Spirituality and Happiness

Study Suggests That Spirituality Is Key To Kids’ Happiness January 13, 2014 by Arjun Walia at http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/01/13/study-suggests-that-spirituality-is-key-to-kids-happiness/#sthash.D6wcTfaN.dpuf A professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, and his colleagues Ben Coleman and Judi Wallace have conducted a study which suggests that spirituality is key to children’s happiness....

Tai Chi Exercises

Tai Chi Exercises (Shibashi) 1. Raising the arms 2. Opening, the Chest 3. Painting the Rainbow 4. Separating the Clouds 5. Rolling the Arms 6. Rowing the Boat 7. Supporting the Ball 8. Gazing at the Moon 9. Turn Waist, push with Arm 10. Cloud Hands 11. Scooping the...

Body Reading

‘Read Yourself First’ An exercise for you adapted from ‘Emotional First Aid for Children’ Pearson and Nolan. You will need: supportive music, tissues, cushions, towels, a few body stencils (body outlines – male or female – on an A4 sheet of paper) an pastel colours to draw with. We study...

7 Segments of Muscular Armouring

The Seven Segments of Muscular Armouring – W. Reich Notes by carol Dyer – used with gratitude! Wilhelm Reich identified seven segments of muscular armouring within the body. Alexander Lowen further refined the following exercises in what he called Bioenergetics which he defined as: ‘a therapeutic techniques to help...

Understanding the Theory of Bioenergetics

Understanding the Theory of Bioenergetics Notes by Carol Dyer – used with gratitude! History Wilhelm Reich, was a psychoanalyst and teacher. ‘For Reich the goal of therapy was the development by the patient of the capacity to give in fully to the spontaneous and involuntary movements of the body...

Needs – part 1

THE FUNCTION OF NEEDS             A need is a condition within oneself waiting to be fulfilled. Needs communicate to us primarily through physiological signs and symptoms, such as hunger, thirst, desire, craving, etc.  Through such symptoms, needs alert a person to the fact there is imbalance within the system. ...

Needs – part 2

This page follows on from Needs – part 1 (click here to view part 1) NEEDS THAT MAY BE CONSISTENT (OR NEUTRAL) WITH GOSPEL LIVING: Achievement:              To succeed in a task. To accomplish, master and complete something difficult; to develop a skill; overcome obstacles and attain a high standard;...

Compulsion to Recreate and Overcome Childhood Hurts

THE COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS A child desires to be loved exclusively and without limit. Thus a child’s desire to be loved is unrealistic as no human love is without limit.  Yet, it is also true that the child would be very satisfied with real mature...

Anxiety

The basic cause of anxiety is the arrival at the brain of more nervous impulses than can be properly sorted out by the brain.  The sensory input arses from three main sources: from our external  environment, through sight and hearing; from our body, through nerve-endings in all the various...

Jung on the Shadow: Broadening of Consciousness

Carl Jung said that “the Shadow is the person that we’d rather not be.”  He explains that the Shadow is the side of our personality which we do not consciously display in public.  It may have positive or negative qualities. If it remains unconscious, the Shadow is often projected...

Enneagram: Adelaide 2013

Spiritual Dimensions of the Enneagram – Introduction A Weekend workshop introducing the Enneagram was held Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May, 2013 at Mary Mackillop Centre – St. Michael’s College Henley Beach, S.A.- The group of 42 participants were introduced to the Enneagram by facilitator Chris Chaplin msc. The Enneagram...