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Short Features and Brief Takes Issue 191
by Cherry Coad Aldridge(more info)
listed in product news, originally published in issue 191 - February 2012
The UK Centre for Living Foods
Founder and Director Elaine Bruce
Taught and inspired by the pioneer Dr Ann Wigmore Elaine Bruce is the only fully qualified Naturopathic Practitioner offering the authentic Living Foods Programme in the UK at The UK Centre for Living Foods.
A long standing Homoeopathic and Naturopathic consultant and former Sociology lecturer, specializing in tutoring small groups, she now welcomes you to her own home. In the dedicated Living Foods Kitchen and long established organic permaculture garden, you will find the ideal setting for your own journey to better health.
Spring Detox Retreats: 13-17 Feb; 12-17 March 2012
Workshops: 22-23 Feb; 21-22 March 2012
Certified Practitioner Training: 12-27 April 2012
Described as the Detox Retreats which reach the parts other retreats only aim for, these courses take care of you as an individual, recognizing your starting point and respecting your goals. Apart from good basic guidelines, there is no such thing as one size fits all in the raw health world. Training and experience are needed to give you the best personal guidance, always firmly based in naturopathic principles. Like Dr Ann Wigmore before her, Elaine Bruce includes all aspects of health, from food to personal cleansing to emotional balance. She aims to send you away lighter, cleaner, encouraged and supported in your health goals, very much better informed, and with a realistic personal agenda. She is always available for former guests when they need her.
Detox Retreats, Short Workshops,and Certificated Practitioner Training are scheduled throughout the year. In all of these Elaine takes most of the classes herself. She is very proud of her Practitioners, who are teaching the Programme throughout the UK and Europe. Detox retreats and short workshops are held most months of the year, Training courses are held in April and August, and personal advice consultations may be arranged at any time.
Further Information
Please contact Elaine Bruce on Tel: 01584 875 308; elaine@livingfoods.co.uk www.livingfoods.co.uk
The Listening Centre London
The Listening (Voice, Music and Language) Centre, London, established by Ella Williams in 2001, is now in its 11th year of operation.
This client learns to sing with the full frequency of his voice.
Situated in North London, The Listening Centre offers Listening Therapy as based on the published works of Professor Alfred A Tomatis, who as long ago as 1957 was honoured by the French Academy of Science with the acknowledgement of the ‘Tomatis Effect’, which reduced to a nutshell is – you can only produce sounds that you are able to hear. This means that any change in our listening patterns leads to an immediate change in our speech, musical production and related communication skills.
The change in listening pattern is brought about by a course of therapy using the electronic ear, a patented device which filters selected frequencies of sounds. This gives exercise to the muscles within the middle ear that may have lost their responsiveness to certain sounds and patterns. Returning these muscles to peak condition the ear becomes more receptive and following this our production of sound alters as well. The course is intensive and the results can be life-changing.
Unlike vocal coaching and other formal teaching the therapy is not geared towards learning a technique or method, but works gently and without rote learning of any sort. During the sessions clients listen to the music of Mozart and Gregorian chant. Later on clients will chant, sing and speak with their own voice filtered back to them through the electronic ear, and so come to naturally project the fuller sounds that they now perceiving.
Listening therapy has been found to help with learning difficulties that are based in auditory processing and communication – especially dyslexia, dyspraxia, delayed speech, autism and ADHD. Gerard Depardieu has given testimony to Professor Tomatis in helping him overcome stammering and challenging behaviour as a teenager; and as an adult with attention and memory improvement – indeed he credits Tomatis with giving him language.
Further Information
Please contact Ella Williams on Tel: 020 7359 5268; listeningcentrelondon@gmail.com www.tuneyourears.com
Remote Healthcare: Masters and Graduate Diploma
This Masters Programme, at Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, is the only one offered in the UK! The course is predominantly delivered via distance learning except for the first module which is delivered face to face over 5 consecutive days in Plymouth.
Programme Overview
The programme aims to develop evidence-based remote healthcare practitioners with specialist knowledge, skills and understanding of current issues influencing the organization, delivery and leadership of remote healthcare practice, and the challenges of expedition planning and the use of remote information sources such as telemedicine; and to equip them with the advanced skills necessary to critically analyse and synthesise a range of information in order to make safe and effective decisions in complex, unpredictable and remote situations.
The Postgraduate Certificate in Remote Healthcare (60 Masters credits) of the two modules for the Postgraduate Diploma plus two further modules:
- Remote Practitioner (Module One)
- Personal and Organisational Resilience (Module Two)
The Postgraduate Diploma in Remote Healthcare (120 Masters credits) consists of the two modules for the Postgraduate Diploma plus two further modules:
- Remote Practitioner (Module One)
- Personal and Organisational Resilience (Module Two)
The Masters in Remote Healthcare (180 Masters credits) comprises of the four modules for the Postgraduate Diploma plus the Dissertation module (60 Masters credits).
Further Information
If you have any queries regarding this course, please speak to a member of the Admissions team on Tel: 01752 437333; pcmd-admissions@pcmd.ac.uk www.pcmd.ac.uk/postgraduate_rh.php
Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
For 20 years the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has been the global leader in functional medicine education. Our foundational course, Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP), now in its 15th year, has constantly evolved to meet and exceed practitioners' expectations.
For only the second time this course is being run outside of the USA, and it will be the only time it will be running in the UK this year. We are pleased to announce that once again, in conjunction with our UK Lead Sponsor, Nutri-Link Ltd, and the co-organizer - Clinical Education, we will present the course in London. It will adhere to the same rigorous standards as in the USA, with minor adjustments in topics such as laboratory profiles, tests, etc., to make it directly relevant to UK and EU practitioners.
Course: 5 day intensive training course: Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
Date: April 30th - May 4th 2012
Venue: Hilton Metropole, London www.afmcp-uk.org/hotel
Costs: www.afmcp-uk.org/register
Our faculty team for this program includes exceptionally talented clinicians with extensive experience not only in their own specialties, but also in using functional medicine in a clinical setting. Speakers include Patrick Hanaway MD, Bethany Hays MD FACOG, Kristi Hughes ND; Dan Lukaczer ND, Robert Rountree MD; and Michael Ash BSc (Hons) DO ND F Dip ION.
Special Offer Discount for BANT and IFM Members
The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) and The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) members receive a 10% discount in addition to the early-bird discount which is available to all attendees who book before the cut-off date. (The additional 10% discount applies to currently registered members of either nominated organization; proof of current membership must be provided at the time of the booking. This 10% is applicable only once; joint members of the two organizations do NOT receive a 20% discount.) The 10% membership discount is applicable at all times to the cost of the course even after the early-bird booking dates have passed.
Further Information
To find out more about this exciting opportunity, please Tel: 08450 760 402; www.afmcp-uk.org. www.afmcp-uk.org/register
Pekana Homeopathic - Spagyric Medications
Pekana Remedies from Germany are a unique brand of homoeopathic and herbal remedies made by the ancient Spagyric method. The firm's founder, Dr Peter Beyersdorf, travelled all over Germany to assemble these formulas from famous herbal and homoeopathic practitioners. The remedies are also based on Dr Beyersdorf's life-time of study and research and consultation with the leading German medical homoeopaths.
The remedies have an amazingly strong force-field...as shown by Kirlian photographs of the energy fields of the remedies. We found these remedies very effective in the treatment of chronic fatigue, tiredness, convalescence, recovery from illnesses, accidents, prolonged stress. Dr Beyersdorf lavished care on the production of these ancient formulae.
Clinical Experience...
- Restore the breaks in the patient's aura
- Augment the person's overall energy
- Restore the colours of the traumatised aura to beautiful hues of health
- Heal a surprising number of ailments, particularly chronic fatigue, stress induced illness, digestive problems, arthritis, depression, hormonal imbalance, endocrine imbalance, skin conditions and many others problems.
The list of remedies presented is the updated and full list of available remedies. Some remedies are discontinued due to new EU regulations restricting herbal ingredients. If you don't see it on the list, you cannot order it. Practitioners may contact us regarding still-existing stocks of older remedies, which we can sell until run out.
Further Information
For further information, please contact Ronnie Turner on Tel: 003531 2893147; info@999alternatives.com Available from www.pekana.co.uk www.turnerclinic.com
African Spiritual Healer Professor Sheik Imam
Professor Imam, professional leading African Healer has 20 years experience in the field of African traditional healing and can help advise in areas including marriage problems, jobs, business, court cases, bad luck, alcoholism, exam worries, etc. Professor Imam is fluent in English, Spanish, Arabic and French.
Typical problems Professor Imam can help you with:
- Marriage Problems
- Jobs
- Business
- Bad luck
- Nightmares
- Alcoholism
- Court cases
- Smoking
- Family Ties
- Exams and many more.
Further Information
Please contact Prof Sheik Imam on Tel: 02085484999; Mob: 07985691335; info@besthealer.co.uk www.besthealer.co.uk
Curing IBS ~ Curing Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Using Natural Holistic Therapies
by Christine Fadhley LicAc MBAcC
Format: PDF: 46 pages
- Do you know the location of every bathroom in town when you go out?
- Are you avoiding life for fear of an Irritable Bowel Syndrome attack?
- If so, you owe it to yourself to arm yourself with the important information share in this Curing IBS ebook. Not only will it deepen your understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome but it also provides solutions and a way back to health holistically!
Pharmaceutical drugs prescribed for IBS can produce unpleasant side effects; furthermore, these drugs only address the symptoms not the root cause of the syndrome. You are invited to be an active participant in your own healing. The first step is to empower yourself with knowledge, then formulate a plan for action and implement it.
Author and holistic healer Christine Fadhley shares her own healing story with this challenging syndrome and the devastating toll it had on her overall health while left untreated or mistreated with incorrect supplements. But most importantly, she shares healing solutions that literally took her years to uncover! She clearly and concisely explains the steps she discovered to completely cure herself of IBS.
In this informative Curing IBS ebook, you will discover:
- A Way Back to Full Health
- Her Four Pronged Attack for Healing
- An IBS Action Plan
About the Author
Christine Fadhley LicAc MBAcC has worked in the holistic health and healing field for over a decade. She trained in Acupuncture at the London School of Five Element Acupuncture, studied Kinesiology, Christian spiritual healing, Counselling, and is a Reiki III practitioner. Christine has worked at Alt Medic Holistic Therapies and the Marjorie Centre for Complementary Health over the past decade and now works from her own private clinic rooms. She has successfully helped many people suffering from food intolerances, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and its associated condition Leaky Gut Syndrome using alternative natural healing methods.
Further Information
Christine may be contacted on Tel: 01283 703316; yogachris@gmail.com www.altmedic.co.uk and to purchase this e-book visit http://healingebooks.com/Curing-IBS.html
IncoStress for Stress Incontinence
Recent statistics show that around 20% of women in the UK will suffer from some sort of pelvic prolapse in their lives but in reality this figure could be shockingly higher.
- Incostress is designed by women for women is the perfect product help control those embarrassing leaks due to the involuntary loss of urine.
- Incostress is a dual use medical device.
- Incostress can be used as a device to control stress incontinence.
- Incostress can be used to help you identify the pelvic floor muscles and help you naturally strengthen your pelvic floor.
- It is the only pelvic floor exerciser which you can use all day and night.
- Clinically trialed at Singleton Hospital Swansea UK with favourable results.
Incostress is a product which can be used in conjunction with any physiotherapy treatment you are receiving.
- Made from medical grade silicone.
- Latex free
- No drugs
- Easy to use
- Easy to clean
- Use day/night or when required
- Effective
Further information
Please contact Gaynor Morgan on 0871 218 1233; info@candgmedicare.com to buy the product visit www.incoshop.co.uk/index.asp
Women’s Wisdom: Natural Wellness Strategies for the Menopause Years
by Laurel Alexander
Published by Findhorn Press. March 2012. £7.99. ISBN: 978-1-84409-566-7.
Shifts in the mind, body, and spiritual energy can be as much of an opportunity as a challenge; this self-help guide offers sage advice to menopausal women. Erasing the stigma that is often attached to this transitional period, experiences of the Dark Goddess are explored and embraced.
Alexander highlights an exhaustive list of helpful strategies, including nutrition and herbs, meditations and imagery, flower essences, vibrational healing through quartz crystals, reflexology, and more. Celebrating a reconnection with natural life cycles, thought-provoking suggestions are explored for envisioning this profound change as a rite of passage, and not something to fear.
Alexander guides the reader through the three stages of the menopause: peri-menopause, menopause and post menopause, with clear advice and Wise Women Ways.
“Anxiety, depression, sadness, difficulty concentrating, overreacting to minor upsets, anger, irritability, panic attacks, forgetfulness, and mood swings are all typical of the psychological issues we may face during the menopause years. Some symptoms will be hormone-related, while others are due to the changes in a woman’s life around that time.
“Situations and life events that tend to crowd into a woman’s life in her late 40s and 50s include having to deal with caring for and/or the death of elderly parents, birth of grandchildren, children leaving home, divorce, retirement of self or partner, widowhood, and altered self-image due to aging. Other psychological challenges can include beliefs about no longer being useful, distorted body image, fear of death, feeling unemployable, low self-worth, and a sense of loss related to the end of fertility.”
from Natural Wellness Strategies for the Menopause Years.
Further Information
Available from Amazon and Findhorn Press
www.amazon.co.uk/Wise-Woman-Healing-Menopause-Years/dp/1844095665
www.amazon.com/Natural-Wellness-Strategies-Menopause-Years/dp/1844095665
Honegar Original Apple Cider Vinegar and Honey
Honegar Original blends the finest apple cider vinegar with pure honey to create a delectably drinkable tonic reputed to have many health boosting benefits, including the relief of joint related pains and symptoms of arthritis and rheumatism, as well as assisting with digestion, promoting weight loss and maintaining the body’s natural balance.
Based on a traditional folk recipe passed from generation to generation, the unique honey-based formulation was discovered by the late Dr DeForest Clinton Jarvis, an American physician best known for his work in the area of folk medicine, who became convinced of the remedy’s health benefits while working among farming communities in Vermont, USA.
His observations led to the preparation of the original Honegar recipe, following which Dr Jarvis devoted his work to investigating the uses for Honegar, and researching its benefits for promoting good health and wellbeing. More than 50 years on, Honegar has an international following, with devotees including Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who swears by the preparation to keep arthritis at bay.
Renowned for its natural antiseptic, soothing and cleansing properties, and packed with amino acids, trace elements, calcium, potassium and iron, honey has long been popular as a high energy health food. Cider vinegar has been valued for its medicinal properties since 3000BC, when the Egyptians reputedly used it to treat a variety of health ailments, and as a tonic to aid weight loss.
Further Information
Honegar Original is available from Holland & Barratt, all good health food stores in the High Street and online health retailers. www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=2315&prodid=2538
Make Your Own Aphrodisiacs
by Julie Bruton Seal & Matthew Seal
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 2012. Hardback. £7.99. ISBN: 978 1 906122 33 1.
Aphrodisiacs take their name from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. They have been used to stimulate desire for millennia, concocted from spices, herbs, fruit and flowers by poets, lovers, Queens and warriors from every corner of the globe.
Authors Julie and Matthew Bruton-Seal, experienced professional herbalists, have written self-help bestsellers Kitchen Medicine and Hedgerow Medicine – now they turn their thoughts to romance.
Here are their beautifully-photographed recipes for
- Erotic food
- Sensual oils and potions
- Seductive scents and
- Desirous drinks
The book covers plant medicine in great detail and includes herbs from all over the world. It is fascinating to read about local favourite remedies in different cultures and also how traditional dessert recipes for romantic dinners are based on their aphrodisiac qualities. It seems we’ve been onto something for a long time with the wide popularity of chocolate, almonds, figs, and vanilla. Savoury recipes are not excluded either and there are lots of good ideas on how to include chilli, cardamom, nutmeg and oats in both food and drink.
Aromatherapists are well aware of the complex, sensual and powerful effects of the absolute oils of rose, jasmine and neroli and these are looked at in some detail with lovely ideas for recipes and massage blends.
Further Information
Available from Amazon and Merlin Unwin books.
www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Your-Aphrodisiacs-Julie-Bruton-Seal/dp/1906122334
www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Aphrodisiacs-Julie-Bruton-Seal/dp/1906122334
www.merlinunwin.co.uk/bookDetails.asp?bookId=128&categoryId=
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