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Jehangir Palkhivala returns to Kona Yoga: April 16-18

Jehangir Palkhivala will be returning to Kona Yoga next month, April 16-18. There will be a Friday evening talk, Shitali Karana, on the 16th, from 6 to 8pm. According to Swami Rama, "There is no exercise known to be higher, and better than this exercise to alleviate stress." No yoga experience is necessary for this talk, as well as the one scheduled for Saturday evening, April 17, "Healing Foods, Healing Practices" (6-8pm).

Jehangir will also be offering yoga classes on the following days and times:

• Friday, April 16: 9am - 12noon
• Saturday, April 17: 9am - 12noon
• Sunday, April 18: 9am - 12noon and 2pm - 5pm

More details, fee information and a registration form are included on a flier available at the studio or may be downloaded as a PDF form. Reservations are on a "Paid First System" and if you have any questions about your ability to attend yoga classes, please e-mail me at Barbara@konayoga. I'll be available by phone from Monday, March 29.

Jehangir is a master teacher who has many years of experience helping folks with a wide assortment of injuries and ailments. At the very least, plan to attend the Saturday evening talk to hear how people are maintaining optimum health through whole foods and yoga.

"Inhale Joy" with Jehangir Palkhivala
April 16,17,& 18
at Kona Yoga

Workshop Flier and Schedule..

Learning to Speak

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken. Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech when it brings no evil to others is pleasant. -- Subhasita Sutta

Here's an experiment we're doing this week in the Yoga for Women class:

Try not to speak about someone who is not physically present. If you must refer to someone who is absent in order to answer a question or communicate plans, then speak of them as if they were there.

It's already proving to be a challenge for me because I have a brother laying in a hospital in San Francisco with my mother and another brother there with him. Between phone calls, e-mail and text messages to family and friends, I'm speaking a lot about people who are not physically present. I seem to time my lessons well.

If you're interested, read the short article which was my inspiration for Saturday's class: Skillful Speech by Allan Lokos. Join our experiment for the week or even a day. I suspect that when we begin to think more before speaking in public, we will do the same with our mental chatter, where most of the unskillful speeches are made.



Image: ArtLurker.com

A Good Example

If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning.

-Catherine Aird

This past Saturday, I'd say that Hawaii served as a good example of how to deal with a horrible warning. The illustration above depicts the 1960 Chilean tsunami that brought destruction to our shores after a 9.5 magnitude earthquake. Luckily, our floating lei of islands made it through this time.

All of us in Hawaii have our own stories, experiences and opinions of what happened on February 27. These are the five things I appreciated the most:

1. Text alerts from the Hawaii County Civil Defense. I signed up a few months ago to receive news for my Guava Bee blog and receive notice of road closures, high surf warnings, brush fires and earthquakes. I'm so glad that I wasn't caught by surprise. I got a Tsunami Advisory at 9:41PM Friday evening and a Warning at 1:08AM on Saturday. To sign up for the service register with HCCD.
2. Twitter provided news and civilian updates. I learned via Twitter that the sirens would be sounded at 6AM on Saturday and decided that I wanted to be far away from Alii Drive by that time.
3. A place to go. I packed a few days worth of clothing, my computer, passport and birth certificate and drove up the hill to my parents' home in Kealakekua.
4. People. Family, friends and the people of Hawaii made it all so bearable. I witnessed a respect for nature and for the agencies responsible for our safety. I received concerned phone calls, e-mails and generous housing offers. At the end of the day, when the warning was canceled, I saw several "garage parties" in neighborhoods that I passed on the way home. I even went to a baby's first birthday party that had been canceled that morning and resurrected by the afternoon!
5. The Tsunami stood us up and for that I am most grateful. It gave us a chance to appreciate our strengths and fix our weak points as we served as a good example of how to deal with a horrible warning.

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Suggested links:

Surviving A Tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii and Japan

Haiti and Chile need help and March is Red Cross month - HawaiiRedCross.org  Have fun helping through their On-line Auction, March 8 to 31.

Image: USGS.gov