Dear Yogis,

Tomorrow morning is going to be a busy one.The TEACHER TRAINING AT 10am so I am getting a head of time and doing the newsletter now – The topic for the class is THE BHAGAVADGITA AND THE BIBLE.  I guess you don’t think there are similarities, but believe me there are.  You only have to read “LIGHT OF ASIA”the poem by Sir Edwin Arnold to know the similarities.

The Bible is a little more obscure… but we will get there I assure you, with a few side trips as always. Parmahansa Yoganansa was a Christian Yogi as is Thitch Nat Hahn and many more.. I am not sure about Deepak Chopra.  There is no conflict.  Buddhism is a philosophy not a religion.

IT’S Saturday as I write this:   and I have just finished a fabulous TAROT (MAKE YOUR OWN CARDS AND PENDULUM BOARD) CLASS.  I know that is a mouthful but everyone is doing something different, so we have them altogether sharing techniques, and how-to’s.  It is fabulous,  and the things that are coming out of the class are fantastic.  You should join. In the one class some are doing Sumi brush painting, some are making boards and cards, some learning to Zen doodle and use watercolours….  what will you do?

Soon we are going to make pendulums and mala beads, but we have to finish making the boards before we can start those.   If you want to buy a board made by me and ready to use, please go to www.firstmountaindowsers.com my new website to dowsing and the arts… You can always go to Etsy for a look at everything I sell – only the dowsing things are on the new site, and not all of them yet.  www.myyogabooks.etsy.com

DOWSING..

I use my pendulum to determine vitamin dosages, gardening questions, repairs, what to pay and when… things you wouldn’t think about,  things you might ask your accountant or partner.  Once you have identified your personal coding system you can then test yourself for food sensitivities, balance your diet and much, much more.  You could look for vitamin and mineral supplements which through dowsing,  your system will tell you are required. Much like kinesiology.

These are the words of Louis Pasteur on his death bed (spoken in French probably) “I got it wrong. The microbe is nothing, its environment is everything”.  He realised that in times of plague, not everyone got the illness.  He had realised that the people mattered, and the various different environments that they presented to the microbes was important.  Dowsing can help you by keeping you tuned in to HOW THINGS ARE and  is a bridge between the logical and the intuitive mind.  

If you keep yourself firmly grounded then dowsing is safe and if you don’t swan off in flights of fantasy,  dowsing can be an invaluable skill in helping us to live our lives more fully. Dowsing can tell us how things are.

Dowsing can revolutionise your life and help you to heal in a way you never expected, bringing you more and more in tune with the universe.  It is entirely possible to change the only being over whom we have total control over –  ourselves.

SEE YOU IN CLASS

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

ZOOM:
SATURDAY: 12.30 RESTORATIVE YOGA  2pm TAROT MAKING CLASS
SUNDAY: 10am TEACHER TRAINING – THE BHAGAVADGITA.  (all welcome for this class, teacher, trainee or curious)
I think you are all jaded by the continuous lock downs, or just can’t be bothered, because our yoga classes are down a bit from the enthusiasm at the beginning.  The same students who were faithful in class, are faithful on zoom.  Who would have guessed?
When we get back to bums on seats, real class, you may be surprised to find that your studio class is no longer offered and has been swallowed up by zoom students who come every time.  Yoga, like art, has to pay the rent.

FRIDAY EVENING PENDULUM CLASS:  This was fantastic, and we start next week working on our Pendulum Boards which is what the class decided was what was needed and wanted.  If you want a pendulum board ready made, I sell them.. go to   www.firstmountaindowsers.com and click on the Store.     If you want to join this one hour free class, or the Saturday afternoon 2 hour series you will need materials, (and the 2 hour class costs $50 for a series of three classes – if you came to both you would get to work on your project for 3 hours for about $17 per 3 hours a week…affordable – sure..  Let me know you want to join and I will speak to you about this. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

At the risk of being a “schoolmarm”, or a “tough old tart” – Do you think that paying attention to your yoga practice isn’t important? You will somehow catch up? Or that Karma won’t catch up with you?

The yogi looks within and explores his or consciousness at its various levels which include the body as the physical manifestation of the mind.  The experience of one’s body is often seen as the key to the mystical expression of the world. When we are healthy we do not feel any separate parts in our body, but we are aware of it as an integrated whole, and this feeling generates a feeling of well-being and happiness.  The mystic is aware of the wholeness of the entire cosmos which is experienced as an extension of his body.

An old Chinese saying:  “Mystics understand the roots of the Tao and not its branches, and scientists understand the branches of the Tao but not its roots.  Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science, but man needs them both”.

We will be living in a Covid world for some time.  To live in harmony at this present time there are a number of steps we can take…

1.  We need to eat from the earth.  Our food needs to be gathered as close to the source as possible
2.  Being “at One”.  This is about appreciating nature and our fellow beings (and the virus which is also a “Fellow Being”).
3. Respecting the life-force. Treat the planet with humbleness, patience and understanding.
4. Restore pure water and save the oceans –  without which life on planet earth will not be pleasant…
5. Like the Dakota Indians “Live your life thinking of your children’s children.”

 

SEE YOU ON THE MAT
NAMASTE.  JAHNE

 

 

Dear Yogis,

FRIDAY:11am the ZOOM CAFE. 
Free, casual but quite important.  Not everything needs an exam at the end.  Just being together is important

FRIDAY: 5.30 RESTORATIVE YOGA,  6.45 The first of our FREE PENDULUM CLASSES.  Please come to any or or all.  This pendulum class will start you out if you haven’t done it before. Email me if you want to come to the class on Friday and I will send you the zoom ID. – it is FREE:  yogafirst2@bigpond.com
SATURDAY 12.30 RESTORATIVE YOGA   2PM TAROT CLASS – We are still making our tarot.  You can join in at any point

If you want to come to any of these classes, please go to the HOME page of our web site WWW.YOGABEAUTIFUL.COM.AU.  The classes are all listed.  Decide which you want to join, and pay for them quickly and easily USING THE DONATE BUTTON.  Don’t use the other one, it has a glitch.

ANYONE CAN USE A PENDULUM

This class (the tarot class also) is based on my lifetime of experiences of dowsing and healing.  My background of course is in yoga, which added to the knowledge I already had of why and how the pendulum works.  You could call it “energy work”.

I spoke to Professor Brian Cox (the AstroPhysicist)  about my work with the pendulum.  He thought I had lost my marbles. I also spoke to The Late Professor Dr.Carl Sagan about this work.  Carl was much kinder and was prepared to understand… My answer to the scientists is to consider the work of Emoto and his book about the memory water, the great leap forward when Motoyama located the meridians electrically,  and the healing possibility unleashed when Hannemann and Bach put together Homeopathic tinctures.  No matter the modality – If it works it works.  

I make pendulums, Pendulum Boards and pendulum charts, and they are all on my web sites for you to discover, and to own.

I use my pendulum many times a day.. it helps me choose when faced with number of options, moves me in the direction of success, and generally is a trusted mentor and guide.  This close relationship will not happen if you don’t have patience.

It is like learning a new language.  In the beginning it is difficult, until it becomes second nature, then we just use it.  I was talking to an Admin Assistant in a lawyers office this morning.  She was taking our conversation down in long hand.  Fairly primitive.  I asked her why she did this, and she said she hadn’t been taught shorthand (or hadn’t taken the opportunity because it was too hard).  I learned at school, and I still use it.  In fact when the lawyer heard I knew shorthand he offered me a job.  It is still a valuable skill – not as valuable as knowing the language of the pendulum.

My intention in the classes (Friday at 6.45pm and on Saturdays as 2 as part of the tarot class) is to give an insight about what lies behind dowsing and its application primarily to health, rather than a series of   “do this – do that” type of exercises and demystify dowsing as much as possible.

The truth lies in simplicity and keeping an open mind.   

It is one thing to read about the pendulum, it is another thing to take your courage in both hands and experience it for yourself.

For me, dowsing has become an invaluable tool, particularly in the area of health and healing.  Used wisely, it can enormously increase your ability to improve your own health and the health of others.  My life would have been considerably poorer if I had not explored this ancient gift.  Email me if you want to come to the class on Friday and I will send you the zoom ID. – The class  is FREE:  Email me at yogafirst2@bigpond.com

PLEASE MARK DOWN SUNDAY AT 10AM in your diary and make every effort  to join us for the series on The Bhagavadgita.  This week we are going to consider how passages in the Gita and the Bible speak to the one theme. You will enjoy it.  Last Sunday we wandered through the ancient UPANISHADS.  The foundation of yoga and the books which contain the Gita.  If you really want to know what yoga was, and is, you won’t want to miss these.

 

I have a new dowsing web site – it is functional although still under construction.  If you want to be on the DOWSING email/newsletters list,  PLEASE,   let me know..  www.firstmountaindowsers.com

 

NAMASTE:  JAHNE