Land of Yoga Newsletter #9

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10/03/08

 
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Hello Folks, Hoping all is well.

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TWO BREATHS

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DOCTOR QU'AC

"Vegetarian: To Be or not to Be?
(from a Yogic perspective)"
(from Yosephine)

Doctor Qu'ac says:

It's always an interesting subject,
because given that most vegetarians don't eat meat
as a way to be healthy, it's quite possible
to say that being obsessive in any way is Unhealthy!

There are usually two main reasons to be vegetarian:
Moral - an animal must be killed, to be eaten; and
Health - meat makes the body heavy, 
the digestion system laboured, and some believe that humans
are not designed to eat meat (ie: it is not good for them).

Regardless of what western science comes up with
on any given year, there is no definitive proof
that meat is the right part of a healthy diet, or wrong.
So, ultimately, the choice comes back to each human
as to their own health and body, and morals.

Given that the moral issue is always based on perspective,
my Yogic perspective is that we all believe what we want to believe,
change that if we want to, and would do well not to tell anyone else
what the Truth is for them, knowing that any person
can have different truths at different times also.

I'm more interested in the body/health debate:
It must be considered that just testing your body's reactions
to meat, or to vegetarianism, over a one year period,
is also not definitive because our bodies are moody,
we go through different phases, 
plus our own mental/physical states are not consistent.
Usually a three year test will be more reliable.

Personally, I eat meat if I feel like it.
I don't believe in making fixed decisions about anything,
nor in being a control freak. Nor in being obsessive.
To me these psychological traits feel unhealthy.

And the Avadhutta Gita clearly shows that anyone 
caught inside Duality is not only foolish, but ignorant.
The Vegetarian debate is classicly Dualist.

I've not yet felt certain that meat is detrimental to my health.
Though whilst in India I never eat meat,
and always feel my health and digestion are at their best there.

In my opinion it is almost always irrelevant what food we eat;
it is much more relevant how our psycho-somatic state is.
It is always obvious in the extreme conditions of India,
that the neurotic, worried or stressed person gets sick,
regardless of what food they are eating.

As with Tantra, "Let go, trust your instincts, and observe".

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Invitation to Free Seminar:

“The clinical benefits of yoga”

Dr Pranav Pandya, MD
Chancellor, Dev Sanskriti University
Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Monday 17th March, 12.45 pm – 1.45 pm
Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton 3053

All are welcome

Further information:
Erminia (Emy) Colucci
Research Fellow
Centre for International Mental Health
School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
Telephone: (+ 61) 03 8344 3174
Email: ecolucci@unimelb.edu.au

Please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone you think may be interested to attend.

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DON'T FORGET!

NATIONAL FREE YOGA DAY
is this Friday: MARCH 14 

At Land of Yoga I will be offering 4 FREE sessions:

9.30am - 11.   
11.15am - 12.30.
4pm - 5. (Kids 8-12 years)
6pm - 7.30.

Think of someone you know who you know is always busy
and often stressed - someone who might benefit
from spending a little time relaxing, breathing, 
and looking after their health. 

This is a perfect day for them.
Children are welcome. 
You are Welcome.

I promise to make it fun, healthy and free.

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Way of the Superior Man - a Review

by Natalie.

This CD Workshop talks about Masculine and Feminine
energies in relationships, role-plays, and what can be expected
from the particular behaviours of each person.

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Toby will be on Radio this week

Talking about Free Yoga Day, and Yoga.
If you are interested in listening, it will be

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Thanks everyone, enjoy yourselves
and I hope to see you soon.
Love from Toby x

See Toby as YOGA BEAR! FUN YOGA FOR KIDS Funny and Creative DVDs and Magical Dream CDs available at www.yogabear.com.au