Comments on: Keeping Up with Yogiji http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/ On the Spiritual Path... Memoirs and Writings Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:57:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: vivek bhardwaj http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-32572 vivek bhardwaj Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:44:22 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-32572 Hi Gary Greenwood! I know Dr.Warren Stagg.He is my teacher in Precision muscle testing and my Mentor in Science of Metaphysics. I am from India and has been my great fortune to have met him. thanks Gary for putting him on your blog and about his HELP restaurant. Regards Vivek vivekbaba007@gmail.com Hi Gary Greenwood!

I know Dr.Warren Stagg.He is my teacher in Precision muscle testing and my Mentor in Science of Metaphysics.

I am from India and has been my great fortune to have met him.

thanks Gary for putting him on your blog and about his HELP restaurant.

Regards

Vivek
vivekbaba007@gmail.com

]]> By: Gary Greenwood http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-22077 Gary Greenwood Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:41:06 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-22077 I worked for Warren Stagg at the original H.E.L.P. location, 3rd & Fairfax. I also lived with several others that worked there too, a two story house just off of 3rd St. near western. I'd love to know where some of the others are today. I worked for Warren Stagg at the original H.E.L.P. location, 3rd & Fairfax. I also lived with several others that worked there too, a two story house just off of 3rd St. near western. I’d love to know where some of the others are today.

]]> By: Gary Greenwood http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-22013 Gary Greenwood Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:17:27 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-22013 H-ealth thru E-ducation creates L-ove that manifests P-peace I beg to differ with on one point. I worked at H.E.L.P. starting as a dishwasher, juice & desert maker, busboy and finally a waiter. Warren "PAID" all his staff and we made teriific tips. It was the owner of the "SOURCE" that did not pay his staff and ripped them all off. Waiters at H.E.L.P. would split the tips 1/3 or better to the busboys and 2/3's or less for the waiters, depending on well we did that shift. We became excellent waiter and bus staff. I stiil think his use of one busboy to each waiter is a model that should be used by all resturants. As this really maximizes the service people get. Warren has had great impact on my life, I miss him and all that those wonderful people that worked at H.E.L.P. and those of us that worked & lived together. As for your large party, all making substitutions... well, that is totaly unacceptable. H.E.L.P. had the "BEST MENU" and the BEST HEALTH FOOD" to this day! It's was a resturant...it was never meant to cook speacially prepared meals to a large number of customers. Get real!!! If you were cooking dinner for all those people I don't think you would cook them all individually prepared meals either! Warren was eventually put out of business by the IRS (i was there)...When his CPA & bookkeeper (they were married) ran off with all the TAX monies that were owed to the IRS by the resturant and everyone that worked there. They cleaned out their office in the back, as if no one had ever used that space ( I saw it myself). Empty desks, empty file cabinets, everything gone. Supposedly they ran off to South America. I hope by now they have been brought to justice. They cost a lot of very nice people their jobs and livelyhood, and the end of the worlds "Greatest" health food resturant! H-ealth
thru
E-ducation
creates
L-ove
that manifests
P-peace

I beg to differ with on one point. I worked at H.E.L.P. starting as a dishwasher, juice & desert maker, busboy and finally a waiter. Warren “PAID” all his staff and we made teriific tips.
It was the owner of the “SOURCE” that did not pay his staff and ripped them all off.
Waiters at H.E.L.P. would split the tips 1/3 or better to the busboys and 2/3’s or less for the waiters, depending on well we did that shift. We became excellent waiter and bus staff.
I stiil think his use of one busboy to each waiter is a model that should be used by all resturants. As this really maximizes the service people get.
Warren has had great impact on my life, I miss him and all that those wonderful people that worked at H.E.L.P. and those of us that worked & lived together.
As for your large party, all making substitutions… well, that is totaly unacceptable. H.E.L.P. had the “BEST MENU” and the BEST HEALTH FOOD” to this day!
It’s was a resturant…it was never meant to cook speacially prepared meals to a large number of customers. Get real!!!
If you were cooking dinner for all those people I don’t think you would cook them all individually prepared meals either!
Warren was eventually put out of business by the IRS (i was there)…When his CPA & bookkeeper (they were married) ran off with all the TAX monies that were owed to the IRS by the resturant and everyone that worked there. They cleaned out their office in the back, as if no one had ever used that space ( I saw it myself). Empty desks, empty file cabinets, everything gone. Supposedly they ran off to South America. I hope by now they have been brought to justice. They cost a lot of very nice people their jobs and livelyhood, and the end of the worlds “Greatest” health food resturant!

]]> By: amar rama http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-11872 amar rama Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:23:00 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-11872 its very interesting and encouraging to read nostalgic stories of the way sikhi changes lives. shakti ji thank you very much for posting this . its very interesting and encouraging to read nostalgic stories of the way sikhi changes lives.
shakti ji thank you very much for posting this .

]]> By: Tom Lowe http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-11769 Tom Lowe Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:24:45 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-11769 <p>I noticed the reference to Warren Stagg and HELP restaurant. I was part of the HELP restaurant "commune" from 1975-1977 (It had moved to Sunset Blvd. by then). Does anyone know what ever happened to any of these people? Someone said they moved the operation to India. Is this true?<br /> Ah, the good old days, wearing Yoga clothes, reading Rajneesh, and serving veggie-burgers!</p> I noticed the reference to Warren Stagg and HELP restaurant. I was part of the HELP restaurant "commune" from 1975-1977 (It had moved to Sunset Blvd. by then).
Does anyone know what ever happened to any of these people? Someone said they moved the operation to India. Is this true?
Ah, the good old days, wearing Yoga clothes, reading Rajneesh, and serving veggie-burgers!

]]> By: Santokh Singh http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-610 Santokh Singh Mon, 07 May 2007 05:13:03 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-610 Shakti, I was only 17 years old in Vancouver. There I saw the biased feeling within the Canadian Sikh community regarding Yogi jis overall personality. The resentment came mainly because of dialect diferrences. This was in 1974. However, I have now seen a remarkable change within the Sikh community; the difference being we are now open to a learning and understanding process. We are slowly coming out of our thinking nutshell. Shakti,
I was only 17 years old in Vancouver. There I saw the biased feeling within the Canadian Sikh community regarding Yogi jis overall personality. The resentment came mainly because of dialect diferrences. This was in 1974. However, I have now seen a remarkable change within the Sikh community; the difference being we are now open to a learning and understanding process. We are slowly coming out of our thinking nutshell.

]]> By: Ganga http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-487 Ganga Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:24:37 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-487 Precious, beautiful, beloved and adorable Shakti. Do you know how much I love and treasure you? I am soon to tell the story of how I fell in love with you that very first day when JC carried me over in full lotus to Mr. Trapp's and YogiJi "brought me back." You thought I was mute and with full sincerity you put your face so close to mine and said quite loudly, "Would you like some tea?" You are forever a bubbling fountain of love and delight. Much love & Sat Nam, Ganga. Precious, beautiful, beloved and adorable Shakti. Do you know how much I love and treasure you? I am soon to tell the story of how I fell in love with you that very first day when JC carried me over in full lotus to Mr. Trapp’s and YogiJi “brought me back.” You thought I was mute and with full sincerity you put your face so close to mine and said quite loudly, “Would you like some tea?” You are forever a bubbling fountain of love and delight. Much love & Sat Nam, Ganga.

]]> By: Mama Dya http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-201 Mama Dya Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:53:51 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-201 Thank you for so freely sharing these wonderful stories. I hope more people from the early days write their stories; it would be so sad to lose them. Thank you for so freely sharing these wonderful stories. I hope more people from the early days write their stories; it would be so sad to lose them.

]]> By: Siri Chand Singh Khalsa http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-128 Siri Chand Singh Khalsa Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:38:00 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-128 You're the Mom all right... it's good to remember how we got to be here... so many people came with us... Now and then I run into an old friend from those days and I realize how much it changed us and how much has happened to us all. Keep Up the writing , love , Siri Chand You’re the Mom all right… it’s good to remember how we got to be here… so many people came with us… Now and then I run into an old friend from those days and I realize how much it changed us and how much has happened to us all. Keep Up the writing ,
love ,
Siri Chand

]]> By: Tamara http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-83 Tamara Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:22:03 +0000 http://www.ourtruetales.com/2007/01/20/keeping-up-with-yogiji-tales-from-yogijis-first-student/#comment-83 It was very humbling to read this story I am a Kundalini instructor and I just opened a small Studio in New Haven CT. It was definitely humbling and encouraging to read about the earlier days of Yogi Bhajan. It was very humbling to read this story I am a Kundalini instructor and I just opened a small Studio in New Haven CT.
It was definitely humbling and encouraging to read about the earlier days of Yogi Bhajan.

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