Living Wellness Magazine Winter 2012

Welcome

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elcome to our first Winter edition of Living Wellness.

It’s been thrilling to witness Living Wellness grow and flourish. In this edition we’re super proud and excited to be showcasing over 30 passionate local wellness businesses and to be distributing 2500 free copies throughout the community. A huge expansion from our initial 750 copies and 11 local wellness businesses when Living Wellness began last Spring.

There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. It is certainly the case with Living Wellness. Wellness is a hot topic as more and more people awaken to the realisation that what really matters most in life is the way we feel. The way we feel about ourselves, about our lives and about each other and our world.

In essence ‘wellness’ is just that. How well do you really feel? It’s more than just health or just lifestyle.

It is the totality of feeling about all aspects of human life on Earth.

I’ve been reminded lately, wellness is not about perfection, it’s not about getting it right. Wellness is about learning to tune into our body and our inner voice and starting to live in a way that truly feels good as we live it. Letting go of guilt and obligations, letting go of keeping up appearances. Moving through our fears and limiting beliefs to a place we can truly be ourselves in the world.

Winter is a great time for self reflection. The cold and the wet offer a perfect opportunity to find a warm place and turn our attention inward. To check in with ourselves about how life is really feeling for us. We can become aware of what positive changes and tweaks we can make to have things feel even better going forward. As well we can take the time to savour and appreciate all that is already great.

In this edition of Living Wellness you’ll find a range of interesting and inspiring wellness ideas and information. Our directory is again filled with passionate wellness professionals whose work it is to support you in feeling more yourself, more of the time.

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Our calendar this edition is filled with events, groups and classes to help you have fun as you take great care of yourself in every way.

We’ve even included a tasty winter warmer recipe for you courteously of Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of food Australia.

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Contents

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A wellness poem - Journey to Self

Best books in wellness

A word from the Good Doctor - No neutral gear in health

You Can Heal Your Life

In this edition 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Birthing wellness - Not jewller......Doula The wellness mindset- Get your mind on your side Stress Cures- Feel better starting Now! Inspiring Change- Miessence Wellness Service Directory - The best people in wellness Colourful wellness - Healing with colour What’s on in wellness - Calendar of events Winter wellness warmer - Ear candling

Louise’s key message in this powerful work is: About Self Love & Forgiveness “If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.”

Louise explains how limiting beliefs and ideas are often the cause of illness, and how you can change your thinking… and improve the quality of your life! Packed with powerful information - you'll love this gem of a book! www.hayhouse.com

What’s on in wellness - Ongoing groups & classes Embracing True Healing - Your purpose is the key Coming event - Women’s wellness afternoon Good Cooking - Delicious winter warmer

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Advertising and Editorial Information Published Quarterly. Editorial & Advertising submissions due 17th of August 2012 Next published 7th of September 2012 Interested in submitting an article contribution? please email: livingwellnessmag@gmail.com for submission guidelines. All welcome.

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Distribution: 2500 copies distributed through practitioner network, medical centres, complimentary & natural therapy centres, pharmacy’s, health shops and other local community wellness organisations and businesses.

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Living Wellness Magazine Publisher: The Wellness Hub Editor: Soli Goodes Email: livingwellnessmag@gmail.com Advertising: 0413 926 653 PO Box 296, Sandy Creek, SA, 5350

Material in Living Wellness is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced in any form with out the permission of the authors. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy Living Wellness takes no responsibility for inadvertent errors or omissions.

Opinions and views expressed by the contributors and advertisers are not necessarily ......................................................................................... the opinions and views of the editor. The articles in the magazine are for your interest only and are not meant to replace expert advice from your Medical or Health practitioner.

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Winter 2012

A wellness Poem

Top Tip for Winte r Wellness

Journey to Self

Enjoy a warm &

Deborah Crkovnik

Journey Practitioner, Facilitator and Art Workshop Presenter.

Awakening Hearts & Healing Associated

www.awakeninghearts.com.au

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Heart that is breaking to secrets within, like a powerful snake shedding its skin, Tears that are Healing, dissolving all that has gone before, Letting go of the lies, opening new doors, Courage and Love consciousness flooding my being, A tidal wave of love is all that I am feeling, Wisdom and gratitude and letting love in, wonder and awe at my own blessing, Womanhood, Goddess, beauty, bliss, I declare, And welcome these traits for my soul to bare, The physical realm is mine to explore, to dance and sing, my spirit to soar, Freedom and beauty an exotic dance, leading me onwards, forever enhanced, Softness, kindness, radiance and joy Grace Fullness vibrating, no need to be coy Embracing myself with honour and compassion, Opening deeper and wider, exposing my true passion, My hearts emergence forever displayed, Surrendering to the truth, in a silent NAMASTE.

relaxing soak in the tub.

Try adding some epsom salts and or a few drops of your favourite essentia l oils

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The Journey to self can be painful and cruel Imposing and exposing many self-hating rules, I can’t be this, I can’t be that, I am not good enough, I am too fat!

Round and Round the circle of the mind, Wake Up, It’s time to unwind.

Naked I see myself, naked to the core, my own judgements crippling, I am at war!

Trapped in illusion, how to set myself free?

To step out into the world and cry who is me?

Screams that have died long ago in the throat, and lay in waiting to sabotage and demote, Anger and rage at separation from God, every moment longing, longing for love….

Happiness Is...........

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Winter 2012

A word from the Good Doctor No Neutral Gear in Health

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t’s a rare thing for a doctor to be asked to write about This is where we the health professionals can help. Find wellness, normally we are asked to write or speak about someone you can talk to, someone you trust, it is sickness and normally when people visit our clinics it is sickness, not searching for wellness that generally brings them there.

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It may sound trite but wellness is not the absence of sickness, it’s not a passive process and looking for wellness may occur whether one is sick or not. Wellness is actively looking for health at whatever time of life one finds oneself.

Its basis is simple - eat well, sleep well, exercise moderately, avoid obviously harmful activity and consciously build a loving network in one’s family and at important to know the strengths and potential risks of any least a caring network with friends, colleagues and treatment; nothing that is active treatment is without acquaintances. potential side effects. Equally, wearing my middle aged Remember that endorphins (those naturally produced feel conservative GP hat I would argue that if you are told a good hormones) are generated by laughter, exercise, treatment for an illness has no possible harmful effects active relaxation, good food, sunlight and sex - sometime then it also is not therapeutic beyond the placebo effect not all are available at every moment of life but the list is or you need better information. These two principles broad enough to make the search generally fruitful. apply to mainstream medicine, physical therapies and complimentary therapies without exception.

Sadly there is not a neutral gear in health; if you are not actively trying to stay well you are going backwards, sad but true.

Luckily for me and my colleagues, most modern medicines are safe when used appropriately and are effective, but they are often powerful and should be neither So where do doctors and other health professionals come trivialised nor demonised without sound knowledge. in? I seem to have written myself out of a job along with Not all conditions require a script. every other health professional on the planet!

The relationship you have with your health professional in Striving for wellness does not guarantee an absence of many conditions is not fleeting. Poorly treated conditions sickness and ignoring and trivialising the effects of illness such as diabetes, high blood pressure, depression or does not keep one well either. If you don’t feel well despite arthritis can make the search for wellness almost looking after yourself seek help and use what is available impossible, whereas well treated sickness allows one to to recover while continuing to look after your own wellness. remain well. Really well in fact - that endorphin-filled laugh

To live a healthy lifestyle we need to clear and cleanse our environment as well as working on ourselves.

Alison specializes in ~

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Land & House Blessings and Clearings

Alison Gilgen - Reiki Master, Healer, Teacher.

For further information please ring Alison on 0417 865 971

Malcolm Richards Practicing GP Adelaide Road Clinic Gawler Ph 85221466

Malcom has also exhibited his paintings & drawings in the Greenhill Galleries in Adelaide and is a keen cyclist.

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Winter 2012

Birthing Wellness No not jeweller……Doula

The name Doula is unusual, derived from a Greek word meaning ‘woman’s servant’. Many moons ago the role of the head servant was to go with and support the women of the house while labouring. She ‘mothered the mother’.

The role is similar today – we attend birth, support women physically and emotionally and we support their partners.

Unfortunately the climate of birth in this country doesn’t always facilitate the needs of women and their babies to have such an experience. Women’s individual needs can’t always be met; time and work-load reduce midwives ability to give the necessary support a woman needs. This also impacts on the education women can receive. While I believe birthing is instinctive, navigating the hospital system isn’t. In fact most women and their partners are unaware they may need to do this. Having been uneducated when it came to my birth, I speak from experience. Knowledge is power and before I knew better I chose to be told what I needed to know instead of educating myself and listening to my body and intuition.

The result of this was being in a model of care that didn’t suit my desired birth.

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I have spent much time explaining my job to people and understandably so. My first encounter with the term Doula was in an ante-natal class. While discussing previous birth experiences, one woman said something that surprised me and had stuck with me – “I had an amazing birth, I had a Doula, it was so fantastic – I can’t wait to do it again”. I had to know – What is a Doula?

“ The journey to the Doula sister hood has been transforming. I wanted all women to have empowering, nurtured, healing, fulfilling births. I also wanted those precious babies to experience a calm, welcoming and peaceful birth. I started my journey feeling very passionate and focused on how I could help women achieve that.

Through my course with the Australian Doula College, I learnt so much about myself, birth and being that servant.

I learnt that much of the knowledge I wished to impart to women is instinctive, primal and already deep inside them. I have much respect for the power of a woman.

In birth she shows her true strength and ability. It is intuitive, intelligent and wise beyond words. Birth is place that draws that raw, amazing and spectacular essence out. Women and their babies experience a potent cocktail of hormones that create love, strong bonding and attachment. The senses are heightened and they can become in sync with their baby and their body.

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Being a Doula is more than just attending birth. I have a deep respect for women, birth, the wisdom of babies and birthing cultures and traditions. Giving birth and being born is a time of indescribable vulnerability and strength. It calls us to surrender and trust. For me being a Doula is about believing every woman has that inside her and the ability to tap into it. I can give her information, advocate her wishes and help her create a space and hold it. I respect without judgement each woman’s individual needs and desires for her, her baby and her family. Standing beside her throughout birth and making her needs known.

DanielleToonen Natal Focus, Doula Services

Phone : 0400264172

Winter 2012

The wellness Mindset Top tips to get your mind on your side

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eing known as the “Mindset Guy” It’s at this time of the year that everyone begins to ask me the same questions “What they can I do to stick to my health goals?”

“How can I stay motivated?” “Is there a way to get past my bad habits that consistently hold me back?”

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The human brain is always linking things, people and situations to feelings and behaviours in order to process life easier. Sometimes it’s just so hard to stop eating that particular food or to avoid that drink! Not to worry we can change that! First choose a food you no longer want to eat as often (For example Chocolate, Ice Cream, Soft drinks etc). Then remember a food or smell that is absolutely disgusting and then vividly imagine it in your mind so you can actually feel the “yuk” feelings and then quickly think of that first food you no longer want to eat and continue to remember the disgusting feelings thus linking disgusting with that first food! Simply restart and repeat the process until you have had enough!

Did you know that when communicating to people the “tone” of your voice has more of an impact on them over the actual “words” you use? For example you can say the beautiful words “I love you” in a way that gets you a smile and a hug and also in a way that starts an argument. Just by shifting your “tone” of voice from caring to sarcastic makes a big difference. We can utilise this.

It maybe 6am on a cold morning, it might be some self-talk trying to convince you that it’s OK to skip your morning walk or run during your health program. That pesky self-talk triggers off an unconscious habit and the quickest easiest way to break that pattern or behaviour is to consciously repeat inside your own mind the same

“words” or excuses BUT in Mickey Mouses squeaky, high pitched “tone” of voice.

Yes you will laugh and yes it will work J

Everyone is motivated by both pleasure and pain. I’ve found too often though that people motivated by just pain simply yo-yo in and out of their pain zones and never really accomplish a goal fully and have too much negativity linked to health. Pain is a good motivator to get started if you are in a rut but you cannot stop there. So think vividly and write down 2 different negatives that will happen to you if you don’t take action on your goals and don’t make the changes (it may help to see what life will be like 5, 10 or even 20 years in the future). Then vividly think about what 2 pleasures you’ll get out of sticking to your plan and succeeding with your goals.

TIP: I’ll be healthier usually doesn’t cut it.

Think more along the lines of “I’ll feel more attractive in my underwear with my partner”, “I’ll have the energy I need to keep up with my kids”, “Ill inspire my friends and family to also change their health.”

Ben Elliott Master NLP Practitioner, Master Hypnotherapist and Master Life Coach

www.BenElliott.com.au

Top Tip for Winte

r Wellness Get fresh air and sunshine on your skin at every opportunity . When it's cold it' s ea sy to sit around trying to stay warm. Pu t an alarm on your phone th at says "get up an d dance!"

Tracey Jenkin.

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Winter 2012

Stress Cures Feel better, starting Now! IS STRESS CONTROLLING YOUR LIFE Yes? No? Sometimes?

Perhaps more than you realize!

Anxiety, Depression, Relationship and Emotional Issues, Parenthood, Work Commitments, Health Challenges Migraines, Digestive, Bowel Problems, Allergies, Energy Lows, Insomnia, Skin Complaints, compromised Immune System, Nutrition, Peer Pressure, Success Expectations, Domestic Violence, Grief, Drugs, Respiratory problems, Accidents, Surgery, moving House.

Then there is Diabetes, Arthritis, High Blood Pressure, Heart disease, Cancer, Bladder issues, Hormonal imbalance, Addictions, and Alcohol etc.

The ever increasing rises in the cost of everyday living Credit Card Debt, Bank fees, Car and School payments, Clothes, Food - I hear you say STOP, STOP, STOP! Let’s face it stress affects us all!

However, we all require a certain degree of‘ ‘stress’ to motivate and enthuse us. It protects us in times of danger through the fight or flight mechanism.

Unfortunately when things get out of balance, you can find yourself in a constant state of stress, it can create permanent damage to your health, happiness and relationships.

How is stress affecting your health, relationships and success in your life?

Have a good look in your medicine cupboard, fridge and pantry to see. These areas will reflect what you ingest daily nutritionally. This will answer how well you are handling stress!

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Drink 2 litres of water per day.

Exercise 20 – 30 minutes per day.

Meditate.

Breathe deeply, learn to relax.

Have a bath.

Book a Massage.

Phone a friend.

Make an appointment for a Energy Healing.

Journal.

Listen and Act on your Intuition Daily.

Give daily thanks – An Attitude to Gratitude.

Empower yourself, use your inner-authority.

Say ‘NO’ – you have free will.

STOP dieting - change your lifestyle.

Go to bed earlier.

Cut up your Credit Card – Don’t buy it if you can’t afford it!

Create a budget.

Laugh, sing and dance - it releases happy hormones.

Fall in love – 1st learn to love and value yourself.

Nurture your inner-child.

STOP complaining, blaming, criticizing or justifying and take positive ‘Action’.

Set goals.

Embrace your life!

Invest in you, your Mind, Heart, Body and Soul!

Read a book, in fact read, The Healing Code by Dr. Alex Loyd.

Are you supporting yourself or sabotaging yourself?

The following tips, will provide a good prescription for a healthier life: Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ

BALANCE is the key: 8 hours work, play and sleep Eat 3 good healthy meals a day Reduce your sugar, fat, salt, soft drink, alcohol and cigarette consumption. Ÿ Take a quality multivitamin tablet daily, fish oils, vitamin D and calcium supplement – ask your health care practitioner.

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Di Goulding Naturopath & Intuitive healer of ‘Inspired by Spirit’ and Gawler Natural Therapy Centre.

www.inspiredbyspirit.com.au

Winter 2012

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Winter 2012

Wellness Service Directory All Area’s

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The Best People in Wellness Locally

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INTUITIVE ANIMAL THERAPY For All Creatures Great and Small Please phone Ilona McQueen 0427 053 275 Email: ilona@skymesh.com.au To live & love the life you truly deserve: WOMEN’S & CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS Counselling & guidance for all ages Reiki, Bush Flower Essences, Meditation ABUNDANCE OF LOVE Williamstown Please ring Carolyn 0411410453

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Food for thought If you’re not green and growing, you are ripe and rotting.

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Treat yourself to a divine 45 minute back, neck & shoulder massage for only $50 Phone Soli 0413 926 653

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Wellness Service Directory The Best People in Wellness Locally DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE

Gawler & Surrounds

For all your aches and pains.

Ph Gordon Marshall Dip RM

0409 697 857 ah 8522 1848 Health Rebates and discounts Feel Better, Move Better, Sleep Better!

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REFLEXOLOGY & ATTUNEMENT

Christine Spencer For an appointment phone Christine on 0412 813 700 Email: spencers@twpo.com.au

Suffering from Stress, Anxiety, Depression,Trauma, Addiction or Pain,

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COUNSELLING SERVICE Hypnosis, Meditation classes, weekend retreats and more.

Listening Ears Services

Pame Price Ph 08 8242 1783

Phone Services

Call Kim: 04121 92076 Email: kim@feelgoodbefree.com.au

COUNSELLING, JOURNEY THERAPY & HEALING

Clairvoyant Tarot readings, Development classes, meditation, workshops and more

Call Deborah : 0466 831 709

Your Harmonising Energy Coach ATTUNEMENT Spiritual Alignment for Wellness Ph 8523 1329 E: riverdellevents@bigpond.com www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

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CHIROPRACTOR Lisa Brown Bsc (Chiro). B.Chiro Back In Health Centre 18 Adelaide Rd Gawler Phone 08 8522 3233 HOT STONE, RELAXATION & INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE & REIKI Massage & Pyschic Parties Ladies only. GAWLER Phone Skye 0403420711 reiki-room@hotmail.com REMEDIAL & RELAXATION MASSAGE Aromatherapy included free when you mention this ad Gift vouchers available Phone Vera: 0412 474 233 www.zadatherapies.com.au

Playford Area & Surrounds CHIROPRACTOR Lisa Brown Bsc (Chiro). B.Chiro Synergy Holistic Health 55 Fosters Rd Greenacres Phone 08 8261 6062 Naturopath, Acupuncture ,Reiki & Massage Synergy Holistic Health 55 Fosters Rd Greenacres Ph 8261 6062 $15 Voucher to trial any service HEALING ON ALL LEVELS

Like to feel better, breathe better, laugh more?

Then Phone Susan Marshall,

Reiki Master, Energy healing, Development Classes, Palm readings, Kids healing workshops, Spiritual advisor.

to start the process!

0418 802 688 or 8522 1848

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Colourful Wellness Healing with Colour Colour is a universal language that has been used to communicate ideas, rich symbolisms and feelings since the earliest known civilisations, such as Egypt and Greece. For centuries it has been noted how colour impacts our moods and emotions while it also has a powerful way of revealing our true feelings and thus giving us insight about our true self.

In order to make these insights we need to first note how certain colours make us feel. If we are strongly drawn to a colour then there is something in that colour that gives us comfort, and thus reflects an aspect of that colour that we need in our lives. However, the same can be said about being strongly repelled by a colour too. If we can’t stand a certain colour then we are shown that on an energetic level that colour is reflecting something about ourselves we don’t like. If we were to therefore understand the meaning of this colour, then we would also understand what aspect of ourselves we may be fighting against.

To give yourself an idea about your journey, below is a list of colours and their meanings to give you a place to start in understanding why certain colours affect you in your life.

Red

we are drawn to when we need energy, inner strength, assertiveness, motivation, inspiration or passion in our lives. However if we are repelled by red then this may reflect that we have problems with hidden (or conscious) anger, aggression or frustrations in our lives.

Orange we are drawn to when we need to balance our emotions, heal addictions, balance our sexual energy, crave vitality, heal past emotional shock or trauma, or inspire ourselves with creativity or movement such as dance. If we are repelled by orange quite often it can indicate that we do not want to face healing our addictions or emotional issues.

Yellow

brings clarity to our intellectual mind And encourages obtaining knowledge, desire to study, inner strength, and confidence and brings clarity to our intuition. If we are repelled by yellow then this quite often reflects self-esteem issues.

Indigo harmonises our whole personality, guides our spiritual journey and opens us up to a higher awareness. However like blue, too much Indigo can make us feel overwhelmed, isolated and even depressed.

Violet we are drawn to when we wish to

deepen our faith, service to others and our connection to the divine. We may be repelled by violet if we are struggling with our spirituality.

There are many more colours in the spectrum that have meanings in our lives. I hope this list has given you a start on perhaps seeing how colour can help bring more healing and balance into your life.

Green we are drawn to when we need harmony, balance, space and room to breathe. It is also directly related to the heart so if we find ourselves repelled by green then there maybe heart healing needed in our lives.

Blue we are drawn to when we need calm, peace, nurturing, comfort, relaxation and encouragement to speak our truth to others. However blue can also cause us to withdraw into ourselves too much and this is why we are often repelled by blue.

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Sarah Stutley Colour Reader & Healer Reiki Master, Intuitive Healer & Meditation Teacher

Phone: 0417 859 029

Winter 2012

What’s On in Wellness Calendar Of Events

20th Stillpoint Daytime

June 2012

Meditation

Inner peace and serenity can be yours Wednesdays 10 -11.30am.

Fee: $5 per session Ph 8523 1329 www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

27th Overcome

emotional eating

10.30 -11.30am Payneham Library FREE event! Light refreshments Bookings essential: 8336 0333

July 2012

1st

Attunement Circle

Riverdell Spiritual Centre 10 - 11.00am followed by morning tea. Ph 8523 1329 www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

19th Childrens’ workshop Williamstown Boy’s aged 5 -6 years 10.30am- 2.30pm $50, includes food & hand outs.

Please call Carolyn 0411 410 453

August 2012

2nd AHHA Full Moon Connections Mandala’s All welcome $5, 7pm Gawler www.awakeninghearts.com.au

Talk

Thursday 7.30pm – 9.00pm CWA Hall Tod Street Gawler Ph: 8523 1329 www.rivedellspiritualcentre.org.au

28th

55 Fosters Rd Greenacres Thurs 7 - 8:30 pm

Ph 08 8261 6062 2nd

Look good

feel better!

Free make over day for women facing cancer www.lgfb.org.au

life changes with group support.

6 weekly evenings, Commencing Tues July 24�� $30 for series 7 - 8.30pm Ph 8523 1329

Dream BIG! workshop

Start living a life that excites you!

9.30am-12.30pm, Gawler $50 www.journaljunky.com.au or call Soli 0413 926 653

Thursday 7.30pm – 9.00pm CWA Hall Tod Street Gawler Phone: 8523 1329

Cuppa Included. 1.30 - 4pm $30.00 per session Greenock. Bookings essential.

12th Spring Launch!

Living Wellness Magazine passionate wellness professionals 7pm, Gawler email: livingwellnessmag@gmail.com

Do you have a wellness event coming up?

Let us know.Free events list for free contact living wellnessmag@gmail.com

7th & 8th

BUSY PEOPLE

Call Cynthia 0409 908 235

17th

Look good feel better!

Free make over day for women facing cancer www.lgfb.org.au

OCTOBER 14th Special Women’s Wellness Event See page 17 for details

BODY, MIND & SPIRIT FAIR

GAWLER Masonic Hall Barossa valley Hwy (opposite Fasta Pasta)

10AM – 5PM BOTH DAYS FREE TALKS, READINGS, STALLS, HEALING PRACTIONERS JAN ON 0408 819 826

30th

www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

7th

MEDITATIONS FOR BUSY PEOPLE

Enjoy an afternoon of group meditation 1.30 - 4pm $25.00 Cuppa Included per session Greenock. Bookings essential.

Call Cynthia 0409 908 235

24th Transformation group Open gently to

24th MEDITATIONS FOR

Talk

29th 25th

Meditation

16th Health and Healing

www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

September 2012

21st Health and Healing

MEDITATIONS FOR BUSY PEOPLE 1.30 -4pm $30.00 per session Greenock. Bookings essential.

Call Cynthia 0409 908 235

18th

Stillpoint Guided Day Retreat

Take time to slow down, reflect & renew.

9.30am - 5pm fee $100 Ph 8523 1329 www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

30th

AHHA Full Moon Connections Clearing Clutter

7-9pm - $5 Gawler area, All welcome!

Call Deborah 0466 831 709 www.awakeninghearts.com.au

20th

Health and Healing Talk

Health topic talk with Dr Andrew Horwood Thursday 7.30pm – 9.00pm CWA Hall Tod Street Gawler Ph: 8523 1329 www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

Coming Soon!

Women’s Goddess Circle , Gawler area.

Meditation, Sharing, and empowerment.

Calling all sisters! Please contact Deborah 0466831709 to express your interest.

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Winter 2012

Winter Wellness Warmer.

Ear Candling Ear Candling is the holistic way of treating ear aches and other common issues related to the ear. It can be used to alleviate symptoms ranging from simple ear aches, sinus infections, and sinus pressure, sinusitis, and overall just being a soothing relaxing therapy.

Ear candle practitioners do not claim that they cure these conditions, only that it will help to bring balance and promote healing.

It is best defined as the use of an ear candle which is beeswax coated cloth that is shaped into a tube about 23cm long x 1.5cm diameter. The candles used are infused with essential oils and are hand-made here in Adelaide.

The practitioner places the tip of a hollow ear candle snugly into the ear. Then lights the other end, creating a flame and a vacuum. As the vacuum gets to the external ear canal, it has the potential to remove wax or debris that may be in the external ear canal, thus deflating the pressure in the sinus cavities, making the head feel lighter.

This energy cleansing technique has been around for many thousands of years and has been found in nearly every culture since the beginning of civilization. The exact origin of candling is unknown, however, there is a great deal of evidence indicating its use in many different cultures around the world.

A: Absolutely not! It is a painless, and a totally relaxing, enjoyable experience. (Remember, it is important to consult a trained ear candling practitioner).

A: initially, most people need just 2 or 3 sessions to provide a sense of well being. However, some people may need up to eight sessions over a six month period.

Once you have obtained a sense of wellbeing, personal preference should determine how often you ear candle for maintenance: - probably every three to six months would be practical.

A: ear candling can benefit almost everyone, from infants to adults. However there are different groups of people who may benefit more than others.

They include: Musicians: especially singers & horn blowers, school aged children, people who wear hearing aids, anyone who works with loud noises, trades people, people who fly, pregnant women, office workers, divers / swimmers, people who sleep on their sides.

With its long tradition of use, ear candling continues to increase in popularity. More people are starting to see the benefits of candling & its simple potential to help people to help themselves in a natural and effective way.

Audrey Rucker Reiki Master Teacher, Seichim, Spiritual Healer, Meditation Group, Ear Candling

www.rainbowbutterfly.com.au

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Winter 2012

Wellness Service Directory Ongoing Groups & Classes

Barossa Valley

Gawler

and surrounds

Attunement Circle and surrounds

AHHA Full Moon Connections

MEDITATION GROUP Evenings weekly Kapunda Jy 0409-131038 jjyakin@bigpond.net.au

Networking, speakers, meditation & a cuppa

Monthly -Thursday evenings 7-9pm - $5

Be inspired and share a spiritual energy balancing 1st Sunday each month at Riverdell Spiritual Centre Ph 8523 1329 10 – 11 am followed by morning tea. www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

Health and Healing 2012

Gawler area, All welcome!

Monthly presentations on health topics with Dr Andrew Horwood and others 3rd Thurs each month (starting March), 7.30 – 9pm Ph 8523 1329 CWA Hall, Tod St, Gawler. Gold coin donation.

Call Deborah 0466 831 709

www.awakeninghearts.com.au

MEDITATION Fortntly -Monday nights 7pm - 9pm every Monday night 7pm -8pm Evanston Park $10 ABUNDANCE OF LOVE Williamstown Call Deborah 0466831709 Ph Carolyn for info and to book Awakening Hearts & Healing Assoc More than Meditation Group

www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

YOGA - ongoing classes Monday pm and Friday am in Gawler phone Deb on 8389 3480 or 0407 616 552 for enquiries

0411410453

WEEKLY HATHA YOGA Classes.

Yoga for Wellbeing

Monday 7 – 8.30pm Tuesday 10 – 11.30am

Holy Trinity Church Hall, Penrice Road, Nuriootpa

Call Kim: 04121 92076

Practices to bring balance, harmony & vitality to life

(Bookings are essential) Email: kim@feelgoodbefree.com.au

Playford

Gawler/One Tree Hill

Telephone: Elaine 0418 847 993

BELLY DANCING & ZUMBA FITNESS ® SOUL 2 SOLE DANCE

MEDITATION & YOGA CLASSES Synergy Holistic Health 55 Fosters Rd Greenacres Meditation Thurs 7 - 8:30 pm Yoga Sat 10-11 am

class? Listing from $30 Contact: livingwellnessmag@gmail.com

Belly Dancing Day & Evening Classes Evanston Gdns ,Gawler & Tanunda PH Kate - 0411384027 email: soul2soledance@hotmail.com

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Questions for our Naturopath

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Dear Deb We are supposed to drink 2 L per day of water and I just can’t make myself do it. I drink plenty of cordial (very weak). Isn’t this good enough?

Louise – Elizabeth Hi Louise I know it seems like a lot but really you don’t have to sit there drinking water all day. In fact its better if you

don’t! Too much water all at once can over burden your body and send you running to the toilet!

If you have a mouthful of water, every 20 mins or so, from the time you get up, to the time you go to bed, you will get in a minimum of 2L per day. And here is something interesting, water is actually addictive.

Once you get used to it, you crave it. Cordial is NOT water. If you really are over drinking water, add a squeeze of fresh lemon (not out of the squeezy bottle, a real lemon) this can also have cleansing properties.

Debra Ashton Naturopath ND RN MANPA MFNTT

www.synergyholistic.com.au

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Synergy Holistic Health Pty Ltd

Debra Ashton N.D, R.N. .M.A.N.P.A., MFNTT Adv Dip Nat Med (Naturopathy) B. Nurse

Naturopath · · · · · · · ·

Eczema/Psoriasis Immune Disorders Digestion / Weight loss Stress/ Anxiety/Depression Headaches/Sinus/Hay fever Women’s & Children’s Health.

Life Coaching/ Flower Essences Herbal Medicine/Nutrition/Iridology 55 Fosters Road Greenacres SA 5086 Ph 08 8261 6062 Fax 08 8261 1726 www.synergyholistic.com.au debra@synergyholistic.com.au

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Embracing True Healing Your purpose is the key “Ahhhhhhh..... THAT feels better!”

Ever found yourself saying these words?

Each such utterance is an episode of micro-healing.

So what IS true healing?

Healing comes from words meaning “to make whole, sound and well”. The same words give rise to holy and wholeness, siblings of healing. There’s a sense of restoration to completeness embedded in the word healing.

To understand true healing, we need to know more about ourselves. We are made of energy, which has coalesced to allow physical matter to appear – rather like steam which cools to form water and with further cooling, forms ice, something solid. Regardless of our solid appearance, it’s vital to remember that we are actually energy, light. It’s our energy state which determines what our physical form will be.

Whenever there is a change in our energy state, our physical form changes in subtle or larger ways.

What changes our energy state most frequently and potently? It’s our consciousness – the way we think and the way we feel. These invisible aspects of us are the keys – they turn the locks inside which either unlock energy for creative/restorative use or lock it up in our inner prison and impose a sentence, a suppression order, on ourselves.

Such suppression requires energy to maintain. This results in tiredness being the most common complaint which patients present to doctors.

Well, then, what’s TRUE HEALING? Simply put, it’s a change in our consciousness, our thoughts and feelings, which allows release of energy for creative use. When sustained over time, the experience of wholeness begins to be known. Wholeness itself is only fully known as we remember that we are a part of a larger whole – the body of humankind. True fulfilment lies in discovering what our part is to contribute to that larger body – what’s our unique gift to bring. Here is our life purpose.

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Every healing practitioner, from doctors, naturopaths, counsellors, energy workers and beyond, has the potential to offer a healing experience. I liken the different modalities to the spokes of a wheel which all lead to the hub, which is the experience of True Healing.

It matters not how you get there. Over the years, I’ve appreciated the help of dozens of different practitioners, each of whom has assisted me in taking my next step in discovering my life’s purpose. Living that has been the most fulfilling experience I’ve known.

Here’s some tips for True Healing: * Think BIG! True Healing leads to discovering your life’s purpose – let this be your focus. Put out the prayer/intention to discover your unique gift to world – that sets the wheels in motion. * Get a check up from a health practitioner.

I often find people are depleted in their bodies and therefore, energy. If possible, a vibrant physical body is a great platform. * Let go of wanting to get rid of things in yourself.

What’s right with you is the starting point – focus on these. * Engage in a practice you’ll maintain over time – eg exercise; meditation; prayer etc. Discipline is a key to discovering wholeness * Take note of your thoughts and feelings.Journal about these; talk to trusted friends; join a discussion group. Don’t take yourself so seriously, but rather be curious about how your thoughts and feelings might change over time.

Dr Andrew Horwood GP, Gawler Medical Clinic Program Director Riverdell Spiritual Centre

www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au

Winter 2012

Good Cooking

© David Loftus

• 3 fresh or dried bay leaves • 500g diced stewing beef • 500ml ale, Guinness or stout • 2 sticks of celery • 2 medium onions • 2 carrots • olive oil • 1 heaped tbs plain flour • 1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Servings 4-6

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Delicious Winter Warmer

If using the oven to cook your stew, preheat it to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4 • Trim the ends off your celery and roughly chop the sticks • Peel and roughly chop the onions • Peel the carrots, slice lengthways and roughly chop • Put a casserole pan on a medium heat • Put all the vegetables and the bay leaves into the pan with 2 lugs of olive oil and fry for 10 minutes • Add your meat and flour • Pour in the booze and tinned tomatoes • Give it a good stir, then season with a teaspoon of sea salt (less if using table salt) and a few grinds of pepper • Bring to the boil, put the lid on and either simmer slowly on your hob or cook in an oven for 3 hours • Remove the lid for the final half hour of simmering or cooking • When done, your meat should be tender and delicious • Remember to remove the bay leaves before serving, and taste it to see if it needs a bit more salt and pepper • You can eat your stew as it is, or you can add some lovely dumplings to it.

Winter 2012

STRESS MANAGEMENT & HEALING Stressed, Feeling Tired or Unwell?

Need More Energy?

Join a Class

Tai Chi / Qi Qong Combining relaxation, physical movement & breathing exercises to maintain balance, support healing & strengthen internal organs for a healthy body and mind.

Relaxation / Meditation Techniques used to create positive thinking, releasing anxiety & stress to enhance emotional balance for increased satisfaction in life.

Massage, Shiatsu Acupressure, Reiki & NLP counselling sessions also available.

Contact Gail via mobile: 0402440710 Email: noblewellbeing@gmail.com Please call NOW to make a booking- limited spaces

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