It was late afternoon just before closing time at a seafood store I like to purchase from. They usually stock a fresh marinara mix from their offcuts which was what I was intending to purchase however it was late and most of the products in the long display had been returned to overnight cold storage. Another customer was in the shop and this particular lady was asking questions about products that weren’t available at that time of the day when the staff where on their last procedures before closing the doors. I waited patiently while this woman dragged the chain and eventually I had my turn.
“Do you have any marinara mix?”, I asked, as none was visible in the display.
“Yes, I think we do, – we’ll just have to find it.” I waited for 10 minutes, – an inordinately long  time in the scheme of things and finally a man appears with a frozen pack of marinara mix…and I froze with it.
“That’s not exactly what I was thinking”, I stuttered. By this stage, however, a sense of obligation overwhelmed me and the correct answer,”Oh – thanks for going to all that trouble but that’s not what I’m after” did not pass my lips and I made the purchase.

When I got home (a fifteen minute journey) I read the packaging, identified it was a Thai seafood import and expressed my disappointment. My dubiety demanded a closer inspection and I decided to go ahead with dinner in the absence of other suitable alternatives.

The next morning I awoke early with mild intestinal discomfort. By the afternoon I was well aware that my situation wasn’t good. By the evening I was in significant pain. The following day I ran like a tap. By that evening I fell into bed and spent the night drenched in sweat. I awoke knowing I was now on the other side of the illness. My body had broken the spell and a recovery process of sorts began. Though not everything quite recovered. My intestines felt, quite literally, scarred.

During the seminar that followed shortly after my illness, I became aware that everything was moving reasonably well in my body with the exception of my abdomen. My abdomen was restricting my breathing. I didn’t and hadn’t felt much like eating. I noticed that I was losing muscle mass and that the exercise routine I engaged in was more difficult to complete.

When it came my turn to receive a treatment I requested some work on my abdomen. My practitioner (Gina) found a tight mass around my belly button.  Any movement in excess of its small parameters registered as pain, however my practitioner applied gentle yet definite jiggling motions suggesting movement to an area of obvious compaction. My nerve and a pocket of my intestines had become very tightly bound, courtesy of my food poisoning, and charcoal, slippery elm and other supportive concoctions had helped, but not effected a complete recovery. This compacted residue was, I was aware, compromising my overall wellbeing. Now, as I lay supine on the table, these compressive effects were beginning to lift. I felt a surge of sensation run down the back of my left leg. My breathing became easier and fuller, I could feel the tight mass in my abdomen changing – these gentle jiggles were allowing a ‘lifting’ sensation to pervade and release the compacted area. My practitioner then had me lay on my side, and more of this mass was addressed from a different relationship to gravity. And the relief expanded. I declined the request of my practitioner to roll again onto my back as my whole body was now experiencing such a remarkable sense of wellbeing and relief, I just couldn’t consent to changing anything at this moment…

In just a few short minutes I felt able to roll again onto my back. As the work continued I became aware of the distinct sense of needing to burp. I knew, as one can through such a direct experience of their own body, that the unravelling of this mass was now allowing what was trapped in this area to start to move again….and burp I did, and again the sense of relief grew. Everything changed from this point. My appetite returned. It was easy to breathe. And once again I experienced the value of having the benefit of a ‘hands-on’ approach for restoring me to balance. The greater education here, that of aligning my communication and actions with my instinct –  is a behaviour I decided to strengthen.

In our family, and in our other social relationships, (and of course, professionally) we use hands-on approaches frequently to address people’s circumstances in surprisingly efficient and unexpected ways.

Here is a Transformational 4 Step to live life on the vital side.

1. Become more aware of your body.

Body awareness is not a given. There are many parts, places, areas and relationships within your physical self that may lack awareness, so there is no conscious feedback loop to work from.

2. Become aware of a mind-set related to a posture, or to the way you move.

If you pay a little attention to your body you may notice that adjustments in your posture and physical organisation relate to changes in perception. They relate to the way you may be subconsciously thinking about a situation. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to become aware of how you are viewing something via awareness of your posturing / gesturing???

3. Change the Loop.

Posture is mind set, and mind set is posture. One can reinforce the other, and most certainly does at times. Create change in the patterns by re-organising the relationships within your physical body. The fibers of your body need the opportunity to open and align around a new sense of your self. This is what Body Harmony® does. Make a little adjustment to your way you hold your head while in conversation and see what happens. Or locate your feet more directly underneath you or STAND ON BOTH FEET evenly.

4. Go Along Your Merry Way.

Options, – this is all about creating behavioral options for yourself. Imagine opening the doorway to a new stream of responses, – a liberation from the obligation to respond as you always may have. The door is open, and as many people are experiencing, this kind of change becomes positively reinforcing because it feels so right.

A Most Outstanding Opportunity Is Almost Upon Us

Spring is here and so is the 10th One Month Body Harmony Retreat. It’s held in our seminar room on our 42 acre property in the Noosa hinterland, Alaya Verde. We are just over 15 minutes from Noosa. And once again we are pleased and inspired to have who we consider to be THE greatest manual therapy magician of our time, Dr Don McFarland. Don is not only a remarkable practitioner, – his teaching skills are quite exceptional. Thousands of individuals and practitioners from around the world have been the beneficiaries of new life and bodywork skills as a result of his teaching. And Don – the founder of Body Harmony®- is joined by 3 of the most experienced Body Harmony teachers in the world, Linda Haxby-McFarland, Gina Carruthers and Duncan Hogg.

Participation Options Are Flexible

You can now choose from 2 days of class right through to the full month program. New participants are required to commence from the beginning. To see what is available take a look below.

October 15 & 16 – Saturday & Sunday – An Introduction to Body Harmony® with the founder, Dr Don McFarland. Start here and you can continue on with other parts of the class for people new to Body Harmony®.

October 15 – 20 – Saturday through Thursday – Towards A Healthier Physiology – Learning the art of Body Harmony® – bodywork applied consciously. AUD$1350.00

October 22 – 26 – Saturday through Wednesday – Block 1 of an 11 Session Sequence covering the entire body. AUD$3125.00 for 15 days or pro-rata for 5 day segment*

October 28 – Nov 1 – Friday through Tuesday – Block 2 of an 11 Session Sequence covering the entire body.

Nov 5 – 9 – Saturday through Wednesday – Block 3 of an 11 Session Sequence covering the entire body.

Nov 11 – 13 – Friday through Sunday – This 3 day class specifically presents the information to help you reorient your perception towards the wondrous, and the miraculous. Learn to use your relationship to your body to ‘see the cup half full’.

Camping On-Site Is An Option

If you would like to enhance your experience and minimise your costs, camping at Alaya Verde is an option. Previous campers would drive to the beach for a swim before class! Camping costs: $25/night.

Why Participate In This Class

1. You want to learn about bodywork and develop a hands-on aspect to your skills.
2. You are interested in healing.
3. You need a break and don’t realise that this is an outstanding opportunity to revitalise.
4. Your body is tired and carrying excess stress detrimental to your health.
5. You’ve always been interested in psychology and are wondering how it relates to your body.
6. You’ve recognised behaviors that do not appear to support your goals, desires and intentions and would like to change them.
7. You’re a previous participant and remember how valuable the class is.

Pay Your Deposit by October 5 and receive a 5% discount.

Connect with the Body Harmony One Month Retreat on Facebook.

Email Duncan to discuss your participation.

* 5 day segments for new participants must be undertaken sequentially ie you have to start at the beginning.

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.

Just a little update for those who have checked in with us about the weather lately. Where we live we had approximately 650 mm of rain in December and 750 mm of rain in January. That’s a total of 1400 mm or 56 inches. Our ducks liked it. The devastation this caused in other parts of south east Queensland was massive and experiences like these are traumatic for all involved. It does bring out the best in people though. Friends of ours – Jon & Judy Durand from Beech Mountain Pottery – filled their van with the water purifiers they make, drove to the worst affected valley and started handing them out to people. Awesome. Now cyclone Yasi is bearing down on northern Queensland – a catagory 4 cyclone (5 is the highest) and the system is HUGE. Wind gusts are anticipated to be up to 240 klm or 150 miles an hour. Preparations are underway. It is well north of us on its current trajectory.

So this month’s Body Harmony® update has four items:

1. A reminder about New Orleans in May. People are enrolling now to receive the discount applicable to registrations prior to February 5. Call me if you are interested, +61 (0)7 5485 3099 and check out the post at http://healthinperspective.org/general/neworleans2011/

2. Body Harmony  – the Gold Coast Feb 15 – late afternoon/evening information session and private sessions with Duncan Hogg. Contact Scott Quilliam for details.

3. Bringing the principals of Body Harmony to your area, office, group etc If you are interested in hosting an educational event contact Duncan to discuss the options.

4. A short article of interest. I recently watched a very interesting program on SBS Mind Over Money that looked at emotional factors affecting financial decision-making. It certainly spiked my attention. Behavior is paramount in my mind. Understanding and appreciating the processes that underpin human functioning through behavioral choice is key to success. Posture – or more correctly posturing – refers to the way you organize the internal relationships of your physical body to meet incoming information or situations. This article looks at how decision-making is influenced by your posture. It draws on some of the revelations of Harvard trained social psychologist Karen S Lerner, whose research was sited in Mind Over Money along with my 25 years of studying posture, body language and bodywork through practicing Body Harmony®.

May I begin with this quote from the article The Emotional Decision Maker by Peter Zimmerman and Jennifer S. Lerner, Harvard University.

“To begin with, most human cognition is unconscious – that is, we lack awareness of our mental processes. We absorb millions of bits of data per second through our senses; we compress, screen, and process this data automatically through various shortcuts in the brain. What emerges in our conscious awareness are the snap judgments, instant recognition, the sense of certainty and the intuitions that we can’t fully explain. Though wondrously efficient, these processes generate cognitive biases and errors.”

For many people, the link between posture and behavior is not obviously apparent. This is beyond the popular ideology of ‘good posture – bad posture’. This is recognition that we have multiple postures – much like personalities. These organizational patterns – which are what postures are by definition – when engaged appear to have a one-to-one relationship to behavior.  The postures themselves appear to be considered necessary tools used to engage our world – although this is happening outside of our awareness.

The details are all important here. In a posture all sorts of internal adaptations can be made that determine the patterns of use (or disuse) of areas of our bodies. This is all about how you do what you do. For example how you do your posture of frustration, or your posture of rebellion, or happiness and so forth. One element is how you do it, and another element is when – under what circumstances. What circumstances arouse a particular postural response from within you?

A posture may be evaluated by recognition of its impact within you and there are basically two criteria here. Does it unify you or does it fragment you. Does it bring ease of function or does it restrict your freedom of movement. Dr Don McFarland, the founder of Body Harmony®, speaks of the internal dynamics of various postures, where the competing agendas appear to cause actual tearing in the tissue by virtue of being attracted and wanting to avoid something simultaneously, – a literal push/pull expressed in the mixed messages being played out in the fibers of your body.

In the article previously referenced by Zimmerman & Lerner a distinction is made as to two different kinds of emotion affecting decision-making. Integral emotion refers to the legitimate emotional considerations generated by the decision at hand. An example being you want to go swimming but the large waves and strong current generate a realistic fear that the conditions are not safe. This apprehension is an integral emotion.

The second type of emotion is called incidental emotions, – and these “arise from past events and carry over to influence subsequent judgments or choices”. Daniel Goleman in his book Emotional Intelligence writes informatively on the neuronal and physiological aspects of the influence of incidental emotions. The most striking aspect of this kind of processing is that irrelevant information is brought to bear on current circumstances without awareness! Once again, to quote the Zimmerman & Lerner article,

“countless studies conducted in the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory reveal that incidental emotions affect us all, whether or not we are aware of them.”

Incidental emotions seem most closely associated with fragmenting postures, or postures that compromise the flow of energy and information throughout our bodies. And under these circumstances very little of what is a person’s environment is being perceived. More accurately, and as is the case with our brains at times, we fill in our gaps of perception with our expectations, – we simply make things up to fill in the picture. Under such conditions our responses are not well matched to our circumstances. This represents a tremendous growth opportunity.

It is precisely in these gray areas of perception that Body Harmony® allows a new possibility to flourish. Artistically applied, Body Harmony® provides a transformational context for healing. Given the support of one’s personal intention, an opportunity becomes available to choose consciously a pathway of behavior that aligns one’s posture, perception and intentions. Your body, if you choose to pay attention to it, can become an ally in your travels. I am reminded of that simple piece of wisdom that states “Do what you always do, get what you always get.” Sometimes the most striking of experiences is realizing a choice or an option exists where assumption had taken the throne.

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If you would like to join the next main event for Body Harmony®, Dr Don McFarland, myself and a host of other teachers are participating in an International Event in New Orleans May 8 – 21. Discount tuition applies to registrations processed before February 5.

Web References

New Orleans Conference http://healthinperspective.org/general/neworleans2011/ Jennifer Lerner’s papers http://content.ksg.harvard.edu/lernerlab/papers/

Thank you for your involvement!

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.

Pay Your Deposit Here Today

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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.

I have some thoughts and suggestions about getting your decade off to a great start! I notice that as we become proficient in bodywork, we come to expect certain results based on our past successes.

This can be satisfying but it can also become a sabotage. Because Body Harmony brings something more to the table. Every session can, and should, at least touch upon some unfamiliar wonderments, and help create new standards of reference.

It’s important to see your clientele as they are.. but when you also see them as they can be, you make an excursion into some unexplored abilities. You add even more value to the process when you see yourself as you are….and as you can be.

Keep in mind that the sum total of human 
knowledge these days, doubles in months, (some say weeks) rather than 
years. Your ability to apply this knowledge is the key to your personal prosperity.

Intention works! But how well do you trust your Intention Quotient?

Do you suspect that some old familiar thought patterns might limit you?

Imagine how it would feel to approach this new decade without a past history to keep you stuck in repetitive patterns.

Imagine designing a future for yourself based on your heart’s desires, rather than some obsolete needs and beliefs?

But is intending enough to get it done? Yes it is, when your body supports your intentions!

How your body supports your intentions is through your functional posture. Posture as an activity rather that static state of being.

Should your clients ask what you mean by posture, you can tell them, according to the dictionary, posture is:

More than the position of a person’s body when standing or sitting.

Posture is also a particular way of dealing with or considering something; an approach or an attitude

1. The position or bearing of the body, whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose

2 : state or condition at a given time especially with respect to capability in particular circumstances.

3 : a conscious mental or outward behavioral attitude.

Posture is a viewpoint: a mental position from which things are viewed.

In short Posture is:

1 position, pose, attitude, stance.

2 bearing, carriage, stance, comportment.

3 attitude, stance, standpoint, point of view, opinion, position, frame of mind.

So…. How can Body Harmony help your clients…and you… achieve your intentions in this decade?

Well….Body Harmony leads the field in adjusting postural variations. Body Harmony is a Conscious Cleansing: When you clear away the outdated beliefs and assumptions and behavioral  habits that are embedded in your operating system, you will be able to move into your greatest life.

When you rid your physical body of accumulated stress, increased vitality and optimal health result.

Body Harmony can take you on a breakthrough journey of spiritual revitalization, affecting your financial aspects, creating a more inspiring practice, and breaking old relationship patterns.

When you speak to your clients, speak to yourself.

Tell them about creating a body with increased vitality, experiencing more joy and happiness.

Without the weight of the past on your shoulders, your intentions will move from wishful thinking into a precise map to the life of your dreams.

Points to Stress:

Body Harmony is a practical program to alter the quality and direction of your life and support you in obtaining your goals.

Body Harmony will enable you to take back your power, and Instead of being guided by what you think you should do, you will be directed by your desires.

Additional Information: FYI

Linda and I enjoyed the launching of a new book that promises to become a movement. Mindsight. The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel Siegel, M.D.

Dr. Siegal brings much to the table that we can use. And we will.

All health, happiness, and success to you,

Hoping to connect with you in person during 2010

Love and appreciation.

Don McFarland

The most accurate answer is:

“We don’t work on the conditions, We work on individuals. No matter what condition they bring to the table.”

What Body Harmony does:

Is Help You Function Better: By…..

• 1. Activating those areas that are not activated
• 2. Uniting those areas that work at cross purposes
• 3. Synchronizing body and mind into one Bodymind.

A session is usually an hour. How many sessions you take, and how often you take them, depends on your desires and aspirations.

Areas of application:

• 1. Individuals
• 2. Families
• 3. Corporations

I welcome your responses and questions and suggestions.
Health and happiness to you
Don McFarland

To download a pdf of this information, Body Harmony & Conditions. Click

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.