Dear Yogis,

Thank you all for your inspiring responses to my last newsletter.  We live in difficult economic times, not quite Paul Keating’s “the recession we had to have”, but still not pleasant, and every day flags go up to make us feel more and more unsettled.  Thank goodness we all have yoga.  Just because I don’t work in a shop or factory, does not mean that I don’t need or respect money.  I too need to eat.  Many people think that artists and yogis don’t need to be paid (in line with priests and other religious).  A newsflash. WE DO! We all live in the same town/city/country, and we need to be paid for the work that we do.

Have you seen the dancer Sergei Polunin?  A fabulous dancer and very complex person, he has had more than a couple of his tours cancelled due to his personal and political views, not made any easier by the three tattoos of Putin on his body.   Not just a dancer (can we say that –  “just a dancer?”).   He made his feature film debut in the 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express, followed by a performance in the 2018 film Red Sparrow. Also in 2018, he appeared as Yuri Soloviev in the Rudolf Nureyev biopic The White Crow, directed by Ralph Fiennes.  He has chosen his films well, and they are among my personal favourites, not because of his presence, but because they are amazing films.  His recent instagram video of “Take me to Church” got him 17,000,000 views.  You will recognise many yogic asanas taken to their balletic apex.  A stunning work of immense physicality.  Watch it – you can google it.  Also catch up with “THE WHITE CROW”, a remarkable film.  Fiennes doesn’t direct rubbish “pot boilers”, and this won’t disappoint.

 

CLASSES WOODEND.  from 8th July for the next term….

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm .  (Tuesday AM in Gisborne starting 16th July).

STUDIO YOGA WOODEND: Monday Hatha 1pm (full) Wednesday Restorative 1pm,  FRIDAY RESTORATIVE 10am

DISABILITY YOGA CLASS (YOGA FOR WHEELIES AND WALKERS) in NORMA RICHARDSON hall, starting 9.30am 17th July  by donation. Next term.  All my disability classes will have an emphasis (after time) on meditation.

>>>>>>>>>>ZOOM DISABILITY YOGA TEACHER TRAINING. THIS week class 5 –  6.30 zoom class. THE  LAST ONE OF FIVE = MONDAY 15th July.

NEXT STUDIO TEACHER TRAINING – The Sunday July 28th at 2.30

NEW YIN YOGA CLASSES ON THE WAY – plus cards.

 

NAMASTE .  JAHNE