A three day showcase of the Healing Arts
A Healing Arts Tent has been designated in the serene grounds
of the Peninsula Hot Springs Carnivale event, featuring
demonstrations, treatments, talks and education by a range of
practitioners.
Organised by chiropractor Hugh Bevege, the Carnivale 06 Healing
Arts Tent is “an attempt to build awareness about some of the
techniques that are out there and what their benefits are.”
  
The program is evolving, but one of the many therapies locked in
so far is a fascinating insight into kinesiology with Peter
McClellan.
The Buteyko breathing technique will also be explained by Paul
O’Connell, developed in Russia, Buteyko is a particularly useful
tool in managing asthma and sleep disorders.
The Alexander technique - postural awareness - will be
demonstrated and explained by Marilyn Lock, who will also
explain Nia Dance, a combination of the martial arts, dance arts
and healing arts. According to Marilyn, “Nia is an expressive body-minded movement
and lifestyle practice, embracing fitness and health. The
original vision of The Nia Technique was born from the idea that
fitness could look, feel and be experienced differently - in a
less painful, more pleasurable way. This vision included
barefoot aerobics, holistic and integrated fitness, wellness,
personal growth, education and community.”
“Traditional benefits of Nia include cardiovascular
conditioning, flexibility, strength, balance, endurance and
relaxation,” Marilyn said.
“Nia delivers more esoteric benefits through the conscious
application of specific meditation and concentration techniques.
Nia engages the spirit and touches people's hearts, giving them
permission to play and more intimately connect with themselves
and with others. It encourages inner exploration and
self-discovery and guides students to move through their own
unique, infinitely creative space.”
Wendy Rosenfeldt will be talking about Ayurvedic medicine,
derived from India it is the oldest organised medical system in
the world, which has regained momentum in the last 20 years.
Pulse reading is used in Ayurveda to determine your
constitutional type annd to diagnose imbalances. There will
be the opportunity for sample pulse reading on Sunday at 3pm
after the talk on Ayurveda at 2pm.
Homeopath Robyn Thompson will also be available to discuss
health issues and their treatment.
Reflexology will also be explained and demonstrated: a treatment
that works on the basis that the feet have a reflex to all parts
of the body, and give signs to ills elsewhere in the body.
An iridology camera will be set up to take pictures of your
iris, a mirror for the body. An iridologist can determine from
the pictures various areas of weakness or dysfunction in the
body.
Hugh tells us yoga classes are also being organised to start and
end each of the three Carnivale days.
Healing Arts Talks - Program
Saturday March 11
12noon: (Healing Arts Tent) Complementary Medicine, Marc Cohen -
talk
1.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Naturopathy - talk
2.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Body Work, Steven Goldstein - talk
3.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Homeopathy - talk
4.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Kinesiology Peter McLellan
5.00pm: (Herb Garden) Herbal Planting, Robyn Thompson
Sunday, March 12
11.00am: (Healing Arts Tent) Buteyko, Paul O’Connell - talk
12.00noon: (Healing Arts Tent) Neuro Emotional Technique (NET),
Vikki Anthonisz - talk
1.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Alexander Technique, Marilyn Lock
2.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Ayurvedic Medicine, Wendy Rosenfeldt
3.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Feng Shui & Building Biology -
Nicole Belsma - talk
4.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Nia Dance - Marilyn Lock - talk
5.00pm: (Herb Garden) Herbal Planting, Robyn Thompson -
talk/planting
6.00pm: (Healing Arts Tent) Yoga - Ava Quam - talk
Monday March 13
11.00am: (Healing Arts Tent) Dowsing & Geopathic Stress, Anthony
Olsen - talk
12.00noon: (Herb Garden) Herbal Planting, Robyn Thompson -
talk/planting
Tactile treatments from across the globe
The World Massage Village at Carnivale 2006 has been designed as
a place to experience tactile treatments from across the globe.
Practitioners in various forms of massage, representing many
thousands of years of knowledge, will be available at this site.
As well as some well known massage styles and techniques like
Thai and Shiatsu, we will have Maori, Arabic and indigenous
Australian massage for you to experience
A 75 minute 'Global Massage Journey' treatment will
provide a 15 minute sample of the five world massage
techniques represented ($75).
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