Good morning Yogis,

Happy New Year!    We have all been given a gift – a brand new year !  The first day of the rest of your life.    I’m choosing to make this year about love and joy.  My object for 2021 was “Cultivate Resilience” and I am not leaving that focus behind with the turning of the calendar page to 2022.  This year I am once again helping you to cultivate resilience.  I said that we are only half way through covid “awfuls” – and I still believe that.  We will need all our fortitude in the months ahead.

SCHEDULE FOR OUR NEW YOGA YEAR, starting the 10th January.
ZOOM: Monday 6.30 Teacher Training (The ‘Gita).  Tuesday 7.30 CCP. Friday 6.45 Tarot  Saturday 2pm THE HERBAL NETWORK
STUDIO: Monday 1pm, Wednesday 5.30, Friday 5.30

THREE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS FOR US TO CULTIVATE RESILIENCE…. 

1) Grow some or most of your own food or find the food you need from local producers and preserve it.

Our Shire had a devastating weather disaster at the end of last year that disrupted the supply chain and the food getting through, when we were already dealing with covid.  No electricity, empty shelves at Coles, and even now, higher prices.  Produce is still showing signs of broken supply chains.  But I was fine, and I hope you were too.  I can forage and it has been a fantastic growth year in gardens and in the bush.

Here’s a few ways you can be more self reliant in food in 2022:
*Grow sprouts and microgreens (get your seeds organised now)
*Grow consistent weeds like Herb Robert and chives in your garden or large pots to make sure you have green meals no matter what.
*Support local farmers and market days when available
*Cook from scratch – no instant meals.

2) Learn to use herbal remedies and natural medicine

When Covid first hit, it was thought to be “novel” and we were told natural remedies are not only ineffective but also dangerous.  But here we are 2 years later and what we’ve found is that natural remedies were safer and more effective even for this, if started immediately and continued throughout.  To do that you need to have supplies on hand and know how to use what you have.  Supplies like ginger, echinacea, elderberry, olive leaves, and a source of vitamin C.

When Delta came through our community like it did worldwide, I was preparing remedies and advising on how clients could do it for themselves. Natural remedies available for everyone, and I had at least some of them on hand – you probably did too but needed to know how to use them.

If you know now that one of your goals in 2022 is learning to use herbal remedies effectively, grow them yourself and make your own herbal medicines, join me in my new HERBAL NETWORK membership as soon as you can,  and you’ll be part of everything we’ve got planned this year to help you “leave the matrix”.

3) Expand your community resilience by working with your friends and neighbors to swap, grow and preserve more food and medicine. 
Pick the thing you love most and learn to do it really well so you have something to contribute to your wider community — a skill to barter, or a product to trade.  What do you have to trade?

Once you have a few basic skills you will be able to *Make candles * Bake bread * Make simple restorative soups * Grow sprouts and microgreens * Make sales, tinctures, Bach remedies, tonics and gins * Grow vegetables and fruit * and make your own art equipment – pens, inks, papers.

Think about what your community needs that you can offer.  And try a few things on for size to see what you love and what brings you joy.  I really am preparing the garden not just to be more productive, but getting it ready for you to join me for workshops (and garden coffee mornings before the weather turns to winter).  

SEE YOU ON THE MAT and in the garden.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

PS.  I’m opening the doors to the HERBAL NETWORK for new members now for the first time.  If you’ve been wanting to join the Membership just email me and I will put you on the membership list personally whilst I get the web worked out.  Membership is at a discount rate ($25 per year) for a limited time only.  These small donations support me supporting you, during the bumpy times that seem to be on the horizon. Explore Patreon.com/HERBALNETWORK   or Just DONATE at the PayPal button on www.yogabeautiful.com.au

Dear Yogis,

What an exciting start for the new year….

Thinking about the New Year – Think about HERBAL SUPPORT◆Chaga ◆Astragalus ◆Turkey Tail

When I was part way through the Monday newsletter (thank goodness I  did some of it Sunday night) there was a knock on the door, and I was met by an elderly friend doubled up in agony.  He had been up all night in deep pain,  vomiting, trying to get a doctor, and etc, but as it was a holiday and as he was not thinking clearly, he hung on until a “reasonable hour” and came to me. Kidney Stones!  I took him to emergency but this could have meant transference to a city hospital and an op (I did think we had facilities for this in Kyneton, but clearly not).  However, everyone was cheerful and helpful in spite of what would be an increased covid case load happening in the background to his admittance..

This whole episode made it abundantly clear all the difficulties that could have happened because he had no “Little Black Book of Everything” filled in.  He “abandoned” his car in my driveway totally in the way of any other cars and didn’t leave me with a key. When we got to hospital I didn’t know his lawyer, doctor, employers, allergies, or anything else one might need to know if the patient had to have an emergency op, plus his little dog was at home, locked in and I didn’t have a house key – etc etc.  When you are hurrying, comforting, dealing with doctors and nurses etc you don’t think of  keys – or I didn’t until the immediate difficulties were taken care of.

Would this happen if you needed immediate medical help?  What would your friend, partner or spouse do?  This was not covered in the recent TV series “..And Just Like That”, when the husband dies suddenly after pounding away on his exercise bike, but the cast of characters live in each others pockets to the extent of helping with retrieval of a diaphragm, so I guess everyone knew everything about each other, plus they are living in a city where there are lots of hospitals available and any number of support persons – even in covid conditions.    Not so in most Australian country towns.  What’s it like in your household?

If you have not taken care of this aspect of your life, please hop on to WWW.MYYOGABOOKS.ETSY.COM and download “THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF EVERYTHING”.  Once you have filled that in and put it in a safe place, if there was an emergency you would not feel as unprepared as I did this morning.  Your next of kin or designated support person would know the important numbers and contacts of your life.  Don’t forget to give that someone a duplicate set of keys to your house and car (this week! as soon as possible!).

PENDULUM: A new pendulum has emerged into my life.  Very strong.  If you are wanting a reading which will include Tarot  – please contact me at yogafirst2@bigpond.com. and make a zoom or studio appointment ($85).

AND – DON’T JUST IMAGINE YOURSELF ON THE MAT – GET TO IT.

NAMASTE, JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

Warmish weather, but thank goodness we are having some of each.  Cool then warm then cool and so on.  Lessens the fire danger somewhat.  I have been cutting back trees, getting rid of leaves, tidying the ivy… everything to increase safety around my house, mind you, nothing much is safe if a fire is approaching, even bare ground burns – but we do what we can.

WHEN DOES CLASS START?  On the 10th January both in the studio and on-line. Teacher Training, CCP, Tarot, HERBS.  So, be prepared for your zoom ID’s starting to arrive from next weekend…  Read the drop downs or the front page of the web site for updates.

No studio, no zoom classes until the 10th, and then we can truely say “welcome to 2022”.  Right now, I am learning to enjoy the down time.  I have been making more Bach remedies (and teaching others), and thinking how can I get you  involved.

I would love to run a Bach Herb course centred around my garden.  And have planned something over about 5 weekend classes… where you could come here, learn about the herbs, relax… learn to make the remedies for yourself – and learn to use the pendulum when you make them.  We even have a creek nearby where we can stock up on rock water both as a remedy, and an integral part of making the remedies.  I could try and zoom the sessions afterwards.

TATTOOS: What’s up?   The Christmas “difficulty” of not having no.5’s  and everywhere being “sold-out” until they too get stocks.  Hopefully by the time you make an appointment, and then arrive in time to take advantage of my JANUARY $50 Special (Tiny Tattoos/black or henna colour/size of a 50cent piece) I will have my favourite  number 5RL tattoo needles.   I have them ordered all over the place –  to my home and to the PO box, so when they do come, it will be all at once I am sure.  Just make your booking with me and it will all work out I am sure.

ART:  Every afternoon and most evening I settle down to drawing, and at the moment am putting together a set of drawings of MAGIC MUSHROOMS.  The FABULOUS FUNGI poster is available, and then there will shortly be posters of  MAGIC MUSHROOMS and then MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS. Eventually this will make up a set of  three posters  – and if you are getting serious about herbs, these too will look great on your studio wall.  Everyone is interested in mushrooms.  They come in a postal tube – not folded as in the photograph.

I IMAGINE I CAN SEE YOU ON THE MAT – AS WE ARE ALL STILL ON HOLIDAYS. (well, you are!)

NAMASTE. JAHNE