Dear Yogis,

A reminder that the yoga lunch happens this coming Sunday (10th August) at The Victoria in Woodend as usual.  

I did  put the following note in the last newsletter…. but no one has remarked on it so I am including it again.  It has been a hard winter for frosts around here.  It seems that almost every second day has a frost – lovely afternoon but the garden is turning to mush.  Only the weeds are surviving, cleavers as in the photo are loving it.  Please use them in your pesto along side Herb Robert.

HERBS OF CHOICE TODAY.  Because I have been dealing with a leg issue, magnesium has been a herb at the top of my list.  Here are a few “weeds” that might help you too. You could add them to garlic pasta, a great pesto, and general salads.  Cleavers can be made into a terrific herb tonic.  Just pack a jar with cleavers, press down, cover with water and leave for a few days then have a couple of tablespoons morning and night.

NETTLE LEAF:  Naturally high in magnesium, along with calcium and iron Also supports kidney function and reduces inflammation
DANDELION LEAF:  – Contains magnesium, potassium, and other trace minerals  Supports liver and kidney detox pathways
RED RASPBERRY LEAF:   – Offers small amounts of magnesium, along with iron and other minerals  Traditionally used to support women’s health  HIBISCUS: (Just in case you have some dried in your herb cupboard? ) – Contains magnesium and other electrolytes  – Also supports cardiovascular health and is rich in antioxidants
CLEAVERS: – a great tonic herb and just starting to poke its tendrils thought the soil.  These early shoots are the best – pick now.

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YOGA –  WHAT’S ON

Windarring Yoga –  Kyneton Tues. 1pm.

STUDIO YOGA,  WOODEND:  Monday 1pm.  Wednesday 1pm and Friday 10am.  I still want to organise another class, probably on Fridays.  

YOGA CLASS in NORMA RICHARDSON hall.  Chi(chair)Yoga Wednesdays starting at 10am.  This is a mixed class.  Students with Chair, Wheelchair, Wheelies, walking sticks all welcome.  I am thinking of moving this to Morris Road – The class is stable, and everyone could handle my few steps…

ZOOM YOGA PHILOSOPHY CLASSES AS USUAL :  Mondays, 6.30 

TEACHER TRAINING MONTHLY CLASS. Sunday the 10th August at 2.30.  If you can come to the yoga lunch beforehand,  that would be terrific.

PPT/LYMPH MASSAGE (including sound therapy and Reiki),  by appointment only (after a yoga class?).yogafirst2@bigpond.com

YOGA MONTHLY LUNCH: Sunday – 10th August at The Victoria Hotel (hardly anything else is open for lunch) at 12 noon.   It is quieter then, and if there are enough of us we can get the room at the back, although I do like an ordinary table rather than the big table and lately we have scored the big table near the front windows.

NAMASTE – JAHNE