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Dear Yogis,

The other day I was saying to a student what magnificent help our own olive leaf extract has been in relieving chesty symptoms, the sort of chesty symptoms that come back every year or from a cold or flu(not covid respiratory distress).  You don’t have to wait, you take half a dropper full in your orange juice or water…and within the hour the symptoms are alleviated or gone.  It has been magical for me and for my clients.

I told my student how to make it, but in spite of the simplicity, she was reluctant.  To make it easier I am drying some and can supply the right amount for your initial bottle.  A month or two’s supply, maybe more. All you need is a glass jar, some cheapish vodka and my dried olive leaves.

METHOD:  Put the olive leaves in a jar, cover with vodka, leave for a few weeks.  Take off a dropper bottle full and leave the balance until you get to the end, then throw the dregs away and begin again. Simplicity itself.

Cost of the dried leaves ready to use: $10 including postage.  Because they are very light there is not huge postage costs.For those of you who won’t take salt,

I am also drying some saltbush leaves.  The perfect answer to  sprinkle over anything that requires salt. Don’t forget that you can eat the salty succulent called PIGS FACE.  The seeds are juicy, and the “leaves” are quite salty.  They can be used with dishes that have a strong taste.  Baked celiac for instance. As soon as the leaves come back I will have raspberry leaves, black currant leaves, rose leaves, and hips and so on.

The words of wisdom I would like to share is this.  “YOU CAN MAKE A MILLION EXCUSES OR A MILLION DOLLARS”.  You know what I mean.  You may not want a million dollars, you may just want to live debt free. You may just want to feel secure in the direction you are going. The difference between you and those who do is that they know that if they have committed to WHAT they believe then the HOW will show up.

They don’t know how the inner GPS works, they just know that it does.  When you dial an address into your GPS the voice tells you when to drive straight ahead, when to turn and when you are there.  You may not know HOW the GPS works, what particular satellite it bounces off, the physics involved, but you do trust that it works because you have experienced it.  Do you remember the first time you used it – it was hard to believe it would work wasn’t it?  Other people told you it would work.  The more you use it, the more you/we are able to trust it.  Your inner GPS is the same. Use it – it is a gift.

ZOOM CLASSES:  THE COMING WEEK..  Please register your interest by emailing me at yogafirst2@bigpond.com

MONDAY 1pm:  Easy Restorative with weights and straps. Props –  two weights (or two cans of pet food), and a strap or a mans tie, a blanket or throw for meditation
TUESDAY 7.30pm: Hypermobility 3rd in the first 3 Lectures.  Ongoing.
WEDNESDAY 12.30: Restorative with Weights/ Straps and 5.30 Restorative. Ongoing
FRIDAY 11am Get-Together (social bring a coffee and snack).  Ongoing
SATURDAY  12.30 Restorative…… and 2pm TAROT TRAINING 
SUNDAY 10am  Teacher Training  (new time – usually 2pm)

I look forward to seeing you at any or all.  If the class you want is not here… please let me know and we will give you a start date.

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.

NAMASTE.  JAHNE

 

 

 

Dear Yogis.  

Not much philosophy today.  Just helping you work out the zoom times you would like to visit me.  Remember when you do a zoom restorative class you will need the equivalent of a bolster, a blanket (for meditation), a cushion or two and a block.

You can join my yoga classes (I still have my trainer wheels on), book a time for a tarot reading, or book a time for a private yoga session. I wish I could do PPT Massage on-line, we all need work on our nervous systems, but no, I can’t.  I am exploring a new PPT technique for my PPT graduates,  centred around the Atlas Vertebra, the top bone of the spine. You may be surprised to learn that 99% of people carry an injury here that they may know nothing about which causes a long list of ailments from poor posture to depression, to IBS.  We started with PPT, now I am taking it a step further.  If you are interested, please let me know.  Email:  yogafirst2@bigpond.com.  I am exploring ways to bring it to you on ZOOM.

The photo above to the left is the back of my new TEA LEAF READING CARDS, below on the right is a spread of the fronts of the cards.   I was so impressed with the look, and the lovely seal I couldn’t resist showing it to you. They are being printed asap – covid has slowed the process down.  But you can express your interest and be one of the first with a set.  The pack will include an instruction booklet, a mini poster, and the cards all presented in a felt/fabric pouch to minimise postage.

Jahne’s Private Yoga/TAROT Sessions (ON ZOOM).   In the middle of covid what are we to do?  Even in the “good times” its difficult to find a practitioner you can relate to;  Maybe you are looking for a more personal class and a closer look at what ails you.

My private sessions are perfect for all persons who are seeking a more confident relationship with their wonderful selves.  Our sessions are wide ranging.  We can look at the tarot, examine health, and any issues you may have…  It’s your call.  The session can be designed just for you.

Options:

Session Times: Bookings are available  Monday to Sunday until late (minus Thursday which is my day off) at my private studio on ZOOM.  We can even do a zoom session when the children are in bed…  

Fee Schedule:

Initial Consult (minimum) 1.5 Hour:
Full: $115/ Concession: $95 *

Follow Up 1  Hour Consult:
Full: $95/ Concession: $85 *

Each Additional  Hour:
Full: $85/ Concession: $80 *

Teacher Trainings and courses see the menu on our Web site. 

* Concession  available for health card holders; or those who have attended classes, retreats or workshops with me previously. Please advise at time of booking.

THE CYCLES OF PROSPERITY.  

If you have ever attended a class on Economics you will be familiar with the model of the business cycle.  GROWTH/BOOM/PLATEAU followed by RECESSION or DEPRESSION.  This is usually followed by BOOM/GROWTH again.  After the ravages of the  Spanish Flu there was the ‘Roaring 20’s”. We can see this cycle if we examine nature -spring, summer, autumn, winter. (By the way, many more people world wide were killed by the Spanish flu than ever died in the World Wars, and the modern flu is a strain of that flu that we have adapted to. Covid is new and unrelated.  We have yet to adapt and build a natural immunity to it as we have to Spanish Flu).

Life is easier if you know what your WORK CYCLE is.  I like writing and painting, and doing indoor things in the autumn/winter.  At this time I work hard planning, and preparing for the year ahead, but am less inclined in the spring and summer to do this,  when you will find me in the garden or the classroom (same thing), taking advantage of the planning I have done.  Covid works well for me in this regard.   If you have a cycle, learn to identify it and work within it.  Look at the times you NEED a vacation, the times when money is scarce, and times when you seem to have more.  If you work within your own prosperity cycle, you will get better results.

If you think there is never an “up” cycle for you.  Maybe you haven’t noticed your cycle, or maybe you need a new one.  Each part of the cycle is necessary.  There is a reason for the Psalm “To everything there is a season….”

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND – SEE YOU ON ZOOM SOON.

NAMASTE  JAHNE

Dear Yogis,

I think in these tough times, it is a good idea (well I think so), to indulge ourselves, but always with goodness.  No cream, no buns, not an emphasis on wine, but how about MEAD!  Sometimes described as a straw-coloured liquid which foams into the glass – the one that I made months ago and decanted today filled the bill.  It was gorgeous.

Mead is a drink made with honey, older than the wheel, and often called THE DUID FLUID.


“The juice of bees, not bacchus here behold,
Which British Bards were won’t to quaff of old,
The berries of the grape which furies swell,
But in the honey comb the Graces Dwell”.

Mead is one of the ancient alcoholic drinks  made by our ancestors, but sadly few of you I think will have tasted it.

 This is a special mixture known as metheglin or in the ancient tongue medcylglin – medicine. It was known as the nectar of the Gods, and the Greeks called it ambrosia or nectar.  It was known to have magical properties, a sacred brew a drink of the Gods which was made of the heavens dew gathered by bees.  It is said to prolong life, bestow health, strength, virility, creative powers, great wit and poetry!  I believe it works.  I am still 21 on the inside.  No that is incorrect – I am healthier than I have ever been and 21 holds no joys for me.  I don’t look backwards.

It is said in Celtic law that there is a river of mead running through paradise.  The mythology has not died.  Even the word HONEYMOON is all about the ancient custom of giving the bridal couple a moon’s worth of mead, which was said to be enough to ensure a fruitful union. You can be sure that the mead maker was given a large tip when a child soon arrived into the family.  The magic medicine had borne fruit, it even smells and tastes magical, mysterious.  

The bee keeper knows that the “The Path of Pollen” contains a hidden universe.

This covid isolation has brought to the front of mind things that we can do for ourselves to care for hearth and home.  What better than to have a bee hive in the back yard.  If you can’t do that, at the very least look after the bees that come to your garden.  plant crocus (they flower in the cold), snowdrops, bergamot, forget me not, hyssop, sage, mignonette, daisies, lavender, mallow,  rosemary and broom.  Hawthorn and lime (linden) were grown for their high yield of nectar.

The Aborigines have a very clever way to follow the bees to the wild hives.  They wait by the waterholes where bees gather to collect water. Then they use a special feathery, sticky weed to flick a piece of feather fluff onto the back of the bee.  This slows the bee and weighs it down so that they can easily follow it back through the bush to the tree where the wild hive is located.

Remember, proximity to the sacred will itself provide answers.

Get into the garden on these sunny days, and plant a garden of bee desire, and don’t buy cheap, “fortified” honey.  Go to your local Farmers market and buy from the bee keeper direct.

SEE YOU ON ZOOM.  LOOK AT “CLASSES”, THE “HOME PAGE”, OR “BLOG” FOR ALL THE DETAILS. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON ANYTHING, EMAIL ME AT yogafirst2@bigpond.com

NAMASTE.  JAHNE