Walnut helps with protection from change and outside influences.

Walnut can be used:
For new beginnings – (it has been called the “link breaker” because it helps us let go of the old, and to accept the new): Starting school, moving, new relationships, marriage, divorce, jobs, way of life etc.
For new phases in life: pregnancy, birth, puberty, menopause, death, etc. To keep you following your own path – it helps you to be true to yourself – your beliefs and ideals without being influenced by the ideals and opinions of others.
For protection – to feel safe and protected against other people’s energies, outside influences/ interference, decisions/choices, and protection from environmental causes (allergens/pollutants).
To help adjust to changes: career/job, unforeseen circumstances/situation, family dynamics/relationships, time changes, seasons etc.

“For those who have definite ideals and ambitions in life and are fulfilling them, but on rare occasions are tempted to be led away from their own ideas, aims and work by the enthusiasm, convictions, or strong opinions of others. The remedy gives constancy and protection from outside influences.”  The Twelve Healers and Other Remedies, by Dr. Bach

YOGA CLASSES AND STUDIO TIMES…..

Windarring Yoga –  Tues. x 2 +Thurs. x 1. (some Fridays)

STUDIO YOGA WOODEND: Monday Hatha 1pm (full) 2.15 Wed. Restorative 1pm.  

TAROT READINGS AT THE STUDIO – Look forward to hearing from you.  You can even come on the weekends, and I can do “doubles” – you and mum, maybe you and a friend.

THE YOGA LUNCHEON:  As always the last Saturday in the month.  The next at 12noon the 28th October – PUT IT IN YOUR DIARY NOW.. I have booked for us to go to  The Full Moon in Woodend.  Warm, “homey” and great food. I love the Nachos – with chicken – with prawns – vegan, or Mexican.  Any of them are great.

“re.MAKE” –    UPCYCLING, RENOVATING.  If your treasured items need re-imagining and mending, come see me – please make an appointment first.. I am pretty well booked until the end of October (unless you are a regular who needs a skirt/pants tweaked), so keep that in mind. SEWING BEE SUNDAY AT 2.30 at my studio, 37 Morris Road, Woodend.  

I have just finished the (stunning) evening outfit to the left which  I constructed from three items which had gone out of fashion but made of fabulous material which is so hard to source.  I am very pleased with it, and I think it looks rather sexy. Most of the work was done by hand.  I did use a machine for the long straight seams as there is a considerable amount of material in the skirt and underskirts, although the bindings, french seams and lace are all oversewn by hand.

I will include photo when it is accessorised, the collar with bow and bling,  and on the way to the ball.  I am working on a quilt at the moment, and have an Empire line wedding dress waiting to be done.  Need your clothes reimagined, reconfigured? I would love to help.

STEAM PUNK PARADE – this is still on the drawing board and we are in discussions with the Full Moon Saloon.  I want to include young designers, sponsor a prize for a new talent, and perhaps morph into a Sewing Bee style competition..  Watch this space and keep on stitching!!!!

SEE YOU IN THE STUDIO (and at the yoga lunch at the end of the month)

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

Maybe it is time for me to change…  I have given most of my adult life (and my house) to yoga, but I doubt that it is serving me well at the moment the way that I am doing it.  So I am taking time to think about it.

Many of you are voting with your feet (it is the Australian Way),  and anticipating that when you are ready I will be sitting in the middle of the room waiting for you to do yoga.  Well, maybe I won’t, maybe I will be sitting in the middle of the room meditating – here or elsewhere –  and NOT waiting for you to come to yoga, and just doing yoga for those who want it.

Last nite I dreamed that I went out to class and when I came home the yoga room was totally empty, even the rug had gone.  There was a little note left on the carpet that indicated that everything had been taken for cleaning and mending and would be returned shortly in good condition, even the lining under the rug.  Everything had been removed –  the carpet cleaned the walls parking and the windows cleaned.  All the props, gone.  it was refreshing.   So there is change in the air and I am ready for it.

Here I sit doing the newsletter, which few of you believe you have the time to read and hardly anyone responds to, or even say Hello.   As I have said to you all many times….  Doing the same thing and hoping for a different outcome is the way to madness. My friend Uranda spent 10 years giving his lectures to his horse as no-one wanted to listen, and then someone did and his classes began – same with Prabhupada.  I have always thought it is a matter of holding the space.  Maybe there is a different way to hold it.  I am waiting for the “aha” moment.  I anticipate another 30 years, but not 30 years of “hoping” for an outcome –  I have always been pro-active, and that has not changed.  However, if I don’t hold the space, will you hold the space for your group, your family?  We teach by doing.  Coming to yoga, reading the newsletter, responding,  is all about holding the space.  Do you?

THE TAROT – The is the card I drew today.  What Ace of Swords Means for ME (YOU) Today

The Ace of Swords has appeared to show you that a new perspective or some kind of sudden realization is likely today. This can come to you as an ‘aha’ moment where your subconscious feeds you the answer to something,  after you have quit thinking about it. This sudden stroke of genius often feels exciting and empowering but can also be the first stage that leads to over-thinking. Thoughts are useful only when they are under our conscious control, so don’t let this influx of energy get out of control.

YOGA CLASSES AND STUDIO TIMES…..

Windarring Yoga –  Tues. x 2 +Thurs. x 1. (some Fridays)

STUDIO YOGA WOODEND: Monday Hatha 1pm (full) 2.15 Wed. Restorative 1pm.  

TAROT READINGS AT THE STUDIO – Look forward to hearing from you.  You can even come on the weekends, and I can do “doubles” – you and mum, maybe you and a friend.

THE YOGA LUNCHEON:  As always the last Saturday in the month.  The next at 12noon the 28th October – PUT IT IN YOUR DIARY NOW.. I have booked for us to go to  The Full Moon in Woodend.  Warm, “homey” and great food. I love the Nachos – with chicken – with prawns – vegan, or Mexican.  Any of them are great.

“re.MAKE” –    UPCYCLING, RENOVATING.  If your treasured items need re-imagining and mending, come see me – please make an appointment first.. I am pretty well booked until the end of October (unless you are a regular who needs a skirt/pants tweaked), so keep that in mind. SEWING BEE SUNDAY as above.

SEE YOU IN THE STUDIO (and at the yoga lunch)

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis, A REMINDER THAT THE YOGA LUNCHEON IS THIS SATURDAY AT 12 NOON, at The Full Moon Saloon in Woodend.  

SEWING BEE:  Next Sunday at 2.30 at the studio…..  This is all about hand sewing – we have a quilt to finish and you could help with that, or you could bring something else to do – I will be hand sewing a garment and could help you with yours.   Or you could just watch.   Where?  At the studio, 37 Morris Road, Woodend.  If you are a newbie and have decided to come, please let me know ahead of time (the day before, not on the day – I don’t live with my phone in my hand!).  Please, don’t bring fantastic nibbles – just something small if you must – usually there is heaps left over.  In council (in my experience) fantastic bakes are almost the point of the meetings, but here, sewing is.

PLUS:  We will be discussing the program for the hand-sewing classes.  Definitely some basic stitches to start our portfolio,  and then a little bolero or gardening apron might be the first cab off the rank where we put our new stitches into practice.   We will be doing everything by hand.  If you would like to join these classes and make the little bolero style vest you will need a metre or so of fabric and for the gardening apron an old pair of jeans – the kind with lots of pockets at the back.

LET’S CATCH UP –   If you want to chat with me about our program (or anything), I will be at The Mt.Macedon Gallery behind the Trading Post from 10am to 1pm on Sunday morning.  I will have sewing with me, plus a bag and jacket “on the racks….” and for sale.

YOGA CLASSES AND STUDIO TIMES…..

Windarring Yoga –  Tues. x 2 +Thurs. x 1. (some Fridays)

STUDIO YOGA WOODEND: Monday Hatha 1pm (full) 2.15 pm   Wed. Restorative 1pm.  

TAROT READINGS AT THE STUDIO – Look forward to hearing from you.  You can even come on the weekends, and I can do “doubles” – you and mum, maybe you and a friend.

THE YOGA LUNCHEON:  As always the last Saturday in the month.  The next at 12noon the 30th September (this Saturday) – PUT IT IN YOUR DIARY NOW.. I have booked for us to go to  The Full Moon in Woodend.  Warm, “homey” and great food. I love the Nachos – with chicken – with prawns – vegan, or Mexican.  Any of them are great.

“re.MAKE” –    UPCYCLING, RENOVATING.  If your treasured items need re-imagining and mending, come see me – please make an appointment first.. I am pretty well booked until the end of October (unless you are a regular who needs a skirt/pants tweaked), so keep that in mind. SEWING BEE SUNDAY as above.

If you want a garment “transformed”, then please email me, and we will work out how to move forward with your project.  I could let you onto my to-do list by the end of October.  At present I am making two garments into a show stopping red carpet garment.  I will show you when completed.

SEE YOU IN THE STUDIO (and at the yoga lunch)    NAMASTE – JAHNE