Dear Yogis,

We had our yoga lunch yesterday.  It was fantastic, I always look forward to meeting our yoga friends.  Although there were a few last minute apologies those who came had a great time.  Looking forward to the next one.

The classes are building once again – this happens every winter, but I thought that due to petrol difficulties things would be quieter – not so, it is buzzing as usual (The local Victoria Hotel has seen no slow down due to petrol! Always a good barometer of community reactions.  Petrol prices going down)

During the week I did a call out,  hoping that graduates and studios would be able to consider building their menu in a new direction, helping aged care homes, and working with medical clinics.  Obviously this fell on deaf ears.  You must all be working so hard in your studios you have no time to work with your communities in an outreach – not me, I am reaching out.  Although I have worked in this community for most of my adult life, they still need reminding that I am here looking out for them (and for you).

If you would like to explore this with me, please email.

 

MY GARDEN

is looking rather lovely in spite of the cold snap and black frosts.  I am getting ready for winter.  I don’t have a big garden, neither is is like the botanical garden, but it is productive all of the year.  I am pruning, mulching with the leaves, planing the winter veggies… and harvesting the luscious weeds that are happening.

Gluten-Free Cream of Soup Mix Recipe

If you are gluten-free, this is a quick and easy soup mix you can put in your store cupboard.

• • • • • • • • 2 cups dry Milk Powder
              • 1 1/2 cups gluten free flour
              • 1 cup Cornstarch or Potato Starch
              • 1/4 cup Chicken/vegetable Broth Powder
              • 2 Tablespoons dried Onion Flakes

If you use Chicken Bouillon powder (rather than home made) you will not use as much in this recipe.
Mix all the ingredients together well in a large bowl. This recipe will fit in largish jam jars for your store cupboard.  When you mix the recipe to use, you can add greens, veggies, everything you would normally do, or you can add the soup to casseroles and make left over vegetables into a soup.

CUP A’SOUP:  To make up a liquid batch of your own cream of chicken or vegetable soup substitute, mix 1/2 cup of the mix with a little milk to blend then  1 1/4 cup water or milk, and microwave or cook in a small saucepan to make lovely and smooth.

 

YOGA –  WHAT’S ON…..

YOGA LUNCH at the VIC.  12 noon Sunday 31st May.  Mark it in your diary

MONDAY:  Studio yoga 1pm, Zoom 6.30.

TUESDAY:  Gentle Core Yoga 1pm

WEDNESDAY: NEW Chair Yoga 10am Here at the studio.  1pm Studio Yoga as usual.

FRIDAY:1pm Studio Yoga – new time.
Private Yoga Classes available by appointment. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS.    Starts again soon.  I think we may do it zoom –  get back to me about this idea.

ART ON PIPER – Exhibition of dolls and bears 7th April onwards….  please drop in, closes in a few days.

WOODEND SEOND HAND BOOKSTORE:  Cards and framed Beatrix Potter style paintings on tea bags.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Good afternoon gang,

I am hoping that you read and respond to this.  I have asked before, and I am asking again – there is no clever way to put this,  the country (every country) is disappearing under a mound of waste.  It may be hidden from you but it is a fact.  In particular paper waste from pads.  We at The Australasian Yoga Institute have taken this on, we want to help lessen this impact on our planet and we hope you will too.  PLEASE HELP US TO HELP YOUR C

I would like to invite you to a zoom workshop, and show you how you can help, by making your studio the centre of an education program which would include asana, breathing, meditation, and actually learning how to make pads of all kinds, and replace the pads that are going into landfill, and teaching others to join in.    Did you know that adult pads and menses pads are far outstripping baby nappies sold.  Imagine all this happening all the time.

We need you help, and in return we may be able to help you – If you can see the potential for you and your school, yoga school, community to take up the call and be a CENTRE OF INFLUENCE AND EXCELLENCE, please contact me and we can chat. We can supply me, a media pack, everything you may need to enthuse your community.

If you are as enthusiastic as I am, if you think you can help please email me at yogafirs2@bigpond.com.  

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND

NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

I am quite busy.  I just finished a heap cards for the Woodend Second Hand Bookstore (they are a great one stop book shop), Now, I can get back to doll making….  Strange dolls are calling me this time.  Forget the “Alice in Wonderland” dolls.  These are “philosophers dolls” coming up.  I would like to make enough so that I could have an exhibition in my studio.  

 

WORKSHOPS COMING UP..

Dromkeen: June, TeaBag workshop.  Making, painting.. Everything Tea Bag.    DROMKEEN GALLERY (and tea rooms) – A tea bag painting workshop there in June.  I only can teach 8 people, it is an intensive so get in early for this one.    A lovely venue for an afternoons drive…you might like to have a drive, sample their confections and have a look at the gallery.  It’s a gorgeous house and gallery that has been trapped in time.  The fireplace and surround especially are straight from the Downton Abbey library.  A lovely place to sit and chat.

Woodend Studio: Art, Christmas in July Studio Doll Exhibit.

Woodend Studio: Making your own pads. Save money save the environment.

CHANGE OF TIME AND VENUE:  Don’t forget….ZOOM teacher training on a weekend once a month. SUNDAY 26TH APRIL AT 3PM.  Just an hour or two… I first suggested this over Christmas, and I have not had one response until today. This all tells me that reverting to a postal newsletter with an attached print maybe a way to get your attention.  Email me for your link.

The next MANTRA MAIL CLUB mail out is on the 15th May. Certainly I will include  a lovely print, a tiny line sketch,  a recipe, and more…     Go to www.yogabeautiful.com.au to find out more details.  I am hoping in time it will run beside this newsletter, and you will get it monthly in the post.  This email newsletter will just be for changes, new classes etc..

ART SALES:  For those of you who asked “Yes” Etsy is still worthwhile.  I just love that they let me know who looked at the store, what they actually looked at, who has things in their basket, and best of all –  people are still buying.  People in Australia – no big postage fees!!!

THE WOODEND SECOND HAND BOOK SHOP>  My little artworks and cards will be on show and sale here from next week.  It is a fabulous shop with trays of books on the pavement all for $1 all the time.  I think they are closed one day a week, check out their web site – Tuesday I think.

Our Monday zoom class is doing well.  We are 6 weeks into working on our Divine Purpose.  I think we have all learned HEAPS.  There is one, maybe two lessons to go – depending on questions.  We only have an hour on Mondays, and the same core group come week after week.  Thanks gang – NEWBIES ALWAYS WELCOME!

 

YOGA –  WHAT’S ON…..

YOGA LUNCH at the VIC.  12 noon Sunday 26th April

MONDAY:  Studio yoga 1pm, Zoom 6.30.

TUESDAY:  Gentle Core Yoga 1pm

WEDNESDAY: NEW Chair Yoga 10am Here at the studio.  1pm Studio Yoga as usual.

FRIDAY:1pm Studio Yoga – new time.

Private Yoga Classes available by appointment. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS.    Starts again soon.  I think we may do it zoom –  get back to me about this idea.

WOODEND ART MARKET: Next – Anzac Day….  25th April

ART ON PIPER ` Exhibition of dolls and bears 7th April onwards….  please drop in.

CHINTIN BOTANICALS in Monegeetta.  You need to make an appointment in order to visit, but this is a business where they produce their own botanical oils.  The finest. They also have distillation workshops.  Check out the web site – they are a hidden treasure. We plan to have an exhibition in their new gallery space and distillation workshop with views that go on forever..  September is the present date.  Spring in the lavender.

NAMASTE – JAHNE