Travelling with Yoga

With the new year already one month in and everyone thinking about their health...here are a few recommended things to do in the yoga world.....
-Look up Yoga Pass (there is a variety of classes for good prices and you will be sure to find a studio or private teacher which suits you best)
- Spirit Festival, Byron/ Mullumbimby
17th- 19th February http://www.spiritfestival.com.au/
(Mark Whitwell is teaching, wonderful teacher and venue)
-Notice boards are a great way when travelling to a new town to find unique teachers and places to practice. For example, Byron Bay has a lot of small studios beside homes. Great teachers and the venues are unique and quiet. Definately a touch of love and personal care is present.

There is also some wonderful retreats happening this year..
- I recommend of coarse as my first choice, India! Satvik Sadan...the place I trained and felt bliss. www.thesatvik.com
-An upcoming donation festival called the Bodhi festival is well appreciated. List your name for a ticket at http://www.bodhifestival.com.au/
- I have not been here but I have heard good reports www.billabongretreat.com.au


So there we have a few places to go and enjoy..and share.
See you at the Bodhi Festival and the Spirit Festivals soon.
Namaskar, Leana

YOGA AND VEGAN FOOD NIGHT

Yoga and Vegan Food Night Recipe

ADSY'S DAHL WITH CORIANDER AND CHICK PEAS

half packet yellow split peas
half packet red lentils
300g chick peas
(cover with cold water in a bowl and soak overnight in fridge for 24 hours)

2 brown onions
1 bulb garlic
half knob of ginger
(finely chopped and sweat off in a heavy based pot.. in veg, sunflower or canola oil)

garam marsala
tumeric
cardamon
carroway seeds
cinnamon
cloves
coriander seeds

(grind up dry ingredients in mortar and pestle)

fresh red chillis ( As mild or as hot as you like?)
coriander roots
(add to mortar and pestle and grind into dry ingredients to make your curry paste.. them add to heavy pot with onions etc etc…. )

(drain chick peas, lentils etc… wash once more.. drain.. add to pot..)

2-3 litres vegetable stock
(add STOCK to pot) season with sea salt and fresh ground black pepper… bring to boil, then turn down a little to a med heat…

COOK UNTIL LENTILS AND CHICK PEAS SOFTEN… REMEMBER TO STIR REGUARLY.. SO AS NOT TO STICK.

700ml or 1 litre? Whatever you like.. ? of coconut milk or coconut cream.
(when lentils are soft.. add coconut cream to pot..)


serve with fresh coriander leaves and stems..

yum!!!!

'YOGA BY CANDLELIGHT' in a winter chalet has been successful in providing zen, to lovers of Beginners and Intermediate Hatha Yoga participants!
With the inspiration of Earth, Fire and Water...these 3 elements compliment our yoga practice, very unique to the usual city yoga room.

Earth- A traditional wooden hall with a slight smell of cedar and incense
Water- Lapping harbour water directly underneath and harbour views of serenity
Fire- With the candles burning a yellow flame, the light signifies life and warmth

Yoga is love within...come and ignite yours!

Contact us on yogabycandlelight@gmail.com for further information

With Winter here at our doorsteps, "Yoga by Candlelight" continues to provide a loving yoga environment for people of all ages. Having spent our summer evenings practising yoga on a wooden veranda platform over Sydney Harbour with candles and live musicians, now it is time to take this authentic location to a new level.

With sponsers on board such as "Visions in Style" and "Niteguide" a special winter season lasting 6 weeks will see the area turned into a warm 'Winter Chalet'. With indoor heating, draping and the authentic and earthly feeling of wood and water, you will not know you are in the city of Sydney.

We have artists like Vanessa Forbes performing and Speeches from Elina, "The Art of being Sexy".

Keep posted for our Event Dates soon to be launched!

A country which prays for what we receive....

With the flood waters continuing to appear in our recent weather patterns, I hope to add a positive outlook to what we see and know as inconvenient or even 'disastrous.'

With the natural fertilisers of the silt, or as we call it mud, the land is refreshed with minerals and vitamins of natural substance.

Silt exists normally deposited at the bottom of a waters body, a mix between sand and clay derived from soil or rock.

Many studies world wide show the advantages of silt for crop growth this organic fertiliser far excels our usual chemical alternatives.

Silt has advantages in moisture conservation, water holding capacity as well as increasing the aeration and porosity of the soil for better root growth.

In India, a well established farming land, they are looking at the silt advantages logistically but also practice a spiritual ceremony named 'Agnihotra'. 'Agnihotra', is where offerings are made into a fire at sunrise and sunset. The ceremony is believed to help balance the cycle of nature and nourish the human life.

In other words...the ceremony is a prayer to the gods to nourish our land, to provide us with food to eat.

I know in life we can loose our material objects or homes we have worked so hard for but the cycle of mother nature is truly beautiful and natural is always best, lets not forget.

We share and send our thoughts to all of the people who experience floods.

I hope you will also share the positive thought....Thank you Mother Nature for nourishing our land......their prayers have been heard in our country!

Leana