“The time has come”. the walrus said, “to speak of many things…..”
and it is time for me to make some significant changes to my lifestyle and a part of that includes adding another modality to my practice.
This means that I will be undertaking some studies in Workplace Training and Assessment, as well as some more holistic (& very useful) studies, having resigned from my teaching position.
I am looking forward to bringing forward this knowledge to better serve my clients.
A timetable of workshops, Reiki share days and meditation sessions will be available soon on my main website.

Lower back pain can be debilitating and is associated with stress, posture and emotion. The abdominal muscles contract and in turn pull on the muscles of the spine, causing the back pain.
There are a number of self help Polarity treatments that are available, but if you have severe or chronic back pain, please seek help from your primary medical practitioner.
The feet have a relationship with the spine, with the curvature of the spine mirrored along the inside edge of the foot. If you can reach your foot, then massaging ‘sore spots’ on your feet can help to release the reflex points in your back.

• Work inward from the big toe (with your right hand) and the heel (with your left hand), pressing firmly.
• Hold on any tender spots until you feel a release and move on.
• Continue until all areas have been covered.
• You can use a lightly fragranced foot cream to moisturize your foot, but this sequence can be done even with socks on.

Back of heel – sacrum
Heel – Lumbar
Instep – Thoracic
Toe – Cervical

“Everything in life is an omen”, said the Englishman, now closing the journal he was reading.
“There is an universal language, understood by everybody, but already forgotten. I am in search of that universal language, among other things…..”
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho.

2008 was a difficult year for me, but there have been many positive outcomes from those difficulties, including a clarity about my workspace.
In 2009 I am embarking on the search for that universal language, with the aid of an amazing mentor. More on that as the year progresses.

“To see a World in a grain of sand,
and a Heaven in a wild flower,
hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
and Eternity in an hour…
We are led to believe a lie
When we see with, not through the eye
Which was born in a night, to perish in a night,
When the Soul slept in beams of light.”

William Blake

Each Polarity treatment is different – even on the same person. The energies ebb and flow and where there may have been sore spot or energy blockage in a previous treatment, it is more than likely that it will be elsewhere next time!
Polarity therapy is not dissimilar to Homeopathy in that once you commence the treatments, there is often a process where various layers of discomfort are removed. Not dissimilar to peeling an onion – there are usually some tears shed along the way- but with Homeopathy and Polarity, these are therapeutic.
I enjoy giving Polarity foot treatments. Most of us need ‘grounding’ and I have found that a caring and thorough foot treatment will allow the energy to move more freely through the body. It is also very relaxing and nurturing to receive as we don’t pay much attention to our feet.

From Dr Stone’s Health Building book:
“Our body is like the house we live in; when the electric currents are on, then light and heat are available. when the water pipes are in good shape and water is pumped through them by pressure, then all the fluid requirements are solved. When the gas is turned on, then cooking and gas heating are possible. And when the drainage is not obstructed, then the sewers do not back up and no regurgitation of drainage is pocketed in any part of the basement.”

According to Dr Stone, in his preface to Book 1 Energy, the Vital Polarity in the Healing Art, “when the body is in good health there is a natural balance and relationship between the breath of life and its conveyor, the blood stream as a fluid, and its rhythmic beat through the cetnral pump called the heart.”
He then describes three energies that flow in all animal and vegetable life – these being:

1. The Fire energy of the sun is the warmth and expanding principle of motion in all living things.
2. The Air energy as the breath of life. Without air, fire is sluggish in combustion and complete oxidation impossible. When there is insufficient life breath in the body, the result is unresolved residues, which are deposited in the body tissues.
   
3. The Water energy – the fluid nature of the blood stream. The fluids carrying the body chemistry and conveying vital energies and emotional impulses.

Dr Stone then briefly describes the “Prana” or vital force, which flows through five areas of the body, the head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis.

The object of treating is the removal of Energy Blocks which are the cause of real pain in the vital energy fields of the body.

A very good friend gave me these words

One of the amazing things about Polarity Therapy is how simple and effective it is.
Dr Randolph Stone was able to bridge Eastern and Western concepts of energetic healing. He brought together Ayurvedic andTaoist philosophies whilst also embracing Western holistic treatments such as chiropractic and naturopathy and esoteric Christian beliefs.
In his textbooks, through his detailed line drawings, he was able to illustrate energy flows and systems.
There are a variety of treatments available as well as differing types of touch.
Treatments can be based on balancing the elements of Ether, Air, Fire, Water or Earth. Each element has a number of qualities that relate to the physical, mental or emotional body.
The person receiving the treatment is actively involved in making changes by breath work as the energy blockages are ‘stepped up’ or by making dietary changes and doing some simple exercises which help re-energise the physical body.
Each element also corresponds to an area of the body and mental state.
For example, the Ether element has the qualities of stillness and harmony, whilst it governs the emotional state of Grief. The body part it effects is the neck (around C3 – C5).
Ether treatments work on the neck, which if there are blockages there, can contribute to nervous system and structural imbalances. This element governs communication and the emotions in general. Working in this area, using a gentle sattvic touch helps to bring about a profound and peaceful state of relaxation.

Sometimes I come across a book that I have had on my shelves for a while and start to read it. I may find a book that I don’t know why I bought at the time, but eventually the reason becomes clear.
Years ago, before I really knew about homeopathy, I bought a book about it at the university bookshop – it looked interesting and I thought ‘I’ll get around to reading it one day”. little realizing that 5 or 6 years later I would study classical homeopathy for 4 years and it was the beginning of a large collection of homeopathic books!
I love old books. They are often neglected and one day I found an interesting red covered book entitled “The Importance of Living” .
Today this book beckoned from the shelf and ‘fell open’ at a particular page. First one page, then another and once started, and a book which had not been particularly interesting when I brought it home all those years ago, had come to life. All of a sudden it was past bedtime….