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December 2007
Here's wishing all a Very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year!!
We are finally back in our little nest and happy to be out of airports for a while! We visited my brother and family in Montreal, on the last leg of out tour. We had narrow escapes from ice-storms, heavy snow and many delays and cancellations of flights ... Ganesha was with us!!
We fitted in two classes on one day in separate parts of the city. The morning was at Lyne St Roch's beautiful studio in Outremont and the afternoon was a three hour class in Joanne's sweet "Yoga on the Park" studio. Both were filled to the brim, with waiting lists and we felt so welcomed and the teaching was very much appreciated, with invitations to return soon! Well, the next possibility might be in 2009. Several students from these classes are planning on coming to Greece for our classes in 2008.
-Angela and Victor

A gift at Harbin
A gift at Harbin

A good laugh
A good laugh

Note from Patricia
YS 2007
   I would like to wish you, the students of the Yellow Springs Workshop with Angela and Victor, a very blessed holiday.
   Angela and Victor are still here in Yellow Springs and we are about to sit down to our 'Thanksgiving' feast . I am thinking of all I am grateful for, you all are high up on the list. When I began organizing Angela & Victor's Yoga workshops in 1986 I had no idea what a wondrous path I was embarking on. Each teacher, each student, each workshop have added countless layers of richness to my life.
YS 2007 Workshop
   Thank you for the good, clear energy you brought to the group - it created a magnificent energy field that stimulated and enriched each one of us.
YS2007 Angela
I have attached a couple of photos from the workshop. I hope you enjoy them.
YS 2007 A&V
Sending love and light...Patricia

The Harbin Retreat
I'm just back from Angela's Harbin Women's Retreat.  It was a powerful, wondrous and enlightening experience.  70 women were there for the weekend; 64 staying on for the full week
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Here are poems from Angela and Robbie Lapp and a little write up as a caption for the attached photo. It would be lovely to get up on the website soon. Thanks so much. Blessings...Patricia

The Yoga Hall in Eftalou On Lesvos, Greece
We want to share some of the photos, especially of Eftalou where we will be spending even more of our time next year. Perhaps you can join us there? (More pictures here)

Molivos
This is the town of Molivos on the island of Lesvos, about 4 kilometers from the Yoga Hall at Eftalou.

First View
A first view of the Yoga Hall

Main Entrance
The Main Entrance to the Yoga Hall.

Angela Demo
Class Begins

Olive Trees
The century old Olive trees ...

Molivos Tavern
Stop at the Molivos Rooftop Taverna for a meal ...

Petra Beach
Or explore Petra Beach and the Augean Sea

For more pictures of the Eftalou Yoga Hall and Molivos click here.

Angela's DVDs
   Angela's beautiful and inspirational "The Feminine Unfolding" is now available in DVD. It is beautiful, inspirational, spiritual, and deeply insightful. If you have not seen it yet, do yourself a kindness.
Angela's second DVD is now available. The title is "Inner Body Flow". It is a is an introduction to the vibrant concepts of "Inner Body Yoga". It allows the student to participate at their own level as Angela instructs a class. Victor's beautiful and illustrative watercolours are included to give extra illustration of the poses.

Victor's Fourth Yoga Notebook and Galleries
    As the Yoga Hall is underway, more good news is coming on Victor's fourth Yoga notebook. Ganesha Press, has told us that the book is ON SALE now. Here is the review of Victor's third book from Yoga Journal:
"... an idiosyncratic, uncompromising excursion. Van Kooten's own drawings illustrate dynamic principals in our bodies, our psyches, and the universe. His gift for illustration and penchant for poetic language is evident on every page." -Yoga Journal
And, Ellen Toomey of Ganesha Press tells us that the First Notebook, currently out of print, is being reprinted and will be available again in March 2008. The Second and Third
and now the fourth "From the Inside Out" Books are available now. For more information about the books see Victor's Yoga Notebooks
    Also, Victor has completed a new series of watercolours for his Thank-you Gallery. Victor's Galleries have been re-organized into a Ganesha Gallery, and Gallery One and Gallery Two.

Yoga Poetry
    New poems from Angela and Robbie Lapp have been added from Harbin and Feathered Pipe, one from the Women of Wisdom Workshop, and several from Janet Hockfeld. These are added to an earlier poem Angela has sent from the Harbin workshop. This all started when a tall guy with wild hair and an infectious smile handed me two pieces of paper at the Chapel Hill 2003 workshop. And then there is the Ohio Poem from Yellow Springs several years back. Take a look...

Victor's Tea
At the Chapel Hill workshop last year, as he has done often in his travels, Victor brewed up his tea for the participants. Several people asked for the recipe. Here it is.

Background on the Yoga Hall:
    Angela and Victor purchased just over an acre of land on the island of Lesvos, Greece and have built a yoga hall. You can look the pictures from 2004 and the previous pictures of the final excavation showing the ancient walls and where the coins and pottery shards were found. Victor has been sending original water colors in appreciation to the support people are giving in this project.

    The Yoga Hall on Lesvos is place where many yogis will be able to go to explore and expand their practice, as well as a home base for Angela and Victor.

Donations, pre-purchases of the Molivos Workshop on Lesvos, elections from Victor's Ganesha Gallery or Gallery 2, or just contributions from your overflow would be welcome.

Contributions can be sent to:
Angela and Victor
c/o Patricia Schneider
1350 President Street
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Phone: 937-767-7727
Fax: 937-767-7366

Additional News:

Oct 2007 - Yoga Journal Conference And Eftalou
Dec 2006 - Year end Workshops in England
May 2006 - At home in Eftalou
Feb 2006 - The 2006 San Francisco and Mexico Workshops
Nov 2005 - The 2005 Yellow Springs Workshop
June 2005 - The Yoga Hall Opens

April 2005 - Getting Ready for Summer workshops
9-Dec 2004 - Windows and Doors

15-Oct 2004 - Start of Stucco work
14 Aug 2004 - Angela and Victor see the progress
7 May 2004 - The roof is complete
19 Mar 2004 - Roof is started
18 Feb 2004 - Second Floor and Start of Roof / Sidney Wkshp
12 Dec 2003 - Enclosing the First Floor
20 Nov 2003 - First views of the inside of the Yoga Hall
10 Oct 2003 - The First and Second Floors take shape
25 Aug 2003 - The Foundation of the new Yoga Hall

9 July 2003 - Work Begins on the Lesvos Yoga Hall
15 Feb 2003 - Sidney Wkshp & New Yoga Hall Update
25- July 2002 - New Yoga Hall Update - July, 2002
05- June 2002 - New Yoga Hall Update - June, 2002

29- Jan 2002 - New Yoga Hall Update - February, 2002
10- Sept 2001 - New Yoga Hall Update - September, 2001
27- Oct 2000 - New Yoga Hall


-Owen Daly, Webmeister

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