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November 2007 – Issue 53
Keeping up with HeatherHello Friends, This month's newsletter will be a bit brief as I am preparing to head home to Australia and have a lot of last minute details to take care of. This weekend I am teaching just a few more classes, winding up my part of the Balance Yoga Teacher Training program, and sending my heartfelt farewells to those of you who have shared this time with me in Canada. With just a few more days to go, and with all my anticipation of returning home, it seems that I am finding it difficult to stay present. Actually, didn't I just talk about this last month! Can't I even take my own advice? Yes, at this time where I feel pulled between two countries, two business, two families, I am made even more conscious of the concept of "present moment awareness" that I discussed in last month's newsletter. I have written many emails lately and had so many conversations where I have expressed how much I am "looking forward" to going home. This week, although my anticipation for home grows, I am also beginning to look at my family and friends, clients and co-workers through different eyes as well. These eyes are often misty with emotion as I realize that it may be a year before I see everyone again. So, this leaves me with a dilemma, rather then being present, I am "looking forward" to being home, running another retreat, establishing a home-base in Canberra, and most of all being back with my husband after 5 long months...but I am also already "looking back" and missing everyone that I am leaving behind. So, this week I am focussed on staying grounded, present, and conscious of what a lucky Yogini I am to have two sets of everything in two different but equally beautiful places. My family, friends and clients deserve my most sincere and undivided attention, so this becomes my Yoga practice this week...but please keep in mind that I am still "practicing"... Thank you again to all of you who have made my time in Canada so wonderful, please keep me posted on all your adventures. And, to those of you in Australia...turn up the heat I'm heading home! Namaste, Heather Thoughts On...Garbage Truck MentalityHere is an email forward that sounds suspiciously like a motivational speaker's introduction...but it's great nonetheless! How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you are probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly she/he can get back her focus on what's important. Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a New York city taxi cab. Here's what happened: I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car's back end by just inches. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly. So, I said, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck". Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they'll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You'll be happy you did. So, this was it: The Law of the Garbage Truck. I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day I said, "I'm not going to do it anymore!" I began to see garbage trucks everywhere. Like in the movie "The Sixth Sense", the little boy said, "I see dead people". Well, now "I see Garbage Trucks". I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my taxi driver, I don't make it a personal thing. I just smile and wave and wish them well, and move on. One of my favourite football players of all time, Walter Payton, did this every day on the football field. He would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground after being tackled. He never dwelled on a hit. Payton was ready to make the next play his best. Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. Leaders and parents know that they have to be fully present, and at their best for the people they care about. The bottom line is, successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day. What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by? Here's my bet. You'll be happier. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so...love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, Take It! If it changes your life, Let It! Bits and Bites: 108 ChallengeCongratulations to over 600 Yogi's who completed the Yoga Aid 108 Sun Salutation Challenge across Australia in October. So far over $130,000 (yes you read that right, One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars) in this one day event has been raised for a worth cause, and we are reminded yet again that Yoga really can change the world! Special thanks and congrats to Ali, Merryn and Danielle, Trinity Yoga Teachers who completed the challenge and offered their Karma Yoga (selfless service) in this effort. For more information on the 108 Challenge visit www.yogaaid.com Eat, Pray, Love I am just reaching the end of Elizabeth Gilberts bestselling book Eat, Pray, Love and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It is a beautifully written, often hilarious and always inspiring tale of her travels through Italy, India, and Indonesia on her one-year journey to find healing, spirituality, and love. Not only an enjoyable read, but some of her passages on the teachings of Yoga were awe inspiring. Find your copy anywhere! Yoga Teachers Association of Australia With the introduction of our Advanced Teacher Training and Mentored Teaching program Trinity Yoga Teacher Training has been accredited by the Yoga Teachers Association of Australia at the 320 hour level. We are in the process of registering with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. Please stay tuned for details. Traces - A New Circus This week I was very lucky to attend a new circus called "Les 7 Doigts De La Main" (The 7 Fingers) and their current tour called "Traces". It is a small and intimate circus with just 5 artists, a small stage, a few props...but amazing tricks, dance, music, art, and laughs. It runs 90 minutes without an intermission, so the artists don't get much rest between their amazing acrobatics, but they perform effortlessly, and by the end of the show these artists feel more like friends. So, you can spend time with Traces right now in Toronto at the Panasonic Theatre on Yonge St, or find them on tour in your part of the globe. Check out their past shows on YouTube, or visit their official site at www.les7doigtsdelamain.com Recipes - Oat Banana Cake Cake Ingredients:
Glaze Ingredients:
Directions: 1) In a small bowl pour milk over oats and bran and let stand for 10 minutes 2) In medium bowl cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine bananas and buttermilk-oat mixture with creamed ingredients. Sift together flour, baking soda and baking powder. Stir dry ingredients into banana mixture, blend well. 3) Pour batter into lightly greased and floured 8-inch square cake paan. Bake in 350 (180) oven for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes 4) Prepare glaze by combining sugar, buttermilk, butter and baking soda over medium heat in a small saucepan. Bring just to boil (mixture will foam) 5) Poke holes with toothpick all over cake surface; pour glaze over cake while still warm. Cool cake before cutting. Adapted from "Eat Well Live Well" by Helen Bishop
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