| Eftalou News
This year our 2012 Teaching Schedule flyer will be on our
website in a PDF format (6MB) which allows
you and us to print it out and display it
during workshops.
We returned to Eftalou in March 2010
to find that two terraces on the hillside
next to our property had collapsed
in heavy winter rains.
To save the rest of this beautiful oliveterraced
hill side, we put ourselves
into huge debt by having a sturdy
sustaining wall built along its base.
We were both surprised and happy
when three friends gave some
financial contributions to lighten our
debt... and we believe that so are the
trees who stood safely upright through
last winter!!
This year our Eftalou Yoga Hall was
chosen by BBC / Lonely Planet as “the most peaceful place in the world
for yoga retreats”
We hope to see you here soon!
With love,
Molivos Video
Here is a video about the town of Molivos the hearest town to Eftalou and the Yoga Hall.
Angela and Victor's Eftalou Yoga Hall is on the BBC
Take a look at this list of the Worlds Best Yoga Spots. Angela and Victor's Yoga Hall is the "Most Peaceful".
Sabina's Yoga Clothes Website
The pelagou.eftalou collection website is ready and the web shop is online.
I am so happy that it is finally out and that you all now can dive into my “pelagou-world”.
Here are some pictures of Angela dressed in pelagou we took during the Women´s Retreat in November and during my stay in magical Eftalou in January.
Inspired by the beautiful colours of the sea in Eftalou on the island of Lesvos and the deep and flowing Yoga of Angela and Victor, this little seed of an idea that entered our minds in May 2009 has burst into life !
It is a collection of clothes that are sensual to touch, easy to wear and flow with your body in the movements of Nature....For daily wear they are elegant and deliciously comfortable and for Yoga they feel like your skin!
Pelagou, antique Greek: place of water by the land, pelagou.eftalou was born right by the Aegean sea. We were able to present a whole range of different styles in sensual textures and organic materials all in the colour range of this place called Eftalou.
To see more of the pelagou.eftalou collection click here.
Now dive into the atmosphere of Eftalou and pelagou.eftalou
listen to the waves, drop into the colours and sense the special energy of this place and
feel the warmth of the pebbles under your feet!
Looking forward to comments, thoughts and feedback, email me.
-Sabina
Talk with iHumanan about Jarvis Jay Masters
A unique prisoner at San Quentin has become a Buddhist and his life has touched Angela and Victor. Here is an interview with Angela and Victor. Victor's fourth book, 'Living Breath' is dedicated to him.
Victor's New Watercolors
Victor is a well known watercolor artist and has some of his new work up on the web. You can see it here. Some of his work from past years is avaiable here and here and here.
Angela and Victor Are Married
Angela & Victor's wedding! The wedding was Great, a beautiful day, very special with lots of folks from the community and a few yoga people as well. -Molly (click any of the pictures for the online album)
Angela and Victor are in the middle of their May Course in Greece, but are eager to share photos of their marriage day with their friends and students all over the world.
The day was beautiful in every possible way...as you can see from the wonderful album that Molly Drake has shared with us.
Here are a few, and a link to the whole album!
Blessings...Patricia
(Many thanks to Victoria&Raimond and Sabina for posting such beautiful pictures.)
"Underground Yoga" a new DVD, from Angela and Victor's teaching at Eftalou is now available.
A new CD, "Listening to Inner Voices" has come out as a follow up to "Breath" that came out earlier this year. Click on this .pdf to see these and the rest of Angela and Victo's DVDs and CDs.
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
Good news 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. 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.
The
Yoga Hall in Eftalou On Lesvos, Greece
We
want to share some of the photos, especially of Eftalou where
we will be spending much of our time in 2010. Perhaps
you can join us there? (More pictures here)
This is the town of Molivos on the island of Lesvos, about 4 kilometers
from the Yoga Hall at Eftalou.
A first view of
the Yoga Hall
The Main Entrance to the Yoga Hall.
Class Begins
Stop at the Molivos Rooftop Taverna for a meal ...
Or explore Petra
Beach and the Augean Sea
For
more pictures of the Eftalou Yoga Hall and Molivos click here.
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.
Additional
News:
Feb 2009 - Fall Workshops
Jan 2008 -
Sidney Workshop
Dec 2007 - Happy New Year 2008, Harbin, Yellow Springs
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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