Barefoot Doctor Live in Leeds for Healing Sounds and Movement

Barefoot Doctor Stephen Russell will be in Leeds, West Yorkshire, on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 February to help ‘Heal You and Your Life through The Tao of Sound and Movement’.

As a modern day Taoist, martial arts master, musician and energy healer, Stephen has spent his life practicing and teaching skills that were once the preserve of emperors and warriors in ancient China. Kept secret from the masses for centuries, Stephen has brought these simple, yet profoundly effective, techniques bang up to date for busy people in the modern world.

His simple routines help you:

• SHIFT YOUR ENERGY
• CLEAR YOUR BLOCKS
• GET IN FLOW
• MAKE THE ABSOLUTE MOST OF YOUR LIFE

Once learned these powerful techniques take you just a few minutes and can be used alone or incorporated into any daily practice.

So if you’re feeling stuck, lacking in vitality and zest or just wanting to make 2012 your most successful year yet, don’t miss these powerful, many would say life changing, sessions with the Doc in Leeds this February.

The Friday evening talk will give you an overview of the Taoist system and an experience of it to take home with you. Then on Saturday, Stephen will share with you:

• SIX ANCIENT HEALING SOUNDS and how to harness their power to flush out pain on every level, and to heal all aspects of you and your life – we’re not just talking physical pain, but psychological issues, emotional trauma; personal, social or professional pain – even financial stresses and strains
• ACUPRESSURE & SELF APPLIED MASSAGE – simple pressing techniques which clear energy blockages from your mind, body and life, so you can feel better, perform better and make the absolute most of your life now and in future
• QI GONG EXERCISES to increase your vitality, strength, stamina and stability, whilst bringing a deep sense of relaxation – these are simple exercises you could incorporate into daily life whenever you feel stressed or need a boost.

No previous experience is required – just an open mind and a desire to make positive change so you can live the life you really want, rather than one you settle for. Barefoot Doctor is known for his engaging, entertaining style, so these events will be lots of fun.

Because Stephen’s appearances in Yorkshire are rarer than hen’s teethm grab your seat for Barefoot Doctor’s Tao of Sound and Movement whilst you can. Numbers are limited (particularly for the workshop) to ensure everyone gets the absolute most from the sessions. For more details and to book go to:

http://barefootdoctorinleeds.eventbrite.com

 

New F**k It website & retreats

F**k It author John Parkin and his wife Gaia Pollini have said F**k it to running their award winning Hill that Breathes retreat centre in Italy and embarked on a new adventure.

The whole F**k It thing began when Gaia and John began teaching F**k It Weeks at The Hill seven years ago, but they’ve now decided they prefer to be spreading the F**k It message around the world than running a retreat centre in just one place.

Whilst The Hill will remain home to the couple and their kids, it’s now closed to visitors and F**K IT RETREATS has been born instead. This will see John and Gaia teaching F**k It weeks, and other great stuff, in amazing venues … on a volcano (yes, you read that right), in a luxury country estate and spa, and more.

The retreats will mainly be held in Italy and the UK for 2012, but there are plans for other venues later.

If you feel like learning or revisiting how to say F**k It (it’s the ultimate spiritual way) with John and Gaia, check out their new website, featuring a cute video of their young boys talking about F**k It (or ‘Fooook It’ as they call it in their Italian accents):

www.thef**kitlife.com

Positive Message Music from Barefoot & Leakster

Boost your confidence, lift your spirits and open your heart through the power of Positive Message Music.

Barefoot Doctor Stephen Russell and fellow musician Russell Leak (Leakster) offer their debut live performance of music from their new album this week at Naked Dragon, Crown Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on Wednesday 30 November.

The evening of spiritual rhythm ‘n blues’ utilises music, rhythm and positive messages to create a healing effect. Doc will give a live and spontaneous talk on how to formulate and use positive messages for maximum impact in your life and explain how to combine those positive messages with the ancient Taoist wu wei manifesting system.

Then Barefoot and Leakster will present their first ever live jam session with full audience participation.

Doc says: “We’re going to get everyone toning together. There’s no amplification or tricks, just everyone chanting together as we segue into a sound healing based song cycle with affirmations and beats. It’s very informal, deconstructive and fun – so come!”

Full details and tickets are available from Naked Dragon

If you’re within travelling distance of Surrey, this is one not to miss!

 

 

 

Pet reiki & readings from the White Isle

This is an unashamed plug for my friend Jinny from the UK who now practices remote reiki and oracle readings from the magical Mediterranean island of Ibiza, known as the White Isle, off the south east coast of Spain.

Recognising that it can be difficult to find unique Christmas gifts, she’s offering gift vouchers in exchange for a donation, which can be redeemed for readings or reiki for pets.

Just go to Jinny’s Faery Forest Magic site to learn more about Jinny and obtain a voucher.

Love, God & The Art of French Cooking

Musician and author James Twyman and his co-author, French chef Roger Dufau are offering some rather interesting incentives for downloading the first three chapters of their new book ‘Love, God and The Art Of French Cooking’.

The book explores how the simple act of sharing a meal can change your life, since spiritual mastery is often achieved through our most ordinary experiences. It is based on James’ experience on meeting Roger, the owner of a small bed and breakfast outside Toronto, who dishes out lessons on love and God as easily as he does the most delicious cuisine.

Win a weekend for two

Download the first three chapters and you will have the opportunity to win a weekend for two at Roger’s‘Drew House’ in the village of Elora, where he also runs cookery classes. The area is well-known for its rich cultural heritage and natural beauty as Elora lies along the Grand River, with its picturesque gorge and hiking trails,fly-fishing, canoeing and kayaking.

As well as being entered into the draw for the free weekend, download the first three chapters of Love and the Art of French Cooking and you will also receive three video lessons with Roger sharing some of his favorite recipes plus a live video chat with James and Roger.

Sharing & spiritual mastery

In the book you’ll discover Roger’s philosophy for increasing joy in your life and how love can turn an ordinary meal into an extraordinary experience. You’ll find out why James and Roger believe our lives need to be crushed like garlic and why one of the most famous chefs in Paris would choose fried eggs as his last meal on earth.

Well worth a read I’d say. Head here to get to the sneak preview

School for Warriors Live

Being able to access a state of inner peace and power no matter the circumstances of your life is a priceless gift and one which was for centuries the preserve of emperors and their warriors.

It was the Taoists of ancient China who developed psycho-physical techniques – known as the inner martial arts – to help them achieve strength and stability. Barefoot Doctor Stephen Russell has spent his life studying, practicing and interpreting these esoteric teachings to create a system which is simple, quick and effective for busy people in the modern world.

He will be teaching his Eight Principles of Personal Power, which form the foundation of his School for Warriors courses, together with new exercises, energy meditations and his own personal tai chi and chi gung inspired daily routines, at a two day event in London.

School for Warriors Live will be held at The Window in Islington on Saturday 29-Sunday 30 October. It will also feature meditation and Nia sessions with Stephen’s friend and fellow warrior from Houston, Texas, Alan Davidson.

“It’s the first time I’ve presented the School for Warriors training in this particular way and the only time I’ll be offering it as a live event for at least 12 months,” says Stephen.

“I’m particularly excited about the mix of people attending from beginners to advanced students from right across Europe. It’s a great opportunity to meet with others of like mind, to learn and practice a range of techniques and of course, to ask me any pressing questions in person.”

Further information and tickets are available here

Chi Kung Grand Master Mantak Chia in London

Chi Kung Grand Master Mantak Chia is in London 28 October to 3 November for talks and trainings. At #23 on Watkins’ Books list of the 100 most spiritually influential people, this is an opportunity to learn from one of the leading proponents of Taoist techniques.

Supreme Inner Sexual Alchemy  Evening talk 7.00pm -9.00pm Friday 28 October –  £10

Supreme Inner Alchemy Two day workshop 10.30am – 5.30pm Saturday 29 – Sunday 30 October, £150

Learn the basic Taoist practices – 6 Healing Sounds, Inner Smile, Micro-Cosmic Orbit
For full details and to book visit Alternatives London

Supreme Inner Sexual Alchemy  One day workshop 9.30am – 5.30pm Monday 31 October, £150

Healing Love – the Taoist system of how to change the ‘material’ into the ‘immaterial’

Iron Shirt and Tao Yin Two day workshop 9.30am – 5.30pm  Tuesday 1 – Wednesday 2 November – £290

Iron Shirt standing Chi Kung postures and breathing practices to develop internal power, concentration, structural integration and your ability to build and store chi. Essential for developing your rooting and centering before moving on to higher spiritual practices.

Tao Yin cultivates mindfulness in movement and inner power and strength. The Chinese equivalent to yoga, there are lying, sitting and moving postures and stretches to stimulate chi flow, strengthen muscles and tendons and increase flexibility.

Stem Cell Chi Kung One day workshop 9.30am – 5.30pm Thursday 3 November, £150

Chi Kung and gentle hitting techniques to help your body heal.

All workshops not otherwise stated are hosted by Tao Yoga London  with full information and booking details on their site – book for all the Tao Yoga sessions with Mantak Chia for £550, saving £55.

About Mantak Chia

Mantak Chia is creator of the Universal Healing Tao system and director of the Universal Healing Tao Center and Tao Garden Health Resort and Training Center based in northern Thailand.

Born in Thailand to Chinese parents he was taught by Buddhist monks how to sit and still the mind when just six years old. He went on to learn traditional Thai boxing, Tai Chi and Taoist philosophy. He has also studied Buddhism, Zen, Kundalini, Taoist Yoga, the Shaolin method of Internal Power, Thai Boxing and Kung Fu.

Big Love with Tim Freke – Canada & UK

Stand up philosopher Tim Freke leaves the beautiful surroundings of Glastonbury to take his message of Big Love to Alberta, Canada and both north and south in England over the next couple of months.

He’ll be in Springbank, Calgary from 16-18 September for his Mystery Experience retreat and in Manchester, England, 1-2 October for talks and workshops about wonder as a way of awakening and the Jesus mysteries and Gnosis, prior to a three day ‘deepening’ retreat 23-24 October in Dorset,England for people who have already attended a Mystery Experience retreat.

If you’re new to Tim and consider yourself to be an open minded, big hearted explorer of life, do check out a talk, workshop or retreat if you’re in the vicinity. They’re very interactive and experiential.

His Mystery Experience is touched on in talks and workshops, but you want the retreat – described as a ‘relaxed intensive’ event – if you want to meet with like minds and go to “that place beyond words, to experience the Oneness and to delight in our many individual expressions of this Oneness” for more than just a few minutes.

Lucid Living

Tim has spent his life exploring the Mystery Experience and guiding others directly to it. This involves delving into the most fundamental question – What is life? Is there more to it than the daily routine of eating, drinking, working, playing and sleeping?

He is pioneering a simple new way to experience a deep spiritual awakening, which fully embraces everyday humanity. This groundbreaking philosophy of ‘Lucid Living’, helps you to both become conscious of your essential nature (which is one with all) and to fully engage with the personal adventure of your unique life.

Whether you’re in Canada or England, Tim will be sharing his simple and profound ‘Mystery of the Moment’ attention technique to help you ‘know the knower’ and become ‘Deep Awake’. You will also learn a number of wonderful ‘I to I’ practices that will connect you deeply with yourself and others.

Profound shifts

Whilst Tim creates an atmosphere which is relaxed, gentle and playful, most people find that diving into The Mystery Experience is the catalyst for profound shifts of consciousness. These shifts may continue long after the event has finished. It is important, therefore, that if you’re thinking of participating in one of his retreats that you’re prepared to engage with life as a continually unfolding adventure of awakening with all of the revelations and challenges that arise from this.

About Tim

Tim has spent years exploring and learning from the ancient Mystery School traditions. In my view, he’s one of a small band of thoroughly modern spiritual men, steeped in ancient wisdom and dedicated to making it accessible and relevant for busy people in the modern world. Think Stephen Russell (The Barefoot Doctor), John Parkin (F**k It author) and Dan Millman (author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior).

Tim’s Mystery Experience retreats offer an opportunity to participate in a 21st century expression of the Mystery School tradition – an evolution of the perennial Gnostic wisdom into a radically new and immediately accessible form.

Booking details

For more information about the forthcoming Mystery Experience events and to book, please visit Tim’s website.

How to develop inner strength & personal power

As we approach 2012, I don’t think I can ever remember a time when there was so much uncertainty in the world.  Helping people to stay strong in the face of such uncertainty and to remain steady, calm, relaxed and centered no matter what life throws at you is the aim of Barefoot Doctor Stephen Russell’s eight week online video based training course ‘School for Warriors 1 – The Eight Principles of Personal Power’.

Although this is a martial arts based training, it’s not about learning how to fight physically like a warrior – but about developing inner strength through learning the inner martial arts. In doing so, you can ensure that, however tough life gets, you have the focus, energy and spirit to not just survive, but thrive.

Stephen calls this ‘the warrior’s way’ and it’s a way that he has personally walked for 40 years. School for Warriors-1 is the result of those 40 years of practice and 30 years training others in these techniques. Although these transformational skills have been handed down from Taoist sages in ancient China, Stephen has brought the trainings bang up to date for busy people in the modern world.

And whilst martial arts can take decades to master, School for Warriors offers daily exercises that take an average of six minutes to practice, and so can be fitted in and around your life.

These skills were once so secret they were the preserve of the emperors and their warriors, but Stephen has demystified them and explains them in a simple way to help you transform your life by transforming your relationship with yourself.

Don’t take my word for it however – these are comments from graduates:

Patsy – “ I have been more confident in my own abilities and, certainly in my work environment, to stand up for myself and believe that the service I offer is valuable. I do not panic so often and don’t get paranoid about other people not valuing me. I am much calmer. “ Patsy

Chris – “Thanks Doc, you (and SFW) has become such a massive, positive part of my life, I honestly feel empowered!”

Sara-Jane – “SFW has been the key to enabling me to transform my reality in an amazing way …..dealing with the ups and downs that are an inevitable part of it and keeping my balance much more succesfully – just brilliant!”

Julian – “I am going to do SFW1 again and build from there. I feel I can keep going and get more of what I want and be happier in my own skin.”

John – “I would wholeheartedly say to everyone to try the course. Your life will be changed for the better and you will experience levels of peace and happiness you never thought possible.

If you feel ready to walk the warrior’s way – full details of the course are available here

Online ‘Ask Your Guides’ course from Sonia Choquette

Intuitive Sonia Choquette has a new online course designed to help you connect with and work with your spirit guides.

The four week video-based ‘Ask Your Guides’ course introduces you to the subtle realm of the guided world, and teaches you, step-by-step, how to directly experience the unconditional love and practical daily support available to you from your own personal guides.

Sonia says: “We’re all spiritual beings with a spiritual support system on the Other Side that oversees and helps guide our lives from the moment we’re born to the moment we leave our physical bodies and return to Spirit.

“Working with your spirit guides will take away confusion, save you wasted time and energy, direct you to your highest creative opportunities, guide you to prosperity and health, and bring a sense of safety and peace to your heart and life.”

To find out more about the course, click here.

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