rules for being human

You will receive a body- you may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period.
You will learn lessons- you have enrolled in a full-time informal school called life. each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.
There are no mistakes, only lessons - Growth is a process of trial and error: experimentation. The failed experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately work.
A lesson is repeated until learned - a lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. when you have learned it, you can go to the next lesson.
Learning lessons does not end - there is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
"There" is no better than "here"-when your "there"  has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here".
Others are merely mirrors of you - you cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.
What you make of life is up to you- you have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
Life is exactly what you think it is - you create a life that matches your beliefs and expectations.
Your answers lie inside you- The answers to life's questions lie inside you.All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
You will forget all of this.
You can remember it anytime you want.
Cherie Carter - Scott

upcoming dates for retreats

The following are the dates for last retreats of 2011 :

4-10th November Blue Butterfly , Tulbagh ( There is the option of just doing the weekend )
This is a "spring clean " of the body's systems using specific asanas, pranayamas, meditations and healthy meals. There will be a few "suprises" during the week long stay !

2-4th December  - Heia safari ranch, Cradle of Humankind
Find your inner balance

16-18th December
Wind down at the year end, take time to assess and assimmilate !

For more information on any of these : cheryl@sayogasafaris.com  or call 0840902083

BALANCE

Our focus for the last weekend retreat was on Balance, both inner and outer, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. We concentrated on carefully chosen asanas, pranayamas and meditations to encourage and improve this. It is always inspiring to see the improvement and indeed the “growth” as we come to the end of the weekend. As personal trainers , we always told our clients “ What you don’t use you lose !” This applies to everything, even our yoga practice. By maintaining your everyday asana practice, together with one or two pranayamas, you will be able to remain focused, balanced and therefore better able to deal with your hectic daily lives. It really is that simple ! Keep your balance, keep your health, which is, after all , your wealth !

 

Blessings of the divine, feminine, full moon to you all !

Bobotie recipe

Bobotie

Heat oil in a pan and fry 2 large onion chopped, add 2 large tomato chopped,2 banana peeled and sliced, and 2 cooking apples peeled and diced until soft. Remove from heat.

Take 4 slices wholewheat bread and soak it in 500ml of milk.

Squeeze milk out of bread and add bread to veg mix. Add 3 cups ground macadamia nuts ( or any nuts) 2 T curry powder, 2 T raisins, 2 t turmeric, 4 t apricot jam, 400ml vegetable stock.

Place in an oven dish , put 2 bay leaves in the centre and bake for 30 minutes.

Pour over the milk from the bread mixed with grated nutmeg and bake until set.

Serve with nutty brown rice

Serves about 6-8

More recipes from the weekend retreats !

Breakfast ideas 



Mixed fresh fruit, chopped dates, chopped mixed nuts, couple of Table spoons of muesli and dollops of honey !

Jungle oats cooked in rooibos tea with dash of cumin powder and some cardammon seeds served with fresh fruit , dates and or nuts !

Baked fresh fruits such as apple, pineapple, banana, with a sprinkle of honey and served with other fresh fruit such as watermelon, strawberries, blue berries etc. and a dollop of coconut milk !

Salads



Rice salad : 3 Cups cooked brown rice, add raisins, chopped celery, green pepper, sunflower seeds, parsley, optinal fresh yellow cling peaches.
Make the dressing : half cup oil, 2T lemon juice, 1t curry powder 1t soya sauce, 1 T honey. Stand in fridge overnight, delicious and very nutritious.

Grate together fresh radishes, apples and beetroots for a crispy , crunchy delight.

Mix some couscous with slices of pickled ginger , grated apple and baby marrows for some body.

A mixed green salad(preferably out your own garden) add green beans, avocado, cherry tomatoes, baby corn and as much fresh raw veg,. such as grated butternut and beetroots, carrots etc. Serve with a mix of seeds over the top.


Enjoy. Bobotie recipe to follow ......