August Informer. The secretary is Leonie Blackwell Administration officer Is Karen Howard

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1 August Informer Keeping you up to speed with what s going on. I certainly would be happy to receive information on events coming up in your district and any short articles that you have. The secretary is Leonie Blackwell Administration officer Is Karen Howard admin@ahhca.org 1

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Article Restorative Yoga...3 Your Inner Secret Need is to be accepted...4 Evolution, Revolution & Restoring Balance...4 Member Matters...4 Committee Matters...4 COMMITTEE Qualified Supervisors...5 Birthdays...5 Future Events...6 Queensland Personal Development Day...7 Bendigo Personal Development Day...8 Networking...9 Websites...9 College Directory...9 FROM THE Editor Please send all submissions to the administrator Article Submission guidelines are below. Regards Karen Howard Article Length Maximum words - Editor ARTICLE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please Submit all articles in raw text format. A notepad file will be sufficient. Basic Paragraphing is permitted with numbered places for images. All images must be submitted individually named with corresponding numbers. 2 Please .txt documents to: admin@ahhca.org

3 Restorative Yoga In simple terms restorative yoga keeps us flexible, supports us and de-stresses us. It is suitable for people of all ages, from those people who have a bad back, to the people recovering from various ailments and cancer treatments, the over worked executives, people suffering stress, and even regular people just wanting a relaxation and stretch. The practice of restorative yoga can help you live a long and comfortable life in the body you have. As we have only one body it is important that we treat it the best way we can. Restorative yoga is a receptive practice, not an active practice, and the poses are therefore held for longer periods of time (even up to 20 minutes), and the client will be, during this time supported with blankets, blocks, chairs, straps, bolsters and cushions. With this type of yoga the body enters into a state of deep relaxation so therefore you can let go, and it is this, plus the stretch that will allow the body to heal. Throughout the restorative sequence the body is gently moved in each direction, backwards, forwards, side to side and even some inverted poses (eg feet up the wall or even on cushions) The inverted poses reverse the force of gravity and are very beneficial to the heart. Each restorative sequence very gently moves the spine. The ancient teaching illustrates, and it is still true today, our well-being is greatly enhanced by a healthy spine Since restorative yoga poses are held longer than more active yoga poses, they have the time to penetrate the body s system, including the mind, to create significant shifts in both physical and mental health. Restorative yoga is a relatively new style and is becoming popular, as it addresses the fast paced society of today. We all feel some stress and manageable stress is ok, but in today s society it can take its toll. Some people will turn to drugs and alcohol to quieten the mind, but we all know, taken to extremes this behaviour can lead to depression and suicide. Life lived on the edge can affect many things, such as relationships, job performance, athletic performance, fertility, sexual function, the loss of one s identity and of course, health. When this stress becomes chronic, the body whirls out of balance and disease is the result. No matter where you are on your path to wellness, it is important to know that you can reach your goal and yoga is the answer, especially restorative yoga as it is the master of the mind Restorative Yoga gives the body a real sense of healing power, of just being still, which actually reaches the heart of the practice of yoga and meditation. In our day to day lives, both physical and mental activities influence each other thus creating imbalances in the body. Restorative yoga actually leads to self discovery. It helps bring the mind and body into balance by creating the minds awareness of the body s limitations. As you become connected to your physical body, you are able to better connect to your emotional body, and discover what ails you. Imbalances can occur in our bodies through things we do in our everyday lives. The repetition of our lives in both physical and non-physical ways can send our bodies out of alignment. Active people can create imbalances in their bodies from overuse eg mothers from carrying babies on their hips, sports people etc but inactive people also have imbalances eg spending long hours at a desk with hunched shoulders and tight neck muscles. Restorative yoga is suitable for all these people, plus the sufferers of chronic diseases as well eg arthritis and neuropathy. Restorative yoga therapy provides us with the tools to help us relax deeply, release stress, increase resilience, improve relationships and provide us with greater control over our life. It nourishes qualities we know but may not have experienced for a long time such as joy, peace, empathy, forgiveness, patience and loving kindness, not just towards ourselves, but also towards others. Be at least interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right the outside will fall into place. Eckhart Tolle, writer and public speaker By Marg Coad: Restorative Yoga Teacher; Retired Nurse Div. 1, A.N.U.M. 3

4 4 INNER SECRET INSIGHTS BY LEONIE BLACKWELL Your Inner Secret Need is to be accepted Masaru Emoto did a rice experiment where children loved one lot of rice, rejected one and ignored another. The one that was rejected quickly went mouldy. Rejection hurts. I often have to talk to clients about the mouldy (yeasty) aspects of their lives the people, beliefs, thoughts and feelings that fester in dark places. Finding ways to be accepted through trying to please others, adapting to circumstances, and even giving up parts of ourselves are common unconscious choices we can make in an attempt to avoid being rejected. Social connections are important and within our cultural conditioning we buy into prioritising other s opinions about us over our own. Life is about learning to accept ourselves to be all of who we are in the world. Self-rejection is just as damaging as the rejection we feel from others. There s nothing wrong with identifying aspects of our behaviour, thoughts or expression of emotion that we want to change but rejecting them brings a negative energy that is more likely to trap us in the pattern than set us free. Rather than EVOLUTION, REVOLUTION & RESTORING BALANCE: POLITICS & THE SHADOW By Leonie Blackwell From a planetary point of view we have spent the first six months of this year with major themes exposing lies and deceptions and questioning philosophies, ideologies and faith. It would appear that world is in some degree of crisis. What we are seeing is the shadow getting a voice again in comes Pauline Hanson and Donald Trump. As therapists we all know that before change comes the crisis inviting us to review, let go and transform into a new and improved state of being. The political arena is merely an entity reflecting the outer expression of our inner posturing. The shadow has to exist as it is the yinyang of our existence. Just as we feel Thank you to all members who have already completed your annual membership renewal - we appreciate your commitment to the Association! Some members are part way through the renewal process (we are just missing an item or two) - thank you to you as well. However there are some members we have not heard from at all yet. If you haven t received a renewal form and/or instructions on how to complete your renewal OR you have questions about your professional development hours, or filling out the form, OR you are having financial difficulty please contact our Administrator, Karen Howard, powerless before we take action the world of politics challenges us to find our power. It is through surrendering into powerlessness rather than resisting it, that we can become free just as surrendering into the idea that we are insignificant or the questioning of what one person can do, we find the liberation; we restore the balance in our own perceptions. We are one of the 101 monkeys and if we just do our bit amazing things can happen. Our world is transitioning from one paradigm into another. This is when revolutions happen, it s when people speak and we reconnect to our personal and political power. It s not about shutting any voice down, it s about embracing the shadow and giving love, compassion and empathy to it. As Dr Martin Luther King Jr said, Hate does not cast out hate only love can do that. It s a great opportunity for us to embrace this. There has never been a greater time as holistic counsellors and healers to be saying to ourselves, I don t like this about me and I m going to change it. Focus on the positive quality and practice being more of it. MEMBER MATTERS COMMITTEE MATTERS Sometimes there are parts of us that we have internalised as things we should reject but they are actually completely acceptable and an aspect of our authentic self, therefore aren t going anywhere, no matter how hard we try to cover them over. To discover these l recommend journal writing. Intentionally write about all the things you have done, said or believe throughout your life that you actually like, even if you have been told they weren t acceptable. Tell yourself the stories of your life and how you were these likable traits no matter what others said or did. In there you will find the real you, your authentic self that has always existed. active, clear and strong, to take up our place, because we are part of the bigger picture, we can create centredness and balance. We see the bigger picture. We see the spiritual evolutions and revolutions. We recognise the transitions to be gone through. As we role model being empowered our balance provides clarity and understanding enabling clients to also facilitate this in their own world. There is a wonderful YouTube clip to watch by Danielle Egnew titled: 2016 Psychic Presidential Prediction at youtu.be/j0pps0ulyy0 that is well worth sharing with others looking for clarity. We will each have our own journey through this shadow. To break out of fear we must take action. We can integrate the bias and antagonism into our wholeness. As we sprinkle acceptance amongst the shadow we can all contribute to balance and restoration. via (admin@ahhca.org) or phone ( ). Remember, you can pay your renewal fees by credit card via the website - RenewMembershipForm.php. Please note: If you are practicing and your membership lapses your professional indemnity insurance may be void, so, to protect yourself and your clients, please renew today if you haven t already done so! If you are having trouble coming up with PD hours I would encourage you to submit an article for the newsletter! Anything that would be of interest to holistic practitioners is most welcome. One of our strategic plan items is to look at the branding of the AHHCA. Now is the time to let us know if you have any suggestions about our logo, our look, our name, our website, etc! Send any and all CONSTRUCTIVE feedback to Karen via - admin@ahhca.org.

5 COMMITTEE PRESIDENT: Tim Fraser VICE PRESIDENT: Jayne Boyle SECRETARY: Leonie Blackwell TREASURER: Belinda Harber ADMINISTRATOR: Karen Howard GENERAL COMMITTEE: Helen Bramley Jackson, Karen Howard QUALIFIED SUPERVISORS Helen Bramley Jackson - Phone: or helenlbj1944@gmail.com - Available for Skype Sessions Andonnia Gotsi or andonnia@gmail.com David Kliese PHD - Ph: (07) or david@davidkliese.com.au Wendy Lauder - Contact: or wlauder@hotmail.com.au Diane Collette - Ph: or diane@angelicpresence.com.au The committee would like your support We would like to get our organisation noticed by a lot more people, you can help us by displaying our logo on your website. Please contact the office for a copy of our logo August Birthdays Happy birthday to the following members Corrine Brown El Chambers Marilyn Copeland Christine Dobson Sergey Dudarev Desrae Edwards Steven Ibbotson Farhana Jaikaran Viesha Lewand Melissa Nelson Karen Ralph Gillian Wealands 5

6 FUTURE EVENTS CCAA Qld - Burnout: The protective effects of Mindfullness 14 July 2016, Christian Heritage College, Mansfield oking&view=event&id=137&catid=2&itemid=166 Active Aging Conference 4 August 2016, Sydney AHHCA Integrative Mental Health Seminar - QLD August 6th & 7th 2016 Albert Waterways Community Centre, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast. Cost 2 days: Members $130 Non-Member $160 Cost 1 day: Members $75 Non-Member $95 Active Aging Conference 4 August 2016, Sydney Taking our Place as Parents Webinar hosted by The Awakening Group 9th August, 7am to 9am AEST Transformation Through Relationship: The Heart & Soul of Therapy Joint PACFA, CCAA, SCAPE & APECA conference 9-11 Sept Melbourne AHHCA Seminar - Victoria Sunday September 25th 2016 Crusoeden Body P/L, 76 Church Street, Kangaroo Flat. Cost: Members $50 and non-members $75. Tea and coffee and light lunch included. AIMA/CMA Symposium September Australia Technology Park Sydney Heskiers Method & OneTool Training Seminars 2016 Sat 3 & Sun 4 Sept, Melbourne Sat 10 & Sun 11 Sept Brisbane CCAA Vic - Psychotropic Medications in Counselling October 22 Stirling College, Mulgrave oking&view=category&id=9&itemid=167 Oncology Massage Ltd Conference 27 to 29 October 2016 Canberra aspx?e=18341 For Australian Counselling Association approved PD events go to their calendar opdevents.php 6

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8 BENDIGO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY The AHHCA is inviting everyone one with an interest in maintaining and optimising good health and wellbeing to a day of exploring interests, and sharing their skills and knowledge. Being held in Central Victoria to encourage networking and becoming aware of the resources available in the region. Make it a weekend and visit some of the tourist areas while here. MARG COAD AND JAYNE BOYLE All speakers are experienced Holistic Healers and Practitioners working in the field in a variety of role and modalities WENDY LAUDER & HELEN BRAMLEY JACKSON "Holding those who hold Helen Bramley Jackson: BSW, Grad Dip Loss and Grief Counselling, Diploma Holistic Counselling, Dip Clinical Hypnotherapy, Bio-Energetic Therapeutics, Reiki Seichim Master, Educator, Meditation, Remedial Massage, Mediator. AHHCA member Wendy Lauder is a Registered Nurse and Credentialed Mental Health Nurse who specialises in Holistic Infant and Parent Mental Health and Wellbeing. She is an attachment specialist and views the world through a relationship lens, helping families understand the importance and meaning of their interactions on all levels. She offers Supervision to staff from various disciplines both in her public and private work. HOLDING THOSE WHO HOLD Understanding supervision and its use for those working in the Holistic healing field, supervision from an attachment perspective, the importance of supervision and what it can be used for, - and thinking about such things as understanding your own bias, what to do if your sessions either don't meet your clients need or your own (choosing not to work with someone), and where to go when stumped. This session will be led by Wendy and Helen who both offer supervision for AHHCA members. This will be an interactive session with plenty of discussion and brainstorming along the way to ensure we all go home enriched by thinking about this topic. Connecting your full Potential with Restorative Yoga Marg Coad: Restorative Yoga Therapist, Reiki Practitioner and Retired Nurse. AHHCA member Jayne Boyle: Holistic Healer, Reiki Practitioner and Restorative Yoga Therapist. AHHCA member RESTORATIVE YOGA THERAPY Connecting to what is Positive and Productive in our lives, gently working to change what can be changed and learning to manage and accept what cannot be changed. Through gentle Yoga stretches, relaxation and meditation aligning the physical, emotional and spiritual. LEONIE BLACKWELL Inner Secrets: Unlocking Your Most Powerful Self Leonie Blackwell: Naturopath/Author. AHHCA member Are you wanting more from your life but feel like something is holding you back? Leonie will explain the source of this stuckness and share with you a simple process that resolves and empowers you to live the life you want. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL admin@ahhca.org - Mobile: Date: 25th September 2016 Time: 9-00 am 4-30 pm Where: Crusoeden Body Wellness, 76 Church St Kangaroo Flat 3555 Cost: members $50. Non members $75 Vegetarian light lunch and refreshments provided

9 NETWORKING The committee feels it is important for all our members to support like minded organisations conferences; it s a great way to learn new things, gain professional development hours and meet new people. WEBSITE LINKS Hearts in healthcare Australian Industry Training Association Australian Hypnotherapy Association Walter Last Strauss heart drops National federation of healers jenny@nfh.org.au Magnetic Healers Unlimited kathyauric@actrix.co.nz Cancer support orgnisation White Eagle Healing Centre Australia Counselling association The Healing Forum Caledonian Colour PRINT SIGNS DESIGN College DIRECTORY Diane Collett - Angelic presence diane@angelicpresence.com.au Ph: (03) Mob: Brenda Sutherland - The Awakening Group info@awakening.com.au Qld Ph: (07) , Fax: (07) Mob: Frank Pizzoferrato - Living Chi Healing Centre Em frankp@live.com.au Mob: Ph: (03) Leonie Blackwell - The Essence of Healing Website: Em: leonie@dcsi.net.au Ph.: (03) Mob: Stephanie Egan - Natural Energies College Website: study@naturalenergies.com.au David Kliese- Trinity Academy of Science and Philosophy Website: trinityacademy@hotmail.com david@davidkliese.com.au Ph: (07) Joy Nicholson - ISET Ph: (03) Mob: joynicholson@aapt.net.au Dr Patricia Sherwood - SOPHIA COLLEGE Website: info@sophiacollege.com Phone: (08) Final thought for the month Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress. Melody Beattie PO Box 7279 Point Cook VIC, 3030, Web: 9