Events
The Winter Magic Festival will be held in Katoomba, “City of the Arts”, in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney from 23 to 24 June 2007. As the festival website indicates, “The Winter Magic Festival celebrates the shift from the ever-shortening days of Winter to the approach of Spring and the promise of warmth and rejuvenation.” It is held each year near the time of the Winter Solstice.
On Saturday 23 June the Sahaja Yoga music group, “Music of Joy”, will be presenting beautiful, inspiring world music at various venues in Katoomba:
Civic Centre Forecourt: 10.00 am
Carrington Place: 11.00 am
Carrington Place: 3.00 pm
“Slowly Soulful” Cafe: Various times throughout the day.
The “Slowly Soulful” Cafe will be in operation in the Senior Citizens Kitchen, next to the Civic Centre. Following the principles of Cittaslow and sourcing local organic vegetables, it will be offering nourishing meals at reasonable cost.
More information about the Winter Magic Festival can be found at the festival website: http://www.wintermagic.com.au.
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A Sahaja Yoga program will be held on Saturday 16 June 2007 at Lane Cove Public School at the corner of Longueville Rd and Austin St, Lane Cove, Sydney. The evening will commence at 6.00 pm. Everyone is welcome to come along to experience the inner peace and joy that come from Sahaja Yoga meditation.
If you would like to have information about this program you can phone 0422 798 498.
If you want to know about Sahaja Yoga programs in other areas, you can telephone 1300 72 42 52 (1300 SAHAJA) or visit Sahaja Yoga Meetings.
The Dreaming Festival will be held from 8 to 11 June 2007 at the Dreaming Festival Village near Woodford, Queensland. Woodford is on the Beerwah-Kilcoy Road, off the D’Aguilar Highway, one and half hours north of Brisbane or 40 minutes south of Caloundra.
The Dreaming, a 3 day 4 night Festival, is a marking of the annual ceremony time of the Indigenous peoples from Australia and around the world, and will be a comprehensive showcase for their arts and music. It is hosted by the Jinibara people who are the traditional owners of the area. It has been organised by the Queensland Folk Federation.
A Sahaja Yoga presentation stall will be a part of the Festival.
For more information about the Festival, go to www.thedreamingfestival.com.
The Sahaja Yoga musical group, Music of Joy, will be travelling to Taree to participate in the Taree Envirofair on Saturday 9 June (Queen’s Birthday long weekend). The Music of Joy performance will be from 1:00 to 2:00pm. There will also be a Sahaja Yoga stall at the fair, for anyone who is interested in finding out about Sahaja Yoga meditation.
On Sunday 10 June at 3.00 pm there will be a Music and Meditation concert at Bobin Hall, a lovely rural hall about 40 minutes outside Taree. The concert will feature Music of Joy and Sahaj Qawali.
The events are being organised by the Wingham Sahaja Yoga group who would like to invite people from the Manning Valley area to join them for a lovely long weekend, sharing these two events. There may even be a chance to visit the beautiful Ellenborough Falls.