Deep Shamanic Meditation

Louise Gilmore will introduce you to shamanism, a 50,000-year-old tradition that informs many meditation systems in the world today. Experience a clear and simple pathway to healing, guidance and empowerment. Understand the healing power of our primal connection to nature and experience the age-old practice of shamanic journeying with drumming and rattling.

This session will show you how to supercharge your meditation practice with shamanic skills, which offer a pathway to healing, guidance and empowerment through deep investigation into nature and the natural ways of being in our bodies.

Louise has trained people to meditate and become meditation teachers in college, health and corporate settings for more than 25 years, and has studied and taught shamanic practices for 16 years. Her studies have taken her to many countries and trainings in many traditions.

She wrote and currently teaches the Diploma of Transformative Meditation and the Certificate in Shamanic Practices, as well as advanced courses in meditation at Awareness Institute, Crows Nest. Louise also works as an Energetic and Shamanic healer.

www.awarenessinstitute.com.au/cert-shamanic-studies

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Embrace the Day

I woke this morning as I usually do with a million thoughts in my head…this has to get done, that email has to get answered, etc.  I came downstairs to do my morning mediation and write my list of ‘to dos’ for the day and suddenly I couldn’t breathe.  I couldn’t catch my breath and then the strongest sensation came over me –  look at your phone.

There I found a message waiting for me…my dearest friend’s brother had ended his struggles with addiction. The news was sent succinctly, ” Cat, he’s gone.”

With those few words a rush of emotion swept over me; sadness for the family, his struggle, his child.  Sadness for that which would now never be.

And I thought, here I sit rambling on about emails and phone calls to make when half-way across the world this Soul has passed on.   In my house we are on week 3 of school holidays, so the troops are getting restless.  We are all looking forward to getting back to the routine of school, some alone time, etc.

But for my friend’s brother the ‘routine’ is finished.  My friend herself will not begin this day the same as all others.  Nor will it for her parents or relations.  Their routine is forever altered by a moment in time that can never be changed.

Suddenly my sadness changed to an (inspirational) anger, as I thought how short is life!  How quickly the days pass with us most often entrenched in ‘the routine’.  We tick off the items of the day on our own list of ‘to do’s for the day feeling content that ‘something was done’.  Yet how many times has each of us  allowed Fear to turn us away from becoming our Authentic Selves. How many times have we allowed ‘the routine’ to fool us into thinking we’ve accomplished something, when truly we are hiding behind these empty actions. How many opportunities have you let slip by thinking there is always tomorrow…

For my friend’s brother there are no more chances.  The music has stopped, the dancers have gone home.

But it hasn’t for us.

We have chosen to be a part of this Life.  There is a reason for each and every one of us to be here and somewhere within you, you are aware of who you are.  You are aware of the gifts you carry with you and the work you are meant to do.

Do not let the music stop without allowing your True Selves to shine forth.  Do not squander the time you have worrying about what other’s think or wondering if the time is it the right time or if you really have the talent to accomplish it.

For each and every one of us the music will some day stop.  My friend’s family did not wake this morning thinking that there was no more time.  We do not wake each morning thinking time is short.   We think, ‘there is always tomorrow.’

‘Do not go gently into that goodnight/Rage, rage against the dying of the light,”  wrote Dylan Thomas in 1938 (Do not Go Gently into that Goodnight, 1938)

Shine forth, beautiful Beings of Light.  Do not take tomorrow for granted.

In memory of TK (1977 – 2016)

Peace/Love/Chocolate,

Catherine

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Energetic Health as the Core of Well-being

Martine Negro will emphasise the importance of energetic awareness and education, how it is crucial to empower people to manage their well-being and become more responsible for their health, which in turn will gradually develop into a true Health Care system. Energy Medicine is the core aspect of our health industry.

She will discuss the 12 primary energy channels or meridians and how the sensing of the level of energy in each channel will aid in the overall health and balance of an individual. As we live longer, we need to enjoy a higher quality of life and not burden society by neglecting our health – energy work will save millions of dollars to the health care system when more people practice energy management!

Martine has over 30 years experience as a health professional, trainer and mentor in oriental Mind Body Health. She has trained thousands of students (primarily at Nature Care College) into understanding the energy dynamics of the human system. She is co-founder of the Diploma of Energetic and Spiritual Healing at NC (1998), co-initiator and life member of the IEHA, and currently president of the Dowsers Society of NSW.

Her upcoming book “Hacking the Wellbeing Code” explores the fundamental energetic principles behind true well-being and invite the reader to practice a simple three steps process to acheive long term well-being. Martine’s aim is to help restore the health care system to its true meaning of enhancing and supporting Health and empower people to manage their personal energy responsibly.

www.heartconnections.com.au

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