Merry Christmas beautiful yogis,

Even if you don’t get past the first sentence, I am so pleased to be a yogi and know you.  Yoga and you are really the only things that actually makes sense.

I went to church on Sunday.  There was a meagre crowd… the usual hymns, a sermon read from an iPad, and a vicar who tried to interpret Leunig…. important both as an artist and a philosopher.  His interpretation of this wonderful cartoon has upset me.  I am sure you know the drawing… Night-time in a back street,  a lamp post illuminating a scene – a young man supporting a woman giving birth, dogs and cats watching and some street people sharing their meagre possessions with the couple.    A fabulous and relevant  interpretation of Christmas.  Somehow the Vicar squeezed in a woman suckling a child and so on.  At the end I was sure we were looking at a different cartoon altogether.  He was so inspired he didn’t come out from behind the protection of the bible stand and his electronics…. Give me fire and brimstone every day.  AND on the day when there could have been tea and coffee and Christmas cake there was none.

Thank goodness we know the value of the breath.  Something I try to teach you – maybe not forcefully enough.

The Breath is the bridge between the mind and the body the gateway between the consciousness and the unconscious.  Breathing has direct and intimate connections to emotional states and moods.  To explain simply, as you breathe IN your blood pressure drops, the baroreceptors detect this and cause your heart rate to speed up.  As you breathe OUT your blood pressure increases and your heart rate slows down accordingly.  Calm balanced breathing brings the heart into resonance and this communicates and spreads to the gut and head brains, all coming together with a calm balanced resonance with the heart.

YOGA CLASSES.

OPTION 1.  The Official School Term  starts on the 3oth January and finishes on the 6th April – which we also call a TERM. If you want to start again on 30th January (a Monday) and finish on the 6th April,  then the cost for the term is $220.

OPTION 2. However, If you want to pay for the entire time from the 9th January to the 8th April, (a lengthier term) the cost is $270.

OPTION 3. There is still the option to pay 4 CONSECUTIVE classes at a time $88 – with this option if you don’t come to class you lose your payment, although you can make up a class in the same week.

SEE YOU ON THE MAT (I am already missing you all).

NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

 

 

 

Hi there Yogis,

It’s Christmas.  I have started my break (sort of), and this morning  I drew a tarot card, just to check I am going in the right direction.

I drew THE QUEEN OF PENTACLES,  who is the intuitive guide and helping hand that I have been looking for. Maybe her assistance would be comforting to you too?

She is drawn when you require not only practical assistance, but emotional support as well. This is especially connected to maternal energy so it’s time to think about the special women in your life, in particular mother’s who may be a source of strength for you. Indeed, if you are a parent yourself, this card indicates a time to provide wisdom and support to your family. The Queen of Pentacles is an excellent businesswoman, so whatever ideas you have to create more financial independence, today is a great day to begin to lay the groundwork.

YOGA CLASS

Yesterday, My last class for the year at Windarring, I was given a wonderful presentation by my class.

I received for Christmas – a poster with a drawing which included my plait, and a bear on my shoulder.  Obviously they see a younger (skinny) me, which isn’t bad.  A very flattering portrait which I framed as soon as I got home. I was also presented with a fabulous chocolate (invention) cake, and a tin of biscuits for under my Christmas tree.  How good is that.    I am so looking forward to the new year.  I don’t know how i can really exist without this fantastic class..

 

Have a great Christmas all of you – thank you for the help, support, and good times during the year.  It has been fabulous.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

Main news is our lunch today.  If you want to join us – 1pm at The Victoria in Woodend.  

It is going to be a beautiful day, and this afternoon (after the lunch) I will get into the garden.  I am going to press every Bach flower I have and then frame them all.  I think it will be a good exercise.

YOUR GUT.

As we live through this period of overindulgence, and as you snooze on the couch after eating far too much, keep in mind that the gut goes through its own version of REM sleep, known as RGM (rapid gut movement).  Approximately every 90 minutes whilst you sleep,  the gut goes through RGM.  It is suggested that this is when the gut and head communicate.  Based on this, it is not such a big leap to believe that this is when gut wisdom  can surface into consciousness.  As yogis we have always believed –  dreams contain messages from the gut and the heart.  I love to imagine that in my sleep the gut and the brain are communicating.

I will see you on the mat (soon).

NAMASTE – JAHNE