Mallee Vibrations

Vibrating Swan Hill

2009-01-28T11:18:00.020+11:00

What a wonderful weekend had by all!!!
Swan Hill never felt so good!
We had the pure pleasure of welcoming 13 Yogis from Melbourne(about a 4 hour drive) and 2 yogis from Adelaide (6 - 7 hours driving)
With 2 big tents in the back yard we managed to fit everyone in,
and everything just flowed beautifully as Sahaj events do :)

The Channel at the end of our little street,
(one house away) was a great place for early
morning meditation, shoe-beating or just watching
the sunset, the ducks and enjoying Mother Earth.

Franz & I and our 'Tiger' posing as a cat, usually go to the channel every evening after dinner to enjoy the sunsets, and view the first stars.
We had sat here often, counting our blessings, and secretly desiring to share it one day with the yogis :)

It's a nice peaceful place to contemplate, introspect and meditate, and the duckies seem to enjoy our company too, even when we have no bread to offer, they come from either end of the channel to say hello and just 'sit' with us.

We hired the Lions Kiosk in the middle of the main street, for Saturday morning
so that we could 'legally' hand out Pamphletts/Fliers advertising the Programs.

Rob & Bel inside the kiosk

Marg & Timmy, and Franz on the street side

No we're not selling anything, only the highest

and most special gift of love to give away here!

We started the weekend off (after our first 'real collective' meditation) down the street on Saturday morning handing out Flyers to the Saturday morning shoppers, to advertise the 2 Programs we had planned.

The first Program was Saturday afternoon in the Riverside Park at the Rotunda.
We started at 6pm (the later the better to avoid the heat) and we had 13-14 seekers arrive for the Program, and a few others joining in along the way, as the beautiful music from our talented Melbourne Musicians, attracted the attention of more people who were playing cricket, feeding the duckies or just having dinner by the river.
It was a very 'special' program led by Rob Henshaw from Melbourne, and one that emitted a deep and satisfying Peace across the land and beyond. It was like being in Heaven for us, as we sat in familiar surroundings and listened to the angels singing and to see the sparkling faces of the Seekers as the Peace and Joy spread over them. Franz & I could hardly believe it was happening, such a Blessing and a Joy to finally be able to present Sahaja Yoga in this area.
[We are eternally grateful to Shri Mataji for sending the Yogi Brigade into the 'edge of the Outback']
It was a truly valiant effort and the blessings were abound with the fun and love that was shared amongst us all on the weekend.

So after that glorious time in the Park, it was hard to leave, but we felt obliged to at least try and feed the musicians although at first we couldn't decide, we thought it best to go and cook at home so they could enjoy vibrated food! The ladies from Melbourne cooked an amazing Green Thai Curry (pronounced by some as 'Thigh' Curry!! and later as 'Chai Chicken' inside joke!!!) which seemed to never end!

Then up early Sunday morning to have a very special Puja at the River.... The little Murray - an offshoot from the Main Murray River

stay tuned for more.... :)

Map - Melbourne to Swan Hill

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Follow the blue/purple line!
there are older posts on this blog with a map of Swan Hill and how to get to our place :)

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just before Bendigo, and after Ravenswood, you leave the highway on the left to go towards Marong/Bridgewater/Swan Hill/Mildura

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Meditate with Nick Buff on Saxophone

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Meditate with Nick Buff on Saxophone

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Program in the Park

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Riverside Park, Swan Hill

The Rotunda

The Murray River

Burke and Wills Tree in Recovery

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The Burke & Wills
Moreton Bay Fig
is recorded to be
30 metres high and 44 metres wide!

Swan Hill is home to the biggest Moreton Bay Fig Tree in the Southern Hemisphere! Apparently planted around the time of the Burke and Wills visit through the town in the late 1800's. Unfortunately the Tree has been suffering for quite a few years now from a combination of an over crowded root system to a severe lack of water due to the ongoing drought.
According to experts, the great Tree is on its way back to life.
'Experts are confident the Southern Hemisphere's biggest Moreton Bay Fig tree is on the road to recovery.'

Swan Hill City Council's Environmental Officer

encourages 'Hugging' the Tree

pictures of our beloved tree taken recently (19.01.09)

Vibrating the Mallee :)

2009-01-16T01:14:00.007+11:00

Sahaja Yoga Meditation

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – Founder of Sahaja Yoga

Acclaimed worldwide as the greatest spiritual teacher of our time

Experience deep Peace,

improved mental, physical, emotional and

Spiritual well-being – evolving beyond the increasing

stress and strains of life to a state of real enjoyment.

Introduction to Sahaja Yoga Meditation

@ the Rotunda in Riverside Park

January 24^th 2009

Saturday night 6pm-7pm

Swan Hill

Australia Day Weekend

Tel: 50322665 Always Free

www.sahajayogavic.com

Directions 2 Wallace Street, SWAN HILL

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NORTH

SOUTH

NORTH

EAST

SOUTH

Susi & Franz BAUMGARTNER
2 Wallace Street,
Swan Hill

ph: 50 322 665
mobile: 0437 436 929
email: susi.b@bigpond.net.au
skype: susi.baumgartner1

Ganesha on the Murray

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click on photo to enlarge :)

Scenes from the Mallee

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Dry Lake in the Mallee

One of the many great sunsets...

'Lake' Boga gone dry!

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Night Skies

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Shiva Moon, Jupiter & Venus

Mooladhara Chakra: Mars
Swadisthana Chakra: Mercury
Nabhi Chakra: Jupiter
Anahat Chakra: Venus
Vishuddhi Chakra: Saturn
Agnya Chakra: Sun
Sahasrara Chakra: Moon
30.11.08 The new moon is approaching Venus and Jupiter.
The Sahasrara (Moon) which is the strongest,
approaches the Anahat (Venus),
then the Nabhi (Jupiter) in the sky
it's the closest they'll be together for a while...!
[The Sahasrara bringing the Heart and the Nabhi together!]

I think, I believe, I love....

2008-12-28T22:27:00.003+11:00

...there are thoughts that resonate and lead us to love, and there are thoughts that disturb us; if we want peace, then it is up to us to distinguish the difference between the two....but how to do this?

There are many methods, which we explore and test out as we go along, and then there is an easy way, but do we take the easy path? Often not, the easy way is not so easy to accept for some of us, but more of that later....in the meantime, if you want to jump straight into the deep end, to the core of a Divine connection then go straight to: www.sahajayoga.org and 'experience it now'

Jai Shri Mataji!!!

Click to donate for FREE!!!

2008-10-01T22:02:00.010+10:00

A favour to ask, it only takes a minute....

Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site needs people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman.
It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle).

This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammograms in exchange for advertising.

Pass it along to people you know and tweet it on twitter!

Here's the web site:
www.thebreastcancersite.com
Click here to GIVE

and AGAIN, PLEASE TELL 10 FRIENDS TO TELL 10 FRIENDS....
Thank You

Music of Joy!!!

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Clay Sculpture

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Franz Baumgartner's latest work:

Clay Sculpture Portrait Study

Ganesha on the Murray

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Panorama view
Ganesha on the Murray River!

Dancing in the streets....

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This is a feel good clip, and fills me with Joy:)

Click here to watch:'Dance for Peace'

'Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!'

Intro to Drawing - Scrunched Paper Exercise

2008-07-08T23:11:00.005+10:00

This started off as an art blog, while I was studying Visual Arts @ Curtin, and this was one of my first exercises - Draw a 'scrunched up' bit of paper. I quickly started another Blog esp. for my art exercises and you can see that here:
Art 4 the Heart