Dear Yogis,

Yesterday I did the first “very good” (not excellent, just very good) zoom class.  Baby steps, baby steps as I am always saying to you all. It was fantastic for me, and I hope that those who joined in felt we made headway in this new era of technology.

This has given me confidence to open the doors to more.  Thank you to those students who helped me in understanding zoom and how it works.. took time to coach me in being a “zoom host”, who took time from their day to help me explore the site.  I couldn’t have taken these steps as easily without you.

TEACHER TRAINING:  We will definitely have teacher training via ZOOM on Sunday the 2nd August at 2pm.  If you want to join in please pay your $20 teacher training fee (this is the charge in the studio for 2 hours of teacher training… same in zoom as in the studio).  When I have your acceptance, I will send you the DD numbers.  When I have the receipt for your direct debit payment I will forward your registration details (please put them somewhere safe).   

TUESDAY STUDIES:  I am going to have YOGA trainings in specific subjects one evening per week starting the 28th July.  Tuesdays 7.30 to 9pm for three weeks, there will be a new topic for each of the three week units.  These will be suitable for beginners – no big words, hardly any Sanskrit.

This also will be Zoom and it will be in three lesson blocks $35 for the three lessons.When I have your acceptance, I will send you the DD numbers.  When I have the receipt for your direct debit payment I will forward your registration details (please put them somewhere safe).    The subject for the first three Tuesday studies will be HYPERMOBILITY.  I go over and over this in correcting modules.  So many of you pay no attention, or think it doesn’t apply to you, it does.

To get the most out of this study, please download the chart THE CFS CONNECTION via www.myyogabooks.etsy.com.  It is in the section called “HYPERMOBILITY”.  Print it on lovely paper to show your students, but first make a photo copy that you can write on in our study time.  It is only $2.75.

I was pleased to see that everyone in our tarot zoom class brought paper and pen and made notes.  I would hope in any of our zoom times you will do the same.  This is the school room, and we all need to take notes, even me. (Especially me).

HEMP INFORMATION TIME. Saturday 10am starting 25th July.   We will cover How It Works, all aspects of this wonderful and useful plant given to us by Shiva for the good of the world…  we won’t get it all done in one session that is for sure.  There is no cost for this time, and it may a take a few Saturdays to cover the topic.  I hope that this will become a really good discussion time.  There is a lot to know.  Please email me if you are interested in joining and I will give you the registration details.  The information we will be using for these sessions can be found on the web site www.myyogabooks.etsy.com

This has not been our usual newsletter time – but it is the easiest way to get to you all, and invite you all to our new way of teaching.  Zoom times..

Have a wonderful day,

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

You all know I am ZOOMLY CHALLENGED! It is true.  I just don’t know Zoom well enough (yet!!!) to fix problems as they arise, and the only comfort is to know that SOME of you out there are having problems too.  One student said that her computer monitor was covered with a cloud of post-it notes reminding her what to do when things went wrong as she zoomed as they apparently do for her and others (and me).

However all that being true, I am still pushing ahead… I am going to do a ZOOM Teacher Training on the first Sunday in the month – this coming month – August.  We usually do it in the studio, but because the Shires around us are in lock-down (not us, we are a “yoga” island), and the police are having a lovely time issuing BIG fines, I am going to do it via zoom.  So, if you want to do it Zoomly, then there will be the usual $20 charge, and it will be the same time 2pm to 4pm on the first Sunday in the month.  You will have to DD the money and when that is set,  I will have to send you the session ID and password.   Does this work for you?

I also am going to introduce you to my shop items via Zoom too.  If you want to purchase the tarot, or a book, or a DVD,  but want to see it first, then you can make an appointment and look at it as if you were shopping, but this time via Zoom.  A very personal shopping experience.   I will even bring in herbs, books, artworks, (shoes!), whatever you are interested in that I have for sale.  It should be fun.  I love chatting, and I love the things on my shop – a good combo.   By the way.  I have organised a new shopping experience on my web site shop too, but I won’t be working on it seriously until this Sunday – no time until then!  So, after Sunday, go to the shop, find a few things that you want to see close up with the idea of purchasing the item, and then make an appointment to visit it with me via zoom.  It will be great fun I think.

You can pay vis Direct Debit or PayPal (I am organising “AfterPay”), so everything will be there to assist us to have a great fun experience.

Talking about fun.  Today I made my special fried honey and licorice drops (covid immunity drops).  They are luscious, and they are easy to make, and are a whole lot less expensive than any off the shelf candies.  To get the recipe, go to www.wildnweedy.blogspot.com.

Have a great weekend… see you soon.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

A lot of people are trying to improve their lives by dealing with the external fruit of their actions.  They are attempting to change their bad habits, bad attitudes, bad tempers or negative and sour personalities.  They are like gardeners trying to change the tree by fixing the fruit.  It is noble – they have noticed something is wrong and they are trying to fix it… but the truth of the matter is, unless they treat the root they will never be able to change the fruit.

As long as that bitter root is growing on the inside, the problem will persist and in different guises will pop up again and again.

You may be able to control your attitude for a little time but have you wondered why you can’t get free? Why you can’t defeat a destructive lingering habit?

You have to take the time to look deeply.  If you get to the root of the problem you will be able to deal with it, overcome the problem, and only then is there a possibility of change.  Of course you have to want to change. Remember the old joke.  “How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? One. But it has to want to change.”

 Some people who are stuck don’t even know it is them.  They think the world is against them.

You don’t have to go backwards and relieve every negative experience, but you would do well to examine your heart to make sure you have no buried anger or unforgiveness on the inside.  After a while, not only do we not clean it out, we accept it.  I am sure you have heard people say “I am always this bitter.  It is just who I am”.  It’s like a small toxic waste dump.  It looks ok for some time then as the ground shifts and the rain comes,  the waste starts to leak out destroying everything it touches.

Only forgiveness gets rid of the poison. When we hang onto unforgiveness it doesn’t hurt the other person it hurts us.   If you want to move on with your life you have to let the hurt go.  You don’t do it for the other person, you do it for you –  SO YOU CAN BE FREE.. Don’t forget that we must forgive ourselves too.  It is not just about other people.

FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE, BUT IT IS NOT AN OPTION.

Many times you can be hard-headed and stubborn.  There are lots of reasons you can give yourself why you won’t change.  If you want to be happy, if you want to be free get that junk out of your life.

LOVE AND BLESSINGS…..NAMASTE – JAHNE