Note: This is the Polestar Newsletter sent out via email on June 24, 2010. It is posted here for archive purposes.
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Note: This is the Polestar Newsletter sent out via email on April 22, 2010. It is posted here for archive purposes.
April 22, 2010 |
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Aloha From Polestar on the Big Island,
We hope this message finds you embracing the
Energy and Beauty of Spring time! There is much to share about recent events at Polestar and we hope we will see you at one of our upcoming events soon. We’ve had a steady stream of family, friends, and students in the last month and a good deal of fun sharing the life of our community with them along with some of the amazing natural beauty of the Big Island.
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 ur ongoing Apprenticeship Program is going strong and provides many visitors an affordable opportunity to experience life in intentional community, practice yoga and meditation, learn some essential life skills, and have some great Island adventures. Our current group includes both younger and older students from Japan, Canada, Australia, Russia, and Chicago! Daily, we practice yoga and meditation, work hard (mostly in the garden), share amazingly delicious vegetarian food, have plenty of fun, and try to be of support to each other in our spiritual unfoldment. Many have found that embracing this lifestyle for even a few weeks can significantly renew their energy and spirits.  The Garden is the bursting with “Ha” (Hawaiian for “life force” / breath / energy) right now and we have many new projects planned for the coming months. Our unusually dry winter has produced a record crop of avocados and mangoes, both of which will be in full production early this year, well in time for our summer programs. The “chicken palace” is pretty well complete now and we are regularly gathering up to 19 eggs per day! With such an ideal climate for growing food, we are all delighted by the amazing culinary, nutritional, aesthetic, health, and even spiritual benefits ofeating organic produce grown in our own back yard. Many of our visitors have found the combination of meditation, yoga, hard work in the garden, good company, organic food and an occasional dip in the ocean a transformational experience.    In preparation for re-launching our CSA (community supported agriculture) program next spring we are planning to re-line our 200,000 gallon irrigation pond and install a solar pump with holding tanks; construct 3 new tent cabins and a large rock retaining wall for our back lawn; plant more fruit trees, landscaping improvements and much, much more. As usual, we will also be volunteering in the larger community helping other non-profits with various projects. We have enjoyed so many wonderful connections with other volunteers who have discovered the Joy of Service!
If you’ve been thinking about a visit, this summer is the perfect time. Our “Adventures in Spirit” program runs from July 13-26th and is See below
Also, in what seemed like an extreme case of beginners luck, we recently duct-taped our video camera to a large kite, hit “record”, and sent it up to see if we might get some decent aerial shots. You can check out the results here!
Finally, a group of us from Polestar are coming for a visit to CA this August and would love to catch up with old (and young) friends!
We hope to see you soon.
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Note: This is the Polestar Newsletter sent out via email on February 23, 2010. It is posted here for archive purposes.
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Dear Friends,
Three days after our return from the hospital, 9 high school students and 3 teachers arrived from Ananda Village for their school trip and Polestar Adventure! It was interesting timing to say the least but we were all so touched and then deeply moved by their open hearts, adventurousness and beauty! These girls can sing! — and their 2 and ½ weeks here were filled with the most beautiful, healing music. Enthusiastically embracing our rigorous daily schedule of yoga, meditation, service projects, classes and adventures, they also gardened, played endless volleyball, cooked, cleaned, built and played marimbas, went sailing, snorkeling, dancing, and much, much more. For more about their amazing time here, The days are quieter at Polestar now with our busier spring and summer season looming just ahead. The garden is bursting with the usual array of fruits, vegetables and roots, and promising the best crop of mangoes and avocados in decades. Our “chicken palace” is almost complete and we are already gathering up to a dozen eggs per day. (much more about the garden in our next update!).
We are especially enthused about our plans for our “Adventures in Spirit” program this year July 13th -26th, ending in Family Campout on the beach at Ho’okena. With much love and aloha to each of you, Michael for Polestar P.S. You can now unsubscribe or subscribe to this newsletter via links below
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