Dear yogis….

I am not sure if this got through ( you may get more than one), but it is such an important message I decided to send it again.

SIMPLICITY Thinking about bombing of any kind, keep top of mind that about 400 hundred people per hour are going to die of starvation whilst we are reading this, and many more are on the brink, and many more will be killed and maimed in the various wars being waged at the moment!.

What can you do about this – well a lot on a tiny scale.  You could agree with yourself to live more simply.  I look at the lifestyle of the now deceased Tasha Tudor.  Although she lived in an affluent society (1915 – 2008.  Boston. Mass. USA) , she maintained the simple life of her parents until she died.  Made her own clothes, raised her own food, used electricity marginally and so on.  She earned money through writing childrens books and painting, and rather reminded me of an American Beatrix Potter.  Because Tasha (like Beatrix) wasn’t distracted by the modern world, she was very productive and wrote 100 books and painted about 2,000 works of art mostly watercolours to illustrate her books..  in this way she changed peoples lives, and like childrens’ writers before her taught children about a different, simpler kind of life.

Whilst simplicity provides an answer to this modern dilemma, it does not provide an easy answer.  Simplicity is both a grace and a discipline.  Grace is a gift of God (yes, the “G” word).  In my understanding and experience there is no way we can build our will power and put ourselves into contortions, mind games, and attain it.  We perhaps have an idea of what simplicity is and batter it to fit our lifestyle, But that is not what simplicity is.  It slips in unawares.  A new sense of concentration enters our awareness, a wonder, a concentration.  We begin to understand that when the call is made the power is given.  Simplicity is a grace, and a discipline because we are called to do something.  It involves a consciously chosen course of action.

What we DO does not give us simplicity, but it does put us in the place and the frame of mind where we can receive it.  It is a vital preparation, a sowing of the seed both easy and difficult. It is an inward reality that can be seen in an outward lifestyle.  We must have both – to neglect either end and the effect is not useful. We must accept the goodness AND THE LIMITATIONS of material things.

For yogis reading this – consult the Purushatras.  Dharma – Duty and moral values, Artha – prosperity, Kama – pleasure, love, psychological values and Moksha – freedom, liberation, spiritual values, self-actualisation.

 

TEACHER TRAINING AT THE STUDIO ON SUNDAY AT 2.30.    Namaste – Jahne

Dear Yogis,

Fantastic – I actually got replies from my last newsletter about “female issues”.   An especially useful one which let me know that in New Zealand oestradiol gel will soon be available on the national health.  This is a life changing medication for menopause vaginal dryness.  My doctor and my ex were less than sympathetic when I was travelling through this.  It is an excruciating problem and causes problems on every level as you can imagine.  Sex feels like being made love to by a chain saw… need I say more.  If only I had had sympathy and medication, a lot would be different today.

There is a worldwide shortage of the patches – but ask for the gel.  You never know your luck.  I did use a natural medication, but the oestrogen gel is actually what I needed – industrial strength.

 

I am still contemplating the YARN BOMBING.  I loved doing it, and since the time we did it here in Woodend, the world has been waking up to it, and International Yarn Bombing day is exactly that – International.  I can help you do it where you are – it does need some considerations.  It is not just a matter of getting together a ball of wool and needles.  This can be a fund raising group.. or just for fun.  It brings people together.  PLEASE EMAIL ME:  yogafirst2@bigpond.com

 

SIMPLICITY

Thinking about bombing of any kind, keep top of mind that about 400 hundred people per hour are going to die of starvation whilst we are reading this, and many more are on the brink, and many more will be killed and maimed in the various wars being waged at the moment!.

What can you do about this – well a lot on a tiny scale.  You could agree with yourself to live more simply.  I look at the lifestyle of the now deceased Tasha Tudor.  Although she lived in an affluent society (1915 – 2008.  Boston. Mass. USA) , she maintained the simple life of her parents until she died.  Made her own clothes, raised her own food, used electricity marginally and so on.  She earned money through writing childrens books and painting, and rather reminded me of an American Beatrix Potter.  Because Tasha (like Beatrix) wasn’t distracted by the modern world, she was very productive and wrote 100 books and painted about 2,000 works of art mostly watercolours to illustrate her books..  in this way she changed peoples lives, and like childrens’ writers before her taught children about a different, simpler kind of life.

Whilst simplicity provides an answer to this modern dilemma, it does not provide an easy answer.  Simplicity is both a grace and a discipline.  Grace is a gift of God (yes, the “G” word).  In my understanding and experience there is no way we can build our will power and put ourselves into contortions, mind games, and attain it.  We perhaps have an idea of what simplicity is and batter it to fit our lifestyle, But that is not what simplicity is.  It slips in unawares.  A new sense of concentration enters our awareness, a wonder, a concentration.  We begin to understand that when the call is made the power is given.  Simplicity is a grace, and a discipline because we are called to do something.  It involves a consciously chosen course of action.

What we DO does not give us simplicity, but it does put us in the place and the frame of mind where we can receive it.  It is a vital preparation, a sowing of the seed both easy and difficult. It is an inward reality that can be seen in an outward lifestyle.  We must have both – to neglect either end and the effect is not useful. We must accept the goodness AND THE LIMITATIONS of material things.

For yogis reading this – consult the Purushatras.  Dharma – Duty and moral values, Artha – prosperity, Kama – pleasure, love, psychological values and Moksha – freedom, liberation, spiritual values, self-actualisation.

 

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

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm,  9.30AM in Gisborne (10 week term ending in September).

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 (or a bit later)  by donation.

Arrive around 9.30 and we will start when we are settled.   I will be leaving around 11am..  I am not sure how long the class will last, or how long it will take to get everyone ready and moving, but we will be relaxed, and see how it goes.  LAST WEEK WAS FABULOUS.

>>>>>>ZOOM DISABILITY YOGA TEACHER TRAINING. Transfer to distance, zoom done.   . Usual zoom classes MONDAY 22nd July.  If you want to join in you can, but you will need to email me to get the ZOOM ID.  

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

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH:  27th July, The Victoria, Woodend –  at 12 noon  Please email me if you haven’t already.

NEW YIN YOGA CARDS ON THE WAY – they are being printed.

 

NAMASTE .  JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

There have been Women’s Health Initiative Studies – but still there is a lack of information, and like nutrition, doctors do a couple of hours study in the whole four years, so they know there is a problem, but have no real knowledge of what that is.   Do they talk about “brain fog”.  The things you are good at are being taken away from you.  If men had menopause we would have fixed it by now.

AND….We need more studies on the Effect of oestrogen on the menopausal brain.  Alzheimers and dementia are the largest causes of death in women.  Menopause can start now in your teens.  When I tested positive for menopause aged 33 it was thought of a startling, but that was because there were no studies, no information, not because I was alone.  One in three women do not talk to their doctors about the symptoms, but go to the chemist and self medicate.  There is another way – oestrogen skin creams/gels and patches, lifestyle and exercise.

Did you know, 9 out of 10 women say menopause have a negative impact on their working lives.  That’s thousands of teachers, police officers, doctors, nurses.  In England there are 14 million menopausal women today.  I think it needs to be talked about.  Cystitis, diminished libido, vaginal dryness….  I am sure you know about it, talk about it, its the way out.  From my point of view, I think every woman over the age of 30 (maybe earlier) should be sent a tube of vaginal oestrogen with a book of menopausal information.  Yes you can have an orgasm after menopause.

This little paragraph is hastily written, talks about the problems I had and couldn’t get help with, and now I am in my “senior years” and dealing with the label “a woman of a certain age!” I still have troubles no-one will talk about… what about you?  If you have these symptoms you will have trouble with your yoga – it is relevant, it is relevant to me….

What’s the truth? We need to know.

 

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

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm,  9.30AM in Gisborne (10 week term ending in September).

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 (or a bit later)  by donation.

Arrive around 9.30 and we will start when we are settled.   I will be leaving around 11am..  I am not sure how long the class will last, or how long it will take to get everyone ready and moving, but we will be relaxed, and see how it goes.  LAST WEEK WAS FABULOUS.

>>>>>>ZOOM DISABILITY YOGA TEACHER TRAINING. Transfer to distance, zoom done.   . Usual zoom classes MONDAY 22nd July.  If you want to join in you can, but you will need to email me to get the ZOOM ID.  

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

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH:  27th July, The Victoria, Woodend –  at 12 noon

NEW YIN YOGA CARDS ON THE WAY. 

 

NAMASTE .  JAHNE