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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.
ABOUT THE ANGELS For the past 10 years I have been painting Angels (now I am into the 1,000 “OM” PROJECT), and in the course of the Angel Project I got to research a whole lot about Angels. What about “cherubs”? They are Angels. We use the word “Cherub” when we are talking about “cute” but historically cherubs were not cute. In the Bible Cherubs were powerful. It was Cherubs which stood at the gates of the Garden of Eden, and guarded it with flaming swords. Certainly not “cute”. It was the Cherubs which prevented us from having the experience of Paradise. A couple of thousand years on and we hear about cherubs in the Moses story. He is told to build gold statues of cherubs with outstretched wings guarding and enfolding a Mercy Seat. Roll the clock forward to today. The Cherubs represent two polar opposites which belong together in one continuum of experience. Two opposites brought together, an entry way to the Garden of Paradise. The Cherubim could represent a man and a woman, mind and heart, truth and love or any other duality. The pattern is also here in the human body. The two halves of the brain for instance, or yin and yang. Imagine that the two cherubim are the spiritual potential, the child (us) are in the Mercy Seat. The fathers and mothers are the “conductors” for the spiritual potential that brought them together and is then pouring into their child. They bring The Creator to the child.. As it says in the Bible “When two or more are brought together in my name, I am there…” There is also great justice in the thought that if a person is not open to this, and they don’t tune themselves to it, they will not experience it. Try it. Sit on the Mercy Seat. Receive the forgiveness and the connection of the Creator, and from everyone who is performing the function of the Cherubim on earth. Overcome your own “spiritual amnesia” and invite everyone you are connected to do the same. Seek out the experience of the love that happens when two polarities are brought together in the presence of the Creator (higher love) and avoid the opportunities that are in human life today to play the victim. Have you got it? Time stands still in those precious moments that look to us just like “ordinary life”.
ETERNITY
My Prayer “ETERNITY” written for my students has been noticed by Colin Clements, Editor of The Australian Yoga Life magazine, and they are going to feature it. “Thank you” to my students who encouraged me to write this prayer – it is touching hearts.

Jahne’s classes are designed around her 50 years of teaching experience. People say “can we have…yoga, or ……..…yoga tonite”. The answer Jahne always gives is “I don’t know, all depends who is there, and what is needed”. Friends, Yoga is not a recipe that is repeated the same way every time in every class. That would be mindless. If you want repetition don’t go to Jahne’s class. There is a thread running through the class. But it is not EXACTLY the same. If it was the same each week, you could just check your mind at the door. The shelf is for shoes, not for minds.
Monday 6.30, Tuesday 10am (restorative) and 7.30 (Brad), Wednesday 12.30, Friday 6.30, Saturday 10am and 12.30 (restorative).

*RESTORATIVE YOGA 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. If you are a Visitors or Casual (don’t come to every class) please note that BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL as our classes are pretty full with regulars I.e. People who buy a pass and wouldn’t miss a session. TEXT ONLY YOUR BOOKING REQUEST TO 0402 088 170. Please don’t ring me. “The Bentinck” is on the corner of the Romsey Road and the High Street in Woodend. Enter from the start of the Romsey Road.

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 on Sunday 1st March at the Bentinck – in the Yoga Room. Please join us.

SHEPPARTON: School holidays looks like the go, still doing the balancing. Let me know out there if you want to come. It is not JUST a course about Restorative Yoga. It also includes massage, crystals, pendulum, and more. At the end you will have lots of new skills to use in your very own practice, helping others. Please email me if you would like to join us……. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

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

NOA BELLING – YOGA HANDBOOK For those starting out this book is hard to get. Even second hand. 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

PHOTOS FROM THE MISSION ALL THE INCOME FROM MY PAINTING GOES INTO OUR VARIOUS PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS.
This is an ongoing philanthropic effort for us and the money as you know goes towards buying bandages and other necessities for the mission. If you can send even a few dollars, please do (talk to Deb on Tuesdays or Wednesday to arrange). We live the yamas, so, you will know the money will go to where we say it will go, and be used for what we say it will be used for.. No staff or administration fees deducted at any point!
Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/amigasdelsenor PS: You can’t send the money direct, although that would be easier – it has to go through the US Mission office for reasons of security. 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”
All our classes are available via distance education and you can start any time..
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 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

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 SHOP and ETSY www.myyogabooks.etsy.com 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.

ADDITION TO THE TEACHER TRAINING MANUAL: I am putting together a manual which will be included in each new trainees initial pack. It will also be available on etsy for anyone of you who wants to buy it. It will contain * A Beginners Guide to Teaching Yoga * Basic Anatomy and physiology * The Chakras * The Yamas and anything else I think is useful as the project progresses.

“YIN YOGA” AND “FIVE TIBETANS”
THE YAMAS:
THE UN-MEDITATION COURSE:

YOGA SWINGS: Have arrived. If you want one for your studio, please reserve yours now. Colours – *blue and grey, grey and black or pink and orange. $150 plus postage. I have five second hand swings in perfect condition available for $100. Please contact me personally if you would like these.

THE REVELATION TAROT:

HOW-TO BOOKLET…..

THE CHAKRAS – A COLOURING-IN BOOK and a REFERENCE BOOKLET –

CHAKRA BOOKLET

ETERNITY THE PRAYER – (not on the site yet, but will be there soon). 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. DEARER, 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.

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. 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. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

and SMALL SMALL DRAWINGS…
I have just finished some miniatures for the “1000 OM” Project. I will put them on the site when I have got them totally ready for you to buy. The first will be appearing on the poem above.
AND A RECIPE I have had a great time in the garden. Berries, apples, plums, vegetables and herbs. There has been a fantastic harvest this year.

PESTO: I don’t like recipes (or knitting patterns) I just start with a base of something I have lots of – for instance mint, basil or celery and use that as the main flavour, pop it in the blender with olive oil, grated cheese, pepper, salt, chilli and a squeeze of lime. I add sesame seeds and crushed nuts at the end. I test as I go to get the right blend, and wing it, as every day different things happen in the garden. Easy peasy.
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 for. 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. Asking course questions is free. This does not mean IDLE Yoga questions “just because you want to know” – She could spend her whole day answering those and getting no-where, in spite of the fact you may think your life will not end if they are not answered.
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

Contact me here.
This email was sent out by
The Australasian Yoga Institute/Yoga First.
www.yogabeautiful.com.au

Email Blast 23 February 2015

This where this program differs. Done in the spirit in which it was devised, and propounded by Dr.Mosley on the BBC it will help you loose weight AND IT WILL ALSO INCREASE YOUR HEALTH WHEREVER YOU ARE ON THE HEALTH-DISEASE SCALE. It will not help you if you think that you can eat anything you like for 5 days, and then half of anything you like on the following two days! The “fast” day is a “fast” day. You need to eat the minimum food with the MAXIMUM nutrients, whilst drinking lots of water and clear fluids on this day. The other 5 days should be gradually changed to maximise the nutrients you are having EVERY DAY. In this wise it is a fabulous YOGA DIET.

If you decide to take this on as a project for one month and see what it does for you, then perhaps you can do it as I am doing it. I am going to get a blood test done at the beginning of the month and then at the end of the month. I will then be able to see the ACTUAL effect that it has had on my health, not just on my weight. I am not interested in my weight, I am interested in my health.
When we talk about weight, Mosley was more interested in the abdominal fat percentages than weight. By the way – one person who is doing it told be she was so happy that 5:2 will only take off the abdominal fat, and won’t make any difference to the rest of the fat on her body as she was happy with how she looked other than this one “fault”! Please understand, it will make lots of changes across the body – thank goodness. I will be letting you know my progress and I think I will put it on www.ministryofyoga.blogspot.com. I do know that although I have not formally started (I haven’t had the blood test), I have lost 1.5kg in 3 days when weight was not my motivation!
Let me know if you want to join me on this journey, and how it goes for you… 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.
COURAGE
Courage is when you know a task is not going to be easy, but you do it anyway. It’s not courage if you are not challenged. People at a crossroad in their lives often ask me what they should do. I can’t decide what YOU can or should do. I can help you toss around ideas, but only you can decide – but please remember that even if you make 1,000 mistakes it doesn’t mean that YOU are a mistake – it just means that you have made a small wrong turn. The only way you can fail in life is if you stop trying.

ETERNITY
The prayer is now on Etsy www.myyogabooks.etsy.com. You can download it, and spread it around…. If you want copy on a heavier paper – a more professional presentation, then we do have some in the office at $15.00 each including postage. Please contact Deb via email and we will get one to you. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

But it is not EXACTLY the same. If it was the same each week, you could just check your mind at the door. The shelf is for shoes, not for minds.
We are going to broaden our scope as well as the context of our classes. We will be doing more (spiritual rather than religious) philosophy classes and I think that Sunday at 11.30 would be good for starters. The cost will be the same as the yoga classes.

Monday 6.30,
Tuesday 10am (RESTORATIVE) and 7.30 (Brad),
Wednesday 12.30, Friday 6.30, Saturday. 10am (and 12.30 RESTORATIVE).
Sunday 11.30 Philosophy starting next term. Please register your interest.

*RESTORATIVE YOGA 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.

I am putting a (HOW-TO) PRE-NATAL RESTORATIVE YOGA POSTER on etsy in the next week or so. I will let you know when it is up there.

If you are a Visitor or Casual (i.e you don’t come to every class) please note that BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL as our classes are pretty full with regulars I.e. People who buy a pass and wouldn’t miss a session. TEXT ONLY YOUR BOOKING REQUEST TO 0402 088 170. Please don’t ring me.

“The Bentinck” is on the corner of the Romsey Road and the High Street in Woodend. Enter from the start of the Romsey Road.
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 on Sunday 1st March at the Bentinck – in the Yoga Room. Please join us.
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

NOA BELLING – YOGA HANDBOOK. PLEASE…..WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE! For those starting out this book is hard to get. Even second hand. 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
PHOTOS FROM THE MISSION ALL THE INCOME FROM MY PAINTING AND ARTS GOES INTO OUR VARIOUS PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS.
This is an ongoing philanthropic effort for us and the money as you know goes towards buying bandages and other necessities for the mission. If you can send even a few dollars, please do (talk to Deb on Tuesdays or Wednesday to arrange). We live the yamas, so, you will know the money will go to where we say it will go, and be used for what we say it will be used for.. No staff or administration fees deducted at any point!
Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/amigasdelsenor PS: You can’t send the money direct, although that would be easier – it has to go through the US Mission office for reasons of security. Everything will change for you when you work out that there is plenty of time in every day to complete the important things.

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 ).

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 SHOP and ETSY www.myyogabooks.etsy.com 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.

ADDITION TO THE TEACHER TRAINING MANUAL: I am putting together a manual which will be included in each new trainees initial pack. It will also be available on etsy for anyone of you who wants to buy it. It will contain * A Beginners Guide to Teaching Yoga * Basic Anatomy and physiology * The Chakras * The Yamas and anything else I think is useful as the project progresses.

“YIN YOGA” AND “FIVE TIBETANS”

THE YAMAS:

THE UN-MEDITATION COURSE:

THE REVELATION TAROT:

HOW-TO STUDY YOGA BY DISTANCE EDUCATION – A BOOKLET…

THE CHAKRAS – A COLOURING-IN BOOK and a REFERENCE BOOKLET –

CHAKRA BOOKLET

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. 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. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

and SMALL SMALL DRAWINGS…
I have just finished some miniatures for the “1000 OM” Project. I will put them on the site when I have got them totally ready for you to buy. The first will be appearing on the poem above.

THE GARDEN AND A RECIPE The other nite I was watering the garden, put the hose down to top up the pond, and then became enthralled with the bees, moved on to harvesting apples and plums. From there I went inside and got the dogs dinner and then prepared the apples for stewing… you can see where I am going? I had forgotten the hose!

A long, long time later I heard water running, and realised my problem. The pond was full, and the garden around it had received a very, very good watering. I was upset at the time, but in retrospect (although it probably cost me money) the garden did get a fabulous drowning, and I will profit from a really great growth spirt, and of course my frogs are totally loving the damp. The back garden is a symphony of frogs at sundown.

STEWED FRUIT: I know you think everyone knows how to do this. Wrong. I often get asked how to stew fruit and veggies.

HOW TO STEW FRUIT: First chunk up the apples (or other fruit –plums for instance) . If you want to present them neatly then cut them neatly and leave the skin on, but if you want an apple sauce then peel them first , take out the core and you can make the slices or chunks “untidy”. If you are going to present the apples as a feature, then poach them gently in enough water just to cover the bottom of the pan until they are cooked through and still firm. You can poach apples or pears WHOLE in red wine. This is a fancy but easy way to prepare a lovely dessert. The heat destroys the alcohol, so the likelihood of drunken guests from the dessert is unlikely.

If you want apple sauce, then you need to almost cover the apples with water, you can cook more vigorously until they turn to mush. Whichever way you do it don’t walk away from them. Watch them. I am a microwave cook, and a person who steams veggies and fruit. When you microwave or steam you can nominate a time, and the result you want is more easy to achieve.

Sweetener. Leave it until last. You can add honey, agave, or sugar to each at the end whilst the fruit is still hot. It lessens the chance of accidentally burning the bottom of the pan – sugar will burn quickly before the fruit does. It also gives you more control over the end result.

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 for. 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. Asking course questions is free. This does not mean IDLE Yoga questions “just because you want to know” – She could spend her whole day answering those and getting no-where, in spite of the fact you may think your life will not end if they are not answered.
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

Contact me here.
This email was sent out by
The Australasian Yoga Institute/Yoga First.
www.yogabeautiful.com.au

Email blast 3 March 2015

ETERNITY
The prayer is now on Etsy. www.myyogabooks.etsy.com You can download it, and spread it around…. If you want copy on a heavier paper – a more professional presentation, then we do have some in the office at $15.00 each including postage. Please contact Deb via email and we will get one to you. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA CLASSES – Times/cost unchanged from last year. Classes held at the Bentinck THE NEW 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).
Jahne’s classes are designed around her 50 years of teaching experience. People say “can we have…yoga, or ……..…yoga tonite”. The answer Jahne always gives is “I don’t know, all depends who is there, and what is needed”. Friends, Yoga is not a recipe that is repeated the same way every time in every class. That would be mindless. If you want repetition don’t go to Jahne’s class. There is a thread running through the class. But it is not EXACTLY the same. If it was the same each week, you could just check your mind at the door. The shelf is for shoes, not for minds. Monday 6.30, Tuesday 10am (RESTORATIVE) and 7.30 (Brad), Wednesday 12.30, Friday 6.30, Saturday. 10am (and 12.30 RESTORATIVE). Sunday 11.30 Philosophy starting next term. Please register your interest. *RESTORATIVE YOGA 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. I am putting a (HOW-TO) PRE-NATAL RESTORATIVE YOGA POSTER on etsy in the next week or so. I will let you know when it is up there. If you are a Visitor or Casual (i.e you don’t come to every class) please note that BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL as our classes are pretty full with regulars I.e. People who buy a pass and wouldn’t miss a session. TEXT ONLY YOUR BOOKING REQUEST TO 0402 088 170. Please don’t ring me.
“The Bentinck” is on the corner of the Romsey Road and the High Street in Woodend. Enter from the start of the Romsey Road.
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 on Sunday 1st MARCH 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
PHOTOS FROM THE MISSION ALL THE INCOME FROM MY PAINTING AND ARTS GOES INTO OUR VARIOUS PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS.
This is an ongoing philanthropic effort for us and the money as you know goes towards buying bandages and other necessities for the mission. If you can send even a few dollars, please do (talk to Deb on Tuesdays or Wednesday to arrange). We live the yamas, so, you will know the money will go to where we say it will go, and be used for what we say it will be used for.. No staff or administration fees deducted at any point!
Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/amigasdelsenor PS: You can’t send the money direct, although that would be easier – it has to go through the US Mission office for reasons of security. Everything will change for you when you work out that there is plenty of time in every day to complete the important things.

MITZTI THE MAZDA
If you have seen me speeding across town in a little white Corolla – it’s still me, and I haven’t traded in my trusty steed. My car is 21 years old, and needed a heart transplant. I didn’t know how I was going to manage without transport, and happily KYNETON TOYOTA loaned me this beautiful little car (only 2,200km on the clock – it’s almost brand new). I have loved the automatic door lock. My car did have one, but I sat it on the Coonarra Fireplace and it melted! Now I have used one, I will miss it I think. The backing vision, yes, nice… but I love my car, with all its foibles and rattles. We are growing older together. I wouldn’t trade in the dog, and I won’t trade in my car, unless it totally conks out! Kyneton Toyota are fantastic – “cars Central” . Whilst you wait there are comfortable plush lounge chairs, a coffee machine, fresh fruit, and magazines (and they wait on the clients – you don’t even have to think). It is not an effort to stay and wait for your car. But mine has taken a few days. Usually they pick up the car and deliver it to my door when the service is done. How’s that for service. I don’t often advertise but these guys have made sure I could get to my classes. Thanks a million. If you want to explore their superior service call 0354 210 200

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – “JAHNE’S YOGA UNIVERSITY”
All 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 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 ).

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 SHOP and ETSY www.myyogabooks.etsy.com 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” AND “FIVE TIBETANS”

THE YAMAS:

THE UN-MEDITATION COURSE:

THE REVELATION TAROT:
LINO CUT PRINTS, HAND PAINTED “OM’S”

HOW-TO STUDY YOGA BY DISTANCE EDUCATION – A BOOKLET…..

THE CHAKRAS – A COLOURING-IN BOOK and a REFERENCE BOOKLET –

CHAKRA BOOKLET

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. 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. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

and SMALL SMALL DRAWINGS…
I have just finished some miniatures for the “1000 OM” Project. I will put them on the site when I have got them totally ready for you to buy. The first will be appearing on the poem above. The small lino prints that I hand colour are already on the site – the tiny Sumi paintings have sold out.

THE GARDEN AND A RECIPE The weather has been stupendous, however I have been working in the house rather than the garden. I had a very small wall wallpapered. It was an expensive little exercise and small as it is looks fabulous – but then the walls you see could whilst looking at the new wall, all looked wrong so I needed to paint them too…. It is always the way, once you do one small thing then four others look like they need doing. Some I did twice because the colour in the tin and the colour on the wall looked totally different…. The garden has been neglected, other than going out and picking apples and raspberries (late harvest!).
Please remember that if you have a juicer (I don’t), when you juice enough apples for a glass of juice, you are getting the sugar of about 3+ apples, and no pulp. Probably not the best for your waistline or your insulin levels.
The raspberries? Every day for lunch (well, 5 of the 7), I have a slice of toast topped with crunchy peanut butter and drowned in warmed fresh berries. I love it, and I don’t have to think about it. I have cook books but by the time I have decided what to eat I am totally confused, so I eat the same most days – boring I know, but I love it.

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. Asking course questions is free. This does not mean IDLE Yoga questions “just because you want to know” – She could spend her whole day answering those and getting no-where, in spite of the fact you may think your life will not end if they are not answered.
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…..

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Namaste Jahne

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