Body Harmony® (Armonía del Cuerpo) es apreciada en todo el mundo como una síntesis práctica de trabajo corporal que hace la diferencia en la vida de sus clientes, practicantes y maestros que la utilizan. Es un conjunto de herramientas dinámico, funcional y liberador para incluirlo en su vida.

Este evento es una oportunidad de desarrollo dentro de un maravilloso entorno de aprendizaje sostenido, que contará con la presencia internacional tanto de profesionales como también de entusiastas.

Aquí puede aprender la tecnología Body Harmony® e incluso desarrollar su propio método único de aplicación. Éste puede ser un momento decisivo para su desarrollo personal. Body Harmony® significa calidad de la vida, la suya, la de su familia y la de su comunidad.

Cada día de esta conferencia está considerada cuidadosamente para hacer posible la más fácil, agradable y natural experiencia de transformación disponible para Usted. Cada día le ofrece la posibilidad de aprendizaje continuo y auto-desarrollo. Cada día abre la puerta a otra dimensión de su propia experiencia que le podría ayudar a iluminar su camino.

El horario diario de la conferencia le ofrece tiempo suficiente para explorar la ciudad de Málaga y sus alrededores históricos. Se dedicará un día de viaje en grupo para experimentar la belleza natural de la zona. Este evento permite, sin lugar a dudas, una síntesis natural de experiencias fabulosas tanto dentro como fuera del seminario.

Tarifas de la Conferencia

Instrucción de Seminario para el Participante                                         Octubre  8 – 19.

Para ingresos recibidos antes del 1 de junio de 2012                              US$ 1775.00

Para ingresos recibidos antes del 1 de septiembre de 2012                   US$ 1995.00

Para ingresos recibidos después del 1 de septiembre de 2012              US$ 2195.00

¡Puede optar por registrarse en este evento abriendo un depósito de US$275 para – iniciar su participación – y para empezar a planificar su aventura en Málaga!

Este evento tiene lugar una vez cada 18 meses y solamente una vez cada cuatro o cinco años en Europa. Los eventos anteriores se han celebrado en Bali (1996), El Caribe Mexicano (1997), Tenerife, Islas Canarias (1999), Palm Cove, Australia (2000), El Caribe Mexicano (2002), Creta, Grecia (2003), Bali (2005), Baja México (2006), Lake Bled, Eslovenia (2008), Samoa (2009) y Nueva Orleans, EEUU (2011).

Don McFarland is widely considered to be one of the most remarkable practitioners of our time – with 60 years of experience – he has dedicated a lifetime to practicing, teaching and developing the ‘hands-on’ transformational arts. He is again a presenter at the World Massage Conference this year and will be in Australia to teach the latest developments in Body Harmony®. Anybody interested in massage, bodywork, manual therapy or healing can benefit from the skills Don McFarland has refined over the many years his career has spanned. The One Month Retreat is divided into 3 different sections which can be taken as a whole, or separately. We welcome your inquiry today.

To download the full brochure click this link 2011 One Month Program

Listen to this short excerpt from ‘The Body Harmony Experience”‘ CD featuring Dr Don McFarland. bh-experience-sample1

Oct 15 – 20     Towards A Healthier Physiology

These first 6 days build a foundation for learning and practicing the work. The fundamentals of any successful bodywork interaction are explored through giving, receiving and coaching. Experiential exercises, demonstrations and relevant case histories are all utilised to enhance the quality of each treatment. Movement therapeutics, up-to-date physics and science, understandings of perception, posture, physiology and much more are woven together to allow you to appreciate more of the Body Harmony® experience.

EARLY REGISTRATION $1195.00 / REGULAR TUITION $1350.00

Oct 22 – Nov 9     The Intention & Manifestation
11 Session Bodywork Program

This 15 day program is divided into three five day sections. Eleven specific bodywork sessions are presented allowing participants to work through the whole body, from the tip of the cranium to the pads of the feet.  Teaching and feedback  is focused towards learning the art of each application.  Each session is viewed from a multiplicity of dimensions, – spiritual, emotional, physical, cognitive and bio-chemical. Don McFarland, the founder of Body Harmony®, presents this once-a-year opportunity to appreciate the power of Body Harmony® through your continuous exposure, – step by step, day by day and layer by layer.

1. Front of Body / Torso. Neck to Pelvis
2. Back of Body / Torso. Hamstrings/Sitz-bones to Neck
3. Legs. Understanding. Hips to Feet. Ankles
4. Sides of Body. Where Front and Back meet.
5. Inside Legs. Where Front and Back meet. Arch of Foot to Pelvis
6. Abdomen. Between Thoracic and Pelvic diaphragms. All organs. 4 Quadrants.
7. Sacrum and Spine
8. Shoulder Girdle. All joints between collar bone/shoulders and finger tips.
9. Neck and Head
10. On and Off Body
11. Energy Centres. Where 2 or more bones meet is an energy centre.

EARLY REGISTRATION $2975.00 / REGULAR TUITION $3125.00

Nov 11 – 13     Actively Meeting The Moment

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein. This 3 day class specifically presents the information to help you reorient your perception towards the wondrous, and the miraculous. When habituated information processing recedes and you bring your sensory resources to the foreground life becomes anything but ‘the norm’. You will be learning to develop a different approach to your own experience.

EARLY REGISTRATION $660.00 / REGULAR TUITION $730.00

Oct 15 – Nov 13  The Full Month Retreat

Investment        Early registration A$4125 / Regular A$4485

Reviewers*        Early registration A$3545 / Regular A$3775

A $375.00 deposit* will secure your place.

Early registration date: MAY 20, 2011.

Click here to  make  your  payment.

Upon receipt of your deposit we will forward you a confirmation letter and receipt of payment.* Non-refundable, non transferable. All prices are gst inclusive.

October 15 – November 13

This is the 10th consecutive year of the One Month Body Harmony® Retreat. The dates have changed slightly, we are running from mid October to mid November this year. Recent developments in the practice of Body Harmony® from our international event in New Orleans produced some wonderful outcomes. ‘Ease, Efficiency & Enjoyment’ – these qualities applied to our bodywork practices lead to easier ways of achieving better results. This is a unique opportunity – 150 years of bodywork experience shared between Don, Linda, Duncan & Gina – a wealth of support to assist your learning and realization.

The 2011 program is an opportunity that we think appeals equally in merit to the practitioner (or would be practitioner) and to the individual seeking growth and personal realization. As in past years, our program is available in smaller segments and these options can be viewed in the e-brochure. If you would to benefit from participation in some or all of this event, email Duncan duncan@healthinperspective.org to express your interest. To download the pdf brochure for this event, – follow this link to our downloads page.

Some helpful suggestions – from Gina Carruthers

Getting to know your physical self is subtle but really very simple and one of the greatest things to focus on to bring ease, health and joy. Here are a few suggestions and their benefits:

1) Quiet yourself Down – Get on the ground, in constructive rest, and just be quiet. The benefits include: calming the nervous system, aligning with gravity, synchronizing internal harmony, and releasing your core to something greater than itself – the earth beneath you. Emptying yourself allows for new thoughts and behaviors to take hold.

>2) Centering your Pelvis – Sit, Stand and Sleep with a centered pelvis. The benefits include: calming the nervous system, aligning with gravity, eliminating muscular compensations, and being more aware of what takes you away from ease in your life.

3) Hydrate your Spine – Keep your spine hydrated through micro movements in every direction including curling, arching, and lateral fish movements. The benefits include: efficient nervous system, supportive bones, eliminating tension, and a juicy experience of yourself and life.

4) Support your body with adequate water and minerals. The benefits include having muscles that CAN relax, and reducing the amount of time your body has to revert to a ‘survival response’ leading to physical compensations that reduce your overall efficiency.

Your Basal What?

Have you heard about your ‘basal ganglia’? Most likely not. It happens to be the name for the place in your brain where embedded behaviors are organised, – these are behaviors you don’t have to think about to engage in. Examples include writing perhaps, or walking, or typing, or driving – and also things like how you approach a problem, a relationship, a new possibility.

Imagine, all those things learned and embodied, – your behavioral repertoire ready to engage given the right stimulus. Sometimes that automated response is perfectly matched to the circumstances, and sometimes it is not. At times a behavioral tendency can itself become a burden, a form of self-sabotage, – an unwelcome input. Here is one area where Body Harmony® can be very useful to you.

This is our area of expertise. Body Harmony® is a set of transformational tools to help you make the corrections when a behavior no longer matches your intentions. Body Harmony® is a form of body processing that helps to make a possibility more probable by making the process of becoming aware much easier. The hands-on element of the work brings fluidity to the rigidity of over-used behaviors, that take the form of your physical grievances. Body Harmony helps you to make a self directed change, – the change of your choosing. A life supportive change. Sometimes you have to change your Body to change your Mind.

Finding Realization In The Body…

A newly released book we came across, ‘Touching Enlightenment, Finding Realization in The Body‘ by Reginald Ray, suggests that ‘to abandon discursive thinking – disembodiment – as our primary way of orienting ourselves…. and more than that, that a wave of alternatives to engage where we are living out of the full, unique embodiment that is possible for us all are now becoming more compelling to counter our dissociation.’ We tend to agree. In his 1967 book, ‘Betrayal of the Body‘ Alexander Lowan MD writes that, “To know who one is, an individual must be aware of what he feels. He should know the expression on his face, how he holds himself, and the way he moves. Without this awareness of bodily feeling and attitude, a person becomes split into a disembodied spirit and a disenchanted body.” Becoming acquainted with your first order experience provides you with direct and very useful information. All of the principles expressed through our work aim at realigning your mind and consciousness within bodily sensation and immediate experience. This can be very useful indeed.

And finally a few updates

We would like to thank Sydney based photographer Andre Martin for his assistance in photographing our retreat/B&B.

Check out ‘Your Brain at Work’ by David Rock. Available as an audio download from Audible.com.

For those of you who don’t know our son Kim is continuing to expand his education in all aspects of natural health and healing (check out Kimmana.com for info). As of September 2012 we intend to add cleansing and detox programs to what we offer at Alaya Verde. Also, Alaya Verde is on Facebook. We would be pleased if you ‘Like’ our page…

The next Body Harmony International Conference is anticipated to be held in June of 2012. Granada, Spain is shaping up as the destination and we are currently deciding on venues to host the event. Many thanks to Andrea and Esperanza for helping with the research.

Congratulations to Robyn Barraclough for producing an excellent website for the Canberra Body Harmony School. Click the link to see the site.

Also, Body Harmony® is on Facebook. Click this link and get the updates by choosing to ‘Like’ the Body Harmony® page.

Thanks to Paul Barraclough for reading New Scientist and forwarding us a remarkably interesting article. It, along with a short reference from the ABC’s program ‘Catalyst’ conveys information directly relevant to the significance of receiving good bodywork. It is certainly very validating and inspiring information and forms the basis of this month’s article. I would also like to thank the ATO. The Australian Tax Office has booked me to present a class on posture next month as part of their well-being program. Please contact us if you would like to take advantage of a presentation in your work-place or area. Educating people in effectively developing and utilising their awareness of posture and movement is part of our area of expertise.

This month’s Body Harmony® update has five items:

A reminder about New Orleans in May. The time is drawing closer and you can still enroll . Call me 0n +61 (0)7 5485 3099 and check out the post at http://healthinperspective.org/general/neworleans2011/

Body Harmony®  – the Gold Coast Sunday March 27 Upper Beechmont – afternoon information session and private sessions with Duncan Hogg. Contact Scott Quilliam for details.

Private treatments with Duncan Hogg for one day on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Monday, March 28. To book, email Duncan.

The One Month Program - is now open to your enrollment. To download the brochure please – follow this link. The event runs from October 15 – November 13 with Dr Don McFarland - the founder of Body Harmony® and a bona-fide legend of manual medicine. Read the article below and find out why this event will be of tremendous benefit.

Genes, Behavior, Movement & Body Harmony®

This article helps to convey a little more light on the value of Body Harmony® and it comes from a brief viewing of an Australian science television program called ‘Catalyst’, broadcast on the ABC network in Australia. This program aired in 2005. It was a study of the link between genes and behavior. In the study psychologist Dr Richie Poulton of Otago University in New Zealand asked the question, “Could there be behavior genes that were triggered by the environment?”

Well the answer to that question is yes. The concurrent study of life experience and genetics has been remarkably revealing. Genes were found for predisposition to anger and depression in times of stress. The findings, based on what is considered to be one of the best studies of it’s kind in the world, found that, put simply, if you have the violence gene and a traumatic childhood you become prone to violence as a behavioral expression. If you have the gene, but not the upbringing, the violent behavioral expression is absent.

For me, the logical question is how. How do these traumatic life experiences engage the ‘anger’ gene or other such behavioral predispositions? A likely contender from my point of view is posture. Yes, posture. Posture is the physical expression or embodiment of these events – the unresolved adaptations if you like. Perpetuated physical survival responses change the stresses acting upon and within your cells and cellular matrix. It changes the movement and energetic patterns of the individual. Let us consider the revelations of the ‘New Scientist’ article entitled “The healing touch – The secret to repairing our bodies and growing new organs is getting all touchy-feely”. The article is written by Bob Holmes.

Our sense of touch, it appears, is also experienced by our cells, – they have a sense of touch also. And it seems that this sense of touch, which can also be considered as the way the surrounding environment is being received by the cell, is having remarkably deterministic effects on the activities of each cell. In recent years the tools to register such tiny forces acting upon our cells has come in the form of devices such as Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM). To quote Wikipedia, “The AFM is one of the foremost tools for imaging, measuring, and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.” Denis Discher, a biophysical engineer from the university of Pennsylvania conducted some experiments with an AFM using ‘mesenchymal stem cells’ – which become or evolve into various cell types including muscle and bone. In the experiment they manipulated levels of stiffness -  “the resistance of an elastic body to deformation by an applied force…”* each resulting in a different type of cell evolving from the stem cells. Essentially the direction the stem cell takes is influenced by it’s recognition of the environment in which it finds itself and this communication of ‘isometric pressure’ is effected through the cell membrane. And now my favourite quote from the New Scientist article,
“in practice, this means changes in external tension – such as differences in the stiffness of the matrix, or the everyday stresses and strains of normal muscle movement – can be transmitted into the cell and ultimately to the nucleus, where they can direct the cell’s eventual fate.”

Dr Don McFarland DC, the founder of Body Harmony® has lectured for decades about posture and mindset. He has stated for many years that “The issue is in the tissue but it doesn’t have to stay there”. Environment, whether it be the environment of your childhood, or the environment of your (internal) cellular matrix, is having a determinant effect on your well-being. The internalising of your environment and experiences of life – your process of ‘embodiment’ – becomes a personally incorporated influence apparently on and within your cells, which inevitable determines the quality of your experience, ie your day-to-day experience. It may just be responsible for ‘turning on’ (or off) certain genes. This physical process of embodiment, expressing in posture(s) may also be accompanied by areas in your body of movement restriction and energetic inactivity. And this becomes a point of reference for the interpretation of your world. These movement restrictions may also ultimately determine the behavior of your stem cells, if indeed the stem cells rely on information from their environment to determine what they actually become.
This New Scientist article (Mag issue 2747 – can be purchased online) is particularly validating for anyone who has spent time in the Body Harmony® classroom, or as a client. Our focus on pulsation, consent, wave motion and other salient features of touch, which have been evolved from listening to the feedback offered by many different bodies, may well have arrested the development of many disease processes along with supporting desirable behavioral change. It has certainly changed the life and health of many participants. Movement may well become recognised as the true medicine of our bodies. Not chaotic, jarring movement but pulsating, rhythmical, innate and flowing movement. Movement that brings harmony back to the entire organism, unifying the fragmented aspects of our internal relationships.

And so the question arises, – how are you, within yourself. Could you become a more cohesive physical, functional whole? How are you breathing?  Do you need to bring some focus to your body? What new behaviors could you choose to make a difference. A new world awaits.

The 2011 One Month Program is open for enrollment. Early registration discounts apply. Payment plans available.

Health & Happiness

Duncan Hogg & Gina Carruthers

* Wikipedia definition

This Conference Will Rock!

In and out of the conference this event will change your life! First Time in the USA. Join us in New Orleans and discover more about yourself  in a city that knows how to celebrate living. New Orleans has soul, depth, and is the birthplace of jazz and the blues. The magic of Body Harmony® meets the magic of New Orleans. They call New Orleans ‘The Big Easy’ for a reason. Taste it, feel it, live it – Body Harmony® and New Orleans are coming together in May 2011. To download the brochure click here to our ‘Downloads’ page and then click the ‘New Orleans – 2011 Body Harmony International Conference’ link.

Be Right In The Action

The world-famous Bourbon Street, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This is where you will be staying. The Inn on Bourbon Ramada Plaza Hotel – the corner of Bourbon and Toulouse – right in the action.

Check Out Some Jazz

The second week of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival immediately precedes the conference so expect to see some big names lingering for more intimate shows in the local clubs.

The International Body Harmony Conference runs over a period of 12 consecutive days, commencing on a Sunday evening, and completing on a Friday afternoon. Each day there is approximately 7 hours of seminar experience with significant breaks to allow time to explore, dine and relax during each day. The food in New Orleans is amazing and very reasonably priced!

The Dates Are May 8 – 21, 2011.

Course content at the international event caters to all levels of experience from the complete novice to advanced teachers. Up to date ‘hands-on’ interactive seminars and classes are presented covering bodywork; movement and breathing; communication, gesture and body language; self development and personal effectiveness – plus much more – all chosen to give people the chance to gain greater health, wellbeing and self awareness.

We welcome you to take advantage of the extensive benefits this event offers for anyone who wishes to expand the quality of their life.

• Dates: 8th to 21st May 2011
• Cost: US$2875* – includes twin share/double accommodation for 13 nights plus full seminar package
• Location: Bourbon St, New Orleans
• Venue: The Inn On Bourbon
• Destination Airport: New Orleans
• Deposit amount: US dollars $275 – financial incentives apply for early deposits*.

* To secure the early bird discounted rate above, a deposit needs to be received by February 5, 2011.

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Cancellation Policy: All registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Workshop payments, less the deposit will be refunded if cancellation is received in writing via fax, email or post prior to 30 days before the start date of any workshop. Cancellations within 30 days of the start day of any workshop will not be refunded.

Private Sessions – an exploration into the healing potential of your body.

Every bodywork treatment is designed around you. The art is to find your way towards a more easy and efficient way of functioning. Nothing is imposed upon you. The aim is to work with you rather than on you.

Each treatment offers a different input for your body, so areas under strain – or areas under-used – will get the benefit of ‘fitting in’ to a bigger picture once again. There is a good chance that you will become more aware of what you are doing, how you are doing it, and what you could do differently.

Not all treatments are a revelation, but quite a few of them are. Why is this so? Because people adapt and forget. This is a way of remembering what it is like to feel good. Alignment = feeling good. Fundamentally, there is good science at work!

Treatments are taken clothed, and take about 60 – 90 minutes.

Take A Series -  The 11 Sessions

We offer an 11 session treatment model. Each distinct session allows for a detailed exploration of the different areas of your body. Remarkable changes can take place over such a series of sessions. The people who have chosen this speak of a cumulative beneficial effect, and of feeling physical experiences of well-being previously unknown to them. While results vary, every client has considered the experience one they would refer to others.

Accommodation Options for Travelers

The Noosa area and it’s picturesque hinterland is a world-class holiday destination. We are fortunate to be able to offer clients the chance of on-site accommodation at our hinterland B&B, Alaya Verde, as well as our in-town holiday home, Nested In Noosa. Significantly discounted rates are available to clients who may want to combine a family or personal holiday with a series of treatments.

Your Choice of Practitioners

Sessions can be taken with Duncan or Gina individually or if you would like – double sessions can be arranged. A double session is working with two practitioners. This can be particularly beneficial. Call 0411 399 873 or 07 5485 3099 to book a session with Duncan or email Duncan – or call 0427 399871 or 07 5485 3099 to book a session with Gina or email Gina

Because of the individual nature of people’s experience, we are encouraging clients to post comments of their experience in order to widen your understanding of what we offer.We are working from ‘Alaya Verde’ 15 minutes north-west of Noosaville & Noosa Heads.

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Book your free introductory 30 minute session by calling the numbers above.

An exploratory seminar for those aligned on inspiration and evolution.  April 9 – 15, 2010.

With Don & Linda McFarland, Duncan & Gina Carruthers-Hogg.

While we were in Venice we came across an Aussie guy in a kebab takeaway, traveling around Italy. The conversation quickly went to ‘so what would you recommend to see of Italy?’ This that and the other but the place you have got to go is Matera! A day or so later we drove into Matera, by this time it was dark. We followed our noses to ‘i Sassi’. It took only moments to realise the resounding truth of the traveler in the kebab store. This was, indeed, a lesson in history like no other.

Matera is like a large outdoor museum, made from a perfect integration of human activity and the cycle of nature. Considered one of the oldest towns in the world, Matera exemplifies the different phases of human evolution through continuous habitation. Simply moving from the old part to the new part of the town, you can go through the different epochs which have characterised this evocative location. Nowadays Matera is a remarkable town in southern Italy. The world is becoming increasingly conscious of it’s cultural, historical and naturalistic potential.  The heritage of the town includes: human settlements of the Neolithic age, rock-hewn churches and villages, with their Byzantine and Benedictine frescoes, and the Sassi, Matera’s old district made of Tufa, which have captured the interest of many writers and is today World Heritage listed since 1993. An unending tangle of houses’ grottoes, stairs and narrow ally ways make up the most original of all urban settlements throughout the world.

A remarkable experience.

7 Reasons To Participate :

The inspiration.

The phenomenal history.

The bodywork factor.

The company.

The culture.

The transformation potential.

For the sake of discovery!

This 6 day seminar takes in 4 days exploring the wonders of Matera, followed by 2 days on the Amalfi Coast. Priority Living Events incorporate the applied wisdom of Body Harmony®, helping to fine-tune and align participants within themselves, allowing for a more vivid and resonant personal experience. If you did not make it to Samoa, or you are waiting for an advantageous moment to reconnect, join this event. This event is organised, crafted and guided by Don & Linda McFarland and Duncan & Gina Carruthers-Hogg. Indoor and outdoor experiential activities abound with time taken for sessions, luxuriating and absorbing all that this environment has to offer.

The Venue : Hotel Sant’ Angleo – the result of painstaking preservation and renovation of over 1400 sq metres including cave dwellings, pathways, stairways and court yards and a yet-to-be announced hotel overlooking the ocean in Positano.

Investment : EUR 1495,00 includes twin share accommodation, transportation, admission fees and seminar activities. Deposit EUR 250.00 via this website or direct transfer by contacting Duncan.

These events are open to you and your friends, family, spouse or clients. You can read more about Body Harmony® on this website.

To make it easier to have a first up experience, you can also book your first 30 minute treatment at no cost to you. It’s a great way to find out more and understand better what we actually offer you. See our contact details below.

The Free 1 Day Seminars are an opportunity to have more of an experience of Body Harmony® through breathing and awareness exercises and hands-on practice as both a practitioner and a client. No previous experience is necessary. Booking is essential. This is a 5 hour class that includes a lunch break. Please bring lunch.

• When:  Sunday April 26, Sunday May 31st, Sunday June 14
  
• 10 am – 3 pm (light refreshments available)
• Where: ‘Alaya Verde’ 355 Ringtail Creek Rd, Ringtail Creek (just 15 minutes north-west of Noosaville, 12 minutes from Cooroy)

To book, please call Gina or Duncan on 5485 3099 or email duncan@healthinperspective.org

Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. ALL treatments are taken clothed. All hands-on exercises in conscious touch occur without any oils etc and are easy on your body.

This time we are beach-side in the South Pacific at the Aggie Grey’s Lagoon, Beach Resort & Spa on the island of Upolu, Samoa. So come on in, – we think you will enjoy what is on offer! Download the FULL BROCHURE

Every 18 months or so members of the wider Body Harmony® community gather together to hold an exceptional International Conference. This event moves around our planet from Australasia to the continent of America and then on to Europe by rotation every eighteen months.

These conferences have occurred in Bali (twice), mainland Mexico and Baja (three times), in Tenerife – Spain, Lake Bled – Slovenia and Palm Cove – Australia.

Don McFarland is the founder of Body Harmony® and Linda McFarland, Duncan Hogg and Gina Carruthers have extensive experience as teachers and practitioners. They have shared a close association for over 20 years, and collaborate on various projects, including this conference, and a one month bodywork and professional development class in Noosa, Australia. They are also the creative founders together of the Intention & Manifestation 11 Step Bodywork Sequence, as well as other creative works such as the Educational Research & Development arm of the Body Harmony Guild.

Body Harmony Teachers please CLICK HERE for your dates and price structures.

The International Body Harmony Event runs over a period of 12 consecutive days, commencing on a Sunday evening, and completing on a Friday afternoon. Each day there is approximately 7 hours of seminar experience with significant breaks to allow time to explore, dine and relax during each day.

Course content at the international event caters to all levels of experience from the complete novice to advanced teachers. Up to date ‘hands-on’ interactive seminars and classes are presented covering bodywork; movement and breathing; communication, gesture and body language; self development and personal effectiveness – plus much more – all chosen to give people the chance to gain greater health, wellbeing and self awareness.

We welcome you to take advantage of the extensive benefits this event offers for anyone who wishes to expand the quality of their life.

Samoa is located at approximately 15º South and 20’ East of the International Date Line. There is little annual variation in the climate, with temperatures remaining between 28ºC and 32ºC all year round.

The resort is on beautiful Upolu Island, a five-minute (2 kilometres) drive east of Faleolo International Airport and 35 kilometres from the centre of Apia, Samoa’s capital. The airport is served by a good range of flights – Air New Zealand from Auckland and Los Angeles; Air Pacific/Polynesian Airlines from Nadi (Fiji); and Polynesian Airlines from American Samoa, Auckland, Wellington, Sydney (via Tonga) and Honolulu.

The resort operates a daily shuttle bus to and from Apia for a minimal cost.

Conference Package rates: for this next upcoming International event are as follows:

Basic package includes 13 nights twin share accommodation, which includes the full Seminar program, excursions and buffet breakfast.

Currently conference package, until January 31st 2009 is US $ 2,875

After January 31st, 2009: US $3,175

With a non refundable deposit of US$ 275.00

At The Door Package is US 3,275.00 as late enrollment incurs extra booking fees.

• What you may want to know Dates: Sunday 8th to 21st November 2009
• Location: Samoa Island – Upolu
• Venue: Aggie Grey’s Beach Resort & Spa
• Destination Airport: Faleolo International Airport – Apia
• Deposit amount: US dollars $275 – financial incentives apply for deposits paid in 2008

Banking details: please contact us for direct banking or utilise pay pal for your deposit.

Cancellation Policy: All registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Workshop payments, less the deposit will be refunded if cancellation is received in writing via fax, email or post prior to 30 days before the start date of any workshop. Cancellations within 30 days of the start day of any workshop will not be refunded.

Natural beauty at it’s best - Rekindle aligned relationships - Ignite new possibilities

An update from Don McFarland, 29/02/2009

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I share this message with great personal pleasure and pride. The purpose of this letter is to bring you up to speed on the Samoa International Comprehensive in November.  The Theme of the Event is Success. Which is about moving past the struggles and scarcities of the day into a world of personal abundance. Past the primarily conceptual, into an immediate and useful practicality.

We have reformatted the event to make absolutely sure that the principles of success become embodied in your day to day actions. Without stress, without struggle, without constant reminder. Which means they become a basic platform to function out of, rather than a chore that takes awareness and effort. We have reformatted to ensure that each participant develops and keeps a Complete and Personal Template of Success

You get the complete package, This is nothing less that a complete rearranging to suit your tastes.

Ideas are a necessary underpinning, but this is also the time for action. It is not enough to have idea. You don’t really know what you have, until you put it to use.
Samoa is one of those moments where everything comes together. A landmark, a point of measurement, a sharp divide between before and after. A journey of openness and opportunity, This is an investment that pays Immediate dividends.

Don McFarland

This track is like what happens in the brain when a behavior or pattern is reinforced. It creates a strong pathway in the brain, which becomes the main mode of experience if the pathway is triggered. Doidge advocates retraining your brain by brain exercises, to reignite new pathways or possibilities.

In my terms, The Healing Loop is where someone continues to go over the same pattern and in effect reinforces the very issue they wish to correct. Through Body Harmony we aim to help our clients discover new, or less traveled pathways, that are more functional for them, now. We teach you how to get off the healing loop, by focusing on the possibility rather than the restriction.  This doesn’t mean that the problem is ignored, far from it; the focus is in creating an environment for you (your body) to discover the solution, to become more aware of your behaviour and to restructure. The results may be seen in differences in your posture, sensed and felt in your body, and experienced as enhanced quality of your life and relationships, getting you OFF the Healing Loop.

Module 5 – Getting off the Healing Loop and into Life
Saturday and Sunday 5th – 6th December  at Alaya Verde, Noosa Hinterland.
With International Body Harmony Teachers Gina Carruthers & Duncan Hogg
Module 5 helps you to retrain your body and your brain -  your bodymind. You learn techniques that help you to discover, and experience new options get you off the healing loop and into life. You can start using these skills you learn immediately yourself, with your friends, or clients. No previous experience required. Bring along any healing loops you want to get off of.  Experienced practitioners of all kinds will find the experience valuable to improving their practice.
Cost $395,  Payment by Cash, cheque to or internet banking to Body Harmony Seminars– call or email for details.
Previous participants of this module can review this Module for $230. Register now so we have time to ensure enough massage tables.