Dear Yogis,

Classes started back yesterday.  The most important thing I can say to you all is this.  PLEASE READ THE NEWSLETTER AND WEB SITE.  Everyday during covid I have written a newsletter so that you can keep up with changes …  So many of you don’t read it and are surprised by changes.  Here are the important bits.

THIS APPEARED ON THE WEB SITE starting in March (it is now November) and was echoed in the newsletter during the lockdown.

“YOGA CLASS COST:  NO CASUALS AVAILABLE AT PRESENT.
TEN CLASS PASS MANDATORY:  $185 for a 10 week pass for new students, and $155 for a 10 week pass for students who have been consistently  been our students for approximately 3 years or more.  Class passes means  10 consecutive classes.    For us to be here for you, you have to be here for us – you will need to be committed.  Pre-Covid unused class passes still valid until expired but remember, they are consecutive.  If you miss a booked class, you will still be docked on your card for that class”.

HERE IS AN IMPORTANT CHANGE – I NEED YOUR HELP AND UNDERSTANDING…
Last week I visited my accountant.  He laid out the facts to me that to this point I have disregarded, but I can no longer afford to do so.  If you have paid no attention to what I wrote before covid, or what I wrote during covid, I HOPE YOU WILL READ THIS. 

I cannot afford to keep on subsidising yoga classes – I am not a charitable institution.  With the rest of the world (and the rest of the district) charging $25 an upwards per class, I have to increase my charges….  Few teachers in Australia have more experience than I do, and I am charging less than a beginner, when I have only 3 people in a class until after covid eases off.  You are getting almost a one-on-one class.

From Saturday the 7th November, the cost per YOGA CLASS (STUDIO OR ZOOM), will be $185 for 10 consecutive classes.   As much as I would like this not to be so, I am sorry, there will be no automatic concessions. This is still less than most yoga studios.

 

I have tried to assist you all during this difficult time – now I need your attention, and I need your understanding.

I WILL (HOPEFULLY) SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE JAHNE.

 

Dear Yogis,

Life moves on and today is the first day when we will have a small, very small class.  Everyone has to bring their own equipment and props,  and yesterday I spent some time cleaning and disinfecting… I don’t have to do that when zooming of course nd i liked that aspect, but this brought it all back…  HERE IS THE MENU for the week.

MONDAY: STUDIO CLASS (full)
TUESDAY: ZOOM Sutra Lecture. 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY: 12.30 ZOOM Yoga, 5.30  STUDIO CLASS (full)
FRIDAY: 5.30 STUDIO CLASS – vacancies available – don’t forget you need your own equipment.
SATURDAY: 12.30 ZOOM Class, 2pm TAROT/TAROT MAKING, ART CLASS
SUNDAY: 10am BHAGAVADGITA CLASS

MY PENDULUM BOARDS.
When the students in our Saturday TAROT ART class send me some photos of their work (and it is fabulous), I will include them in the blog and this newsletter – in the meanwhile,  here is what I have been up to.  This is a section of a pendulum board I am working on.  Lots and lots of dots.  I have not finished, and I am certainly learning about dots.

This too deviates from my usual work because of the background colour.  It isn’t just one shade of yellow.  Underneath there is white, red oxide, Turners yellow, and cadmium yellow.  Layers and layers until I got the right colour.  I love layers and wiping back.  A technique I like in the work of Rothko.  I am not doing exactly the same, but layers do make a difference to the final colour.

TONIC HERBS:
Here at The Australasian Yoga Institute, we are all about Health and Longevity. We want to have happy, long, healthy lives with immune systems in tip-top condition and organs functioning at their best.  We work towards nourishing the energy and vitality that we are designed to have.   We design the additions to our herbal supplements so that we can thrive, not just limp through life.

Optimum health is what has always motivated us, and I am inviting you to join us in this walk towards optimum health..especially at this time.  Last nite as i was painting, the telly was tuned in to the Kardashians – I was interested to see (as they are social influencers)  how they coped with covid.  Kanye and Khloe (at least) have tested positive and have been VERY sick, but nowhere is there mention of supplementation, or diet… why am I not surprised?  They are in isolation in the HUGE bedrooms of their own homes.  Kim did say life was hard because “this was the first time she had ever had to look after her children all day!”

Herbs and medicinals collected and expressed the old fashioned way are in my DNA.  I have always been maintained  by these herbs, tonic herbs, these adaptogens. When I started looking for myself, asking my family, I found there were/are ancient cultures all over the world which used the herbs of their locality to increase their health and life span. I still collect herbs and fungi.

As a part of my yoga and herbal studies, I have for years been learning about Taoist tonic herbalism that originated in China, Indian Ayurvedic yogic philosophy, and South American shaman herbal use, as well as our Aboriginal cultures and their comprehensive  knowledge of health and the use of native plants.

When you start studying you will discover that there are particular herbs that they’d weave into their lifestyle and these herbs weren’t just taken in times of sickness, they were a daily part of their diet.  

When I go to my acupuncturist/herbalist it is with the understanding that he will keep me well.  I keep my appointments even when I am feeling fabulous, because that “fabulous” happens when the glands and organs are functioning as best as they can, and this is up to him prescribing the correct adaptogen at the correct time – and it is up to me to do what i can to work alongside this regime.  Yoga, yoga, yoga….

My acupuncturist/herbalist has totally reset my internal health with herbs.  Because of my learning with my own health, over the years I have become increasingly interested in “The Chinese Way” particularly The Tao, and the herbs that allow us to further attune to our own natural rhythm, nothing forced, and nothing added that is not necessary.  We have a focus at this time (with my health) on ADAPTOGENS – Herbs that taken daily help our body adapt, harmonise to the rythym of life.

The photograph shows a stand of Trametes Versicolour or Turkey Tail.  This photo was taken locally by a student who recognised it after we had been speaking about it,  so there is the possibility that we may be able to process and use a locally produced medicinal.  Since ancient times this wonderful fungi has been known and used (in China) to build the immune system and the Chi..  We are also discovering that it keeps the body in good order even when under siege from chemotherapy – it seems to ameliorate the downside of these chemicals, and assist their efficiency.  Go to Youtube “Ted Talks” and the lectures on Fungi by Professor Paul Stamets.  He talks about how his mum (and others) has recovered and is in remission by using this mushroom alongside Western medicine.  It is not a substitute for western therapies.  It is an adaptogen – it works alongside them to build (or rebuild) the organ Chi.

If you would like to try Turkey Tail please contact me.  At present it is not easy to get organic Turkey Tail and I do have just a few packets left.  Email me at yogafirst2@bigpond.com

 

KEEP WELL, KEEP LEARNING… STAY FABULOUS!

NAMASTE JAHNE

 

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

Another successful day with students and in the studio.  Because Covid is making things difficult, we have no exhibitions planned for the immediate future, however, I am painting in my studio. You can make an appointment visit the studio to order or purchase any of the current work.  Please Email: yogafirst2@bigpond.com

Everything is changing now that we can get back to actually face-to-face yoga.  Even though few can come class, we are encouraging this, however with the pace of the painting and gallery work we can only have STUDIO classes Monday at 1pm, Wednesday at 5.30pm and Friday (possibly) at 5.30pm.

 

Go to the home page of our web site and click on the drop down heading “CLASSES”.  All the details regarding  props etc are there.  Zoom classes will continue whilst the student numbers allow.

 

THE WORD

I receive an inspiration every day in the form of words from The Late Edgar Cayce.  I thought I would share this morning’s with you as it seemed right on track.  Sometimes they can be obscure.

“Know, then, that the answers are within self, and that the experiences through which the entity has passed in the earth and in the interims between the sojourns in the earth have made for abilities within self to so coordinate the individual activity as to FIND the greater response from within than from any other source.”
Edgar Cayce reading 1125-1

 

THE MUSHROOMS

Our yogis are loving our new Mushroom Powder – TURKEY TAIL (Trametes versicolor)  For those of you out there wanting more info on this marvellous mushroom, go to Ted Talks (Dr.Paul Stamets is the expert Mycologist on TED).

Revered as a potent tonic herb on nearly every continent, Turkey Tail is high in the protein-bound polysaccharides PSK and PSP, which is thought to explain its ability to elevate both surface and core immunity against dangerous pathogens.  Our powder is 100% pure mushroom medicine – absolutely no fillers, preservatives or additives of any kind used.

We sourced it and then began recommending it when we understood that these mushrooms not only boosted the immune system, but have assisted in the recovery from cancer and tumours.  They work alongside the actions of Western Medicine, and alleviate their side effects especially those of chemotherapy.   If you would like to know more,  go to the Ted Talks especially Dr. Stamets, who goes into the effects of Turkey Tail in great detail, in fact has made an extensive study of this fungi..

(We have just identified the fungi in our local forests, so we are looking forward to the
next harvest and providing these local fungi dried and/or powdered).

MAY SUPPORT: IMMUNE SYSTEM – LIVER FUNCTION – DIGESTIVE HEALTH – QI  – RESPIRATORY HEALTH – STRESS MANAGEMENT

SERVING SUGGESTION
Start with ¼ – ½ tsp daily.
Stir into hot water or plant milk for an instant tonic tea, has a deep mudroom’y aroma, and has a rich and deep chocolate taste.
Works well in hot or cold drinks.  It is said it can be used in savoury dishes, but I use it in my morning drink.

Please email me for price and delivery details.  
We don’t have kilos of it – it is very precious so please, contact me at email number below

See you at the SUTRA CLASSES on Tuesday… other than that you can come to yoga, or the Studio.  I am also available for one-on-ones – painting, yoga or tarot in the studio or zoom (bookings required).  

CONTACT: yogafirst2@bigpond.com

 

NAMASTE, JAHNE