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October
2007
Note from Angela
We
are just out of the Yoga Journal Conference, which was wonderful
with great weather and splendid views of the mountains and the
beautiful colours of Fall touching the Aspen trees. Our classes
went  well and were fun, with new insights and many releases as
well as laughter and "Ah haaaas"!
We enjoyed meeting up with old friends ... we are all so much
more mellow with age! We shared warm connections with Tim Miller,
Richard and Mary Freeman, Maty and Chuck Miller, Adil Parkivala,
Barbara Benagh, Rodney Yee and Kallen and many others. We stood
amongst the Goddesses and Gods at Manoj Chalom's store and bathed
in his wonderful Ganesha energy! It is he who produced the Ganesha
doors we have to our Yoga Hall in Eftalou. Next year you will
find a beautiful statue of Shiva in our entrance hall and somewhere,
[to be decided] one of Tara bestowing her feminine blessings.
 On Friday night we heard Sean Corn talk about her experiences in India, helping
with the Aids issue, prostitution and desperate poverty in Cambodia. What a brave
soul she is! We wish her all the support and love she deserves. Following her
talk, David Wilcox gave a deliciously touching, humerous and thought provoking
concert of his music and lyrics. Hope we meet up again! In fact we so hope that
all and any of the beautiful souls we met will some day find their way to Eftalou! Lots
of love to you,
Angela
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.
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 Eftalouu 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?
This is the town of Molivos on the island of Lesvos, about 4 kilometers
from the Yoga Hall at Eftalou.
This is a view from Molivos Port Road.
A path approaching the Yoga Hall at Eftalou.
A view of the Yoga Hall from the path.
The Main Entrance to the Yoga Hall.
A neighborhood
cat checks out the entrance decoration.
The Yoga Hall awaits
Class Begins
Victor Assists
Angela Assists
Victor assists with bridge.
After class a discussion on the steps into the Yoga Hall
After class at the entrance
Time to enjoy
the century old Olive trees ...
Enjoy the flowers ...
Stop at the Molivos Rooftop Taverna for a meal ...
Or explore Petra
Beach and the Augean Sea
I
hope you enjoyed this mini tour of Eftalou. Thanks to Angela
and Victor's friends and students who took these pictures: Diane
& Arnie Lade, Winnie,
Jamie Corydon,
Marja Berntssen, Alain Nerot,
Delfina Piretti,
Jillian Lambert,
Isobel Milner, and Minakshi. -Owen
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 is now out of print. 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:
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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