Dear Yogis,

Please note that the Sunday lunch and the teacher training has shifted this month – see below in bold as I will have my grandchildren and their family to lunch etc on the last day in July usually repurposed for yoga occasions, and then the week after I have gallery duty on the Sunday.

IN THE STUDIO:  For the last month I have been swamped with alterations of the major kind.  People who are leaving Woodend for warmer climes, and on trying on their favourite clothing items have found that they have “shrunk”.  It is my job to do the best I can to make the clothes and the body match up.  They won’t or can’t change the body, so it is my job to change the clothes – it is not always an easy job.

Last week the Wildlife op shop gave me a big bag of broken jewellery – this allowed me to fix up vintage items I have been storing for myself but could not find the correct jewels to enable me to do this.  It is always “Re-Make” around here.  I can’t bear to trash things, and those bits and bobs that are left I give to the local schools, so that they can sew them to their end of year concert costumes, or make wands!  Its a win-win.

I also have completed a pet portrait for a client, and am working on a miniature for an exhibition.  Housekeeping has taken a back seat I am afraid – but as I tell my students, housekeeping will always be there waiting for you – no hurry.  Ditto the leaves in the garden.

YOGA –  WHAT’S ON

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.  9.30AM in Gisborne

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Monday 1pm.  Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am.  

YOGA CLASS in NORMA RICHARDSON hall.  Chi(chair)Yoga Wednesdays starting at 10am.  This is a mixed class.  Students with Chair, Wheelchair, Wheelies, walking sticks all welcome.

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL :  Mondays, 6.30 

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS. Sunday the 10th August at 2.30.  If you can come to the yoga lunch beforehand,  that would be terrific.

PPT/LYMPH MASSAGE (including sound therapy and Reiki),  by appointment only.yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH: Sunday – 10th August   at The Victoria Hotel (hardly anything else is open for lunch) at 12 noon.   It is quieter then, and if there are enough of us we can get the room at the back, although I do like an ordinary table rather than the big table and lately we have scored the big table near the front windows.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

The days are even more busy than usual.  You can see below that I have cancelled the teacher training and yoga lunch and extended it into August.  I have my grandchildren coming from Canada for a “first stay over” with me, and a meet-up with parents and grandparents – a meal for 10.  Even thinking about it makes me tired.  I need as much time beforehand as I can manage, so, thank you for your patience.

It’s winter and I find myself gravitating to hand mending and repurposing, encouraged by a number of commissions.  If you need mending or repurposing of garments please email photos of them to me with details of changes, or ideas, and I will get back to you with a quote.  You can then post your garment pre-paying with PayPal, and when finished I will post it back to you.

I prefer to work from the studio where we can do fittings, but this is not always possible.  Keep in mind that like The House of Valentino, I do have a sewing machine, but I prefer to hand sew using the machine only when I must.

TAROT:  Don’t forget, if you too are recalibrating, then consulting the cards could be helpful.  You can join me at the studio or zoom.  Email me for a booking. $85 per reading yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA –  WHAT’S ON

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.  9.30AM in Gisborne

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Monday 1pm.  Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am.  

YOGA CLASS in NORMA RICHARDSON hall.  Chi(chair)Yoga Wednesdays starting at 10am.  This is a mixed class.  Students with Chair, Wheelchair, Wheelies, walking sticks all welcome.

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL :  Mondays, 6.30 

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS. Sunday the 10th August at 2.30.  If you can come to the yoga lunch beforehand,  that would be terrific.

PPT/LYMPH MASSAGE (including sound therapy and Reiki),  by appointment only.yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH: Sunday – 10th August   at The Victoria Hotel (hardly anything else is open for lunch) at 12 noon.   It is quieter then, and if there are enough of us we can get the room at the back, although I do like an ordinary table rather than the big table and lately we have scored the big table near the front windows.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

Hi there little gang of yogis,

Well the crisis has passed.  For the past month I have been struggling with what the medicos called “high Blood Pressure” which has overshadowed the split gluteus medius and TFL.  They also failed to focus on the fact that I had a raging asymptomatic urinary tract infection.  This was what was pushing up the blood pressure.

Every week I got weaker, the blood pressure went up into the danger group and the pile of pills got higher.  Thank goodness I just wasn’t resigned to that life, and found a young doctor who listened.  They identified the problem right away – URTI, took me off ALL the medications except for that, so now, apart from an antibiotic, I am drug free.  I feel so terrific.  Last night I had my first good, uninterrupted sleep in a month.

RECALIBRATING CLASSES;  Classes are up and down as usual, even our yoga lunches go from 10 persons  to 5 in spite of the time it takes to continuously remind and follow up. Everyone is on again, off again – I know I have brought this to your attention before.   I have been reviewing what I do, not just in terms of time but also space.  I have a large, bright room that is only used for yoga classes, when I could be using it for other things. and I am starting to put things in place… We could be using the church hall which is larger – but no props….not as “homey”  and no storage, but a great space and suitable for wheelchairs.  It is up to God.

TAROT:  Don’t forget, if you too are recalibrating, then consulting the cards could be helpful.  You can join me at the studio or zoom.  Email me for a booking. $85 per reading yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA –  WHAT’S ON

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.  9.30AM in Gisborne

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Monday 1pm.  Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am.  

YOGA CLASS in NORMA RICHARDSON hall.  Chi(chair)Yoga starting at 10am.  This is a mixed class.  Students with Chair, Wheelchair, Wheelies, walking sticks all welcome.

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL :  Mondays, 6.30 

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS. Sunday the 27th July at 2.30.  If you can come to the yoga lunch beforehand,  that would be terrific.

PPT/LYMPH MASSAGE (including sound therapy and Reiki),  by appointment only.yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH: Sunday – the 27th July,   at The Victoria Hotel (hardly anything else is open for lunch) at 12 noon.   It is quieter then, and if there are enough of us we can get the room at the back, although I do like an ordinary table rather than the big table – I like to be able to chat with you all, not just the persons beside me.  Can we beat the 10 who came to the last time.  We have attracted 15 pre-covid.  My granddaughter will be at the July lunch – fear not, she may be Canadian but she is 15 years old, so no dinner time tantrums (I hope).

NAMASTE – JAHNE