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  Espanola Ashram Monthly eNewsletter 
(a HGRD publication available the first week of every month)
In this month's newsletter...
June Ashram Events
Summer Solstice Meditation
Photo of the Month - Eclipse
The Joys of Beekeeping
News for Ashram Children
Trio Violin Recital
Food For Health, Kitcheree
Bowl for Kids Fundraiser
Computer Corner, Recent Places
Yogi Bhajan Story, Celery
Sangat Birthdays
Missal Duties
The Amrit Ceremony on May 12

Congratulations new Khalsas! 

Amrit Ceremony 2

by Guru Darbar Singh, presiding Granthi at the ceremony

 
The Amrit Ceremony, held on May 12 in the Ladies Camp Gurdwara, was very small, very sweet, and very powerful. We felt the presence of Guru Gobind Singh in the Dasam Darbar. (A 'Dasam Darbar' is a Gurdwara where sacred weapons and the Dasam Granth are stored.)  Three people took Amrit: Gurvinderpal Singh's Mataji - Manjit Kaur, Siri Sadhana Singh of Espanola, and Guru Prakash Kaur of Albuquerque.
KUNDALINI YOGA CLASSES

Kundalini Yoga Classes during June, in the upstairs Langar Hall:  

 

Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm -

Tera Kaur, Instructor (Note: no class on Tuesday, June 19, during Solstice)

 

Saturday mornings at 9:00 am - Kartar Kaur, instructor - every Saturday in June.

Specialty Training 

Teaching Kundalini Yoga to People with Anxiety and Depression

Taught by: Shanti Shanti Kaur

Friday, June 1 & Saturday, June 2

9 am - 4:30 pm

Upstairs Langar Hall

Hacienda de Guru Ram Das

Espanola Cleanup 
Noor doing Espanola cleanup
A small handful of ashram members participated in the April Espanola Cleanup and did their part to remove trash from Yogi Bhajan Highway 106 and Sombrillo Road. If you would like to participate in the next cleanup event, please look for an annoucement this fall. The County also offers a free trash drop off at the Bond House on the day of the cleanup.

 Workshop - July 7th 

Healing the Wounds of the Heart

 

Learn a new way to reframe pain from loss, and rewrite your story. Transform your pain into a thousand blessings.


Day: Saturday, July 7 
Time:  9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: $50
Location: 65 E. Sombrillo, Espanola (Jivan Joti Kaur's home)
Instructor: Jivan Joti Kaur, PhD
6.5 CEUs for Social Workers and Counselors (an additional $25)

 

For more information:

[email protected]
To Register:

www.aquarianworkshops.com

ASHRAM GIFT SHOP

Dev Saroop Kaur's album 

The featured item this month is the new music CD by Dev Saroop Kaur, "Essence."  Presently this CD is now only available at the Ashram Gift store and at the Summer Solstice Bazaar. Read more about her album here >

 

Price: $18.00. Get a $2.00 discount by mentioning this ad!

 Espanola Community Market 

Annual Membership Meeting

Saturday June 2, 10-12 noon

 

Vote in new board members, meet your local vendors, get energized about the fundraising drive, and join your coop neighbors for lunch afterwards. At the 312 Main Street location. Bring someone new to the meeting! 

 

http://www.espanolacommunitymarket.com/ 

[email protected]

(505)747-3006 

Shakti Parwha's

Movie Reviews

Shakti's blogspot of movie reviews currently includes her wonderful review of "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", with Judi Dench and Maggie Smith - a well done movie about british retirees, set in Jaipur India.  If you've been to India (and even if you haven't) you'll see a lot to appreciate.

June Astrology

June is off to a fiery, action-packed start, and it all begins on June 1. On this day, quick-witted Mercury and social Venus send sparks shooting into your social life as they come together in silver-tongued Gemini. You're in for a day of fun, flirtation, and friendly feelings! Read More
Farmers Markets

Check out the Farmers Market website for schedules - support  area farmers, eat fresh,  Shop Locally!

Donate to HGRD!

Support Your Ashram Community!
 

Donate online now! 

Classified Advertisements
Post your classified ad for free, in the Ashram Classifieds.  Email to: [email protected]
Note: Keep ads to 30 words or less.
 
To view the most recent classified ads, click the 'Classified Ads' link on the home page of the ashram website, under Sangat Notices.

Newsletter & Ashram Information

Please submit your articles and photos to the newsletter editor here >.  Please submit early (before the 1st of the month ).
 
Please note: Any images or pdfs must be no more than 800 kb for submission.
 
Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Ashram
1A Ram Das Guru Place
Espanola, NM 87532
 
Swaran Kaur Khalsa, Ashram Secretary
505-753-6341
Students Return from MPA!   
Sat Kartar Singh arriving home from MPA
Arjan K, greeting son
Arjan K hugging son 
 

You in Community                                    June 2012

June Ashram Events 

June 6 -  Akal Takhat Gurdwara, Wish & Dish Langar

June 8 -  Sat Purkh Kaur's Bridal Shower, at Vanessa's

June 10 - Sat Purkh Kaur's Wedding, 9 am, in the Gurdwara

June 14 - Madhu's Fashion Show, at Guru Sadhana Kaur's

June 15 - IKYTA Teachers Conference

June 16 - Peace Prayer Day at Guru Ram Das Puri

June 17 - Father's Day

June 15 thru 23 - Summer Solstice

June 22 - MPA Graduation 

June 24 - July 7 - Khalsa Children's Camp

Summer Solstice News

3HO Ether Tattva FULL LENGTH MEDITATION with Nirinjan Kaur
3HO Ether Tattva Meditation with Nirinjan Kaur
3HO invites you to join a large group of global community members practicing the
Ether Tattva Meditation for 11 minutes a day, during the days leading up to Summer Solstice, and for 40 days after Summer Solstice.  To sign up to receive the Daily Support emails for this global group meditation, Click HereEach daily email is wonderfully inspiring!
  
What's new at Summer Solstice this year?
  • More organic food in the Solstice diet
  • Upgraded White Tantric Yoga video system
  • Improved and expanded Tantric Shelter extension tent
  • People attending from 75 different countries! 
  • Live Streaming daily, during Solstice, of the various Karma Yoga seva groups, doing the Ether Tattva Meditation together. For more info on Live Streaming during Solstice(making portions of Summer Solstice available via the internet, for people to watch from home), sign up to receive the Daily Support emails.

Photo of the Month   On May 20, a group of young adults gathered to watch the 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse, in the hills behind the ashram.

Photo by Prabhu Singh Khalsa
The Joys of Beekeeping

By Mehtab Singh Mehtab S and his bees

 

One of the joys of springtime for me is seeing the first bees of the season with big orange balls of pollen clinging to their legs. Another joy I have found is sharing excitement about bees with so many in our community. This spring our community of beekeepers has more than doubled and with that, more joy!

Read entire article

News for the Ashram Children

by Guru Simran Kaur, Sr.

 

The Ashram Children's Program, which met every Wednesday afternoon throughout the school year, is now finished for the Summer, and will resume in September after the Labor Day weekend.  I want to celebrate and congratulate all the children who attended. We had a great time, and I am very proud of all of you! 

 

I want to invite all ashram children to attend these two Childrens Celebrations during the summer: 

  • July 23 - Guru Har Krishan's Birthday
  • August 15 - the beginning of the 11 days leading up to the Siri Singh Sahib's birthday, and Guru Simran Kaur's birthday.

Please put these two dates on your calendar, and be sure to make time to come over to the Ranch and celebrate with me!

 

Have a great summer, and I hope to see you all in September, when the weekly Ashram Children's Program starts up again.

Trio School Violin Recital 

Simranpreet K, playing violin 

Kanwarbir S,playing violin 

Ashram children Simranpreet Kaur(top), Amardev Singh(left)and Kanwarbir Singh(right), performed at the recent Trio School recital.

Food for Health - Yummy Kitcheree

by Kirpal Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. 

mung beans

 

"Kitcharee" is a Punjabi word that means "mixture."  In India it is commonly used to describe any number of things randomly thrown together, including people, ingredients or circumstances.  But in our 3HO lifestyle "kitcharee" refers to a magical mixture of rice, beans, vegetables and spices based on Yogi Bhajan's simple recipe for mung beans and rice.  So let's understand how and why the Yogi gave us this recipe and why he considered it the most complete food, easy to digest ('pre-digested' in his words) and one of the most therapeutic foods in the Ayurvedic system of healing. 

 

 Read entire article 

Community Service

Bowl for Kids group
 
The Khalsa Kats Bowling Team participated in the Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser for the Big Brothers Big Sister, (BBBS) held at the Cities of Gold bowling alley in Pojoaque.  All the teams combined raised over $170,000 for kids in northern New Mexico.

 

On another note: Guru Simran Kaur was named the BBBS of Northern NM school-based Big Sister of the Year for her commitment to Espanola seventh-grader, Taishanna Sanchez. Visit sikhnet.com for the complete story.

Computer Corner 

Add "Recent Places" to Your Windows Start Menu

by Guruka Singh

 

Windows 7 automatically puts "Recent Items" on your Start menu, but omits the equally useful "Recent Places."  Fortunately, adding Recent Places, which lists recently used folders, drives, etc., is amazingly simple and takes just a few seconds to do - once you know how!  I find Recent Places just as useful as Recent Items. I use it many times every day.

Read entire article

Yogi Bhajan, Celery in the Belly

by Hari Jiwan Singh 

 

It was 6:00 pm on a balmy L.A. evening in October, 1978 when I received a call. "Hari Jiwan," the other voice said. There was no mistaking who it was.  The Siri Singh Sahib continued, "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, son, but you are to go on a celery fast for 90 days. Eat nothing but celery." "Raw or cooked sir," I responded. "Whatever you choose, that's not my affair. I want you to lose some weight and strengthen your nervous system. You'll need a strong nervous system when time is upon you."

Read entire article

Sangat Birthday's for June 

Now featured on the ashram website > 

Monthly Missal Duties

 

June 2012
(Listed by Missal numbers ) 

 

Date

Set Up

Langar

Clean Up

Akand Path

5/27-6/2 

4

1

2

       3

6/3-6/9 

1

2  

3 

4 

6/10-6/16 

2 

 3

4

solstice 

6/17-6/23 

  solstice

solstice 

solstice 

solstice  

6/24-6/30

4 

1

2  

3 

 
"..,you will be surprised what people think of you. People think of you as a Mother. People relate to this place as a very Divine center."    from a Lecture to the Espanola Sangat by Yogi Bhajan, 1975