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Issue
Number 2 - Tuesday 20th March
2001
Holistic Healing: It's all a matter of balance
by
Jenny Fitzgerald : Holistic healer
Holistic healing is the process of bringing the mind, body and spirit
back into balance. When we are out of balance physically, emotionally,
mentally, or spiritually we experience discomfort and disease in our
lives. Holistic healing, as opposed to medical treatment, has its major
focus on understanding the individual, not the symptoms displayed by
the patient. It uses the inner power and resources of the mind and body
to re-establish our own unique balance. It is this balance that results
in full health and allows us to live our lives with energy and vitality.
When working with clients I find that one of the major problems we have
in our western culture is the inability to understand and feel our own
bodies. We walk around in this vessel and yet are unaware of the impact
we are having on it. How often do you sit and just experience the flow
of energy running through your body? Unless there are symptoms we don't
usually take any notice of this amazing tool, our bodies, which we have
to evaluate our well-being.
Holistic
healing takes into account the many aspects of the individual that have
been disconnected and brings them back into alignment. Because we are
all individuals and none of us is the same, we need different treatments
to realign ourselves on all levels (body, mind and spirit).
So what can you expect when you go to a Holistic healer?
You
will be asked questions about your current symptoms, about your life
in general, your family history, and anything else the healer may feel
is relevant. From the answers you give the healer will, usually intuitively,
make a decision as to where your unique healing process should start.
You may be advised to consult a medical practitioner; a natural therapist
or another practitioner that the healer feels would be beneficial to
support your return to health. You may also be advised to attend courses
and seminars so you can learn new skills that will better enable you
to make informed decisions about your health.
The
healer will also advise you on the meditation practice which will bring
about balance in the most appropriate way for you (not necessarily the
quickest). Meditation is an important part of the healing journey and
will have many benefits for your overall well-being.
You
will be given some form of energetic healing. There are many forms available
which include Reiki, Spiritual healing, Magnetic healing, Tonal healing,
Crystal healing, Chakra balancing, Colour therapy, and the list could
go on forever. Most healing methods will involve you either sitting
or lying down in a peaceful environment that will enable you to relax
and can involve you answering questions, listening to the healer or
being in a meditative state. The experiences will vary from healer to
healer and from healee to healee, and also from session to session.
Because we are individuals we will get from the healing that which is
right for us at this particular time.
Everyone
can benefit from Holistic healing because it is aimed at the individual
not the symptoms. So children, adults, the elderly, and the disabled
will all receive a benefit from a treatment. Quite often, several sessions
are required because the changes necessary for an individual to experience
balance will happen over a period of time rather than instantly. Just
as a person who is overweight has to shed the kilograms slowly as s/he
works through the many reasons why they need to be overweight, so it
is with any imbalance in our lives.
So
don't wait for the imbalances to develop into symptoms, contact a Holistic
healer and learn the skills necessary, to understand yourself and to
bring the balance back, so you can live with the vitality you deserve.
About
Jenny:
Jenny Fitzgerald is a Holistic healer at North Brisbane Natural Therapies
Centre. She has been working in the field for 10 years. She holds regular
workshops in Conflict Resolution, Stress Management and Boundaries as
well as teaches Meditation and Reiki. She has recently released her
first Meditation CD which is available by contacting 3207 5245. The
cost of the CD is $20.00 plus postage & handling.
North
Brisbane Natural Therapies Centre
Take A Break!
Taking
'time out' is a great way to revitalise, which creates a positive environment
to begin and motivate changes in your lifestyle. Our regular story in
'Naturally Happy' will look at the different options available to us
in Queensland to 'chill out'.
In this issue we look at 4 of Australia's best health retreats; and
they're on our doorstep!
Clear Mountain Health & Conference Centre,
Camp Eden Health Retreat The Golden Door Health Retreat and The Dome
Retreat are 4 local businesses that have national and international
recognition, however these hidden treasures are available within a 2
hour drive for most of us. They are all quite individually different
however they all share the common attitude goal to be very effective.
They have on offer fantastic deals and packages to suit you on
www.myhealthspecials.com.au,
from afternoon 'time outs' to the ultimate get away holiday package.
So when it all gets a bit to much, 'take a break' and check out their
web sites. Do it for yourself or do it for someone special!
Hypnotherapy: the myths and the facts!
By DR Rick Collingwood Ph.D, B.A
Most people when asked if they have ever been
hypnotized will answer 'no', but they are usually mistaken. Almost everyone
has at some time been in a hypnotic state without recognising it. In
childhood, daydreaming which is so real to the child that the dream
or imagined situation takes the place of ordinary reality, is essentially
self-hypnosis. In adult life many people still daydream occasionally,
and most people have episodes of absent-mindedness or abstraction during
which time they are, as we say, in a 'World of their own'.
The
Facts
In hypnosis you do not, as a rule cease to be unaware or unconscious
of what is going on around you. You will usually be aware of noises
outside the room, the tightness of your shoes, or any other external
stimulus, but your awareness of these things is often distant or faded,
as your subconscious mind begins to concentrate directly and completely
on what the therapist is saying to you, and on what your subconscious
mind begins to concentrate directly and completely on what the therapist
is saying to you, and on what you are using the hypnosis for. It is
only in the deepest hypnotic states which we call 'somnambulistic' that
you actually cease to be aware of anything except what is being suggested
to you during the hypnotic session.
The
way we think and what we think must influence the way we feel, and we
are automatically affected in our physical feelings and personal consciousness
made to ourselves, by ourselves, or by other people. For
Example if every person you met one morning said to you 'you look a
bit sick and unwell today you should be at home in bed?' you would feel
pretty ill and want to go to bed. On the other hand, if you were to
be greeted wherever you went with compliments on your appearance, your
manner, and remarks on how well you are looking, you would soon be feeling
pretty good, even if the day started badly. The same idea is used in
hypnotherapy: what you are thinking about yourself must affect the way
you feel and consequently the way you deal with life. However, your
deepest and most important feelings about yourself may be quite different
from and at odds with what you think you feel. In hypnosis we make or
accept suggestions subconsciously and deliberately, then use them to
achieve something that we want or for something's that will benefit
us, and that acceptance goes very much deeper than it can in non-hypnotic
states. Hypnosis is all about control, but unlike in fiction and drama
real-life hypnosis is about your own control of yourself and your body
and mind. For the vast majority of people nothing can happen with willful
submission or coming under the control of another person. For the vast
majority of people nothing can happen in hypnosis that they do not agree
to, and they simply cannot be made to do, think, or feel that they don't
want to.
The
Myths
Surrendering your will power or self control is an incorrect assumption
about hypnosis that needs some clarification. If you watch, or perhaps
take part in a demonstration of hypnosis at a club or a party you will
see other people doing, or find yourself doing, all sorts of silly embarrassing
things, things that you would
never usually be seen doing. However at a party or in a club, with a
few drinks inside you, and your friends egging you on, you would be
quite likely to do silly or humiliating things even without hypnosis.
Because of the situation, and because the subject and the audience most
probably believe that a hypnotist can control other people and make
them do things, the subject will often simply go along with whatever
the hypnotist suggests.
How
can it help?
The subconscious mentally alert mind state often called Hypnotherapy
is a very helpful and powerful therapeutic tool when applied and used
in a responsible and sensible manner. Professional Hypnotherapists see
many changes occur within their clients, that other persons may consider
to be miraculous. Of course there are no miracles involved, just as
there are no particular spiritual or any other esoteric principals used
to induce or maintain the hypnotic state. Some of the many areas where
clinical areas where clinical hypnosis is considered useful are QUITTING
SMOKING, PAIN CONTROL, HABIT REMOVAL, SELFCONFIDENCE, SALES &PROFESSIONAL
MOTIVATION, certain PSYCOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS, BED WETTING,
SELF ESTEEM ENHANCMENT, BULIMIA AND ANOREXIA NERVOSA, PHOBIAS, WEIGHT
LOSS, DEPRESSION, NAIL BITING, INSOMONIA, OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER,
most forms of ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE and all types of STRESS. It
is important to understand that hypnosis could be unhelpful to the recipient
if it is applied incorrectly by an inexperienced person, and also to
realize that just because somebody may be able to induce a hypnotic
trance, this doesn't necessarily mean that they are qualified or able
to offer Psychological help or effective counseling.
So
if you have some challenges that are causing you concern or hindering
your lifestyle you should consider hypnotherapy as an effective, natural
and drug free alternative. Remember if you are going to open you mind
to a stranger it is important and sensible that you select somebody
who is professionally competent and adequately experienced, never be
afraid to ask for credentials. Once you are satisfied and comfortable,
then relax and enjoy a very enlightening and therapeutic experience.
DR
Rick Collingwood Ph.D,B.A
Cert. Counsellor & Mental Health Practitioner Hypnoptherapist, Psychotherapist
Tutor
Member E.H.A.A, A.C.H.A, A.B.H
Mind Motivations Hypnotherapy Consultants
Latin dancing: Fitness for the body and soul!
Movements are based on Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian,
Afro-Jazz, Afro-Reggae and Capoeira dance styles. It is great for developing
the flexibility, rhythm and coordination required of that great, relaxed
Latin groove. All movements are performed individually. Latin Fitness
1 is an introduction to the movements in the Latin Fitness program and
performed at a slow pace. Latin Fitness 2 is suitable for those with
experience, and is at a faster pace.
Salsa
Add a little spice with Salsa!
Salsa is a literal translation of the Spanish word 'sauce'. This dance
is as hot as its tasty Latin American namesake. Salsa music is uplifting
and charged with energy. Originating from Cuba and New York, it also
incorporates rhythms from the African, Caribbean and Latin regions.
This dance can be done simply or in a more sophisticated way with fancy
footwork. The faster the rhythm, the greater the challenge!
Merengue
Merengue is a happy, simple dance from the Dominican Republic that uses
lots of creative arm turns whilst maintaining basic footwork. Even those
who think they have 'two left feet' will find this an enjoyable dance
to learn.
Bolero
Slower and more controlled, Cuba's dream-like Bolero is an elegant and
romantic dance often referred to as the Cuban 'Dance of Love'.
Lambada
This sensational Brazilian dance has brought partner dancing back to
the dance floor. Lambada has flowing hips and beautiful movements as
if two bodies dance as one.
Tango
Passion, seduction and sensuality are words that come to mind when we
think 'Tango'. Born in the poorer neighborhoods of Buenos Aires over
the last century and a half, this dramatic, elegant Argentinean dance
is one of today's most popular partner dance styles.
Forro
From North East Brazil, this fun, folkloric dance style (which Lambada
developed from) is the most popular, social partner dance in Brazil
at this time.
Samba
The national symbol of Brazil, signifying happiness and carefree attitudes,
Samba is a cheeky and energetic individual dance that captures the excitement
of Rio's Carnival Parade.
Gafieira
Gafieira or 'Brazilian Tango', as it is sometimes known, is Samba danced
as a couple. This is a skilful, playful dance style.
Bossa
Nova
The words Bossa Nova translate to 'new wave', an apt name for a style
of music which is 'jazz-influenced samba', born in the 1950s in Brazil.
This dance is a softer, more relaxed style, danced in a light-hearted,
romantic way.
Afro-Brazilian
movements
A combination of Afro-Brazilian movements are incorporated into a warm
up for the other dance styles, and are based on Afro-Cuban, Brazilian,
jazz and reggae.
Rio Rhythmics
Short
and Sweet:
PEAR & VANILLA YOGURT SORBET
Serves 6
½
cup castor sugar*
1 x 875 g can pear slices in natural juice, drained and juice reserved
1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out or 1-teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup Australian Natural or low fat yogurt
2 Egg whites
Combine
sugar, pear juice, vanilla bean and seeds together in a saucepan and
bring to the boil. Allow to simmer uncovered until mixture has reduced
by half. Refrigerate until cold. Process pears and yogurt until smooth
and fold through the syrup. Pour mixture into a large bowl or freezer
container and freeze until semi-set. Beat eggs until stiff and fold
eggs whites into pear mixture. Gently spoon into a freezer container
and freeze until firm.. Scoop and serve.
Nutrient
analysis per serve
Energy: 678 kJ Protein: 1g Fat: 1g Carbohydrates: 35 g Calcium: 66 mg
Total Sugars: 33 g
* Sugar can be replaced using equal quantities of a granulated artificial
sweetener
And
the winners are:
Congratulations to the 10 lucky winners of a "Healthy
Life" Club Life membership, this months giveaway is a great Yakult
pack! Good Luck to all subscibers!
"It
is not the strongest of the species that survive,
nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Charles Darwin
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