Good day Yogis,

It is Monday already.  What a weekend.  First the Friday nite free class was fun and informative, then Saturday at the studio was a wonderful and worthwhile time together, Ditto the Gita on Sunday morning and then my beautiful daughter came to visit for the first time in months.    She is in charge of waste management at a big tourist and food venue, so staying Covid Free is a huge issue.  If she got Covid it has the potential to close down the entire place.  Not a good look, so she is super careful.

THE COMING WEEK ON ZOOM/STUDIO

MONDAY:  1pm Studio Class/6.30 THE BREATH on Zoom.  This week looking at the role of movement.
TUESDAY: 7.30pm RUMI.  An ongoing zoom study.  Not just about poetry, also philosophy…history. Everything Rumi.
WEDNESDAY: 5.30pm Studio Yoga class (we have one permanent vacancy here – It is a restorative class)
FRIDAY: 6.45 FREE Pendulum class
SATURDAY: 10am ZOOM Darning/Knitting/Crochet class 2 hours $30 Booking required /2pm ZOOM TAROT/ART CLASS
SUNDAY: 10am  ZOOM, GITA STUDY TIME.

ART
I feel so blessed.  This month I sold a commission of three paintings, and this weekend have sold three (T-BAG) ANGEL PAINTINGS.  They sold so quickly that I didn’t have time even to take a photo (thank you to the client for sending me a photo of this one)…, but I am working on more, and won’t neglect this part of the process again.  I just thought I would “do it later”, but later didn’t happen.  It’s the way of things.  “Do it now” is what I say to everyone, and now I have to remember to do it myself… it is fundamental in this digital age.

The three I am working on now are a “Medieval” Angel, a White Feather (because whenever I ask the Universe about the “right direction” a white feather from an Angel will appear to show me the path, and an Angel in the Sky.  I will photo them BEFORE I put the glass in front of them so you can see them, and before I put them on the web, so you can have one for yourself (Email me if you want to see the next images ahead of the pack… you can have first choice).  They are meditation angels, and often get taken to hospitals, or placed in meditation rooms.  They have an energy.

COVID..

I am sure like me, that prior to Covid restrictions you had a way of thinking and acting.  Life may have been something you just fitted into as it came along – it felt comfortable (even if it wasn’t ideal),  and you were used to it.  Then Covid came along and took the lid off all of that.  We had to discover new ways to do things.  Through this experience God showed us that we don’t need what we thought we needed, and maybe we weren’t the people we thought we were.

Have you noticed, God leads by limitations.  We learn a whole lot more when we have to change than at other times – and we don’t change willingly.  He teaches as much by a door that closes as by the door that opens.  Life is full of little things that lead to other little things, that will eventually lead to a “big thing” that we didn’t expect.  We learn by studying The Gita that we are all on the Battlefield, and if (as in the Bible) we don’t beat Goliath, then we won’t be ready to be King.

If David had refused to take lunch to his brothers on the battlefield (remember he was just a shepherd), and if he hadn’t had a close relationship to His God, and if he had been daunted by the size of Goliath rather than trusting his own skills and the voice of the God within – then the outcome would probably be the same as it had been leading up to the encounter.  It looked like “game, set and match” to Goliath, but in spite of how it looked, it didn’t work out that way.  David was the victor, and eventually became one of the strongest and best kings in the Bible.

David only looked little.  He had a secret weapon.. his faith in God which allowed him to believe in a positive outcome no matter how uneven the battle seemed in the giant’s favour.  He didn’t care what the bystanders saw, he didn’t care about the “bad press”.  He didn’t care what his relatives said about him – He was calm and relaxed in the face of a giant enemy.  He knew who he was.

If things feel good we think it is God.  If things don’t look in our favour we think it is not God.  Pay attention next time.  Go into battle with your “secret weapons” – yoga, meditation, discernment, knowledge (and for me – God).  Don’t pay any attention to the naysayers, or the negatives in your mind.

I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MAT (or at our zoom classes)

Namaste – Jahne

 

 

 

 

Good morning Yogis,

Although I don’t send out newsletters over the weekend now Covid is easing off, I felt urged to send one today…  The Pendulum session always breaks new ground and we are working with the spirits of Ancient Egypt at present.

Years ago I was warned not to go to Egypt as I probably would not come back – I would recognise my home and stay.  I was especially warned not to enter the pyramids as Iwould find it too disturbing.

As I have been learning Arabic, eating and cooking Middle Eastern food, and reading about Initiation, it occurs to me that although I have not gone to Egypt at this time,  I am travelling through time in a different way. The result is the same –  I may not come back!

The main reason for this newsletter is that I wanted to let you know that these spirits and my guides have said that it is time that I started working with them doing OMM ENERGY WORK.  Channelling their energy to clear blocked souls.  So, if you are stuck, blocked, tired, anxious, suppressed, or feel that there is something missing,  this could be what you are looking for – I would love to see you. Let’s work with the Guides to move you into a new dimension of your being. 

As spirit works much faster  than a normal therapist I have been told to suggest a donation of $50 per session would be adequate.  The fabulous medium Edgar Cayce charged $20 and that was at the turn of the century, so $50 sits well with me…

I would love to see you.  Make an appointment by emailing your interest – Yes, weekends are just fine. I only have Thursdays off.  Email yogafirst2@bigpond.com.

 

I WILL SEE YOU WITH MY GUIDES…WORK WITH US.

NAMASTE JAHNE

 

Dear Yogis,

Here I am at the end of another fabulous week.  Yesterday on my day off, I went to the library, spent way too long in the garden – but it is looking good and I have HOPS for the very first time….I harvested a heap of Kipfler potatoes, planted elephant garlic, and I am going to explore vegan recipes from the Middle East.  Australian vegan is pretty boring and bland (and the desserts are freezer needy,  “drippy” ie if you have warm fingers they run down your arm).  So watch this space.  Tonite I am having Lebanese Bread Salad plus chopped chives served with a Tahini lemon dressing (photo to right – result, scrumptious!).  I would have liked some Potato Kibbeh, but I am out of bulgur and you can’t really substitute.

ZOOM:
FRIDAY 6.45 Our fantastic Pendulum Class.  I have been sitting with my guides and asking about Past Life work, and the answers I have been getting are surprising.  You’ll have to come to class to find out!
SATURDAY 2pm.  This is the once-a-month studio class where we add the finishing touches to our projects.  So there will not be a zoom class at this time this week.  Zoom starts again next Saturday at 2pm as usual.  The studio class will also have the opportunity to see the new ANGELS I have been working on – a few false starts, but now I am into it!
SUNDAY 10am:  This time of the week is especially reserved for our GITA STUDY GROUP.  Our second time through this wonderful text.  It was good enough for Ghandi (who read it every day of his life we are told), so it is certainly something we can learn from.

A FEW WORDS ON STYLE

I think personal style is important.  Fashion is not important, brand names are not important, tanning, six packs,  false fingernails, eyelashes and hair are definitely not important.. As Ella Fitzgerald sang “It aint what you do it’s the way that you do it”.  For the thrifty (or we may say frugal) then the op shop is the place to shop..Swaps with friends are always good too.  This is where most of my clothes come from – we used to have monthly swaps at the studio but I haven’t done this for a long time.

I can manifest which is a blessing, but it can also mean you end up with a closet chock full of things you may never wear more than once.   I have put a picture of Gracie here, because she is always on trend.

Some folk couldn’t care a toss for how they look, and may not even glance in the mirror from one day to the next, but this is not me.  I find that nurturing this level of what my mum would have called “discipline” adds vitality and sauce to my life.   I get compliments which at my age is pretty terrific.  The years of yoga have added to my enjoyment of my “selfdom”.

Seeing that I am put together well also makes my community  feel that I am on top of things, which is good because I think I am my own artwork and an advertisement for what I teach.  How I look reflects what I am doing….  If I hosted a class looking like I didn’t care, my students would worry.  They would think I was loosing the plot – and I would be.  If I didn’t look well and happy how could I (or  they) be confident in what I teach?

How do you feel about how you look when there is just you – nothing added.  Naked. Looking in the bathroom mirror?  Do you say “you are looking great this morning?” or do you say “You are looking fabulous this morning?” or do you just not look?

Clothes are important, but even more important is how you feel about yourself.  Do you love yourself? Are you bored with what you do? Do you drag yourself through the day?  Do you dress for yourself, or to please someone else?  This attitude would make anything you wear forgettable.   Being happy no matter what is happening in your life, knowing that you are always loved and cared for by God, a straight back, a confident easy walk, a mouth that doesn’t slump downwards and a “twinkle” in your eyes is essential.  Nothing you wear, no matter how expensive, looks good without these essentials,  and you can’t get a pill to help (well, I suppose you can, but the effect doesn’t last, and in the end what you have is a mirage).  Invest in yoga, invest in yourself, and the rest will happen for you.

 

Meet me on the Mat,

NAMASTE.  JAHNE