"Keys" Newsletter to Friends

- No.31 - Autumn 2008

We send our best wishes to our friends everywhere. KEYS is now well into its fifteenth year, having started in April 1993. The name derived from the initials of Kathleen’s Ealing Yoga School. When we look on our website and into our archives, it amazes us how much we have done over the years, as there are only the two of us to do it.

LATEST NEWS

Kathleen’s book is selling well. We sell a meditation oil blend based on eleven of the oils in the book. (Price £10 for 5 ml.) These oils all have individual spiritual qualities. Several people who don’t find meditation easy have reported beneficial effects from using the blend while meditating. You only need one drop on a tissue or 2 or 3 in an essential oil vaporiser. Kathleen used the oil being described, in a vaporiser, while writing her book. Several yoga teachers, life coaches and psychotherapists have also reported good results from using the meditations from the book. Actually, you don’t need to use the oil as well but it does enhance the healing benefits of the visualisation.

1.  Use 3 – 4 drops in an electric burner or aromatherapy burner to clear the air in a home or kitchen, especially when there are colds about. People comment on the pleasant fragrance. This will also deter mosquitoes and insects. You can also put 1 – 2 drops on tissues and scatter around a room when there are mosquitoes around, if you haven’t a burner handy.
2.  Use 5 – 10 drops on hot and cold compresses for sprains and strains and aching joints.
3.  Use 1 – 2 drops in 5 mls (1 tsp) of almond oil for a massage.
4.  Put 20 drops in 200 mls of plain liquid soap base.
5.  Put 5 – 10 drops in hot or cold water in a bowl to bathe sore or swollen feet.
6.  Mix 9 drops in base cream as an insect/mosquito repellent and as an antiseptic.
7.  Use in white vinegar or cider vinegar as a natural cleanser in the home, especially to deter ants on their runs in the summer.
Essential oils are distilled from healing herbs that have been in traditional use for centuries.

Our pure essential oil blends are specially dedicated using crystals and healing music.

ADVANCED YOGA COURSES FOR YOGA TEACHERS AND EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS

At The White Eagle Lodge, Kensington
Yoga, Pranayama and Sound
(Nada Yoga)
Saturday, November 1ST
10:30 am – 3:30 pm.
Kathleen has arranged to hold a reunion for all her yoga teacher graduates and other enthusiastic yogis at The White Eagle Lodge, Kensington. This is a spiritual centre, with an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity in the heart of the city. Step in from the street into a courtyard garden of beautiful flowers and shrubs and you will find yourself in another world. Kensington is well situated for tube, mainline rail and buses and there is no congestion charge on Saturdays. Parking is free after 1.30, but check the meter, as they vary.
This will be intermediate to advanced level yoga. The morning session will concentrate on all aspects of yoga and breathing techniques, from how to breathe yourself into a yoga asana to some more specialised breathing and kriyas. In the afternoon, there will be some activities with nada yoga, the yoga of sound and some chanting. For FRYOG yoga teachers, this will provide professional development. The cost of the day is £40.

CRYSTALS

CHRISTMAS OPEN WEEKEND AND ROCK AND GEM FAIR

Friday evening 5th Decemeber 2008
10.30 am – 6.30 pm.

Advance dates:
Friday evening 5th December – By appointment
Saturday 6th December and Sunday 7th December, 10.30am – 7.00 pm.

All our crystals and jewellery will be on display plus oils, cds, books.etc. Do your Christmas shopping in comfort, with a free glass of wine or fruit juice in your hand.

MEDITATION

Our meditation this time is a variation of the well-known one on candle gazing.
Sit in your favourite comfortable meditation position. You can sit in front of a candle and look at it to begin with, or merely visualise a flame. Begin by breathing slowly and gently, noticing each breath as it comes and goes. Direct the breath into the heart chakra at the centre of the chest. Visualise there a still white flame. As you gaze at it with your inner vision, it seems to be more than one colour. It looks as if there are three colours intertwining – blue, for healing, yellow (gold) for spiritual wisdom and rose pink for divine love. The flame grows bigger until you feel as though it is surrounding you. You are in the flame. You can ‘bathe’ in each colour in turn. Concentrating on the blue flame, feel as though you are healed of aches and pains. Visualise anyone you know in need of healing surrounded by the blue healing flame. Now the flame turns to golden yellow and you are surrounded by the inspiration and creativity of spiritual wisdom. Put into the golden flame the thought of any creative project you are working on. The colour changes once more. You are bathed in soft rose pink, the colour of divine love. Use it to visualise any of your relationships. The three colours combine to create the violet flame of transformation. Bathe in the violet light and breathe in its colour and it dissolves any negative thoughts and feelings. Continue as long as you wish, then conclude your meditation by visualising the white flame once again. Breathe more deeply and dissolve the visualisation. Open your eyes when you are ready.

Meditation Group

This meets on a Thursday evening, once a month at 7.30 pm. The evening costs £10 and includes light refreshments. If you are an experienced meditator and are interested in joining us, please ring or email for information. The theme this year is “Going Deeper.” We will be working with some traditional and other meditations to help to reach a transcendental state. Dates for the next few months are October 9th, November 13th, December 11th and January 29th.
It is a good idea to keep a meditation notebook so that you can track your progress and note improvements over time.

WEEKLY YOGA CLASSES

TUESDAYS. This 1½ hour class meets at 7.30 pm.
WEDNESDAYS. We have 2 classes, each of 1½ hours, at 6:30 and 8:00 pm.
THURSDAYS. We have a 2 hour yoga and meditation class from 10:00 am. to 12:00 noon.

In all cases, numbers are limited to not more than nine students, so that they can have individual attention and support. We do not do drop in classes and payment is by the term or half term. We teach classical yoga, which includes proper breathing, yoga postures, relaxation and meditation. Kathleen specialise in the gentle approach to yoga asanas (postures), which can be achieved through breathing into the poses. This encourages people to work up to their full potential gradually and to achieve mastery in yoga. Please ring if you are interested in any of these classes.

THERAPIES

Kathleen has been a qualified massage practitioner and aromatherapist for over 20 years

She has also been a qualified Zero Balancing Practitioner for 9 years. She particularly specialises in stress management, back and shoulder problems and headaches. Clients say she has magic hands!
Kathleen continues to see clients for Zero Balancing, Indian Head Massage, crystal healing, massage and aromatherapy treatments and for personal yoga training and relaxation. Please ring for an appointment.

We do gift vouchers for that special occasion or for birthdays, in a presentation card.

Note that yoga and therapies are not a substitute for medical help if needed.

Best wishes to you all from both of us.

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