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Namaste - January 2010
Om Shanti Beloved Readers, Namaste to you all. I hope you all bathed in
the joy of Christmas and wishing you a wonderful New Year which I hope brings
you lots more joy! Our newsletter has been expanding rapidly and we will
be linking the newsletter to our new website all to be launched at a later
date which should resolve all the technical difficulties some readers have
had.
I love this months words of wisdom. Swami Sharadananda once said to us that through pain we learn and grow the most. I thought this might help those of us who make New Year's resolutions! (although there is much more behind this particular message than cutting out sweets of course.) Happy Hare New Year. Jai Gurudev! x
SRI SWAMI SATCHIDINANDA'S MONTHLY WORDS
The Fire of Wisdom
“Tapasya means to burn the seeds of karma in the fire of wisdom, in the
discipline of Yoga. Tapasya is translated as ‘austerity’ in English. By
accepting pain, suffering, hardship, you burn out all the impurities. If
you want to avoid all pain and, if you only seek pleasure, then it’s as
though you are adding water to seeds that will sprout. In the world you
can enjoy two things: the pleasurable things and those that are good. However,
not all pleasures are good. It’s quite pleasurable to scratch an itch, but
then the itch requires more and more and more scratching, until, ultimately,
you bleed and you burn. All these worldly pleasures are like scratching
itches. Once you start scratching, you can’t stop. That is the nature of
sensual enjoyments. So, we should always see the difference between good
and pleasure.
Congratulations....
to Kalyani who passed her basic Teacher Training course at the ashram
earlier this year. Lovely to have another joining expanding group of IY
teachers in Dorset and the New Forest.
The Dorset based beginners teacher training is about to start so good luck to all our new teacher trainees. May you all grow in love and light in your journey ahead and we look forward to congratulating you!
January/February events
Monthly Satsang: Sunday 3rd January 2010
The Zen Zone, 2a Davis Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 2BA.
Time : 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Cost : Donation only
Following Kirtan (devotional chanting) and a DVD of Sri Swami Satchidananda,
we will be celebrating the New Year and welcoming in new energy with a group
meditation. Please let Radha know if you have something you would like to
share along this theme.
radha_rogers@yahoo.co.uk.
Chanting: Saturday 16 January at Amba's, Flat 5, 2 Newstead Road, Bournemouth BH6 3HJ. 6 pm shared food, 7.30 to chant the night away
Tantra Workshop with Sumukhi 'Playing with Energy and Partner
Yoga'
Sat 13 Feb 10-3 £25. St Ambrose Church Hall, 72 West Cliff Rd, Westbourne
An exploration of Yoga Workshop with Jyoti 'Going Deeper'
Sat 20 Feb 10-1pm, The Hub, Verwood £15
Beginner's Introduction Ashtanga Yoga Workshops
Workshop 1: Saturday's 9th & 16th January
Workshop 2: Saturday's 6th & 13th February
The Zen Zone 10:00am - 12:30pm: Cost for each workshop is £30 for the 2
days
www.ashtangayogapoole.com
Goma in Concert
Well they rocked our recent Integral Yoga Dorset Christmas party, and they
are playing again in Somerset and later in London.
Saturday 6 February 2009 at West Pennard Hall, nr Glastonbury. 7.30 for
8 pm start. Please contact Uma on 01749 812151 or Devaki on 01373 465689
Voice and Chanting Workshop with Narayani
Sat 13 Feb 2-5.30pm & evening concert 7-9 pm with Tabla Tom.
Integral Yoga Swindon 01793 322262 / www.integral-yoga-centre.co.uk
The Essence of Yoga Festival
Park Place in Wickham, Hampshire from 29th - 31st January 2010
The event is being held to raise money for Park Place which is a Georgian
mansion run by nuns from Goa. Park Place is under threat of closure and
so various yoga teachers have got together to make this a fantastic yoga
weekend.
Cost for weekend is £195 www.essence-yoga.co.uk.
This month's article: The Special Yoga Centre in
London
The centre is a charity helping to provide yoga therapy for children with
special needs and support to their families. It is very dear to this Ed's
heart, having spent time undertaking several training's there and witnessing
first hand their wonderful work with children with special needs. The Yoga
for the Special Child course was developed by Sonia Sumar, one of Gurudev's
long time devotees based on Integral Yoga and her own experience of having
a child with a special need. Sonia developed yoga therapy utilising the
amazing love and transformation that yoga provides to help her child reap
the incredible benefits of yoga and this work has spread to thousands of
others around the world.
It is well worth a visit to their centre in London to take part in their regular events and courses. They have some wonderful courses on offer for both teachers and students. Proceeds from the events goes to the Special Yoga Centre Charity to enable them to continue offering yoga therapy to infants and children with special needs, and to continue to provide support to their families.
Here is a taster of their events for the upcoming months but please do visit their website and sign up with them to keep updated on future events.
Theta Healing™ Course with Rowland O'Connor (Theta Healing™ Master)
Dates: 06/01/2010 - 08/01/2010 Time: 10:00 - 17:00 Price: £395
Donation Chanting Circle with Naomi Francis and Danny Turgel
Dates: Fri 08/01/2010 and Fri 05/02/2010 Time: 19:30 - 21:30 Price: by Donation
Sacred Ecstasy Trance Dance with Shanti Dass
Dates: Sat 09/01/2010 and Sat 13/02/2010 Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Price: £12 on the day, £10 pre-pay, £9 conc.
Pamper Night
Dates: Fri 22/01/2010 Time: 17:00 - 23:00
Entry Fee: £5 Treatments: £5 for 15 minutes or £10 for 30 minutes*
SYC Yoga, The Tay Building, First Floor, 2a Wrentham Avenue, London NW10
3HA
020 8968 1900 / www.specialyoga.org.uk
Yoga debates....
There is a bit of a debate going on in the Yoga world today which you may
be interested in-
"Keep the UK Sports Council Out Of Yoga" http://www.PetitionOnline.com/yoganet/
If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself
and passing it on - to give everyone an opportunity to consider it too.
LETS (Local Exchange and Trading System)
Your local LETS invites you to join us! LETS is a gathering of neighbourly
friends who want to help each other by sharing skills, time and things.
The system enable this by a sophisticated form of barter. Our members may
offer/ want help in the house/garden/with the computer, hairdressing, complementary
therapies, accommodation, housesitting/cat/grannie sitting! and much more.
Karma yogis (willing volunteers!) are also welcome in this scheme. Please
ring or email bournemouthwessexlets@googlemail.com for more details Corinne
Hills. Co-ordinator 01202 424340
Weblinks
The Special Yoga Centre, London www.specialyogacentre.org.uk
Yoga Wear www.tribeworldwear.com
Yoga Get-aways www.shanticentre / www.yoga-holidays-turkey.com
Namaste Contact Details:
Amba Kelly Howes
078660 53360
ambaomlight@yahoo.co.uk