In This Issue

• Upcoming Foundation Course and Intermediate Module •

• Opportunity •

• RawSpirit Festivals •

• Ongoing Events •

• Upcoming Events •

• Recap - Perth Workshop •

• Raw Corner - Chia Delight •

Weekly Class

NOTE: Classes will be subbed Aug 1-Sept 9
NOTE: The following classes will be taught by subs during the May/June Vibrant Living Yoga Teacher Trainings. Daniel and Gabrielle return teaching June 9.

Vibrant Living Yoga
Weekly Classes
with Daniel,
Sat 4:00pm
The Yoga Barn
Ubud, Bali

Vibrant Living Yoga Weekly Classes
with Daniel,
Thurs 5:15pm
The Yoga Shala Kerobokan, Bali

Vibrant Living Yoga
Weekly Classes
with Heather Bonker,
Tues/Thurs 10:30am
The Yoga Barn
Ubud, Bali

Upcoming Events

• Oct 18 – Nov 15, 2009 •
Vibrant Living Yoga Teacher Training,
Ubud - Bali

• Nov 18 – Dec 3, 2009 •
Vibrant Living Yoga Intermediate Module,
Ubud - Bali

• Jan 25 – Jan 30, 2010•
Art of Vibrant Living Yoga
Ubud - Bali

• Feb 1 – Feb 14, 2010 •
Vibrant Living Yoga Intermediate Module,
Ubud - Bali

In love and service, Daniel Aaron Radiantly Alive Ubud, Bali, Indonesia www.RadiantlyAlive.com

October 2009: Vibrant Living Yoga Foundation Course and the inaugural Intermediate Module

Spaces are beginning to fill for the next Vibrant Living Yoga Teacher Training this October 18th, and we're still taking applications. This October's faculty line-up - posted on our site - sees Dave Stringer returning, along with new faculty member, Tim Miller. We're excitedly planning for four weeks of fun. New this November - the launch of our Intermediate Modules! These are a unique and powerful opportunity to dive much deeper, and a rare chance to study with the world’s top yoga teachers in an intimate program specifically designed for the intermediate practitioner. Each of the 14-day modules stands alone as a complete experience, and any three may be combined to meet the requirements for the Yoga Alliance 500 hour training (prerequisites apply). Note - in answer to some of you who've asked about extending your Bali experience after the four-week teacher training: yes, it is possible to attend the 200 hour Foundation Course, followed by the two week Intermediate Module. Get in touch with us, and we'll give you more details. AND - those of you flying from the US, airfare from LAX to DPS starts at $793. Check China Air's website or cheaptickets.com to check flight and date availability. More information is available on our site. Contact us at ytt@radiantlyalive.com or (62) 81 337 823 719 to join us in Bali.

Which opportunities are you choosing?

While in line at the rental car office at JFK airport, CNN told me a vision (television) of some of America’s highlights. Like a hologram or a microcosm - a small image that indicates the larger reality - and through the magic of synchronicity, I trust that those few moments told me plenty about the US climate. Here’s what came to me through the TV: • “New information reveals organic food isn’t any better than conventional. It’s just a money-making sham.” • “Obama’s approval rating continues to drop.” • “America braces for the next wave of swine flu danger.” A few hours later, far away from artificial forms of communication and second-hand ‘news’, I found myself listening instead to my sandals softly squishing pine needles, with my daughter on my back, taking in the smell of fresh ferns, the two of us embalmed with the unique magic of this ecosystem – and here, a entire different stream of information came to me. Nature speaks. Or, as Eckhart Tolle says ‘stillness speaks.’ These messages, however, tend to be much quieter than those of today’s media. Choosing where we get our information, thus which information we choose to consume, is – or can be - as vital (or more so) to our wellbeing as are our choices about which kinds of foods we consume. For many of us, the preliminary step is to realize we have choices, and to inquire into the possibility that not all information is true. Or helpful. See, the bottom line is (as all wisdom traditions tell us) there is no truth. It’s only our thinking that makes things true or false. The more important question is whether the information is helpful – or as often is the case with the media – is it harmful? As my fellow line-mates and I, awaiting our rental cars, stared up at the screen, the authority of it, the convincingness of it, glowed down upon us like a spell. Years ago I equated the initials “CNN” (we could substitute many other three letter combinations here) with truth: the real news, the important information. When I was a kid, we’d watch the local news first, then my parents would tune in to the national news for the serious business of the world. What I’ve learned over the last 20 years – by education and experience –has brought me to some very different realizations about what influences our health. To be blunt, I don’t trust that those who are arranging the convincing stories about swine flu or the scam of the organic food industry care about our best interests. I’m not buying it. Without tip-toeing toward the slippery slope that descends from the question of ‘what are their motivations?’ - which might be a worthy question for each of us to play with - let’s just say that their (they being the 3 lettered-media moguls) sales are successful – they have a monopoly in the information business.  Though this could sound paranoid, ‘trusting’ anything other than our own experience sends us toward a lack or responsibility, toward victimhood. If we are dependent on anything outside of ourself (information or otherwise), we are potential victims. “Believe nothing, entertain possibilities,” empowers us to consider everything we encounter without blind attachment. Sometimes called healthy skepticism, this attitude allows us to consider everything we encounter and see how it fits for us. So many great spiritual traditions teach us that all knowledge and awareness is available to us in every moment. We can access it through meditation (stillness) and through nature. In the very beginning of the Yoga Sutra, Patanjali says that Yoga is visible in the natural world. Perhaps the main cause of our world’s distress right now stems from our steady disconnection from nature. Of course we don’t need any tradition to teach us that nature is wise – we know it already. Nearly everyone has experienced healing, centering, clearing, refreshing, new awareness, insight or relaxation from a swim in the ocean, a breath of mountain air or by gazing upon a field of blooming flowers. In spite of our cultural distance from nature, we have many opportunities to connect with it more, even without great effort, even without moving to the countryside: 1. By knowing that not all information is true or helpful, we automatically begin to filter and sort for that which is helpful. 2. In appreciating nature’s wisdom and the value of moments of quiet as a potent sources of learning, information, insight and inspiration, we garner more from those moments. 3. Through our food choices (the less processed the more natural) and through use of herbs and essential oils, we can bring more and more nature into our lives. Regardless of where you get your information about the world, I encourage you to simply consider those sources. Is it leading you more toward what you wish to create in your life. If so, great. If not, simply knowing you have choices, that a world of alternative information sources (from the internet to nature) exists and is easily available to us, could be a huge step in the direction you would like to go.

2009 RawSpirit Festivals in Washington DC and Arizona

Our friends at Rawspirit have been creating weekend events with the aim of educating and inspiring people all over the world in bringing more health and vibrancy into their lives. Their festivals, the world’s leading raw vegan-eco-peace celebrations, are held in the US and world-wide. The next two will be held in Washington DC at the end of August, and Arizona at the end of September. Features include the World's Largest Gathering of Dynamic Speakers, Health Seminars, Music, Educational Vendor Booths, Children's Program, Largest Raw Restaurant Food Court, Raw Vegan Demos & Tasting, Outdoor Main Stage, Doctors Stage, Discovery Dome, Art Garden, Poetry, Theatre, Sacred Exercise Area, Yoga, Meditation Circle and more. For more information on these incredible weekends, or to register, visit their site or contact Raw Spirit directly at info@rawspirit.com.

Music for your practice

Here's our latest set ofmusic for yoga, featured during one of our classes at the may 2009 Yoga Teacher Training. Enjoy! F@#*ck Dub Part 1+2 - Tosca Ganesh is Fresh (feat. Jai Uttal) - M.C. Yogi Mustahil - Toires Never Too Late - Michael Franti & Spearhead Shiva Gospel - Bhagavan Das Mahatma's Message (feat. Sukhawat Ali Khan) - M.C. Yogi Be the Change (Niraj Chag's Swaraj Mix) - M.C. Yogi Maha Deva Soulshine - Wah! speck of gold - Siddharta Belove - Dum Dum Project Rock On Hanuman (feat. Krishna Das) - M.C. Yogi Facing East - Thievery Corporation For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield Baba Hanuman - Krishna Das Sitting In Limbo - Jimmy Cliff Shanti (Peace Out) - M.C. Yogi Lalitha Ashtotram - Craig Pruess Pearls - Jesse Hozeny

Contact us
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