Hi there Yogis.

SATURDAY:  CCP INFORMATION SESSION 10AM ZOOM – Email me for your ID
SUNDAY: 10 AM THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD (The Book of Living and Dying).  A Text for the CCProject

This is a time of growth and change.  For me too.  For years I have been surrounded by yoga and art books and things because I was constantly teaching.  This is less the case now, and I want to de-clutter (almost minimise but not quite).  Something I am teaching others to do.  You may be just leaning back into your yoga teaching which will accelerate as the pressure of Covid is lessened, and as you grow, you might like to avail yourself of some of my prized items.

The picture of my little studio space to the right may not look uncluttered to you – but I really have taken out a huge amount…In the yoga room I am letting go of my beloved yoga swings (just keeping one for me), blankets, pillows, blocks, many books which I will sell in bundles, DVD’s and so on – by donation.  I will start on the 22nd July at our Mary Magdalen Feast Day and continue through to the 22nd August which I have designated as my ART AND YOGA SALE DAY.  If you have gone to the CCP web site you will have seen the notice.  You are all welcome to both.  Of course on the 22nd July I will also be celebrating the launch of our CCP COURSE.  This also has gained a write-up in The Australian Yoga Journal digital edition which pleases me… They have done such a lovely job.

I am excited by this course which is not just about sitting by a bedside at end of life. It is not just about DEATH, but it is about helping people LIVE wherever they find themselves….  We all remember Florence Nightingale as the “Lady with the Lamp”, but no-one would have remembered her if she hadn’t dealt with life. Helped soldiers regain their life even if that happened to be end-of-life.  She did not just sit by their bedside with a candle.  They knew she was fighting for them. Advocating.

This may involve sitting by the bed, but it may also be about talking to the client and family about end-of-life arrangements, about preparing them to let go of computer and day to day expenses… about helping them let go of everything IT.  Even down-sizing.  De-stressing on all levels.

It is not about counselling – it is about being a Compassionate Companion.  It is a big job, and the course will prepare you for each part.

To find out more and to enrol, please go to www.ccpproject.com .  I am trying to get donations in order to offer PART scholarships…I have mentioned this before.  If this interests you… please email me:  yogafirst2@bigpond.com

In the Meanwhile – I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

 

Dear Yogis,

Happy Birthday His Holiness The Dalai Lama – 86 today (Tuesday 6th July).  Wherever you are, whatever you are doing have a wonderful day.

ZOOM: Sunday 10am The Book of Living and Dying
SATURDAY: 10am THE COMPASSIONATE COMPANIONS PROJECT (INCLUDING “THE CCP MINIMALIST”) Email me for your free registration.  I will send you an ID code  yogafirst2@bigpond.com

What a week.  The jab, and then being confronted by a “yogi” angry that I had done it.  Angry doesn’t help anyone.  My mum used to say “If you are in the right,  then you don’t need to get angry. If you are in the wrong you can’t afford to be”.  Good advice.  But all is well we are back on track.  The school holidays feel almost like lock-down.  Everyone is pulling back and doing family things.

Tomorrow I am loading my book of lists on to ETSY as part of the CCP PROJECT   Another way the COMPASSIONATE COMPANIONS can help their community (it is not just about DEATH).  Do you have a Will? Even if you do have a will, if you died, would your beloved know your passwords, your favourite hymn, where the diamonds are buried and so on… all those things that they want to tell you but don’t get around to.  And then it’s too late and you have had the bank account frozen, there is no money under the carpet and  you are totally stressed out, panicked and stuck.  It happens more often than you would like to think about because people don’t write things down.  THE BLACK BOOK is a “LIVING WILL”.  However, you can help others complete this list if they have not already done so.THE

This LITTLE BLACK BOOK will help you.  It is absolutely essential in times of crisis.  All the numbers and needs of your life in one place (your lawyers).  You don’t want anyone but your lawyer or accountant getting their sticky little fingers on this one.

 

CCP MINIMALIST (www.ccpproject.com)

Whilst I was writing the book,  I contemplated how we can take this approach even further and DE-CLUTTER OUR LIVES. I know the photo to the right doesn’t look very glamorous but these are my yoga trousers and tops – the ones I wear everyday, my uniform.  What you see is all I have left.  I am going through a cupboard a day and dealing with my clothes first.

I have heard of PROJECT 33.  A challenge where you wear only 33 items over a period of 3 months.  That is everything…even the jewellery.  Great if you are in a Tiny House, but I do not, and am becoming a minimalist a day at a time.  If you buy one item you have to chuck 10 out (yes, 10).

As a CCP CONSULTANT this is another string to your bow.  Helping people (and yourself) prepare a “LIVING WILL”, and helping them to de-clutter their lives.  It is wonderful – we are not just Death Doulas.  We are here for the living too. I have helped people take 100 bags of clutter out of their house.  Mine is not like this, but even the small amount I have shifted thus far is very liberating.  Try it.  THEN JOIN THE COURSE AND HELP OTHERS.  It is a planned approach, not just chucking stuff into a skip.

I look forward to seeing you on the mat.

NAMASTE – AND HAPPY DE-CLUTTERING 

Dear Yogis,

ZOOM THIS WEEK
Monday 6.30pm and Tuesday 7.30pm Mary Magdalen.  Sunday 10am The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
CCP and “GOOD LIFE LIST” INFORMATION SESSION (FREE): 10am Saturday 10th July.  Email me beforehand and I will send you a ZOOM ID.

STUDIO THIS WEEK
Monday 1pm, Wednesday 5.30 – These are the only classes during the school holidays.

***WHAT IS RICH? – LOOK AT YOUR “GOOD-LIFE-LIST”
When you look at this list, you may like to downsize….. it is an eye opener.

Today is Sunday.  As I am writing this I am thinking about the courses I am presenting to you.  The COMPASSIONATE COMPANIONS PROJECT.  It is about to launch, people are enrolling in advance of its release, but, but, but in the process of this course I am looking at end-of-life (or “good-life-lists”).  BEING COMPASSIONATE TO YOURSELF IS NOT ABOUT GETTING MORE STUFF.

If something happened to you, would those left behind know all the stuff,  numbers, passwords and names included in your life?  You can’t know what is necessary in your life, until you know what is in your life.

Many students have told me of the sudden loss of precious people in their lives.  The loss was dreadful, but then came the stressful time of sorting their business and getting back on track – unless you know all the numbers of your partners life you are going to find yourself in a crisis state.  In making a go-to list I have almost got to and unbelievable 26 pages of necessary numbers and passwords.   You won’t need to fill in every one of those 26 pages, but it is an essential list to pass on to your accountant “just in case”.  

Or like me, it could be the beginnings of becoming a MINIMALIST.

This list should be updated when you update (or do) your will, but I know when I recently had my will updated, the lawyer didn’t ask me for a such a list.  He didn’t ask me about my funeral needs, what was going to be done with my special possessions (the “who-gets-what” list).  I like to be organised sure, but this is important.

Go to www.ccpproject.com , hop onto the store, and order your hard copy of this book.  I am going to do and Etsy download, and a USB edition for Lawyers and Accountants.  It has taken me a whole lot longer than I anticipated to do one just for you.  Have a look.  You really do need this.

When you look at this ESSENTIAL LIST, you may also decide to stop or change  many of the numbers that you do have.  Until you know what you have you can’t decide how to simplify.  If you don’t want to simplify this list is even more important.

WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU HAVE is your entry or barrier to the life you want.  SIMPLICITY is the key.

For me, after 50 years teaching all kinds of yoga, I have got a whole heap of yoga stuff to move from my house.  If you want or need yoga swings, rugs, blankets, cushions, blox, (not bolsters at the moment), plus all kinds of bits and pieces, and a collection of yoga magazines – I am selling on a “make an offer” basis. Let me know if you need anything, or I will have an open day and sale.  Get in first….

Maybe the “Mary Magdalen Feast” when you come here is an opportunity, to bring a big bag or box, make an offer and access things I no longer use.  

ONCE I HAVE DONE THIS,
I WILL HIT THE ROAD WITH MY SIMPLICITY MESSAGE….  Book me now.

SEE YOU ON THE MAT WITH LESS.

NAMASTE. JAHNE