Dear Yogis,  

Just to let you know, I have had my jab, so when you come to class you will be as safe as it is possible to be at this stage.  I have had an unusual response to this however, when a treasured client of 15 years,  actually ran out of class and down the path,  panicked BECAUSE I had crossed the line and joined those who have been vaccinated. I can only surmise that in some strange way, and following various conspiracy theories,  she feels that I have irreversibly damaged my DNA, and by association, hers.

The America Magazine “Forbes” reports…”Covid-19 vaccines are not gene therapy. Repeat, these vaccines are not gene therapy. In fact, they don’t really involve your genes, unless Gene Simmons or Gene Hackman happen to be getting the vaccines,  Or you accidentally drop the vaccines on your jeans and then misspell the word jeans”.  A bit flip I know, but there are pages and pages of well respected science outlining  exactly what the jab is – which I will leave you to read/google if you are interested.  It is NOT a conspiracy, except a conspiracy to wellness.Q

If you are vaccinated or not,  you are welcome in my classes as long as you are adhering to the covid guidelines. The QCode, the masks and distancing.

I did not think I would get the jab, but when I tallied up the science and  current feedback (especially the party in Sydney where the only party goers who did NOT test positive were those 6 who were vaccinated), I decided to join the group.  My children, my family and my sister (and the majority of my students) have all had it and some time ago – I am almost the last I think.

My reason for being on earth is to serve.  I can’t serve if the people I need to serve, can’t open their doors to me because I refuse to be vaccinated..  I also did not want to live my life in fear.  Fear of the jab, fear of contracting covid, fear of passing covid on, fear of not being able to be with my community.. I am sure there are others fears.  Maybe fear is too strong word, but whatever it is, I am not buying in to fear.  Are you?

When my mum was a little girl,  scarlet fever (which is now on the rise), was as rampant in the community as Covid is today although it was country-wide and not international.  The spread widened and grew as people travelled, and commerce became more far ranging.

The science was not as good as now, and some time later it was discovered my mum was the carrier in her village.  She felt fabulous – no symptoms – but she infected hundreds of people, and had to go into a long quarantine which was the only defence at that time, antibiotics still not generally accepted or available.  That feeling of contagion and abandonment stayed with her into adult life.

However, re covid – your decision is your decision, I can’t make it for you.  I can say that as this situation changes and morphs,  as it will going forward my CCP GRADUATES will be in great demand.  If like me you want to go into aged care homes, hospitals etc – sorry to say, you will need your jab.  It will not be optional and certainly if you want to travel you will need your “vaccination passport”.  

However, if you are opposed, you can work unsupported outside the system.  There are always some who will. It will be a very small world for you, is this what you want?

I look forward to hearing from you.

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

 

Dear Yogis,

I live in the Macedon Ranges.  It has always been a place that attracted spectacular and unusual people.  One of them was a famous “double agent” Laurie Matheson (who brought down Ivanov)  whom the press called “the Australian James Bond”.   He was reputed to be a consummate spy, fabulously wealthy, owning multiple houses here and overseas….  a double agent who was suspected of  working for the Russians and for us.

When he died, his then widow had a sculpture (by Peter Shipperheyn) made of herself.  It is the most heartbreakingly beautiful work and I wish you could come and see it. Interestingly for a double agent, Mathesons’s  body is not under the beautiful partner, but in a lonely grave alongside.

I have been visiting this site for years and it very much reminds me of the relationship shared by Jesus and Mary.  I see the physical representation of a “Sacred Embrace”.  A deep and powerful expression of love experienced beyond death.

In the Bible, as in the newspapers we have to remember that the texts are rarely historical reports of events, but are narratives of those events pushed through the author’s “filters”.  Our culture has the opportunity to welcome the gnostic gospels, bringing to consciousness that which has been so long repressed.

In our study of Mary we are not imagining a sexual union between herself and Jesus.  We are studying the texts.  We know from the current Gospels that Jesus “kissed Mary on the mouth”.  “To kiss” in Hebrew means “to breathe together” to share the same breath or spirit.

Wonder at sexuality is rarely philosophical.

If you would like to join us in this study, we are here on Mondays at 6.30 and Tuesdays at 7.30.  We are examining the old, 1st century writings, and the new texts that came to light in Nag Hammadi, Egypt and Greece,  in the light of 21st century understandings – without the rules imposed by the established church.  These new understandings can enlarge our life.

Please Email me if you would like to join us.  I will send you an ID.

CCP:  FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME, AND ARE WAITING FOR THE APPLICATION FORMS – This week I am launching the CCP Course (when the WebMaster has OK’d the site on Friday),  and then after that, a FUNERAL CELEBRANTS COURSE.  These are new and different courses you will not be able to access elsewhere.  Each course with a definite yoga and philosophical leaning, using Yoga texts,  the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the gnostic Gospels as our accompanying texts.  

Those students who enrol and pay in cash or a deposit  in the next week (even if they don’t officially start until the official release on the 22nd July) will be able to attend the Sunday morning classes without charge (a $50 gift).

Your yoga studies will put you in a good place to do these two courses.  We anticipate that with an ageing population, and with your yoga studies expanded by these courses you will be in great demand – with new ways to serve your tribe and your greater community.  

Please contact me. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

Namaste – Jahne

 

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

There is a strange feeling in the air here in Woodend.  The morning has been white with fog, not that cold, and quiet, windless, still.  Silence, not a breath of wind.  Great for meditation.

ZOOM
Monday 6.30. Mary Magdalen FREE study
Tuesday 7.30: Mary Magdalen more in depth study.
SUNDAY: 10am The Tibetan Book of the Dead.  This is a study which will be repeated when we start our new COMPASSIONATE COMPANIONS COURSE.  If you don’t understand living, and don’t understand dying, you will not be able to understand yourself, or people on the path.

STUDIO
Monday 1pm (full), Wednesday 5.30 (full), Friday Hatha 5.30 (vacancies available)

 

COMPASSIONATE COMPANIONS (triple certificate) COURSE 
Are you interested in becoming what used to be called a “Death-Doula”? I really don’t like that name, it is too negative.  There is no death from a yogic point of view.  We could be called midwives to the next place, and that is how I see it.  Yogis I speak to agree.

The course will give you a 1. CCP “Death-Doula” Certification – 2. COMPASSIONATE COMPANION Certification  and a 3. VETERINARY CCP Certification.

You can go further when these are completed and become a FUNERAL CELEBRANT through our exclusive FUNERAL CELEBRANTS COURSE (which includes “Pet Funeral Celebrant” – one of my favourite end-of-life celebrations.).

Although I was going to launch on the 8th of August, because we are coming together as a Sangha on the 22nd July for The Feast of Mary Magdalen, I will launch then.  I think there are a few students  who want to start asap.  I want to make sure the web site is functioning perfectly – I will get the final OK on Friday –  and then I will reach out on the web (Facebook etc).  It is no good flagging this course to people who can’t contact me like you can.  If you are interested in being in the first intake, call me on yogafirst2@bigpond.com and I will send you an application when it has got the tick of approval.

If you want to start the course and enrol this week, (I will send the application to you personally), then the Sunday morning classes between now and the 22nd will be included in the course with no extra cost.  My gift to you – extra classes for no extra cost.  That is a $50 gift,  as Sundays cost $50 for a month of classes.

I am also going to follow up with..

1. An END-OF-LIFE DIRECTIVE (A “Little Black Book”) so that you can work with your CCP clients who have not got this in order.  You can give them and their family peace of mind that all is taken care of.  All their lists, passwords, and end-of-life directions in one place. You could work with people and family just to encourage them to get their affairs in order – start with your own first!  It is another expression of care.This is much more detailed than required by lawyers when you are doing your Will, and covers all the funeral arrangements as well.  You need this to be in order to save your family the stress and confusion.
2. A FUNERAL CELEBRANTS COURSE (the next step) for those people who have completed the CCP Course.  It is a logical step.  You may want to be a funeral celebrant for people or for pets.  It is not as easy as you may think… but very satisfying.  Memorial celebrations for people who have gone ahead even babies and children who have never been remembered in this way – are my personal favourites.

We have been on this journey together for a long time.  It is exciting to take a new path.

We live in a population that is not only ageing, but is beset with (Covid) anxiety and fear.  Getting everyday affairs in order can bring peace of mind.  Speaking to someone about fears of death and dying can also be useful, and there are few out in the world prepared to work in this area.

We yogis understand karma, rebirth, impermanence and re-incarnation.  We are well placed to help people face their fears and move forward in a positive frame of mind.

If you would like to work in this area, contact me.  For Enquiries, application –
Email yogafirst2@bigpond.com

NAMASTE.  JAHNE