Dear Yogis,

Well, Christmas/New year is over, and my birthday is (beautifully) over.  The most surprising gift I got (and I discourage gifts on the basis I need for nothing, and am decluttering) was a thing that looks like an astronaut toy that projects stars and nebula on the ceiling.  Totally, totally useless but lovely.

I finished some more little pendants (they are on ETSY), and will soon start wearing and selling them – they are keeping me away from finishing two BIG works I must get done by March for an exhibition.  I have to wait until my heart is in “the right place” or the images will be “RS”.

 

The ART MATERIALS CLASS has only ONE place left.  So if you planned to come, you will have to decide quickly – Sunday 9th February, 2pm,  cost $65.  If you are struggling to be a better artist and getting no-where it could be because you are trying to do things with your materials they were never meant to do, or using the wrong materials, and of course learning patience – the painting to the left is a terrific example of this.

 

WHATS ON IN THE STUDIO.  

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.  9.30AM in Gisborne

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Open 10th January, at 10am for restorative yoga and then ongoing classes in the following week for the rest of term. Monday 1pm, Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am

DISABILITY YOGA CLASS (YOGA FOR WHEELIES AND WALKERS) in NORMA RICHARDSON hall, starting 9.30am every Wednesday  by donation. Please arrive close to 9.30 and we will start when we are settled.  I am also considering having one at home studio – there has to be an alternative for people who for whatever reason either can’t come every week at the same time, or won’t go to St.Mary’s Hall.

I am going to start another class in chair yoga (no wheelchairs possible) at the studio.  Same conditions.  By donation, chair and pilates ring style,  yoga.  Still with breathing yoga, and meditation/omming.  Just the same as the Wednesday class in the Norma Richardson Hall..

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL See above.  Two changes, two Tuesdays 14th and 21st then Mondays, 6.30 as usual (unless the class prefers Tuesdays).

PRANAYAMA CLASS STARTING SOON.

ART EQUIPMENT CLASS:  on Sunday February the 9th at 2pm (cost $65) please book.  Only 1 place left.  

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH:   at The Full Moon Saloon starting again in the new year, 25th January at noon..  I am booking it today.  Let me know if you want to join us.

 

 I am looking forward to 2025.    NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

Dear Yogis,

The year as far as the schools are concerned has not started yet, however,  we are settling in with new classes, the classes that are already operating and settled and hopefully some trainee teachers in the new year.  We already have a couple of students as keen as mustard, and working hard.

I am always surprised that people come to yoga and tell me they have been to yoga classes for years, but they know nothing about the breathing, and wave their hands and body around as if that was all that was needed.  It takes some convincing that they actually have a diaphragm, and certainly in most cases it has been years since they even thought about CORE.  No wonder every second person has a back ache.

 

NEW MINIATURE COLLECTION

I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for good things this year, lots and lots of good things
and to suit my determinedly cheerful mood
I’ve put together a number of beautiful “just for you” pieces.
They’re delicate, subtle, and almost ethereal – some of them are ethereal
saints, angels, and so on.

– but for the most part, they are family pieces

and I can do pieces of your family too, just send an image.

For 15% off your order, please use the code NEWSLETTER25 when you place an order.

 

This is a pendant from a painting by an Old (Renaissance) Master painter.

 

It is of Mary the Mother of God (that Mary).  Quite beautiful.  

A pendant, ready for you to add the ribbon, or the chain.  It could even be hung in a frame
I only have one, and once that is gone, then no more.  You will have an original a one of a kind
however, I can do a portrait of you especially for you – a Valentine perhaps.
COST: $75 including postage in Australia

Go to Etsy to order this and more.  www.morrisroadstudio.etsy.com

 

WHATS ON IN THE STUDIO.  

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.  9.30AM in Gisborne

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Open 10th January, at 10am for restorative yoga and then ongoing classes in the following week for the rest of term. Monday 1pm, Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am

DISABILITY YOGA CLASS (YOGA FOR WHEELIES AND WALKERS) in NORMA RICHARDSON hall, starting 9.30am every Wednesday  by donation. Please arrive close to 9.30 and we will start when we are settled.  I am also considering having one at home studio – there has to be an alternative for people who for whatever reason either can’t come every week at the same time, or won’t go to St.Mary’s Hall.

I am going to start another class in chair yoga (no wheelchairs possible) at the studio.  Same conditions.  By donation, chair and pilates ring style,  yoga.  Still with breathing yoga, and meditation/omming.  Just the same as the Wednesday class in the Norma Richardson Hall..

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL See above.  Two changes, two Tuesdays 14th and 21st then Mondays, 6.30 as usual (unless the class prefers Tuesdays).

PRANAYAMA CLASS STARTING SOON.

ART EQUIPMENT CLASS:  on Sunday February the 9th at 2pm (cost $65) please book.  Only 3 places left.  

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH:   at The Full Moon Saloon starting again in the new year, 25th January at noon..  I am booking it today.  Let me know if you want to join us.

 

 I am looking forward to 2025.    NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

Dear Yogis,

Are you de-cluttering?   Do you have old photos going to the tip?  Photos of relatives long gone,  or just attractive photos of people you have collected over time?  What to do with them?  Send them to me.  I make charm bracelets, group miniatures, pendants, and etc from photos.

I do family groups of pendants and frame them like miniatures, or like the photos above, I miniaturise them and make them into pendants.

I can make them in colour,  bw or sepia, whatever you like.  Imagine a photo of your beloved as a pendant or a brooch or framed on a wall – one person or a family group.  Valentines day is coming, and this could be the answer.  I will send another email out to show you.

 

GRACIE the cat has been transformed.

No matter how hard I tried, no matter how many foods I experimented with, she was turning into a screaming, untidy, horrible little person.  However, last week Fr.John came to visit.  We were talking about his two cats and he said how he bought chickens from Coles and fed them the pulled meat.  He said it was economical, and they loved it.  So I thought I would try.  Gracie took to it from the first meal.  Her appetite has diminished (she has been ravenous for a very long time), her coat is soft, shiny, sleek, she is back into cuddles, and she has stopped screaming.

Life is calm and peaceful again.  Thank you Fr.John and thank you Coles (and the pre-cooked free range, 100% natural organic chickens – are there any other kind?).

 

WHATS ON IN THE STUDIO.  

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.  9.30AM in Gisborne

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Open 10th January, at 10am for restorative yoga and then ongoing classes in the following week for the rest of term. Monday 1pm, Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am

DISABILITY YOGA CLASS (YOGA FOR WHEELIES AND WALKERS) in NORMA RICHARDSON hall, starting 9.30am every Wednesday  by donation. Please arrive close to 9.30 and we will start when we are settled. FIRST 2025 CLASS 15th January. TODAY.  I am also considering having one at home studio – there has to be an alternative for people who for whatever reason either can’t come every week at the same time, or won’t go to St.Mary’s Hall.

Same conditions.  By donation, chair and pilates ring style,  yoga.  Still with breathing yoga, and meditation/omming.  Just the same as the Wednesday class.

YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL ZOOM. See above.  Two changes, two Tuesdays 14th and 21st then Mondays, 6.30 as usual (unless the class prefers Tuesdays).

ART EQUIPMENT CLASS:  on Sunday February the 9th at 2pm (cost $65) please book.  Only 3 places left.  

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH:   at The Full Moon Saloon starting again in the new year.  I am booking it today.  Let me know if you want to join us.

 

 I am looking forward to 2025.    NAMASTE – JAHNE