Dear Yogis,

Just a reminder about the weekend.

On Saturday 9th August,  I will be at The Mt.Macedon Gallery from 10am to 1pm if you would like to catch up.  I would love to show you around.
On Sunday the 10th August,  the YOGA LUNCH is at the Victoria Hotel in Woodend from 12 noon.
ALSO On Sunday afternoon – we have a teacher training from 2.30.  I have sent an email around, but if I have missed you, please come anyway.

Regarding the herbs.  I hope you have been foraging and making teas.  It is not hawthorn time yet, but hawthorn is my favourite herb.  I have a residual injury from my covid injection – a HBP problem.  Hawthorn is the herb I rely on to calm things down.  Much more efficient than any of the pills the medicos gave me, and no side effects! Even the scar on my brain from the TIA I suffered from the same cause is reducing.

FORAGING:  I pick the fresh tips and the unopened flower buds as you can see in the photograph to the left.  I need about three firmly stuffed supermarket plastic bags for a year of dried tea.

So, get to know the herbs that will help you (first you have to know the problem) and then try the herbs until you find the one that suits you – and then take it regularly.  I make Hawthorn into a tea in the morning and then add a tablespoon or two of the tisane to any hot drink I have during the day – it suits me, and it works for me.

DONT FORGET TO REGISTER IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE SO.  Even some of our most loved students decide to put their allegiance elsewhere – they don’t understand the difference their yearly registration makes.  To give your certificate more status, I pay to maintain membership in YA, I pay for accredited training status in YA and IICT and the appropriate audits, updates, and insurance, but if you don’t support me, I wonder why I am doing it.  Once you have registered with us there is no need to register with anyone else.  Please reconsider.  

You may go for the cheapest, but in the long run, we are your sangha.  At some point I may have to reduce although I doubt if I will close the door as many have been forced to do.  In the end it is your choice.  If you don’t support me, I will not be here to support you.

YOGA –  WHAT’S ON

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Monday 1pm.  Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am.  I still want to organise another class, probably on Fridays.  

YOGA CLASS in NORMA RICHARDSON hall.  Chi(chair)Yoga Wednesdays starting at 10am.  This is a mixed class.  Students with Chair, Wheelchair, Wheelies, walking sticks all welcome.

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL :  Mondays, 6.30 

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS. Sunday the 10th August at 2.30.  If you can come to the yoga lunch beforehand,  that would be terrific.

PPT/LYMPH MASSAGE (including sound therapy and Reiki),  by appointment only (after a yoga class?).yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH: Sunday – 10th August at The Victoria Hotel (hardly anything else is open for lunch) at 12 noon.   It is quieter then, and if there are enough of us we can get the room at the back, although I do like an ordinary table rather than the big table and lately we have scored the big table near the front windows.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

A reminder that the yoga lunch happens this coming Sunday (10th August) at The Victoria in Woodend as usual.  

I did  put the following note in the last newsletter…. but no one has remarked on it so I am including it again.  It has been a hard winter for frosts around here.  It seems that almost every second day has a frost – lovely afternoon but the garden is turning to mush.  Only the weeds are surviving, cleavers as in the photo are loving it.  Please use them in your pesto along side Herb Robert.

HERBS OF CHOICE TODAY.  Because I have been dealing with a leg issue, magnesium has been a herb at the top of my list.  Here are a few “weeds” that might help you too. You could add them to garlic pasta, a great pesto, and general salads.  Cleavers can be made into a terrific herb tonic.  Just pack a jar with cleavers, press down, cover with water and leave for a few days then have a couple of tablespoons morning and night.

NETTLE LEAF:  Naturally high in magnesium, along with calcium and iron Also supports kidney function and reduces inflammation
DANDELION LEAF:  – Contains magnesium, potassium, and other trace minerals  Supports liver and kidney detox pathways
RED RASPBERRY LEAF:   – Offers small amounts of magnesium, along with iron and other minerals  Traditionally used to support women’s health  HIBISCUS: (Just in case you have some dried in your herb cupboard? ) – Contains magnesium and other electrolytes  – Also supports cardiovascular health and is rich in antioxidants
CLEAVERS: – a great tonic herb and just starting to poke its tendrils thought the soil.  These early shoots are the best – pick now.

***REGISTRATION:  Please check that your registration is up to date.

YOGA –  WHAT’S ON

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Monday 1pm.  Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am.  I still want to organise another class, probably on Fridays.  

YOGA CLASS in NORMA RICHARDSON hall.  Chi(chair)Yoga Wednesdays starting at 10am.  This is a mixed class.  Students with Chair, Wheelchair, Wheelies, walking sticks all welcome.  I am thinking of moving this to Morris Road – The class is stable, and everyone could handle my few steps…

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL :  Mondays, 6.30 

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS. Sunday the 10th August at 2.30.  If you can come to the yoga lunch beforehand,  that would be terrific.

PPT/LYMPH MASSAGE (including sound therapy and Reiki),  by appointment only (after a yoga class?).yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH: Sunday – 10th August at The Victoria Hotel (hardly anything else is open for lunch) at 12 noon.   It is quieter then, and if there are enough of us we can get the room at the back, although I do like an ordinary table rather than the big table and lately we have scored the big table near the front windows.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

Here I am , finished the concentrated part of my Grandmother Duties, and I must say it was most pleasant.  Jack was just 12 and Cabiria 15 – just starting out in the cushioned atmosphere of Canada/USA.  So different to OZ.  Cabiria and I went to Bendigo and what did she want for lunch? An Australian Meat Pie! There is hope for her yet.  In our short time together we set up routines and things moved smoothly….  it was a lovely visit. with lunch for 10 at the end.  There is the possibility of a yoga class in the next week or so.

Yoga is still the most important part of my life.  Always has been.  I do this and that as a top up, but these diversions are not replacements.  And what do I dream about? Yoga of course.

HERBS OF CHOICE TODAY.  Because I have been dealing with a leg issue, magnesium has been a herb at the top of my list.  Here are a few “weeds” that might help you too. You could add them to garlic pasta, a great pesto, and general salads.  Cleavers can be made into a terrific herb tonic.  Just pack a jar with cleavers, press down, cover with water and leave for a few days then have a couple of tablespoons morning and night.

NETTLE LEAF:  Naturally high in magnesium, along with calcium and iron Also supports kidney function and reduces inflammation
DANDELION LEAF:  – Contains magnesium, potassium, and other trace minerals  Supports liver and kidney detox pathways
RED RASPBERRY LEAF:   – Offers small amounts of magnesium, along with iron and other minerals  Traditionally used to support women’s health  HIBISCUS: (Just in case you have some dried in your herb cupboard? ) – Contains magnesium and other electrolytes  – Also supports cardiovascular health and is rich in antioxidants
CLEAVERS: – a great tonic herb and just starting to poke its tendrils thought the soil.  These early shoots are the best – pick now.

YOGA –  WHAT’S ON

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Monday 1pm.  Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am.  I still want to organise another class, probably on Fridays.  

YOGA CLASS in NORMA RICHARDSON hall.  Chi(chair)Yoga Wednesdays starting at 10am.  This is a mixed class.  Students with Chair, Wheelchair, Wheelies, walking sticks all welcome.

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL :  Mondays, 6.30 

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS. Sunday the 10th August at 2.30.  If you can come to the yoga lunch beforehand,  that would be terrific.

PPT/LYMPH MASSAGE (including sound therapy and Reiki),  by appointment only (after a yoga class?).yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH: Sunday – 10th August at The Victoria Hotel (hardly anything else is open for lunch) at 12 noon.   It is quieter then, and if there are enough of us we can get the room at the back, although I do like an ordinary table rather than the big table and lately we have scored the big table near the front windows.

NAMASTE – JAHNE