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Dear Yogis,

What a time we are living in.  The weather is all over the place, so don’t expect you won’t be, plus physically we are being challenged, not just by the weather, and the feeling of insecurity, but by covid, covid vaccinations and the downside of that.  It is all about challenge.  You can pretend it is not there, you can go to the doc and be tranquillised, or you can be pro-active and look around and see what nature is providing for you.  I think the last option is the best, and that is why we have moved into THE YOGA OF HERBS,  

During lockdowns you were joining us on zoom, learning new things, trying new things because the reality was right up at you and clawing at the windows.  But now, with the pressure seemingly off, you have relaxed, and now, maybe you have not  just moved away from yoga, but also from learning new things (old ways) that could help yourself and your family going forward.

 I am still here, I am still teaching, and those students who are ready to learn, are joining us.  Sitting in front of the telly might be easier – but it won’t help you when the supermarket shelves are empty.  I think you know that.  Nature is providing, even really good things… How to make bitters (digestives) out of those old artichoke leaves, how to make Novello out of green walnuts, how to make seed crackers out of plantain.  That was what we spoke of last night in your absence.

I am now thinking how I can make what used to be called a “still room”.  A place that is darker and colder so that I can store all the lovely things I am making.  Instead of being crammed on shelves, they will go into my storehouse (still room) for the “winter”, and times of shortage.  My mum had a cold place under the floor boards in the hall where apples, root vegetable, preserved eggs and suchlike were stored.  I can’t do that, but I will solve it.  I will find a space.  What about you?  Put your head outside, smell the air – things are changing, can you?

I have a huge pile of yoga magazines that I was not quite sure what to do with.  I think I am going to paper the walls in the toilet with them..  Angel would do this.  I will have lots left I think, would you like some?

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK(S)
STUDIO YOGA – Wednesday 5.30, Friday 5.30 and Monday 1pm.  Please contact me before you turn up, these are small classes.
ZOOM:  Friday 6.45 Tarot.  Monday Gita 6.30, Tuesday Herbal Workshop 7.30

I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,
Yesterday the funeral procession for Thich Nhat Hanh happened.  His followers and fellow monks trailed a procession of pallbearers carrying Nhat Hanh’s coffin from Tu Hieu Pagoda, where he spent his last days, to the cremation site.   Others kneeled and clasped their hands in prayer on the roadside and bowed to the ground as the casket went past.
Our friend Tenzin Choegal has written and sung a wonderful farewell,  the link to which I have put below.. If the link does not happen for you, just google. ……. A prayerful Homage to Thich Nhat Hanh https://youtu.be/m59Dx5WL7ro

 

Thich Nhat Hanh, the monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, died in the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam, on Jan. 21, 2022. He was 95.

In 2014, Thich Nhat Hanh suffered a stroke. Since then he was unable to speak or continue his teaching. In October 2018 he let his devotees know, using gestures, that he wished to return to the temple in Vietnam where he had been ordained as a young monk. Devotees from many parts of the world had continued to visit him at the temple.

For Thich Nhat Hanh, mindfulness (the main strand and foundation of his teaching) was not a means to a more productive day but a way of understanding interdependence, the connection and codependence of everyone and everything.In a documentary, “Walk With Me,” he illustrated interbeing in the following way:

A young girl asks him how to deal with the grief of her recently deceased dog. He instructs her to look into the sky and watch a cloud disappear. The cloud has not died but has become the rain and the tea in the teacup. Just as the cloud is alive in a new form, so is the dog. Being aware and mindful of the tea offers a reflection on the nature of reality. He believed this understanding could lead to the possibility of more peace in the world.

THE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK.
STUDIO:  Monday 1pm Yoga, Wednesday 5.30, Friday 5.30
ZOOM: Monday 6.30 The Gita, Tuesday 7.30 Herbal Class, Friday 6.45 Tarot.

I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

You may be suffering COVID FATIGUE but I saw this hidden away on twitter, and thought you may be interested.  This virus is the same as most other virus, it causes complications in the body that don’t manifest for years, so we mustn’t get complacent.  It is important we keep up our supplementation, and look after our nutrition especially if at any time we have tested positive, or imagine that we have gone through some part of the process without actually testing positive. 

 

THE STUDIO/YOGA SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK.
ZOOM, FRIDAY 6.45 Tarot – we are going to do a business/life spread and interpret it.
STUDIO, FRIDAY 5.30 Yoga.  SUNDAY 12pm to 4pm A drop in time.  Take the opportunity to come see me, discover what we do here, see the ION-KI FOOT CLEANSE, the Tattoo designs, and maybe discuss Tarot.  Whatever you like.  I am here for the ‘tour”.

 

GARLIC GROWING
This is a modern Russian Gardeners idea, and I like it.  Cut an empty drink bottle in half use the funnel stopped with a wick made of cotton wool or as I have, paper towel,  to hold the garlic cloves.  You can peel the cloves or not, I don’t.  You will see little shoots appearing, and the roots going down.   Once you see the roots you can take out the wick and let the roots spread.    Then plant them.  This in the photo is Elephant Garlic – BIG.

The plastic bottle and the garlic is quite attractive, and you could have a few on the windowsill, they look good.

 

VEGETABLE BOXES
Here is my new vegetable box.  I have two, quite a size.  They were a birthday gift from a student, and I imagined what would arrive would have been  a considerably smaller model, but no, these are full size, and a much sturdier construction than my house actually – “well built” would be an understatement!  Many thanks to Mark and Katie who moved them into position for me.  They had the proper “piano moving” equipment, so it was relatively easy.   I think I will paint them to blend them into the garden a bit more, or paint them terra-cotta to accentuate the positive.

I put one in full sun and I am going to grow potatoes and artichokes in it.  Potatoes to build the soil in the first instance.  The one in the photo is in dappled shade, so,  comfrey, gotu-cola, and cranberries will be the first things I put here.  Also I will also use it to mature white raspberries, (my new fruiting bushes), prior to putting them in the garden.   It has made me think about the various spaces much more, and how to best use the areas in the garden I already have.   They are a work in progress.

I am talking now with John about trialling a Kenyan top box bee hive for him.  I have two places in the garden it can go….

 

When you come for your IONIC FOOT CLEANSE, your Bach Remedies or a Yoga Class, you are welcome to look around the garden…  Or you can just come and talk herbs with me.  Love to see you.

 

SEE YOU IN THE GARDEN.

NAMASTE – JAHNE