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Dear Yogis…

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NEWSLETTER, AND AN IMPORTANT NOTICE OF AN UPCOMING WORKSHOP AND CLASSES. It will only take you a minute or so to read it – please….

BREATH WORKSHOP, Saturday 20th February..10am ($25)

Please, you can’t miss this. No fancy breaths, just knowing what we do when we are doing it (as the Buddha has said) . It is $25 for a two hour workshop. It will change the way that you live day to day (and at night). It certainly will change the way that you teach. You will have a way you can impact your self, your family, your community. This is no small thing – IT IS EVERYTHING.

This workshop is important because it weaves together Tibetan Buddhism, Yoga, Vedas (The Gita), Tao and science. I did a taster on Sunday at the Gita class, and the class was mesmerised… I had to steer the class back to the original study because the breath is fascinating. It is something we obviously all do, and we do badly. I have written the workshop up on the EVENTS page, click “EVENTS” on the menu on our home page.

To book go to the home page, click on the PAY BY PAY PAL button. Don’t forget to leave your name and email address so that I can send you your ID the day before the workshop. PayPal will send the receipt immediately. Very easy, very efficient.

I do have a new WEB PAGE just for THE BREATH – But for now whilst it is under construction, all our notices are on the EVENTS DROP-DOWN on our WWW.YOGABEAUTIFUL.COM.AU page, because it is such an important topic

You are going to be blown totally out of the water when you see the convergences, and how we have been steered away from these convergences which once you understand, can save our sanity and our lives. I am not putting this too strongly.

WE ARE THE WORST BREATHERS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. This topic is life saving – but only if you use it. Come to the workshop on Saturday the 20th of this month at 10am… and then the classes from the Friday following that workshop.

HOW WE BREATHE MATTERS

NEW ONGOING ZOOM CLASSES ON THE BREATH: Starting, Friday 26th February (ZOOM). (4 classes $88 – the same as yoga).

In each class, *I will be doing a small chat to show you the theory of “how” we are going to use the breath in the class, in the workplace and at home – *then we will be doing the “Micro-Cosmic Orbit” which we use to start every Restorative class. This revitalises the spine and the cerebrospinal fluid. *Having done that we will move to the breath.

To make sure you get the most of the class, practise with your tablet or whatever you be using so you can get up close for the class, further back for the micro-cosmic orbit (a seated 5 movement session), followed by time on the floor, or seated in a cushion or chair depending on your fitness. I will need to be able to see you otherwise it is not a real class. We could do it without visuals, but there will not be much interaction – I won’t be able to see HOW you are breathing. This is a breath class!

“In every country, every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was accomplished by moving energy” (Szent-Gyorgyi)

THE SUNDAY BHAGAVADGITA CLUB. 10am every Sunday.

We have decided as a team, as a “club”, now (after a year of study) we are finished the Gita and will start at the beginning and do it all again. This is how we really learn, really DRILL DOWN into the word.

I have had a chance to see who comes, who is committed, how they study, so I have therefore decided to charge $50 for a calendar month. No freebies, concessions, carry-overs and no recording. The students who come are really committed and want to learn consistently and I LOVE THEM! The class is now $50 for a MONTH. So the next time you pay, you will pay for one month. If you pay on the 26th February, you will pay again on the 26th March etc…. Easy for you, easy for me.

MIRACLES AT WORK – PRAYER/THE BREATH

In Colombia’s capital city, hundreds of TONNES of drugs were trafficked every year. EVERY DAY there were 15 homicides connected to this trade, many many overdoses, crimes and families in crisis were at the mercy of the drug trade, and a huge drain on the resources of the City. I am sure you can imagine what I am talking about – CHAOS. Lots of things were tried, nothing worked. It seemed to be an impossible situation. Having tried everything, now is the time they thought about going outside of the material, to the spiritual.

What happened next? A small number of Church-goers decided to have prayer meetings and start prayer chains specifically directed at healing this “running sore” which was the drug trade. Having tried everything else, more and more people joined the special services and the prayer chains. As the numbers of the prayer teams grew, the number of deaths fell, and the churches had to expand the number of services, which would eventually encompass the football stadium. While this was happening the deaths and the side issues and crimes associated with this horrible trade diminished dramatically – you can’t argue with numbers! Government officials joined the services and the prayer chains, and then offered to pay the churches to keep their services happening, pay for the stadiums, pay for the halls….

This is the power of the breath, the power of prayer (just another name perhaps for the breath – depends how you do the breath.)

Does prayer work, does BREATH WORK? Will it work for you in your everyday life? Absolutely. When you know the price is covered, then the way you look at the menu changes.

When you have lots of options you are in Control – when you run out of options – GOD IS IN CONTROL

THE TAROT FOR SELF DISCOVERY

Choosing just 3 cards as a spread is a way you can use our REVELATION Tarot for Self-Discovery – it’s a wonderful way to check that you’re in alignment with your soul purpose on a day-to-day basis.

The SELF DISCOVERY Check-In spread can work with any new opportunity in your life: hobbies, travel, training and courses, relationships — you name it. Use it whenever you want to know if something is in alignment with your soul purpose in this lifetime.

MY RESOURCES: What am I calling into my life right now?
MY CHALLENGE: What is this opportunity bringing into my life? AND How is this opportunity in alignment with my soul purpose?
MY LESSON: What is my best course of action with this opportunity? and what as I discovering in this process?

Of course I’d love to see how this goes for you – once you’ve done your SELF DISCOVERY Tarot spread, post a pic to my email and let me know your thoughts…

SEE YOU ON THE MAT.

NAMASTE – JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

It is the beginning of the New year, and I have done a few new things… I have a mini bicycle under my desk. I am spending so much time on zoom, that I need to find new ways to exercise – and bicycling in between sessions is easier when it is right there and doesn’t depend on the weather. It is convenient, and is good. It is amazing how much gets done when you are just able to fit exercise in so easily.

ZOOM:
Friday 6.45 FREE PENDULUM/TAROT CLASS
Saturday 2pm TAROT/ART CLASS
Sunday 10am THE ‘GITA STUDY. I feel quite at home in the Gita now, and am pleased it has run along for such a while. I hope we will be able to take it further, and start at the beginning again.

“THE BREATH of Stars”. THE FIRST WORKSHOP.

We are all “the stuff of Stars” and I am going to start our “Breath of stars” work with a Workshop on the 20th February at 10am. I am starting a website just for this: www.thebreath.online

The home page looks great, the blog is just a playground until I get around to it… but it is useful to have this new topic separate from yoga, as I would like everyone, even non-yogis to go there..

You think you know about the breath because you think you breathe, but let me say, you only “sort-of” breathe. Ninety percent of the population haven’t got a clue, and this lack of proper breath is causing all manner of symptoms – asthma, emphysema, sinusitis, snoring, anxiety, IBS, palpitations, ADHA, Psoriasis and I could go on…. a real ‘laundry list” of symptoms. Breathing can influence our body weight, and our overall health, but only Taoists, Yogis, specialists, and free-divers (who have a vested interest) have made studies of it.

My son Jesse who was born with severe lung issues (he’s hyper mobile) learned to be a free-diver and took control of his breath, vastly increasing the efficiency and capacity of his lungs. I was told he was able to go to 250ft on a single breath. You too can change like Jesse (and Stephen Hawking), from the prospect of a very limited existence to a rich full life by understanding and working with the breath.

Why has our ability to breathe deteriorated over the ages, and why didn’t cavemen snore (and how we can tell!)? What you will learn in our course may unsettle you for a while, but in learning more about the breath, and learning the correct way to breathe, you will find remedies for yourself, your family and your students and clients. You certainly will understand how to increase your lung capacity.. it just happens when you are breathing correctly.

These simple techniques are open to everyone whether they are young, old, thin, fat, rich or poor, sick or healthy. They have been practised in Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and other religions for thousands of year, but only recently have scientists learned how they can reduce blood pressure, boost athletic performance and balance the nervous system. If you are an athlete, if you are fitness training, or if you just want to feel better and function better – this understanding is critical.

We will explore evolution, medical history physiology, physics, athletic endurance and heaps more.

It is estimated that we take 670million breaths in an average lifetime. I have taken maybe three quarters of the breaths allotted to me and I would very much like to take a few million more. If you would too – let’s breathe together.

If you want to join me, email me at yogafirst2@bigpond.com, and book, then pay via the Home Page PAYPAL button on www.yogabeautiful.com.au

LET’S BREATHE TOGETHER.

NAMASTE. JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

What a Fantastic time we had sharing RUMI” at our session last night. All is not as it seems to be. Rumi (like Patanjali) was not just a poet – he was an astrologer, a mathematician, a musician, a lawyer, a teacher …and of course a philosopher and lover. We will keep going with this study until we get to the end – whenever that is. I think it is uncapping lots of feelings, and certainly reflections on our lives as we live them – feeling rather than thinking about love. If you are brave enough to learn about love from the Master Rumi…., please join us on Tuesday evenings at 7.30.

ZOOM and STUDIO
Wednesday 12.30 ZOOM Restorative Yoga, 5.30 Studio Yoga Class (full)
Friday 6.45 ZOOM, Free Tarot Pendulum Class
Saturday 2pm, ZOOM Tarot/Art Class
Sunday 10am, ZOOM ‘Gita Class

DRAWING AGAIN

A couple of weeks ago I started doing black and white drawings and portraits again. I have a number of drawings of Jesus I have been given, and decided to draw Jesus as I think He would have looked.

Of course he would be Arabic/Jew, darker skinned, troubled, long hair, whiskers, dark deep set eyes, worry frown…. certainly not blue-eyed blond dressed in a white sheet. So I did the portrait and finished over the weekend. I showed it to a student, and she said “that looks almost the same as the guy who is playing the lead in the Netflix film THE MESSIAH”. I checked the film out and she was right. I tweaked the portrait a bit and now it really does look like Mehir who plays the lead, although a little more “working man” than Mehir who is an actor. Jesus was a “chippie” (a carpenter) – he worked on building sites with tough guys. I am sure he would have had muscles (and not just in his mind). He was not a dancer although most portraits tend to portray a very feminine vision of the man called Jesus. Not this one. I also have taken to watching the film, but not all 10 episodes although I will probably get around to it. As usual with my work, I am selling prints of this drawing. You can pre-order one A3 $125, A4 $85 printed on canvas- finish medium and posted in a tube. To purchase, go to the home page and pay via PAYPAL button on the page. You can pay with cr or dr card via PayPal – you don’t need an account.

THE BREATH
Once we have finished ‘The Gita we will be starting learning more about BREATH. There have been many breakthroughs since we started learning about the Yoga breath years ago. It all upholds the things we learned in yogic studies, but this is easier, and we know from scientific studies the actual changes in the body that we can personally cause by concentrating on THE BREATH.

No matter how much you eat (or how little), how fantastic your genes are, how skinny, rich or wise you are.. none of it matters if you are not breathing correctly. NONE of it matters if you don’t understand how to breathe. The billions and billions of molecules you bring with each breath builds bones, sheaths of muscle, blood, brain and organs. Is the correct breath going to make a difference to your health and happiness? I think so!!!

Throughout the world there are many Institutes of Health devoted to the eyes, skin, teeth skin diseases, ears and so on. I am sure you have visited one or more. However, where is the Institute of the Health of the Nose, even though we all breathe? Twenty-five sextillion molecules (250 with 20 zeros after it), make the journey through our nose 18 times a minute, 25,000 times a day.

You can stop snoring, enlarge your lung capacity, increase your longevity, change a scoliotic spine, boost athletic performance, and balance the nervous system, relieve asthma, anxiety, ADHD, psoriasis and more by understanding and correctly breathing. The missing pillar to real health is the breath – it all begins with the breath. All of these sometimes chronic conditions can be reduced or reversed just by concentrating on the breath – changing the inhale and the exhale. Let me know if you are interested – we will probably have sessions on Monday and Sunday when our current studies on those evening have finished. yogafirst2@bigpond.com

“Therefore, the scholar who nourishes his life refines the form and nourishes his breath” The Tao

DON’T JUST MEDITATE – BREATHE WITH ME…