Newsletter 11 and Noticeboard from Purple Valley, Goa.

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NOTICEBOARD of YOGA-RELATED ANNOUNCEMENTS and NEWSLETTER from PURPLE VALLEY YOGA

CENTRE, ANJUNA, GOA, INDIA (www.yogagoa.com) where Ashtanga Yoga enthusiasts

gather to practise, learn, teach, chat and relax.

 

Dear Ashtanga Enthusiasts and Friends of Purple Valley,

 

EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION FOR PURPLE VALLEY in 2002/03

The first season of Purple Valley finished on 6th April, and the shala is now

prepared for the monsoon. The fabric walls and mega mosquito net have been

taken down and put away, the canvas floor packed away, and the palm leaf roof is

covered with protective plastic. During June, July and August, Goa regularly

has 10 cm of rain per day, sometimes much more. After October the rains stop

except for very rare showers, and usually there is no rain at all between

November and April.

 

So many Ashtanga students have visited us since we opened last November that we

already feel on the Ashtanga 'map'. All our visitors almost without exception

said that they would tell their yoga friends, and so many said they would return

that we are confident that our second season is going to be really quite busy.

We had many people coming up from Kerala after finishing a spell with Lino

Miele, and we are delighted to say that we also had many students coming direct

from Mysore. In fact, Guruji was quoted in an Indian men's health magazine

recommending Goa as one of the few places within India where serious Ashtanga

can be studied. There is no doubt that word-of-mouth is the best form of

publicity, and the combination of top-class teaching and charming location have

contributed to Purple Valley's growing and spreading reputation.

 

Our second season starts on 4th November, with 4 classes a day. Details of the

centre and package deals are at www.yogagoa.com and details of classes and cost

are at: www.yogagoa.com/class.htm

 

PACKAGE DEALS

We started to experiment with package deals late in the 2001/2 season, and they

quickly proved to be extremely popular. For one price which can be charged to a

Visa account, students get accommodation at the Hotel Bougainvillea and an

unlimited number of yoga classes selected from any of the 4 being run each day,

6 days a week. We also include airport or railway station transfers in the

price. There is also a budget package of unlimited yoga and accommodation at a

nearby guest house, about 20 minutes walk away from Purple Valley. Room

numbers for both options are limited and we are already taking bookings for next

season.

If you want a package deal, the procedure is to check with us first that we have

vacancies for your preferred dates, then make your travel reservations and then

book the package of accommodation and unlimited yoga using your Visa card, once

you can tell us when and where you will be arriving in Goa. For help with

travel from anywhere in the world you can contact siddesh3020

 

TEACHERS FOR 2002/03 SEASON

We are delighted that Gabriella Pascoli will be teaching at Purple Valley again.

She is to be our main Ashtanga teacher for the entire season, from November 4th

until we close in April. She will normally be taking two classes a day, with

the other two daily classes being taken by which ever teacher we have at the

time to supplement Gabriella's work. We hope to have Maia Heiss back for the

month of November, and Charlotte Lindstrom will be taking over for December and

January at least.

All our teachers are students of Guruji and have spent considerable time in

Mysore at his shala. They also have commendable amounts of individual teaching

experience, and are capable of teaching to the end of second series.

 

THE RETREAT

While the Purple Valley drop-in Ashtanga centre continue to flourish at the

Bougainvillea location, things are also moving ahead with the second part of the

Purple Valley project: The Retreat.

We have a location about 3Km from the Bougainvillea in the direction of Mapusa,

where we are building a second shala which will be exclusively for workshops and

closed groups of students on courses. We expect to have accommodation for 25

students. We have provisional plans for two workshops in the first season, in

December and March, with a full schedule of workshops in the next season. (Goa

being part of India, it is best not to make too many plans before the new shala

is actually completed.) As well as workshops by visiting yoga teachers with

significant reputations, the Purple Valley Retreat will also be available to

groups, schools and teachers to hire and bring their own students and teachers,

with full use of the shala and housekeeping. More details in the autumn.

 

OVER THE SUMMER THE PURPLE VALLEY NOTICEBOARD & NEWSLETTER will be scaled down.

Because the Purple Valley drop-in shala is closed until November there will be

no newsletter but we will continue to post a regular Noticeboard of

announcements. If you have an announcement you would like broadcast over the

summer, please email it to annie

(Apologies for the delay in this newsletter - it is more than a month since our

last one. We have been experiencing serious computer problems, and have only

just got our system back on-line.)

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PURPLE VALLEY NOTICEBOARD: EVENTS : CONTACTS : LINKS : OFFERS

THIS NOTICEBOARD IS A REGULAR FEATURE OF THE PURPLE VALLEY NEWSLETTER.

If you would like to post a notice in the next Purple Valley Newsletter, please

email the text to: annie. There is no charge. Entries may be cut

or held over.

 

 

NOTICEBOARD 1

Find out about Guruji's 2002 tour by going to the Ashtanga Yoga Research

Institute's site, which has the itinerary and links to sign up with for any or

all of his tour stops. http://www.ayri.org/tour.html

 

 

NOTICEBOARD 2

Subbudha and Sangeeta are expert Ayervedic Massage practitioners and teachers

from India who are holding a workshop for those wanting to learn to give

Ayervedic Massage. The workshop is to be in Cornwall in early July. For

details go to http://www.yogafarm.co.uk/index.htm

 

NOTICEBOARD 3

Either before or after an intensive yoga course in India, allow some time to

travel within India to fully immerse yourself in the spiritual fabric of this

ancient culture.

Spirit of India announces the dates for this year's yoga journeys:

Spiritual India 1: A Yoga Journey (North India) October 5-28, 2002

http://www.spirit-of-india.comspiritual/itinerarynorth.html

Led by Arun Acharya, an authority on yoga, religion, art, horticulture and

history as well as a Sanskrit scholar. We visit spiritual pilgrimage sites in

culturally diverse regions of North India from Dharamsala through Rajasthan,

learning about the histories and philosophies of Sikhs, Buddhists, Muslims,

Hindus and Jains. Opportunities for physical yoga, meditation, dharma talks and

other traditional rituals and practices. We will participate in the Dusshera

Festival celebrating good over evil, in Delhi. Choice of 18 or 24 day tour

 

Spiritual Journey 2 : A Yoga Journey (South India )October 28-November

9/November 16 , 2002

http://www.spirit-of-india.comspiritual/itinerarysouth.html

Led by yoga teacher Nancy Sheehan, our journey takes us to ashrams, yoga centres

and temples of South India as well as the Mysore Palaces, idyllic beaches, and

not least, privileged visits with master teachers. Additionally, we will

experience traditional dancers of the Bharata Natyam form and the Kathikali form

of Kerala. This tour is designed to immediately follow the Spiritual India: A

Yoga Journey tour of North India. Choice of 13 day or 20 day tour.

Spirit of India http://www.spirit-of-india.com

 

NOTICEBOARD 4

The Grange, Ellesmere, UK, has a programme of yoga courses/weekends throughout

2002.

There is a week with Jenny Beeken in July, a Kashmir Yoga weekend in November,

and various other Retreats in between. We also run courses in Tai-chi,

Meditation etc. The Grange is a Georgian country house on the outskirtsof the

rural market town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. Our web-site is www.thegrange.uk.com

 

NOTICEBOARD 5

Kristina Karitinos Ireland is holding an Ashtanga retreat in Mani Peloponese,

Greece, from 7­ 21 June 2002

There will be two groups of a two hour practice, six days per week. A talked

through primary practice will be taught from 7am ­9am, suitable for people with

at least six months of Astanga practice. The beginners course will take place

from 9am ­11am.

Fee £450 for 1 week £800 for 2 weeks which includes shared accomodation (two

persons per room), continental breakfast, two vegetarian meals per day and all

morning classes. Hotel rooms

have all modern amenities

For a a brochure please e-mail: mail

 

NOTICEBOARD 6

Our namesake Purple Yoga Hawaii has now updated its website at

www.purpleyoga.com which includes its timetable and details of its new studio

opening in Honolulu in May 2002. For further information please email

info

 

NOTICEBOARD 7

Academy of Yoga, 102 South 5th Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81501, USA, Ph:

(970) 255-8029, Fax: (970) 255-8041, Email: threeyogis. DYNAMIC AND

INTELLIGENT YOGA in beautiful Western Colorado. Classes 7 days per week, monthly

workshops. 2002 Teacher Training (200 hours) Yoga Alliance approved 6.5 weeks -

Spring, April 3, to May 17, 2002, Fall: October 7 - November 21, 2002. In The

Company of Women, Workshop addressing cycles & milestones: Premenstrual Tension,

Endometriosis, Pregnanacy, Osteoporosis, Menstruation, Menopause, Infertility,

Aging Gracefully. Contact us for more information. Namaste,

Nicky Knoff.

 

NOTICEBOARD 8

Dynamic and Intelligent Iyengar Yoga in Beautiful Western Colorado. Classes 7

days per week, plus monthly workshops. 2002 Teacher Training (200 hours) Yoga

Alliance approved, 6.5 weeks- Spring: April 3rd-May 18th; Fall: October

7-November 21. Director and owner, senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Nicky Knoff, is

available for workshops or intensives in your area. Contact us for more

information. Academy of Yoga, 102 South 5th Street, Grand Junction, Colorado

81501: Ph: (970)255-8029; Email: threeyogis

 

NOTICEBOARD 9

Track One offers a journey through the colors of your life to bring balance to

the seven in body chakra. Images Of Healing & Peace other CD's offered by Rev.

Stephen and Luminaria Productions.

http://www.cgiscriptcenter.com//index2.html

 

THAT's ALL FOLKS - Thanks to all those who have emailed saying how much they

enjoy this service. If you have something you would like to be included in

the next Purple Valley Newsletter, want to re-establish contact with another

yoga student or have a general query you'd like answered, please send it by

email to annie or via the Purple Valley website at www.yogagoa.com

OmShanti.

 

 

 

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