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does, and this is reinforced in a few other articles as well. If you’re a regular reader, you may wonder why we’ve suddenly incorporated new topics in this issue, and they will be repeated and added to in future issues too. I was first introduced to fashion as an art form by my then assistant Melisa Gray-Ward about a decade ago. Indeed, I am pleased and proud to welcome her now as our new Fashion Editor. Because I have a plump body I had always been scared of fashion (just like I used to be scared of the G-word too) but Melisa opened my eyes to its sheer artiness. Then in January this year Amaresh Wardha introduced me to his amazing fashion photography and he suggested I consider fashion for LivingNow. I sat with it one night in a meditative state and suddenly saw how we could cover fashion in a LivingNow way, with a difference. Having reached that conclusion I went to bed, dog tired, but the moment my head hit the pillow the word ‘fashion’ jumped into it, followed in quick succession by the other F-words on the list you see above. The next thing all the H-words jumped into my head too. Slightly annoyed, because I wanted to sleep, I realised that I had a heap of words from two proximate letters in the alphabet, and mouthed that all I needed now was a G-word, and of course I quickly saw that

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T I M E – D O YOU have enough? Do you have enough money – or energy, health or love in fact? If not, or if you have too much s#*t or drama in your life, you’ve picked up the right magazine. There are answers here aplenty – answers for a quick fix or longer term – from both the advertisers and the articles. I’ll leave you to explore the cornucopia of solutions the advertisers have to offer. I’ll tell you about the articles and the way many of them just fit hand and glove inside each other. I could claim to be a clever editor who just planned all these coinciding articles, but I didn’t – not in my forebrain at least. I follow hunches and my intuition, and the Universe provides the building blocks – most often as emails in my in box. If this is the first time you’ve read this magazine, note that I’ve used the word Universe here as a ubiquitous word for the big G-word – yep, God. Don’t drop the page in fright now. I know that a lot of people have been put off by that word because of their experiences within the family or organised religion. You can let yourself get over that, you know. In fact, you can let yourself get over anything and everything by changing your mind, your state of being and your self-talk. Again, the articles and the advertisers in these very pages can help with that. A.C. Ping’s amusing and insightful article on drama syndrome really underlines the damage that negative self-talk

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It is up to you, the reader, to make your own evaluation and judgement and take your own path; and seek professional advice when appropriate. No responsibility will be accepted where publication is delayed or prevented by factors beyond our control. CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE pictured below left to right Nicole Bjilsma is a healthy home expert (building biologist), author of Healthy Home Healthy Family and the founder of the Australian College of Environmental Studies. She has had numerous TV appearances and provides free e-newsletters educating people about the health hazards in the home. Catreeana is the founder and director of Creative Peace, a centre and shop in Richmond, Victoria. She is a spiritual healer, psychic and teacher, who works with singing bowls. Her classes include Conscious Awareness of Self teachings and Soul Sound Reading. Stephen Denham lives with partner Emma in Sydney’s north. His book “A Plate of Eggs” was published in 2011 by Zeus and is dedicated to the mateship of soul. Helen Ferrara is first and foremost a parent who is passionate about the world we are bequeathing to our children. Having recently completed a PhD on creativity she is starting CreativeNurture to promote a holistic nurturing of creativity. Helen is also a ChakradanceTM facilitator, a practice that supports the awakening of our creative selves Melisa Gray-Ward is a writer and editor focusing on fashion and literature. Originally from Melbourne, she now lives in Berlin. She is a self-confessed reader, daydreamer, tea drinker, shoe hoarder and puppy lover. Eve Hillary BHSc. is a best selling author, patient advocate and health professional, and author of Sarah’s Last Wish. Tracey Hogan is a Sydney naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist and homoeopath with 18 years’ experience in the industry. She regularly writes on complementary health topics. Sol Luckman is a prolific visual artist and critically acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction. His numerous books include the international bestselling Conscious Healing: Book One on the Regenetics Method and the newly released Potentiate Your DNA: A Practical Guide to Healing & Transformation with the Regenetics Method, from which this article was adapted. Madonna Melrose, makeup artist, has been involved with the beauty and fashion industry for over 25 years and has been responsible for some very prestigious campaigns in Australia and overseas, including Panasonic, Schwarzkopf, Reebok, Seafolly, Quicksilver, Bras‘n’Things and Optus. Personal clients of Madonna’s include Olivia Newton John, Pierce Brosnan, Jeremy Irons, Prince Albert of Monaco and the illustrious Dame Edna Everage. Alice Ostrowski is an architect working for Paradigm Architects based in Perth who specialises in environmentally sustainable design in urban and regional areas of Western Australia. A.C. Ping is an internationally acclaimed author and self-mastery teacher. He has worked with people in Australia, the UK, Africa and America for almost 20 years. His trilogy of personal development books has been translated into 11 languages, and he has also written two business books and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. His writings and presentations explore the junction point between ancient wisdom, philosophy, quantum physics and neuroscience. If you are already successful and are wondering ‘What’s next?’, learn how to move to the next level. Raym Richards is a practising shaman who teaches his Crystal Dreaming TM technique to practitioners worldwide. His stories are based on real life experiences. Rik Schnabel is an internationally recognised and nationally accredited NLP and coach trainer. Specialising in the wealth mindset, he is a bestselling author and Australia’s Number One Brain UnTrainer. He regularly runs free mindset workshops – called, “Journey Beyond Limits” and in-depth NLP training courses. Stella Woods is an astrology teacher and consultant based in St Kilda, Melbourne.

06 Style and sustainability: the changing face of fashion Melisa-Gray Ward. Exciting new forms of fashions come in many different packages: sustainable, green, eco, fair-trade, up-cycled, recycled, second-hand, vintage organic, natural, eco-conscious, locally sourced, artisan-made, hand-made and custom design are all forms of fashion we will explore in the future editions of LivingNow. 07 Could ginkgo be the living fossil for your youthfulness? Tracey Hogan. Can this ancient botanical offer protective effects against the ravages of modern-day living, while protecting our treasured memory processes and cognitive function? 08 Why ‘s#¡t’ happens Catreeana. All of us know that we live under certain laws – the laws of the government, the laws of gravity, etc. – but few understand that we also live under spiritual laws. These laws are why s#¡t happens to us. 09 The difference between healing and curing Sol Luckman. While we can facilitate healing in another, often with astonishing results, in the end we cannot make a person benefit from the transformational energies we offer. 10 Will you be a money tap or a drain in 2012? Rik Schnabel. When it comes to money, have you ever noticed how some people tend to be like taps and others like drains? While the taps create money like it’s an unlimited resource, the drains never seem to have enough of it. 12 BPA is a dirty word Nicole Bijlsma. BPA has been banned in children’s products in Canada, France, Denmark, and the European Union because of its association with breast and prostate cancer, infertility, early puberty in girls, type-2 diabetes, obesity and ADHD. 14 Up-cycling threads and turning heads on the catwalk Melisa-Gray Ward interviews Rachael Cassar. Inspired by ‘anything and everything’, Australian eco fashion designer Rachael Cassar creates textural garments using second-hand materials, designed with a customer who has ‘a creative spirit and values the different’ in mind. 16 Basic instincts for a living house Alice Ostrowski. Our time to embrace antipodean climate is well overdue. The style of an Australian living house is unique. It discards styles that are dysfunctional for its local climate, such as the eave-less ‘European’ houses and suburban ‘McMansions’ where bigger is better. 18 Making time in a timeless age Stephen Denham. We live in a timeless age – not so much in the sense of the realisation of human potential but in the sense that today we literally have no time. To reclaim the timelessness that has marked great cultures and civilisations of the past, and to become creators in our own right, we need to learn how to cultivate inner stillness in the midst of our busy lives. 20 Have you got chronic drama syndrome? A.C. Ping. You can tell if you’ve got it by asking: When good things happen to you, do you find it hard to accept and instead start waiting for something to go wrong? When bad things happen, do you find yourself saying, ‘That’d be right!’, and getting angry and frustrated, but deep down secretly accepting that as your lot in life? 22 Was the footballer a space cadet? Raym Richards. Raym helps a well known footballer discover the source of a career-hampering handicap. He turns out to be much more than the bulky sportsman that he appears to be. 23 Forced medical treatment – how effective is it? Eve Hillary. Increasingly treatments are forced onto persons who are mentally sound and competent to make decisions, but who merely prefer a different treatment option or wish to attend a different hospital from the ones their doctors prefer. 24 Unwrapping the gift we are to ourselves Helen Ferrara. In getting to know this gift of our self, we are led to what is the natural inclination for the growth and fulfilment of the self, and so we start believing that the self is enough and more than enough, infinitely abundant in fact, for a rich and fulfilling life. 25 Black & White We interview under 30s for their take on life, and we hope their stories will inspire you. Contrasts and paradoxes are part and parcel of life – which therefore seems quite black and white at times.

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STYLE AND SUSTAINABILITY: the changing face of fashion by Melisa Gray-Ward (pictured above) ONG OI NG DE C I SIONS A B OU T what, where and when to eat each day are mitigated by our need to survive. Climate and cultural codes aside, our need for clothing may not be life threatening, but wondering what to wear each day is equally unavoidable. Like food, the fashion we consume is usually dictated by our finances, and ultimately influenced by our emotions and ego. What we choose to wear is based upon a calculated image of how we want the world to perceive us. Despite the obvious ways in which our clothes communicate certain messages about us as individuals, those who loathe fashion often dismiss interest in style as fickle and frivolous, which could be a fair argument, when you consider the rag trade’s reprehensible rap sheet. The industry’s negative impact on the environment, human rights abuses and marketing ploys designed to diminish self-esteem are all reasons why fashion has largely been absent from LivingNow in the past. The arrival of fast fashion chains such as Zara and Topshop on Australian shores last year brought a new struggle to independent Australian designers. It’s unlikely the accusations of child labour practices against Zara or the size of Australia’s landfill were on the shoppers’ minds as they queued around the block in anticipation of cute blazers and cheap blouses, but, despite the abundance of fast fashion available, a growing number of contemporary designers and brands are paving the catwalks with good intentions. Increasingly we see the fashion spotlight shine on exciting new methods of fashion production and design. No longer confined to the clichéd images of burlap sacks and homespun fibres, authentic fashion is about innovation, a tenement of good design. Exciting new forms of fashions come in many different packages: sustainable, green, eco, fair-trade, up-cycled, recycled, second-hand, vintage organic, natural, eco-conscious, locally sourced, artisan-made, hand-made and custom design are all forms of fashion we will explore in the future editions of LivingNow. Our interview with Australian eco fashion designer Rachael Cassar in this issue is a perfect example of the designers and brands we wish to celebrate. Showcasing work that sits outside the standard confines of the industry is important, and in turn supports those companies in making their voice heard. Even if you’ve eschewed fashion in the past, stick with us while we explore the many different ways clothes are made stylishly and sustainably, for a diverse range of shapes, sizes and generations. We’ve got loads of interviews with designers, brands and industry leaders in store for you, but in the meantime feel free to get in touch to tell us about your favourite brands and what authentic fashion means to you. Got a stylish tip you would like to share, or thoughts about our new focus on fashion? Email us on editor@livingnow.com.au

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THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH is it a myth? by Tracey Hogan I S T H E R E A B O TA N IC A L that can offer protective effects against the ravages of modern-day living, while protecting our treasured memory processes and cognitive function? The Ginkgo biloba tree is the story of longevity, of survival, and regeneration. This plant’s origins are China and Japan, where it is used in traditional medicine. It’s referred to as the ‘living fossil’ of the plant world, because it’s the only surviving member of the Ginkgoales family of plants. It has an interesting shaped leaf too, with two ‘lobes’ (hence biloba). It became the symbol for renewal after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Out of the carnage, sadness and debris, a ginkgo sprouted new buds from the ground. The trunk was gone but its resilience wasn’t. It has the ability to live on, and it’s the ability of this plant to survive that increases the appeal of this herb for botanical medicine research. To date there are plenty of studies that have been conducted on Ginkgo. In-vitro studies have shown antioxidant activity against free radicals like superoxide anion and hyroxyl radical. Part of the activity of ginkgo comes from its ginkgolides, which have been found to be platelet activating factor antagonists, meaning it has blood-thinning capabilities. The hypothesis has been made that platelet activating factor formation might be involved in the beginning stages of nerve cell degeneration in brain cells in separate animal brain cell studies, but this is not conclusive. Ginkgo has been shown to improve memory processes, in particular working memory processes, memory consolidation, executive functioning, and working memory speed. These findings were from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 61 healthy volunteers aged 18-40 years. Taking ginkgo orally has been reported to improve the cognitive function of some elderly people with mild to moderate age-related cognitive or memory impairment. Ginkgo biloba has been recommended to be effective for cerebral insufficiency confirmed by a metaanalysis. Cerebral insufficiency is not a precise syndrome per se. It’s regarded as a number of cerebral disturbances like confusion, lack of recent memory, lack of initiative and changes in social behaviour. These symptoms have been associated with impaired cerebral circulation, and have been considered sometimes to be early signs of dementia. Ginkgo warrants further study, and its clinically proven full capabilities as a therapeutic botanical are just at the budding stage. With its promising actions to improve cognitive function, memory and concentration, ginkgo is a herb to watch. There’s the possibility of an interaction with blood thinning medications like Warfarin because of its platelet activating factor antagonising activity. If you are on these types of medication, speak to your qualified health care professional prior to taking any supplement to avoid the possibility of any interaction.

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WHY ‘S#¡T’ HAPPENS by Catreeana

A LL OF US know that we live under certain laws – the laws of the government, the laws of gravity, etc. – but few understand that we also live under spiritual laws. These laws are why sh.t happens to us. If we can understand these laws and work within them, we can learn to be the creator of own Universe. These spiritual laws are real, and science has been proving it for years. Quantum physics is at the cutting edge of this work. Most people are aware of ‘the eye of the observer’. This is where the experiment outcome changes if it is being watched. It is now proven by science that everything vibrates, and that vibration has a sound which is not always audible to the human ear. NASA has recorded the sound of the sun. Even we, as humans, vibrate, and our vibration changes all the time with our mood. Although others do not hear our vibration, they feel it. We can often feel if someone is happy or sad. How many times have you been driving and turn just at the time someone is looking at you? We actually feel the person looking at us though the vibration of it. For thousands of years religion has been trying to explain the spiritual laws. Reap what you sow, the law of karma, etc. In a nutshell, your vibration goes out into the world and affects the vibration of everything else, pushing and pulling things to and from us. So let’s imagine that we are actually created in the image of God. If that is true then we are truly creators ourselves. When you begin to understand how, through the vibration, we do create, then it is not far from the truth. We can learn to live as our god-self by becoming ever more conscious of ourselves. Awareness and being conscious of ourselves is a lifetime journey. This takes dedication and persistence, but awaking to the self and how you affect your life is a wondrous thing. There are many extraordinary teachings and practices to help us find our way. Look for one that best suits you. You can learn to create what happens in your life and not just have stuff happen. Change your mood and change your outcome.

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN healing and curing Words and picture by Sol Luckman W E L I V E I N a global culture with such a skewed view of what healing actually is that this point needs to be highlighted. Although healing often includes alleviating or eliminating symptoms, healing (‘wholing’) must not be confused with simple curing. Whereas curing is designed to make the problem go away, no questions asked and no insights gained, healing is a very different activity. True healing embraces the problem (which is actually a teaching tool employed by our Higher Self) as a way of integrating and being transformed by it. Curing focuses on symptoms without realising they are spiritual messages. By contrast, healing is a body-mind-spirit phenomenon involving an increase in awareness that takes the form of a transformational step on our evolutionary journey of conscious personal mastery. At its heart, healing teaches us to love ourselves and others unconditionally and, moreover, to see others as ourselves. This line of reasoning establishes that: 1. healing is inseparable from loving; and 2. loving leads to a higher state of awareness that has been called unity consciousness. In this ultimately individualised process, very often the problem disappears, but not because we have ignored it or forced it to go away. Rather, the problem is simply no longer of use to us because our dysfunctional relationship – which is always a variety of victim consciousness – to the underlying factors creating the problem has been healed consciously. While we can facilitate healing in another, often with astonishing results, in the end we cannot make a person benefit from the transformational energies we offer. If any part (conscious or otherwise) of the recipient’s body-mind-spirit refuses to accept the healing energies, to that extent, the person will not experience healing or transformation. The view that all healing is really self-healing is strongly supported by Glen Rein’s inspiring research in DNA’s response to coherent emotions. Dr. Rein found that positive emotions compress DNA – making DNA more robust and arguably more available for healing and transformation. On the other hand, negative emotions decompress (to the point even of killing) DNA. It is up to us as individuals to determine – and if necessary, upgrade – which emotions we regularly experience as well as which emotionally charged-attitudes we typically entertain so that our healing can occur. Even a minimal willingness to undergo positive change can set the stage for remarkable benefits from many methods of healing. To understand that healing is always self-healing is to grasp the primary role of freewill in this process. Nothing about healing is predetermined. To the contrary, healing is a quantum unfoldment that at each instant respects our own myriad boundaries as to how fast – and how radically – we are willing to transform. Such boundaries can be conscious. They also can be subconscious, ancestral, and even karmic. Theoretically, we can heal and change overnight – and some people do. But more often, healing is an incremental, cumulative and eventually exponential process that allows us to consciously integrate its numerous transformational lessons at a manageable rate.

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WILL YOU BE A MONEY TAP OR A DRAIN IN 2012? by Rik Schnabel W H E N I T COM E S to money, have you ever noticed how some people tend to be like taps and others like drains? While the taps create money like it’s an unlimited resource, the drains never seem to have enough of it. I’m very familiar with the drain mindset because I used to be one until my very first wealth mentor taught me about the ‘money paradox’ and the two most powerful energetic laws that surround it. I would love to share these with you as this will make a dramatic difference to your 2012 and beyond. While the drains believe that the more you take the more you have, the money paradox is contrary and the money taps know that the more value you give, the more you make. This might not make much sense at first. Let me explain some of the powerful energetic laws that underpin this profound insight and will improve your relationship with money in 2012. The first energetic law that you need to understand is ‘The Energy of Value’. Simply stated, when you grow or improve your value, you grow your attraction and therefore your wealth. Imagine an iPhone without apps or a house without a view and you get a sense of what I’m talking about here. The higher the value, the higher the energy, and that translates to more money.

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Now you might say that it’s not about the money, and you’re right – it’s not. It’s all about the energy exchange; the money is simply a by-product and the great creators of value know this. The greater the value you create for others, the more magnetic you become to money. What I see, however, is that the drains get this completely wrong. Instead of improving their offering and growing their value, I see too many simply discounting what they give and in a sense not valuing it. It almost seems like there is something wrong with the offering. Here both the buyer and the seller undervalue the offering. Instead of discounting, why not valueadd? To completely understand ‘The Energy of Value’, imagine that in 2012 you grow the value of what you offer to such a degree that it cannot be eclipsed or matched. Another way to look at this could be to offer something so unique that it cannot help but stand out. Another insight worth noting is that drains do not realise that anything you do that decreases the energy of your products, your team or even your energy, reduces your value. Think of complaints, whingeing, arguments, carpet bagging or limiting

your love or care as dramatically reducing your value. We all know someone that has a draining effect on us. If you said that our attraction to money could well be found in our energy, you may have found the greatest source of wealth – you! The true source of money and wealth is not the economy, the banks, your employer or even your customers or clients. The real source of money and wealth is you! So growing your personal value by investing in yourself could be one of the best financial decisions you’ll ever make. I would even go as far as saying that, if you have any negative associations to money, do something about it, because I can assure you that if you don’t, you are likely repelling money from your life. If you’ve learned Neuro Linguistic Programming you realise that we humans place meaning upon everything – and I mean everything. It is the very meaning that we place upon money that determines if we have lots of it or little. Think back to the last time you pulled up next to a Lamborghini or Ferrari and recall what you might have called the driver, in your head of course. Whatever you thought of the driver will either attract or repel money to you, as associations run deep and we never wish to become who we slur.

W E A LT H = (VA LU E X LE V E R AGE ) Now that you’ve increased your value, it’s time to leverage it. The formula for great wealth is value times leverage. After all, there is no point in having all this value to offer others if nobody knows about it. This leads us to the second energetic law which is ‘The Energy of Attraction’. One way to look at this energy is the difference between creating an attractive garden that attracts butterflies as opposed to going out and catching them with a net. The latter requires far more energy on an ongoing basis and usually produces a lesser result. A beautiful garden has a high energy of attraction and draws to it butterflies and busy bees easily, while an unattractive garden is so often passed or ignored. Leverage is the art of less effort for a greater result, and attractive gardens with lots of value are a perfect foundation for leverage. A well designed and systemised garden will attract wealth through leverage; other people’s time, efforts and money. If you truly want to create wealth and shift from the drain mindset, do something dramatic to change your thinking and tap into wealth.

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lauryl sulphate – the foaming agent in your shampoo – combines with an amine (such as triethanolamine), it may result in the formation of nitrosamines which are carcinogenic. Disturbingly, you will find this combination in the majority of your personal care products. It fails to account for the fact that breastfed babies are at the end of the food chain. Numerous chemicals such as the pesticide DDT and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been found in higher levels in a child’s blood in proportion to their body weight, than most adults. There is a misguided assumption that all products on our shelves have been rigorously tested for safety. While this may be so for the great majority of Australian made products, the importation of hazardous products is an unfortunate yet common occurrence. Part of the problem lies with the inconsistencies in Occupational Health and Safety laws, or lack of, amongst countries. Another issue is the lack of resources to check the hundreds of thousands of shipping containers that reach our shores. Consequently product recall is an ongoing phenomenon. Children are not adults, and yet these limits are based on adult exposure. Infants and children are inherently different from adults because they breathe more air, drink more water and eat more food

relative to their body weight. They also have a higher metabolic and absorption rate, compromised immune system as well as a decreased capacity to detoxify and excrete chemicals. In addition, children are exposed to significantly higher levels of airborne pollutants when compared with adults because they put objects in their mouths and their breathing zone is closer to the floor. Children are uniquely susceptible to environmental pollutants and yet, despite this awareness, there is currently little or no legislation to protect children from these hazards. What we require is a radical shift in the way we assess new technologies coming onto the market and this can be achieved with the ‘precautionary principle’. It works on the premise that, if an agent cannot be proven to be completely safe, care or avoidance should be implemented. This is the underlying philosophy of building biology. Global warming is a prime example of the precautionary principle because the stakes of not acting – the extinction of the human race and every other species – are too high. Based on the precautionary principle, it is up to the companies who wish to bring new technologies and products onto the market to prove their safety before they are released on the market.

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I NSP I R E D BY ‘A N Y T H I NG and everything’, Australian eco fashion designer Rachael Cassar creates textural garments using second-hand materials, designed with a customer who has ‘a creative spirit and values the different’ in mind. Since launching her namesake label back in 2007, a mere four months after graduating from the University of Technology Sydney, Rachel has gone on to international acclaim, exhibiting in London and receiving industry international awards. LivingNow spoke with Rachel to find out how her designs are received in Australia and what challenges she faces as an eco fashion designer. You knew from an early age you wanted to be a fashion designer. Education aside, what steps did you take in order to make your dreams a reality? I just made sure I never stopped creating. This meant hours in my room, conducting my own projects, never getting discouraged if they didn’t work out – this set the strong foundations for me. I am not afraid to make mistakes. I am not afraid to jump right into cutting and stitching and forming even if it means I have to unpick the whole piece and start all over again – I am a true believer of doing rather than planning. That process works for me and helped me realise how great it is to make mistakes, because from mistakes comes problem solving which, for me, forces better and more creative solutions! So I suppose, education aside, it was about learning how I naturally design without being taught the ‘right’ way to create. How do you strike a balance between creativity and commercialism? To be honest I never really put that boundary on myself. I suppose the way it works for me is just making sure the piece

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is still functional as an item of clothing, but I wouldn’t say I think about being commercial. How do you define sustainable fashion? Fashion that is designed with consideration to the environment, consideration of the item’s life span, it’s footprint and that looks towards protecting the future. Your garments are made from recycled materials. Where do you generally source these materials, and what are the challenges and successes faced when working with recycled materials? I source my materials from anywhere – markets, garage sales, op shops, auctions, donations from friends, family and public. Sometimes finding large volumes of one fabric can be difficult, especially if I take something apart, start designing with it and realise the meterage falls short of my vision. The only other challenge I face with using re-claimed fabric is that it is sometimes really hard to identify the fabric contents. Are consumers surprised to learn that that your collections are eco-friendly, especially given the tired connotations that eco-fashion has received in the past (an attitude that is slowly changing)? What’s involved in promoting yourself as a ‘sustainable’ designer? Do you actively make that distinction in your marketing? Yes I believe the image of eco is changing; however it’s only through designers who are trying to show people that aesthetics should not be compromised or sacrificed for sustainability. I don’t think eco fashion will thrive unless it surprises society instead of offering what traditionally has been thought as eco. Yes, people get surprised. I don’t think they are attracted to my work solely for the ‘eco’ element. I believe my design aesthetic

holds its own ground. The fact that it is sustainable is a bonus. The two combined ensure a desirable product. I try not to make a huge distinction in my marketing. I am proud that my work is sustainable and that I have managed to make a strong consistent aesthetic using recycled materials. So I do call myself an Australian eco fashion designer, as I do want people to know there is a consciousness behind my work that needs to be recognised and hopefully helps change society’s preconception of ‘sustainable’. However I still am a fashion designer; I promote my designs first and foremost. Do you think the Australian perception of sustainable fashion is shifting? Are there any notable advantages or disadvantages of being a designer in Australia? Yes it is changing, but, when going to another city like London or New York, you realise how slow and behind Australia actually is in terms of embracing sustainable fashion. I do find it hard here in Australia for the type of fashion I create. I am all about slow fashion. Each item is hand made, valuing technique and quality over quantity. I want my garments to tell a story, to hopefully be a piece that gets passed on. Therefore my fashion isn’t very accessible or, thank God, disposable. Unfortunately this makes it difficult for a small label like mine to thrive here as it goes against everything our traditional fashion industry is about. To be honest, most of the attention I receive is from overseas. The fashion industry here seems to get to a point where it is comfortable with a handful of designers, and those designers seem to dominate the marketplace for decades. Would you consider your work couture – each garment being an individual piece

based on a client’s individual wishes and measurement – or is it actually ready-towear? I wouldn’t call my work couture. It has elements of couture techniques – I like to say semi-couture creations. I think I just have always been obsessed with one-ofa-kind pieces – with anything – jewellery, furniture, art – anything where the buyer owns the design and knows it is the only one that exists in the world is so refreshing in a society dominated by mass produced quantities of everything! I hand make all my pieces, I like to think that my own ‘sewing handwriting’ is on each piece, even the imperfections, and this is what makes something special, sustainable – something that you just can’t throw away. Do you have a sense of community within the Australian sustainable fashion, and how does that work within the wider Sydney fashion scene? I can’t really say I do have that sense of community here in Australia. I am in contact with more sustainable designers around the globe. Who is the client you have in mind when designing? Someone who deep down has a creative spirit and values the different. What else inspires your work? Anything and everything. I am big on texture. What are you working on right now? I create one collection per year – so I do wait till I feel very inspired to put a label on what I am going to create next. I also like to take a break. I maintain I am one person, not a machine, and don’t want to produce just anything for the sake of it. A good break enables me to produce work that is still fresh and exciting.

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BASIC INSTINCTS for a living house by Alice Ostrowski DU R I NG A R E C E N T camping expedition, a time of basic, relaxed living, where the day started with sunrise and ended with sunset, I was brought back to the elemental needs of living; comfortable spaces to cook, eat, clean, sleep and relax. Just like setting up camp, the design of a home should incorporate and engage with all aspects of its site. This is the main principle behind solar passive design. It’s about catering for our instinctive needs of shade, shelter and sun, which since caveman times have not greatly changed. The caveman considered his home a tool, an ephemeral space that grew in response to needs, comfort and daily activities. Today these principles have been largely lost due to mass housing production and insular modern living. Fortunately, an increasing shift in focus has us reconsidering our lifestyle, our energy consumption, and our interaction with the natural environment. There are many design methods to consider when designing a solar passive home in your local climate, but by no means is it difficult. It is a natural instinctive way of living, achieved through standard environmental design principles. If you are embarking on renovations or building a new home ask yourself or your designer how solar passive design can be implemented to create your living house. If you are unsure of what this may entail here are a few pointers for you to start the process and discuss with your designer. OR I E N TAT ION From Australia’s tropical north, to the arid desert and down to the temperate south, to live in a solar passive house is to comfortably live with the climatic conditions. It begins with the correct building orientation to collect and store heat from the sun in cooler months, and minimising summer sun while encouraging cooling breezes to purge

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MAKING TIME IN N A TIMELESS TIM AGE by Stephen Denham

“I F YOU WA N T something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.” Lucille Ball If this well known quote from popular American actress and TV star, Lucille Ball, has stood the test of time—more than 20 years—today’s ‘busy person’ should be a model of productivity, expanding ever-new frontiers in terms of what we can do and achieve. This may be true for some of us, but what most of us are experiencing in our professional and personal life appears to be something quite different. Today’s ever-advancing technology enables us to do things that even not so long ago were impossible— and for things that were possible, to do them in a fraction of time. Clearly, we can do much more, more easily, and faster than ever before, but has any of this translated into an improved quality of life for us at work and play, for our families and friends? We live in a timeless age. Not so much in the sense of beauty, or some kind of artistic renaissance or evolution of human consciousness— but definitely in the sense that we literally have no time. We say we have no time because we are so busy. Our busyness has become a cliché for life in the 21st century; it’s the condition of modern men and women. Life is, by definition, time. To have life, is to have time. To say you have no time, therefore, is a serious capitulation. It is tantamount to saying you have no life. The truth is, we do have time – but in this day and age we find ourselves working longer hours, burdened by unwieldy workloads

at both work and home; and, as a result, struggling to find time for ourselves and our loved ones, for each other, for the things that, in our heart of hearts, we believe are most important. Perhaps surprisingly, in this milieu of speed-driven, space-compromised, time-poor living, there are few signs of recognition that this might be a time of crisis. Passive consumerism is nothing new – but in today’s climate of accelerating change, impacting upon every aspect of our professional and personal life, surely we need to find more efficient ways to manage the wave of information that now demands our attention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. How can we manage time better today? You can’t work with something you don’t have. We need to make time before we can learn to use it better. So what does ‘making time’ mean for us today? Our timelessness is essentially a mental phenomenon. When we are busy— too busy— we are essentially caught up in our mental stocktaking of, and about everything we have to do (e.g., “These things have to be done” or “I am the only person who can do the things I need to do”). Of course there are physically based addictions and compulsive behaviour too— but underlying these problems there is usually a strong habitual thought pattern of some kind. This justifies how busy we are, and makes change difficult. Not surprisingly, the way to break free of this mental prison we have constructed for ourselves is to find ways to direct our attention away from our habitual stream of

thoughts, opinions and attitudes. Step out of the habitual thinking that guides your behaviour and you’ve taken the first step toward change. As another famous saying goes, ‘seek and you shall find’. If you decide to pursue it, you will find there are many ways to achieve this, to get out of your head and open yourself to experiences of another whole dimension of life – presence, inspiration, grace, centredness, openness, surrender, silence, creativity, peace. Some of these practices go back thousands of years – Eastern meditation, yoga, deep breathing, mantras and affirmations. Western psychology too has much to offer when it comes to handling stress and burnout, offering ways to slow down or stop; and group work where sharing one’s innermost fears and attitudes with others becomes a powerful tool of transformation. This ‘making time’ we sorely need today might be described as a cultivating of stillness— choosing from among the many ways and means available to us, both ancient and modern. There is a key element which most of these practices have in common: the breath. Learning to become aware of your breath is an integral part of stilling your mind and living in the present, experiencing life from moment to moment. Stillness is not an escape. Cultivating stillness each day does not require you to retreat from life, although you may do this to get started or from time to time to rejuvenate. You can learn to breathe with awareness in any and every situation or

moment of your waking life, and, in the stillness that flows from that, respond to life’s demands and situations with a new sense of balance, clarity and meaning. The busy person described by Lucille Ball was no doubt creatively stimulated and engaged, able to multitask and maximise productivity. But two decades ago there were buffers of time and space that we don’t have today – the personal computer and the internet were in their infancy, social media as we now know it did not exist and the commercially driven information assault of our senses was nowhere near as sophisticated or intrusive. By comparison, the busy person of 2012 is typically on overload, running on empty, teetering at the brink of exhaustion, mentally over stimulated, crying out that they have no time. So if you want something done today, it may be wiser to ask someone who has recognised the value of practising stillness, who is able to separate themselves from both the busy world around them and the ceaseless mental flow of their own thoughts and associations— and so has time to focus on quality and detail. If enough of us begin to cultivate an inner stillness on a daily basis, we can also begin the process of reclaiming the timelessness we have all but lost today, which once belonged to great cultures and civilisations of the past. This is the timelessness that represents the potential we each have to open ourselves to the eternal and become creators in our own right.

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20 march 2012

HAVE YOU GOT CHRONIC DRAMA SYNDROME? by A.C.Ping

A W H I LE AG O I wrote a piece called ‘Do you suffer from drama syndrome?’ [you can find it on LivingNow’s website by keying ‘drama syndrome’ into the ‘search articles’ box at the top left] and it seemed to resonate with quite a few people, as the feedback has been ongoing and constant. However, just recently I realised that the syndrome can become chronic (chronic: lingering, lasting, constant, bad, intense, from the Latin chronicus and Greek khronos – time). Yes, chronic as in ingrained over time – ingrained in your being – ouch! If you didn’t read the original and/or can’t be bothered to now – drama syndrome relates to the notion that we are beings who constantly seek expansion and if we are too afraid to step into the unknown territory of the future and create something challenging and new we will subconsciously create a level of drama in our lives to feed our energetic needs – kind of a pseudo expansion or in the worst case energetic vampirism... So in what warped way could this possibly become chronic and why in the world would we do that to ourselves anyway? I think we can look at this from several different perspectives. If we take a scientific approach and consider how the brain works – specifically neuroplasticity – then it’s fair to say that, because the neurons that fire together wire together, the simple act of repeatedly buying into drama in our lives encourages our brains to literally rewire and reshape to reflect this (you can swear now if you’re the type). Consider Dr Edward De Bono’s analogy

of rain falling on a flat plain. First the water forms puddles then the puddles join and slowly the water begins to flow to the lowest point. As it does it takes some of the soil with it and before too long little streams begin to form and eventually rivers. Next time it rains the water flows directly into these rivers. Same with the brain. Neural networks form and strengthen on a ‘use it or lose it’ basis. Continually buy into drama and guess what? Your first and most natural reaction when faced with some sort of challenge or difficulty in life will be to go, ‘Oh poor me!’, and default into victimhood. By telling an ‘Oh poor me’ story you will naturally attract to you people who are willing to listen to an ‘Oh poor me story’ and maybe even indulge in ‘Oh poor me’ type behaviour – eg bitching type behaviour that goes something like “Jeez you know what happened to me today...”, to which the appropriate reply is, “Oh you poor thing... but let me tell you what happened to me!”, which soon becomes an enduring habit generally reinforced by escapist pursuits – because reality is of course painful – maybe even aided by drink and drugs... The hard part about this is the more you go around the loop the more you reinforce the neural networks and behavioural patterns and – yep you got it – the more you go around the loop, such that your expectations about what you deserve change and you retreat into trying to work out what might go wrong and how you are going to deal with it when it does which – yep you guessed it – means you’re now focussed on what might go wrong and

hence put energy into creating what you don’t want. (Swear now.) From a shamanic perspective we could consider the concept of intergenerational wounds. If your mum or dad had drama syndrome and plodded through life telling an ‘Oh poor me’ story then the behavioural patterns they pass on to you – and the energetic wound – is along the lines of, “Life sucks and when it does that’s just more evidence to prove that it does and hence more reason to find good ways of escaping”. Don’t bother trying to cope just find a way to escape. The other bit that accompanies this is judgement. Yes, judgement of others who have more, do more and hence must have some of what should be yours... which leads to separation from oneness and hence of course fear of judgement of others. Bugger! And all this just from a habit? Yep. An habitual way of being. You can tell if you’ve got it by asking: When good things happen to you, do you find it hard to accept and instead start waiting for something to go wrong? When bad things happen, do you find yourself saying, ‘That’d be right!’, and getting angry and frustrated, but deep down secretly accepting that as your lot in life? So enough already – how do you get out of it and break the habit? It’s kind of like giving up cigarettes and going to the gym instead. The key is focus and what you do next. Choose what you want to focus on – by that I mean thoughts – then act accordingly.

Then do it repeatedly in spite of whatever happens. I had a lesson in this just recently. I grow medicinal plants and some of them are in my front yard. The other day I went up to the shop to get a paper and some milk and when I came back I saw that some plants had been stolen. My initial reaction was anger followed by thoughts of GBH to the perpetrator, followed by an ‘Oh poor me story’ and a ‘That’d be right’. Slowly though I realised how disempowering that story was and how it painted me into a corner as a victim afraid of the world, thinking about how I was going to get a bigger fence and maybe some security and a BIG dog! Eventually I realised that I didn’t want to live like that and that I didn’t need to feed the energy of the person who had done such a low act. I’m not God, I don’t need to be the judge, I don’t need to buy into someone else’s stuff and I don’t even need to know why it happened. Fear of it happening again simply draws my focus onto the fear and the negative, which is what I don’t want. I choose then to hold my space and focus on abundance. To have compassion for the person that did that knowing that “We are punished by our sins, not for them.”[Elbert Hubbard] So, if your drama syndrome has become chronic, my advice to you is get off the drip feed of negative energy, manage your focus and CHOOSE what space you hold – NO MATTER WHAT!

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WAS THE FOOTBALLER A SPACE CADET?

I A M LY I NG next to a big man in my crystal mandala, with my feet pressed up against the door of my session room. We move into no-time-space and I wait for Johno’s higher-self to take us where we need to go. As we begin our journey I notice an irregularity with his light-body – his energy field is not quite as it should be, although it has nothing to do with his reason for seeing me. I hope we will have time to deal with it later. Right now it is appropriate that I just allow what needs to unfold to happen. We find ourselves in a mediaeval town square. It’s been raining and, rather than smelling fresh and clean, this place smells rank. There are piles of putrefying rubbish around – this is not a place that is looked after or cared for by anyone. There is a feeling of despair here. There’s a small crowd of rough-looking, pungent-smelling misfits waiting for something to happen. We see a wooden cart approach with a half-starved, filthy man chained to it. I try not to lead Johno in his understanding of what is happening and how this relates to him. Do you recognise anyone here?, I telepath Johno. What? I can see he is having a little difficulty comprehending that we are in another time and place witnessing something relevant to him. Feel into the energy of the people here, does anyone feel familiar. The bloke on the cart – that’s me! You are right, go over and step into his body and tell me how he’s feeling. Well he feels like a skinny little bloke, not very strong. No. How is he feeling emotionally, tell me what he is feeling now. Oh. Well he’s not frightened. He’s angry – and he’s really sad. The grubby, weary petty officials waiting near the rickety wooden structure in the centre of the square unchain the man on the cart and lead him up the rotting steps onto the platform where his fate awaits him. As they put the thick, rough rope around his neck he scans the crowd and sees what he has been hoping both to see and not to see. There at the back of the crowd are his wife and child. They look totally destitute and utterly despairing. His eyes meet theirs and he starts sobbing. What is he feeling now? I ask Johno is sobbing. He feels like shit. He feels like he is abandoning his wife and child. All he did was steal one loaf of bread to feed them and now he’s getting hung for it. I watch as with little ceremony they place the noose around his neck, read out

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his name and offence, and open the trapdoor beneath him. The sound of his neck cracking echoes across the square as his wife covers their son’s eyes. I catch Johno as he leaves his body and we move into no-time-space. My neck! Lack of mobility in his neck was is his reason for seeing me. What are you holding there? Despair, anger, a feeling of utter helplessness. He starts crying. I let them down! They will die without me. I left them. I did not mean to. Do you see how this relates to your neck challenge, now? Yes. Would you like to release it? Too bloody right.

When Johno first entered my shop it was like a shadow had passed over the sun – he blocked out that much light. My petite assistant Bryony had an irrational fit of the giggles when she set eyes on him. He is just unbelievably large, solid and muscular. He is a regional football player who stands an excellent chance of being selected to play for his country, but the lack of mobility in his neck was proving a handicap. He had tried everything to fix it – physio, massage, heat treatment, even electronic devices. None of them had worked permanently; some had brought only temporary relief at best. He has just released the primary emotional cause of his neck mobility challenge, which has come as a total surprise to him, but there is more. I decide to take

I call on his wife and child from that time and suggest he begs their forgiveness, which is given freely and accepted emotionally. I also advise him to forgive himself, which he does. He sees the energy he was holding in his neck evaporate as he accepts their unconditional love. As he says goodbye to his loved ones, he moves his neck freely. He has cheered up. Brilliant. Are we done? Not quite. I think there is something else, if you don’t mind? In for a penny...

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FORCED MEDICAL TREATMENT – how effective is it?

T H E COLD SP R I NG morning of March 24, 2011, promised a routine day as Maryanne Godboldo cleared away the breakfast dishes in her modest two storey brick and weatherboard home in East Detroit. Unknown to Maryanne, a Wayne County child protection (CPS) worker was lodging a JCO5B form at the county courthouse. She did not agree with the treatment that Maryanne’s 13-year-old daughter Ariana was receiving from her family physician and believed the girl should be medicated instead. The social worker intended to force Ariana from her home later that day and admit her to a nearby psychiatric facility for injections of strong antipsychotic medication. Forced medical treatment is not a rare occurrence confined to grimy hospitals in totalitarian countries. Medical ethicists report that it is a common event that happens thousands of times each day in developed countries with sophisticated health care systems. Over a one month period alone, one US emergency department recorded 314 involuntary treatment orders. According to researchers at University of Louisville School of Medicine , half were psychiatric admissions, while the other 50% were coerced ‘medical or surgical admissions’. Current thinking in medical ethics defines the gold standard of patients’ rights to medical decision-making as: ‘[mentally] competent individuals are allowed to make their own treatment decisions: incompetent ones are not’, according to researchers George Annas and Joan Densberger. This definition works well in cases of mental impairment or to authorise doctors to administer life-saving medical treatment to depressed individuals who have declined treatment for a physical condition. Increasingly, though, treatments are forced onto persons who are mentally sound and competent to make decisions, but who merely prefer a different treatment option or wish to attend a different hospital from the ones their doctors prefer. In some cases, coercion is carried out using potentially lethal force, as experienced by the Godboldo family in Michigan. Once the CPS worker had lodged the form, she returned from the courthouse and parked her government car not far from Godboldo’s home. From her cell phone she dialled 911 to ask for police assistance to remove Ariana. When the officer confronted Maryanne at her front door, she asked to see a warrant. Allegedly, when no warrant was produced, Maryanne refused to hand over her daughter and closed her door. The situation rapidly escalated when police summoned backup.

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Within half an hour the tactical response team had arrived in body armour, with high calibre assault weapons, riot control agents and an armoured vehicle. Why? The previous year, Maryanne Godboldo had first appeared on the CPS radar after Ariana had experienced a severe physical reaction to a series of vaccinations within hours of the shots. Maryanne returned to the paediatrician later the same day, asking him to investigate Ariana’s sudden fever, irritability and twitching symptoms, but he allegedly refused. Later that day, she took her daughter to a nearby paediatric clinic, where she says doctors also refused to investigate the vaccination side effects and prescribed psychiatric medications instead.

Dianne, rushed her to no less than three hospitals in a frantic search for medical help. At one hospital the young girl – who showed no signs of puberty − was misdiagnosed as being pregnant before doctors at the third hospital correctly diagnosed her tumour and performed surgery to remove it. The false report of pregnancy with its serious implications had put the parents on the Australian child protection department’s radar after the doctors made a report to the authorities – before they had performed conclusive pregnancy tests, which of course turned out to be negative. At the same time, the shocking misdiagnosis had shattered the parents’ confidence in the local medical system

Since Ariana had no history of mental or emotional problems, Maryanne began to suspect that her daughter was receiving the wrong medication. This was confirmed when the strong drugs were evidently having a detrimental effect on her daughter. Maryanne then sought a second opinion from another doctor who, she says, restored Ariana’s health by gradually weaning her off the medication over a six-month period. Despite the dramatic improvement to Ariana’s health, doctors at the clinic disagreed with Ariana’s treating doctor and made a report to CPS, who removed Ariana from her home to force the medication onto her again. A similar event occurred in Australia during 2003, when an 11-year-old New South Wales girl had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer after her parents, Mark and

an, while Sarah recovered from surgery, they sought a second medical opinion and began making plans to take their daughter to a specialist cancer hospital in the US for further cancer treatment. Before the parents could take Sarah to an overseas hospital, a secret court hearing authorised police to use ‘any force necessary’ to apprehend Sarah and administer whatever treatment doctors at the local hospital ‘deemed necessary’. This court order forced Sarah into a six-month involuntary hospital detention that included forced medication and surgery – all of which turned out to be tragically unsuccessful. The forced treatment denied Mark and Dianne their parental rights to choose the best available medical care and in particular to have their daughter’s rare cancer treated

by overseas experts. At the same time, Sarah had been denied palliative care until she was released from state wardship, only two weeks before her death. Once placed again into her parents’ custody, they immediately left their home state of NSW and flew with their dying daughter to Melbourne on a commercial aircraft. It was at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne – with her family by her side – that Sarah received compassionate end-of-life care until her death two weeks later. The full story is told in the book: Sarah’s Last Wish. A research brief prepared by Rand Health, a think tank for health policy makers, attempts to answer the question: does involuntary medical treatment work? It concludes that even for those who are mentally impaired: ‘There is no evidence that a court order is necessary to achieve compliance and good outcomes, or that a court order, in and of itself, has any independent effect on outcomes... Empirical evidence on effectiveness of involuntary outpatient treatment is slim.’ Given that these statistics pertain to those whose decision making ability is impaired by mental illness, is there any case in which it is necessary and ethical therefore to force medical treatment onto persons with sound and unimpaired judgement? It seems evident that forcing medicine on mentally sound individuals, while denying them the freedom to choose their own health care, has no positive medical value at all and is easily subject to abuse by bureaucrats and political systems. For the present time, Ariana Godboldo has been allowed to leave the psychiatric facility and return home, while her mother Maryanne anxiously awaits the next court decision. Her wishes are that the judge will reinstate her parental rights, that Ariana will continue to be treated by the trusted family doctor and that she be allowed to resume her previously normal and happy life at home, free from psychiatric medication. For Sarah, it is too late. She is now in a place without pain or politics. Clearly, what happened to Sarah must never happen again. Sarah’s powerful and exemplary life is told in Eve Hillary’s new book, Sarah’s Last Wish, now a best seller. Since its publication, the book has so deeply touched the nation that it has sparked positive reforms in the health care system. While Sarah’s gift to society cost her the ultimate price, it remains forever one with infinitely positive social value: she gives Australians a new moral compass. REFERENCE Lavoie, F W (1992) Consent, involuntary treatment, and the use of force in an urban emergency department. Annals of emergency medicine. 21 (1): 25-32

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UNWRAPPING THE GIFT WE ARE TO OURSELVES by Helen Ferrara

H AV E YOU NO T IC E D that many of us seem to believe that if only we had the wealth, body shape, lover or, oh!, just this one next thing we crave for (whatever that might be), we would be fulfilled and so perfectly happy? Fulfilment might be described as a state of being that is almost synonymous with happiness, an enduring sort of happiness which is more like contentment, yet somehow we see fulfilment as inextricably linked to what we accomplish in life and how well we perform, and we are constantly chasing after the next goal we have set or that has been set for us. One of the meanings given for fulfill is “to comply with”, and we certainly do that. We comply and conform to the standards, rules and regulations set, invariably without even stopping to think if we agree with them or whether we believe they are fair or moral. In fact, so many of us even pass on chain emails simply because we are so used to complying, but does all of this lead us to fulfilment? Alas, all too often it brings stress, a feeling of being time-poor, (“If only I had more time!” is a wishful thought that is all too familiar) burnout, arguments, poor health, and the list goes on. So we crash, blame ourselves, our loved ones or others, and then start again, this time incorporating a special course on time or stress management and other self-improvement courses, always trying to cram in more and more. If we are honest with ourselves, it is easy to see that continuing on this path will actually lead us further and further from fulfilment. What if, as so many enlightened ones have told us, all is perfect already and all that we need is within us? How could that be so? After all there is much that needs improving in the world. Yet if we imagine for a moment that within us is the potential of bringing ourselves to fruition (another of the meanings of fulfil), then it becomes obvious that we need to look within. We all start this journey as children – the exploration of the self, which is how we learn to talk and to walk – but too soon well-meaning adults put a stop to our further delving within, making us instead focus on outside things – so they can socialise us and educate us. Sadly we are taught to go through life ignoring the little voice that calls us to look within and live by our own truth. We are tested, measured, weighed and

constantly made to compete with others, and invariably we are found not to be good enough. As a result we are taught to trust ‘experts’, ‘rules’, and the way things ‘should be’ (which includes many outdated traditions) rather than ourselves, because we are obviously not good enough. So of course we will not listen to ourselves, but how can we be anything or do anything in life, let alone understand or discover anything, if not by starting with ourselves? Regardless of who or what one may personally believe is responsible for the creation of human beings (be it God, the universe or even just a happy synchronistic coming together of all the exact requirements for life), it is difficult to get past the point that by being me – a living being – I have me, just like you have you, totally and absolutely. It is mind blowing to really let the fact of this sink in. If only we would look at it, then we could reclaim what we were getting

to know so well as young children. We could, and we can, look at the ‘me’ and the ‘you’ that makes us who we are, and use our senses to explore ourselves and get to know ourselves again. We have ourselves – so we are a gift to ourselves – a gift that allows us to navigate through life. What if we chose to go back to this amazing and only partially explored gift of ourselves, this gift we have still not fully p unwrapped, which in many cases is lying

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there abandoned and waiting to be wanted, to be loved, and accept that the gift that we are to ourselves is an expression of love? Learning about this gift and then allowing it to unfold and nurturing it to fulfil its potential, as we come to understand it, means a conscious use of our creativity. In accepting our living self – our whole self – as the gift that allows us to live, we make a conscious decision to live. In doing this we connect to the whole of life – this is the whole that is greater than the sum of the parts, the whole that gives us meaning. The sense of contentment and abundance that comes from accepting oneself as a gift is incredible, and so is the sense of peace. Ego becomes just a part of the whole of the self, and each part naturally does what each part is best for, harmoniously. No longer do we blame ourselves for mistakes, as they are not seen as mistakes but paths to learning. In taking time to look, we see more clearly, and we discover that what we once would have classed as mistakes are really opportunities for growth. In further exploring this gift of our self, in getting to know it, then we are led to what is the natural inclination for the growth and fulfilment of the self, and so we start believing that the self is enough – enough for what? Enough and more than enough, infinitely abundant in fact, for a rich and fulfilling life; enough for giving the cues to where we go to from here, as it constantly unfolds and leads us on a diverse and entrancing adventure that living is, that living was always meant to be before we were led astray and stopped from unwrapping the gift we are to ourselves. My desire this year is to entice you to accept the biggest gift you have – the gift that you are to yourself, as in our present situation on earth we cannot afford to pass up any of the gifts that have been bestowed on us. Your way really is the best way for you! Sure there are always things that you can learn, but if you listen to your inner voice, the one that comes with the gift of yourself, then you will be guided to that which resonates with your truth and can help you grow to fulfil your own potential for true contentment. And that is only the beginning, for who knows what wonders your fulfilled self is likely to accomplish?

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What are you doing with your life now? I currently live in Sydney; I’m putting everything into a remarkable folk rock band that I started with my partner, called Gypsy’s Gift. We channel our music with nothing but love for the art we are projecting.

What’s the best thing that has ever happened to you? I wrote a song that went to #13 in the dance aria charts. It made me realise that for a couple of years I had not been present or even cared about my life. I was unhappy and I needed to make myself happy. I left a destructive relationship and moved to Sydney to give my music 100%. Fate then introduced me to an angel who is now my life partner.

Do you have other plans for your future life? Music has always, and will always be, my life. In the future I plan to be living comfortably doing what I love to do.

What effect did that have on your life? It was a chain of events that completely changed my life. I knew I had to be strong and listen to my inner voice. I could have dwelled in the dark on things of the past and it would have been easy. Instead I decided to fix myself and break away from the mess. It was the hardest thing I ever did.

How are you going to achieve that? By working extremely hard and not letting any day, hour or minute go to waste, no matter how many people slam doors in my face. Nothing in this life is handed to you on a silver platter.

What’s the worst thing that has ever happened to you? When I was seven we moved to Australia after my mum met a man. We moved around constantly during my upbringing. We even spent five years in Dubai. Even at a young age I felt something was wrong. I was trapped in ultimate hell for ten years. Domestic abuse, torture, psychological abuse, sexual harassment – the list goes on. I literally couldn’t sleep at night I would listen out for every sound. I didn’t want to wake up to find my mum dead. How did that affect you? I was left extremely traumatised. My whole life I felt like a mother. I always tried to be strong for my mum and my brothers and, when we moved back to Australia after the split, I felt it was my time to cave – and I gave up. I started self-medicating, hanging around people that didn’t care about me. I didn’t want anyone to care about me. I was on a mission to destroy myself. Have you been able to see the gift in that? It has taught me that surrounding yourself with the right people is crucial to your happiness in life. It’s been a tough road but

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31 MILLION AND COUNTING… India’s “Hugging Saint” to visit Australia in April 2012 THROUGH HER EXTRAORDINARY acts of love and self-sacrifice, Mata Amritanandamayi, or ‘Amma’ as she is more commonly known, has endeared herself to millions around the world. Tenderly embracing everyone who comes to her, holding them in her loving embrace, Amma shares her boundless love with all – regardless of their beliefs, their status or why they have come to her. In this simple yet powerful way, Amma is transforming the lives of countless people, helping their hearts to blossom, one embrace at a time. In the past 39 years, Amma has physically hugged more than 31 million people from all parts of the world. Now it’s Australia’s turn! Amma will be touring Australia in April 2012, and is to visit Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. For more information on her 2012 tour, visit www.ammaaustralia.org.au. Amma last visited Australia in 2010,

for a hugely successful four city tour of the East Coast. Thousands turned out to listen to Amma’s inspiring talks and to get in line for one of her amazing hugs. COM PA SSION I N AC T ION So what is Amma on about, apart from the healing power of a good hug? Amma’s teachings are universal. Whenever she is asked about her religion, she replies that her religion is love. She does not ask anyone to believe in God or to change their faith, but only to enquire into their own real nature and to believe in themselves. Amma’s tireless spirit of dedication to uplifting others has culminated in a vast network of charitable activities in India and around the world. For this work Amma has been honoured with a number of international awards including the prestigious Gandhi-King Award for

Non-Violence (2002), the James Parks Morton Interfaith Award (2006) and the Cinema Verite Award (2007) for humanitarian and human rights work. Amma’s charitable organisation in India has been granted ‘Special Consultative Status’ by the United Nations in recognition of the incredibly quick response times and the extraordinary effectiveness of its relief efforts in disaster zones such as those affected by the 2004 Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina in the USA, the Gujarat earthquake and the Bihar floods. In Australia, Amma’s charitable organisation is involved in projects that are aimed at feeding the homeless, planting trees, and supporting Aboriginal youth at risk as well as fund-raising for the multitude of Amma’s international aid projects. For more information on Amma’s humanitarian work, visit www.embracingtheworld.org.

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A L I F E -C H A NGI NG E M BR AC E If you attend one of Amma’s programs, one of the first things you will notice is that people come to Amma from all religions and all walks of life. Some have been walking the spiritual path for decades, others have never picked up a spiritual book in their lives. Some come because they are suffering mentally, physically or materially, and they hope Amma can help them. Some are simply curious. Perhaps they have seen Amma in the newspaper or on TV, and they want to see for themselves what this “Hugging Saint” thing is all about. Regardless of why they have come, many describe experiencing a feeling of radiant and unconditional love in Amma’s presence. Some are moved to tears and feel a cleansing of old wounds, others experience profound peace and even joy. Regardless of people’s different backgrounds or cultures, the experiences of the heart show us how similar we all are – how we are all seeking love and a direct experience of our own true nature. THE STORIES OF PEOPLE who have met Amma are incredibly powerful, and provide an insight into the way in which Amma is able to deeply affect so many people and open so many hearts: “After Amma’s hug, I slowly noticed a change in my thinking. I started to ask myself new questions like: ‘What happens to old people who have no money and no one to care for them? How do the poor care for themselves and their families? If I had a lot of money, would that make me happy?’ I hate to admit it, but at the time these were new questions for me – I’d never bothered to give these things much thought because I was always so focused on myself. I soon realised that my constant effort to be ‘more’ and ‘better’ was only so I could feel loved. Yet, through her simple embrace Amma filled my heart up with love without asking me for anything in return. She had given it freely and somehow made me feel like I was inherently deserving of this love, just for being me. Only after I felt truly and unconditionally loved in this manner was I able to shift my focus a little bit away from myself.” – Julie Cairns, Sydney, Australia “She seemed so full of sweetness. She was really giving her best to every person. I watched as Amma took a drunken old man full of bruises and smelling like a sewer into her arms as if he were her precious baby. Next she whispered some wisdom into the ear of an ancient granny in a wheel chair, who started crying and laughing at the same time. She played with little kids as if she knew them from birth.” – Sami Vaha– Herttua, Helsinki, Finland “Even though the hug itself was over too fast and I had been so very nervous, I felt Amma’s warmth and a feeling of safety and security. After the hug, I sat with others

beside her. I looked at how she hugged people, whispered into their ears, smiled at them, accepting everybody with the same love. It touched me so deeply that I was suddenly overcome by strong emotional feelings and burst into tears. I had never felt worthy enough to be loved. I couldn’t stop crying. After a long time, when I finally did stop, there was such a feeling of inner purification. I felt great strength and peace inside, quite unlike anything I had ever experienced before.” – Susanne Hill, Red Cross Volunteer, Lithuania “Words can be twisted in many ways, but a direct experience, a divine touch from inside says all that there is to say. I am grateful to Amma for setting straight my mind and heart.” – Hans de Beer, Netherlands “I felt overwhelmed to realise what a great saint Amma was. She sat there, hour h after hour, sweetly hugging everyone with the same love and compassion, without stopping for even a few minutes, It wass

the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I understood that to really know God, one had to be able to love everyone like that, and it was not as easy as described in books.” – Berta Petasny, Buenos Aires, Argentina “Seeing her receive people, one by one, without a spark of hesitation and with so much love, as if they were her very own children, my heart started aching. My mother had passed away when I was eight years old and I had always longed for a mother’s love, a love that was unconditional and that accepted me the way I was, no matter how many mistakes I made.” – Susanne WeckerShivshankar, Munich, Germany “I have now had Amma’s darshan (hug) two times. My asthma has slowly healed but that is not the major transformation that Amma has brought about in me. I am grateful for Amma’s hug of love that returned my breat breath, the very symbol of life, but Amma has given me much, much more than just that. I am slowly learning lear many lessons in love and li life fe. P erh haps th the little seed that Amma life. Perhaps

planted inside me has begun to sprout. I know that a long road lies ahead before the petals of my heart can fully open in love but I trust that Amma’s guidance and protection will show the way.” – Manuela Ceresola, Milan, Italy “When I approached Amma to receive her darshan (hug), I felt her look penetrate my entire being. As if I could not hide any feelings or thoughts from her. Amma embraced me and I felt so deeply loved.” – Maria Isabel Harker, Bogota, Columbia “Amma was slowly taking people into her arms and holding them. She radiated a tangible joy, freshness and energy. To my surprise, tears started rolling down my cheeks. This was not the sort of thing I normally did and I could not understand why I was crying. Later, I realised that it was because I was witnessing something beautiful…almost too beautiful to bear.” – Michael Sofroniou, Stratford upon Avon, UK “Slowly I started to wake up to a feeling of peace and happiness that I had not known in years. I knew that Amma knew what I was searching for. I also knew that she could guide me there. I had never been so sure in my entire life of anything like this Truth.” – Ann Louise Feron, Sweden “I have learned from Amma through her teachings and from her own example that it is not enough to sit in a particular posture and meditate in order to grow spiritually. Of course meditation is necessary to find peace of mind, but we cannot stay isolated, forgetting others. We also need to serve… and share Amma’s love and compassion with others.” – Patricio Hernandez Perez, Pampola, Spain “Earlier my understanding of these things had been purely intellectual. I do not believe that the understanding was genuine; perhaps I would just echo words from books. Now after receiving Amma’s hug, I understood with my heart, without anybody having to explain anything to me. I had read that nothing was impossible for a person established in the Self. I now saw that. Amma had given me so much simply with her hug.” – Gabriel Lombardi, Buenos Aires, Argentina “Meeting Amma has changed my life immensely. Over time I understood that it is the small, small stones…of rage, guilt, longing, pain, nostalgia…that form the great wall in our hearts that imprison the inner child. We trip over these stones every day in our ignorance. The greatest blessing we receive from Amma is that she offers to take these stones from us.” – Cristina Rodriguez, Barcelona, Spain “In that moment of Amma’s hug, a feeling of wonderment, love and awe were branded into my heart. I do not know how to explain it in any other way. The feelings of warmth, strength, and unwavering support were tattooed on my inner being. From that day on, the terrible disruption, confusion and turmoil in my life began to ease.” – Jill O’Carroll, Vancouver, Canada

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AVN Prevails in NSW Supreme Court against HCCC The Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) has succeeded in its case against the NSW Healthcare Complaints Commission (HCCC) in the Supreme Court of NSW. The Court handed down its decision on Friday, 24 February 2012, finding in favour of the AVN on its application for a declaration that the HCCC, in investigating complaints made about the AVN in 2009 and then issuing a public warning about the AVN on 26th July, 2010, exceeded its jurisdiction under the HCCC’s governing legislation, the Health Care Complaints Act (NSW). From the very beginning of the HCCC investigation, the AVN had always adopted the position that the HCCC did not have jurisdiction in this case and that the complaints submitted about the AVN were not complaints coming under the ambit of the Health Care Complaints Act. The

AVN now feels gratified that the Supreme Court has agreed with the original submissions made by the AVN to the HCCC that it lacked the jurisdiction to investigate the complaints made and that therefore, the public warning issued by the HCCC about the AVN was without foundation. The HCCC’s public warning about the AVN has been widely reported since it was first issued on 26 July, 2010 and remained on the HCCC’s website during the course of the court proceedings. The HCCC public warning about the AVN was removed from the HCCC’s website within hours of a decision by the Supreme Court being handed down. “The only thing the AVN was guilty of is providing information which may not be available elsewhere and potentially goes against government policy”, said Meryl Dorey, President of the AVN. “We wish to be nothing more than a portal for information on the relative benefits, risks and efficacy of vaccination. This information is intended for consideration in conjunction with government and institutional medical data to allow

families a choice of information when considering their options.” The AVN looks forward to continuing to offer Australians and Australian families a choice when looking for information and assisting them with their information gathering processes on this very important health issue. LivingNow, knowing something of the struggle that Meryl and the AVN have had, asked how we could get our readers to help: “You could ask them to subscribe to our magazine and let them know that as soon as our charity authority is restored (we hope within a month’s time), their subscriptions will be converted to memberships. After 2 1/2 years without being able to take on any new members or donations, we need all the help we can get!” For further information please contact: Meryl Dorey - meryl@avn.org.au Phone 02 6687 1699 Mobile 0414 872 032

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SUNDAY MEDITATION CLASSES

AYURVEDA AYURVEDA & PANCHAKARMA

Meditation Classes held fortnightly in Rowville. Please call Pam 0419 877 848 or visit www.graceful-life.com.au

Detox, traditional massage, steam, shirodhara. Dietary & lifestyle consultation. Reflexology. 03 5428 7579, 0438 432 065, www.ayurvedanheart.com

BOOKSHOPS/GIFTS T.S. BOOKSHOP: FOR ALL THINGS ESOTERIC

3pm. Healing from 2pm. Lecture, clairvoyance, bookshop. Healing group Monday 8pm. Meditation class Thursday 7.30pm. Also workshops; discussion group; private readings by appointment. 71 A’Beckett St. Melbourne. 03 9663 6121. www.vsu.org.au

WEDNESDAY CREATIVE ENERGY CLASSES Rediscover your inner potential through art, meditation & creative healing. www.mastercreativity.com.au Leah 0412 431 004.

FRIDAY MEDITATION CLASSES Meditation Classes held fortnightly in Rowville. Please call Pam 0419 877 848 or visit www.graceful-life.com.au

SATURDAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OF MEDIUMSHIP

SUNDAY, 4 MARCH 2012 STRENGTH THROUGH CHANGE Change is a constant & necessary part of our lives. How we welcome or reject change can make a big difference to any outcome. You are welcome to join us to share, discuss or just listen. 11am. Optional Community HU Song 10:30am. Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Cnr. Station & Combarton Sts. Box Hill. More info: 03 9532 0523. www.eckankar.org.au

THURSDAY, 15 MARCH 2012 STUDENTS MEDIUMSHIP WORKSHOP Current development circle members can further develop their mediumship guided by experienced medium/teachers. 10am–5pm. This time only; $20. Victorian Spiritualists Union. 03 9780 8400. 51 Patterson St Ringwood East. www.vsu.org.au/ringwood-east

BUDDHISM THE ODIYANA BUDDHIST CENTRE

SHAMANIC PATH & PRACTICE

Expressions of interest. Cert IV in Health. Contact www.rebirthertrainingaustralia.com.au or 0408 853 364.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ESCAPE - TO BE SUCCESSFUL!

Learn easy ways to help yourself heal as you face life’s challenges. Three month course. Tutorials also available via email and Skype. “All healing is self-healing.” 0401 041 391. helen@newagepower.net, www.newagepower.net/tutorials

Create your own personal and financial success with our ongoing training and support. Take control today. Visit: www.EscapeToSuccess.com Promote yourself, services attracting more clients, business. Consultation, filming, editing, uploading. 03 9596 6772. HappinessCentre.com

Treat yourself. Luxury or basic. Spend time at Daylesford. Bush setting. www.gentleearthwalking.com.au 03 5348 7506.

SHARE A LOVELY MEDIUM ROOM, BENTLEIGH $880 pcm including utilities. Part-furnished room including queen bed, table & lamps, drawers, BIR. Huge windows overlooking exotic gardens. Remote-control garage (single car/storage). Sharing with a self-aware, creative, professional who is looking for a like-minded, working person. Call/text 0488 230 080 for more details. Namaste.

ANIMAL HEALTH GREENPET – ANIMAL NATUROPATHY

EXPERIENCED MEDIUMS Proof of survival. Communication with loved ones. Accurate private readings by appointment. Every Thursday & 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month from 10am. Victorian Spiritualists Union, 71 A’Beckett St, Melbourne. www.vsu.org.au 03 9663 6121.

DIANDRA’S CORRECT TIMINGS PSYCHIC’S 1902 274 444 $3.25p/m mobx * telads CCard$2.75p/m 03 9444 0239. 9am-11pm 7 days. Accurate, caring, confidential psychics, clairvoyants & distance healers.

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CLAIRVOYANT

An in-depth introduction to Astrology from a psychological and mythological perspective with Christine Rothwell, begins March 5 2012. www.christinerothwell.com.au christiner@netspace.net.au 03 9584 6532.

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and Kriya Yoga Initiation. August 9–15 with Rohini. Special only $990 includes 7 meditation, 6 pranayama, 18 postures, accommodation, meals, airport pickup, local Gurus. To register call Rohini 0401 369 743 www.babajiskriyayoga.net

UNITY BAYSIDE Frankston Karingal Place, Ashleigh Avenue If you have read Louise Hay, Catherine Ponder, Charles Fillmore, Marianne Williamson, Eckhart Tolle, David Kawasaki or Ernest Holmes you’ll want to join us at Unity to discover the real power within you & watch this power transform your life.

THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION

DANCE & MOVEMENT EMBODIMENTS DANCE – MURRUMBEENA Creative movement & dance class held in a joyful and heartfelt space. Tuesday mornings & evenings. Sarah 0435 140 148. www.embodimentsdance.com.au

BELLY DANCE PRIVATE SESSIONS–FITZROY Connect with your feminine energy, increase confidence, self esteem, body awareness, technique, teacher coaching, performance coaching. Victoria 0413 332 995 zzieda@bigpond.com

DETOXIFICATION

YERA HEALTH RETREAT

First Thursday Free then $10.00 weekly/Sundays by donation

A Revolutionary New Healing Modality Powerful 'tools of change' that combine NLP with Kinesiology, enabling you to facilitate change at a very deep level. Ideal for new and experienced practitioners.

Integrated Healing

10am–5pm

Levels 1 - 4

$50 half hr Tues – Fri $60 half hr Sat Only

Jane Kent 03 9309 5896 0438 411 441

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COUNSELLING MANATU MAJIK Sue’s a qualified spiritual counselor & reiki practitioner. Specialising in disability/illness, loss, relationships, teenager/ adult depression and much more. Ringwood. Let me help you discover the real you. 0402 119 730. info@manatumajik. com.au | www.manatumajik.com.au

PSYCHOLOGIST: MEDICARE BILLINGS Professional. Confidential, experienced. Spiritual psychotherapy. Geoffrey Favaloro, reiki teacher. Elsternwick. HappinessCentre.com 03 9596 6772.

FEEL CALMER & HAPPIER Reduce stress & find self acceptance. Gentle & effective. Robyn Crawford, Traralgon 0439 724 751.

COURSES/EVENTS/SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS EASTWEST COLLEGE PRESENTS: Sai Tei So – shoulders & peripheral joints with Lance Dixon. Sunday 20 November 2011. Shiatsu practitioners call and book now, 03 9528 1212. www.eastwestcollege.com.au

with Mathilda Van Dyk (UK) International Teacher and Co-Founder

Melbourne & Sydney - May 2012 Bookings and Course Information - 0421 922 991 $495 per module, $100 deposit - Earlybird Discount if you BOOK NOW! www.holistichealing.com.au

Empower yourself and take charge of your life NOW

OPEN 7 DAYS

743 Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield South ph: 9532 8662 www.qicrystals.com.au

MORNINGTON PENINSULA - RYE 4, 5 &7 Day Detox/bootcamp/yoga Retreats

Weight Loss Programs Available During Your Retreat INCLUDES • 7 day detox herbal pack • daily treatments • all organic meals • yoga and pilates • speciﬁcally tailored exercise programs

YERA HEALTH CLINIC RYE & ESSENDON

03 9331 1063 0412 291 174 ROB LOBOSCO info@yerahealth.com.au Dr. of Chinese Medicine /Natural Therapist

SEE WEBSITE FOR THIS MONTH’S RETREATS

www.yerahealth.com.au

ENERGY HEALING DE-STRESS, CREATE & IMPROVE WELLBEING Kinesiology, reiki, inner child healing. Adrian (AKA registered). 0413 777 638. www.vybrance.com.au

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ASTROLOGY CLASSES

Rebuild your health, lose weight, prevent illness & have increased energy, clarity & longevity with the help of living foods! Learn how to prepare delicious, gourmet living food! www.rawlivingfoods.com.au 0414 473 273 / 03 9827 9227.

Telephone Readings

Connect with me at:

Career, relationships, compatibility, forecasts. Sensitive, caring, practical approach 20 years experience based in St Kilda. Association of Professional Astrologers. Astrologer LivingNow & 3RRR FM. Free chart offer: sign up for Stella’s AstroUpdate at www.stellastarwoman.com & receive a full colour 25-page birth chart report absolutely free! Contact: 03 9534 5021 or stella@stellastarwoman.com website: www.stellastarwoman.com

RAW FOOD CLASSES, MELBOURNE 2012

Award Winner! Jewellery & Gift Shop of the Year

PH 03 9789 1849 Marita 0415 344 756 Graeme 0438 785 512

Rediscover your inner potential through art, meditation & creative healing. www.mastercreativity.com.au Leah 0412 431 004.

ASTROLOGY STELLA WOODS - ASTROLOGY READINGS

‘Theta Healing Advanced’ - 16, 17 & 18 March, $557. ‘Intuitive Anatomy’ - 3 weeks; 14-18 March + 21-25 March + 28 April - 2 May $2060, Rye, Victoria. Other courses available. More details? Contact Dorothy Fraser: 0417 658 117 www.goldenradiancenow.com

2012 BALI YOGA RETREAT

Your future about love and life is revealed!!!

Classes & Workshops Psychic Readings Naturopathy Kinesiology Counselling Massage

THETA COURSES 2012:

$60 half hour. $120 full hour. 8-9pm. Credit card only. Yvonne 07 5441 7446.

Skype: jane.elizabeth.kent

Facilitated spontaneous dance & painting classes. Wednesdays 7–9pm. 0450 558 161. www.insideoutsessions.com

Melbourne’s best range of crystals! Holistic Healing Centre New Age Store & Bookshop

Improve wellbeing & relationships. Psychologist Simon Parker. www.psychodrama.net.au simonparker58@me.com 0417 351 239.

CLAIRVOYANT PHONE READINGS

0412 421 135

CRYSTALS

PSYCHODRAMA WORKSHOPS - MELBOURNE

PSYCHIC DILEMMA

ART CREATIVITY & EXPRESSION CREATIVE ENERGY CLASSES

INSIDEOUT SESSIONS; EXPRESS YOURSELF!

Drunvalo Melchizedek’s 4-day latest workshops. Easter & Queen’s Birthday weekend; Marie 03 9587 6475, eiram33@optusnet.com.au

Phone Trudy 03 9432 5398 or 0414 323 936. www.trudyfox.com

32 Years Experience

Awaken your creative side with healing art classes & workshops for adults and children. Jo 0411 104 600. www.healingart.com.au

AWAKENING ILLUMINATED HEART

CLAIRVOYANCE CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUM 1HR READING $50.

Free mail-order catalogue Aust wide. Natural remedies for animals. Your one-stop shop for all things natural for dogs, cats, horses & other animals. Phone & online consultations available. 07 5449 1453. www.greenpet.com.au

HEALING ART

Singing bowl meditation, Tuesdays 7.30pm Saturdays 10am. Spiritual development Thursdays 7.30pm. Creative peace 346 Burnley St, Richmond. www.creativepeace.com.au Call Catreeana 0409 805 674 for more info.

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ACCOMMODATION & VENUES TIPI CAMPING – RELAX

CREATIVE PEACE

VIDEO CLIPS

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VIC DIRECTORY

SIMPLE SELF-HELP TUTORIALS

14-15 & 28-29 April. Based on Alice Bailey works. Balancing energy centres, unique techniques to diagnose & correct organ malfunction & to purify water & food, the seven human temperaments. Judy Jacka, 03 9876 4770. jmj8381@bigpond.com

Healer. 3 Day Certificate Course - Learn how to offer transforming healing blessings. For physical, mental, emotional, spiritual issues, relationships and finances. Registrations and enquiries Customer Service 1300 3396815. Apply now. www.powerofspoulinstitute.com.au

REBIRTHING PRACTITIONER TRAINING 2012

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SATURDAY, 14 APRIL 2012 ESOTERIC HEALING COURSE

BECOME A POWERFUL DIVINE HEALING HANDS

The Odiyana Buddhist Centre in Hawthorn provides courses in meditation. From mindfulness to dzogchen & tantra as well as Tibetan reiki, Tibetan yoga & Buddhist. Contact Beatrice 0434 527 314. www.odiyanacentre.org

TUESDAY, 20 MARCH 2012 STEINER EDUCATION Dandenong Ranges Steiner School (P-6) Kinder & PG. Outer East. Tour Tuesday 20th March 9.15am sharp. Bookings: 03 8790 4797 Menzies Creek & Emerald/Narre Warren East.

Melbourne 17 and 18 March 2012 (weekend format). Evening format 19 and 21 March (From 5:30–10pm). Start your journey to free yourself from glasses or contact lenses. Workshop is conducted by world renowned vision trainer Leo Angart. As seen on Today Tonight, Channel 7 Kerry Ann, Channel 9, BBC, CNN and others. www.vision-training.com Call 0402 736 086. Book now.

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1st Saturday each month except January. Ferntree Gully Community Centre, 1010 Burwood Hwy. Entry $25 including refreshments. Mediums are Monika Mueller, Chris Sheppard and Elaine Bushby. 2–5pm. Elaine 03 9752 1372.

The healing power of the horse offers you the opportunity to connect your physical, emotional, energetic & spiritual worlds. It provides a grounded, safe & fun filled journey of self discovery. This is a return to you – your inner truth in all its richness. Individual & group sessions available. All work is on the ground. Contact Sue: 0411 119 594.

THROW YOUR GLASSES AWAY

Books, CDs, DVDs, crystals, jewellery, incense, tarot, Aura-Soma. 126 Russell St, Melbourne 3000. Mon-Thurs 9am-5:30pm, Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 9am-5pm. 03 9650 3955 enquiries@tsbookshop.com.au | www.tsbookshop.com.au

VICTORIAN SPIRITUALISTS UNION, CITY

4 week course for people with little or no experience. It covers the fundamental principles of meditation, concentration, mindfulness & how to apply these in daily life. Contact Beatrice 0434 527 314. www.odiyanacentre.org

Change limiting programs & create new happy feelings. Discover your true self.

FENG SHUI FENG SHUI CONSULTANT CAROL PARTRIDGE Qualified in Feng Shui, space clearing, geomancy & astrology. 1300 728 279, www.sacredfengshuidesign.com.au

FESTIVALS & EXPOS PSYCHIC & WELLBEING FESTIVAL Saturday 31st March. 10am-4:30pm. Mt Eliza Community Hall, 90-100 Canadian Bay Rd. Mel Ref 105 F1. Free workshops, demos & refreshments. Entry $10. 03 9786 9185 / 03 5975 6413. www.lightworkersway.com

HEALERS MARKET FREE ENTRY ~ 10AM – 4PM March 4 • April 1

New Knowledge Organ Regeneration

Massage ~ Reiki ~ Tarot Readings Crystals ~ Gifts ~ Café

Sat & Sun 3rd - 4th March

Neighbourhood Centre

Thetahealing Master CSc

Mob: 0412 190 909 www.thetainspirations.com

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East. Service 3pm. Healing from 2pm. Lecture, clairvoyance, bookshop. Also healing & meditation groups. 51 Patterson St Ringwood East. www.vsu.org.au/ringwood-east 03 9780 8400.

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VIC DIRECTORY

Come and ďŹ nd out about Kinesiology

Rediscover your inner potential through art, meditation & creative healing. www.mastercreativity.com.au Leah 0412 431 004.

Specialising in self-healing strategies to suit you as an individual. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All healing is self-healing.â&#x20AC;? 0401 041 391. helen@ newagepower.net, www.newagepower.net/consultations

Spiritual drum making and owner-builder straw bale building. sueandon@gentleearthwalking.com.au www.gentleearthwalking.com.au 03 5348 7506.

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HEALING FOR BODY, EMOTIONS & MIND For disease, emotional patterns & blocks, karma release. Guided by your wants & needs for greater well-being & development. Skype or telephone. Call Brenton, 0419 998 187. HeartPath-healing.net

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MASSAGE COURSES

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Hygeia Health & Healing Pty Ltd. Established 1988 â&#x20AC;&#x153;We endeavour to employ the most thorough, efficient and natural means available toward the goal of tissue detoxification and cleansing.â&#x20AC;?

Gather with friends in your home and have fun creating your own oracle cards - materials provided. Host/ess gift. For more info call 0401 041 391. helen@newagepower.net, www.newagepower.net

Medical Intuitive Energy Medicine Spiritual Healing Personal & Corporate

Shift energy blockages that store in your body as illness and discord. Get your life back on track with focused intent and quantum energy healing. Attract wellness and positive actions, empower your life, be happy, quit additions, lose weight, heal dis-ease, wellbeing and more . . .

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HYPNOTHERAPY

Feel more alive & aware, release stress, honour & share your experience. Contact Marina: 0411 787 396 www.oursacredcentre.com

Keeping balance in all areas of life naturally. Burwood East. Sharon Black 0422 630 291.

HEALING THE CORE ISSUES Discover & unlock the root causes of physical, emotional, & spiritual imbalances. Using kinesiology, integrated healing, past life/karmic clearing. Eve King 03 9578 7601.

KINESIOLOGY EXPO Fee admission, free lectures. How Kinesiology can assist wellbeing and how to learn techniques. Abbotsford Convent. Sunday 27th May. Lecture program and details expo@kinesiology.org.au

PREPAY $25 / $20 EACH IF YOU BRING A FRIEND. $30 AT HALL

Levels 1-4, worth $1,600 sell $400. Also unopened 9 CD set. 0433 419 994.

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Discover the qualities you incarnated to develop. Also gastric banding, smoking, depression. Private health rebates. Reg. AHA. Brett Farrell 0425 732 428 www.brettfarrell.com.au

Meet like-minded people! Sat. 24 Mar, 7.30-11.30pm 2 Minona St, Hawthorn, Vic.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll learn a complete range of meditation techniques & discover what method works best for you. Cost: on donation basis. Call 0417 336 326.

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MEDITATION MEDITATION CLASSES IN ELWOOD

HOLOSYNC COURSES FOR SALE

4 week weight control program, smoking, stress, self confidence & more. Contact clinical hypnotherapist Sandra Webster for appointments & information 0413 370 999 Eltham.

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for weight loss, smoking, phobias, confidence, depression, anxiety, addictions, gambling. Medibank Private rebate. Registered with A.A.C.H.P., A.N.H.R. Leah Stevens, Coburg 0410 708 835. Past life and life between lives (based on the work of Dr Michael Newton). Clear the path to your own deeper wisdom. Jane Jacobs,Warragul. 0408 173 008 email: ibiu59@gmail.com, website: janejacobs.vpweb.com.au

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4 week weight control program, smoking, stress, self confidence & more. Contact clinical hypnotherapist Sandra Webster for appointments & information 0413 370 999 Eltham.

Feeling overwhelmed, confused, exhausted & existing in chaos? We have the tools to guide your transformation back to experiencing inner peace, freedom, joy & breathing life again! Holistic counselling & healing (Reiki Master, Certified Angel Intuitive). Safe, supportive & honouring environment. Pam 0419 877 848. www.graceful-life.com.au

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BUSY MAN? During your lunch hour, relieve stress, rev-up circulation or simply relax with a deep tissue massage. Massage helps erase worries of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busy lifestyle, so call Susan: 0409 360 722.

HOMOEOPATHY

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Reconnect your mind, body & spirit with hot stone therapy, raindrop treatment, lomilomi, traditional Thai massage & relaxation massage. (Non sexual). Essendon. Jasmine 0406 357 888.

Fully qualiďŹ ed, friendly & professional. Non-sexual. Melbourne metro area. $65 for 1 hour & 15 mins. A small travel fee may apply outside eastern suburbs.

Has ngs health store has only had 3 owners in 25 years! Large customer base with web site and online sales. Wide range of organic groceries, bulk foods, fruit and vegetables, supplements, beauty products and a large prac oner and herbal dispensary. New point of sales and MYOB retail manager. Huge future with Has ngs Port approval.

Shop, Well-Being Centre, CafĂŠ, Music Lounge & Jazz Club

SunMar11 Labyrinth Making Wâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;shop ~ Robert & Linda Ferre SunMar18 Spirit Guide Art Workshop ~ Lyn (Shiona) FriMar30 Jazz Club ~ Doug DeVries & Diana Clark FriApr20 Soggy Bottom Jazz Club Cafe ~ Leigh Baker & The New Shieks featuring Heather Stewart Please see our website forr all our wonderffu ul coming ng events

SOUL BODY - THERAPEUTIC MASSAGES

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NEW AGE SHOPS

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GENTLE MASSAGE FOR WOMEN

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For vitality! Degree qualified naturopath in Melbourne area. Specialising in digestive issues, hormonal irregularities, mental health, detoxification & stress management. Philip Watkins, 0416 318 288.

MASSEUR - RELAXATION & REMEDIAL

& Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oponopono. Honouring the sacredness of ancient Hawaiian healing traditions. Tracey Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;aoLakainapali, Armadale, Vic. 0411 239 081 www.lomilomi.com.au Authorised teacher, Aloha International, Hawaii.

MOBILE MASSAGE

Program and Information

NATUROPATHY BRINGING TRADITION & SCIENCE TOGETHER

Fitness guy massages suit male athletes. Experienced male masseur. Contact Cole on 0423 466 902. Preston. Private numbers please txt only.

HAWAIIAN LOMILOMI MASSAGE & TRAINING

Reiki, reflexology, earcandling & aroma touch.Emotional healing, pain management, general wellbeing. Reiki Levels 1,2 & Mastery. Private sessions. Gift vouchers. Therese 03 9726 0416 Mooroolbark

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FITNESS GUY MASSAGES

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By caring craftsman, Don Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor. 20 years experience. 03 5348 7506, www.gentleearthwalking.com.au sueandon@gentleearthwalking.com.au

Offers aromatherapy, deep tissue relaxation & sports massage; in/out calls. Bookings on 0419 510 665.

HEALING, COUNSELLING, INSIGHT

Stalls Practitioners & Teachers Mini Balances Lectures all day

Abbotsford Convent 1 St.Heliers St. Abbotsford All day parking $6

NATIVE AMERICAN WEEKEND WORKSHOPS DAYLESFORD

Meditation on The Heart PH: 0439570137

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OPEN HEART MEDITATION Have you ever felt your heart calling you?

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HEALING CONTâ&#x20AC;Ś CREATIVE ENERGY CLASSES

Kilbride Centre

52 Beaconsfield Parade Albert Park

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Call Dianna 0410 449 439 www.diannajulia.com/ Holistic-Parties

PRACTITIONER OPPORTUNITIES MAKE YOUR PRACTICE ALL IT CAN BE Call our award winning healing centre today. Discover why taking a room at Qi will uniquely position your business. Watch your client base grow! 03 9532 8662. www.qicrystals.com.au

ROOM FOR RENT, EXCELLENT LOCATION Hampton. Available Monday daytime, Tuesday day and evening. Alternate Saturdays. Must have existing client base. Suitable for counsellor, psychologist, remedial massage, kinesiologist. Contact Gabriella: 0422 475 805 or gabriella.rhodes@herbaceous.net.au

ROOM FOR RENT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ELSTERNWICK Would suit naturopath, massage therapist, or any alternative health practitioner. Situated in Glenhuntly Rd, this multidisciplinary health clinic offers an abundance of natural light with a modern contemporary feel. Available 7 days a week or on a part-time basis. Please direct enquiries to andrew@557.com.au or Karen 03 9532 8001.

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SPIRITUAL CONTâ&#x20AC;Ś AWAKENING WITHOUT MEDITATION/PRACTICE

With Margaret Crutch. Also counselling, hypnosis, naturopathy & reiki. Burwood. margcrutch@bigpond.com 03 9808 4868.

Effortless non-action dzogchen approach. Unsuitable for people attached to spiritual practice. Tony 03 9527 1298.

PRODUCTS DIY THERAPY KITS

TANTRA BALANCE FOR TRANQUILITY

Create your own self-help resource starting with a few basic materials. Instructions included. $34.40 (inc. postage). To order: 0401 041 391 helen@newagepower.net www.newagepower.net

Private & confidential sessions for women. Burwood. Contact Matt 0417 719 956. www.balancefortranquility.com.au Course begins 25 March 1pm, Melbourne. Runs 12 consecutive Sundays with 3 intermittent breaks until July. Call Bud Barber: 0417 336 326.

Makes your spiritual or lifestyle book more accessible. Venetia Somerset PhD. venetia@vic.australis.com.au 03 5626 1493.

TAROT ACCURATE PSYCHIC TAROT

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A battle between conscious will and unconscious intent Festering energy explodes creating rage, passion, heat, libido and ambition If the sun-Mars opposition hits a planet or angle in your birth chart the effects are even more powerful War is declared on oppressive situations Problems can no longer be ignored

COM MON M A N I F E STAT IONS – 4T H M A RC H T O 14T H A P R I L The second half of the retrograde cycle goes from early March to mid April, once Mars has opposed the sun. Mars eventually stations (stops moving backwards) at 3º Virgo and the juggernaut starts moving forward again on 14th April. Situations may deteriorate further and tempers continue to flare, but this five-week part of the cycle offers clarity and understanding. It may be too soon to take action, but as the old ways become redundant or obsolete, there is time to pause and consider what needs to be done to maintain integrity. Once Mars turns direct (14th April) it is time to deal with the fallout from the past couple of months. We instinctively know if a relationship, situation, circumstance or condition is unsustainable and are likely to make radical changes. There is usually a total re-evaluation of the course of action needed to reclaim personal power. Matters should return to normal by mid June, but life will never be the same…

withdrawing energy from the outer world and prepare for the cooler months ahead. Stock up your kitchen shelves and freezer and get your house and garden in order. The autumn equinox is a good time to get rid of any unwanted possessions – old clothes, furniture, books, files, CDs – you know the sort of thing. Remember the golden rule of decluttering, ‘Is it useful? Is it beautiful? Is it sentimental?’ If it’s none of these, let it go and make space for something new.

V E N US E C L I P SE OF T H E SU N On 6th June this year there will be a transit of Venus to the sun as Venus passes directly between Earth and the sun, obscuring or eclipsing a small portion of the solar disc. When Venus passes directly in front of the sun and lines up with the earth, the resonance of Venus is highly focused on our planet allowing a new level of intuitive awareness to permeate human consciousness. Venus will appear as a small black dot moving across the

sun over a period of a few hours. Such transits are extremely rare – the last occurrence was in June, 2004, but before that we need to go back to 1874 and 1882. The next pair of transits will be in 2117 and 2125; so mark 6th June in your diary as this will be your last chance this lifetime to witness this astronomical event. I’ve featured it in this month’s column so you have time to consider how to integrate the Venus energy into your life. R E T U R N OF T H E G ODDE SS This year’s Venus transit coincides with the intersection of the ecliptic (the path of the sun) with our galaxy’s equatorial plane, which reaches exactitude in December this year, heralding the beginning of a new 25,000 year cycle as prophesised by the Mayans. Many believe the new cycle is connected with the reintegration and emergence of the divine feminine principle, birthing the balance of masculine and feminine consciousness. Venus is the ruler of the heart chakra, the centre of harmony, magnetic attraction, love, romance, creativity and sexual bliss and where we find our capacity for compassion and appreciation of beauty. Venus is also the planet of wealth and resources and plays a prominent role in financial matters and the flow of money. When we are out of balance or acting from a place of fear or judgement, the heart chakra closes up and we have difficulty trusting and giving and receiving love. Our immune system can be adversely affected, leading to a whole host of physical ailments. In contrast, a balanced Venus opens us up to new experiences, helping us radiate love, light and a sense of purpose and maintain optimum health. This transit of Venus to the sun, being a once-in-a-lifetime event, is a marvellous opportunity to embrace the positive gifts of the goddess of love. For east coast Australians, including

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A S T HE NEW EST member of the LivingNow family I am thrilled to be bringing you these beauty pages each month. All of us at LivingNow are very excited about our ‘new look’ and we hope you are too. I have been in the beauty industry for over 25 years and I have seen a lot of fads and products come and go. One thing, however, that always withstands the test of time is quality – and it is my promise to you that each month you will only find products on this page that are of the highest quality befitting of LivingNow’s ethos. I see it everyday, as a beauty educator, how one’s whole being can be transformed with something as little as the correct shade of lipstick. I have always taught that your beauty routine, no matter how elaborate or simple, should be ritualistic and should make you feel beautiful first and look beautiful second. Confidence is the best beauty product I have ever used! Enjoy.

W ELEDA POM EGR A NAT E FI R M I NG SERU M What mature woman doesn’t love a serum? Well if you are like me you are going to fall in love with this one. The second I applied it I could feel the active ingredients going straight to work with a pleasant tingling of the skin. The serum then feels slightly tacky before leaving you with intensely hydrated and nourished skin beyond compare. The pomegranate helps to stimulate the skin’s cell renewal and this is instantly apparent from the firming effect you feel. www.weleda.com.au

ORGA N IC RO SEH I P H ER BAL C LEA NSI NG LOT ION M A N U K A HONEY BALM As I have an oilier skin I usually steer clear of cleansing creams but the aroma captivated me immediately. The blend of great staples like rose geranium, lemon, lavender, grapefruit and chamomile is married with marigold and apple cider vinegar. When applied with my facial exfoliating mitt I had great results. My skin looked radiant, felt adequately clean, and was well nourished and replenished with no greasy side effects. I didn’t have to moisturise and my skin looked illuminated and felt alive all day.

Wow! This balm is quite unique and powerful. It was beautifully absorbed into the skin and left the most amazing golden reflect. It really does lighten and brighten and you can feel its medicinal properties at work. Organic and pure liquid gold from the hive, the active Manuka Honey and Jelly Bush Honey are blended with rare and precious essential oils. The scent is a potent mix of propolis and apricot which reminds you of its antibacterial, antiviral and healing properties as well. www.manukahoneybalm.com

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W ELEDA BI RCH BODY SC RU B After using this scrub you will feel like you have had a day spa in your own shower! The intoxicating scent is as powerful as the product itself. Cleverly polished, rounded plant wax pearls gently remove the dead skin without any harsh abrasion, while the nonfoaming, pure plant oils nourish and moisturise the skin brilliantly. It is the perfect combination of skin renewal and replenishment. Exfoliating will help your skin look and feel revitalised and help the appearance and tone as well. www.weleda.com.au

ORGA N IC RO SEH I P LI PST ICK These lipsticks hold their colour brilliantly even after eating and they have the most amazing enriching and moisturising effect on the lips. However they do have a strong taste and smell of rosehip oil, but I can live with that as they contain no harmful chemicals or lead and are formulated from pure ingredients. I feel much safer ingesting organic waxes, plant oils, vitamins and natural colours than the dangerous carcinogens and chemicals found in most other brands. www.rosehipskincare.com.au

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ECO TA N Finally a fake tan without any chemicals or ghastly odour! Eco Tan is a remarkable product that applies as a rich moisturiser leaving the skin feeling beautifully nourished with a subtle hint of rose flower oil. Amazingly over a small period of time my skin developed a beautiful rich, glowing, natural-looking tan. Achieved by the clever blend of natural cacao, herbs, flower and fruit extracts this product was the first and is the only Australian tanning product to be certified by the Organic Food Chain. www.ecotan.com.au

M ADON NA MELRO SE, makeup artist, has been involved with the beauty and fashion industry for over 25 years and has been responsible for some very prestigious campaigns in Australia and overseas, including Panasonic, Schwarzkopf, Reebok, Seafolly, Quicksilver, Bras‘n’Things and Optus. Personal clients of Madonna’s include Olivia Newton John, Pierce Brosnan, Jeremy Irons, Prince Albert of Monaco and the illustrious Dame Edna Everage.

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THE HEALTH ARTS COLLEGE Want a professional career? Want to add another skill to your current career? Want to try something new with one of our short courses or inspirational workshops? No matter what your age, occupation or previous experience, THA College will be there for you. • MELBOURNE • SYDNEY • BRISBANE • PERTH • ADELAIDE • HONG KONG

best possible you: free kinesiology workshop. Discover kinesiology and embark on a transform-ational journey to enrich your life and revitalise your career in this three hour free workshop. • SYDNEY

mind-over-matter is the break-through transformational Power of Soul healing. Join worldwide represent-atives of Dr and Master Zhi Gang Sha; teacher & healer at a free soul healing evening. • MELBOURNE • SYDNEY

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NICOLIE O'NEILL KINESIOLOGY Kinesiology is a highly effective healing modality that can help with physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and many physiological issues. Attend our 2 day 'Introduction to Kinesiology' workshop & discover the joy of Kinesiology for yourself. • PERTH Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

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POWER OF SOUL INSTITUTE - AUST Beyond

REMARKABLE RELAXING EXPERIENCE INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE Eliminating joint and muscle stiffness, stimulates lymphatic drainage, encourages strength and growth of the hair and excellent for stress. It also relieves headache, eyestrain plus many other benefits. • MELBOURNE Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

FASTEREFT Enjoy the dynamic teaching style of Robert Smith who will guide you to learn how to change, heal and transform your life, Deal with grief and loss, stress manage-ment, weight loss, pain or addictions. Learn how to take immediate control and make immediate changes to your emotional well-being and live the life you’ve always dreamed of. • QLD Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

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CREATIVE BALANCE SELF MASTERY COURES: A worldwide first and exclusive to Creative Balance; designed to provide practical implementation and learning about Self Mastery. Remove barriers and learn to love your self image in these practical courses. • ONLINE Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

International Institute of Kinesiology Australia

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KINESIOLOGY AUSTRALIA Join us for a

stimulating free 3-hour kinesiology workshop and witness hands-on demonstrations of this powerful mind-body-spirit modality. IIKA is an international and national training provider offering the most comprehensive syllabus and highly sought after accredited qualifications. Enrolments are being taken now. • ALEXANDRIA, SYDNEY Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

THE MONROE INSTITUTE’S GATEWAY VOYAGE PROGRAM Participate in this incredible six day adventure with like minded explorers. Be shown tools that can lead to deeper levels of self discovery and expansion of one’s awareness. • BYRON BAY Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

A JOURNEY TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF LIFE It is an invitation to experience one of life’s rarest flowers, the opportunity to reclaim your sensual/sexual innocence. A 6 day residential experiential workshop in the Yarra Valley. • VIC

INTEGRATED HEALING – MAY Rare opportunity to learn with international teacher/ co-founder Mathilda Van Dyk (UK) powerful ‘tools of change’ in this revolutionary healing system combining the best of NLP, kinesiology, TCM and more. • MELBOURNE • SYDNEY Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

TRAIN TO BECOME A HAHNEMANN HEALER This powerful emotional healing modality from ancient Egypt removes emotional blockages to promote wellbeing. One of a kind in the world. Qualify in 6 days – March 3rd, 4th, 25th , April 21st, May 12th, 19th. MORNINGTON, VIC Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

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ESSENCE OF HEALING Leonie Blackwell offers something unique – independently accredited practitioner courses to Australian standards. Her flower essence therapy and holistic counselling courses have run for 15 years consecutively. The emotional freedom technique course is the only one of its kind in Australia. • DROUIN, VIC • CORRESPONDENCE

ACADEMY OF HYPNOTIC SCIENCE Looking for a more satisfying career? To extend your existing range of modalities or just to find out more about hypnotherapist courses, come and talk to us. Fully accredited, Govt recognized training. • MELBOURNE

THE MANIFESTATION PROCESS WORKSHOP Free yourself from everything that is blocking you and learn the ground breaking new process that’s changing people’s lives. Learn how to master manifesting at this powerful workshop. • SYDNEY • MELB • GOLD COAST • PERTH Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

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SOLISTEN SOUND

TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS 3 day trainings over March/ June 2012 to change your life and the lives of many of your clients while growing your business! • SYDNEY Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF REFLEXOLOGY & RELAXATION Want a change in career? Then step into reflexology with Australia’s premier specialist reflexology school. Government funded diploma, supported by post graduate training & ongoing workshops. • MELBOURNE

STELLA STARWOMAN 2012 is here! Master the ancient arts of Tarot and Astrology with LivingNow astrologer Stella Woods in a series of courses and workshops designed to inspire, educate and challenge you. Enrolling now. • MELBOURNE Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

BECOME A SOUL REGRESSION THERAPIST BE PART OF THE 2012 ENERGY SHIFT NEW 6-day intensive course in March. Learn to facilitate past life, after life regressions with hypnotherapy. Only course of this type in Australia. • BRISBANE Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

THROW AWAY YOUR GLASSES Ever wondered if there’s a natural way of getting rid of your glasses or contact lenses & avoiding laser surgery? Join Leo Angart’s workshop and learn how. • SYDNEY • MELB • BRISBANE • PERTH Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

LOVE ESSENTIAL 4 New Earth Blueprint, the end of pain and suffering. Unique, new “oneness” modality, gives us the tools and awareness to let go of the ego and live in true happiness. • MELB • BRIS • SYDNEY • PERTH Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

CREATE THE LIFE YOU PREFER The Avatar® course, the most powerful, purest self-development program available. Free mini-courses – see CWE link below. Avatar® and Love Precious Humanity® are registered trademarks of Star’s Edge, Inc. • MELBOURNE • NATIONAL • WORLDWIDE Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF VIBRATIONAL HEALING Courses from our heart to yours. We offer government accredited qualifications in kinesiology, massage & training & assessment with flexible study plans so you can work at your own pace in your choice of location. • MELB • SYDNEY • BRISBANE • HOME STUDY Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

A JOURNEY BEYOND LIMITS FREE to LivingNow readers - Enjoy a magical one day workshop and discover tools to unveil the illusion and discover your higher self. Take your life, your relationships, your career and your wealth beyond limits. Enjoy Rik Schnabel, Australia’s #1 NLP UnTrainer as he delivers the driver’s manual of your mind and your spirit into your hands and steer your very being towards the life of your dreams. • MELBOURNE Visit www.livingnow.com.au/CWE for more info

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