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April 2009
A Note from Angela and Victor
Winter in Eftalou.
This was our first experience of spending the winter months in the valley of Eftalou. We were blessed with a warm and gentle entry into December, but on Christmas day we awoke to see snow on the mountains
Fire on the hills.
Shepherds set fire to the hillside to burn off the prickly bushes and allow new grazing for the sheep
There were many wild storms and the North wind howled around our house, but finally the first signs of Spring brought the almond trees, scattered between the olives into bloom.
This photo shows a very old tree offering its flowers.
Two new houses.
 These photos show the houses under construction, with the magnificent views they offer.
 We hope to have them ready by the end of this year and available for rent next May.
Reflections on Last Year
Greetings from this beautiful valley where soft rain and streaks of sunlight move across the silvery olive trees, highlighting patches of white and pink almond blossom and sending a huge rainbow over the blue sea to Turkey!
Staying in Greece and teaching more courses/retreats this last year, was a wonderful experience for us. There was time to settle in to our 'valley home', receive several family visits and enjoy our life without airports and travel. All five courses were well attended with students from around the world... Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, France, England, Germany, Spain,South Africa, Japan, USA, Greece and Oman. Once again we felt both touched and honored that people travel so far to come together and share our teaching here in Eftalou. It takes only a few days for the Yoga, the sun, sea, wonderful air and the beauty of Nature to work their magic and bring a warm and joyful glow to all their faces!
Although it is one practice,each person can find their own way within it and develop both their potential and work on their specific needs... without feeling confined by any external
control. Likewise the surroundings offer every possibility for solitude, friends and activities such as swimming, soaking in the thermal hot-pool, walking in the hills or receiving expert and healing body-work and massage. And then of course, for those who want to continue their day into the night, there are tavernas, bars and 'nightlife' in Molivos!
We are teaching classes here for the people of Molivos, which are lively and fun! And have a Tai-chi class once a week with Michael, who has come to live on Lesvos with his wife Isobel, who is creating an organic farm.
Lots of good things happening!
We look forward to seeing many of you at our May and June courses and then we travel to the USA for a busy tour schedule... perhaps our last, as we really love to stay here and teach longer retreats in the beauty and magic of Eftalou!
(Many thanks to Victoria&Raimond and Sabina for posting such beautiful pictures.)
Now Victor and I are offering local classes during the winter and some of our students were children, present at the demonstration in the castle all those years ago!
-Angela
"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 2009. 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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