KSA NEWS Magazine Newsletter of Kinesiology Schools Australia Issue 2 June 2012
MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL 29th June—1st July
Sunshine By Bronwyn Kennedy
How’s your immune system? The Heart Meridian
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CONTENTS
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Contact us? Kinesiology Schools Australia 9/57 Gawain Rd Bracken Ridge, QLD, 4017 (07) 3261 5436 office@kinesiologyschools.com.au www.kinesiologyschools.com.au
What’s been happening at KSA?
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How is your Immune System?
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Mind Body Spirit Festival
Principle # 3—Sunshine
Ask Danny?
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The Heart Meridian
Mind Body Spirit Festival 1/2 price ticket Calendar What’s happening at KSA
Winter Warmer Soup Recipe
What do you think? Do you like the new magazine? Anything you want to know more about or see in the next magazine? Tell us! office@kinesiologyschools.com.au or on our new Facebook Page
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What’s been happening at Kinesiology Schools Australia? Hyperton—X Advanced Course The weekend of May 18-21 2012 was the weekend I qualified as a teacher of Hyperton-X Advanced. Leading up to it I must say I was quite nervous. Although I have 17 years experience in Kinesiology and I use HT-X pretty much every day I’m in clinic, if not every day, I felt the pressure was on a little. Had to step out of my comfort zone and teach something new. To make it more stressful I had to teach in front of one of my mentors, Trevor Savage, the person who taught me HT-X and HT-X Advanced 16 years ago. Well, once I started teaching I relaxed and found it a breath of fresh air. It was only when I started teaching that I realised how much of this I use in the clinic and how often. It is actually a huge part of my structural work and I use it daily. I use it by itself and also within the PKP protocol, ST#7½b. Hyperton-X teaches people about the spine and how it actually works in a holistic manner, how to get the best results with stretching and flexibility, how to work on your self and how to use this simple advanced stretching technique to help people with a whole heap of problems like learning difficulties and sensitivities etc. The Hyperton-X Advanced course takes things further again based on the simple Hyperton-X methods the students learnt many more muscles they can quickly
release and how to do many bi-laterally (both at the same time). More importantly it is a very effective method of how to reduce pain in and around joints. There are also some other pretty handy techniques in there. I just wanted to say Thank-You to the students who attended. It was a privilege to teach you and the feedback was fantastic. One lady from Victoria who studied her Diploma through another college said she learnt more things in these 4 days that she can integrate into her clinic than she did in the whole of her Diploma. Goes to show how much is in this short course. I’d love to see you all in HT-X and HT-X Advanced next time we run it. HT-X requires no previous Kinesiology experience but takes you a long way in your learning. Even Physios I know have been blown away by it.
Danny
Kinesiology Schools Australia Student Discussion Forum!! Make sure that you like our new FACEBOOK page by clinking on the button or here http://www.facebook.com/KinesiologySchoolsAustralia AND if you are a current or past student of Kinesiology Schools Australia you can now take part in our online Discussion Forum on Facebook! This group is for STUDENT ONLY and if a place to discuss techniques and help each other learn! To join the Discussion Forum Click HERE, then click ‘JOIN GROUP’ on the top Right hand side of the page and you are AWAY! Happy Discussion! 3
How’s your Immune System? NOW is the time to make sure you’re prepared for Winter! With the cold weather now upon us, how are you making sure that your body can fight off all of those nasty bacteria and viruses just waiting to take you over and leaving you in a blithering, snotty heap on the couch watching Judge Judy and re-runs of MacGyver? There are some very simple things you can do to make sure your body is strong enough to win the battle, who needs Judge Judy when you can be living your own life vibrantly!
What is the Immune System? The immune / lymphatic system consists of tissues and cells that protect the body against attack from foreign invaders. It is comprised of:
White blood cells The tonsils The thymus gland The liver and spleen The lymphatic system The bone marrow The mucous membranes in the gut and respiratory tract.
Exercise: Yes, I know but it’s cold outside and it’s hard to get motivated, BUT keeping moving as it is
critical to your immune function. Your lymphatic system is one of your main lines of defence and contains a fluid called lymph fluid and lymph nodes which are the main processing area of the lymphatic system (think about how your glands swell in your neck under your chin when you aren’t feeling so well!). The lymph fluid in your body contains white bloods cells and transports bacteria from the cells and organs of your body to lymph nodes where the bacteria is destroyed. So the question is, how does the lymph move through the body? MOVEMENT! Lymph is moved through the body by the contraction of muscle! So when it gets cold outside KEEP MOVING so that you can keep those harmful bacteria out of body!
Garlic: Studies show that garlic contains allicin, a compound with a natural antibiotic-like effect. It is antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, and antiviral, but it must be consumed raw to have this effect. Garlic is a true SUPERFOOD, it has also been shown to reduce cholesterol and triglycerides, cancer, heavy-metal intoxication, infectious diseases, hypertension, free-radical damage, and immune deficiency states (Abdullah et al, 1988).
Vitamin C: Vitamin C is said to increase the production of white blood cells and antibodies and helps your body to absorb Iron. Vitamin C is essential for healthy function of the body, but we cannot store it, so we need to ensure that we eat foods that contain Vitamin C in our diet 4
every day! Some foods that contain Vitamin C are, Red Capsicum, Strawberries, Oranges, Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli, Grapefruit, Cantaloupe, Dark Leafy Greens, Paw Paw, Cabbage and Tomatoes. You can also supplement your diet with vitamin C Supplements! We stock GNLD Vitasquares which are especially for children!
Flavanoids: Flavanoids work with Vitamin C to protect cells in body fluids like the blood and lymph. Each enhances the absorption and action of the other. Flavanoids improve your immune function, as well as reducing the risk of heart disease, antiinflammatory action and protects from free radicals. Flavanoids are the main reason we hear every now and then that told wine and chocolate could actually be good for us! Flavanoids are found in blue, purple and magenta foods like onion, beetroot, lettuce, berries, cabbage, kale, spinach, asparagus, kidney beans and many more green vegetables and beans, Dill, Thyme, Tea (Green & Black) and red wine.
Winter Immunity Juices! Got a juicer that you never use? Well before you reach for the supplements or the cold and flu tablets dust of your juicer and get some raw living nutrients into you!
Evelin’s Immune Builder 1 handful watercress 1 turnip, scrubbed, tops removed, ends trimmed 3 carrots, scrubbed well, tops removed, ends trimmed 1 – 2 garlic cloves ½ green apple such as Granny Smith 1 lemon, peeled Bunch up watercress. Cut produce to fit your juicer’s feed tube. Tuck the watercress in feed tube and push through with the turnip. Finish with remaining ingredients. Stir the juice, pour into a glass, and drink as soon as possible. Serves 1 Source: The Juice Lady’s Turbo Diet by Cherie Calbom
Carotenoids:
The Hulk
Carotenoids are naturally occurring in all coloured vegetables, and improve our immune function. They have been linked to oxidation-preventing mechanisms and are therefore efficient free-radical scavengers.
Does this all sound a bit too confusing? If you want to be as healthy and vibrant as MacGyver make sure that you excerise regularly and have a diet full of colourful fruit and vegtables! It’s as simple as that! If that all gets too hard sometimes and you start to feel a bit run down, increase your intake of Garlic and Fruit and Vegetables! We’ve even given you some fantastic Juice recipes to try!
2 cups orange juice ½ cup pecans 2 Tbsp Wheat grass juice 2 Tbsp Sesame Seeds 1 tsp Flaxseed Oil Make this drink whenever you feel weak, fatigued or overwhelmed. Source: Don Tolman
Immune Booster Juice 1 stick celery 1 ripe tomato 1 pear ½ beetroot 1 carrot 2 dandeliion leaves or cabbage leaves ½ cm slice fresh ginger root 1 clove garlic (optional) ½ red onion 1 slice of fresh pineapple Source: Dr Sandra Cabot
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Principle #3: Sunshine THE SUN: Friend or Foe? Our bodies, like plants and other living organisms on this earth, require sunshine to grow, develop, repair and regenerate. Without natural sunlight we are far more susceptible to cancer, depression, obesity, osteoporosis and many other diseases so I find the debates about how the sun is dangerous and is killing us a little ignorant and mis informed. By allowing our skin and body to receive the light from the sun, our skin creates a photo-electric response so that our body can make Vitamin D. This vitamin helps the entire bone structure of the body, the circulatory system, maintains normal heart rhythm and helps every cell in the body regulate its function better. The UV rays that create vitamin D in our body also help to control bacterial and viral overwhelm. The problem with most people today is that they are mal-illuminated. We are indoors in our office all day and by the time we walk out it is dark. The media and western medicine tell us to coat ourselves with sunscreen when we do go outside (which contain toxic chemicals that put even more stress on system) and for four weeks of the year during our annual leave we take a holiday and burn ourselves to a crisp. So how can we get adequate sunshine and thus the vitally important vitamin D?
People who have nutritional deficiencies caused by consuming soft drinks, processed foods, white flour and refined sugars are more susceptible to sunburns so clean up your diet.
Expose at least 70 -80% of your body to the sun for 20 - 30 minutes every day that you can (without using chemical sun screen) Even better, grab a water bottle, go for a walk and breath in some fresh air.
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Remember the hours before 11am and after 2pm are usually less intense
heat and will ensure the best and healthiest results in a 20 - 30 minute period.
Don’t always wear sunglasses. The eyes are the gateway to telling your body when it is day and night. They also tell the body to produce more melatonin which helps protect the skin from burning. You are more likely to get burnt wearing sunglasses than not.
As with all the principles of health that have been mentioned in the past months. Everything in moderation! Get some sun daily, put a hat on and cover up if you are going to be out in the sun during the hotter parts of the day. Drink lots of water. Eat fresh fruit and veggies and be grateful for the day. Cheers
Bronwyn
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PROSPECTIVE STUDENT OPEN NIGHT July 4th 2012 6-8:30pm At Kinesiology Schools Australia 9/57 Gawain Rd Bracken Ridge, QLD, 4017 See MAP
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Ask Danny? Got a question for Danny?
Friday June 29th—Sunday July 1st This year we are going to be at the Mind Body Spirit Festival !! This is a great opportunity for you (our current students) to come and work on the general public in a supervised environment. Danny and Bron will be there to help and support you. Students with Kinesiology businesses can come along with business cards and promote YOUR Businesses! GET IN QUICK— Let us know when you are available throughout the Festival and we will roster you in! LIMITED PLACES and TICKETS (Get your 1/2 price ticket on Page 13 of this magazine) Email Bron at office@kinesiologyschools.com.au to reserve your place. Click on the Mind Body Spirit Festival Banner above to go to their website and find out more information. PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS—Can’t make it to the Open Night? Come and see us at the Festival!
Email your questions to office@kinesiologyschools.com.au with “Ask Danny?” in the subject and we will feature your question in next months newsletter if we think it is something all students should know!
“Dear Danny, I have a client coming to see me that has sleep apnea and she said she is not on a breathing machine, does anyone have any experience or advice they can offer in this area? Sharon”
“Dear Sharon, Keep in mind that sleep apnea is just one symptom, or piece of the puzzle. Keep your eye on the big picture. A good history and some detective work can help you heaps. Then follow the protocol. One thing to look at is how they breathe. Are they a mouth breather? If so, then they need to take their tongue to the gym. Interesting visual but the tongue should be up on the hard pallet just behind the ridge behind the front teeth. When the tongue is in this position then it opens some reflexes in the nasal passages and allows the nostrils to open more and allow air into the previously blocked nose. It also makes it harder for them to breathe through the mouth also encouraging nose breathing. Nose breathing encourages more blood to the brain as well. Get the person to practice holding the tongue in this position and holding their lips together. In time the tongue and lip muscles will start to do it automatically and improve both day and night breathing. This will help with many people that have sleep apnea. Through Kinesiology you can do some focused balances around visualising the tongue up the top of the mouth etc. Also test foods that clog up the nose such as dairy, wheat, bananas, other allergens and mucous producing foods as taught in BKP108 in the Cert IV and allergies in ECO202. You can also balance the tongue, throat, laryngeal and neck muscles as learnt in MST301.
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Each month we are going to take a look the 14 Meridians with some useful information to take an use in your Kinesiology Practice. The first meridian we are going to look at more closely is the….
The Heart Meridian Muscles
The Heart Organ
These muscles are on the Heart Meridian and relate to The heart is the key organ in the circulatory system. As a hollow, muscular pump, its main function is to propel blood the Heart Meridian energy and the function of the Heart. Use these muscles as pre-tests. throughout the body. It usually beats from 60 to 100 times per minute, but can go much faster when necessary. It beats Subscapularis about 100, 000 times a day, more than 30 million times per Subclavius year. Extensor Pollicis Longus The heart has four chambers that are enclosed by thick, muscular walls. It lies between the lungs and just to the left Omohyoid of the middle of the chest cavity. The bottom part of the Reference: Dr Bruce and Joan Dewe, ICPKP practitioner Database heart is divided into two chambers called the right and left ventricles, which pump blood out of the heart. A wall called the interventricular septum divides the ventricles. The upper part of the heart is made up of the other two chambers of Emotional component the heart, the right and left atria. The right and left atria receive the blood entering the heart. A wall called the The Heart represents love, while our blood interatrial septum divides the right and left atria, which are represents joy. Our hearts lovingly pump joy separated from the ventricles by the atrioventricular valves. throughout our bodies. When we deny ourselves The tricuspid valve separates the right atrium from the right joy and love, the heart shrivels and becomes cold. ventricle and the mitral valve separates the left atrium and As a result, the blood gets sluggish and we creep the left ventricle. our way to ANEMIA, ANGINA, and HEART ATTACKS. Ref: Don Tolman, Farmacist Desk Reference Vol 3
Heart Goals Use these statements as goals to base a balance around, or an affirmation.
My heart functions at optimum levels
My heart beats to a regular rhythm
My atriums function at optimum levels
My ventricles function at optimum levels
All parts of my heart are balanced and functioning at 100%
Ref: Pam Myers and Sally Worth, Rekindled Ancient Wisdom 10
The heart does not ‘attack’ us. We get so caught up in the soap opera and dramas we create that we often forget to notice the little joys that surround us. We spend years squeezing all the joy out of the heart and it literally falls over in pain. Heart attack people are never joyous people. If they do not take the time to appreciate the joys of life, they will just recreate another heart attack in time.
Use these Affirmations with your clients! My heart beats to the rhythm of love. Joy. Joy. Joy. I lovingly allow joy to flow through my mind and body and experience. I bring joy back to the centre of my heart. I express love to all. Reference: Louise L. Hay, You Can Heal Your Life Anatomy of the Heart
Meridian The heart meridian involves the cycling of the blood as well as electrical communication with the rest of the cells of the whole Soul. The heart is in constant communication with all of the organs and muscles to determine their blood/oxygen needs from moment to moment. The heart generates 5000 times more powerful electrical messages throughout the Soul than the brain. In the Chinese belief system, the heart is also strongly associated with mental processes, while in the West we have the traditional metaphor of the heart as an emotional centre and a centre of wisdom.
The Fire Element The Heart meridian is in the Fire Element. The Fire Element can be represented by the image of the hot, red sun, giving both light and warmth. It is associated with all of life’s heat and passions, particularly with enthusiasm, vitality and “warm feelings.” The Wood Element provides the fuel for Fire and the Earth Element is formed from the ashes generated by Fire. The Metal Element is controlled by the intense heat of Fire which melts, purifies and transforms Metal by forging it into a new and study shape. Water controls Fire by tempering or quenching it.
Element Metaphor: Fire Do you have “fire in the belly”, “passion and energy for life?” Are you too passionate, burning up your energy stores, burning those around you or are you too cold and unable to be passionate? When you think of fire, what image comes to mind and what might this symbolize in your life John and Matthew Thie, Touch For Health, A practical Guide to Natural Health with Acupressure Touch. 11
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HALF PRICE ENTRY TO THE MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL Half price entry to the Mind Body Spirit Festival for you and your friends and family! Simply print this page, fill out the voucher, cut it out and take it with you to the Festival to claim your half price ticket! We will be there offering FREE 10 min Kinesiology balances! What a great opportunity to experience Kinesiology and share it with your friends and family! SEE YOU THERE!
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CALENDAR What’s Happening at Kinesiology Schools Australia? June 9th—10th
6pm—9pm June 15th
BKP108—CERT IV SEPT 2011
STUDENT PRACTICE NIGHT
Balancing with Food—Focusing on nutrition this unit teaches an understanding of why the body requires a variety of nutrients and how the body uses these nutrients. We also look at a number of ‘diets’ and how to test the person to see if they may react to foods.
Two hours of practice time for Cert IV and Diploma Students! And one hour of Q&A with Bronwyn!
June 16th—17th BKP105—CERT IV MARCH 2012 Five Elements In Depth—Learning the 5 Elements principles in depth and working with the full chart of emotions takes students to a whole new level of knowledge. An extra 14 muscles allows students a greater variety of ways to balance the clients. Students also learn how to find one single correction to return the person to balance.
July 7th—8th VEF201 (& JAF 201) —DIPLOMA Flower Essences—Flower Essences open up a whole new world to students. Through flower essences students learn to identify and utilise insights relating to their properties and photographic images, to re-balancing mental, emotional and spiritual energy.
July 27th—29th NEURAL ORGANISATION THERAPY — Module 1 (3 Module Advanced Course) N.O.T is one of the most advanced Kinesiology therapies available. Under the guidance of Trevor Savage and Danny Liddell, practitioners will gain valuable techniques and knowledge that will help take your practice to a professional level and provide the skills for success. Click here for more info…. 14
Make you that you let us know you are coming, call 07 3261 5436 or email office@kinesiologyschools.com.au
June 28th—July 1st MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL Come see us or help us out at the Mind, Body, Spirit festival at the RNA showgrounds this year, see earlier in the Mag for more details!
6pm—8:30 pm July 4th PROSPECTIVE STUDENT OPEN NIGHT Come and check out the college and meet the lectures if you are interested in starting your study as a Kinesiologist!
July 21st —Byron Bay HOMEOPATHY FOR THE FAMILY This is a course for every parents. Make parenting easy. Bumps, bruises, sprains, bites, colds, flu, tonsillitis, burns, tummy upsets and many other minor problems that often occur. A must for everyone, especially if you have kids. Click here for more info….
Sept 2012 CERTIFICATE IV IN KINESIOLOGY Our Certificate IV graduates qualify at practitioner level and can go straight into the workforce as Kinesiology consultants Click here for more info….
Warm up with this Fast Winter Soup
Full of hearty vegetables, this speedy winter soup will warm you up from the inside out. INGREDIENTS (serves 2)
METHOD
1 tbs Coconut Oil
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1 onion, chopped
over medium heat, add the onion, chilli,
1 long red chilli, seeds removed, finely
celery and carrot and cook for 2-3 min-
chopped
utes. 2.
Heat the coconut oil in a large saucepan
1 celery stalk, chopped
Add cumin and coriander and cook, stir-
1 carrot, chopped
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
ble stock, bring to boil and simmer for 8-
1 cup red lentils, rinsed, drained
10 minutes or until lentils are tender.
1L (4 cups) chicken or vegetable stock
Biodynamic natural yoghurt, to serve
ring, for a further minute. 3.
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Add the red lentils and chicken or vegeta-
Season with salt and pepper. Serve in bowls with a dollop of yoghurt. 15
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