Dear Yogis,

Not much to report I think.  It has been a quiet (and quick) week.  Don’t know where the time has gone, but I am getting all done that I need to, the new furnace is working beautifully, I am eating well, I can be warm,  and feel great…so all good thus far.

ZOOM: Friday Tarot 6.45,  Sunday 10am CCP (The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying), Monday 6.30 Teacher Training..ALL WELCOME
STUDIO: Friday 5.30 (Vacancies in this class), Monday 1pm (full until the end of covid), Wednesday 5.30 Hatha.

Once the current covid restrictions are relaxed and we can have more in class, then I will let you know.  There is a vacancy in Friday nights class, and I am considering re-instating Wednesday Restorative at 1pm.  If you would like to join either of these classes please let me know. email me at yogafirst2@bigpond.com

 

I am INSTAGRAM’ING.  True!  Like zoom I said I would not do it, but here I am , loading one of my little miniatures every evening..I try to do one a day, you have to if you want to learn more about the medium, and I do.  Painting on TeaBags might seem simple, but it isn’t.  First you have to get all of the leaves out of the tea bag which is a chore.  It would be easier to paint on the tea bags BEFORE I have used them, but then I would miss out on all the lovely stains… it would be boring, plus I just love to be able to say when people ask me what I am doing  ” I am busy ironing tea bags”.

 

THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF EVERYTHING.  I have expanded this to consider various aspects of Estate Planning.  Things you need to be aware of and alert your lawyer to.  If you understand the alternatives you have, then you can be prepared for whatever happens.  Of course the Little Black Book is essential for everyone.

When you tick all the boxes, fill-in all the blanks you will have a very comprehensive list of everything you would need to start life again after a crisis – yours or your partners.  I was motivated to write it because of the distress of students and clients who had suffered personal loss, and then had to deal with the  bureaucratic nightmare of banks and other institutions, and negotiate IT mazes.  If they had completed this book, they could have sailed through.

You can buy it very inexpensively to download on www.myyogabooks.etsy.com however, if you don’t want to go this route, I can do a bound copy for you but it will be more expensive, $57.25 which includes postage.

CAT STEVENS (Yusef) has just launched a childrens book featuring joyful illustrations and the timeless lyrics of the much-loved peace anthem released in 1971.  This hopeful picture book continues Stevens’s commitment to children’s education and shared love for people of all cultures and identities. Stevens invites readers to hop on the Peace Train and join its growing group of passengers who are all ready to travel together to a better world of peace and human understanding.

“I wrote these lyrics more than fifty years ago, and I know the words still boom as true and loud today as they did in the 1970s,” says Stevens. “It’s incredible to see how Peter Reynolds has made the words jump into life in brilliant style for a new generation with his joysome illustrations.”

There is another childrens book by Stevens called “Teaser and the Firecat”.  I did have a copy but gave it away years ago.  I should have put in in the “book safe” as it is rare and valuable now.

Go to google to hear the song.

 

See you on the mat with The Cat.

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Yogis,

We have had sort of spring weather in the mornings, enough to cheer us up.  But here we are under-water again…. I hope you get warmth and sunshine where you are.

ZOOM: Friday 6.45 Tarot, Sunday 10am CCP, Monday 6.30 Teacher Training
STUDIO: Wednesday 5.30 Restorative, Friday 5.30 Hatha, Monday 1pm Hatha

With all the disturbances due to Covid I am calling off the sale I had planned for the 22nd.  I will still be open and available for visits between 2 and 4 if you would like to pop by – However, because we have covid requirements can you book to come and see me on that day? Please.  It is a nuisance.  I am setting my yoga room up in order to be a gallery (Two functions, as in the old days), and I would like to see you,  and you to see what I have been up to.  It should be ready by the time that the restrictions ease off September, October?  In time for Christmas anyway.

INSTAGRAM:  I now am on Instagram, (I would love it if you would follow me!) and am going to my magical web person at the end of the week to get tips and tricks so I can use it better. I think this will help.  You might think it is easy, but I don’t.  I want it to look beautiful and professional first go – and of course I understand this is a big ask.  I am a Capricorn and we barrel ahead.

The photo to the right is a copy of a Georgia O’Keefe painting on a Tea Bag.  It is symbolic of the shadow of the Catholic Church over the people of NewMexico.   I have always liked painting themes, but now, I just like painting whatever I want to TODAY, all the little images will just be different.  No themes.

THE MONDAY TEACHER TRAINING zoom session was fantastic.  So interesting, so inspired (thanks gang).  I would like all my zoom sessions to be as good as this one was… basically it is what I live for, why I do what I do!

MIND MEDICINE AUSTRALIA:  We in the yoga community are interested in learning more about how mind altering substances can be used as they were meant to be used – “To help and assist mankind” (-Shiva).  “MIND MEDICINE AUSTRALIA” is a group which is doing this and has a free webinar and a zoom course coming up.  If you want to know more, google them and explore the work they are doing. They are very active behind the scenes in the community.  They invite you to start a chapter in your town.  Think about it.  I think I will – we are half way there anyway.

Come to some zoom sessions – ours, MMA, anything to enhance your learning – you might feel zoomed-out (we all are feeling a bit like this), but come anyway.

I will see you on the mat.

Namaste – Jahne

 

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

Monday was like spring early on – sunshine and bluish skies…but now Woodend weather has arrived, and the sunshine is patchy and it looks like rain again.

ZOOM AND STUDIO
ZOOM: Monday 6.30 teacher training, Tuesday 7.30 The Tibetan Book of the Dead – CCP repeat. Friday 6.45 Tarot, Sunday 10am CCP
STUDIO: Monday 1pm, Wednesday 5.30 Restorative Yoga, Friday 5.30 Hatha

FAST TRACK- Have you got stuck in your Teacher Training Course?  Would you like to get your certification quickly.  Now that we can zoom, we can fast track your course and do the exam on zoom.  There will be a charge, we have always charged for this to cover expenses, but now things are simpler, no travel required, just time and expertise.  If you are interested email me and we can set a time… yogafirst2@bigpond.com

 

TAROT FOR THE DAY

THE DEVILThe Devil asks..
1.  Knowing that attachment causes suffering, which attachment which no longer serves you, could you release?
2. What “limitations” would support you at this time?
3. Who or what have you been seeing in a negative light and how could you change this?
4. What boundaries you have set for yourself and need to review?

 

PAINTING

I have been working on a series of watercolours on TEA BAGS.  One per day, and I have kept the pace. The subject matter has mainly focussed on nature, but I have also painted buildings and landmarks…  When I have enough I will put them into an exhibition, but to see various new images go to my studio page. www.blueladystudio.com

 

Having said I wouldn’t go on INSTAGRAM, I have,  in order to show the paintings as I progress with them……. I don’t have a computer mind and there are no children at home, so when I find a complication I have no-where to go to figure it out.  I have made mistakes and duplications, but I am getting better and a photo of the day’s painting goes up each evening… It is not my favourite way of doing things – I would like to go back to real art galleries with real art shows, but I guess that this is unlikely to happen.  Everyone is sticking close to home.

YOGA
I am so pleased that yoga is back in the studio.  The numbers are restricted, but we are back.  Are you back?  If you are feeling great, the best place to be is on the mat, not in front of the TV, not moping around taking “another” walk, or washing the walls again.  The yoga mat is your “country”.  Your yoga mat is where you leave your troubles on the outside and get inside. A place to CHANGE YOUR MIND.  Until your mind changes, nothing does.

I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE. JAHNE