Nicola Muir - Jivamukti Teacher & Mentor- JULY Edition

There is a saying that when a bhakta meets another bhakta, there is a spark of possibilities. This is why, myself being so in love for devotion just felt so much at home with her. Two bhaktas meeting with a Jivamukti-heart. Here she is sharing a bit of her life...

And if you are interested, we will be teaching together a series of 3 powerful master classes that will thread very beautiful topics (10July, 2August, 3September). See more details under the Events chapter in this webpage, or email me at: muriel.ana@gmail.com

1. Tell us 3 things about you?

* I’m an avid reader, and love Shakespeare! * I love cooking and being a hostess to friends. * I’m studying psychotherapy, and hope to integrate it more into my yoga classes.

2. What feels like love to you?

When I feel like God is winking at me… so when I think of something, or someone, and then that thing, or person, appears.

3. What is your favourite song?

I’ve been playing Madonna ‘Like a Prayer’ (and dancing around to it at home) a lot recently!

4. What are you afraid of?

That the world will turn more right wing; moving into fear and away from cooperation and conversation.

5. Share with us one of your favourite recipes…

Strawberry and Cream Cookies (I have a sweet tooth)

Dried ingredients: 2 1/2 cups Plain flour 1/3 cup Caster sugar 1/3 cup Desiccated coconut 2 1/2 tsp Baking powder Pinch of salt Flour for dusting Optional: Icing sugar to dust

Wet ingredients: 3 tbsp Vegan margarine 3 tbsp Coconut oil (set) 2 tbsp Vegan milk 1/2 cup Plain vegan cream cheese 1 cup Sweet strawberries (not mushy), each cut into 3 or 4 pieces Optional: Rosewater to taste

Preheat oven to 200 oC Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper Mix dried ingredients Add margarine and coconut oil - mix with fingers to make a crumble Whisk cream cheese and milk in separate bowl until smooth and thick Spoon the cream cheese and milk mixture into the crumble - and mix with a spatula Add chopped strawberries Kneed gently with hands to form a dough - don’t over mix Dust work surface with flour Shape dough into a ball (it will be very soft) Flatten dough to about half an inch Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter/ knife Place cookies on baking parchment Bake in hot over for 15mins, or so, until golden :-)

6. Share with us why Jivamukti?

Aged 12 I started learning Hatha, aged 14 Iyengar, and aged 22 Ashtanga. Then aged 24 I came across Jivamukti in London and fell in love with it because it combined all the previous methods I’d learned - and practising to music felt like I was dancing! Plus I love the five tenets: non violence, music, meditation, learning scriptures, and devotional practises.

7. The best advice you had been given.

"Other people have to hold what we can’t hold in ourselves." Like actors, other people enact our personal dramas for us. Until we become conscious of our scripts - we’re going to keep meeting the same actors!