Dear Yogis,

In this time of COVID and our lock down, are you standing in the “VALLEY OF OPPORTUNITY”?  or are you in the “VALLEY OF THE VICTIM”?

I was reading the story of David and Goliath.  I am sure you know it.  We are living in the time of the Jewish people, a Biblical story.  A Battle has been waging (as in the Gita).  When David is sent to see what is happening, he reports back to his father Jesse, that NOTHING IS HAPPENING.  There is this giant, Goliath who comes on to the field every day about the same time and intimidates both forces.  Goliath has killed a few warriors, and no-one now wants to challenge him.  They are scared.  They are waiting for someone else to take the trouble away. The call goes out for another champion to face THE GIANT OF COMPLACENCY!  Do you recognise yourself in this story?  Is Covid your Giant? Are you waiting for someone else to help you through this time?

Is this you hoping Your Problem (whatever it is) will be gone, that your problem will go away, that somebody or something will come up with an answer, a remedy, a cure, a pill, a vaccination?  Are you like David – too small, too inexperienced, too short, no armour…? We need a mentality that says I am going to a temporary storm that is preparing me for a great thing to come..  Like David, keep your eyes on what you can’t see, not what you can see.  It is all about FAITH and HEART.

In the story David a young shepherd boy took on the giant.  He was not afraid, he knew what he was, he knew his strength.  He didn’t need validation or permission.  He wanted to face whatever was there head on.  He was patient and faithful to the Spirit, to God in his time on the Battlefield.  He knew his duty.  He didn’t care about the bluster and intimidating antics of the giant.  He didn’t care about history, or what other people said, and he knew that no-one thought that he could win, even the giant laughed – and that was his undoing.

We are told that the giant leaned back as he laughed, his face protection slipped, and David was waiting for that moment, the moment captured in the famous sculpture of David by Michelangelo.  (That moment of Samasthiti – the pose between poses).  David launched a stone from his sling shot and the giant was vanquished.  (The stone hit him in the Third Eye – but that is another yogic story).

Are you ready for your trials? Do you know who you are? Do you know your strengths?

Krsna (God) came to the Battlefield of Life and spoke to Arjuna, who was an ordinary warrior (like you), and showed him/us how to succeed.  It is not just about about slaying the Giant, it is HOW you slay the Giant.  Join us for the Gita Study, and learn about the Giant in your life….

Get around people with dreams – their love, their positive outlook, their victories are highly contagious.

 

I WILL SEE YOU ON MAT.

NAMASTE.

 

Good morning yogis,

ALL ZOOM DURING LOCK-DOWN. 
SATURDAY: 2PM TAROT CLASS , SUNDAY 10 AM GITA CLASS
MONDAY: 1PM ZOOM YOGA CLASS.  6.30PM  (?) WAS ZOOM HYPERMOBILE CLASS. Could be a breath class.  Start:23rd Feb.
TUESDAY:  7.30 RUMI STUDY.
WEDNESDAY: 5.30 ZOOM YOGA CLASS
If you want the details, if you want to catch up payments, if you want to book for any of the classes:
www.yogabeautiful.com.au home page.  Pay via PayPal –  click on the button.

We are now into lockdown 4.  Didn’t realise there was a lockdown until I went to Coles at about 5pm Friday. The traffic was “end of the world” kind of traffic!  The last parking spot was mine… No toilet paper, no potatoes, no onions, no bread…. etc etc  I didn’t need or want any of those and bought the last bag of baby carrots, and the last fennel so all is well here.  I can exist from what I have now for a very long time, so if it is extended it makes no difference to me.  I hope and pray that you are the same.

THE NEWSLETTER:  I promised that during lockdown it would come out each day.  We are in lockdown, so I will send out a newsletter each day.

STUDIO CLASSES.  It seems that other yoga centres are closing…So we are back to ZOOMING. Monday at 1pm and Wednesday at 5.30pm.  All our other classes are zoom so there is no change there. Please have on hand all your own props. towels etc as usual.  If you have weights (waits) and bands, please bring them to the zoom class. Although this is supposed to end on Wednesday, it may not?.

THE BREATH:  

I urge you to book in for THE BREATH WORKSHOP.  Next Saturday the 20th at 10am.  It was never more important than it is now.  Breathing naturally boosts the immune system, and this is needed.  We have learned to clean up the oceans, the skies, and get solar powered, we have tamed many of the bugs that killed our ancestors.  On average we live three times as long as people in the Industrial age in Britain – HOWEVER, we have lost touch with our most basic and important biological function.  THE BREATH.

You may follow the food guide pyramid, you may get heaps of outdoor exercise, get vaccinated, take all your supplements, however, you may still suffer breathing difficulties and resistance, and your immune system could be “stuffed” to use an Australian term.  Is this  leaving you wide open to this new bug? The new strain (or any strain) of covid? A RESOUNDING “YES” is the answer to that question.

To gain focus in body and clarity of mind, you need to BREATHE PROPERLY.  The nose is the silent warrior, the gatekeeper of your body, pharmacist to your mind and weather vane of your emotions. In a single breath, more molecules will pass through your nose than all the grains of sand on the world’s beaches – trillions and trillions.  

The mucus membranes of the nose filter out pollutants and particles.  The invaders as we know cause infections if they get into the lungs.  The mucus is the body’s first line of defence.  It has been likened to a giant conveyor belt (pushed along by hair like structures called cillia), collecting inhaled muck which it moves down into the throat and to the stomach, where it is sterilised by stomach acid, delivered to the intestines and sent out of your body.

We have a second brain, the gut.  What you may not know is we have a second heart.  The diaphragm.  It not only beats to its own rhythm, it also affects the rhythm, rate and strength of the heart beat.  Some people use only about 10% of the capacity of the diaphragm.You can survive on short shallow breaths, and most people do.  This does not mean it is good for you!

CORRECT BREATHING STRENGTHENS THE MIND, THE BODY, AND THE SPIRIT.  IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT.

 

NAMASTE.  JAHNE