Dear Yogis,

Here I am and we are deep into Christmas prep. Not me personally – I don’t do Christmas.  I think it is a device organised by big business to get you to spend money.  So go ahead – spend if it makes you happy.  There are a lot more, longer lasting ways to get happy I have to say.  

Making art makes me happy – and I am pleased to have finished the fungi poster “FABULOUS FUNGI” which will be printed on Thursday.  I will put it on etsy as a printable (ready to frame)  and as a hard copy.

Are you into the Victorian Tree and all the glitter? One of my clients does her house to look like a Christmas card, and it does.  There must be a design plan – every year is more particular, more Hollywood than the last.  It is beautiful, if you like living in a movie set – any minute Jo March is going to walk in the door and call for “Marmee”.  (Maybe like my mum she was waiting for a Royal visit).  Life happens around this very complex Christmas Tableaux.  But as I said.  Not at my place.  I have beautiful free time, almost like Covid, to meet friends who drop in, work in the garden (I have got seeds, mulch and potting mix all ready), write, and of course – DRAW- and go almost nowhere.

 

 

THE BACH FLOWERS

Working on these remedies for persons, animals and plants is taking up all of my head space – although I do have some wonderful new clients thanks to some success. You probably think I have gone nuts, but no, it’s just that the “nuts” is showing.  I have been working on the fringes of Bach Therapies for many years.  I used them mostly for myself, and my household (and plants).  Since I have qualified as a therapist and trainer – Covid gave me the time – I have been doing more and more.

 

I have been getting more deeply into how Bach and yoga fir together (although one never knew the other).  I have written a short course on Bach Therapies , the basics from which you can branch out into other areas….animals, plants.  This CERTIFICATE course is under $55 on Etsy – A Christmas gift to you “THAT KEEPS ON GIVING” www.myyogabooks.etsy.com. It fits really well with CCP if you have done that.

For Bach, the real cause of disease is a distortion of the wavelength in the energy field in the body (the koshas). They slow down, exerting an effect that results in negative states of mind such as worry, fear, anxiety and impatience.  These negative states so deplete the individuals vitality, that the body loses its natural resistance and becomes vulnerable to infection and illness.  Like Hahnemann therefore, Bach believed that the patient should be treated rather than the disease, and the cause rather than the effects.

Hahnemann (the Father of Homeopathy and the man who influenced Bach to pursue Flower Therapies) said:  Disease will never be cured or eradicated by present materialistic methods, for the simple reason that disease in its origin is not material.  What we know as disease is an ultimate result produced in the body, the end products of deep and long acting forces, and even if material treatment alone is apparently successful, this is nothing more than temporary relief unless the real cause has been removed. (1931 p.6.)

Bach’s research led him to conclude that positive, healthy states of mind could be restored by the energies found in flowering trees, plants, bushes and special waters.  He considered his remedies to be a complete system of treatment requiring no “Extension or Alteration”.

LET US ALL BE LIKE THE LOTUS, UNAFFECTED BY THE MUD.  DO THE COURSE!

I will see you on the mat sometime

Namaste – Jahne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seen on Twitter.  “PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THE COVID VAX WILL CHANGE THEIR GENETIC MAKE-UP, should welcome the opportunity).

Dear Yogis,

We had our last “Yoga Lunch” last Friday.  The first since the start of Covid.  AND, AND, AND, I have loaded my Bach Therapy Course – The Yoga of herbs on ETSY (www.myyogabooks.etsy.com).  You might think it doesn’t apply to you, but I use it on my plants and have had great results.

A CASE HISTORY:  I have a beautiful lemon tree on my back verandah.  In spite of the fact The Macedon Ranges seems  not to be the climate to plant lemons, this tree has thrived.  This year however it was savagely attached by thrip and a black spot fungus, maybe encouraged by a load of chicken poop…instead of the usual “zoopoo” it favours.  It looked like the tree was being overtaken, it was in shock.

 

I first misted the plant with Rescue Remedy and used my own White Oil concoction to clean the leaves.  I continued misting Bach on the trunk when the leaves were too oily from the white oil as she needed support whilst the cleansing of the leaves was working.  There was a week when I felt that what we were doing was working but it wasn’t really showing – I used my pendulum to confirm this, and kept going, on the basis that the bush was going through a healing crisis.

After a week or so (after checking with my pendulum)  I changed the Bach Rescue Remedy to Bach Crab-Apple for its calming, cleansing and antiseptic properties. I was still dry wiping the leaves to get rid of the dying thrip and to prepare for the Bach remedy misting.

The lemon tree against all odds is thriving.  It has a wonderful crop of new leaves, the buds that were absent in spring are now evident, and it is possible that we will have fruit.  (I could go on about the fig tree, the cherry tree, and so on….)

This was an effective, economical and timely intervention, and most importantly it worked. It works on all trees, flowers and plants and can do no harm to the plant, yourself, birds, or your companion animals.

One of the most impressive healers/homeopaths/Bach Therapists I have known was the Late Dr. Joseph Von Moger, who made his own remedies and could be seen in the forest and open spaces around Mt.Macedon collecting flowers to make the remedies. I have the inventory of plants from the garden of his house called “White Lodge” in Mt.Macedon, add these to his wanderings and foraging  in the bush and collecting in the Shire, and the list becomes quite impressive.  Apart from the large trees, I have collected most of the plants he had in my own tiny garden (in comparison to “White Lodge”).

I have such a garden.  If you are interested, make an appointment and come see my garden, you would be welcome.  It is always great to see a growing plant rather than a name on a label.  Maybe when you come for a Bach remedy you can take a turn around the garden as well.  Email to make an appointment. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

ZOOM:  I will do a zoom class soon on “MAKING BACH REMEDIES FOR YOUR GARDEN”.  Bach isn’t economical if you have to go to your health food store to buy a remedy, but it is VERY economical if you do it the way Bach intended – you make your own.  Bach Remedies were designed to be simple, and effective – any they are.
Email to let me know your interest: yogafirst2@bigpond.com

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE  The School will close on the 20th of December – but I will be available to assist with consultations at any time EXCEPT the 25th of December, only because people drop in and out during that day.  Until then we will have yoga classes Monday 1pm, Wednesday 5.30 and Friday 5.30.

I will see you on the mat.

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

 

Dear Yogis,

 

Not long now to Christmas, which feels like it is tomorrow…. it has been Christmas in the shops since after Cup Day!

STUDIO YOGA still on Monday 1pm, Wednesday 5.30 and Friday 5.30 until the 20th December.
There is no zoom until January….
BAYBERRIES.. a recipe
An old American saying goes…..
“A bayberry candle burned to the socket
Brings food to the larder
And gold to the pocket”This old farmer’s tale is one of the iconic traditions of Christmas.  When this poem was written there were no chemical based fragrances, so Bayberry although very mild, would have been a valuable Christmas treat. It is said to smell like “winter”.   Bayberry is not available here commercially yet, although it is a native plant, and in the States is scarce and to our tastes only mildly scented.

But northern (native) Bayberry is much more than just a source of perfume for candle wax, and a whole lot different to the commercially grown Red Bayberry.    The native plant was used traditionally (and still is) for its astringent, drying qualities and in the USA made up into a concoction called “Composition Powder” useful for drying up coughs and colds, and protecting the body against infection. It was also used as a general tonic in all cases of debility and is taken as a preventative measure against disease, particularly during outbreaks. It is also helpful to be used at the first sign of any acute ailment such as a cold, flu, cough or sore throat.  Fantastic at this time when we are all very sensitive to colds and respiratory infections.  This old remedy is still used today for colds, flu, as an eye wash, anywhere that an astringent, drying remedy is needed.Here’s the recipe.  I have it in my winter stash, and also make it into teabags which is easier to access and use.Composition Powder
Ingredients:
1 cup Bayberry Bark, powdered
½ cup Pine or Spruce bark, powdered
½ cup Ginger Root, powdered
1 tbsp. Cloves, powdered
1 tbsp. Cayenne pepper, powdered
PS.  I’m opening the doors to my DIY HERB NETWORK new members now.  If you’ve been wanting to join the NETWORK you can you can do so my emailing me and I will put you on the contact list.   

SEE YOU ON THE MAT – (yes I am still here)

NAMASTE JAHNE