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"Keys" Newsletter to Friends- No.27 - Autumn 2006We send our good wishes to all of you throughout the world. Thank you for your good wishes and news following our spring newsletter. It’s always good to hear from you all and to get feedback about your thoughts on the newsletter. We have embarked on a few new projects this year. Kathleen decided not to continue as Training and Standards officer for the Friends of Yoga Society (FRYOG) as she had done it for 4 years and wanted to find time for new projects. LATEST NEWS KEYS CHRISTMAS OPEN WEEKEND Our Christmas Open Weekend will be on the first weekend of December, as usual. Friday evening 1 st - 6.00 – 9.00pm Saturday 2 nd - 10.00 am – 7.00pm Sunday, 3 rd - 10.00am – 6.00pm. This year we have a lot of interesting new crystals and gemstones and a good stock of moldavite jewellery, including earrings and pendants, also tumble stones.
Moldavite is known as the stone of transformation and is quite rare, being found in only one place in the world. We also have a good stock of incenses, cds of music for relaxation, healing and meditation, books about yoga and body, mind and spirit and angel cards and jewellery. If you are searching for a special crystal for your therapy room, for healing, meditation or feng shui, we might have it.
Do come along and listen to cds, browse among the books and have a free glass of wine or fruit juice, tea or coffee, with mince pies and snacks. Do come along and bring a friend for those unusual and unique Christmas gifts. Please phone for directions. KATHLEEN HAS WRITTEN A BOOK!Over the summer, she wrote a book about meditation and essential oils. This developed from a talk given at the Summer Festival of the White Eagle Lodge at New Lands in June. The focus of the talk traced the ancient traditions of essences, from Egyptian times until now. At the end of the talk, the audience asked if she had written a book and wanted to look up the information. So the book was born and we hope it will be published shortly. It is only a short book – details when ready. ANGELS AND CRYSTALS – CRYSTAL CATACOMBSAnother new venture is Kathleen teaching an advanced crystal and archangel retreat with Theolyn Cortens, the author of The Angel Script Cards (available from us, £17.99) and several angel books. Kathleen ran the proto type for her part of the retreat in April. It was inspired by a meditation Kathleen had last October about teaching a course using crystals and the archangels of the Tree of Life. Kathleen has been using Theolyn’s cards for several years, after being introduced to them by a mutual friend, now deceased. One day, Kathleen found a spiritual magazine in a local shop that had an article about Theolyn. She decided to look on Theolyn’s website but tried a few times and couldn’t get on it, so decided to ring Theolyn to tell her that the website was down. Then they had a long phone conversation and Kathleen asked for permission to use the archangel cards with the crystals. There were no objections, but Theolyn had had the same idea and was looking for someone to teach about the crystals on a course that she was planning. They have had several meetings to plan it. Crystal Catacombs takes place in November and is a five-day residential course in advanced meditation techniques working with crystals and archangels. For details, see www.soulschool.co.uk or phone Theolyn (0845 458 0628) or Kathleen on above number. This is a brand new course for those interested in advanced meditation with both crystals and archangels. Between them, Kathleen and Theolyn have over 8 decades of research and teaching spiritual development. MEDITATIONThe meditation this time is about a breathing technique that is especially helpful to calm the mind and help you to relax. Kathleen has used it in the dentist’s chair and hospital waiting rooms, as well as in yoga classes. It is based on a traditional yoga pranayama (breath technique) called Savitri, with a ratio of 6:3:6:3: Savitri means rhythm, harmony, so this breathing brings harmony and balance to the body. In this breath, the in breath and out breath is the same length, and the interval between the in breath and the out breath is half of that. This breath is said to balance the emotions.
Sit in a quiet and comfortable position where you will undisturbed. Begin to focus on your breath and notice the smooth flow of cool air against the tip of the nose as you breathe in. Don’t force the breath; allow it to be soft and smooth. Having established a smooth breathing rhythm, the next time you breathe in count 6 like this
Practise regularly until you can do it for 10 minutes. Om is one of the yoga mantras and helps to slow down the speed of the breath as well as introducing the use of a mantra. You can use this breath when you have had a bad day and get home really tired. Just lie on the floor in the relaxation pose and relax for a few minutes and then begin the breath. You can also use it to help you get to sleep when you feel tense. MEDITATION GROUPThe group meets on a Thursday evening, once a month. Dates up to Easter are November 2 nd, December 5 th, January 25 th, February 22 nd and March 29 th. If you are interested in joining us, please ring or email for information. We usually follow themes and at the request of the group, the current theme follows some of the teachings of Mary Magdalene and feminine Goddess energy. There are also special crystals to connect with the Divine feminine energy, called Isis, or Goddess crystals. In the Egyptian legend of Isis and Osirus, he was killed by the evil Set, who cut his body into 14 pieces and hid them all over Egypt. Isis searched the country until she had found them and put them together again. In the same way, the Isis crystal helps to heal (mend) body, mind and emotions when people have been bullied or abused. The crystal can be recognised by the configuration of a large 5-sided face on the termination.
Both men and women can benefit from the healing energy of these crystals. Crystal Workshop – Master CrystalsThis will be held on Saturday February 17 th 2007 with the fascinating subject of Master crystals. There are many ways of reading quartz crystals and some of the rare ones have special configurations. This course will show you how to recognise and work with some of them, such as record keepers, channelling crystals, goddess (Isis) crystals and more, depending on availability. We always try to keep a good stock of these, so if you are looking for that special crystal for healing, transformation or meditation, please make an appointment to come and look at them. Book Review“The Book Of Stones” We are now stocking this new book by Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian (£25). It is the most in-depth guide to the world of crystals and their metaphysical properties now available. I have been studying and working with crystal healing for over 20 years but have discovered esoteric lore about crystals from this book that I have not come across before. It is very readable and is beautifully illustrated with colour photographs. The information is very clear and easy to understand, a must have book for anyone interested in working with crystals either for themselves or with others. WEEKLY YOGA CLASSESTUESDAYS.This 1 ½ hour class meets at 7.30 pm. WEDNESDAYS. We have 2 classes, each of 1 ½ hours, at 6:30 and 8:00 pm. THURSDAYS. We have a 2 hour yoga and meditation class from 10:15 am. to 12:15 pm. In all cases, numbers are limited to not more than 9 students, so that they can have individual attention and support. We do not do drop in classes for several reasons. Each course usually follows a theme for the term and when the class is full, we do not have room for extra people. The style of yoga taught is classical, which includes proper breathing, yoga postures, relaxation and meditation and we specialise in a gentle approach, encouraging people to work up to their full potential gradually. We currently have a few vacancies Please ring if you are interested. SPECIAL AUTUMN OFFERS ON THERAPIESKathleen continues to see clients for Zero Balancing, Indian Head Massage, Massage and Aromatherapy treatments and for personal yoga training and relaxation.Please ring for an appointment and take advantage of our Special Autumn Offers of £5 off all therapies! ZERO BALANCING - £35 or book 3 sessions, to be taken before Christmas, and get the third absolutely free! INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE - £25 MASSAGE (whole body) - £35 MASSAGE (part of body) - £25 We also do gift vouchers for that special occasion or for Christmas or birthdays, in a presentation card. Best wishes to you all from both of us. Kathleen, Roy Want to recieve our twice yearly Newsletters To Friends?
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