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ISSUE AWAKENING 4

NURTURING SPIRITUALITY IN CHILDREN by Eckhart Tolle

WHY ARE YOU HERE? by Andrew Cohen

BEING HUMAN by Dr Graham Williams

BREAKING FREE by Swami Dayananda

THE DARKNESS THAT IS LOVE by Persephone Maywald

GROWTH 5

HOW RECENT SOLAR FLARES ARE AFFECTNG US by Julie Hicks

AUTHENTICITY - AN ACT OF CREATIVITY by Tra-ill Dowie

HEALTH & WELLBEING 11

INSULIN RESISTANCE by Belle McCaleb

PAIN & INFLAMMATION IN THE BODY by Lynne Singlewood

CARING FOR YOUR SPINE by Dr Rob Hutchings

USED TO SELF-PRESCRIBING? THINK AGAIN by Andrea Fernandez Indulski

WHY YOU BURN OUT AND HOW TO REVIVE by Joan Borysenko

WHAT IS OESTROGEN DOMINANCE? by Kasey Yates

SELF WORTH HEALING by Jaan Jerabek

STAYING IN CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH by Heather Lorenzon

NEED HELP? by Louise Tebble

THE NEED TO KNOW HAS TO GO by Leaona Hamood & Michael Oster

A BRIEF HISTORY OF NLP by Steve Nietz

YOU WITH YOU by Cheryl Richardson

EAT IT RAW by Saffron Simpson

SPRING FOCUS by Amanda Allen

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE MIND, BODY & SOUL

UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS by Diane McCann ARE MEN INTIMIDATED BY YOUR CAREER? by Jane Donovan HOW TO LOVE YOUR PARTNER UNCONDITIONALLY by Michelle Stanton

PSYCHICS 33

GODDESS ISIS, NOSTRADAMUS AND AN ANGEL DISCUSS 2012 by Elisabeth Jensen

YOUR INTUITION- WHERE IS IT? by Heidi Hanley

HEALING 26

EFT- A CURE FOR CLUTTER by Annie O’Grady

THE GLOBAL WARMING AGENDA by Steven Prahin

TOTAL DEFENCELESSNESS by Julie Way

HOW TO DO MIRACLES by Bruce Tanton

YOU CAN’T GET IT WRONG by Bronwyn Barter

ANCIENT MAYAN HEALING by Fiona House

FEATURE 36

RELATIONSHIPS

WITH YOU IN MIND by Tony Eelbeck

FROM THE EDITORS

PAST LIFE EXPERIENCES by Susanne Marie

DE-CLUTTER AND FEEL THE ENERGY!! by Gabbie Enright

THETA HEALING CHANGING OUR MINDS by Christa Metzer

THE MOON by Iris Detenhoff

THE FUTURE SCIENCE OF MEDICAL ASTRONOMY AND THE NEW MEDICINE OF LIGHT by Anthony Craig

INDIGO CHILDREN by Debbi Kemp

SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH by Lorraine Webb

MODERN SPIRITUALISM by Jim Warwood

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TOOLS FOR HEALTHY LIVING

MOON CALENDAR

IN BRIEF REVIEWS

A-Z CLASSIFIEDS

EVENTS, COURSES & WORKSHOPS FOR THE MIND, BODY & SOUL

The natural world around us thrills to the touch of the Divine. In quiet surrendered stillness, great love and great peace flows through every branch, flower, every blade of grass and leaf. Spend a moment with a tree ... or a flower or even a leaf, and feel the pure pulse of God’s Presence. An everflowing rush of joyousness coursing through the veins of all creation. This very same Thrill flows through you. It’s the Love of Being ... God’s Love of Being, manifesting through all and everything. As I sit outside, taking in my surroundings, every sound ... the bird twittering, the dog barking, the wind blowing through the bamboo ... all of it thrills my senses awake as I allow This to be my felt reality. As I breathe in, I feel a sweet, gentle caress that brings with it a deeper sense of connection with this Presence. Letting go with each breath, the vast expanse begins to penetrate ... and take over. Thought subsides ... hearing happens ... feeling enjoys ... soft, almost imper ceptible, long-for gotten aromas dance around me and waft through me ... my eyes soften and simply see, feeling every form. I am This ... all of This ... and at the same time a vehicle for This. Both the receiver and that which is being received in each moment. And the more I allow for This to be, the more It is. By letting go of the thoughts about things, the obvious “Eternally Here” of God’s Presence immediately reveals Itself ... no effort, simply allowing, allowing this body to simply be a conduit of perception by just being with what is, as it is. There’s a sweet contentedness here that can’t be matched, an expectationless beingness that simply sits in the pulse of the Joy ... that is the very Joy Itself. “I” quietly takes a back seat as This ... All of This moves to the fore ... “I” is not in any way more important, simply part

of what is. A sweet encounter with This daily, does much to release us from the constraints of the “me” thoughts we take so very seriously. If you’re looking for a way to free yourself from your “me-ness”, there’s no easier approach than this ... this full surrender to God’s sweet embrace. As It’s the only constant, we may as well avail ourselves to This now ... delaying the inevitable leap into the sweet embrace only perpetuates the suffering. Simply open up to the natural Thrill of the Touch of the Divine ... It’s happening right now, right here. This is the Greatest Show on Earth and it’s here just for you. With Love, Leo Drioli and Enza Vita.

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Why Are You Here? Nurturing Spirituality in Children ○

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We all want our children to excel. The way we measure their progress is to see how well they are doing in the material world. But sooner or later, each child will begin to search for something, wanting to create “meaning” in his or her life. It goes hand in hand with wanting to know our place in life and what life is all about. It is part of our pursuit of happiness. In the following interview, Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now, Stillness Speaks and A New Earth, discusses this very important topic. many children these days are so involved in technological games, they don’t experience nature anymore. It’s something totally alien to them. That’s a very harmful thing. It’s a great deprivation, to be deprived of the immediate experience of the natural world, which puts you in touch with deeper levels of your own being. To have an animal at home is a great help. If children relate to the dog, it’s a non-conceptual relationship. You can touch the dog, look after the dog. Getting out into nature periodically, without the gadgets that [kids] usually have. [Watching] television is a state of semi-comotose hypnosis. It may not be easy because everybody else is doing that kind of thing. It’s not that you have to eliminate that kind of activity completely, but discourage them from spending 100% of their free time with those things. Take them into nature, without the gadgets. Encourage them to direct sensory experience – to touch, to feel, to look at things. Encourage them to not confuse conceptual labeling with true knowledge or experience. When [kids] are learning language, encourage them not to equate concepts with reality. When you teach them what something is, encourage them to touch it, to see it, to feel it, not just to say, “this is called such-and-such”. Continue to look at it. Otherwise, you stop experiencing – and all you have is a mental label. Q: They label themselves, as well. I’ve noticed this with my daughter, she will come home and say “I’m stupid” at this or that. ET ET:: That’s a good way to encourage her not to identify with her thoughts. So if you can point out that it’s just a thought, and that they don’t have to believe in every thought that comes. If you can somehow work with them to have them realize that they are not their thoughts, so that there’s a space between them and

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BY ANDREW COHEN

AN INTERVIEW WITH ECKHART TOLLE

Q: Can we help our children and others that we love to transcend their unconsciousness? Or is it necessary for them to go through it on their own? ET ET:: There are more children born nowadays who may not have to go through the deep unconsciousness that [adults] had to go through, certainly that I had to go through. And also there are more children born nowadays to parents who are in the awakening process, or relatively conscious parents. In my generation, I can’t think of any conscious parents. There might have been some, but it was rare. They are still rare now, but much less rare than before. I loved my parents, but they were deeply unconscious. So, the question is how to help the children stay relatively conscious, so that they do not get drawn into the mass unconsciousness that still pervades mass culture, and the technology that promotes unconsciousness and addictive behaviour. The most powerful teaching is not what you say or do to them, but your state of consciousness at home. That’s the very foundation for teaching your children. It has nothing to do with teaching, the foundation for transmitting consciousness is not even wanting to transmit consciousness to them, but to hold the space of presence as you interact with them at home. Also, to hold presence as much as possible as you interact with your husband. There’s a relationship there that will infect them, with either presence or painbody. The most vital thing is, before even thinking of doing anything, is being conscious. They observe how you behave, and they take that on board to some extent. Of course, another influence is mass culture, as they spend more time at school. Occasionally there may be things that you can point out to them, so that they stay in touch with immediate experience, sensory experience. Don’t let them lose touch with nature. So

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Eckhart Tolle their thoughts, to obser ve their thoughts, and when thoughts come you can explain “it’s no more than a thought” and it may not be the reality, it may not be true. Most humans have a painbody. Dis-identify from the painbody by pointing out that this is the painbody. I’ve often said not to call it “painbody” for the children. Give it a name, call it something, and mention it when occasionally they get taken over by it. Point it out to them afterwards, “what was that, that took you over?” so that an awareness develops. There’s the emotion, and there’s the awareness. Encourage that kind of thing, so that they are able to look at the emotion that takes them over from time to time. And after the event, not during the event initially, say to them, “What was it that took you over when you started screaming yesterday? What was that?” and say, “What does it feel like?” or invent some game, so that you can make it into something that they can be aware of. Then “let’s wait for next time it comes, and see how it feels”. If you have it, then you can point out after you’ve woken up from your painbody – “the same thing happened to me”. The key in education is to show the possibility of being aware, rather than always being identified with what arises in their mind.

The very notion of seeking for liberation, for enlightenment, for meaning or purpose seems absurd. The question Who am I? is answered before it is asked. And the question Why am I here? simply does not arise. In traditional enlightenment, this is the end of the path. But the journey of Evolutionary Enlightenment does not end here. Why? Because the cosmic experiment that is life did not end here. If that empty ground, where every question is answered, was all there was to know and to discover, why would the Universe exist? Why did something come from nothing? When you take the perennial meditative journey to the depths of your own self, you discover what it was like before the beginning. You come to rest in the timeless empty void before the Universe was born, which the mystics call the ground of Being. When you taste the profound freedom that is the inherent nature of that primordial ground, it can seem

like the end of the path. Where else could there possibly be for you to go? The very notion of seeking for liberation, for enlightenment, for meaning or purpose seems absurd. The question Who am I? is answered before it is asked. And the question Why am I here? simply does not arise. In traditional enlightenment, this is the end of the path. But the jour-

ney of Evolutionary Enlightenment does not end here. Why? Because the cosmic experiment that is life did not end here. If that empty ground, where every question is answered, was all there was to know and to discover, why would the Universe exist? Why did something come from nothing? Think about this for yourself: In

www.innerself.com.au the experience of the ground of Being, which you can discover for yourself through the meditative journey, there is no desire to do anything, no impetus whatsoever. There is nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one to be or become. That’s what it was like before the Universe was born. And yet, here we are. Out of that utter peace, from the depths of that desirelessness, for some reason this miraculous process burst forth. Why? Why did something come from nothing? This is not an abstract philosophical question but a profound spiritual contemplation that can take you to the essence of what it means to be alive. Why did something come from nothing . . . and become light, energy, matter, life, consciousness, and you—fourteen billion years later reading these words? Why are you here? If the eternal perfection that is the Source of everything knows no desire, why would the Universe have emerged? If the ground of all things has no impulse but to be, why did it become? But it did. And thanks to evolutionary science, we can behold just how far this miraculous explosion of Becoming has brought us in the fourteen billion years since that initial burst. We can reflect on its awe-inspiring progress, and wonder at its ever-greater complexity and integration and creativity. And we can ask ourselves, why did all of this come from nothing? I believe that for a human being today who aspires to find enlightenment, that question is an essential part of awakening. It is not enough to follow the question Who am I? to that timeless place where all questions dissolve. We also need to know: Why am I here? And to find the answer to Why am I here?, understanding the primordial moment when something came from nothing is crucial. We need to know what actually happened at the very beginning, at that instant when Being gave rise to Becoming. When I ask this question, I’m not just talking about whether you believe in a biblical God or a big bang, or a whole series of cosmic explosions. I’m talking about a different kind of knowing—a direct, experiential recognition of what occurred in that moment fourteen billion years ago. You don’t need a powerful telescope to see all the way back to the big bang— you can go there, right now, in your very own experience. Scientists look at the big bang from the outside, so to speak, using complex instruments and the laws of physics to show us the explosion of light and energy, which became matter, which, in turn, gave rise to life, from which emerged the capacity for consciousness. But the perspective I’m sharing with you is one that looks at that very same event from the inside—that gets right beneath the surface of the stillness before the beginning, and locates the very impetus behind that primordial moment of birth. The big bang is not just a metaphor or a disputed scientific theory about what occurred fourteen billion years ago. It’s happening right now. Something is coming from nothing every second. You might not be conscious of it, but it’s true. Your own experience of action and reaction is not unbroken—there are countless moments of zero between each and every thought, every impulse, and every response. Something is coming from nothing, in and through each and every one of us, constantly. If you slow your experience down, and keep slowing it down, you’ll start to see that there is a vast chasm of empty space that is the foundation of everything that is occurring, the ground out of which each impulse arises. Even as you are aware of the body, of the passing of time and the movement of thought, beneath it all you can become conscious of this current of stillness that is the ground of Being. Because you can locate that empty ground in your very own experience, you can also locate the seed of everything that came out of that nothingness. The essence of Evolutionary Enlightenment is found in that precise moment when nothing became something. When you contemplate the ground of Being, you can begin to intuit for yourself what that very moment must have been like. . . . Andrew Cohen is a spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, and founder of the global nonprofit EnlightenNext and its award-winning p u b l i c a t i o n EnlightenNext magazine. Through his writings, his teachings, and his ongoing dialogues with philosophers, scientists, mystics, and religious leaders from almost every major tradition, he has become known as one of the defining voices of the new evolutionary spirituality. To learn about EnlightenNext events in Autralia go to http:/ /www.enlightennext.org/australia, email info.australia@enlightennext.org or call Graeme Burn 0416 177 012 This article was excerpted from Andrew Cohen’s new book Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening (Select Books, October 2011). Find out more at www.evolutionaryenlightenment.com.

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How recent SOLAR FLARES are AFFECTING US Recently we have been experiencing an intensive amount of solar activity on the Sun which is affecting both the Earth and Humans. Solar flare. A sudden, short burst of energy. The sun’s surface releases a gust of hydrogen gas – radiation and energetic particles – magnetic energy equivalent to tens of millions of hydrogen bombs exploding at one time. The release lasts a few minutes or a few hours, hurling plasma into space at many hundreds of kilometers per second. Electrons and protons accelerate. The particles crash into the solar atmosphere, their kinetic energy changing into X-rays and gamma-rays. And this affects you how?

Exactl ha lar w Exactlyy w wha hatt is a solar fflar laree and ho how does it af afffect us?

A solar flare is a magnetic storm on the Sun which appears to be a very bright spot and a gaseous surface eruption such as in the above photograph. Solar flares release huge amounts of high-energy particles and gases that are tremendously hot. They are ejected thousands of miles from the surface of the Sun. Scientists, in recent years are finding that the Earth’s magnetic fields are far more significant than they previously thought. They now know that the human brain contains “millions of tiny magnetic particles.” These particles connect us to the Earth’s magnetic field in a powerful way as a human antenna. We are both transmitters and receivers of subtle energy, or consciousness; a timeless interconnectedness that somehow encompasses the very foundation of our life. It has now been discovered that the magnetic fields have a profound influence not only on our consciousness, but on our nervous system and our immune system, and also reality itself. A recent study published in the New Scientist, indicates a direct connection between the Sun’s solar storms and human biological effect. The conduit which facilitates the charged particles from the Sun to human disturbance is the very same conduit which steers Earth’s weather through the Magnetic Field on Earth, and also through the magnetic fields around humans. The recent geomagnetic storms are causing earth changing events in the way of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wind storms.

Geoma gnetic Acti vity on the Sun Geomagnetic Activity Inf luences our Thoughts Influences

Solar activity is known to influence human consciousness. Solar flares affect the Central Nervous System (stomach lining), all brain activity (including equilibrium), along with human behaviour and all psycho-physiological (mentalemotional-physical) response. Solar flares can cause us to be nervous, anxiousness, worrisome, jittery, dizzy, shaky, irritable, lethargic, exhausted, have short term memory problems and heart palpitations, feel nauseous, queasy, and to have prolonged head pressure and headaches. Do you have any of the above lately? The solar flares and photon waves are changing the fabric of our physical reality as they have a powerful effect on our physical cellular level, causing our cellular memories to awaken and clear. We often experience this as the body heating up in the form of “hot flashes.” Our lower emotions are low frequency energy stored in our cells from past experiences and traumas that we have encoun-

tered and never processed —so they become stored as cellular memories. Photon energy is a much higher frequency energy that pulls up the lower emotional frequency so it can calibrate to the higher frequency…. thus we find ourselves releasing these lower emotions of sadness and grief without knowing why. These spells will last for about twenty minutes and we are left wondering where these feelings came from out of the blue. The elements of our blueprint are interfaced in the cellular consciousness and when the blueprint is amplified through photon energies various elements of the blueprint leak into your conscious-

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Being Human When we speak of being human we often tend to be a bit disparaging. We say things like “Well, I’m only human” to excuse ourselves. We almost look on admitting our humanity as though we have failed in some way. And yet the Buddha said that his attainment was being human. This suggests that being human has always been looked on as an achievement in the meditation tradition rather than something you could take for granted. So what does this mean? Aren’t we human anyway? Isn’t it a given? Well, I’m going to suggest that yes, the raw materials are given. We have a human body, we have instincts and emotions, and we have a brain. But how well they work, and certainly how well they work together is definitely not given. Like everything else in our lives, they only work well if we know how to use them.

Our human body

Let’s look first at our human body. One of the things I find over and over again when teaching meditation is how few of us actually feel our bodies, let alone feel as though we live in our bodies. We tend to see our bodies through the images which surround us, all of them idealised, airbrushed and photo-shopped. We are too fat or too thin, we need to tone up, be trim, taut and terrific, and if male, a pumped-up iron man. And so we don’t feel at home in our bodies and tend to have a very dissatisfying relationship with them. This is very sad when you realise that our bodies are the most precious thing we have in this life. We keep trying to perfect them and yet there is nothing that we can do physically which an animal cannot do better. They are better protected, have far better defences, can run faster, jump higher, swim better, fly, and generally leave us standing. Compared with them we are soft, hairless, helpless and defenceless. Their bodies are specialised, ours are general, and in comparison, quite vulnerable. However, this hasn’t stopped us from trying to compete and we pour a lot of resources into doing it. And yet it’s the fact that our bodies are generalised which gives us our power. We have not developed

specialised physical skills as animals have done. Our specialisation as human beings has been the incredible development of our brains.

Our human mind

Through the intelligence which has come from developing the brain we have invented machines to do all the heavy lifting. We discovered how to harness the power of fire by keeping it contained and using its heat in a controlled way. The raw materials have been wood and coal, oil, and then nuclear power and the sun itself, but in order to tap the energy concentrated in these raw resources it took study, practice and knowledge. In the same way it takes practice and knowledge to use our thinking and feeling well. We are given the raw materials – our brains and our emotions – but this does not guarantee that our thinking and feeling are necessarily accurate or productive. For them to be so we need to train them. We take training our bodies completely for granted. As children we learn to walk, to eat with a knife and fork, to wash regularly, clean our teeth and go to the toilet. It’s so automatic we don’t even think about it. And everyone in Australia has at least ten years at school to train their thinking to a certain extent. But when it comes to our emotions, which are a crucial component of our minds, we have no formal training whatsoever. Whatever we learn is completely left to chance. Meditation is the key to training our minds. It’s the tool which is purpose-built for the process, and it’s easy to do. In the same way that learning the basic skills for keeping our bodies healthy is not difficult, so it is with our minds. You can learn how to use your thinking effectively and efficiently and how to enjoy and understand your emotions by keeping them in a healthy state.

Bringing our bodies and minds together

As human beings we have the ability to use everything we are given; our bodies, our instincts, our emotions, our hearts and our brains. We can keep in touch with all of these aspects of ourselves and keep them connected. And to do this you begin by being

Breaking Free balanced. We learn any skill in this way, for example, learning to walk, ride a bike or play golf. You do it by staying still and holding your balance. When you are balanced your head, hear t and belly are aligned and connected. This is a skill which you can practice and so become familiar with, getting to know what it feels like. It is a truly wonderful feeling of bliss and contentment, and is our natural state. It’s the foundation of our entire life. And meditation is the tool for finding your balance, wherever you are, whatever you are doing and whenever you want.

Being human – acting with love

Then all of your actions can begin from this point of balance. Everything we have as human beings can then be par t of our actions right from their beginning. Where things literally go belly up is when we get stuck in our heads and ignore our hearts, or get stuck in our guts and ignore our heads. Then our actions are partial; all head with no heart, all heart with no head, or all body with no head or heart. The attainment of being human, and the meaning of true compassion, is to keep mind and body together so that they work in harmony. This is real love, because we don’t have to hide behind masks. We then have the confidence to be fully open to the world we live in, to those in our communities, and to those we care for and love. Dr. Graham Williams has thirty years’ experience in teaching meditation, is the Director of The Lifeflow Meditation Centre and an adjunct lecturer in the School of Medicine at Flinders University. His first book Insight and Love is in its third edition and his book Life in Balance was released in 2008. It is available online, in bookshops in Adelaide and throughout Australia. The Lifeflow Centre provides regular meditation courses in their city studio and retreats in a relaxing hills setting. P 08 8379 9001 W lifeflow.com.au

One day two new students came to a renowned sitar master. The first student had already been playing for several years and performed a raga. The master was pleased and agreed to teach the student for $30 a lesson. The second student was new and had never played the sitar. The master agreed to take this student too, at $25 a lesson. The first student said, “Master, why are you charging me more? I am the one who has the experience”. The master replied, “I just have to teach him. But you also have to unlearn what you already know.” The ancient text on yoga, the Shiva Sutras, says, jnanam bandaha, or ‘limited knowledge is bondage.’ This means that our personal storehouse of information, memory and perceptions can be limiting and bind us to habits and patterns. Certainly, practical knowledge and accomplishments are useful at work, running a household or operating in the world. The value of knowledge and experience is immeasurable. So how can knowledge bind us? Today’s culture virtually demands that we present ourselves by our points of view and attitude. Most manifestations of attitude are neither good nor bad in the proper context. In a broad sense, positive points of view and good attitudes serve everyone. These might be caring for the environment, maintaining things in good repair or being a gracious host—countless expressions of attitude. But when personal viewpoint gets locked, it can become unwavering opinion and harsh judgement. Over time, many people become entrenched in attitudes they have created. When challenged, they may become angr y, defensive or just a know-it-all. According to many yoga traditions, the way to break free of binding limitation is by focusing on attitude. Like learning the sitar—or anything—a sincere practice requires willingness. It’s always helpful to be open to options.

Identity

Identity is the state of being that defines your emotion, feeling or attitude, both in general and in the mo-

ment. It is how you look and how you act. For example, occupations are identity: consider the attitudes of a chef, a paramedic, a dancer and a Reiki healer. A person’s role in life also carries attitude, as a parent, a supervisor, teacher or friend. Contemplation: Consider your occupation or how you spend a large amount of your time. In what ways does your attitude show through identity—how you dress or how you speak? How do you project it into the world?

Beha viour Behaviour

Attitude also manifests individually as a way of behaving. These include the whole spectrum of personal characteristics, such as officious, timid, outspoken, kind or clever. One way to consider these characteristics is to imagine them as cartoon characters, each with its own attitude. Contemplation: Name five behaviour characteristics of someone close to you. What are your opinions about these? Now do the same for yourself. What would you look like as a cartoon character?

Mind-set

Another approach to attitude is mind-set or way of thinking. Some people take on their own viewpoints to such an extreme that they become ingrained, like a gardener who insists on native plants or a motherly hostess insisting on tea and biscuits. Contemplation: Do you hold a firm mind-set or viewpoint about specific issues or ways of doing things? Is there a way to soften it? As an exercise, choose something you feel convinced about, then look at it from the opposite point of view.

Mood

Another telling aspect of attitude is mood. In today’s face-paced life, we have opportunities to face not only our own moods, but those of the people around us, as well as the strangers and acquaintances we encounter in business, leisure, communication and travel. Associated with emotions, moods can be as subtle as mild euphoria or as blatant as roadrage. Contemplation: Identify your mood. Sit quietly and focus on how

you feel. Are you happy or sad? Excited or depressed? Anxious or calm? Worried or angry? Simply identify your present mood without trying to change it.

Opening to possibility

The more you can identify the many ways your attitude is expressed through how you act and what you say, the more you have an opportunity to question yourself. Possibly you may confirm your commitment to a belief, but you can question how you project it on to others. Or you may notice you have a tendency to make others feel your mood, good or bad. Maybe you’ve created a persona and a look that you’ve outgrown. Whenever you drop just one behaviour or opinion that binds you, you live in the moment of freedom. Swami Dayananda is the Director of the Adelaide Shiva Yoga Meditation Centre and Lokananda Retreat Centre at 9 Main Street, Point Pass, near Eudunda. Dayananda conducts Satsang and sessions in yoga, meditation, self-inquiry and the philosophies of yoga and spirituality. The author of 108 Meditations, she is a feature writer for Australian Yoga Life magazine. For more information, contact 08 8242 4929, swamidayananda@shivayoga.org, or www.meditationyoga.com.au

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Gautam Buddha

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looked for someone else to blame for her feelings. It must be her husband! “Steve” could be more attentive when she came home from work and more intimate before bed (and while in it). He could take up more of the slack around the house, too. After all, wasn’t he supposed to be her other half, her soul mate who would make everything right with the world? Obviously, Steve was shirking his marital responsibilities. But her husband wasn’t the problem; it was Jenna’s burnout that was talking, rather than her good heart.

Love of theTruth with PERSEPHONE MAYWALD

The Darkness that is Love You might have noticed that we are often at war with ourselves. We are not happy with many aspects of our psyche. We feel angry, critical or rejecting of many parts of us that we believe to be unworthy, unhelpful or unacceptable. For example, we generally enjoy and welcome emotions like happiness, contentment, fulfilment and love. But when it comes to feelings like frustration, anger, hatred, fear, anxiety, terror, pain and hurt, we react very differently. We usually want to defend ourselves against those feelings. We want to suppress them, deny them, or cover them over with something more acceptable. Much of the time, this whole process of rejection is barely conscious. Both our defences and the emotions they suppress are not much in our awareness. We are so well defended that we don’t even know that we feel fearful or angry or hur t. ‘What, me worry? No way.’ Or ‘Of course I’m not angry with you.’ Or ‘Let’s just move on.’ And so on.

We Reject our Defences

But there’s a problem. In suppressing the angry, scared and hurt parts of us, our defences create a great deal of collateral damage. The damage is that they also suppress our aliveness, our joy, our curiosity and our love. We find that we are living half lives – true, we don’t get angry, but we also feel dull, depressed and lethargic. We don’t feel fearful, but we don’t trust anyone either. We aren’t in pain, but our hear ts are not really available. So then we get angry or judgmental towards our defences. We reject our depression, our lack of trust, and our inability to love because they are keeping us in the shadows of life. Our rejection is all the greater because we are not usually in touch with the difficult emotions they protect us from. All we see is the damage they cause. We seem to think that if we can just reject these defences enough, we can get rid of them. But it doesn’t work, and we feel really stuck in a half-lived existence, a victim of some inner darkness that is holding

us back from life. And this is where most of us find ourselves at some point. So how can we approach this persistent and painful stuckness?

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Love Unwinds our Stuckness

Basically, what’s needed is an attitude of kindness and interest, rather than one of judgment and rejection. This is the only attitude that will unwind our stuckness. And it can be a huge challenge, because it does not occur to us to be kind to these parts of us that seem to be so opposed to our own best interests. But as much as we can, we need to step aside from our inner criticism, and bring an attitude of kindness and interest to our defences. As we approach them in this way, movement star ts to happen, and we star t to come unstuck. Bit by bit, our defences star t to unfold and reveal themselves to us. And as we keep inquiring, what we eventually discover is that they have actually been doing their very best to protect us. They have been trying to keep us safe from feeling and expressing the primal emotions that they believe are too dangerous to emerge. They are protecting us from being socially unacceptable, or from being totally swamped by our feelings. We start to see that, far from trying to harm us, they have always been faithful and vigilant protectors.

Our Defences are Made of Love

As we see this, we naturally feel appreciation and gratitude, and our hearts open even more. Our kindness becomes a deep compassion and our interest becomes a heartfelt curiosity that seeks to truly understand how these protective defences have been serving us. Our compassion and curiosity allow our defences to unfold even more, and to be completely understood. We see that their perspective is limited to the particular job they have been trying to do for us, but that from that perspective they have been faithfully and resolutely caring for us for a very long

time. We finally understand that these defences, these seemingly dark, unyielding, confining structures, actually love us very much, and always have. We understand that they arose out of love, act out of love, and are made out of love. That is their fundamental fabric. As we sit with this profound understanding, we may also come to know that the fundamental fabric of every part of us, not just our defences, is love. This love manifests in a multitude of different ways, some of them seeming to be very much opposed to what is best for us. But at its profoundest, most mysterious depth, everything about us, without exception, is love, no matter what face it wears. And we find that love allows the unfolding that reveals itself. It reveals that we are love, have always been love, and cannot be anything other than love.

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Why You Burn Out and How to Revive ○

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BY DR JOAN BORYSENKO When my burnout became apparent after being laid off, I was finally able to slow down and realize that I had been selling my soul for unending deadlines and always being the go-to person for everyone else’s needs. In the middle of it, I believed that things would get better after the deadline, after I crossed something off my list, and so on. However, the universe

knew that the only way for me to see clearly was to have a long break away from the craziness. — Laurie Line A friend of mine who is an obstetrician was as clueless as Laurie about why she was so out of sorts. To compound the problem, “Jenna” did what a lot of stressed-out people do: she

Like many couples, Jenna and Steve had some wrinkles to iron out, but from Steve’s point of view, his wife’s constant fatigue and defensiveness made it hard to be intimate. He felt that she just wasn’t the same energetic, fun-loving woman he’d married. Moody, touchy, and exhausted, Jenna was difficult to be around because she was consistently negative. The underlying reason for Jenna’s burnout was a double bind — a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” kind of work situation. She loved being an ob-gyn and had put off having children of her own in order to give other women safe passage through pregnancy and birth. Jenna’s clientele consisted of highneed, high-risk cases — women who were experiencing the stress of infertility as well as those who were at risk of not being able to carry their babies to term.

Miserable: Their Needs vs. My Needs

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It’s Time for a Time-Out

cated to long appointments so that she could inform, reassure, and motivate her patients to do whatever might be necessary to ensure a healthy pregnancy. How could she allot 15 minutes to a woman who’d recently lost a baby at four or five months’ gestation? But as the cost of her malpractice premiums rose, she was forced to schedule more patients for shorter visits just to make ends meet financially. Eventually, the strain of being pulled between taking good care of her patients and attending to her own needs became unbearable. With the help of her husband and a therapist, Jenna finally made the difficult decision to leave her practice and take six months to rest and reflect on her life. As I write this, she’s nearing the end of her sabbatical and planning to take a part-time job at a Planned Parenthood clinic. She’ll still be able to care for women who need her but without the stress of the high-stakes, high-risk practice she’d been in before.

What’s Going On in Your Life?

If you’re feeling frustrated, aggravated, or disempowered, and if you catch yourself always blaming other people for your problems or complaining about their performance, you need to connect with what is really going on. Is it them, is it a situation that requires a change, or is it you? You need a real time-out to evaluate your life, even if it’s not a six-month sabbatical like Jenna’s. Taking the time to sort through what you’re feeling is hard to do in familiar surroundings when you’re moving at the speed of light, out of touch with your body and emotions. The ringing phone, ceaseless emails, household chores, work issues, and all your relationships are distractions. Fortunately, you can visit what are aptly called “retreat

When I had just left my job at the hospital after being in a head-on collision (which was due to burnout), I went to several weekend retreats at a Benedictine monastery about ten minutes down the road from my house. There was no program; it was simply a place of refuge at a price less costly than feeding myself at home. The accommodations were spar tan but clean, and I was alone — no kids, no husband, no business to conduct. Jesus was there, of course — at least in spirit — but he and I did our own thing. I’m Jewish by bir th and spiritual but not religious, yet that retreat was perfect for me. I was free to explore the beautiful trails, and was fed three meals a day. My room was pleasant and a good place to meditate, journal, or just read a mystery novel and relax. Furthermore, I didn’t have to talk to anyone unless I wanted to. If you search the Internet, you’ll almost surely be able to find a retreat center that fits your budget. Take out your calendar and make those plans now. Otherwise, your busy life will just keep rolling along until you finally crash emotionally or physically . . . or, like I once did, quite literally. Dr JJoan oan ysenk ., Borysenk ysenkoo, Ph.D Ph.D., Bor is a Har vardtrained medical scientist, licensed psychologist, and spiritual educator. A New York Times best-selling author and blogger for The Huffington Post, her work has appeared in newspapers ranging from The Washington Post to The Wall Street Journal. A warm and engaging teacher and speaker, she blends cutting-edge science and psychology with a profound and palpable sense of the sacred. This article was excerpted from the book: Fried: Why You Bur Burnn Out and How to Revive by Joan Borysenko pub lished bbyy Hay House Inc. ©2011. published www.hayhouse.com

Self Worth Healing ○

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JAAN JERABEK Whether we are trying to heal our current relationship and bring back more peace, love and intimacy that we experienced in its initial honeymoon phase or deal with the blockages that hinder us from attracting a relationship in the first place. Whether we are trying to heal our sense of personal power and learn to communicate more powerfully and openly to people in our lives or simply find the strength to define and communicate our boundaries and learn to say “no’’ because we are a people pleaser forever saying “yes”. Whether we are trying to get clear on our life purpose and reclaim our destiny in order to make a living from a passion or simply become more effective at or prosperous from, our current vocation. Whether we are trying to find more inner fulfilment and joy and heal the relationship with ourselves or are trying to become enlightened. Even if we are trying to heal our physical health and find the cure to something that is “in-curable”. We are actually embarking on healing our damaged sense of Self Worth.

Your Self Worth wounding is behind every issue you face. Not many people graduated childhood with an intact sense of sense worth. This is why we are all suffering from similar issues. Our self worth wounding is the end result of the accumulation of all the “little” heart woundings we experienced along the way. Every time we had an experience of our heart being broken, and mis-interpreted that we were not being loved for who we really are, or experienced simply love not being there for us, we added to our self worth wounding. In a nutshell, from an emotional viewpoint, one main cause of “self worth” wounding is actually the build up of the experience of sadness, the pain around our experience of lovelessness or perceived loss of love. For All loss of love is a perception. We cannot actually lose love. We come from love, live in love ... we actually are love itself embodied, so it is impossible to lose it. It is possible though, as children to mis-interpret events and decide that we have lost the love of our mum or dad or both. This mis-interpretation to a child is very, very real. A mis-interpretation with very real material consequences. Do not forget, that all up to date literature on the psyche points to everything being a perception , and this perception is what we confuse for reality ... both as adults, and most definitely and even more powerfully

as children. We mistake what we feel and think for what is. 99% of my clients I have seen in close to 20 years in private practice, I have seen for this mis-interpretation. This mis-interpretation of not being loved is what ruins lives and results in people sabotaging their lives. It is a false perception of reality, but a reality destroying perception. You see every time we mis-interpreted or experienced that love was not there for us, we found the pain so unbearable, that the only way for us to survive and cope with the experience was to make up a story/ justify in our minds, why the love was lost and it is this story that runs us as adults. I will explain with a personal example. When I was 19 years old and my first love dumped me, I experienced some major emotional pain. Anger first, than sadness, than anger, than fear and around and around. Using Breathwork I was able to go back to the incident that was triggered. When I was 4 years of age and a moment in time when I woke up in the middle of the night and mum was not there for me when I needed her. In the session I got to uncover the following story that my unconscious held onto ever since that moment of needing mum, that moment I had a feeling of an intense neediness and almost desperate desire for nurturing only mum can give, but mum not being there to give it to me. My mum literally was not there (later discovered at that point in my childhood she was getting up at 4 a.m. to go to work – to love her family)... My conscious mind thought “mum’s left, she is not here’’, my unconscious mind had the belief ‘’women are not there for me/women leave me’’ lodged deep into it. My conscious mind thought “something has happened!” My unconscious mind had the thought “I have done something wrong.” My conscious mind thought “I wish she was here.” My unconscious mind had the thoughts “she does not love me, I am all alone” lodged into it. That was it. The course of my relationships with women for the next 15 years was to a large degree set and shaped by that innocent moment in time. Mum was actually at work already loving us, but my mind was deciding “Women leave me, women are not there for me, I have done something wrong to lose their love, I will be alone”... powerful self defeating beliefs aren’t they? These beliefs and the sadness and fear that went with them are what constructed my negative self perception, hence low self worth. I stopped believing I was worthy of love from

that point in time. The worth I perceived my Self had to make it love worthy was not very high. Low Self worth. These beliefs made me set up sabotaging relationships so as women would leave me, manifesting disapproval that I have done something wrong, isolating myself and avoiding intimacy etc for the next 15 years nearly. My relationships with women were totally at the mercy of these beliefs for a long time... at least until I re-experienced enough sadness, anger, fear and guilt that was keeping these beliefs alive inside of me and running my life. This I could only accomplish with ‘Cathar tic Breathwork’ over the years. “15 years!” you might exclaim... How can it run you for 15 years after you became aware of it? Easy. Mental level realizations do not do too much. My favourite saying is “$5 and an insight gets you a muffin and coffee”. Insights are merely a stepping stone to real healing. It is the re-experiencing of the deeply buried emotional pain that eventually sets you free. I now have a lovely wife who I adore and who adores me, and I do not sabotage the relationship or feel guilt that “I have done something wrong”. It is my second marriage though, the first marriage was still driven by the 4 year old. Also, please keep in mind, 15 years is my journey ... my destiny, so as I could learn the ins and outs of this to become a relationship expert. I was not emotionally mature enough to go there earlier also. Think about it...the unconscious and in-denial 20’s. For you it may be only years or months if you’re lucky... who knows, you might even get it fully out by the end of my 7 day residential in NovemberJ This is the internal work of healing Self worth. There is always the External Work that makes it happen much more quickly, which no one introduced me to in my younger years. Come and join us for a week of both the internal and external work mix to take your self worth to a whole different level very quickly. Jaan Jerabek has been facilitating personal & spiritual de v e l o p m e n t programmes since age 20. He has been in private practice since using Cathartic Style Breathwork and ‘Core Belief’ processing techniques. He runs the largest Breathwork Therapy and Training Organization in the Southern Hemisphere. 1300 500 881 or www.teinternational.com.au or www.thedepressionsolution.com

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The Need to KNOW has to GO

Need Help? Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) A New Age therapy grounded in Ancient Wisdom Acceptance is not resignation. In ACT, Acceptance may be best explained by reviewing the well known Serenity Prayer : “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”. So much of what “happens” to us, in our daily lives, is out of our control. Even if we believe in Karma (our past thoughts and actions dictate our current experiences), the far majority of us are unable to control the constant chattering of the mind and our physiological “fight or flight” response to stressors. Kahlil Gibran, a philosopher of older times, stated “We can not control the wind; we can only adjust the sails”. The wind is life and all that it throws at us; the sails, our response. What a beautiful quote, one worth placing on the fridge, for perspective. Human beings tend to respond to situations, events, thoughts, memories, sensations, urges etc. by avoiding as much of the “bad”as possible via denial or distraction, or by turning into the “control freak”. When feelings and sensations are avoided they bubble away in the cauldron like the opening scene

in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. To avoid “them” we Over Do (eat, exercise, work, take drugs, drink alcohol, stare at screens endlessly) or alternatively we try and control everything, everyone, every situation. Either way “they” go nowhere; “they” will take any opportunity to let us know ‘they’ are still there.

Doing Vs Being

Doing, is an outward external process; there are certain things we need to attend to in this life. Jobs, chores, errands, geepers we even “do” lunch with a friend. Being, on the other hand, is an inward internal process, where we can save energy, calm the body and sooth the mind. An analogy, if you will, for modern times – Being is a solar panel, sitting in and absorbing the warmth of the world, not doing anything, conserving energy. There is no urge to resist, avoid or control the warmth. This Being can then feed the Doing with warm energy that has been grounded and is therefore calm, serene, wise. To accept the things in life we can not change equates to having such an energy which can then be use to move us forward, in a direction guided by our values, not our fears. Taking the time to “Be” with our emotions, our thoughts, our internal stuff, means we are then free to pur-

sue the things in life that are meaningful. How often do we hear ourselves espousing to all that we really value something e.g. family, but in reality we spend precious little time being fully present with family members? Conducting a Values Inventory is a vital step in finding out where we are “missing the mark”; living lives that are inconsistent, incongruent and totally out of whack with our core values. Such a cultural cringe! Take time to Be, make space for all that stuff you instinctively want to avoid, resist, and/or control; give it the (appropriate) attention it demands so that the cauldron doesn’t overflow, whilst simultaneously committing to living a full life directed by your core values. BE well. Namaste. Louise Tebble is a qualified, fully accredited Mental Health Clinician with well over a decade of experience. Medicare rebate available with a GP referral; affordable pricing. Experienced working with all ages; parenting guidance; relationships; loss and grief; and all mental and emotional health issues.

Most clients are very relieved to find they don’t have to be analysed and traumatised, and talk about the past, with all its fears and hurts, in order to bring true and permanent change to their problems. Since the time of Sigmund Freud and beyond, it has been thought that you have to ‘find out what the cause is’, in order to fix the problem. This is not so. Unfortunately, to this day, most psychological therapies still operate from that old premise. The majority of problems people seek help with, are the result of feelings and impressions that have been buried in the subconscious and the subconscious does not like disclosing its secrets. It hates being analysed. Consciously analysing and talking about subconsciously caused problems is the most unproductive thing we can do. If you have undergone any kind of therapy in which you were encouraged to analyse and talk about the past and all the sad or hur tful things that were part of it, you know why clients are relieved to find this is unnecessary. When both the problems and their causes are consciously known, conscious effort is the best way to proceed. For most of us, our day-to-day life requires a certain amount of conscious, mini problem solving. When we want to solve problems

that are based in the subconscious however, conscious effort will usually do more harm than good. Even if we could find out what the underlying causes were, that doesn’t change the problem. When both client and therapist can let go of the need to consciously know, the subconscious can get on with the job and do what is necessary. We find this time and again, with modern subconsciousmind therapy. The less we get involved in the murky waters of the client’s inner mind, the quicker and more permanent the changes. The need to know, has got to go. If you have problems that have resisted conscious effort, talking, discussing and analysing, you are probably suffering the consequences of feelings, and impressions, which are beyond your conscious awareness. If so, you need to put curiosity aside and allow the part that knows how, to do the work for you. With the right help, it is usually simple, quick, and comfor table to make true, lasting change. True healing is a gentle process. With the curious conscious uninvolved, the subconscious can go about its healing in a private, gentle, permanent way.

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A Brief History of NLP ○

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BY STEVE NIETZ NLP practitioners worldwide routinely help clients eliminate decades-old phobias in 15 minutes or less. Not only are the techniques of NLP remarkably effective when used in therapy and coaching, they also form a potent model for personal development. One of the major challenges an NLP trainer faces though, is describing just what NLP, or Neuro-Linguistic Programming, is. One reason for this, I think, is that NLP can be so many things. To understand it, it probably needs to be experienced. Drawing from elements of psychology, linguistics, hypnotherapy and behavioural science, NLP has countless applications in therapy, coaching, business and relationships – to name a few. Co-developer of NLP, Richard Bandler, in Get the Life You Want, explains that NLP is not a philosophy, not a religion and not an ideology; it’s simply a set of tools to make things easier. I agree and acknowledge that NLP certainly does make things easier, but what is it and where did it come from? “Neuro” refers to our nervous system. Our experience of the world comes to our brain via the nervous system and the five senses. NLP teaches that these senses can be used in a more conscious manner. Instead of just reacting to our environment, we can learn to consciously decide how we will allow experiences to affect us. “Linguistic” relates to language

and its use in giving order and meaning to what we experience through our senses. Our verbal and non-verbal communication is what we use to express our conscious and unconscious thoughts about ourselves, others and the world around us. The term “Neuro-Linguistic” represents the connection between the language we use and its impact on our nervous system. Words are what we, as humans, use to share experiences. The way we describe or interpret our experiences in life is a reflection of the way that we perceive the world to be and, therefore, how we will act and live in it.. Techniques for the more conscious use of language, taught in NLP trainings, can dramatically improve communication with others and with ourselves and, importantly, give a clearer understanding of how words can be changed to create more positive possibilities in our lives. “Programming” refers to programs that determine the consistent ways in which we think or behave. Like computers, we each run specific programs, consisting of individual steps that automatically give certain results in different circumstances. In NLP these programs are referred to as strategies. NLP can be used to explore the strategies we run unconsciously. When the strategy of how we do

something in a particular way is revealed, it can be changed to improve our results. The study of strategies used by people who are exceptional in their fields and how to replicate them is referred to as modeling and is what NLP began with. In the early 1970s at the University of California, Richard Bandler, a psychology student, became interested in the work of psychotherapist Fritz Perls, the father of Gestalt Therapy. Bandler star ted to run group sessions using Perls’ ideas and was astounded by the rapid successes occurring in the sessions. Bandler asked linguistics professor John Grinder to come to the sessions to examine what he was doing; with the idea that if how Bandler did what he did could be explained, step by step, it could be taught to others. Next, Bandler and Grinder began to develop a model of the strategies two other therapists who were getting amazing results. The first was Milton Erickson, renowned for his results in hypnotherapy and psychotherapy and the second was Virginia Satir, a family therapist who regularly achieved positive outcomes with families considered virtually untreatable by others. Interestingly, before Bandler and Grinder studied their strategies, neither Erickson nor Satir were suffi-

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ciently consciously aware of how they did what they did to explain or teach it and were delighted with the explanations offered in Bandler and Grinder’s The Structure of Magic - published in 1975. Since then, NLP has been continually developed and refined to a huge extent. With this development, the speed and efficiency with which NLP can be taught, learnt and applied has also increased. It’s now possible to achieve proficiency to Licensed Practitioner of NLP® standard in seven consecutive days of training with a Licensed Trainer of NLP®. NLP practitioners worldwide routinely help clients eliminate decadesold phobias in 15 minutes or less. One of my own favourite successes was with a client who’d been in traditional therapy for more than 20 years. We dealt with their problem in 90 minutes. I’ve followed them up a number of times and they still can’t believe that their former problem is completely gone. In fact, it’s gone to such a degree that they can’t remember ever having the problem, until I remind them. I haven’t told them, of course, that those were early days for me and I should have taken much less than 90 minutes. Steve Nietz is the founder of VAKOG NLP Training. He studied NLP in Europe, the USA and Australia and is one of only a handful of Australian NLP Trainers to have trained as a trainer with co-creator of NLP, Richard Bandler. For more information, visit vakognlptraining.com.au or call 08 8121 7747

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INSULIN RESISTANCE! Gaining fat despite dieting? Cholesterol & blood pressure going up? Craving sweets and feeling just awful? It could be INSULIN RESISTANCE! Insulin is the hormone responsible for getting blood glucose into cells for cellular energy production and storage. Simply put, insulin resistance is a compromise in the ability of insulin to dispose of glucose into the liver, skeletal muscle and other tissues. This condition is associated with the development of diabetes, polycystic ovarian disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, increased oxidative stress, increased inflammation, a tendency to excessive clotting and stress hormone imbalances. Obesity, particularly fat stores around the abdominal organs, is often directly proportional to the degree of insulin resistance. In addition, insulin resistance promotes increased fat storage and decreased fat burning. So insulin resistance is aggravated by obesity and obesity is promoted by insulin resistance! Decreasing body fat, particularly the fat “around the middle” has been shown to reverse insulin resistance. Research has demonstrated that a low carbohydrate, higher protein, and healthy fat diet is the most effective approach. There is also evidence that insulin resistance can be wors-

ened by micronutrient deficiencies such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, chromium and zinc. Low levels of carotenoids (the brightly coloured pigments found in vegetables such as carrots and pumpkin) are also associated with higher levels of insulin resistance and people who eat a lot of fresh, brightly coloured vegies are less likely to develop it. On the other hand a high intake of sodium (salt), carbohydrates, refined sugars and starches is associated with a higher risk of insulin resistance. Although a low carbohydrate diet, a healthy weight and a healthy weight distribution seem to have the most profound impact on preventing or correcting insulin resistance, other lifestyle and natural medicine approaches are also very beneficial. Exercise is a critical aspect of reversing or preventing insulin resistance. Exercise induces fat burning even at rest, results in a preferential loss of abdominal fat and reverses the loss of muscle mass associated with insulin resistance. Exercise improves insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscles and fat tissue, reducing both fasting blood sugar and insulin levels and improves skeletal muscle glycogen (glucose stores) transport systems. The combination of exercise (particularly combined aerobic and muscle building) with a low carbohy-

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drate, high vegetable diet is more effective at reversing insulin resistance than either alone. Another major lifestyle consideration is stress management. High levels of stress hormones such as cortisol are associated with insulin resistance. This may be due to their tendency to oppose the actions of insulin. Both cor tisol and catecholamines (other stress hormones) are capable of elevating blood sugar. Consistently elevated levels of cortisol greatly inhibit utilisation of glucose by skeletal muscles. Stress also affects a hormone called leptin. Leptin’s role is to increase fat burning and decrease appetite. Research suggests that leptin levels are increased but its action inhibited by high cortisol levels – inducing a state of leptin resistance. Therefore the stress/fat connection rears its head yet again! I discussed Adrenal Fatigue and Fat in a previous article for Innerself Newspaper (previous editions are available online). In addition to diet and exercise, nutritional and herbal medicines are beneficial in reversing insulin resistance. Supplementation of magnesium, calcium, potassium, zinc and chromium may be useful. Prior to supplementation it is worth having your mineral status evaluated. Your naturopath can order a hair mineral analysis which will reveal your functional mineral status. Other nutritional approaches which may be beneficial include supplementation of amino acids such as L-carnitine, Taurine and L-Arginine and antioxidants including Lipoic acid. Coenzyme Q10 supplementation has been shown to lower glucose and fasting insulin levels. Herbal medicines can be used to

treat insulin resistance – Gymnema, Cinnamon, St Mary’s Thistle, Inula, Sweet Sumach and Purslane all help to balance blood sugar levels. In addition, herbal medicines are superb for addressing the adrenal/stress hormone connection with insulin resistance. Adrenal herbs such as Withania, Siberian Ginseng, Bupleurum and Schisandra address the “adrenal fatigue” which for many is the fundamental driver of their insulin resistance. Yoga, a profound science of mind/ body medicine, which is from a simplistic point of view both an “exercise” and “stress management” modality, has been shown to decrease the cardiovascular risk factors associated with insulin resistance. In a systematic review of the scientific literature, it was found yoga “may reduce many IRS-related risk factors for CVD (cardiovascular disease), may improve clinical outcomes, and may aid in the management of CVD and other IRS (insulin resistance)-related conditions.” Yoga has been demonstrated to balance the body as a whole including hormonal balance of the adrenal, thyroid and sex hormones. In summary, insulin resistance is rampant in our culture – high carbohydrate diets, lack of exercise and stress are major contributors. Lifestyle and natural medicine approaches including diet, exercise, nutritional and herbal medicines and yoga are effective approaches to reverse this condition. Sources: Kelly, G Insulin Resistance: Lifestyle and Nutritional Interventions, in Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology, 2005, CCN:M Press Inc.

Toronto ON Innes, K E et al , Risk Indices Associated with the Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, and Possible Protection with Yoga: A Systematic Review J Am Board Fam Med. 2005;18(6):491-519. Belle McCaleb ND, RN, MSS-C, BSN is a naturopath, herbalist, Master’s Prepared counselor, qualified yoga instructor and the Consultant Naturopath for Cancer Care Centre in Unley, SA. She is also a registered nurse & highly qualified Women’s

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Health Specialist with advanced nursing degrees and certifications in Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility. Belle’s private practice is located in St Georges, South Australia where she offers natural medicine care for the whole family, specialising in cancer support & women’s health. She offers Live Blood Analysis, Urine & Saliva Testing and Bioimpedence Analysis on site. Private health rebates may apply for consultations and weight loss programs.

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with LYNNE SINGLEWOOD Naturopath, Iridologist, Herbalist, Oriental Diagnosis, and Teacher of Natural Medicine.

Pain and Inflammation in your Body Toda bout inodayy I thought I’I’dd write aabout tion wwhic hic lammation hichh can lead to pain, f lamma disease and wweight eight ggain ain and will aatttempt to gi ou some ideas aabout bout givve yyou w ha dayy hatt wwee can all do in our eevver eryyda es and those wwee lilivves to help our selv ourselv selves lo lovve. Recently I was listening to a podcast by an amazing gentleman called Dr Sears, he is the author of the book called The Zone Diet, which I haven’t read yet but I will definitely take a look at soon and if you are thinking about losing some weight for summer you might like to look at it too. Dr Sears talked about inflammation, pain and obesity which I find to be an increasing problem in my clinic. We appear to be a society whose bodies are constantly inflamed, just take a look at your finger tips and nail beds, do they look really red compared to the rest of your arm? If they do, then maybe you have internal heat and inflammation. If you look at your tongue in the mirror, it should be a nice even pink shade, is it really red? If it is, you probably have internal inflammation or heat in the body.

In regard to your beautiful eyes, if your eyes look very pale and whitish, this can indicate that your system is inflamed or acidic. Very white fibres scattered throughout the iris can indicate inflammation or pain in a particular area, as certain areas in the eyes relate to different organs and tissues, also very white eyes can even relate to someone who has had a lot of emotional pain or trauma, with a little awareness you can see pain just by glancing at someone’s eyes. To star t with, we need to think about what we eat today, remembering today’s food consumption will affect us down the track. One of the major components to be aware of is

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the consumption of vegetable oils, which have crept into our diets over the last 40 years or so. These oils such as safflower oils, corn oils and soy oil etc. are a cheap form of calories and taste good, however they are high in omega 6 which is inflammatory. When high omega 6 fatty acid consumption (i.e. excess polyunsaturated vegetable oil) is combined with a diet high in refined carbohydrates i.e. bread, sugars, pasta and fast foods, there is an increase in insulin and an acceleration of omega-6 into a substance called arachidonic acid, which in high amounts is toxic, inflammatory and can also exacerbate the risk of heart disease. Dr Sears gave a really good example in his podcast, he mentioned an experiment done with mice who were genetically identical, they split the mice into two groups, fed them the same calories, protein and carbohydrates, the only difference was that one group was fed omega 3’s and the other was fed omega 6’s. They watched the groups over three generations and guess what? The omega 3 group were fine, they were lean and intelligent but the group fed high omega 6 became grossly overweight and less intelligent. I found this to be alarming because if we look at our children today a lot of them are battling with excess weight and sugar imbalances are definitely on the rise, this can lead to many disorders down the track. So what can you do at home to help? We need to increase our consumption of omega 3 fatty acids, to “put out the fire” so to speak, these are found in oily fish such as salmon, tuna, sardines, trout and mackerel, cod liver oil is also good or there are

omega 3 supplements and even flavoured omega 3 supplements for our children. Use olive oil instead of vegetable oil and I must admit I also like coconut oil for cooking which has a little of both omega 3 and 6 and contains some saturated fatty acids like capric acid and lauric acid, but they tend to raise high density lipoproteins in the body which lower bad cholesterol, boost immunity, fight ageing and increase metabolism to help weight loss, so it tends to get a positive vote in my book. Try to reduce your refined carbohydrate intake, it might not be easy but we all have to start somewhere. Try to eat more fruit, vegies, nuts and seeds and try to be creative, for example, I usually have a fruit smoothy for breakfast that most children would love. I blend fruit and freeze it into ice cube containers and every morning blend four cubes of frozen fruit with yoghurt, protein powder and ice water, you can eat it like an icy, I think most children would love it at any stage of the day and it would be good for them. If you suffer with pain and inflammation and need some assistance don’t hesitate to call me and perhaps together we can ease your pain. Lynne Singlewood has been teaching natural medicine at Endeavouor College over the last five years, she teaches iridology and oriental diagnosis and also lectures at WEA. Lynne is a dynamic naturopathic practitioner who has a passion to help the community with their health and well being. Her deep love of iridology and herbal medicine is infectious, visit her at the Findon Clinic (integrated medicine). Ph: 0421 618 792 or email lynne@irishealth.com.au. Web site: www.irishealth.com.au

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yourCHIROPRACTOR with DR ROB HUTCHINGS Chiropractic Doctor and Bachelor of Kinesiology

CARING FOR YOUR SPINE We hear it all the time; heart disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis and many other chronic illnesses are on the rise. The prevailing belief that has driven medical education, research and clinical care is that these chronic illnesses are genetically predetermined. However, researchers from the fields of genetics and neurophysiology are now finding that the primary cause is not our genes, but environmental stressors. The environmental stressors that contribute to chronic illnesses can be divided into: icienc 1) def deficienc iciencyy of genetically required ingredients for health including quality vitamins, minerals and nutrients, exercise, water, spinal alignment etc; and xicity from environmental 2) to toxicity pollutants such as chemicals found in conventional personal care and cleaning products, smoking, air and water pollution, pharmaceutical and illicit drugs, alcohol and even negative emotions. In response to increasing modern illnesses and an understanding of the role of environmental stressors, health professionals and the public are increasingly embracing preventative measures.

Preventative approach to wellness

One of the first mainstream professions to embrace the preventative approach was dentistr dentistryy . When dentists first proposed keeping your teeth strong and healthy through preventative approaches there were many sceptics, both within and outside the profession. Yet today, few people question the need and value of looking after one’s teeth. This same shift is happening with the spine. Just like in the case of dentistry, as the chiropractic profession began, and to some extent to this day, sceptics have denounced the chiropractic profession as quackery, and vigorously opposed the scientifically proven and common sense notion that keeping the spine healthy is an integral part of a wellness strategy. One reason why the chiropractic profession has not reached the majority, with the same speed as dentistry, is because the teeth are always visible and when they are rotten or misaligned, you can’t miss it. Chiropractors often joke that if your spine wwas as on yyour our fface ace ou’ ace,, yyou’ ou’dd tak takee better car caree of it!

Misalignments of the spine

The spine is a suit of armour that protects the spinal cord and nerve roots. Misalignments of the spine, as a result of traumas and our modern lifestyle of chairs, cars and chronic stress is a key cause of back pain, sciatica, headaches and many chronic diseases. Less known is that misalignments of the spine are also a key cause of neurological dysfunction and a factor in many chronic disease processes. Think about it, if nerve supply to your hear t is impeded, is your heart going to be as healthy? So it makes sense to have a healthy spine. What is also not widely known is that correction of spinal alignments is possible through a program of chiropractic adjustments and the body’s innate healing responses that work to repair damaged cells. Fur thermore these spinal misalignments have nothing to do with genetics. Sometimes patients believe that since they have scoliosis, as does a parent, it must be in their genes and there is nothing they can do about it. That is not the case. It may be a fluke or a genetic predisposition, but just like crooked teeth, scoliosis, as well as sway back, forward head posture and other misalignment patterns, can be corrected.

Maintaining your spinal health

Similar to dentistry, the first step is a spinal check up. This can be performed at any age and millions of parents worldwide now have their babies checked by a chiropractor. As with crooked teeth, if any misalignments are found, a program

of corrective adjustments is required to correct the alignment of the spine. Just like teeth, that once straightened still need to be cleaned and regularly checked to ensure they stay healthy, the spine, once in proper alignment, requires spinal “hygiene” to ensure the spine and nervous system stay healthy. For the spine this includes maintenance chiropractic adjustments, good posture and nutrition, regular exercise (including cardiovascular, flexibility and strengthening) and stretch breaks throughout the day. There is absolutely no reason for someone to live with an unhealthy spine, just as no one should have to have crooked or missing teeth. Reference: The Wellness & Prevention Paradigm. Dr Rob Hutchings has a Bachelor of Kinesiology and Doctorate in Chiropractic. His passion is in helping people achieve optimal health and healing, naturally. Dr Rob practices at Health Align on Glen Osmond Rd where clients received detailed spinal analysis and a program of chiropractic care combined with exercises to optimise the alignment of their spine and strengthen core muscles. Health Align also offers Pilates, nutritional consultations and provides a range of toxin free personal care and home cleaning products to eliminate a large amount of chemical stress on the body. You can find out more about the services offered by Health Align at www.healthalign.com.au or phone 08 8338 2221.

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TREATtheCAUSE with ANDREA FERNANDEZ INDULSKI Naturopath, Iridologist, Herbalist, Animal Medicine author of the book, Validations.

Used to self-prescribing? Think again Oftentimes I’ve come across people who decide to supplement purely from word of mouth and without thorough professional consultations and guidance w e v er er,, ha havv e guidance.. Ho How you stopped for a moment to think: “Is this the right option for me?” There is a milliard of choices out there, which one do you choose? In what concerns natural health, there is always a new cure-all, help-it-all miracle supplement or constituent that gets discovered or proven under alleged scientific scrutiny. The nutritional industry has been inundated with fast-paced miracle do-it-all supplements. So much so, that this has led to multi-level marketing companies developing a range of products to suit absolutely all your needs. Yes, marketing witty but what are these supplements really doing in your body on a physiological, emotional and psychological level? Do they stack up or are you just really wasting your money down the drain? One has to be aware that albeit being natural, excessive unnecessary prescription of supplements can indeed be counterproductive for your body and even cause damage. How do you know what is right for you?

Look for the origin of the disease

Oftentimes patients visit me with the intent of commencing a liver detox. However, my approach is to first “treat the gut”. It happens that the intestines’ role is not only to digest larger food molecules into smaller ones but also to hold a minimum of 70% of our immune system cells within it. The great majority of patients I see present themselves with a syndrome known as Leaky Gut. Leaky gut is a condition that is seen when the walls of the small intestine are damaged. A healthy intestine allows only nutrients to pass into the bloodstream. However, when the gut wall is damaged larger molecules such as incompletely digested foodstuffs, bacteria and even candida permeate or “leak” out of the intestinal wall. The cells of the intestine are joined via tight junctions and glycosaminoglycans (GAG). However, when the tight junctions become defective they allow the absorption of partially digested food, bacterial or fungal fragments through the gut wall. This as a consequence results in a generalized inflammatory cascade in the body increasing the toxic load of the liver. So what does this really

mean? Simply, that even by undergoing a liver cleanse the liver may never reduce its toxic load and therefore present with reduced function until the gut is fixed. This is simple - the contents that leaked out of the gut wall travel through the bloodstream. Because one of the functions of the liver is to filter the blood, the leaked gut contents will ultimately end up in the liver that is already stressed with digestive foodstuffs and various chemicals encountered on a daily basis. So here we have a perpetuating cycle of self-contamination. It follows that no liver detox program, no matter what its quality is, it will effectively put a stop to this cycle. As a matter of fact, undergoing a liver detox with leaky-gut syndrome can elicit what is known as a “healing crisis”. My view is that there is no such thing as healing crisis, it is just a crisis! Sealing the tight junctions together and supporting the GAG’s is the most effective way of giving the liver a rest, supporting the immune system and of course relieving the gut symptoms.

Symptoms of leaky gut syndrome

Some of many conditions that can be associated with Leaky gut syndrome include; hay fever, food allergies or intolerances, poor digestion, malabsorption, autism and ADD/ ADHD, eczema, chronic ur ticaria, Candida yeast overgrowth, pancreatic defects, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, ineffective detoxification, chemical sensitivity, acute gastroenteritis, iron deficiency, weight gain and obesity, bowel cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis amongst a list of auto-immune conditions.

www.innerself.com.au The role of the qualified practitioner

It is your qualified Complementary and Integrative Medicine Healthcare Practitioner’s job to give the health advice and direction that is pertinent for you and YOU only. Our thorough methods of assessment give us the tools to tell you what supplements you need to be taking to have the best effect in your body. We take the time to analyse your body and its inherited trends that give us insights into your unique nutritional and physiological needs. There are several tests for Leaky gut available at present as well as complete liver functional profiles to understand exactly what nutrients your liver exactly needs. One must remember that if you want to achieve quality and quantity of life you musn’t just treat the symptoms but rather the underlying cause of disease. This takes time yet it ensures long-lasting results. Andrea Fernandez Indulski ND-holds a Masters Sclerographics, Graduate Diploma Integrated Iridology®, Bachelor Health Science (Complementary Medicine), Naturopath, Herbalist, Animal Technician (Iridology), Researcher at WCH. She has 5 years experience consulting clinically around Adelaide and hosting health seminars. She has a passion for human and animal clinical nutrition and Iridology/ Sclerology studies. She just finished writing her first book “Validations” that validates complementary medicine use in clinical practice and is out on Amazon for sale. Contact her on 0414 701 479 or afernandez@adam.com.au. Visit www.animaliridology.com.au or www.humankindswellbeing.com.au. Her clinic, HUMANKIND’S WELLBEING is located in North Adelaide.

HORMONE health with KASEY YATES

Naturopath, Western Herbal Medicine, Nutrition, Hormonal Imbalances and Weight Loss

What is Oestrogen Dominance? Oestrogen Dominance (OD) is a term that is being more and more commonly heard, not only amongst women, but also men. Being “oestrogen dominant” does not mean that your body is producing too much oestrogen; rather it means that your body’s oestrogen production and metabolism is not being balanced out by the processes that usually keep it under check, for example adequate progesterone levels and a healthy digestive system function. The danger of OD is in the action of the excess oestrogen metabolites that float around the body when they shouldn’t be. They can cause increases in body fat, which will then lead to an even bigger problem because fatty tissue within the body produces and stores even more oestrogen! In other words, your body ends up becoming a “fat magnet”. Also, when the body is in a state of OD, it is unable to effectively use fat stores for energy, which means that your body’s ability to metabolise or burn fat for calories is compromised. The result is extra weight that won’t go away even with more exercise or less eating. When high oestrogen levels are unopposed by sufficient pro-

gesterone, the resulting condition of OD also impacts your body fat’s distribution. In both men and women, higher oestrogen levels predispose the body to store fat around the abdomen. In women, OD causes fat to be stored about the waist, hips, and thighs, and it’s the main reason that many middle-age women have pearshaped bodies. OD can also be the reason why some middle-aged have that spare tire around the waist. The Thyroid Gland, which is best known for its metabolic function affecting weight, can also be affected by OD as the excess oestrogen renders the thyroid hormones dysfunctional, causing the body’s metabolism to slow down. The resulting condition is called relative hypothyroidism. In addition, the changes in the body’s blood sugar levels – some of which occur naturally with age and some of which are due to a hormone imbalance – are also linked indirectly to OD and therefore weight gain. As

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the body’s progesterone production decreases with age and oestrogen becomes more dominant, the body releases insulin more rapidly and more often. When fluctuating hormones unnaturally stimulate insulin release, you get hungry faster and will often crave sugar. Contrary to the popular belief that oestrogen is solely a female hormone, men can also be OD. In men, progesterone is produced in the adrenal and testicular tissue. When men reach their forties, falling progesterone levels lead to a fall in testosterone levels. As both the progesterone and testosterone levels decline, the male body can become oestrogen dominant.

Who is most likely to be Oestrogen Dominant?

1. Ho w old ar ou? Women How aree yyou? over 30 and men over 40 are more likely than younger people, but it is not uncommon for women in their 20’s to have hormonal imbalances. 2.. How long have you been overweight? If for over a year or more, it is very likely.

3. Does your environment put you at risk? If you work or live in an environment surrounded by pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, plastics, fuels, car exhausts, dry cleaning chemicals, or industrial waste, and eat meat from animals that have been fed oestrogenic drugs to fatten them, or even take the contraceptive pill (or use synthetic hormone therapy), then you are being exposed to xenoestrogens. These are dangerous oestrogen-like hormones that build up and mimic the action of normal oestrogen. ou ha 4. Do yyou havv e symptoms? Weight is only one symptoms of an underlying hormone imbalance. Because hormone receptors are located throughout the body and in the brain, oestrogen dominance can manifest in a host of physical, emotional, and mental ailments: Men can often suffer from depression, fatigue and irritability, excess abdominal fat, prostate problems, decreased mental clarity, decreased sex drive, increased urinary urgency, decreased strength and stamina, difficulty sleeping, de-

creased urine flow, erectile dysfunction, and night sweats. Women can also often suffer from exhaustion, mood swings, changes in their menstrual cycle, increased abdominal fat, night sweats, incontinence, fibrocystic and tender breasts, decreased sex drive, headaches, depression, osteoporosis, anxiety, fluid retention, memory lapse, irritability, weight gain, teariness, premature aging, vaginal dryness, heavy menses, autoimmune disorders (such as lupus, erythematous, thyroiditis, and possibly Sjogren’s disease), hypoglycaemia, etc.

The Long-Term Health Risks of Oestrogen Dominance

The relationship between OD and weight gain is a very real concern, but there are others as well… Oestrogen also fuels cell growth, and unchecked cell growth, or proliferation, is a precursor for cancer. In women, elevated oestrogen levels have been linked to an increased risk for endometriosis and fibroids as well as breast and uterine hormone-dependant cancers. In men, oestrogen dominance has been linked to an increased risk of hormone-dependant prostate cancer.

How to try to avoid developing Oestrogen Dominance

Contamination by endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC’s ) is very widespread. They are found in our food, water, air and the skin ‘care’ we all use. Initially it was mainly thought that the main problem with EDC’s was that they mimicked oestrogen, however within the last five years other chemicals have been discovered that actually affect hormone signaling systems.... thyroid, progesterone, retinoids, glucocor ticoids, oestrogen blockers, androgen blockers and progesterone blockers. That is why it is so important to reduce your exposure to chemicals as much as you possibly can. Do not drink or eat out of plastic bottles/ containers. Avoid chemicalcontaining personal hygiene products and cleaning products. Try to avoid heavy metal contamination, and make sure that you eat a lot of natural fibre. A clean and healthy digestive system will help to avoid developing oestrogen dominance! Kasey Yates – Naturopath, graduated from the South Australian College of Natural Medicine in 2006 with Advanced Diplomas of Applied Science (Honours) in Naturopathy, Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition. I specialise in hormonal imbalances and weight loss, amongst other things. Kasey’s Naturopathic Clinic is situated inside Romeo’s Organic Wholefoods which is a large health food shop that supplies ‘alternative’, organic and ‘super’ foods. Romeo’s Organic Wholefoods North Adelaide Village 71-79 O’Connell St North Adelaide SA 5006 Ph: 8361 9150 Fx: 8361 9137 romeosorganics@internode.on.net

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AYURVEDIC medicine with HEATHER LORENZON Maharishi Ayur-Veda Health Educator and Consultant ®

Staying in Charge of your Health

If you don’t like hospitals and waiting in an ever increasing queue to see a doctor, then a careful consideration of the things you do every day can help you save money, the distress of not getting your health care needs met and the suffering that comes with chronic illness. Consider this: ultimately, everything we do and experience in life has an influence on our health: our mind, behaviour, lifestyle, the buildings and environment in which we live, the weather patterns, the planetary systems, etc., all produce influences about which we need to make decisions and to which our physiology must adapt. These days we seem to be living in an era of information overload and in my practice, I find many people feel overwhelmed with information about the do’s and don’ts of staying healthy. They just want something that will help, something that is easy to understand and easy to implement. Luckily the ancient knowledge found in the Vedic literature of India contains valuable insights and simple, easy techniques to help us stay healthy.

How does disease manifest?

The natural laws that govern the

structure and functioning of our mind and body are there to support us at every moment. According to Maharishi Ayur-Veda, staying in tune with these laws makes good health a natural and effortless process. When these laws are violated then suffering arises.

What is Ama?

Ama is the ayurvedic term for the by–products of improper digestion and poor metabolism. It is basically noxious toxic substances which result mainly from poorly digested food, environmental chemicals and disturbed or negative emotions. From the ayurvedic point of view it is the universal ingredient in the progression of any disease because it blocks the innumerable minute channels of the body through which nutrients, hormones, neuropeptides, immune system cells and wastes move. Modern medical science knows ama as excess cholesterol, free radicals, trans-fatty acids, uric acid and homocysteine, among others. How do we know if we have accumulated deposits of ama in our physiology? Poor digestion including feelings of sluggishness - especially after

meals –weight gain, feeling stressed, mood swings, constipation, headaches, loss of appetite, loose stools and gas are signs of accumulated ama. Other symptoms can include bad breath, fatigue, a coated tongue, body odour and joint pain. What creates ama? Poor dietary and lifestyle habits, chemical additives, and stress are endemic to the western culture. They are also a prescription for creating ama. Some simple ways to remove ama Maharishi Ayur-Veda has many methods and procedures to help us remove ama.

Physical ama

1. Drink boiled hot water frequentl oughout the da quentlyy thr throughout dayy. For best results, boil purified water for 10 minutes, allow to cool till it is comfortable to drink, and take a few sips every 30 minutes throughout the day. 2. Eat a warm cooked meal for lunch and a lighter vegetarian evening meal meal. Digestion and metabolism are strongest at noon. Therefore lunch should be the main meal of the day. 3. Avoid leftovers. There is an ayurvedic axiom which says; “Eat fresh food freshly prepared” (‘fresh’ does not mean freshly picked out of the freezer!).

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Mental Ama

Our best prescription to prevent the accumulation of mental and emotional ama is to stay rested and release stress on a daily basis. Meditation is ideal for this. The Transcendental Meditation ® technique has over 700 research studies verifying its efficacy in releasing deep rooted stresses and expanding our conscious potential. Modalities to enliven the inner intelligence of mind and body Unfortunately, over time, much of the original knowledge of the Vedic literature, par ticularly ayur vedic health care,, was lost - most regrettably, the direct experience and understanding of the intimate connection between consciousness, mind and body had been lost. Through the work of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the Transcendental Meditation® technique, and some of the most prominent ayurvedic physicians and scholars, the complete practice of ayurveda, including age-old traditional healing techniques designed to enliven the inner intelligence of the physiology, have been restored and are available in most countries today. The resulting revived and complete form of ayurveda is now known as Maharishi Ayur-Veda (MAV). Modalities include personal consultations providing pulse assessment and life-style advice, the Transcendental Meditation® technique, Vedic Vibration therapies , Light Therapy using gems, to create perfect health. “With this, the possibility has arisen for the individual to really enjoy balanced, healthy life in happiness - the goal of an affluent society.” Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Heather Lorenzon is Adelaide’s only Maharishi Ayur-Veda ® Health Educator and Consultant and has had 35 years experience in her field. She is trained in Nadi-Vignan, or Pulse diagnosis, and gives personal dietary and lifestyle consultations at the Maharishi Invincibility Centre Parkside, and at Hackham West. Heather is also a fully qualified teacher of the Transcendental Meditation ® technique and Practitioner of Maharishi Light Therapy with Gems™. “The joy of my work lies in seeing people make great progress in their lives. Using these wonderful modalities, people can rise to perfect health and speed up their personal evolution towards their full potential.” Heather Contact: heather.lorenzon@invincibleaustralia.org www.adelaidemeditation.com.au Ph: 0416 108 476 Wk: 08 8271 7777

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comfort that we all want. However, ensure you are not overheating and “cooking” your food in whichever appliance you choose – check the mechanical actions and temperature processes. • You will also want a grinder. Try to find one that doesn’t heat the grains as they are grinding – heating significantly reduces the available nutrients. Research your transition process, foods and appliances carefully. Wherever possible do a test of your raw food processes in the appliance to ensure you are satisfied with your results. Look for multifunction appliances to keep your kitchen bench clutter to a minimum and reduce your outlay. Ensure other members of the family can utilise them as well! Happy eating!

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BY SAFFRON SIMPSON What is considered “Raw” food? Food that has not been heated above 46°C is considered acceptable. This ensures we have nutrient rich, hydrated food filled with all the enzymes needed for the digestion of that food.

is recommended that you begin gradually, perhaps a green smoothie in the morning with a few leaves of delicate leafy greens such as baby spinach. Going all the way straight away might create a shock to your system, not just to your lifestyle!

Why eat “Raw”?

What will make it easier?

It is believed that as we age our gut enzymes decrease from overuse – they have been overworked digesting food that has diminished enzymes from overheating. Therefore, eating more raw will keep our gut healthy for much longer. Other benefits attributed to following a raw food diet include: weight loss, health, clearer skin, increased energy (many athletes eat a raw diet), and a heightened libido. Hippocrates said “let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Many turn to raw food as a way of combating ill health, however by increasing the levels of raw food in our diet we may help to prevent some common illnesses.

How can you increase your “Raw” intake?

You don’t have to eat just salads forever! There are an enormous range of foods that can be prepared to closely resemble an equivalent cooked food. A dehydrator (or a sunny day!) will allow you to make pizza bases, breads, cakes, flans and crackers. Fermenting grains and nuts gives you a dairy replacer. Products like tofu and miso are fermented, and add an excellent depth of flavour to many dishes. Finely chopped or carefully sliced vegetables can create “pasta” and sauces are simple and easy to make with raw foods. Sprouting grains and legumes is a satisfying activity that is cheap. It’s also an easy way to activate additional energy and make it available for digestion. Sprouting is also a wonderful way of introducing children to growing food! Green smoothies are fibrefilled juices that give us many of the nutrients which may be lost in a standard western diet. Green smoothies usually consist of a blend of fruit, water and green leafy veg (kale, beetroot leaves, spinach).

How do you make the change?

Firstly, it’s not something that you have to jump into straight away or move completely to. It

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• Firstly you will want to borrow or invest in some good books on eating raw. There is an amazing range of books, and most of them contain both theory and recipes to get you started. • You will want to be able to make your own juice. It’s fast food for the raw diet! Find a juicer that emulsifies the whole fruit (ie you don’t want to separate out liquid from the fibrous pulp). Fibre is good for you! Emulsifiers will also really assist when blending soups. Try to find one that is easy to clean, it’s much more inspiring! There are also emulsifiers out there that will allow you to add nuts and seeds to your smoothies. • When making soups, porridges and other warm raw dishes you will need something with very fine heat control. As you will want to heat many soups, porridges and sauces to body temperature. It’s amazing how a low temperature can still give you the

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280g raw cashews 250ml filtered water 1 spring onion ½ bunch coriander 1 clove garlic 1 tsp (or to taste) nama shoyu ¼ tsp sea salt Pinch cayenne pepper Pulverise cashews and water in a high speed food processor until smooth. Place mix into a glass jar. Cover with plastic wrap, secure with a rubber band. Cover with a towel, keep in a warm place overnight. Chop onion, coriander and garlic very fine. Mix all ingredients together. Serve as replacement for cheese (on crackers or bread), mayonnaise or use as a base for dips. Store refrigerated up to 3 days. Saffron is a busy mum with two children. She has found her passion in showing people how to take advantage of technology and prepare healthy, tasty meals whilst saving time and money with a Thermomix. She is also a Group Leader who assists other Thermomix demonstrators. Contact Thermomix on 1800 004 838 Disclaimer All information contained is of a general nature. Always consult a qualified health professional before making any unusual dietary decisions.

ANCIENT MAYAN HEALING

for Reproductive and Digestive Issues While travelling in Central America Fiona decided to search out a traditional healer. In a small village in the highlands of Belize, Fiona’s path crossed with Miss Beatrice Waight, who was a fifth generation traditional Mayan healer. Miss Beatice opened Fiona’s awareness to an ancient style of Mayan Abdominal Therapy as she studied under her guidance for 8 days in her home. After being soaked in the traditional teachings of Miss Beatrice, Fiona returned to Australia and continued her education in this ancient modality with the Arvigo Institute (based in USA) and became a practitioner in The Arvigo Techniques of Mayan Abdominal Therapy(ATMAT). ATMAT is the compilation of knowledge from Rosita Ar vigo, who has a sturdy reputation and over thirty years of experience in healing techniques, including the mayan abdominal therapy. The heart of this rare technique lies with rectifying female reproductive health and is a gentle non invasive external manipulation and massage process that repositions the internal organs, particularly the uterus, to promote optimum efficiency and vitality. It helps to realign a prolapsed, fallen or tilted uterus, caused by a number of factors such a significant fall, back injury, surgery or traumatic birth. It can also be due to emotional reasons, such as sexual abuse and trauma and the chronic effects of modern lifestyle. ATMAT also supports the digestive system. With strong links between poor digestive health and poor serotonin and dopamine production, which can lead to depression and anxiety disorders, it makes sense that the more efficient your digestive health, the better your mental health is. More than 90% of the body’s serotonin and nearly 50% of the body’s dopamine are created in the gut, and Mayan Abdominal therapy helps encourage blood flow to these digestive areas and stimulates health for neurological, psychological and immunological functioning. This unique therapy is used to treat a wide variety of symptoms

pertaining to menstruation, ovulation, endometriosis, fibroids, bladder problems, chronic miscarriages, conception/infertility problems, painful intercourse and constipation, gastritis and irritable bowel syndrome. It’s also effective in treating headaches/migraines, low energy levels, painful, number or weak legs, varicose veins, feet and lower back pain. “People seeking treatment come to me with a range of reproductive and digestive issues and pain, and rarely have a treatment plan from Western medicine that works for them. This technique helps address issues that modern medicine has limited options for. My clients have noticed big improvements in their symptoms in as little as one or two sessions. Using this technique, toxins are flushed from their system, hormone levels are balanced out and homeostasis is restored. It’s exciting to witness my clients’ inner equilibrium return and their symptoms decrease. It isn’t just limited to physical congestion but works on releasing emotional blockages and debris as well. I am incredibly passionate about reconnecting women with their reproductive systems. A lot of females are lacking basic knowledge about our own bodies and cycles. It’s vital we know what is happening with our bodies in an effort to maximize our health. It’s really easy to see why traditional Mayan healers believe that ‘f a woman’s uterus is out of balance, then so is she’”, states Fiona. With a focus on women’s health and renewing inner balance, Fiona House is a knowledgeable, caring practitioner that provides a myriad of alternative therapies and services via her two practices in Kensington Park and Aldgate. For more information please visit www.fionahouse.com.au or phone 0416 473 163.

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TOOLS FOR HEALTHY LIVING Okoball Okoball is a new and versatile environmentally-friendly scientific innovation that acts in a natural way, improving our health and well-being. The Okoball maintains the PH spectrum of water at the same level of ordinary chemical detergents by utilizing negative ions which weakens the dirty surfaces and fabric adhesion so dirt can be removed easily from clothing. Okoball will help you to eliminate the use/ quantity of detergent used during the process of washing; Decrease water consumption during the washing process; Protects the skin against chemical waste in laundry; Eliminates micro-organisms in the washing machine; Save money by spending less on laundry detergent. For details visit www.yes2green.com/retail

The Health Arts College More and more Australians are turning to alternative health therapies as a means to seek a holistic approach to their health and overall well-being. The diversity of this sector is immense with branches in as many specialties and interests as you can imagine. Australians spend millions of dollars each year on seeking assistance in the complementary health industry, highlighting the enormity of this area and its ever growing appeal. The opportunity for making a living in this industry became real and available, especially when facilitated by learning institutions that specialise in nurturing and developing practitioners in this field. If you (or someone you know) are interested in finding complementary medicine and complementary medicine schools, let career training within fast-growing industries like massage therapy, kinesiology, aromatherapy, reflexology,and others get you started! Explore the opportunity for learning in a vocation that appeals to you and embrace the prospects in complimentary health. For more information on beginning YOUR dream contact The Health Arts Collegevia email on study@thacollege.edu.au, research all your choices at www.thacollege.edu.au or you may call to speak with YOUR personal course adviser on 1300 658 326.

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Australerba TRIM TEA An integrally prepared herb tea which rids the body of waste and promotes elimination. It is prepared from Senna Pods, Burdock Root, Fennel, Chapparel, Yellow Dock, Uva Ursi, Dandelion, Centella Asiatica, Elder Flowers, Juniper Berries, Cloves and Cardamom. Useful during periods of cleansing the system from waste. The following varieties are also available from Australerba :• ANTI STRESS (For your relaxation) A soothing and delicately perfumed blend reducing tension, integrally prepared from Chamomile, Peppermint, Lemon Verbena, Balm, Lavender, Orange and Bergamot Extracts. Wonderful if you feel tense, helps you to learn to relax. • NIGHT CAP (For Better Sleep)An integral preparation from Passionflower, Chamomile, Lavender, Lemongrass and spices. Recommended as a bedtime tea for a good night’s sleep. • PICK-ME-UP (For Temporary Relief of Tiredness) A vigorous herb tea from Peppermint, Rosemary, Summer Savory, Ginger and Pepper. You can take it as a herb tea, in a glass of sweet wine as an aperitif or even as a refreshing cold drink. • DIGESTIVE pleasant blend for after-meal teas, integrally prepared from Small Centaury, Coriander, Ginger, Cardamom, Mugwort, Turmeric, Cinnamon, Peppermint, Rosemary and Pepper. Contact Australerba, 27 Bligh St Ridleyton SA 5008. Ph 83460631

Thermomix – the world’s smallest smartest kitchen It can do the work of more than 10 other kitchen appliances - with just one blade and bowl! You can set the timer and cook, steam, mince, grate, mix, blend, crush, chop or knead. You can use the inbuilt scales for precise measuring of ingredients. All these functions save you time in the kitchen, giving you healthier, tastier food with less additives. You also consume less packaging, water and energy while saving money. For more information contact 1800 004 838 or www.thermomix.com.au

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Have you got your Zenki? Water is the life blood of all things on Earth, including us - we are comprised of more than two thirds water. Water is a life force and it brings energy to our lives. To take care of our bodies it is important to ensure the water we drink is as pure as possible. Fiona Falzon – founder of Zenki drink bottles, had a vision to create a safer way to drink water. “I was surprised to learn just how toxic drinking from plastic and aluminium bottles can be. I had no idea of the potential health risks I was exposing my children to. I wanted to find a way to not only provide a high quality, safe drinking bottle, but also increase well-being through the use of healing art.” So Zenki was born – with bottles made from only the good stuff: 100% certified food grade stainless steel 304 (a thicker and higher grade material than many other

cheaper stainless steel bottles on the market) plus BPA and Phthalate free. Unlike plastic (PET) bottles, Zenki bottles don’t leach those nasty chemicals that may cause a number of health risks and complications, including limiting your capacity to channel and access the energy around you. The Zenki “Hi-Vibes” range has been lovingly created with the energising power of words and symbols in mind. Whether you are energetically aware, or just love the designs these bottles will give you a real lift wherever you go! They also work very well as part of any energy work you do on yourself or others by amplifying and providing pre and post energetic support. Users all over Australia are discovering the power of Zenki’s “HiVibes” range, including Dean who discovered Zenki at the recent White Light expo:

“I bought some of your Sri Yantra bottles at the White Light expo and am overwhelmed by the energy I now have. It’s boundless!! Thank you, thank you, and thank you. More people like you can only be better for the planet. Love and Joy to you all!!” - Dean “Sri Yantra” is one of Zenki’s most popular designs in the “HiVibes” range. The Sri Yantra is the most powerful of all the yantras. It is the yantra of creation and is used to change all aspects of one’s life for the better: Sri meaning “wealth, light, wisdom and for tune” and Yantra meaning “instrument”, Sri Yantra removes negative energy. Taking inspiration from Dr Emoto’s work on the way words can impact the molecular structure of water, the popular “Good Vibes” bottle is covered in an inspiring range of positive words. Sending out positive vibes can help you bring peace, harmony, clarity, and tranquillity to your life. Saving our environment, personal health, and energetic growth are impor tant to us all. When you purchase a Zenki re-usable stainless steel bottle, you can feel confident that from your first sip to the last, you are getting nothing but what you put into your bottle and taking a step towards reducing your impact on our environment. Taste and feel the difference! For more information and to check out the full range of Zenki bottles visit our website www.zenki.com.au

Eden Healthfoods

GOLDEN RULES OF HEALTH #1 – Feed super nutrition to every cell in your body every day. By Steven Prahin, naturopath and master herbalist Modern life can beat you up. Most people today live on a diet of overprocessed and too much overcooked food. Not to mention coffee, sugar, chocolate, junk food, prescription drugs and alcohol. Our environment is more toxic, has more chemical pollutants in it and less oxygen than ever before. There are 4000 new chemicals here this year that were not here last year. Most of us suffer from lack of exercise, lack of sleep and unheard of levels of stress. This constant bombardment we call “modern living” devours nutrients quicker than anyone can put them in. Everyone in the Western world is nutritionally depleted. A lack of nutrition in your blood can cause everything from low energy and a weak immune system to virtually any disease. Your speed and ability to recover are greatly reduced when you are nutritionally depleted. Nutrition is what builds every cell, every organ, every metabolic chemical in your body. Nutrition is what builds your body, it is what you are made of. Ever heard the saying “you are what you eat”? Having a rich supply of nutrition in your blood gives you more energy, vitality, strength, protects you from disease and illness and if you get sick, speeds up your recovery dramatically. It is not how much you take but how much you assimilate. Even in perfect health, it is difficult to digest and assimilate isolated vitamin and mineral tablets. But if you are sick, it is even harder. So if you are sick, stop throwing your money down the toilet where the isolated vitamins and minerals are going and start giving your body something that it can recognise – wholefood nutrition. What really counts is not how many milligrams of this or that nutrient you can take but how much of what you are taking is actually ending up in your bloodstream and getting to the organs that need it. Eden

SuperFood uses numerous singlecelled microplants. What this means is that your body can recognise it very quickly and assimilate it in minutes right into your blood where you need it. God through nature has blessed us with certain foods and herbs that are so nutritionally potent, concentrated and complete that they have come to be known as superfoods. This perfectly balanced blend of superfoods will supply you with a wide range of natural food source vitamins, minerals, amino acids and essential trace nutrients. Talk about a natural blood builder. When you use any other herbs, they tell your body to do and create something, like the way proper Echinacea tells your body to build more immune cells and immune chemicals. But Echinacea cannot build T-cells from thin air, pizza and beer. It needs your help, it needs nutrition. So when your blood is rich with nutrition, all of the other herbs you may be using do their job better, faster and more completely. All the natural healing programs you are doing using up your valuable time will work instead of you just wasting your time. This is because instead of nutritionally depleted weak blood, you now have high octane nutrient rich fuel. Getting that extra nutritional blast from these superfoods can be the missing link you have been searching for in your natural health program. Almost all vitamin/mineral supplements are man-made using horrible substances that they cooked up in a laboratory. I do not trust man-made, highly processed nutrition created in laboratories and neither should you! Man-made nutrition is full of holes, incomplete. Don’t risk your health on it. Eden SuperFood is made by God from natural foods. We just mix it together. Nature is very complex, complete and was designed and created by God. Plants contain every vitamin, mineral and nutrient known to man, some of which won’t ever be discov-

ered, understood or even realised. I trust God-made nutrition because it is complete nutrition. Eden SuperFood is the perfection of nature versus the folly of man (Psalm 104:14). So if you are like me and felt ripped off when the toxic vitamin and mineral rocks didn’t get you well, then I invite you to try Eden SuperFood today. The real bottom line will be when you see how you feel after you use it. If your experience is anything like the thousands of calls, emails and letters we get, it will be life changing. We literally get hundreds of testimonials from customers who have life changing healing experiences from taking Eden SuperFood. Without a doubt it wins the People’s Choice awards and is our number 1 selling product by far for good reason. More energy, weight loss, clearer mind, stronger hair, better nails, better moods are just some of the comments we get when people star t taking Eden SuperFood. Do yourself a favour and change your life today! Contact Eden Healthfoods on 02 6587 6100 or visit www.edenhealthfoods.com.au Steven is a naturopath and master herbalist from Dr Christopher’s University of Natural Healing in the USA. To contact Steven please visit www.edenhealthfoods.com.au

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BY CHERYL RICHARDSON Cheryl Richardson is the author of The New York Times bestselling books, Take Time for Your Life, Life Makeovers, Stand Up for Your Life, The Unmistakable Touch of Grace and her new book The Art of Extreme Self Care. Last night, while having a small dinner party, I listened in on a conversation between my dear friends, Nancy and Max, as they discussed the joys of living alone. Max has lived by herself for over twenty years and when Nancy asked how it felt to be alone for so long, Max replied, “I’m not alone, I’m in a relationship with myself.” As Nancy and I smiled at her answer, Max added, “some people see the word alone as meaning ‘all by myself,’ but I see it differently. To me, the word alone means, ‘all one.’ I’m in a relationship with myself and all that exists in the Universe.”

What a beautiful perspective. If more of us remembered that we are, first and foremost, in a relationship with ourselves, we’d make it a priority to practice better self-care. We’d engage in those simple, meaningful activities that create memorable moments – the kind of moments that leave us wondering “why don’t I do this more often.” This week, stop wondering and start doing. Here are a few ideas to get you started… • Take yourself out on a fun date – go to a movie on your own, enjoy a spontaneous afternoon foot massage, or go to a driving range and hit

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State and National Champion Triathlete, Cyclist and Canoeist a bucket of balls. • Give yourself a treat like using linen spray or essential oils on your sheets before going to bed. • Go have a cup of coffee or a glass of wine with a good book or your journal instead of with a friend or your computer or phone. • Take a walk or go for a run in a place you’ve never been before. • Lie at the beach or on the grass and simply listen to the waves, the wind in the trees, or watch the clouds float by in the sky. Create a few moments for yourself this week!

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Spring into Focus Spring is the most natural time to shed the excesses and begin a-new. We naturally hibernate over winter. Snuggle into a warm doona, sleep in, eat comfort food, fatten up and hide the excess body layers under yet more layers of thick winter clothing. The animals do it for protection from the cold. It Mother Nature’s way of ensuring we have protection from the elements, she helps us out by urging us to eat and store fuel, building our body’s natural insulation against the elements. However, Mother Nature hasn’t exactly caught up with modern times, she doesn’t realise that we have myriad comforts and conveniences safety, security, warmth, large fridges and chocolate. We no longer need to fatten-up in order to survive the long, cold, extremes of winter. So don’t bother beating yourself up if you too have slept in, over indulged, under exercised or put one too many kilos on this winter! Spring is Mother Nature’s time of renewal and rebirth – she’s on your side now, so use this natural cycle to your advantage. So where do you begin? Well, beginning from exactly where you are is the best (and only place) to start. Ac-

cept where you are and move forward from there.

First Step: Awareness, Goal Setting & Patience

The first step is knowing where you are, the second is establishing where you want to be. If you are 76kgs and want to be 70kgs, you have set your goal. Now to timeframe your goal. Weightloss of 0.5-1kg per week is achievable and sustainable with discipline and consistent effort. More rapid weightloss will likely rebound and work against you. Set a conservative target, move toward it patiently. Every client I work with wants to rush this process. How long did it take you to put the excess weight on…it was most likely a consistent, “disciplined” and slow process…highly effective! So we will employ the same strategy to help you move toward your positive personal goal! With perseverance and patience all things are possible.

Second Step: Daily Exercise

WARNING: Exercise will make you feel amazing! There is much to be said for a commitment to 60 minutes of exercise daily. Research shows that exer-

cise burns calories, releases tension, boosts immunity, increases bone density, improves cardiovascular health, assists with managing depression and mental illness, tones the body (think of that bikini or your favourite jeans) and gives you a natural high (endorphins)…there are 2 key words: commitment and daily! If you want health for life, not just for summer, then committing to daily exercise is the key. Everyone has 24hrs available to them every day of every week! Having a plan is critical to achieving and enjoying work-lifeplay balance. Most adults can find an hour in the mornings somewhere between 5 and 7am – generally this is a time when the kids and the rest of your worldly commitments are still slumbering…it’s the time that noone else seems to want from you…bingo…there is your 60 minutes/day! If you know that you lack motivation then commit to a trainer or reliable friend…and choose an activity that you love – Crossfit and Running are my favourites – write a list of all the physical activities that inspire you, then google your choices until you find a suitable match for your requirements. Commitment. Daily.

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for expansion. Which one of you is going to be the most enlightened “at that moment”. If one of you can let go into vulnerability, surrender (to the feelings you are feeling), union and harmony you can move toward and break the cycle. To do this one needs willingness and tools including agreements for being together. Do you have one that says: When one of us is in upset, this is how we will deal with it? Chances are you don’t. However, chances are you need one! When one of you goes into upset, it has a domino effect. So then we don’t have two adults speaking adult-speak, we have one or two 3-5 year olds having a temper tantrum and if you have ever attempted to reason with a toddler, it is not a simple task!

Some “rules” for dealing with upset.

Some could include things that fit these criteria. 1. We will do personal development work on ourselves every day. 2. Being in this relationship is a choice and it needs to be worked on daily. 3. This relationship is an opportunity to grow so what do I need to learn? 4. Communication skills need to be learned and applied whenever necessary. 5. Negotiation is required. 6. We will be challenged by change so how are we going to manoevre them. 7. What is my par tners preferred love language (5 Love Languages) and am I filling their love tank or my own. When your partner is upset, imagine they are your love bank-vault and make a deposit. Always acknowledge their perception of reality (even if it is not yours). Communicate what you truly appreciate about them. Accept that they are doing the best they can and they are hurting too. Learn to adjust is another good key. When the passion is high in the beginning, it will wane when children come along and the mother’s energy goes into nur turing. When the kids need you for suppor t, you are not as available either. Relationships have cycles - look to find the best in each cycle. Spring and summer can come back round if you have nurtured each other enough in the autumn and winter! “Lovers are not the source of each other’s love, they are assisting each other to access the love that is the Source” – a beautiful saying which if we all understood it we could move toward peace in our relationship and peace in our world. Diane McCann facilitates The Goddess Within seminar for women and together with her husband Robert, facilitates Man’s Inner Journey for men and Tantra for couples. (www.beyondtheordinary.net.au) They can be reached via email on beyondtheordinary@internode.on.net or by phone on 08 8248 1281

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SINGLE in the suburbs with JANE DONOVAN

Are men intimidated by your career? You have it all going on! The successful career, the gym toned body, the money to dress to impress and the experience to turn on the confidence. And yet you are single and don’t know why. Your nights are spent with well meaning friends telling you all the good ones are taken. That he would have called but probably lost your number or that you are too good for him so forget having met him. The truth is, you are not what he wants. He is the alpha male who enjoys a challenging and exciting career, the cash flow to indulge in fun pastimes and the charisma to attract almost any women. You know you’re his equal and yet he isn’t flirting with you at the bar or knocking on your doorstep. So what’s going wrong? Most alpha men are attracted to beta energy women. These are the women who are warm, engaging, soft, gentle, kind, nurturing, loving, giving, sincere, loyal, and supportive and ultimately they can be a soft place for an alpha man to land at the end of his day. The alpha male will enjoy your intelligence and welcome intellectual banter however he will not be interested in having a competition with you. Now before you talented, successful, beautiful career women tell me you don’t want to dumb it down and this isn’t the 1950’s, I’m not ask-

ing you to dumb it down. What I am about to suggest may not be politically correct, it is however socially correct. All humans carry both alpha and beta energy. We carry it in different quantities at different times. The clever single girl will understand this and know exactly when to turn the alpha off and the beta on. Alpha energy being the masculine energy is the power to create and control things. Alpha energy is often the work or career energy. For single mums it is the energy used to control home life, something that is crucial to raising a family as a single person. It is the social organiser energy for family and friends and is the wonderful energy you know how to use to be successful in many of the areas of your life. It is not the energy to use however when it comes to romance and attracting that gorgeous single man into your life. Beta energy is the attraction energy that draws men to women like bees to the honey pot. Turning this energy on and being aware of it is simple once you understand how. Alpha career girls need to give themselves time to transition from Alpha to Beta energy. Allow around 30 minutes to release one energy and bring in the other. Take the time at the end of the working day to go for a walk, take a bath, put on feminine clothing

(sexy underwear works well), window shopping, watching the sunset, burn essential oils, play gentle music, read a pleasurable book, walk slower, talk slower, listen to your breathing. And as you do this you will notice your energy change. Your focus will shift to the beta energy of loving, happiness, peace, calmness. This can easily now move into a gentle flirtation energy and gives you the goddess feminine allure so many alpha men desire in a partner. This beautiful heartfelt energy is also the energy of connection. It is the energy that will help you to build a healthy long term lasting and rewarding relationship. This is the same energy that makes each person feel safe when spending time with another which enables the relationship to grow deeper and be more heartfelt. Be brave, try this feminine energy and see how differently you feel. You just may experience a huge sigh of relief at the ease and pleasantness of socialising this way. And as you gain the validation of how this is working for you, you will start to attract a different dating experience. One that has “you” attracting men, like bees to a honey pot. Now you are ready to go out and socialise understanding that perhaps this is the way Mother Nature intended it to be. Jane is a partner in Adelaide’s leading social club, Social 8 for business and professional single people aged 30 to 65. She coordinates dinners and events every week and is a respected singles coach. Jane’s teachings can be followed on facebook at www.facebook.com/janesloveshack or twitter www.twitter.com/ janedonovan or contact Jane on 08 8362 6800 or www.social8.com.au

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BY MICHELLE STANTON Do you remember what it was like when you first fell in love with your intimate partner? Would you like to re-capture that

magical feeling of love and beauty... and continue feeling that way for the rest of your lives together? Most people believe that you put

on rose coloured glasses when you first fall in love and then they come off when reality sets in. What actually happens is that judg ement is aabsent bsent when you first judgement fall in love with someone and perception lenses have not as yet had a chance to distort your view of your intimate partner. When you fir st fall in love and throughout the honeymoon period, you love your intimate partner unconditionally. Regardless of what they do or don’t do, can or can’t do, say or don’t say you still love them. In fact, in your mind, they can do NO wrong. Unfor tunately, after being together for a while, it seems like they can hardly do or say anything right! When the old habit of judgement kicks in, they look downright ugly... and you might start to wonder how on earth you landed up with this person – surely you could have done better, you think. And as disappointment after disappointment sets in, the thought of separation starts to look more and more attractive. But you may also have discovered w er does not lie in that the ans answ c hanging par tner partner tnerss . The names and faces may change but you are still disappointed! Is it any wonder that 1 out of 2 first marriages and 2 out of

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3 second marriages end up in divorce in Australia? The secret to a happy, life-long intimate relationship lies in knowing how to love someone unconditionally for a lifetime. Lo ou gi Lovve is not something yyou givve to someone or rrecei ecei om someone eceivve frfrom someone. Love is within and is always present but you will not be able to feel it when your mind is not at peace. Let me illustrate. My husband and I are sitting on the couch watching TV. I’m feeling peaceful and happy, and when I turn to look at my husband, he looks gorgeous. It feels as if I love him and he loves me. Then a thought occurs to me, “He (my husband) should have taken the garbage out and he didn’t. It is the 3rd time this month he has forgotten. In fact he has also forgotten to clean the bathroom after he promised that he would!” As I believe these thoughts, I no longer feel peaceful or happy. Instead, I feel frustrated, annoyed and angry, and when I turn to look at my husband, he looks ugly and I can’t feel the love any more, for him or from him. In the next moment, I realise that I am resisting reality and the moment I am able to accept what has hap-

pened in the past, realising that no human being can actually control the moment of forgetting something, I let go of judgement and immediately feel peaceful and happy once again. I turn to look at my husband and he looks gorgeous once more. It feels as if I love him and he loves me. So what did the poor man have to do with me feeling love and loved? Nothing! He was just innocently sitting there and in the space of a minute, I love him, then I hate him and then I love him again. When you can see that the love you feel has everything to do with what’s going on in your own head, instead of anything that he has or has wer within not done, you ha havve the po pow to al ways ffeel eel lo alw lovve & lo lovved. If you want to love your intimate par tner for a lifetime, you need to love them unconditionally. And to love someone without conditions you need to prioritise love over any rigid rules in the moment, so that you can completely let go of judgement and experience peace, love and joy NOW – not sometime in the distant future. It does not matter whether your relationship is heading for the rocks or just in a rut right now. The good news is that the power is within you to see your partner transform into the

person you first fell in love with and your relationship transform into unconditional love for life… if this is what you truly want. I am forever grateful to have discovered the secret, seven years ago, to unconditionally loving my husband. We have always had a great relationship others aspired to, but the miracle of love and happiness we have experienced in the past 7 years far surpasses anything we have ever experienced in the previous 21 years of marriage. To lo our par tner unconditionlovve yyour partner all ou can lear allyy is a skill yyou learnn. It is not a matter of chance or luck. The decision is yours to make. The power is in your hands! Michelle Stanton (08) 8356 4160 Author of “Attract your ideal partner in peace – The Zen Approach” and “The Timeless World – Debunk Your Fears and Discover Heaven on Earth.”. To magically transform your intimate relationship attend our Couples “Unconditional Love” Retreat on 1820 November at Shara Sanctuary, MacLaren Flat. www.zonehigh.com/ events

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BY TONY EELBECK Spiritual Hypnotherapy icentres upon the perception that you are a spiritual person having a human experience and is one of the most effective methods for change available in the world today. We are all born with amazing potential but are often held back by stifling blocks and negative belief systems. Think about something that you really want to change about your life: ellbeing enhance yyour our health and wwellbeing ellbeing,, come a ffear ear bit or de-str ess ear,, ha habit de-stress ess,, oovver ercome phobia, lear our self learnn to lo lovve yyour ourself self,, quit smoking eight, boost yyour our smoking,, lose wweight, conf idence or mconfidence idence,, eevv en spor ts perf perfor ormance. Imagine being free to be who you were destined to be. Whatever your dreams, a few Spiritual Hypnotherapy sessions might be all you

need to make the lasting changes that your soul desires. Spiritual Hypnother Hypnotheraa py applies the powerful tool of Hypnosis to access the subconscious mind which is often referred to as the “Seat of the Soul.” The effectiveness of Hypnosis is supported by over 3000 reputable research papers and clinical trials, and involves changing or reprogramming belief systems at the subconscious level, enabling deep and lasting changes. In many cases, the practitioner also receives additional intuitive guidance from spirit which

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For example, a client in her early 20’s was consumed by negative thoughts about the past and seemed to be stuck there. She complained about not sleeping well because her racing mind kept her awake all night. After the first session, she said she felt much lighter, relaxed and less stressed. She also remarked said that she felt as though something had changed but she wasn’t sure what. She returned for another session and again felt very relaxed and flowing along with life. But she stated that she still didn’t feel very different. When asked about the negative thoughts that kept her awake at night, she replied: “Well … my mind keeps searching for those thoughts but I can’t seem to find them anymore … and I have started to sleep through the night.” On the other hand, changes can be incredibly obvious and rapidly life changing. A client in her mid fifties suffered from ongoing acute stress. After just one Spiritual Hypnotherapy session, she was able to face the world again and also found her long lost sense of humour. The things that used to bother her were no longer an issue. Her husband was amazed at the transformation. Some of the most effective healing practitioners in the world today are

spiritual mediums. Pick up any book about a genuine medium, and you will see a familiar pattern emerge about their challenging life paths that are so often pitted with more tragedy, trials and tribulations than most. In a survey of psychotherapy literature by Alfred A. Barrios, Ph.D. the following recovery rates were revealed: Hypnotherapy: 93% recovery rate after 6 sessions; Pyschoanalysis: 38% recovery after 600 sessions; Behaviour therapy: 72% recovery after 22 sessions. Traditional mind therapies work with the logical, conscious mind which is resistant and slow to change. This is why people can be “in therapy” for years and never fully resolve their issues. The suggestible subconscious mind, however, absorbs new ideas and behaviours more easily, which is why change occurs so quickly in Hypnosis. Little wonder that increasing numbers of individuals are turning to Hypnosis after failing with other traditional methods. Esteemed Hypnosis pioneer, the late Gil Boyne, aptly summed up Hypnotherapy as: “the beginning of an experience that can generate results that seem magical because of its brevity and conciseness. It is the ‘people’s choice’ because it is free of

psychological and psychiatric jargon and their labels.” Spiritual Hypnotherapy is not religious. Religion is a man-made institution bound by rules and regulations. Spirituality is pure, boundless energy - a personal, inner journey that leads us to the discovery of the essence of our being. In ancient civilizations, Spiritual Hypnotherapy was commonly used for healing purposes. The earliest documented use of Hypnotherapy dates back 3000 years to the Evers Papyrus of ancient Egypt. It describes how Egyptian hypnotists used procedures that are uncannily similar to those used by modern day Spiritual Hypnotherapists. Tony Eelbeck is a gifted Spiritual Hypnotherapist and English Intuitive Medium with 22 years experience. He has studied with the Australian Academy of Hypnosis, Oxford School of Hypnosis and Arthur Findlay College (UK). Tony specialises in the unique healing modality of Spiritual Hypnother Hypnotheraa p y. Contact: (M) 0402 875 890 or visit www.inspirationaltherapies.biz..

EFT Tapping – A Cure for Clutter By Annie O’Grady Do you live in clutter and laugh about it? Lots of busy people do. Sooner or later they make time to clear up the mess. But Marilyn couldn’t do that. Over a year or two the clutter in her house got worse and worse. When she realised she had to pick her way among piles of papers even in her passageway, she finally faced her growing concern and shame. Although she was a busy professional, Marilyn didn’t know why she seemed incapable of clearing up even one room. This problem had mysteriously escalated into overwhelm, and she felt paralysed. She was fearfully aware of the packrat syndrome, old people lying ill in houses packed with ceilinghigh piles of newspapers and junk, so that rescuers have to fight their way in. When she came to me (I’m an EFT coach and mentor) we looked for the cause of her problem. Marilyn was amazed at where this took us. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a self-help energy health

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method that reduces or eliminates problems through balancing the body’s meridian energy system, which becomes disrupted under stress. EFT tapping simply requires us to tap on key meridian points on the body, and say a few specific words, to release stresses quickly. As tappers keep proving around the world, the result is that problems often melt away. Was Marilyn’s difficulty simply a lack of willpower? Or a hangover from teenage rebellion? No. EFT Master Lindsay Kenny says , “Clutter is often triggered by an event or a series of events that left the victim feeling traumatised, fearful and powerless. Hanging on to things gives some people a sense of commanding or controlling at least a portion of their lives.” So we began to use EFT tapping to heal a series of traumas in her life, stretching back to her early twenties. The gentle, fast EFT system did not distress her. At first glance these events had nothing to do with clutter.

But Marilyn started to feel brighter immediately. EFT leads in the new field of energy medicine. It is endorsed by such experts as Dr. Deepak Chopra and scientist Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of “The Biology of Belief”. Major U.S. scientific studies are now testing for EFT’s possible official adoption to treat war veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Many veterans are on record as recovering from PTSD after private EFT treatment. Over a few EFT sessions Marilyn’s lost energy and optimism returned. To her surprise, she enjoyed tackling the clutter in one room, then others. Now she’s not only clutter-free, she has a new self-help tool for anxiety, and feels ten years younger. Annie O’Grady is an EFT coach and mentor who works in person in Adelaide, or by phone or Skype. Tel.: 8537 0447. Email: annie@EFTemotionalhealing.com W e b s i t e : www.EFTemotionalhealing.com

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BY STEVEN PRAHIN Like I always say, “everything is a conspiracy.” So you may ask me, “what do you mean? everything is a conspiracy?” Well, whatever is being promoted in the media “propaganda machine” you have to always ask, what is being said? What are they really trying to promote? Is there a hidden agenda? There is an esoteric and exoteric meaning to everything that comes out today. These two words simply mean that for everything that is presented, there is a dual meaning. One for the inner circle (people in secret societies, jesuits etc) and one for the outer circle (common people that they wish to deceive). For example, Alber t Mackie, 33 degree freemason, writes in what is considered the bible of freemasonry, Morals and Dogma, that for the human masses, we give them Roman Catholicism which is just pagan worship with a Christian veneer. Just to give the outsiders, the human herds, the cattle, the catechumen, the goyim, something to do with their time. But hidden in the symbology is the real meaning or hidden meaning behind Roman Catholicism which is Luciferianism. The insiders know this and believe Lucifer is the lightbringer while the rest (outsiders) worship him without even knowing it. Something that is being promoted globally to the masses and has been building for some time is “global warming”. But not everyone knows the history and what the real meaning is behind what is being promoted. Many years back, before the new world order media industry even existed, a documentary came out called Secrets of Ironhorse Mountain. It detailed how in the early sixties the US government along with the globalist elite aka Jesuits gathered all the leading people they could find from various fields like engineers, scientists, military etc to see how they could muster all the people behind a common goal. The same way they use wartime to get the people to rally behind their nation. As the Jesuits’ globocop, the United States and NATO have stationed themselves just about everywhere on the planet with military bases. They foresaw there would be little chance of any nation rising up against their dominating power. This super intelligent group of people came up with the idea to make the environment an issue. They said that at first, they would have to get the people to increase the amount of pollution and get industrialization going full steam ahead. In the sixties, cars with bigger and bigger engines came out and large scale industries star ted to pollute like never before. The petrochemical industry created everything we touch and use on a daily basis, most notably plastic. The people indulged in consumerism as we became a throwaway society. Once they got it to a level they could work with, they would then star t to get the people concerned with the enviroment and thre state of the planet. They would get the people to star t thinking they could save the planet and start up different movements like political movements, the greens etc. They would get the masses to start recycling and separating their glass, paper and rubbish. They would get us to change the light globes in the house and get us concerned with efficiency and power-saving alterna-

tives. They would start to bring out fuel-efficient cars and force people into little cars by increasing the price for fossil fuels. You may have thought this is the good in humanity. Getting together for a common cause. Globally moving together as one in something that should concern us all. Just to set the record straight, there are many aspects to this movement that I agree with and any normal person should agree that it is a good thing that we have cars that pollute less, that we recycle more and consume less, that we stop cutting down trees and plant new ones. I’m all for that. But what you have to understand is that the globalist elite don’t have the good of the planet at heart. They are not concerned with your welfare or that of future generations. For the most part, if there is such a thing as global warming, they create it with their chemtrails and HAARP technology. For example, there are water-powered cars that run on hydrogen amongst other methods. If the engineers and inventors of free energy devices ever try to bring out their technology into the main stream, they are either bought out by new world order companies and the patent for their technology is put on a shelf or if the innovators persist to make their technology widely available, they will be executed. The high priest of global warming, Al Gore said that if we don’t do something soon, we would all perish, but his home consumes twenty times the energy of an average americal home. The globalist elite want to create a worldwide depression and they are using climate change as one of the tools to cripple nations. Many large business owners already believe the coming carbon tax is having a real impact on the Australian economy. Foreign investment in many companies in Australia has been at a 15 year low. But recently foreign investors are being frightened away by the political climate and the constant change of mind of government, especially around carbon. Rob Sindl from CSR said that the carbon tax achieves little or nothing. It is not high enough to quickly change power stations from coal and says 15% of his total cost as Australia’s largest building supplies company (Monier tiles, Pilkington glass) is electricity. He says he does not need a higher electricity price (carbon tax) to convince him to save electricity. If he could innovate - and the government seems to think this will be the result of the carbon tax - he would have done so already. His grave fear (as for most manufacturers) is not that the carbon tax will kill his local manufacturing tomorrow. Rather, he knows he will have to compete against impor ts from countries that may burn Australian coal with no carbon tax and other advantages including the high Australian dollar, cheap labour and heavily government-subsidised operations. In the future, carbon tax or not, Australians will consume mor bricks, tiles and glass. The question is whether they will be made here or off shore where carbon dioxide will also be emitted. Charlie Aitken, MD of investment firm Bell Potter

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says the carbon tax or a disguised resources tax will simply increase the cost of our commodities exports. This effectively undermines our global competitive advantage. But more par ticularly, our export of low cost fossil fuels which remain in high demand by developing countries. In simple terms, the government is favouring competing resource exporters in countries with no carbon tax and penalizing Australia as a carbon economy. As a result, the carbon tax is exporting our commodity revenues, jobs and emissions off shore. (Money magazine, August 2011). Eventually the carbon tax will reach into every aspect of every person’s life on the planet. You may believe you are getting a rebate on your solar hot water or solar system and even rain water tank, but you are going into a database and the goverment will require you to put a meter on your rain water tank, even a meter on the water you pump out of your dam (that is what is already happening). You won’t be able to burn firewood without being branded a criminal. The Pope recently said that those who are not interested in saving the planet are going to hell. It has become more than a crime, but a moral issue. Steven runs seminars and speaks on many topics, mainly on his research on health and investigating world events in relation to the New World Order.

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EVOLUTIONARY ENLIGHTENMENT By Andrew Cohen This groundbreaking book goes beyond the realm of traditional enlightenment, that place of pure being where all evolution stops, where there’s nowhere left to go … taking the reader into an in- depth exploration of what Andrew sees as our next step, both individually and collectively, to honour and follow what he calls our “evolutionary impulse” into the future. For Andrew, it was never enough to simply settle into a permanent enlightened perspective, to simply “be” in Beingness. His passionate exploration of the true meaning and ultimate purpose of Enlightenment led him to the realisation that there is always more … that after Being, there is our Becoming, our purpose in the world once the enlightened perspective has been attained. Andrew has never been afraid to ask the big questions or challenge the accepted per spective on all things spiritual, and in this book he does exactly that but, he also explains the stages that lead up to enlightenment – the traditional process of awakening into Being – and then offers the next stages of moving into Becoming , awakening to our responsibility to not only recognise exactly how the evolutionary impulse works in our lives but how to become one with it.

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Total Defencelessness Many years ago I heard a tape of Marianne Williamson’s, describing a time when several articles were written about her where 4 people/friends she knew, said things about her that were untrue, unjust, gossip and negative. Her first reaction to each of them was to contact them and confront them from this sense of unjust accusation and attack on their par t, to ask how and why they could possibly have said these untrue things As she looked at the first one she become conscious not to say anything or do anything. As she picked up the phone to call the second person she realised the same, not to say anything or do anything. The third person she sat down at the computer and started to write an email and as she did, she got it…and again not to say anything or do anything. When it came to the 4th one however, in her words she “...gave him hell…as in how could you possibly say those things, when have I ever done anything, said anything that would make you say that blah, blah, blah etc.” and she said it caused a problem in the relationship for a while. The next time another ar ticle came out about her, the first 3 persons’ issues that she had not defended against were nowhere to be seen. The 4th person’s issue, that she had defended against and caused such a stir about with confronting him about it with, was right there in print. With deep humility, Marianne then realised that she had fuelled the fire and kept it alive by defending so vigorously against it with her sense of injustice.

Joan of Arc Reactions

This story first introduced me to the concept of not defending myself anytime I felt attacked and also not

defending others first, when they are attacked. This was a revelation to me and as I had what I call a “Joan of Arc” reaction to injustice or attack or putdown etc where I drew my side of righteousness and charged in to defend the faithful of all that is right and true in the name of peace, love and fairness. However, this rarely ever got the response I was hoping for of resolving the situation…In fact, it was often I who came out the worse for wear, receiving little, if any justice or resolution and often accused as well of worse! It has become apparent that by resisting, judging and battling myself against injustices, that it kept all I was rallying against in place. I was, in ignorance, giving the perceived injustice more power to attack, hur t, abuse. The counsel of A Course in Miracles goes outside the thinking of this human world by inviting me to “not make error real.” This means that when I am tempted to “fight the just fight” from my ego, that instead, I select only the loving in another and their behaviour and forgive the illusion of anything else I see. To be aware that I have a choice in regard to what I give power to - to defend myself from the attack from the fear in another, or to allow Love to decide for me before I respond, if any.

The Temptation to Defend

Only recently, I unexpectedly experienced myself on the other side of another’s reactive attack when I offered a peaceful perspective of their nonsensical defamation and vilification about some mutual acquaintances in an email sent to many people. The temptation was to wade in further, however, I woke up pretty quick

to my Joan of Arc endeavour and started to apply the practice of being willing to forgive this person and to hand over my response if any, to the Higher Loving Self to guide me, rather than any form of defence, which becomes another form of attack by making what he was saying real. It seemed the very mention in the gentlest way, of any form of love or forgiveness, added fuel to the fire of this person’s ire, provoking even more critical, sarcastic, and venomous responses. This surprising reaction was pretty tempting on my part to defend myself against, however the inner guidance of the Higher Self within me was very close to my elbow and thankfully I listened to this Intuitive Voice, surrendering my response to its perspective. I have to admit it wasn’t easy all the time. It was a challenge…yet every time I resisted defending myself from his attack and just gave the whole thing over to the Higher Loving Self to guide, I was not touched by this person’s pain and I reached the point where I could thank him internally for the practice of the profound lessons of being totally defenceless and choosing love and a willingness to forgive. Lesson 183 of A Course in Miracles is titled “In my defencelessness my safety lies.” This wisdom invites us outside the thinking of the world that we have been conditioned to believe that defending ourselves will keep us and others safe. Instead we are invited into the real world of true safety and strength by relinquishing our defences and surrendering to love and forgiveness as a pathway to profound, palpable peace and miraculous occurences. JULIE WAY © 2011 Julie is a Breath Therapist/ Rebirther/ Certified LifeLine Practitioner and Personal/ Spiritual Development Consultant. She has published Personal Mastery and Thoughts for a Miraculous Life as a herald to her third book The Miraculous Life © (work in progress.) Julie presents/ promotes regular lectures in Adelaide on a Friday evening. P. 08 8443 9162 or julieway@ozemail.com.au www.julieway.com.au

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BY BRUCE TANTON According to Eastern beliefs, the Heart Chakra is the centre of peace, harmony and love and has the color green. So when I do miracles I enhance my feelings of self-love, peace and harmony by getting in touch with my heart as well. I put myself in a comfortable spot. I place my fingers or the palm of my hand over my heart and I imagine or remember the most beautiful green that I can think of. I swamp myself with that glorious color and yes, it is so easy being green. Then I combine that experience with my remembrances of everything that I love. I visualize, or experience with every sense that I can use, my love-triggers. My beautiful wife who loves me. Tache, my mad-as-a-hatter dog. Sunsets and clouds are easy for me. Warm, sunny days by the beach are easy for me, too. When you think about it, this God Every Thing stuff is so easy. Just try it for a few moments and you’ll be amazed at just how great you’ll feel. *** When I went about getting my first miracle (which made a corneal ulcer disappear overnight), I struck a dynamic that I hadn’t given much thought to, even though it’s an obvious stumbling block. Doubt. After fifty plus years of being told that I’m unworthy, a sinner, not good enough, being judged an idiot, I found that I had a nasty little doubt

creeping in on me. Would this whole miracle thingy really work? In that split second, I had an inspirational flash! There I was, getting myself ready for my miracle and I realized that banishing my doubt should be a part of it as well. Why should I take on the responsibility of doubt when I had the God Every Thing force lined up, straining at the leash waiting to get on with my miracle? So I handed my doubt over to the God Every Thing energy and thanked Him/Her for getting rid of my doubt as well as my corneal ulcer. Of course, they both went. The next step is very, very important.

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If you ask for something, you are coming from a position of want and want is what you’ll get. What you must do, is come from a position of gratitude. Never, never, never underestimate just how important gratitude is. Believe this: If you can think of your miracle and you can add the feeling of gratitude to your thought (and you know you can), then the whole God Every Thing force is in motion to grant it. In fact, it’s already been done! Make that thought/feeling energy one of gratitude and believe it to be done, then everything, every atom, molecule, Energy Force in the Universe has swung into action, has shifted towards creating your miracle. It’s your perfect

right to have your miracle. And never forget your manners. Always say “Thank You.” I view my fellow humans and what they choose to do, as only an expression of their personal experience on their journey. I refuse to fall into the judgment trap which fosters disharmonious thoughts. They are part of me, we are all par t of God Every Thing, so I can’t judge them any more than I can say that a sunset is bad. And I’m very, very aware of the power of the thoughts and feelings that I create. They affect everyone and everything. And so do yours! So please, go ahead. Remember who you are and do the miracle thing in gratitude and belief. You will change your world. Excerpted from My Pocket Guide to Doing Miracles by Bruce Tanton. Available for $5.00 including postage. Phone (08) 8277 4518 or email poodlepup96@optusnet.com.au

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JOHN OF GOD CRYSTAL LIGHT THERAPY Adriana’s first visit to “The Casa” - John of God Healing Centre in Brazil (as featured in Oprah show in November 2010 and February 2011) in 2005 was an extraordinary experience and changed her life forever. She was healed, granted permission and given blessings from the Healing Entities to operate the Crystal Light Therapy. Since then she has been providing very private healing sessions for her clients coming to her from all over the world. On her second trip to “The Casa” in 2008, she brought her daughter (16 at the time) with her. That healing holiday was so miraculous that changed her daughters’ life as well and she is currently studying the Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy) as optimum health and supporting the bodies natural healing process has become her passion. Adriana’s third visit in September 2011 has been her third level of cleansing, purifications, healings and initiations. She has completed her Advanced Healer Training for the Healing of the Source of Disease in the Physical Body. She specialises in various healing modalities and therapies to assist her clients healing various health conditions, finding and fulfilling their unique life purpose. Her life mission is the Path of Service as the next quantum leap and the New Era on Earth moves forward.

In a private room lying on a bed under 7 crystals which are held in a frame aimed to match the seven energy centres (chakras) of the body. The effect is purifying, balancing, energising & recharging for your OPTIMUM ENERGY FLOW & WELL-BEING.

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You Can’t Get it Wrong! ○

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BY BRONWYN BARTER “Am I doing it correctly?” she asked as she gently breathed the Conscious Connected breath of the Rebirthing process. I leaned a little closer to her and quietly answered, “You can’t get it wrong”. Spontaneously tears rolled from her eyes and she gasped for a deeper breath. As this young woman cried and released the tension in her body, I sensed that this was going to be an important realization for her. The understanding came clear to her that she had been doing her whole life in an effort to “get it right”! “Getting it right” in life, is an idea that it presented to us as young children. In the past, women’s magazines and their stuffy women writers dreamt up all the ways to socialize children to make them less irksome to adults. Few of the magazines for women in the 50’s, the era when our grandmothers were raised, spoke of any nurturing of the child. Magazines back then, mostly contained, recipes, sewing and knitting patterns and cleaning advice. The Victorian era of child rearing was not one of nurture and teach but more of control and mould. The social traditions of those days formed a very strong lineage of women and mothers who strongly believed that anything that was out of the ordinary was “wrong”. Children were taught to, walk don’t run, to hold our cutlery a cer tain way, to chew with our mouths closed, answer adults a certain way, stay clean as to impress the relatives, especially the aunties!! Don’t eat too much at parties, smile when we are spoken to, laugh quietly with control, don’t sneeze into your

hands! Some of these social niceties are wonderful things to remember, especially the one about “not sneezing into your hands”! They do make us feel at ease in a social environment, because we know what to do. However, there can be a down side to the child’s adaptation to social conditioning. “Getting it right” behaviour can be stifling for an emerging personality. Acting a certain way, to shape others’ opinions of who and what we are, can lead to a hidden agenda in many behaviors as an adult. One client expressed to me that she could never “get it right” according to her parents, she was the black sheep of the family. This caused her immense depression and introversion and a constant worrying that there was something “wrong with her”. The truth of it all is… “You can’t get it wrong!” this is your life, nobody else can do it for you or tell you how it should be. This lifetime is yours, we were given “free will” at birth and as long as you are not intruding into or hur ting anyone else’s life you are free to do your own, exactly the way that you need to and indeed have to, as a way of learning all that you can from this journey. “Well,” you ask, “what about all the mistakes I have made?” “Aren’t they wrong?” Mistakes are quite simply a way of making corrections and growing and learning. Making the same mistake over and over can get a bit frustrating and yet sometimes that’s the only way we get to learn the lessons. We may need to have repetitive experiences to finally make the changes that we need to make.

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Have you ever experienced going back to a past life? As a child I had a recur ring “dream” of sitting on a porch in a rocking chair as an old lady fast asleep. The house around and behind me was burning and as I slept I was engulfed in flames and died. I was as a child very fearful of fire and this stayed with me beyond reason until as an adult I had some very vivid past life experiences and saw this as a previous life. I also saw myself in another past life regression as a healer who was being burned at the stake. In that time I actually survived and lived to an old age as a wise woman. In both cases I was able to have healing and resolution so that I no longer have that same fear of fire. One of the many things I have learned as a Theta Healer® is to facilitate past life crystal journeys. In many instances I have seen major healings occur for people who experience Deja Vu when they visit certain places, churches, grave sites, ancient buildings or castles or when they are with certain people. In some cases that might be just in living with the people they know in this life time, such as family members or spouses. One of my clients, whom I shall call Jenna (not her name), a lovely lady in her late 30s with three children and recently divorced came to see me. She had since very early childhood experienced much difficulty in relating to her mother. No matter what tack she took she felt that she could never properly relate to her highly critical perfectionist mother. No matter how hard she tried, she was never good enough. As she approached her 16th birthday, she questioned whether she wanted to stay on this earth and felt alone and desolate. Thanks to the support of loving friends and a couple of distant relatives she did choose to stay in this time. But doubts followed her for many years. She later married and had children. The doubts continued to follow her, especially after the breakup of her parents’ marriage. Many years later she came to see me as a Theta Healer®. As well as doubts about herself that she wanted to work on, she had also been having puzzling feelings of Deja Vu since the birth of Peter. We decided to do a past life regression using crystals and Theta Healer® so that she could discover what was behind all she had been experiencing. The lifetime was in Holland in the 1800s. Jenna had the same mother in that lifetime as in this one. She was

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following a similar pattern to this lifetime. The only person she had any support from then was her brother, who in this life is her son Peter. However then as a lonely and desolate 16 year old she took her own life. She saw in this regression the effect it had on her mother and brother and her own spiritual development after she had left. During the regression, she became aware of what her life lessons were and are, and is very glad she has chosen differently this time. She asked what she was meant to learn from that lifetime and it became clear to her that she needed to learn to fully love herself and to know that it was not about just fitting around others but to be true to her own self. We did healing and belief work to resolve issues we identified and helped her to love and believe in herself. We also worked on resolution of a number of other challenges that were identified from the regression. Once she fully learned to love herself she was in a more powerful position to love and be loved truly for the wonderful self she is. Her relationship with her mother has improved out of sight and she is ready to look again for a life partner when the time is right. As she accepts herself as she truly is, the lovely bonus is that her mother is likewise accepting herself and is changing her attitudes too. I have been in a fortunate position of seeing people resolve physical, mental, emotional and spiritual challenges and problems as a result of revisiting past lives. It is important when doing so to have a clear intentions such as: • To visit lives where one can see lessons that are being repeated in this lifetime and learn from them and change the dynamics in this lifetime. • To have explanation for major fears or physical illness in this lifetime so they may be resolved. • To see a wonderful powerful lifetime and to bask in the energy of it so that one can be more at peace. Whichever it is, it is always a healing journey when guided in the highest and best way.

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BY GABBIE ENRIGHT Last weekend I got the Spring Cleaning Bug!! It all began when I decided to move a piece of furniture – as is often a catalyst for change for me – and then it snowballed into a complete overhaul of the living space – Zenning the home bit by bit. By the time I’d finished I felt completely energised! We all need to de-clutter some aspect of our lives from time to time ... it creates a flow of energy, or chi, which can inspire us forward, and at the very least bring us to a peaceful place where we are, with a sense of gratitude for what we have. Indeed, space needs to be created in one’s life in order to receive and allow the beauty, meaning and joy of what is available for us to be revealed. Ph ysicall Physicall ysicallyy we can de-clutter by clearing out a cupboard – perhaps the linen press, pantry, or wardrobe ... removing that which is no longer of service to us, and making it available for use by others if it is still functional ... if that is too big a place to begin, start with the undies drawer! Unless we clear out what is past its use-by date, there is no space for the new! How are we honouring ourselves and our body temple by pulling on those overstretched, holey (albeit comfy!) undies? Zenning the space we live in is a very spiritual thing to do – it increases the positive energy or chi – which ultimately affects the way we interact with our world. It costs very little to Zen our space, and releases us to be present for the moment. We can also de-clutter our bodies – by moving them to get the energy flowing and release energy stored on our bodies...by drinking plenty of water to flush the toxins out of our bodies...by nourishing ourselves with good, cleansing food which flushes out our gut and provides it with nutrients to increase our “Life Force”. Emotionall Emotionallyy we can de-clutter by releasing issues from past relationships, using processes such as Rebir thing and Breathwork...I am continuously inspired by the purity and simplicity of using the conscious, connected breath to facilitate the release of unconsciously held emotional energy which has been stored as cellular memory. Sometimes we need to de-clutter tionships our rela elationships tionships! Yes, it is true! All relationships ser ve a purpose – whether it be for companionship, entertainment, distraction, information, or inspiration ... there comes a time

when some relationships need to be brought to a close so that we can live our lives with greater integrity with who we really are – and sometimes this comes about during or after periods of intense personal growth, when we feel as if we have “outgrown” some of the people around us, or the purpose of the relationship is no longer there ...This can sometimes prevent people from undergoing the process of personal development, out of fear of being alone with their new real selves! Sometimes there is a need to reframe the nature of a particular relationship, in order to still be who you are and be with the other person – you will inspire them to be who they are too!! Have a think about who you allow into your emotional space – either vir tually or in person – and where there may be a need to declutter. It’s so much easier and less draining to just be yourself with others who can do that too!! Mental de-cluttering can be freeing too! What thoughts and ideas are you allowing yourself to be fed? Is the TV playing unfettered in the backdrop of your day, or the talkback radio filling your mind with thoughts that aren’t even yours? Take the time to nourish your mind with good things – you do have a choice about what you let in – and how much! Spirituall Spirituallyy, de-cluttering could include time spent simply “BE-ing” as mentioned above. It can also involve taking the time to weed out those ideas and philosophies which no longer serve you – and tuning into the Universal Wisdom – allowing the Great Spirit, God, Source Energy to flow through you, guiding and energising you for your life purpose, for the Greater Good of All. Begin today!! Ga Gabb bie Enright is a Rebirther, Rebirther Trainer, Naturopath, Herbalist, Author and Life Coach. Her business, Li Living Inspiraation – ving Inspir Living Lifee Natural Therapies Li ving Your Best Lif Clinic provides the above services using a wholistic, client centred approach where individual needs can be catered for. Visit www.livinginspiration.com.au for more ideas on how to live your best life! Next Rebirther Training Course commences March 2012. Phone: 8377 2415 / 0414 410 963 E m a i l : gabbie@livinginspiration.com.au

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THETAHEALING CHANGING OUR MINDS ®

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BY CHRISTA METZER Reach your highest potential and create the life you would like to have. Every time we have a thought we are releasing chemicals in our brain called neurotransmitter s. These chemicals affect the way we feel, not just in our head, but in our whole being. What goes on in our brain affects our entire body. Our brain is part of the nervous system and communicates with the rest of the body carrying information to and fro in the body. It regulates metabolism and maintains balance; it keeps working every second of every day. If we are thinking that life is too hard, that we are

not good enough, that we are alone and unsupported and unlovable then we are not likely to be generating the brain chemicals called endorphins that make us feel good. When we are angry we produce another chemical called noradrenaline. When we feel good about ourselves then our brain chemicals are produced in the “correct” quantities to maintain balance in our whole being. Our immune cells have receptor sites for the chemicals produced in the brain, the same chemicals that

are produced when we have a thought. So the thoughts that we are having directly affect the cells in our body. When we are lacking “good” thoughts we are not nourishing our cells, and our immune cells are affected. Our thoughts have a bearing on how the rest of our body functions, including our defences against microbial infection such as viruses. Our thoughts can produce imbalances, lack of energy, aches and pains in our body, making us feel ill. Conversely, our “good” thoughts will produce balance and harmony in our body and make us feel well. We are not necessarily aware of the thoughts we are having. The conscious mind represents roughly 12%, with the subconscious representing 88%. Thoughts that we do not like to have, or “should not have” will not necessarily reach our conscious mind. Our brain is constantly filtering information based on what it perceives. Our perceptions are

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based on what we believe. What we believe is based on that which we have learnt through experience or that which we have been taught as children. Sometimes our beliefs have been passed down to us by our parents and ancestors, through our DNA. We may not consciously realize thoughts of hate as we are taught it is unacceptable to hate others. We may carry a hate for people in general without realizing it consciously. This may create a discomfort of being in places where there are a large number of people such as in shopping malls, sporting venues and concerts. On some level we may feel that we are “under attack”. It may prevent us from meeting new people, and even from seeking assistance when we need support. The hate may stem from early childhood experiences or from an ancestral fear that developed in order to keep us safe from pain or sorrow. There may be a belief that “people can’t be trusted”. We may carry hate for specific people, maybe for a parent. The hate usually develops to keep us safe from those that physically or emotionally hurt or abuse us. If we hated our mother then that hate could develop into a hate of women generally. Likewise, if we hated our father, then we could end up hating all men. Consciously we may feel unloved and alone and wonder where all the “good women/men/people” are. Resentment is another feeling that we usually keep buried. Resentment is like an anger that is seething, festering under the surface. Resentment, like hate, keeps us safe from specific people or situations that we perceive will threaten, humiliate or hurt us. If we carry too much hate and resentment it will become reflected in our physical bodies. We become acidic and toxic and may have digestive problems as we find certain people or situations hard to accept and digest. When we accept ourselves and others for who they are, when we love ourselves and others, when we believe that we can live in harmony with others, then we create the “right” brain chemicals that support and maintain a harmonious balance in our body and mind. Our brain can alter beliefs and programs just as easily as it can create them. Once the belief is identified, that is, brought into the conscious mind it can be transformed into something positive through ThetaHealing®. For instance, the belief that “I am under attack” can be changed to “I am safe, always”. Once the brain, or the conscious mind has the awareness of a belief that may be causing a physical distress or weakening in the body, it is easier to change that belief. ThetaHealing® has the capacity to change our minds, literally. In changing our minds we promote wellbeing in our mind and in our body enabling us to reach our highest potential and create the life we would like to have. Christa Metzer A Natural Therapist for 19 years, Christa is an accredited Naturopath, Bioresonance Therapist (Bicom), Certified Instructor and Master of ThetaHealing®. She assists people to find the causes of their ailment and to create health instead. Classes in ThetaHealing® are run regularly. Contact details: phone Christa at Brighton Health Matters on 8377 3716

The Moon ~ Der Mond ~ La Luna ~ Le Monde ○

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BY IRIS DETENHOFF Many myths have evolved around the constantly changing but ever present moon. With her gravitational pull on water she plays a vital role in all physical functions and the natural life and death cycle on our planet. Hence the moon’s strong affinity with women, children and goddesses alike. Traditionally people throughout the world worked with the seasons and cycles. Mainly because it was futile to work against nature and survival depended on good land and health management. It made sense to plant and water seeds in spring. It was just practical to go out with the tide, instead of struggling against it. Mass production and consumerism shifted the olden, natural ways into the background and for a while it seemed industrial and technological advances could overrule natural cycles. However we are realizing that we are not exactly dominating nature and a lifestyle in harmony with nature’s seasonal cycles is healthier and more sustainable. Nowadays more gardeners and farmers grow abundant, healthy and nutritious food without the use of chemicals when tending to their gardens and farms by the moon phases. What if you tended to yourself in the same way? You will be pleasantly surprised to find out that you can extend the same principles to your own wellbeing, to your family, pets, home and work. We know that the moon’s gravity causes high and low tides in our oceans. Did you know the same push and pull happens on a cellular level as well? Considering that on average a living organism is made of 75 % water, the moons effect needs to be acknowledged. As the moon waxes and becomes fuller over the period of two weeks, cells absorb and retain moisture and anything contained in it. At this time all measures taken to nourish and strengthen are most beneficial and nutritious food, teas and supplements like vitamins and minerals are assimilated more effectively. We also tend to gain weight, retain water and absorb toxins more easily while the moon is waxing. Knowing this can help us balance the extremes of over and undersupply of certain foods and stimulants. Migraine and headache sufferers will notice that the likelihood of an episode is much higher when the moon is waxing or full in the sign of Aries (Aries r ules the head and brain). Therefore it is worthwhile to cut down or avoid stimulants like caffeine, nicotine, chocolate, cheese and wine at this time. Are you wondering why the best time to buy shoes for sensitive feet is on a waxing moon in Pisces?

Again, when the moon is waxing in Pisces ( rules the feet and toes), our feet tend to retain water, effectively expand and are quite sensitive to pressure. Therefore if we buy shoes that fit well on a day like that, chances are they will always be comfortable. Why is the second quarter, the week before full moon, the best time to seed above ground vegetables? In the waxing phase, seeds also absorb moisture, swell and expand. Close to full moon they sprout and after the full moon the sprout taps into the ground and develops a healthy root system during the waning phase. In the two weeks between full and new moon, the moon is waning and cells are releasing moisture and eliminating waste. All steps taken to deep cleanse and detox are supporting the body, plant and environment in its natural mode In the waning moon phase is nutrients or toxins are absorbed less efficiently now and you won’t put on weight so easily. A favorable time for fasting, lymphatic drainage, detoxifying mud wraps and cleansing facials, as anything eliminating is more effective. While the moon is waning and cells are in elimination mode, soil is absorption mode. Nutrients freed by the decomposing process are absorbed by the soil and make this the best time to prepare the ground for planting seedlings in the waxing phase. Why is the best time to lay wooden floor boards when the moon is waning? During the two weeks of waxing, timber absorbs moisture from the atmosphere and actually expands. After the full moon, when the impulse changes from waxing to waning, floor boards are releasing moisture; they effectively shrink and leave gaps. By timing important and daily activities to natural seasons and cycles, we achieve better outcomes, use fewer resources and produce less waste. It does not cost the earth to effectively reduce our ecological foot print ‘One small step for man is one giant leap for mankind’, Neil Armstrong Iris Detenhoff is the author and publisher of the Moontime Diary. She studied general nursing in Munich and migrated to Australia in 1987. Her strong interest in nature, health, astrology and anthroposophy has guided her to publishing a yearly almanac as this moon diary turns out to be. For inquiries please contact us at: info@moontimediary.com.au or phone: 02 6684 2770

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The Future Science of Medical Astronomy and the New Medicine of Light ○

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BY ANTHONY CRAIG 2011 has been an interesting year for many and cer tainly full of surprises in many areas. We have seen many changes in political and financial institutions and in meteorological and geological arenas. Also changes in people’s work and personal lives. But there have been changes, maybe not quite so evident yet, in the healing, evolution and consciousness fields. A quickening has begun. Are we ready to move forward? Much of what we need to know has been given to us over the past 20 - 40 years but we are only just beginning to understand. In fact, we have been teased in many ways and made aware of the possibilities but many of us have been blinkered to the greater potential that we can unlock. In the healing field, for instance, we have seen the entrance of Reconnective Healing which moves beyond the traditional energy healing model and gives us glimpses of new levels of healing that

can be achieved without pain and time. For many people just understanding the philosophy and simplicity behind this shift in the concept of healing has been difficult, if not near impossible, to grasp. But we must open our minds to these possibilities because they are already here. People want to get tied up and tangled in their own ego “look at me I’m the healer”, but when we can shift from that paradigm, come from the heart and begin to let go and trust in the knowledge of a higher intelligence, then amazing things can happen. And yet we are told we are still in kindergarten and there is so much more that we can look forward to. This shift is happening now and we must be prepared to move into the new spectra available. Many are only awakening to the realisation that healing on all levels is just a step on our journey of evolution and of what else we can truly access. Although we strive to move from the 3rd and 4th

dimensional reality that we are in to the greater 5th dimensional level we have never really got there. Why not? Because most people don’t really want to let go or begin to understand. Maybe it is fear of the unknown or the fear of coming home. Whatever the reason we have had the information that we need given to us in multiple ways, we have had evidence presented to us on many levels. Now it is time to listen and put the jigsaw puzzle together. The Reconnection connects us at some level to the axiatonal lines and information systems of the Universe also raising our consciousness. Can we truly shift our thinking beyond our current physical dimension. When we decide to, then we open up to the even greater aspects of ourselves that are available. We are in a time of expansion, where we can create space/time/matter overlaps, and where we can choose, with all the information we already have, to reach our full potential even faster. The broader aspects of the new medicine of light still unfolding will allow us to fully transcend and work more at higher dimensional levels. Nothing is old, nothing is new, everything just is. At this present time we are continually being reminded of what can be. Using superluminal light and information and the broad spectrum of frequencies that are available to us, we have already seen what some would call miracles of healing and consciousness evolution. Science is already suppor ting these changes as we move beyond the old paradigm of energy healing, although it has suited us till recently. Now we have so much more at a much higher level of vibration. As we begin to work with these spectra in ever expanding ways the future sciences are already predicting greater healings, more common

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expression of psychic gifts, higher levels of consciousness and a shift towards our light body garment and ascension. By putting together all the par ts of the jigsaw puzzle we can truly create that sacred or conditioned space where a space/time overlap allows us to connect on multidimensional levels. Using the broad spectra of light and its attendant vibrations and resonant acoustics we can connect back to the axiatonal or grid lines of the universe and beyond. This allows the flow of information from greater worlds to change the chemical codings and DNA, that is rewiring the energetic circuitry, within our body allowing us to experience multiple levels of healing and a new level of interdimensional evolution.

Anthony Craig (right) & Dr Eric Pearl Pearl, (left) founder of The Reconnection® and the best-selling author of “The Reconnection:Heal Other s , Heal Your self ” Anthony Craig is an Associate Instructor, Certified Reconnective Healing Practitioner/Mentor, and Instructor/Practitioner for Spectra Healing. Based in Adelaide he travels extensively educating and expanding new healing work locally and worldwide and is available as a guest speaker. Anthony is also available for appointments ph: 0412 832 664. www.SpectraHealing.com Information is available www.TheReconnection.com watch for further information new advances www.SpectraHealiing.com

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Indigo Children Today I want to talk about a subject that is close to my heart, Indigo Children. Indigos, for those not familiar is the term used to describe a group of children that have been born mainly from the 70’s onward but there has been documented cases of Indigos well into their 50’s. There have been a number of books written about the Indigos from authors Nancy Trappe, Lee Carroll & Jan Tober, and Doreen Virtue for your reference. This is my experience, and my own personal accounts with these souls. To either parent, be married to or have as a sibling can only be described as a blessing and a curse, which is exactly how they feel about their own lives at times. As I have experienced all of these roles hopefully I can share my findings thereby shedding some light for not only them but for the people that are part of their lives. In my attempt to play “devil’s advocate” I will endeavour to acknowledge all players in this intricate web of family dynamics. The Indigos often, but not always, por tray many of the following traits. Highly sensitive, both emotionally and physically to toxins, chemicals, preservatives, and cow’s milk which leads to congestion, sinus and upper respiratory problems. They question authority, are impatient, don’t like rules, whether it be legal or school structures, are opinionated, angry, intuitive, perceptive about others but unfortunately not so for their own well being, have short attention spans, do not respond to guilt trips, have either strong empathy or none, are trail blazing warriors that have been theorized to bring about change to a time when the world most needs it.

How can these non-conforming, angry, rebellious young people hope to achieve their life purposes when they appear so lost themselves you wonder. Let’s try to understand their way of thinking a little better. They are experiential learners so learning the hard way is a criteria for them. They have a high sense of personal integrity of not doing things because they “should”, often to their own detriment. They have an understanding of stressors so the quickest release of stress is to move the body which is often referred to as their misdiagnosis of ADHD. Doreen Virtue actually changes that anagram to Attention Dialed into a Higher Dimension. According to the results of PET scans performed on these children there were differences in their frontal lobes where organization, planning and structure skills are located. Some tests actually revealed that they had similar brain patterns to those children deemed gifted. They will often do hands on jobs in building, construction, plumbing, or electrical to learn how basic technology works as their creative gifts are often found in future technology. Indigos have a warrior spirit inherent in them as they have a purpose to change systems that aren’t working because of a lack of integrity, being our education, legal and government systems so they appear to have a vigilante personality to these systems and the people representing them, but have a protective nature towards the elderly, sick or unfortunate. This duality of their persona often has them misinterpreted of who they really are. They are left and right brained and often ambidextrous which gives the impression of being two people, their higher consciousness versus their personality which can be dense, limited, emotional, and very closed off. It’s interesting to note that Einstein was labeled “unteachable” and a slow learner and didn’t know his left from his right. Their lack of respect for these systems is why they refuse to conform to them because being true to themselves is a higher calling. I found it interesting that many of these Indigos are drawn to one of the oldest forms of spirituality, whether this is indicative of them being “old souls’” or merely that they resonate with the philosophies of this group. Knowledge of this still doesn’t give much relief to teachers, law enforcement agencies or most of all the families of these Indigos. After continual circumstances it’s no wonder that siblings especially feel a sense of resentment towards them. They refuse to excuse their bad behaviour any longer. They are confused by the attention that gets placed on them, and their lack of responsibility, so understandably there is a real sense of unfairness that they are causing so much grief to their families. Siblings don’t have the parental connection to these kids so their solutions are more black and white. They want results, changes, retribution and they want us as parents to make that happen. To look out for them and their wellbeing and stop the disruptions that these Indigos often cause. To minimize any more sibling rivalry I was shown the lesson of never comparing one human to another many years ago. I am grateful for this teaching as I have implicated those

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all important lessons many times. Put a lightworker, environmentalist and a warrior in the same house and you have a real mixed bag of emotional conflict. I think the major lesson for the whole family when they have an Indigo in it is about tolerance and unconditional love. Our job as parents and lightworkers is to teach these Indigos how to interact more passively. If they want to make change they have to learn to play the game of respect and compassion to be heard. So if we need to teach these children this lesson we have to practice tolerance and unconditional love with them, which because of their difficult and unruly behaviour isn’t always easy. All forms of relationship breakdowns are due to communication malfunction. So even though we as lightworkers, teachers, and family members need to help these Indigos through these formative years, and help them find their purpose. That does not mean to enable them or condone bad behaviour. It simply means to never give up on the truth that you already instinctively know, that there is a sensitive heart inside that hurt, angry child, so be conscious of discipline being respectful and consistent without adding to their already strong feelings of feeling alien. One further interesting fact that kept arising was that when I was writing this article and I starting talking to a few Indigos, surprisingly enough, many of their names started with the letter ‘J’. I would love to hear your Indigo stories so if you have anything to add please email me on the address below. My quote for you today is: Any form of Judgment blocks the Light www.ang .angel elw hisperer er.com.au www .ang el w hisper er .com.au debbi@angelwhisperer.com.au Facebook: Debbi Kemp Angel Whisperer

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BY LORRAINE WEBB “The truth shall set you free.” This is the way it is right now, we must all speak our “emotional” truth. However there is no such thing as the “truth”, since we are living an illusion on this planet, which is why we can never agree on what “truth” is, as it is relative to the glasses you happen to be viewing life from. For some this can be very confusing, as our society is based on “judgement”. We like to box everything we see, feel and believe as either right or wrong, yet the truth is that it just is! It is neither right or wrong. We should not be seeking the truth in situations we find ourselves in but we should be seeking our emotional truth in other words how we “feel” about what is or isn’t happening. Speaking your truth is about you honouring what you wish to say and how you feel. It is not about the other person but about what is real and right for us. Some may feel offended by what we have to say, we cannot help how they feel or react but we do have to live with ourselves for what

we do say or about what we do not say. Speaking your truth is not about being “right” it’s about expressing what we feel in a real and authentic way. We need to allow ourselves to be vulnerable and transparent – these are the keys to speaking your truth. Being mindful of not being mean or hur tful is important but we cannot take responsibility about how the other person responds. Currently our world is in turmoil as the old energies of control and manipulation try to continue the game of hiding the truth to no avail. This is a time where all shall be revealed and there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, all will be seen. Many clients are now coming in talking of how they have been keeping long held family secrets and yet through events all has been revealed causing chaos within the family yet this is opening to deep family healing that could never have been imagined. Interestingly some people are try-

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ing to run away from issues that they have in relationships as they always have yet there is nowhere to run too any longer as wherever you go you take those issues with you and you will have the same type of people and situations hit you again and again. A young woman told me the other day that she went overseas for a few years to hide from the family abuse that was happening here. She hoped that it would all be over and she could forget it all. The problem was she took herself and the hurt and pain with her and attracted other people that abused her trust over there. She did not understand that the only way through an issue is to face it head on and speak her emotional truth and allow herself to heal and to reclaim her power so that it never happens again. So instead of being able to hide she simply prolonged and reinforced her wounds. Happily she is now revealing and healing and releasing herself from past trauma and is committed to honouring her “emotional truth” in the future. The truth shall set you free – needs to be a mantra that we all embrace. Lorraine Webb is a Spiritual Healer and Reiki Master. She teaches meditation classes, Spiritual Development and a four module healers course and facilitates the life changing 11 day Uluru Healers Retreat. She developed the very popular inner child workshop and is the author of “Practical Guide to Healing the Inner Child” and had 2 self help CD’s and the “Living and Lor Dying Consciously” DVD.Lor Lorrr aine can be contacted at the Adelaide Energy Healing Centre on (08)8342 4109.

PsychicREALMS with ELISABETH JENSEN

GODDESS ISIS, NOSTRADAMUS & AN ANGEL DISCUSS 2012 I can’t believe it’s finally here! There is great excitement in the spiritual realms as I write this article on the second day of spring here in Adelaide... with the excitement continuing to build as we welcome in the long talked about “End of The World” Year of 2012, with December 21 being given as the important time for this “Ending” or “Great Shift”. So I will do some short interviews with Goddess Isis, the ancient Egyptian Goddess of Prophecy, the famed 16th century prophet Nostradamus, plus the Archangel Metatron, Keeper of our Akashic or Soul Records. The words come through me from the Spirit world and I only make very simple corrections to preserve their authenticity.

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So this year is MY YEAR – in numerology it’s a 5 Year – my Special Number! This year usually signifies challenges and challenges in one’s personal life – or in this case as it’s a World Number 5 the challenges and changes to be overcome will be felt by most people on this earth plane. As always those who have considered and meditated with this knowledge will allow themselves some extra time so they may deal with these diversions.

We cannot say this will be a smooth year for earth because astrological Forces of Change are upon you now – but we can say most of you reading this will still be here alive and well at the end of next year! The changes to the earth in the form of volcanoes and large fires will be a hallmark of this year, plus, yes, more earthquakes in many areas recently affected will continue but never as severely. Earthquakes have happened for thousands of years but nuclear reactors and underground explosions have made them fatal to many more people and the damage will continue in this way. In Adelaide there may be some ear th rumblings too but no great harm will occur here as the crystals in the hills behind your city have been activated as protective forces for you. We say all places energised with positive intent act as a strong buffer against radiation and destructive forces plus if you were to invoke the Divine Feminine in any Form (e.g. myself, Mother Mary or Kwan Yin) frequently this year your life will be safer and smoother at all times.

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So 2012 has almost arrived – my predictions of havoc for your earth

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have already been realised. Now I am in the higher Spiritual Realms and I see you all like little white ants before the rain running here and there so quickly. But where can you run for safety when you did not heed my predictions of fire and famine and what you call radiation if the world did not answer the call to repent of dark deception and warmongering! You all look in your Earth Magic Mirrors constantly (EJ note: iPhone & Computers!) but they reflect back more chaos and bring you more fear. So we offer no more predictions or interpretations of my Quatraines. We say that you are searching for answers from false prophets constantly and we are baffled by this. So Dear Persons even though many feared my prophecies in the end they were not as bad as the ones you listen to now! EJ note! Here Nostramus explained to me in visions about watching the nightly news – Do we all REALLY think the Weather Report will be totally accurate, the Politicians will follow through with their promises or the Media, Police and Army are reporting the full facts of events to us? So you live with confusion and disbelief of most written and spoken words and SO this is a large part of the reason for your confused and

damaged minds, emotions and earth. N: Even you Elisabeth, you know many things about the future but you do not say them as you wish not to frighten the weak minded who prefer to live in hope that all that is being promised to them will one day appear as a true Message ( EJ: not Spam!) in their Earth Magic Mirrors EJ: Thank You for that insight. Do you have any words of hope to give us please? N: Yes! Peace is coming to this ear th but it will not come as you hope. We like to speak so you must consider every word carefully to find the answer. We always speak the truth and if you all did this too there would be very few real problems on this earth.

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Blessed be, for as an Angel we always give you kind and wise words. Our role is to assist at this time of transition and many volunteers are here at this time on Ear th – LightWorkers, Indigo and Crystal Children. The young ones do not like lies and are prewired to cope on an earth with shifting energies. As you enter a critical time of chaos on earth know you choose to be here and your Soul is eternal. The

dense earth energies choke many people as they fail to remember in time why they are here. We say that as you seek to speak the truth and draw light from the Angels through you to this earth you are anchoring Light that is needed for the enlightenment of mankind and your earth. The good news is we programmed all LightWor kers to awaken further each day en masse from 11/11/2011 onwards to 13/ 11/2013 and as this happens many of the solutions you are seeking will be given to you. Whenever you despair seek only guidance from us Angels and from your own Soul and know there is a Secret Divine Plan for you individually plus for Earth School that is awaiting activation now by those determined to remember it. ELISABETH JENSEN is the Principal of Isis Mystery School and teaches worldwide. She is able to communicate clearly with all in the spirit world and was Voted 2010 Australian Psychic of the Year. A former Registered Nurse her greatest mission in this lifetime is to awaken others to their own Divine Purpose for existence. Please visit www.isismysteryschool.com or call 1300558075 for brochures.

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BY JIM WARWOOD Spiritualism is the Science, Philosophy and Religion of the fact that Life continues beyond death and that the human Spirit continues on, complete with its distinct personality and memories. Through Spiritualist mediums the reality of this truth can be demonstrated. The words “Psychic” and “Medium” are commonplace in the world today even if the real sense of their meaning is misunderstood. Mediumship is the term used to describe the process by which people are able to connect with your loved one’s in the world of Spirit and bring messages from them. Critically, there are four par ts to this contact: identifying the person who is communicating, providing the evidence that they are who they claim, passing on the reason they are there together with the message they wish to be received, and then to conclude the link with any final thoughts from the spirit world. This exchange is known by the acronym CERT.

Spiritualism supports a belief in a God, Great Spirit, or Infinite Intelligence. It has a set of principles which act as guidance for the way we live our life. Different Spiritualist organizations may have slightly varying wording for these principles but the underlying message remains the same. We teach that the Great Spirit is the overall force from which all existence is derived. That it is present everywhere in all life, indeed our own Spirit is a spark from this divine being. As every human being has the same source we teach the equality of all mankind, regardless of sex, race or creed. Our teaching includes the communion with Spirits as ministering angels. That we can contact our Spirit helpers to obtain guidance if we so choose. Mediums are people who have worked to develop the ability to contact those who have passed to Spirit, thereby proving the continuous existence of the soul. This truth

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helps to take away the fear of death and ease the bereaved. Spiritualism also recognises our personal responsibility in life. Not just for the effects of every act we do, or fail to do, but also for our own spiritual growth and welfare. We teach that on our return to the Spirit World we will review those actions of our life good or bad, and accept these will impact upon our growth as a spirit. However we do not believe in eternal punishment and damnation. Spiritualism accepts the idea that Eternal Progress of the soul is open to all who wish it. That no soul needs to be left behind and that Spirits’ help is always available to us. Modern Spiritualism began after the spirit of a murdered pedlar attempted to communicate with the Fox Family, at their cottage in Hydesville, New York State, on the evening of 31st March 1848. These events were to see the creation of a movement which spread rapidly across the world drawing a wide range of people into it including some of the leading scientists, doctors, writers and thinkers of the age. Spiritualism continues as a distinct movement worldwide. Jim Warwood is the leader of the New Age Spiritualist Mission. He was a r e g u l a r contributor of articles for the UK Spiritualist newspaper Psychic News and its internet successor Spirit of PN. Jim is an experienced medium, and runs a development group at the Mission. Contact leader@nasm.org.au Phone 08 8367 6984

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BY HEIDI HANLEY There is a common misconception around intuition these days. A lot of people believe or think that their intuition stems from something outside of themselves and that this intuition can only be accessed through practices such as meditation, trance or prayer. Of course, we have all heard of the stories that make reference to angels or guides assisting people in their moment of need, these beautiful beings giving direction, guidance and clarity to the big questions and sometimes even saving lives. We hear of people using their guidance for many

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things, from finding their keys to finding the love of their life. We pray, we ask for help and we listen to the guidance that comes from outside of ourselves, believing that what we are receiving from the external has authority, wisdom and power. When a professional psychic uses their ability, they receive impressions from other people, divine beings and forms of consciousness to gather information on behalf of their clients. Amazing and profound insights can be received which bring healing and insight to the client. This information may be received through a vision, a smell, a feeling, words or sound. A psychic receives information from “outside” of themselves and they then translate and share this in whatever way is relevant. My question is this, though. Why necessarily, does another person, being, soul or consciousness know more about you than you do? Why do they possess authority over your life and the choices you make? After reading for thousands of clients I have become very aware of the temptation to take the responsibility for self and our own power and externalize it. Imagine you have a very difficult decision to make about a relationship that you are in. Rather than looking within, you ask others about what you should do. Imagine phoning your mum and asking her what she thinks you should do about this relationship. Should you stay or go? More than likely your mother’s response

will be one of love and support and she will offer her advice and direction from this level. Your mother will also likely have an underlying agenda, however, within the advice she offers you. Perhaps she’s always wanted grandchildren and thinks her time is running out so she encourages you to stay. Maybe she doesn’t like your partner or the work they do so she encourages you to go. It doesn’t matter what the agenda is, we all have a reason for what we say and do and how we communicate to others; even if it is as simple as wanting another person to be “happy”. This can underlie the guidance offered and lead us down a path that may not be for our highest good. Extending this further, how often do we make our own decisions based upon lies we tell ourselves? We often look for someone to blame for our lives not running the way we want or we look to others to fix our lives for us. This is a culturally accepted way of not taking responsibility for who we are, but deeper than that, it is a reflection of our disconnection in our relationship with our self. It seems to be a vicious circle. The relationship with self is the most fundamental of relationships and is what all other relationships are based upon. If there is not a solid relationship with self, then how can we create strong relationships with others and with the other aspects of our lives? Building and growing this selfconnection is a way to truly know who you are and to know your heart centre intimately. From this place anything is possible. From this place you have access to your higher self, the highest expression of your soul force and you will be able to discern the self-guidance received. This aspect of you does not contain an agenda and holds no judgment and this is precisely the place where your heartcentered intuition occurs. Your heart-centered intuition will guide you to the best place, in the best way, with the best people and in the manner that is perfect for you. As a professional Relationship Intuitive, this is how I see my role, to help you establish, encourage and nur ture your connection to your own higher self and heart-centered intuition, building your relationship with self until you are able to do this on your own. This will give you back the power of you. Remember, you are your own God, Goddess, Angel and Guide all rolled into one beautiful, hear t centered human package. You are your own higher self and your own teacher. You are your own star, galaxy and universe. The moment you know this to be true is the moment you know, truly know, who you are.

Heidi is a Relationship Intuitive who uses her natural heart-centered intuition to facilitate you towards a deeper understanding of yourself and your life. This can be achieved through private sessions or specialised training. Heidi has worked for many years with clients, and is featured on radio, magazines, papers & TV. For more information visit www.heidisvision.com

GUIDING LIGHT PSYCHICS

Launched in July 2011 , Guiding Light Psychics is an Australia-wide network of psychics with a broad range of skills including clairvoyance, mediumship, oracle reading and healing who share passion for their work and commitment to the service of spirit. Anna Hood BA Dip TPC Reiki/ Seichim Master - a psychic, healer and Transpersonal counsellor of 17 years states: “More than day-today predictions, we offer clients an experience to expand to the full potential of their soul path. This is a time of great changes of consciousness and we offer clients new ways of seeing and experiencing their world”. For a personal reading, to pay by phone account call 1902 256 002 $3.96 per min (pay/mobiles extra) or for Credit cards call 1300 173 593 $3.60 per min. (Phone Australia) Readers available 24/7. For more information email: anna.aaesha@gmail.com

Absolute Soul SECRETS In 2000 Rose Smith BA, DRM, ATMS had a dream of Archangel Michael who wrote the name “Absolute Soul Secrets” on her forehead. At the time, she had no idea what this meant, it was a soul secret even to her! However after about 3 months, a series of ‘coincidences’ led Rose to believe it was a new business endeavour she was destined to start. More dreams confirming her new direction led to the international psychic network Absolute Soul Secrets. 10 years later Absolute Soul Secrets is the most reputable and well known psychic network in Australia and New Zealand. Only genuinely gifted psychics are invited to read on this network.

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EVENTS, COURSES & WORKSHOPS for the Mind, Body & Soul InnerSelf encourages our readers towards the development and integration of all aspects of the self: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual so that they can thrive on all levels. This regular feature aims to inspire and motivate people to find new ways to better health, growth and spiritual awareness and present a whole new world of opportunities to explore. Whether you want to boost your health, growth, wealth, love life or redirect your thinking on a more spiritual plane this feature will help you do just that by covering educational courses and practical workshops and events,on everything from healthy eating and exercise, to courses to stimulate and educate the mind, to workshops and retreats to develop and nurture the soul. IKON INSTITUTE SA Ikon Institute has been running in Australia for 20 years and is the leading provider of Ar t Therapy and Transpersonal Counselling. The Ikon Institute of SA is dedicated to the growth and development of the humanistic helping professions. Ikon’s Diploma courses and workshops have a strong focus on the in-

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VIPASSANA MEDITATION Vipassana meditation is a practical technique which enables one to lead

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HEALING WITH THE POWER OF INFINITE LOVE AND GRATITUDE THE LIFELINE TECHNIQUE is an unparalleled healing system, a synthesis of 15 therapeutic modalities It bridges the gap between the conscious and subconscious minds harnessing our natural ability to heal, regenerate and be whole. “I’ve experienced Dr Weissman ‘up close and personal’ and his healing work is the wave of the future. I highly recommend it because it works.” Louise Hay FREE PREVIEWS SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 6.30PM NOVEMBER 11TH AT 7PM, Rosefield Uniting Church Hall, 2-6 Carlton St. Highgate.

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EMBRACE YOUR MIND BODY SPIRIT Adelaide will welcome a new event to the 2012 calendar as Exhibitions & Events Australia (EEA) announces the launch of an Adelaide based MindBodySpirit Festival.

Held annually, the festivals are the largest and most successful event of their kind dedicated solely to natural health, personal and spiritual development, alternative healing, medicines and general wellbeing. The festival will be held at the Adelaide Showgrounds and will run for three days over the Labour Day long weekend, Saturday 29 September – Monday 1 October 2012. Currently, EEA runs five festivals held between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Each showcases over 200 exhibitors and attracts between 10,000-19,000 quality visitors. Festival Director Jane Ford said “our MindBodySpirit Festivals continue to go from strength to strength. We’ve grown from three events in 2006 to six events in 2012. We are very excited about coming to Adelaide – it is a beautiful city we know we are going to enjoy visiting.” Alongside the large number of exciting exhibitors, the MindBodySpirit Festival will also feature dozens of free seminars, psychic readings, live performances and demonstrations. Open your mind to the unique experiences found only at the MindBodySpirit Festival. Visit www.mbsfestival.com.au for more information.

MAN’S INNER JOURNEY An exceptional workshop for men IF YOU: Know there is more to you than you have accessed... Wish to create deeply satisfying relationships... Want to find the essence of who you really are... Then

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CRYSTAL AWAKENING WORKSHOPS Julie Abraham, spiritual healer with 15 years experience having studied under Elizabeth Jensen, Angel Miracles & Isis Healing, and Rachelle Charman of the Academy of Crystal Awakening is now travelling around SA offering workshops to those in country areas, so that everyone can have a chance to be empowered by Crystals, Angels and Isis. This is my passion and I want to share this with you so that you can move forward in your life and be empowered. Crystal Awakening Workshops: Foundation 2011 - 10 Sept, 15 Oct, 19 Nov and 10 Dec. Intermediate 2011 - Oct 22/23, Nov 26/27

Foundation 2012 - Jan 28, Feb 24, Mar 17, Apr 15, May 13, Jun 10 Intermediate 2012 - Feb 4/5, Apr 21/22, May 26/27, Aug 25/26 Julie is willing to travel to country areas and Byron Bay to empower people with the power of crystals. Divinely Guided Therapies and Academy of Crystal Therapy, Shop 10/22 Farrell St, Whyalla, SA 5600. Phone 0423 873 746 www.divinelyguidedtherapies.com www.divinelyguidedtherapies.com

CONFIDENCE FOR LIFE Nearly a decade has now passed since I created a course for teenagers called Confidence for Life which in fact has a double meaning. Firstly it is confidence to “face” life with the knowledge of how one actually functions as a HU-MAN-BEING [HU being an ancient term for God]. Secondly, once this information has been taken on board, it will serve a person for the rest of their natural life on the planet, hence they can go forward, using their power for a fruitful and positive future. I am currently endeavouring to persuade the SA Government to

allow me to conduct a “trial” course with teens who are approaching that time in life we label “puberty”. In my opinion ,once the “hormone horse” has been let loose it is often too late to shut the gate so this new found energy heads off in diferent directions, often to the detriment of said animal. Society, parents and Governments, complain about excessive drinking, violence, drug taking, and promiscuity, but how can we expect our young people to be responsible if we do not give them the knowledge? Knowledge about how they function in a relationship with the mind,language, and Universal Love. These courses are non religious, non judgemental, and non critical and have been trialed succcessfully, (though not in SA). Nor are they lectures, but inform using visual and verbal communication techniques. It has been said that of the three great fears of Death, Loneliness and Public Speaking, the last carries the greatest fear. As pre-schoolers we are encouraged to talk, but when we enter that institute we call school we are soon conditioned to listen. Hence, when we reach the teen years we are “out of balance”, having almost lost the art of being spontaneous. All this pent up energy has to have an outlet. Physical activity, talking, and sex are the most common, for all bring relief. We have at this stage of our lives forgotten how to be “naturally joyous” and so seek the false joy of drugs, alcohol and violence which are poor substitutes. Information about these courses can be found on my website www.michaelmorel.com and the Confidence For Life Manual is set out in such a way that it can be easily understood and taught.The centre of our being, the Heart, will always accept truth if it is presented with Love and Sincerity, whereas criticism and judgement will always be met with the shield of Fear. Michael Morel is available anywhere and at any time to give a free introductory presentation about his courses to parents or teachers. Simply contact him at michael@michaelmorel.com or 0407 978 591. You can do so with confidence.

How recent SOLAR FLARES are AFFECTING US Continued from page 5 ness and we begin to remember our soul’s purpose. We are pulled to make changes in our life but we don’t really realize why. The interesting fact about this energy is that since it is of a higher frequency it creates the power of instant manifestation of our thoughts, which means whatever we think, we create instantly. This has never happened before in our lifetime and that is why many people are writing books on the subject on the Power of Attraction. Photonic energy connects to our thoughts so it is important that we know what we want, rather than what we don’t want, otherwise, we will manifest more of what we don’t want. If you are in the process of change and transformation this energy works well for you. On the other hand, if you are stuck in the past through victimization and anger, you will simply manifest more reasons to remain stuck in victimization until you are ready to release it.

The Effects of Recent Solar Flares

Many people have been feeling agitated and un-easy recently. The solar flares can break apart old patterns that are no longer needed so new ones can emerge. This can make us feel hyper and exhausted all at the same time. It can also wreak havoc with technology such as computers. We have begun to notice many new symptoms. Time and space are beginning to wobble even more erratically than before. We seem to be losing track of time easily. We lose words when we are speaking. The day simply disappears. We are not sleeping very well . . . again. There is lots of tossing and turning in the night and many are having unusual dreams. We are feeling huge power surges in the body followed by energy drops. There were many reports of nausea, and body aches and pains and dizziness. Many felt deep grief. Some felt like they were walking on water. Others said that when they closed their eyes at night, everything was spinning. There have been visual disturbances, inner ear issues, buzzing in ears, throat and thyroid issues, cold feet and even a weird symptom of having tongue dryness. Are you experiencing any of this? This isn’t anything to be afraid of … just be aware of what it is and get extra rest and drink lots of water. Many are also experiencing sore throats at this time because the radiation from the sun affects our thyroid gland. This is also our center for speaking our truth. If the throat area is feeling constricted, it is because you are holding back from speaking your truth about things that happened in your past. This is bringing to your attention what you need to let go of ... If yyou depr pressed ou ffeel eel de pr essed yyou ou need to look inside to see what needs to be expressed. As the solar flare activity increases on the sun, blocks in our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies are magnified. The (emotional) blocks are lower frequency energy and the higher frequency energies from the solar flares are causing the unexpressed emotions to surface. The body may process these higher frequencies through intense emotions, dreams, body pain, flu-like symptoms, nausea, anxiety, itchy skin, headaches etc. Each part of the body where we hold our cellular memories is speaking its own unique body language through the symptomology of the non-conscious immune system asking for attention and healing. On the other hand, this intensification of energies can simultaneously trigger inspired action and profound enlightenment with inner knowing about things which we were not privy to in the past. Many are receiving downloads of information to help them in the dream state at night. They are shown patterns of behaviour that they need to change, or beliefs that no longer connect with who they are today. Some dreams are prophetic. These downloads are forms of Soul communication that we need to pay attention to. Often these dreams provide us with bits and pieces of information, and it is important to keep a diary so we can put the information together to form the full picture of what the Soul is trying to tell us.

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EVENTS, COURSES & WORKSHOPS for the Mind, Body & Soul DOLORES CANNON in Adelaide 3rd November 2011

The world’s foremost past-life regressionist and author of 19 books present an amazing three hour seminar on adapting to the coming earth changes, the awakening to current shifts in consciousness and lots more...

Collaboration, Connection, Co-Creation Renowned cell biologist Bruce Lipton, in his book, The Biology of Belief, states that community is a natural and important step for our human evolution... “When you break up the individuals from a community into individual units, they become disempowered because it’s the collective consciousness and the collective energy of the group from which power comes. The principal driving force that lies before us, is that we have to recognize the nature of community as the evolutionary step that we just took a step backwards from in the last century.” Biologically we are built to recognise another like-organism and to begin co-creating with it – it happens in our bodies every single day. Our cells happily hang out together understanding that they all have work to do together – tissues to rebuild and toxins to shed etc etc. We regenerate cells moment by moment with the sheer genius that we were endowed with at birth – the intelligence of our bodies. Take a more birds-eye view of this, like a microscope now coming out and above our cells to view the larger picture of us, and you get to look at us as organisms moving around and about our home, neighbourhood and cities. We behave in much the same way – we want to find those we can play with - our playmates - so that we can co-create

businesses, families, technology and experiences that we enjoy. Isn’t that a GRAND thing? Isn’t that the true value of collaboration and connection – that we can be free to co-create together? However, along our merry little way we forgot how important this was for our joyful survival and made a decision somewhere along the line that we could go it alone. We got competitive with each other and started buying some scarcity idea that there was only enough to go around if you stepped in and grabbed it quickly. That life was a zero sum game, and if you weren’t smar t enough you’d lose. Not enough money, not enough love, not enough happiness. We became disconnected from where our true value lay. It’s now time for us to let these unique gifts each and every one of us has to be expressed, no matter how big or small they may be. In fact we owe it to ourselves and our loved ones and when we work together it is easier to do this. True collaboration means buying abundance instead of scarcity, otherwise scarcity will always stop collaboration from providing the unlimited benefits that it can. We forgot it was a natural way to live and learn and grow. There is a place for competition but there are different rules ahead now that we have yet to understand

and yet to see the full impact of. Change is happening faster, and we need to collaborate with our peers more and more, and perhaps even consider collaboration with those we see as competition. If you think about it, it makes sense. If we understand there is an unlimited supply of ideas with every resource available to us today to make it happen, then we may as well help each other achieve our goals. Let’s find our place in the world and what we do well. From this place we can start to innovate from our inherent gifts rather than trying to copy someone else’s. In the years ahead, we’ll all be called to get in touch with our natural values and what we do well, and to express this in our work. Otherwise we’ll be left wondering what happened by those who know their values, gifts and what they can give to the world. So let’s collaborate, connect and co-create! Gina Stamas, Community Director – A d e l a i d e Wellbeing. Contact Gina on 0419433833 or e m a i l gina@adelaidewellbeing.com.au. See our ad in this issue of Innerself.

Dolores Cannon is a past-life regressionist and hypnotherapist who specialises in the recovery of “lost knowledge” to facilitate healing and closure. Dolores has been involved with hypnosis since 1968 and exclusively with past-life therapy and regression work since 1979. Dolores has developed her own hypnosis technique (using the deepest possible level of trance, the somnambulist state) that enables her to gain the most efficient release of information from her clients. Dolores hypnotic technique also allows her to communicate with a patient’s ‘higher self’. This technique allows, in many cases, for instantaneous self-healing of physical, mental and emotional conditions. Dolores now teaches her unique hypnosis technique to students all over the world. As an international speaker, she has lectured on every continent and is an author of nineteen books which have been translated into twenty languages. and newspapers. Dolores was the the first foreigner to receive the “Orpheus Award” in Bulgaria for the highest advancement in the research of psychic phenomenon. She has also received outstanding contribution and lifetime achievement awards from several hypnosis organizations. Dolores has appeared on such major TV shows as: NBC “Ancient Prophecies,” CBS-”Mysteries of the Ancient World,”, CNN-”Voices Of The Millennium,” the History Channel “The Nostradamus Effect,” Project

Camelot, and has been interviewed on over 1000 radio shows. Articles about/by Dolores have appeared in several U.S. and international magazines. Dolores is also known for her investigations into the UFO and esoteric fields. She has done on-site studies of suspected UFO landings, and has investigated the crop circles in England. The majority of her work in this field has been the accumulation of evidence from suspected abductees through hypnosis. Dolores has also become, perhaps, the world’s expert on the prophecies of Nostradamus. Working through several different subjects, Dolores was able to establish communication with the living Michel de Notredame, better known as the prophet, Nostradamus. His revelations and their impact on our own time are both fascinating and at times frightening. In addition to the three volumes of “Conversations with Nostradamus”, Dolores has completed:”The Legend of Starcrash”, “Keepers of the Garden”, “Legacy from the Stars”, “A Soul Remembers Hiroshima”, “They Walked With Jesus”, “Jesus and the Essenes” and “Between Death and Life”. “The Custodians”, discusses in detail information regarding distorted time, screen memories, reasons for abductions, implants and much, much more.... Her latest books, “The Convoluted Universe Series”, goes further into complex metaphysical theories and covers “mind-bending” concepts.

Dolores Cannon in Adelaide 3rd November 2011 6-10pm ($50) Mercure Grosvenor Hotel 125 North Terrace Adelaide SA 5000 Join with Dolores to discover fresh insights concerning the NEW EARTH, Global Transformation, Conscious Creation and tools for navigating the change in global conscious awareness. Dolores will lecture on a wide variety of topics ranging from new information regarding the New Earth, the Three Waves of Volunteers to the long awaited Convoluted Universe Book 4. This evening will also include an open forum where the audience can ask questions about any of the topics Dolores has written about. Dolores will also be facilitating a group regression in which she will put the entire audience into a light trance state and take them to a past life. This should not be missed, one of the most incredible delights you will ever experience! As a special bonus the Movie 3 Magic Words that features Dolores will be screened at the end of the event. For more information see ad on outside back cover or visit www.enlightenedevents.com.au