MODULE DRAWINGS, DOWNLOADS.  You will notice on the bottom of every assessment there is a reminder that drawings need to be done, and in your own hand, and downloads of any kind will not be marked.  Every page needs to have your name, module number, and page number.

 

EMAIL/POST:  Please use the email address  yogafirst@optusnet.com.au  for anything to do with accounts,  or the usual yogafirst2@bigpond.com. to get to me.  If you do want to speak to me personally, then email, make a time suitable for both of us, and then we can chat.  If you do it this way, rather than just “wing it”, you can be reasonably sure I have time, and you will get my attention.  POSTAL ADDRESS is not at my home –Please address all land mail to PO Box 14, Mt.Macedon.  Vic. 3441.  Until you see a change written here in large letters, that is where it will be.

Don’t forget to Register if you are teaching even if you have not graduated (especially if you have not graduated), insure and re-subscribe to the videos every 12 months.  Don’t leave these to the last minute.

 

 

Love and Blessings

Jahne…….

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