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Dear Yogis,

ZOOM MENU:
FRIDAY (TODAY) 11am YOGA CAFE.   5.30 RESTORATIVE YOGA    6.45 FREE Pendulum Training Session, we will be learning how to link with our guides.

SATURDAY: 12.30 RESTORATIVE YOGA
SUNDAY: 10am TEACHER TRAINING.  The Bhagavadgita.

 

SPIRITS
Several of you have asked me about Guides and Spirits, and how to communicate.  We have been touching on this in our Friday and Saturday /Pendulum tarot classes.  In case you missed… here is my receipe (you can adjust to suit your way of doing things – there is no “RIGHT WAY” just your way!)

There is Clairvoyance (seeing),  Clairtangence/psychometry (touching),   Clairgustance (tasting), Clairsentience (feeling),
Clairscent/Clairodoance (smelling) and Clairempathy etc etc .   These are all different senses used to to communicate with spirits. While some people have a natural affinity for one or several, they can all be strengthened by anyone with practice.

After 50 years of doing yoga and meditation, My intuition is quite refined.  I disregard it at my peril.  I advise you to go with your instincts/senses and don’t discount anything.

I do have favourite tools which I make, teach and use.

Spirit boards or ouija
Pendulums with a board (yes, no, maybe, or even using a pendulum over a spirit board)
Playing cards and  tarot cards.

Many of you will have spirit communication spreads, and that’s great, but an even simpler way and more beginner friendly way is asking yes/no questions and using cartomancy.

Playing Card Deck (take out the jokers)
♠️ spades- yes  ♦️diamonds- no   ♣️clubs- maybe/reframe the question  ♥️hearts- I don’t know

Tarot Cards
Major arcana: interpret as you see fit. They always seem very clear to me.  Archetypes, people, major life events etc

 

When I have time, and feel like a RITUAL.. this is how I progress.
🕯Grab a candle and pop your candle in a glass.  Makes it easy to move, catches drips, and stops it blowing out.
🕯Trace or draw a septagram (seven pointed star, known for helping control spirits/keep things from getting out of hand, also good for limiting the interaction/influence to just that area) on the space you’ll be working/putting your tools.  I usually use my Pendulum board which have many good references/dieties built into them.
🕯Sit, breathe,  center and ground yourself.  You are working from the good, so no need to shield. (and you have your pendulum board) You can say a mantra or a prayer if you like to do this – I do.
🕯Light the candle and either vocally or internally invite a specific spirit or guide, just reach out and see who’s there.  If you are new to this you can use your PENDULUM BOARD, and determine alphabetically who you are speaking to.
🕯If you are using the cards… ask a question, draw a card, and keep going. This takes practise, but my new board will help you.  It has many options already in a spread waiting for you.  Don’t discount anything you may feel, hear or see in your minds eye.   For pendulum, the easiest of all.  Use the alphabet to discover who is talking, and then just ask yes/no questions until you learn the “language of the pendulum”.
🕯Use whatever method until either the spirit leaves or you’re done with the interaction. Then blow out the candle.**
🕯GOODBYE.  If you feel the need (I don’t)  you can cleanse the space, and cleanse your tool as well (sprinkling a little salt is perfect and simple)

Ta-Da!!! you’re a spirit worker.

Some comments…
*Don’t be afraid.  The lights are on, music may be playing, the incense fills the air.   This is not a television horror story… it is your space, decide beforehand the rules, and boundaries…   If you are a newbie to this, I highly suggest a small plan,   Examples: “Only human spirits and friends may come into this space. No lies can be spoken in this time.” (but it’s only fair if you do the same)
*Treat your Spirit Guest like a guest in your home – if in the session you make a promise to do something, or return at a certain time – DO IT.  It is important.  No-one like to be “stood-up”, even spirit.
*You do not have to say thank you. However, beginning the session with “welcome” and ending with “farewell/goodbye” (this is on my Pendulum board because sometimes I am so excited I forget.   Be polite.   If it’s a family member, or ancestral spirit, I have no problem saying thank you.

If you are seeking specific information or Information about your future, you’re better off interacting with an ancestral spirit or family member who you have a connection to.  Some people on the other side may just be excited to speak with you – it doesn’t mean they are the right person to speak to in order to get the answers you are looking for.

What if nothing happens?  Sometimes all is quiet.  Make your space as welcoming as possible, you are inviting a friend to join you. Light incense, burn some marigolds and mugwort etc.  Don’t be worried or feel you have failed.  They are not in the mood.  Try again later.

What if everything happens?  Those on the other side sometimes get a bit excited.  That’s OK, they can.  If things get hectic, don’t freak out and don’t just leave the space. Say goodbye, Explain why you are leaving and blow out the candle.  If you are worried even after you leave the space – take a shower, turn on the lights and CLEANSE YOUR TOOLS (pendulum board, pendulum, crystals…). The tool is a conduit, and leaving it open is not saying goodbye completely.

I hope this answers some of your questions.  If you have more, please email me.  yogafirst2@bigpond.com

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

ZOOM
TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
12.30 RESTORATIVE YOGA  5.30 RESTORATIVE YOGA   6.45 MINDFULNESS MEDITATION

POST GRAD CERTIFICATES:  Congratulations to all those who are marching forward with their qualifications.  I salute you.  We can never study enough.  I have been inspired enough to reinstate our “YIN FOR KIDS” (YOGA FOR CHILDREN) Distance Education program.  When we get through covid and isolation, children will need to be supported and guess what, yoga is the perfect refuge.

REGISTRATION:  Check your registration.  If you are nearly ready to re-register (or register for the 1st time) I will pop one of our beautiful tiny PENDULUM BOARDS with your certificates as a freebie.  They are beautiful, and can travel anywhere with you.  Make sure you are Insured at the right level.  If you haven’t finished your course, the “QUALIFIED YOGA TEACHER INSURANCE” doesn’t mean you!

SUTRAS
This was a hard class.  There are few parts of yoga which are more challenging than studying sutra.  Western thought is all about logic and linear.  Indian thought is circular and full of paradox which resolve over time, and because of this we don’t start with Sutra 1 and work through to 195.  We work with concepts and consider sutras along side the concepts.

Having said that it is hard, nothing is more rewarding.  There are so many “light bulb” moments when we are discussing Sutras in a group, learning in a group.  How can we really say we know yoga, study yoga if we don’t know the sutras?  A trained “quickie” yoga teacher training graduate told me she had studied yoga philosophy – the whole lot – in “at least an afternoon!”  IMPOSSIBLE.

One thing that we have learned is that although Michael Roach’s “Essential Sutras” are easy to understand, the magic, the poetry is missing, (very much “meat and 3 veg” – basic) and some of his words he has borrowed from Iyengar.   We haven’t yet discovered a beautiful replacement and the Theosophical library is closed to us, so we will use Essential Sutras for the time being, and add the magic ourselves.

This is an ongoing study.  Although you have missed the first lesson, do join in for the rest.  We will be working through for however long it takes, and loving the journey.  It is all about SELF KNOWLEDGE.

LIVING THE LIFE
Going forward (and referring to the Sutras) we have to consider some key ideas…
1. What we want from life and why?
2. What are we being called to do – what is our HEART telling us?
3. Have we considered our INTERNAL WORLD – our Heart-Mind? (which is why we study the Sutras).

The most important aspect of ourselves we can explore right now is ORIGINAL AUTHENTICITY
In our world at the moment, THE GREAT PAUSE, the “Home Confinement” with the computer, here are some things to think about.

1. Be mindful of your sources of information and don’t react to everything you see on the screen.  Go for clarity, and spend some time every day reading an uplifting, spiritual text, doing a yoga practice no matter how small, breathe consciously, and sitting in the stillness.
2. Develop a mental “tuning fork” and tune in to what is uplifting and delete what is not.
3. Keep your vibrations high.  There are times we could consider a fast from TV, Media, friends, family, food (not all at once!). A stillness practice is worthwhile – stay in enlightened humility and then watch the synchronistic events multiply in your life.
4. You have a responsibility to care for and guard your JOY.  Go to where the LOVE is then PLAY – hang out where you feel joy. There is no need to push.
5. Embrace your creativity, treat yourself better, honour people who support you.

Be happy to sit in uncertainty.  You can’t know about tomorrow – you can’ even know about this afternoon really.  You only have RIGHT THIS MINUTE.  Be aware you have been created for something wonderful, something bigger.  Don’t just sit in “the small”.  If you want a bigger world stop hiding in small.

In the movie which is your life (you are the producer, the director the actor…) is it a horror movie, or a love story? Are you willing to stand in your own power and collaborate with each other?

Keep looking in the mirror.  Instead of pointing the finger outwards – “It’s their fault”,  “They don’t understand”, “It’s not up to me”, LET’S START RIGHT HERE WITH US, LET’S START WITH ME.

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

 

Dear Yogis,

ZOOM
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WEDNESDAY:  12.30 RESTORATIVE  5.30 RESTORATIVE and 6.45 MINDFULNESS MEDITATION

On a personal note… I am working through,  and almost finished a number of projects.  I usually have four books on the go at once (THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS, JESUS THE MAN, DAMASCUS, and a magazine on writing from NEW ORLEANS), in the same way I usually have more than one project happening.  I am almost finished my ADVANCED HOMEOPATHY CERTIFICATE – BACH FLOWER REMEDIES, (I just have the case studies to do), The MINDFULNESS PROJECT, the current REVELATION PENDULUM BOARD, and catching up with a SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT I promised. Oh, and getting three Pendulum boards printed (not as easy as it sounds).

CONSULTATIONS:  Zoom Bach Flower remedies – $35 per session (plus $5 postage) and at the moment I will post your remedy to you.  Tarot, Pendulum etc $85 per session (about an hour) Email me for a chat, and we will make a zoom, email or phone call time. Email: yogafirst2@bigpond.com.

BACH FLOWERS: The flowers are wonderful at the moment and I will be out there collecting to make remedies – maybe you are doing the same.  Gorse, broom, wisteria, oak, ash…(the pic to the right is my verandah).

My hero is the Late Mr.Von Moger.  He died many years ago but I will never forget him.  He didn’t have consult times, people just arrived and mostly the queue snaked out of his front gate.  He only took a few minutes per client (really) – often didn’t even speak,  and the remedies were perfection – he didn’t ask what was needed, he just knew..  $20 per person was what he charged.  This to me is what service is all about. At the moment I can’t open my door like he did, but you can email and zoom me.  Keep note that for $35 you will not get a long “counselling style” consult, and I will post your remedies.

THE OTHER SIDE.

Because I am working every day with my pendulum and boards in order to make new boards, “the other side” is always close by, and I am constantly chatting with my family and friends who have passed.

There have been a number of deaths in our community this year, thankfully those who have (recently) gone before have been there to be the “ushers” for the new arrivals.  One whom I worked with before his death and after,  helped me to understand more of what happens.  I know he had difficulty transitioning but we have to realise that time there,  and time here is quite different. And whilst I may think that transitioning took quite a long time,  it was no time at all for him.

I used to grieve when people died, but I don’t any more.  I feel like cheering at funerals – more often than not, a difficult time has come to an end.  Listen up people – please, there is no need to visit the grave! The person you are going to visit is probably in the car, and rides back home with you.  It would be better to light a candle, put the flowers you were taking to the grave in a vase, and speak to the person who is probably right there with you. If you have regrets, they don’t, they know everything.  Just talk about how you feel as if they were in the room and sitting next to you.  Guess what, they are! They know everything, but it will make you feel better perhaps.  Please, don’t go into debt or feel that you should get a big, fantastic headstone.   If you want to do that, realise it is for you, and not for them.  However, it is totally OK if you want to do that.

Oh yes, pets.  Every pet you have ever had in any life – past or present – is waiting to totally love you to bits on the other side.  When you pass, guides and family always have a hard time making their way through the throng of pets to get to you.

You may feel lonely, but you are never alone.  Everyday you can feel the love and support from the other side if you would just sit still long enough for your loved ones to come through to you.  All you have to do is to recognise this connection when you see it, feel it or hear it.. that’s it.

WHILE  I AM STILL ON THIS SIDE – PLEASE COME TO CLASS (ZOOM).
NAMASTE.  JAHNE