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15/08/10
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Greetings the days are getting longer
and Spring hits technically in 2 weeks.
It's a good time to start opening up the body again,
release lethargy and bacteria, start breathing wonderfully,
getting fresh in the cells, blood, and the Mind.
Remember: Yoga never stops working,
it can be returned to, restarted, re-born at any time.
The memory of Health and Release is always stored.
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
LAND OF YOGA RETREAT IN NOVEMBER
CUP WEEKEND - JUICE FAST!
Toby has booked the Maitripa Buddhist Meditation Centre in Healesville,
from 4pm Saturday 30th October - 4pm Tuesday 2nd November.
So this will be 3 day Retreat with a major emphasis on HEALTH.
Closer to the date I will release an exact plan for each day;
suffice it to say there will be at least 2 yoga classes per day,
meditation time, walking time...
*It has now been decided that this will be a Spring Cleanse Retreat
and so we will all be doing an organic Juice Fast!
This means we will be juicing organic fruit and veg for the 3 days
and doing a total cleanse. With this will come the obligatory gasps and so on
and it will be fun for all winging together, getting grumpy and then hitting mega-highs!
That's what can be expected when one does a juice fast for 3 days
with lots of water and Yoga and meditation and walking...
A few days later your skin will be shining and people will tell you how healthy you look. Spring is the perfect time for this.
I've booked for 6-16 places, although with interest this number may be increased.
We'll each have a single renovated room, which will be simple in its arangement.
The heating will be fine, if it gets cold.
We'll have our own space, including kitchen lounge and yoga room.
We'll be left to our own devices in what I have been told is
a beautiful and peaceful retreat centre.
The price is looking somewhere about $220 per person everything included.
I'll confirm that closer to the date (it also depends on how many come).
If you have interest in Booking Please Email Me. Thanks.
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COOKING CORNER:
VEGETARIAN DELIGHTS
Gentle Nepalise Radish Stew
by Antonietta Barca
Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-intolerant, and Lactose-intolerant friendly.
CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE
AND PHOTO
This section is now Open for Business
so if you have any good vegetarian recipes of your own
please Send them In. Please include a photo if possible.Thanks.
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SINUS HEALTH
The following photo might shock some people
but it's an example of some of the more radical health practices
used in Yoga to maintain optimum physical and mental balance.
As anyone with blocked sinuses can tell you,
the sinus region is a crucial area for the well-being of the head.
Restricted breathing access is of no benefit to anyone
and head colds, allergies, inflammations...these are common ailments.
Thanks to Oprah Winfrey the mainstream world
is now well-informed about Jala Neti - the water pot
that is used to clean and clear the nostrils... this is an incredibly effective
cleanser of dust and chicken wings and the like
that get stuck in the nasal passage...it also allows one to learn
how to release the tension within the head, forehead, and cheekbones.
This is one way to stop migraines and headaches.
Anyway, below is a photo of me doing Sutra Neti
- pulling a thin waxed thread through my nose into my mouth.
It is a more violent action than the water cleanser,
but also helps remove stronger blockages.
It's quite fun to do actually!
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BOOK CLUB!
"I AM THAT"
Here is an excerpt from this book to end all books:
Questioner: "It takes time to know oneself..."
Maharaj: How can time help you? Time is a succession of moments;
each moment appears out of nothing and disappears into nothing, never to reappear.
How can you build on something so fleeting?"
Questioner: "What is permanent?"
Maharaj: "Look to yourself for the permanent. Dive deep within and find what is real in you."
Questioner: "How to look for myself?"
Maharaj: "Whatever happens, it happens to you. What you do, the doer is in you.
Find the subject of all that you are as a person."
Questioner: "What else can I be?"
Maharaj: "Find out. Even if I tell you that you are the witness, the silent watcher,
it will mean nothing to you, unless you find the way to your own being."
*Toby's note: Occasionally, I'll put more excerpts in. Within the next 2-3 months
I have 8 copies coming from India. Let me know if you want to secure one.
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BUDDHIST WISDOMS
from Carmela Quimbo
"Meditation
is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss or tranquillity,
nor is it attempting to become a better person.
It is simply the creation of a space
in which we are able to expose and
undo our neurotic games,
our self-deceptions, our hidden fears and hopes." – Chogyam Trungpa
I practice meditation every day. Each
time I sit is an experiment with wonder and boredom,
relaxation and
anxiousness, exhilaration and tiredness, alertness and dullness,
spaciousness
and confinement, wisdom and confusion.
Meditate. It will change your life.
You will still feel sad angry hurt afraid jealous
insecure.
You will still feel happy loving courageous wise.
You will still need to do your tax return, go to work,
do the dishes, vacuum.
You will still read to your children, snuggle with
your lover, listen to music and dance.
Through meditation, we learn to feel and do all these
things with the magic of attention and awareness. Meditation teaches us to be
present to all of experience, to all of life. And presence changes everything.
INTERESTING TALENT
The following footage shows an armless man playing piano with his feet,
showing that toe-bends in Yoga may not be that hard after all:
Click Here to See
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HEALTH REPORT
from Doctor Qu'ac
TONSILITIS
To understand the tonsils we need to first understand the mouth.
The mouth is part of the digestion system. In Psycho-Somatics Digestion always relates to Experience
(so are diarrhoea, vomiting, constipation - as part of the digestion)
The mouth is there to check the experiences one takes on. It samples,
and is responsible for rejecting any incoming experiences (food) it does not like/want.
The tonsils protect the mouth in its ability to do this. They basically are like the doctor for the mouth
ensuring it can continue this role. When the tonsils are inflammed (as in tonsilitis)
they are trying to Increase the protection...to protect it because it sees its ability
to CHOOSE the experiences arising is being compromised.
In Life, this may result in a feeling of powerlessness in the face of life's events.
EG: a man who was sick of working long hours, decided that on the week-end
he was going to do what he wanted. He became so obsessed with protecting his right/ability
to have this weekend (experience), and was obsessive about protecting against anything
that would threaten his ability to have it, and then got a bout of tonsilitis.
He believed that he needed to increase the protection against any threats which might
have undermined his ability to CHOOSE which life experiences he would have.
Essentially, a person who suffers from tonsilitis is someone who tends to believe
that there are good experiences and bad experiences - rather than there being just experiences.
They will become obsessive about picking and choosing what they will or won't do or be forced to do,
and will become obsessive about their need to protect their own ability to control this aspect of Life.
At its heart is basically a lack of trust in the universe / life that all is going along as it should.
A good listener realises that in every experience is an opportunity to grow
and learn and live, and only a fool would try to control events.
Any Questions for Doctor Qu'ac?
Please write in to Toby, Click Here.
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FOOD
Last month down south for heavy soups, roast vegetables and porridge,
soon it will be time to start lightening up the diet and cleansing.
Try to relate to your diet out of more than just flavour or habit.
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ASTROLOGY
On Monday 23rd August at 3.27pm we will enter the sign/realm of Virgo.
VIRGO: The Superior Craftsmen: Our role is to set the highest standards of quality
in whatever tasks we do.
Virgoans are very earthy and always insightful and astute.
They can also be pedantic and negative/critical.
Often useful for constructive purposes, get your Virgo friends
to help you with problems, and you'll find bags of gold.
Virgoans are sensitive, just like everyone else, and can be more critical
of themselves than others, so if you have a Virgo partner, be caring to them.
They will appear strong and independent, because they don't cry out for attention.
This year it'd be good for Virgoans to take holidays, be artistic,
Meditate, and go dancing.
The Moon is in Pisces from Wednesday 25th August, 3.06AM.
(Some parts taken from the
2009 Astrological Calendar + Moon Planting Guide,
Alle Davidson-Farnworth and Dorothy Maniero)
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Thanks folks, start going for walks and airing your rooms!
All the best, Toby xx
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