Hello Yogis,

Hello Friday.  Today is the day of our monthly yoga luncheon and I am so looking forward to it.  We always have a luscious time. The Hotel looks forward to us, and the young waiters always make a fuss.  If you are worried about Covid – don’t! They take every care.  You have more chance of getting Covid at Coles I think.

SCHEDULE
YOGA STUDIO:  Monday 1pm, Wednesday 5.30 and Friday 5.30
ZOOM:  Monday 6.30 Gita teacher Training, Tuesday 7.30 Herbal Workshop, Friday 6.45 Tarot

THE GARDEN AND THE ART..

First the garden which is looking just wonderful, and I am getting to grips with it.   I don’t know what i was doing a few years ago, but Covid has allowed me to properly apportion my time so that i can take care of the garden.  I do need help from time to time on the “heavy lifting”, but I am doing most o

PLUS, I have ordered a Kenyan top bar bee hive.   This is going to be quite an experiment and i am looking forward to it.  I hope to hold information days as so few people are doing this style of hive.  In America the Kenyan and the Warre hives and equipment are easy to find.  Not so here.

THE ART.
I am working on some collages.  They make me happy.  The work will have an outing soon, so, patience, patience.  The subject matter is anatomy and yoga.  You will love them.  There will be prints as well as originals as usual.

 

Have a lovely week.  

SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

The week is half done, and things are coming back to an “almost” normal whatever that was.  It is hard to remember, plus we still have the covid requirements to pay attention to, and students who have been vaccinated three times are still coming down with covid.  Just “a bad case of flu” symptoms, but still unpleasant.  How would you know if you had it?  Seems that children now are the carriers, and “career grandparents” are the ones among our students who have got a second and sometimes third infections even after the three vaccinations.

Remember Bach Therapies are a risk-free system of self-healing and therefore available to everyone.  You just have to use it.  Doing the Bach Course and/or joining in the Tuesday Zoom sessions is not just theory – you can use it to help yourself and your family. Just because it is simple does not mean it is not powerful.    Bach’s vision was that the Flower Remedies would one day find their way into the medicine chest of every household.  Please make a booking (zoom or in the studio) and start your journey today.  I am going to start a new bach Class soon.

SCHEDULE
STUDIO YOGA: Mon. 1pm, Wednesday 5.30 (Restorative), Friday 5.30
ZOOM: Monday 6.30 Gita, Tuesday 7.30 Herbal Workshop, Friday 6.45 Tarot.

BOOZY NEWS

I have just finished a small booklet of BOOZY RECIPES.  How to infuse vodkas, make easy, easy ferments (Garlic in honey is my favourite) , and terrific teas.  If you are going to have to stay home, you might as well enjoy it.

There are always more to include. However, the next booklet will be about drying, making teas, edible flowers and how to prepare them and recipes, and so on.  There are always recipes you forget and later say “why did I not remember that one…? ”  There is always one more, and I can’t fit them all in.  I only put in recipes I use all the time and love. If you have a question, I can usually answer it because I have made the recipes many times. They are ALL easy, and no special equipment required – even your children can help.

As Dr.Edward Bach (Bach Flower Remedies) said ” The things that count are simple”.

You can download your copy now for only $5 on www.myyogabooks.etsy.com        At that price you can collect each one as it comes along and put in a folder.  However, I can bind it and post it if you would prefer a hard copy, but this will cost $20 which includes binding, packaging and postage.

We are back at the studio, so I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

What a strange time we are in.  Today is the anniversary (for me) of The Ash Wednesday Bushfire in 1983.  I lost my house, and lots more – I gained a different life, but it has been quite different.  We always get what we ask for… even when we can’t see around corners, and can’t really see the ramifications of that desire.

Speaking of “desire” – I had a thought that it might be a good idea to have a second IonKi Cleanse machine, just in case something happened to the one I have.  It is quite popular, and I would be hamstrung if it died.  It would take a while to get another…  As always I have to be careful what I think, because yesterday another machine turned up.  A student had one in their garage which wasn’t being used and she thought I might like it.  Many thanks. I do.

Things have changed since this model was put on the market.  Mine is quite different and miniature in comparison (I could pop it in my handbag), however, it is good to have a backup, and this older model comes with a far-infrared massage belt which I have not yet experimented with. I will let you know how it goes.  I am a devoted fan.  I can only have one every three days for maximum benefit.  If I feeling out of sorts this is a good go to.  I recently hurt my back lifting carelessly and this was better than anything I have used in bringing me back to painfree upright position if you know what I mean.  Good for sleeplessness, and lots of other things – as I said, I am a fan.  Wouldn’t recommend it if I wasn’t, if I didn’t use it myself.  In concert with a Bach Remedy I am kept on track.

FORAGING, COOKING, FERMENTING

Today I am going to strain my Vodkas and wines which have been infusing with walnut.  They are “walnutty” enough, and I will leave them to mellow with spices.

Nothing will be wasted and I will use the walnuts I have strained with a few extra to make “Dickens Brown Sauce”, a walnut sauce mentioned in the writing of Charles Dickens who could be called the world’s first “LITERARY FOODIE” (with a passion for brown sauce and gravy).  He also mentions pickled walnuts a number of times in a number of novels.  I love them too, but you have to catch the walnuts really early to make these well.  As Dickens says you have to be able to push a fork right through the walnuts to properly cure them.

LIVING SIMPLY
doesn’t have to mean living poorly.  I have a wide and varied menu, enjoy my days, and don’t scrimp, but I do live simply.  It is a DANGEROUS MINISTRY,  fraught with temptations, frustrations, decisions and moral choices that most people don’t ever, and will never consider.

First – oppose advertising.  You can’t help it being all around, but you don’t have to live by its admonitions.  Join the happy revolt against the advertising machine.
Second – wait for God to bring you what you need, and don’t pine for what you WANT. This discipline will end impulse buying.  If you are relying on the universe, you needn’t think of “things”. See the paragraph above about the ION-KI machine.
Third – remind yourself it is all about the QUALITY of life not the quantity of life.  Discover music, art, good friends, and the value of solitude and silence.
Fourth – Make your recreation healthy, happy and gadget free.  For instance, you don’t need lycra and fancy props to come to yoga.  At home encourage co-operative games and fun. Why must “winning” be the goal.
Fifth – learn to eat sensibly and sensitively.  Reject chemical filled products, learn to forage, to cook, to make and to mend.  Eat out less and enjoy the food in your garden.  Nothing is faster “fast food” than an apple.

SCHEDULE
STUDIO YOGA: Monday 1pm, Wednesday 5.30 (restorative) and Friday 5.30
ZOOM: Monday 6.30 Gita (fun), Tuesday HERBAL WORKSHOP 7.30 (includes Bach Remedies), Friday 6.45 Tarot.

I will see you on the mat

NAMASTE. JAHNE

 

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