Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2014 - February 2015 i The Art of Healing

Eucalyptus is a fast growing tree which is most prevalent in Australia. A tree that koalas love to feast on, the eucalptus is quite massive, often growing well beyond 400 feet, and there are literally hundreds of species in the Australian landscape. Back a few hundred years ago, the local Aboriginal people were the first to see the possible health benefits of the eucalptus by steam distilling the leaves in order to produce important essential oils that could then be used to treat wounds and fungal infections. The essential oils are now employed for a wide variety of purposes and can be found in perfumes, cosmetics, medical and industrial products. Eucalyptus also has a fresh and pleasant aroma thanks to a compound called eucalyptol, which makes it a prime candidate…

In the previous article in this 4-part series on Healing Your Inner Family (Part 1 in Mar/May 2014 issue of The Art of Healing), Anne Matheson discussed how to build trusting relationships with your inner family. In this second article, Anne explains how it is not just about changing beliefs, but changing our feelings and the challenges this involves. What is important to understand with inner family work is that your early life need not have been a disaster for the developmental stage to not have been adequately completed. Similarly, how you feel now as an adult does not necessarily truly reflect how events were experienced by the inner child or adolescent. In all instances a child needs to feel loved and that they are the centre of their world,…

Lea Rose BA, DipEd, AdvDip Counselling is currently completing her MA in Social Work. She writes from twenty year’s experience as a clinical counsellor and psychotherapist, having worked at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and the Yarra Valley Living Centre, Melbourne. Lea is an international educator and public speaker on death and dying, and founder of the Living and Dying Well Counselling Centre in Melbourne. Following is an extract from Chapter 4 of Lea’s book Let’s Talk About It! Jacob: Believing It was so unnerving having to sit for hours looking at white walls listening to the beep beep beep of the heart monitor and not knowing what the outcome would be. I was irritated. The hospital mask was sticking to my face from the condensation caused by my breathing,…

As I entered the clinic of Octavier Chabrier, she was just opening the door and saying goodbye to her previous client. This lovely lady saw me sitting there waiting and looked straight at me and said; “you won’t know yourself after you leave here.” Not a bad recommendation. Octavier Chabrier is a Wellness Consultant who operates from her residence/clinic at Jan Juc, Victoria. Octavier has a Diploma in Bowen Therapy and Remedial Massage, she is a Reiki practitioner, and she is currently studying Wellness at RMIT in Melbourne. Like me, she LOVES Bowen, and this is the treatment I will be receiving from her today. My condition on this occasion is not so good actually. I really have been burning the midnight oil for a bit too long which has…

www.greenworld.org The Green World Campaign connects those who want to help create a more sustainable world with on-the-ground projects that benefit people and planet. They focus on providing ecological and social benefits where they’re most needed. They also seek out effective grassroots partners, then find the simplest, most direct ways they can all contribute to success. Their work centres around tree-planting and working with villagers who are motivated to work for the benefits their programs bring. Contributions from the GWC get planted into the ground. www.victushealth.com Victus Health is an innovative Australian Company committed to providing healthcare practitioners with a fully integrated, mobile nutritional care delivery system. Their goal is to enable complex nutritional health care programs to be: personalised for the individual by health professionals; easily accessed by patients;…

www.tfsp.hifrontier.com The Task Force on Systemic Pesticides is the response of the scientific community to concern around the world of the impact of systemic pesticides on biodiversity and ecosystems. Its intention is to provide the definitive view of science to inform more rapid and improved decision-making. In 2009 a group of European scientists from several disciplines convened amid growing scientific concern about the rapid decline in insect and arthropod populations across Europe. Their objective was to consider all the possible causes of the decline from the 1950s to the present time. This included the intensification of agriculture with its accompanying loss of natural habitats and massive use of pesticides and herbicides, the manifold increase in roads and motorised traffic, climate change, continent-wide nocturnal light pollution and other types of pollution…

Fennel is a flavourful, aromatic herb indigenous to the Mediterranean region. The seeds of this herb have many powerful digestive properties and incredible benefits for infants with colic, with the most widely used species being the sweet fennel (Foeniculum vulgare.) Improve Digestion and Reduce Gas One of the biggest benefits of fennel seeds are their ability to improve your digestion and release trapped gas in your intestines. The seeds' high volatile oil content (anethole, fenchone and estragole) are the main substances that effectively clear intestinal gas. By improving digestion, the seeds cause food to move faster through you body, therefore, there is less of a chance of gas building up. Another way the seeds and their volatile oils have been found to be responsible for improving digestion is by stimulating…

We all want to live a long life, but did you know eating these simple foods has been proven scientifically to prevent and in some cases reverse the #1 cause of death in the modern world? Statistically, atherosclerosis (the progressive clogging of the arteries) is the #1 killer on the planet. A complex process, involving autoimmunity, infection, dietary incompatibilities, and many known and unknown factors, it is – despite conventional medical opinion – entirely preventable, and in some cases reversible. Here is the peer-reviewed, published research proving the fact: • B Vitamins – yes, something as simple as adding a source of B-complex to your regimen can prevent the juggernaut of heart disease from taking your life prematurely. A doubled-blind, randomised study published in 2005, in the journal Atherosclerosis found that…

Margaret barely gets past the front door of my yoga studio before being warmly greeted by her classmates. She is returning to our Thursday morning yoga session after an absence of nearly a year, during which time she has had both a shoulder and hip reconstruction from a fall related to a sodium deficiency. At 86, she is also the oldest member of this group and has rarely missed a class since joining at age 69. Yoga has indeed been a vital aspect of her senior years. Anne Loudon relates. I look around and realise that in fact, if being eligible for a Seniors card is any indication, most of the students present today (12 women and 2 men) are indeed seniors. Margaret relates how diligently she has been doing…

When, after driving for 1 ½ hours, I finally arrived at Peninsula Hot Springs (it is a 90 minute drive south of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula), I couldn’t get a car park! I couldn’t believe it. Here we are, in a rural location just outside of Rye, in the middle of a working week on a Wednesday morning, and the place is packed! A good sign me thinks … I have no expectation of what I will find upon entering Peninsula Hot Springs. My intinerary says I am booked for a Private Bath at 12pm, lunch with on of the owners, Charles Davidson at 12:45pm, a tour at 1:30pm, a Kodo Massage at 2:45pm, and a Morrocan Hannam treatment at 4pm. But I am just blown away by what…

Howard Maylor Artist and Photographer Howard Maylor has been a resident of Kyneton (90 Km North/West of Melbourne, Victoria) for over ten years and is drawn to the natural beauty of the local environment. After dabbling in photography for many years, he decided to study it professionally and in 2011 graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Photography (Arts) with High Distinction. As a photographer, Maylor seeks to show the often overlooked or abstract view of the landscape which often means photographing natural features in a way that gives the viewer a unique, mysterious and thought-provoking perspective of the countryside around us. Howard’s photography is influenced by the seasonal conditions and light and weather variations. His playful portrayal of the small and unique features of his local area are his main…

What Has Happened To Our Garlic? With its flaky outer layers, and its pungent inner cloves, garlic is a pantry staple in many households. But are you getting something other than what you expected when you purchase a bulb of garlic from your local supermarket? Garlic (Allium sativum) is a member of the onion family, and has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, prescribed garlic for a multitude of different ailments. Today, numerous studies confirm that garlic has the capacity to help strengthen the immune system, potentially protect against heart disease, and reduce the risk of some cancers. It also has antiviral and antimicrobial properties that may be useful in fending off the common cold. Garlic is delicious when roasted or…

The 3-month period from September through to November promises an overall shift of focus. During October two eclipses signal an unexpected turn in events possibly putting our contracts and alliances to the test and influencing our actions until the end of the year. We are witnessing the closing stages of a 30 year cycle at the end of November. SEPTEMBER September is a month of transition as the Sun enters the sign of Libra on September 23, the day of the Spring Equinox in the southern hemisphere. Libra’s purpose is to find equilibrium and invites us to visit those areas in our busy lives that are out of balance. When Libra is involved, we most likely will have to address our relationships and partnerships with others and might ask for…

“The Isaac Newton of Nutrition” Dr. Weston A. Price was a Cleveland dentist in the 1900s who was intrigued with the root cause of dental decay and physical degeneration. Travelling the world, he documented groups of individuals who had exceptional teeth and strong bodies. According to the Weston A. Price Foundation, “Wherever he went, Dr. Price found that beautiful straight teeth, freedom from decay, stalwart bodies, resistance to disease and fine characters were typical of primitives on their traditional diets, rich in essential food.” When Dr. Price analysed the diets of these isolated groups, he discovered that they contained at least four times the minerals, as well as over ten times the fat-soluble vitamins, as a standard Western diet. Modern Uses for a Traditional Diet If you want to have…

Beetroot, also often known as the beet, is a root vegetable that has been consumed since ancient times. Even the ancient Romans and Greeks thought beetroot had vitamins and minerals. In fact, today's studies prove that not only are they loaded with beneficial nutrients, but beetroot is an amazing way to ensure that a person stays healthy. A root vegetable, the reddish and bulbous portion of the beetroot is grown underground while its leafy top is seen above the ground. It grows in both tropical and temperate areas, and takes about two months to reach maturity. Though the plants have been cultivated for thousands of years due to their dietary benefits, it is only recently that their many health benefits have been explored. 1. Beetroot Enhances Sex The ancient Romans…

The paradox of yoga practices is a simultaneous ease and complexity. At one level you can jump straight in and begin to reap the benefits, but the more you practice and learn, the more you realise how deeply complex these practices can be and how they could easily take a lifetime to master. Jennifer Schrader explores some of the preliminary aspects of pranayama – breathing exercises – and how they can improve physical health and wellbeing. The word ‘inspire’ has an interesting history. Its origin is from Latin inspirare – in ‘into’ and spirare ‘breathe’. The word spirit, meaning ‘an animating or vital principle in man and animals’, is related to the word spirare. On one hand inspire refers to the act of drawing in breath, but it also means…

It may be surprising to hear that most people’s breathing mechanism is impaired at birth or during the formative years of childhood. Sometimes it can be so blocked that as young adults we just have enough breath to survive! This means that our capacities to regenerate, enjoy life and evolve can become limited because we have lost the ability to breathe energy as well as air. Ghislaine Bouskila explains. We know the rest, we survive instead of living our life creatively and sometimes illness might make its way to our depleted organs, glands, muscles or blood, compromising living a full, conscious and connected life, and indeed, compromising survival itself. I like to equate the amount of breath or our ability to breathe fully to the amount of light that we…

Yin Yoga is based on the Taoist concepts of yin and yang, opposing yet complementary forces that can characterise any phenomenon. The earliest reference to yin and yang is in the I Ching (Book of Changes) from approximately 700 BC. In this work, all phenomena are said to be reduced to yin-yang. Yin and yang can be described as two variables; they are either on the opposite ends of a cycle, like the seasons of the year, or they are opposites on a continuum of energy or matter. The opposition is relative and can only be understood through relationships between the two. For example: water is yin relative to steam but yang relative to ice. Nothing is totally yin or yang. Just as a state of total yin is reached,…

SUBSCRIBE to The Art of Healing by 30 November, 2014, and you will automatically go into the Draw to win an Appetite Package for Two, PLUS Bath House Bathing from Peninsular Hot Springs. Peninsula Hot Springs is the first natural hot springs and day spa centre to be developed and built in Victoria, and it is just 90 minutes from Melbourne. At this idyllic location, natural thermal mineral waters flow into pools and private baths, providing the perfect setting for relaxation and rejuvenation. The winners of the draw will be able to: enjoy a relaxing soak in the Spa Dreaming Centre thermal pools; a social bathe in the Bath House pools; a one hour full body relaxation or kodo massage; and a sumptuous breakfast or lunch in the cafe. You…

It is commonly accepted that dreams often speak to us in symbols, and that we need to “decode” them in order to understand what they really mean. There is also often an assumption that dreams are about vague, nebulous things like feelings, motivations and fears. Sometimes however, dreams can speak to us about our most direct and physical experiences: what is going on in your body. Known as “prodromic dreaming,” these special dreams can help tune into early signals that something is out of balance, to diagnose and possibly even prevent illness before it occurs. Prodromic dreams are an excellent example of the mind/body connection in action. They have been recognised and understood by cultures throughout the world for hundreds of years, including in ancient Greece, Egypt and China, with…