Devi Peetham

Dear Kaliji,

I am so glad that I stumbled on Triyoga - or perhaps it founded me?

Jaya Guru Devi

Maren

August, 2009

I was in a teacher training class few weeks back with Beth (Brahmi). She is certainly one of your best, that I have worked with. Thanks to Beth for reigniting the spirit in me and for Laura who was the medium.

JGD

Sumant
New Orleans
Aug .09

Kaliji … I’ve always had the most respect for generalists (as opposed to specialist) … a person who has knowledge, aptitudes and skills in a variety of fields. And you, Kaliji, are my generalist’s idol, i.e. a renaissance person … and, amazingly, you are also the expert in many of the expanding fields.

JGD Love, Atom

Hawaii
Aug 29, 2009

Kaliji gave a 5-day retreat at Kulturwerkstatt, a retreat and conference center in Tannberg, Austria, from August 26-30. A wonderful group of 40 attended, including teachers and students.

The retreat center is in the beautiful Austrian countryside, surrounded by trees and fields.

During breaks in between sessions, they had the opportunity to see some of the nearby homes, such as this one, painted in a typical color for the area.

Each afternoon they went to the lake. There are several lakes near the retreat centre. Almost everyone went swimming!

The program sessions went from early in the morning into the evening, and included TY flows, Prana Vidya, chanting and yoga philosophy. Assistants for the program were Nandi (in background), Peter (foreground),

and Tanja.

Peter and Tanja are opening a TriYoga Center in Vienna, which will open on 09/09/09.

Mercury Max was also there to support the chanting sessions.

Mercury and Peter

Prana Vidya

Tanja and Johanna ~ Johanna owns the TriYoga Center in Allershausen, Germany. For more information about the TriYoga Centers in Europe, visit here.

Barbara and Angelika, who organize teacher trainings in Graz, Austria

TriYoga teacher Kateryna, who is from Ukraine but currently lives in Italy, is expecting a TriYogi baby girl in November-December.

Jutta, Marie Luise and Markus

Markus is from Vienna

Fridrun, a dentist from Graz

Kaliji with Waltrud, who is from Salzburg

On August 24, Kaliji spent a day in Berlin and taught 2 3-hour workshops while there.

Kaliji assisting Sylke, TriYoga teacher from Berlin

Kaliji demonstrates the use of the wall as a prop in Arrow pose; TY teacher Odette is at right.

Participants of both programs enjoyed chanting with Kaliji and Mercury.

Teachers and students who attended the morning session.

And the group that attended the evening session.

Kaliji with 3 recently certified Basics teachers (left to right): Ishvari, Bianca, Claudia

TY teacher Eva-Maria organized the program, which took place a few days after her return from teaching in China for a month.

Prior to beginning a retreat in Austria, Kaliji and group had a day to visit the town of Salzburg.

Kaliji, Mercury and Nandi were brought on the sightseeing tour by Erika and Reiner (shown here). Erika is the chair of Yoga Austria ~ the Austrian Yoga Association. Reiner is professor at the Universitat Mozarteum, university of music, theater and visual arts in Salzburg.

Salzburg is the 4th largest city in Austria, and is known for its Alpine location. It is the birthplace of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The name Salzburg literally means “Salt Castle”, and derives its name from the barges carrying salt on the Salzach river.

Salzburg is on the banks of the Salzach river, at the northern boundary of the Alps. Human settlements are known to have been in the area for more than 2000 years.

Views of the Salzach River

The closest Alpine peak ~ the 1972 meter Untersberg ~ is only a few kilometers from the city center. Untersberg can be seen in the distance in this photo.

They also visited the Abbey Church of St. Peter in Salzburg. St. Rupert originally founded St. Peter’s Abbey in 696 AD. The present building was constructed in the Romanesque period, then completely renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries in the Baroque style.

The church features Baroque architecture.

St. Peter’s Cemetery, is the oldest graveyard in Salzburg, dating back to the 8th century. The graves are lovingly tended by Salzburg families, decorated with candles, fir branches, and flowers. Pansies are the most popular flower, because their name means “thoughts.”

St. Sebastian’s Cemetery contains the gravestone of Leopold Mozart, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, also a noted composer and musician and one of the most famous violin teachers in the world.

These carvings in St. Sebastian’s Cemetery date from the 17th century, and remind us that death of the body is inevitable.

An emaciated death figure holding an hourglass evokes the sense of Memento Mori ~ Remember that you too will die.

This famous statue of Mozart by Ludwig Schwanthaler has stood in Mozartplatz since 1842.

Outdoor chess set in Kapitelplatz in old town Salzburg.

August 21-23, Kaliji gave programs at a retreat in Denmark.

The retreat was held at the Vilcon Hotel and Conference Center in Slagelse, a beautiful rural area adjacent to scenic fields and woods. More than two dozen teachers and students attended the sessions that included TriYoga flows, Prana Vidya, chanting and yoga philosophy.

Kaliji and Mercury led the lively chanting sessions that were enjoyed by all.

The retreat was organized by Ebbe (left) and Jytte (right), TY teachers and owners of the TriYoga Center, Denmark.

Those who helped with the program ~ Mercury, Ebbe, Jytte, Nandi and Eva-Maria (who both offered alignment assistance).

Many TY teachers from Denmark attended the program:
(standing from left to right) Ellen, Bodil, Ebbe, lars, Brigida, Hans-Henrik, Simon

(Sitting from left to right) Camilla, Lilian, Jytte, Anne-Dorte, Malene

The group who attended the retreat

Read updates from Kaliji’s Europe tour here.

Kaliji’s 5-country Europe tour started with a visit to the crop circles in the English county of Wiltshire. Kaliji and the TY group stayed in an old small market town and civil parish called Devizes. The Castle Devizes (where they stayed) was built in 1080 by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury and the town started to develop around the castle.

Wiltshire is also well-known (together with Oxfordshire and Hampshire) as a place where crop circles regularly appear. Crop circles are geometric patterns which are mysteriously formed in the crop fields. The first appearance of the crop circles in the south of England was in 1971.

Visit to the first crop circle in Wiltshire, a very peaceful area. Some time after the circle arrived, the formation received new elements around the circle in the shape of wings, similar to a famous Egyptian ornamental pattern - wings around the sun.

Kaliji meditates at sunset in a crop circle named Hummingbird. This formation appeared in July. Hummingbird’s wings are making a figure-8 curve (representing infinity).

Kaliji and Michael Glickman, top researcher of the crop circle phenomena, and an architect by training. Michael shared his experience on the subject and his latest research results. For more information and to read Michael’s blog “Wheat from the Chaff”, please visit the Temporary Temples website. Also see Michael’s new book here.

While there, Kaliji also met with friend Gary King, another top researcher of crop circles. Gary witnessed the creation of a crop circle on 7/7/07, and has made a DVD of the event. See video here: East Field 07/07/07 part 1.

Gary and John ~ John is from Texas and also very knowledgeable about the crop circles. He is a professor of world history at St Philips University in San Antonio. He met Kaliji and group at Michael’s house and joined their tour of the circles.

Kaliji at 5000 year old stone circle in Avebury. Avebury is the site of a large henge and several stone circles surrounding the village of Avebury in Wiltshire. It is one of the finest and largest Neolithic monuments in Europe, about 5,000 years old. Although older than the megalithic stages of Stonehenge (32 kilometres (20 mi) to the south), the two monuments are broadly contemporary overall.

Kaliji with Ranjani, Level 2 TY teacher from Zurich and her sons Mario (right) and Luca (left).

In front of the stone gate in Avebury, the TY Crop Circle hunting team that traveled with Kaliji (from left to right): Mario, Luca, Ranjani, Mercury Max, Nandi, student from Vienna Ekaterina and in front TY teacher from Berlin Mitradeva.

Kaliji makes friends with the animals in all countries…… here the sheep rest in the stone circles in Avebury, as this land is still used by farmers.

While in England, 18 new mudras came through, like this one ~

It was a wonderful experience meeting Brahmi. She is an excellent teacher, kind and has a lot of patience. I am very grateful to Lalita for inviting her. I was trying to go to Boston for training for over a year now. With Brahmi coming to NO it worked out perfectly.

Namaste

Kathleen
New Orleans
August, 2009

A 200-Hour Basics TriYoga Teacher Training began on August 16 in China, taught by John and Stephanie and organized by TriYoga teacher Kiki through UYoga in Shenzhen,. The training is being held at the beautiful LuoFu Mountain Retreat Center, a few hours from Shenzhen. Eighteen students are attending the entire training, including four previously certified TriYoga teachers.

Triyoga 200小时基础篇教师培训8月16日在中国深圳UYOGA 开课，John 和 Stephanie授课，由Triyoga 老师kiki组织，整个培训在风景秀丽的中国广东罗浮山景区进行。十八位同学参加整个课程，其中包括四位以认证的Triyoga老师.

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