President Jill Elias opened the meeting at 6.30pm.
Welcome to our guest speaker, Christine Smith.
The meeting was opened by singing the National Anthem.
St John has provided the ambulance service in Western Australia since which year?
Answer: 1922. Correctly answered by John Lindquist.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Anita Bourke, Tony Chien, Craig James, John Lindquist, Kevin Jackson and John Bolto and their partners are going to Kakadu this week for a four-day trip organised by Blue Sky Travel through the Rotary Club of Crawley. Bon voyage!
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Susan Watson announced this week’s birthday:
Partner’s birthday:
Denice Goh on 18 March 2024
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
- Russell Hawkins reminded that there will be a Charitable Trust meeting this Thursday 16 May at 5pm.
- We are going to St Catherine’s College on the Park next week, Monday 20 May. It is a 6pm start as usual and a buffet dinner, which includes tea and coffee. The cost will be $50 per head, plus drinks. Drinks are available for purchase by credit card and EFTPOS only, no cash. Parking is available in Park Road and there are no parking fees on the street after 6pm.
- Kim Smith reported that accommodation is still required for our Rotary Exchange Student from 27 May until the beginning of July, please let Kim know on kimchris@bigpond.net.au if you can assist with even part of that time.
- A private four-hour first aid course will be held for our Club on Saturday 13 July, 9am to 1pm at Osborne Park for Dalkeith members and their partners and families. The Board has agreed to pay $500 towards the course, depending on numbers the cost per participant will be worked out. A minimum of ten participants to attend with a maximum of 20. Please let Jill know on jandmelias@hotmail.com if you are interested, please invite partners and friends too, if they would like to participate. An email has been sent out about the course to all members with the details.
- The Business Lunch will be held on Friday 9 August at the Royal Perth Golf Club in South Perth. This year’s speaker is Paul Holmes a Court. Please start spreading the word and organising your tables.
- David Miller is making orange and grapefruit marmalade at $7 a jar. All profits go to the Rotary Club. Please email David on miller@iinet.net.au to order your jars, specifying the quantities of either orange or marmalade. If you have any empty jars, please take off the labels and bring them to Rotary for David.
- A 2009 Semillon and a 2010 cabernet merlot have been sourced from down south and are exceptional value at $140 for a dozen. To order please email Russell Hawkins on russell@chippenham.com.au THERE ARE ONLY FIVE DOZEN OF EACH REMAINING. Thank you to the Club members who have ordered the wine already. Only after receiving the invoice, please transfer funds to the Club account and put your name and ‘wine’ in the description line. Please support the Club by purchasing these special wines. Thanks to John Hopkins and Russell for sourcing the wines.
ROTARY MOMENTS:
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Stewart Brash’s funeral was held on Thursday. Many Rotarians attended the beautiful service of remembrance.
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- Thanks, from Nepal - Dear Tom Langley, Greetings from Nepal! This is Bir Bahadur Lama, a Rotarian, Rotary Club of Kavre-Banepa. I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to you, Rotary Club of Dalkeith, Western Australia for an incredible grant to foster livelihoods and wellbeing of Widowed Mothers with school-age children in Nepal. I would like to inform you all that Creative Didibahini (Sisters) Organization Nepal (CDON) has been implementing evidence-based 'Didibahini Family Support' activities at remote areas in close coordination with local people. And I am also involved to provide technical assistance in the project. This program is really helpful to poor and widowed mothers to generate income through starting their own small business. So, I would like to humbly request you to extend the programs of scale grants to help more poor and widowed mothers.
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Courtney and Jake Dunning’s wedding, Anthony and Shelley McGrath’s daughter. |
GUEST SPEAKER: Christine Smith – introduced by Michael Snell
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- Christine started by telling us of her accidental journey into yoga in 2014 when her daughter, Melanie, was going to India for a yoga retreat but her friend pulled out so on a month’s notice and not having done yoga before, Christine went in the friend’s place. The course ran for five weeks in Goa in India. Christine and Melanie passed the course and Christine became a yoga instructor.
- Yoga was started over five thousand years ago in India and was introduced to western societies in the nineteenth century. It is spiritual but not religious. ‘Yoga’ means union. Yoga symbolises the joining of the mind, body and consciousness. Yoga teaches physical postures, breathing exercises and meditation techniques.
- The physical benefits of yoga include an increase in flexibility; alleviation of pain; keeping the heart healthy; promoting balance and stability; improving respiratory health; strengthening bones and muscles.
- The mental health benefits of yoga include improving attention span, sleep and emotional well-being; heightening moods; boosting memory; supporting concentration; reducing anxiety and stress.
- Christine finished with some breathing exercises for us to help relieve stress at any time of the day.
- Namaste, Christine, for speaking to us about the practice of yoga.
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REMINDER OF NEXT ROSTER:
Monday 20 May 2024
David Ellis Welcoming members and guests
Lindsay Dry Table duty
Tony Chien Registrar 1
Geoff Cahif Registrar 2
Geoff Cahif Introduction of guest speaker
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS:
Monday 20 May Adam Hewber, Ability Heroes. ***Off site at St Catherine’s College on the Park***
Monday 27 May Ken Everett, The Internet of Things.
Monday 3 June Public Holiday, no meeting.
