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New Yoga Hall | 2005 Workshops
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April
2005 - Angela and Victor are in Europe, recently completing
their workshop in Ireland and traveling to Greece for the two three
week workshops in their new Yoga Hall in Eftalou on the island of
Lesvos. The letter from Detlef that follows and the pictures from
January are the most recent we have here at the web site, but we
are sure that more will be coming soon, now that Angela and Victor
are moving in.
This Summer's
workshops in the new Yoga Hall in Eftalou are possible because of
over five years of effort and intention of many people who have
participated in helping Angela and Victor bring it to fruition,
buying Victor's watercolours, hosting benefit workshops, and in
many other ways contributing to make this dream real.
DVDs, One Here Now, One on the Way
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 will be out soon. The working title is "Angela's
Flow Class". It will be a guided class with special emphasis
on "moving the belly", "flowing with the energy",
resting and movement within the asanas. Victor's beautiful and illustrative
watercolours are included to give extra illustration of the poses.
Notes
and pictures from January 2005
Hello everybody,
Here some new photos from the progress of
the building of the new yoga centre. We are working intensely to
get the building ready for the coming May. We all think it
is getting beautiful and it is matching with the beauty of the surrounding
landscape. Thank you for all the support and may all be fine with
you! Love
Detlef
Upstairs windows
The Yoga Hall interior
Finishing work on the Yoga Hall Ceiling
The large doorway at the end of the Yoga Hall
The terrace floor and view of the Augean and Turkey
The downstairs hallway
The spiral stairway to the second floor
Click here for Doortje van Kooten's pictures
from Eftalou
Victor's
Third Yoga Notebook and Galleries
As
the Yoga Hall is underway, more good news is coming on Victor's
third Yoga notebook. Ganesha Press, has told us that the book
is now back from the printer and ON SALE now. Here is the review
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 Victor's book is a Finalist in the Independent
Publisher Book Awards 2004. See more information about all three
of the books in
Victor's Yoga Notebook Trilogy
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 have been added, 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 have purchased just over an acre of land on the island
of Lesvos, Greece and have started construction on a
yoga hall. You can look the pictures
from last month 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 will be a place where many future 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, selections
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:
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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