Enlightened Events

Jase and I survived another house move last week. Phew! Thankfully that is over. We have moved so many times in the past few years that I have lost count. Not going anywhere for quite some time…..!

The program for the Australian Yoga Therapy Conference is starting to come together quite nicely now. I was really pleased that Dr. Shirley Telles agreed to come out from India for the conference. She is an amazing woman. Actually, one of the most interesting things has been seeing how highly regarded she is by her peers. Professor Marc Cohen, Australia’s wellness guru, is keen to meet with her in Melbourne and Dr. Maarten Immink was disappointed that he will be overseas when Shirley is in Australia.

 Probably one of Shirley’s biggest Australian fans is Leigh Blashki. Leigh has recently returned from Shirley’s conference in India, held at the Patanjali Yog Peeth in Haridwar. She was the key organiser of a Yoga conference which sold out at 1500 delegates and included the likes of BKS Iyengar. Hmm, my events pale in significance! They have a yoga hall there were 10 000 people can practice Yoga. Can you imagine? The head of the centre, Swami Ramdev, is quite a phenomenon with over 10 million people reportedly viewing his Yoga TV programs. I am looking forward to talking to Shirley about Baba Ramdev when she comes out!

Shirley Telles was also part of the Mind and Life dialogues conducted by the Dalai Lama. Shirley was invited to speak on Yoga and meditation. You can watch the session here. Shirley comes on at about 33 minutes into the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GWILrlVdFU