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New Yoga Hall | Angela's DVD
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June
2005 - Angela and Victor are in the new Yoga Hall in Eftalou
Valley, near the town of Molivos on the island of Lesvos in Greece.
The first three week Summer Workshop was held in the new Yoga Hall.
Letter
from Angela...
Many greetings from sunny Lesvos! Here we
are, FINALLY in our new house in Eftalou! It is beautiful. Lots
and lots of work to still be done of course, but we have cleaned
and prepared for two weeks and then taught our first course. It
was a great success and the Yoga Hall works perfectly - all temperature,
sound, and atmosphere couldn't have been better - although it was
already arranged by the "spirits" here, because we just
had to work around all the problems and set-backs and let whatever
happen happen.
Here are some photos for the web site...
The Front Entrance
Guest Studio to left, Yoga Hall on right, Apartment above.
Yoga Hall, ready for this Summer's classes
And classes begin
Angela and Victor's Apartment
View of Eftalou Valley
Meadow and Olive trees behind the Yoga Hall
Olive Tree
Angela is floating with happiness in the new yoga hall.
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 the new
Yoga Hall to fruition, buying Victor's watercolours, hosting benefit
workshops, and in many other ways contributing to make this dream
real.
The
second three week workshop in Eftalou starts on June 13th followed
by a few weeks continuing on in Eftalou at the Yoga Hall and then
off to workshops, Angela at Kripalu in Lenox,
Massachusetts, and Victor at the Clare Island Retreat Centre in
County Mayo, Ireland.
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.
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, 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:
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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