Dear Yogis,

It’s REGISTRATION time of year for a lot of you.. Thank you to those who remembered, and didn’t need the usual nudge.  Please everyone, check that you have paid and have your registration and insurance organised for the coming year.  It comes around really quickly.

With regards to our ZOOM CLASSES.  As I said to my student this morning (a lovely studio time) – EVERYTHING IS CHANGING AFTER COVID.  It is a very strange time.

One thing that is definitely changing is zoom.  During Covid everyone was zooming… now they are going back to their studios OR NOT.

I have spoken with a few students who said that they had consistently zoomed during lock down, stopped when everything went back to the new normal, and now “there isn’t enough time to do yoga!”  I have noticed.

In response, here is the new timetable…
FRIDAY 6.45PM : FREE Zoom tarot/pendulum class cancelled until a committed class is wanted weekly.
SATURDAY 2PM: Art class.  Starting this Saturday reverts to once a month Studio Class instead of weekly zoom. Date of regular meetings to be decided.
SUNDAY 10AM: GITA STUDY GROUP will CONTINUE as usual.  This is a committed group.
SUNDAY TEACHER TRAINING:  The FIRST Sunday in the month, 2pm to 4pm.
MONDAY 1PM Hatha Class continues as usual and 6.30 FREE TEACHER TRAINING – I will decide after this Monday class if this will continue.
TUESDAY 7.30PM RUMI STUDY GROUP continues as usual
WEDNESDAY 5.30pm RESTORATIVE YOGA continues as usual

I am available by appointment for Tarot Readings, Massage and one-on-one yoga classes.  I am still zooming tarot readings and have students around the globe – couldn’t have imagined that before covid and zoom.  It does mean that I finish rather late at night to accomodate world-wide time differences.

I am also playing with my TATTOO equipment again – “Stick and Poke method”.  Having started down the seedy end of town about 40 years go,  I got thrown out of a few studios because I was told I looked more like a private detective or “Girl Guide” than a tattoo artist, Plus I am female, and no-one would take me seriously then (although there is a huge number of girls doing it now).  Eventually I got taken on, and I loved it.  It was such fun and such an education.  However, a few years ago I got jaded with the bigger and bigger designs, and the emphasis on speed and colour (and money), so I donated all my equipment to a newbie to the business.   Today I am rather enthralled with the Japanese way.   Interested? – Email:   yogafirst2@bigpond.com.  Unfortunately this is one thing that can’t be done via zoom!  Sorry.

TOXIC FREE PAINT AND NATURAL ART SUPPLIES:  Anyone out there interested?  By the way, egg tempera is made with “egg” – no getting around that, but there are ways to make almost every art toxic/chemical free. You can also make your own brushes and pens – I do.  You do need a certain amount of patience – but its worth it.

ENDOCANNABINOIDS.  Last night Michael Mosely did part of his show about endocannabinoids.  I am interested in this subject however, he did it an injustice.  The study wasn’t a good one and only proved that endocannabinoids were involved in releasing the bliss chemicals in the brain – we knew that already, as did the ancient yogis.  There is a reason that the BLISS chemical is called “ANANDAMIDE”.

Mosley had a group of middle aged ladies,  took them away and had them run, bicycle, dance and sing and tested the blood after each activity.  After singing there was a 40% greater release of chemicals than in any other activity.  I am not sure what he deduced from this, other than the ladies loved to sing.  If he had got dedicated runners to do the test I am sure the result would be replicated for them.  That being said, and whatever the result, it is great that this system is being explored and studied.  It is easier in the UK because they are certainly more enlightened than us with regard to CBD – the UK and the USA even have “CBD YOGA” classes, and CBD in the face creams, treatments and cosmetics.   I had hoped that our government would take a second look and start gently relaxing the law during covid.  But no, nothing different has happened.  We live in hope – in the meantime watch whatever you can regarding this on NETFLIX.  Excellent.

ALMOST FORGOT.  I am seeing my bee keeper this coming Saturday and we will be nailing down times and dates for our bee workshops.  If you haven’t registered your interest, it is time to do so.  As we will be in the backyard of the yoga studio, actually playing with bees and hive, it is not something that can be zoomed.  You will have to come.  Please email if you are interested, and we will put you on the mailing list.

I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT (OR ZOOM)

NAMASTE – JAHNE

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

Easter is DONE.  Now you have Mother’s Day, then… Day, then …Day.  It is never ending for people who like holidays more than they like where they are.   My definition of suffering is the gap that exists between the world you have and the world you want.   Where are you in this?

As Rumi said  “…The lamps are different, the light is the same…”

I do know that since Covid fewer are going back to yoga on the basis that they have no time, and more people are coming down with pretty serious illnesses because of the anxieties and depressions of the past 12 months. They are relaxing everything,  believing that all is “normal”.  It isn’t, it cannot be.   Cleaning the venetians, or the windows to make them “covid perfect” isn’t going to help your state of mind, or state of health, although it might fill the day with “doings” rather than “feelings”.  It is time to take stock and see what  the balance between your physical, emotional and spiritual life is like, and get back to what is important now that we can create what is a NEW NORMAL.  You said you wanted classes, teacher training,  you wanted Studio, you wanted zoom – you have it.

During Covid, those students who had lagged behind got a new lease on life and surged forward – that has ended.  Mostly they have gone back to the old ways.  During Covid students registered and prepared for their classes, came to zoom a number of times a week, complained because there were no Studio classes,  in the main, this too has ended.  The pressure cooker lid is off, and many trainee yoga teachers, yoga students, and student teachers have gone back to the I CAN’TS.  You can.  If you don’t work towards your future, there won’t be one.  I know it is hard.  You may have to take a few new paths to find the one for you… it is time to be inspired, and inspire your students back into class.

Plant those little seeds because soon you will find that those little seeds aren’t LITTLE SEEDS any more.  If you don’t plant, you can’t harvest.  

One of those little seeds maybe coming to the BEE LOVERS CLASS where you will learn how to nurture a hive and the bees in your backyard.  It could be zooming a tarot session to find where you are and where you are going – your lesson, your resources, your challenge.  You might benefit from the FREE TEACHER TRAINING CLASS on Mondays at 6.30, or GITA on Sunday morning.  There is lots you can do.

I AM STILL HERE – I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT

NAMASTE, JAHNE

 

 

 

 

Dear Yogis,

It is still “Easter”.  We live in a land of holidays and Easter is especially cherished.  Coles is ready pushing us towards Mothers Day, and goodness knows what else…  Not for me.  I have had enough lock downs, forced holidays and I don’t need anymore.

MONDAY:  1pm STUDIO HATHA YOGA   6.30pm FREE  ZOOM YOGA TEACHER TRAINING.  We have finished the BREATH CLASSES,  so those who are still moving forward in their yoga teacher training (and others) can come to a free yoga teacher training session.  This evening THE PRINCIPLES OF YOGA.  I will send an ID to those who have been coming to The Breath and others who could be interested.    If you ARE interested and are not on the list, please email me and I will send an ID.
TUESDAY: 7.30 ZOOM, THE LIFE AND POETRY OF RUMI
WEDNESDAY: 5.30 STUDIO, RESTORATIVE YOGA
FRIDAY: 6.45, ZOOM, PENDULUM CLASS
SATURDAY: 2PM ZOOM, TAROT/ART CLASS
SUNDAY: 10am THE ZOOM GITA STUDY GROUP

MEDITATION AND BEEKEEPING

I have been waiting to be sure my garden is in good shape and stable and my wasps are under control.  I can now add the hive I have been waiting for.  You will remember that a swarm of wasps killed everything in my hive a couple of winters ago.

I was wondering if you would like to join me in this adventure as I build my hive(s) back up?  You don’t need a hive at your place, just being interested in learning more in case in the future you perhaps might get your own hive.  You would enjoy the classes and gets lots out of them.  I am also going to paint some BEE MINIATURES.. yes, on tea-bags.

I have spoken to my beekeeper and he has agreed to host a fortnightly class in our studio here where we can not only prepare the ground for the hive  in my yard, but in the process learn all about bees and their lifestyle, habits as well as their care.  Then learn how to deal with the various products as they are produced.  The honey the wax, etc. Even BEE MEDITATION –  I think it will be a fabulous journey.  Very Shamanic.

John Crutchfield my beekeeper (and our teacher for these classes) has been an apiarist for many years and one time travelled Victoria with more than 100 hives.  He still has hives in far flung places and puts the hives together himself.

Please email me and let me know, and we will organise a fortnightly class.  There is a lot to know. We could even explore recipes, crafts and cooking associated with honey.  Email me at yogafirst2@bigpond.com

“….in order to awaken young people’s consciousness to the importance of basic human values, it is better not to present society’s problems purely as an ethical matter or a religious matter.  It is important to emphasise that what is at stake is our continued survival”  (from ‘The Essential Dalai Lama – His Important Teachings”) 

I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE.  JAHNE