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We are trying to make sense of our emails and phones with the shift from the Bentinck. Please transfer all your account queries to Jacky at yogafirst@optusnet.com.au If you want a direct answer from me, then as usual, yogafirst2@bigpond.com.
TEACHER TRAINING THIS COMING WEEKEND. DON’T FORGET PAPER AND WRITING MATERIALS. MULTI COLOURS IS HELPFUL FOR SOME. PLEASE WRITE IN DIARY. THIS MONTH, TEACHER TRAINING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PENDULUM INFORMATION SESSION (optional – $5).
ART HEALS
Creative exploration is a lifelong voyage of discovery where the journey itself is the goal. My sessions are designed to help you discover art making as a great nourisher of the human psyche, and to experience firsthand the potential in art for transformation, healing and insight.
Experience the joy of painting and drawing by learning to trust your intuitive self. Painting this natural, gentle way allows you to let go of the inner critic that keeps you away from your full aliveness and creativity. All you need is the desire to paint, and the courage to express yourself. No art experience necessary.
Tuesdays: 7pm to 9pm Mandala Painting on wood, $250 for 5 sessions,
Fridays at 6.30 to 8.30 “Ladies Painting Nite” $30 per session,
Saturday 9am-10am Sumii ink painting $30 per session,
All materials provided.
AT THE STUDIO
This morning I taught at the Church again. Classes are getting bigger and bigger.. One of the students came without socks – they won’t do that again. Every week the hall looks better and better as small improvements are made, but at the moment, heating is not one of those improvements. At best it is scant – but we hardy yoga folk manage. In the old days we expected yoga classes to be a bit chilly… no central heating then!
As usual we had a lunch provided to the community (not just us) by the Church and next week we have to add a new table. More and more are turning up for the lunch, as you would! The food is cooked by the lunchers when they can donate….and beautiful. Home-made pumpkin soup, veg soup, cakes of all kinds, warm fresh breads, bagels, fruit platter… . The Hare Krishna group would call it Prasadam. It is such a loving space.
When lunch is over we do a 45 minute meditation in the church. It is gorgeous to meditate in a sacred space. The very high ceilings have to be accommodated though – the acoustics are pretty challenging. I had to turn the music up, and speak louder. The whole morning was wonderful, please join us. One of our newest students said as she left “that was fantastic – I just didn’t realise how much was made available for us, and so close by… I will be here every week”. We have lots of space for lots more students, and I have some bookings for the Friday 3pm class in the Church. If you can come, you will love it. And just the right price too – by donation! Experience not necessary.
STUDIO CLASSES are filling up. Please, if you say you are coming, come. If you can’t, then please let me know. My home Studio is not huge, and I want to take as many as I can, but I can’t hold your place if you only come occasionally. If you have told me you are coming to a specific class then I hold the place for you – it could mean I turn someone away which is unfortunate if you don’t come. Of course, if you want a private class to suit your very own special timetable, I can do that, but the cost od a one-on-one is $85.
PAINTING CLASSES:
Our Tuesday night MEDITATION MANDALA painting classes are progressing fabulously well. The first session has finished, and we are booking for the next set of 5 classes for September. Although I specified the 4th September start, the present class just wants to keep going, so, they are… – if you want to come on the 28th or start on the 4th. It is up to you.
Go to www.jahnehopewilliams.com to see more, and email me to book your spot.
TUESDAYS from7pm- 9pm COST $250 for 5 classes – we are taking September bookings.
All materials will be provided. By the end of the class you will have a unique image to take home, and frame to put in your own meditation room. Maybe good enough, stunning enough to be an heirloom. No painting experience needed. If you are nimble enough to sign your own name, you can do these classes.
SUMII (ZEN YOGA) BRUSHPAINTING – “ONE BREATH ONE LINE” Fridays 12.30 and 6.30pm and Saturdays at 9am and 2.30.
This is the traditional painting on rice paper, but once the fundamentals are achieved, with a twist. On the longer Friday and Saturday afternoon classes, we will be doing it the “zen way” and painting things that can’t be painted. Love, joy, yoga, spirit, speed…etc etc. No right, no wrong, just what you can do. Your expression. We will be using traditional materials, we will be doing yoga breathing, AND A PAINTING will be the result.. Grind the ink, use the brush, paint the painting….. Sounds easy, BUT as in yoga, the foundations are everything.
THE LATEST ART SHOW – THE REVELATION TAROT.
On Sunday I put up the latest exhibition. An exhibition and sale of the original tarot cards. This cannot be repeated. If you are unable to come to the show, and would like to buy a framed card, you can, just let me know which is your favourite card and I will put it away for you – all $175 plus postage. You can come and collect it, or I can post it – although they are framed, so not inexpensive to post. Call me to register your interest: yogafirst2@bigpond.com
If you would like to donate ….. please direct debit any amount to The GitaJaia Yoga Foundation, Commonwealth Bank in Woodend. 063806 10200584. Any amount will help, no matter how small.
Please come to the show, please buy a painting. It all goes to The Foundation.
MY PENDULUM
Please… if you want a session, WE CAN DO. Even at a distance. We can identify additional minerals and supplements, balance your diet, test for food sensitivities…. Health, business whatever. $55 one question, $75 two questions $150 for a general life reading for people who are stuck. On the farm I never made a change without dowsing first. If you want to see if it makes a difference go see what the farm has become without the magic of dowsing – it is a dying jungle.
If you want a life reading, your house made well from underground streams or geopathic stress, or want your garden explored for sculpture, rock or major tree placement sites… I can help you.
Why Register with THE AUSTRALASIAN YOGA INSTITUTE?
It is about LINEAGE. You trained with us, you are a part of our lineage (or we are a part of yours), Registration supports this. 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. Please check your insurance requirements – keep up to date. They change quickly.
REGISTRATION – CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.
THIS APPLIES TO EVERYONE.
We have fallen in line with other organisations and ask people who are registered with us and wish to re-register to do at least one short course in the year as a continuing education requirement. You need to keep up. You can do one of my little courses on ETSY, or someone else’s, doesn’t have to be onerous, just something to keep you on your academic toes so to speak. Just watching a DVD won’t be enough unless you actually write a report on what you watched and why you watched it – the outcome – how it changed how you do what you do.
YOGA WITH JAHNE…..CLASS TIMES – all STUDIO classes $20
MONDAY – Church: 11am Hatha.12pm lunch/1pm meditation (free or by donation)
5.30 Restorative at the Studio
6.30pm Hatha at the studio
TUESDAY (NO 6.30 Yoga) 7pm now a Thangka painting Class held at The Home Studio.
WED. 12.30 HATHA-YOGA
5.30pm Gentle Restorative at home Studio.
6.30pm Hatha at the home Studio.
FRIDAY Church: 3pm Hatha Yoga (free or by donation)
6.30pm “LADIES PAINTING NITE”
SAT. 9am Sumii ZEN YOGA PAINTING (60min Class), $30 per class,
10am Hatha Yoga.
12.30 Restorative.
MATERIALS FOR PAINTING CLASSES – everything provided.
YOGA COST:
Yoga: $20 per Class Or CLASS PASS – $135 per 10 CONSECUTIVE classes for clients with 3 or more tenure with this studio.
New students will pay $165 per 10 class pass (normally $200) After 3 years as a student with us, the cheaper rate will apply.
Teacher Training: etc $20
UNITING CHURCH CLASSES (FREE or by donation)
Next door to the Police Station, Forest Road, Woodend.
Monday: 11am Hatha Yoga, 12noon lunch and 1pm meditation at Church.
Friday: 3pm Hatha Yoga
PARKING HOME STUDIO – 37 Morris Road, Woodend. Park on white gravel in front of the studio, or in the drive-way directly opposite in front of double grey garage rolladoors. Not in front of neighbours driveways please.
MONTHLY TEACHER TRAINING AT THE HOME STUDIO:
The next one will be on Sunday 2nd September, 2pm to 4pm at my home studio (37 Morris Road in Woodend). 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 (to bring it in line with yoga classes) (which applies to everyone. If you are a visitor and not formally a student teacher with us then the cost is $30 – for a 2 hour class! Come.
BENDIGO Teacher Training classes – Next class is Tuesday 4th September at 3.30pm Turn at the Metricon building on the highway in Kangaroo Flat. It is a traffic light intersection, just up from Bunnings. Crusoeden is the building behind Metricon building, and faces Church Street. It’s easy to find. Cost: $20 per class (to bring it in line with the cost of a yoga class) for everyone who attends – thank you. (Directors – Jayne Boyle – crusoedenbody@bigpond.com). Regular classes held – please email for timetable.
CLASSES AT OUR AFFILIATE STUDIOS IN EUROA, LYONSVILLE, APOLLO BAY – Pease email me for details.
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. Please never imagine that I don’t read your modules – I do. If you misquote, I will pick it up. 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 to graduation. If you do your course WITHOUT reading the hypermobility books, you will find your work being questioned.
TAROT/TAROT POUCHES/PENDULUMS…. my artwork will be available on ETSY as soon as I can load them up. Keep dropping in to check. It’s like a shop. For the best pieces, and the best deals, you need to go in every now and then and see what stock has arrived.
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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