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Welcome to BodyTalk Unlimited's
First Newsletter of Spring
In keeping with the energy of this season I am excited to announce a number of new directions. For more on why Spring is the time for new directions, see the article below on how Five Element theory provides a metaphor for understanding the cyclic evolution of our consciousness.
In an astrology reading, the gifted astrologer and healer, Franchelle Ofsoské-Wyber, once told me that one of my life lessons was to master the difficult balance of having an increasingly public career while still nurturing my family life. At the end of my winter, I realized I need to make some changes if I am to honor my own destiny.
I can't travel more to reach more people, so another approach had to emerge. After the overwhelming response that the February teleseminars received, I realized that I can reach more practitioners by shifting some of my time into downloadable audio courses and teleseminars. This means traveling less which will give me more time with my family. This is truly a win-win solution for all of my objectives.
I will also have more time for clinical practice which helps me to develop and refine new courses which fulfill my career goals. I am expanding my availability for distance sessions and adding some clinic hours for in-person sessions in Boulder, CO.Our upcoming newsletters will have announcements about new courses and teleseminars to support you and your practice.
This Spring brings another first: the first Module 6 in Japan. I am so excited to share this important material with the Japanese practitioners. I have been teaching Module 6 for over seven years, but each time I teach a new course in Japan, my own understanding takes a huge leap forward. For those of you in Asia/Pacific regions, the courses are taught in English - while it is being translated into Japanese you have time to really integrate the material as you go.
I will be teaching Module 4(7) in Ohio in June and in Japan in July. This course gives both a great introduction to Five Element theory as well as powerful tools from osteopathic theory.Wishing you well on your journey - Ka'imi
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Spring Into Spiritual Growth
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Each of the seasons correspond to one of the Five Elements and the associated movements of contraction and expansion for each element capture our stages of psychological expression. Wood corresponds to Spring and represents rebirth, re-growth and new beginnings. Wood is an expansive energy that brings us out of the contracted nature of Winter which corresponds to Water. Just as trees contract their resources in Winter, we need a time for processing the events of the previous year and taking stock of our lives. Water represents death and an opportunity to let outdated behavior patterns drop just as the trees drop their leaves in order to grow again.
The role of the human being is to stand on Earth and reach for Heaven, and the consciousness of the Wood element is to constantly reach for heaven. Spring offers the occasion for a renewed commitment to one's spiritual path.
This understanding is reflected in the celebrations and festivals that accompany Spring. The theme of many traditional Spring rituals involves the symbolic throwing off of the chains that constrict our freedoms, embracing a renewed resolution to our journey of self-discovery. The celebration of Easter takes place at the start of the northern hemisphere Spring and the same message is evident: in the Christian tradition, Easter symbolizes a death to our old ways, embracing a fresh commitment to our own divine connection.
Five Element theory provides many metaphors for understanding life processes and Module 4(7) supplies the tools to use this theory, bringing balance to clients issues in a dynamic way. At a clinical level, balancing the Five Elements is one of the most powerful ways to improve not only the SB, but all aspects of the cranial sacral system and hence truly opening up the breathing cycle. This in turn improves someone's ability to reach out and take what is rightfully theirs in life. Five Element theory from Module 4(7) adds instantly to your practice, and helps you to grow in your understanding of life.
This is the time to embrace new challenges, including challenging ourselves to taking better care of bodies and spirits. So many people make New Year's resolutions that they break almost immediately - because it is the wrong time to make big changes. Now is the time for new projects and dietary changes, as Spring is the time for new beginnings. What can you change this Spring? What can you reach for that is rightfully yours? Now is the time to embrace your self, others and new projects.
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Inside? Outside? How can You Tell?
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This month I want talk about environmental balancing from a different perspective. This discussion is motivated by a question that arose from February's 'Personality Makeover' teleseminar, relating to complex matrixes, and the balancing between 2 people other than the client. For example establishing or balancing the relationship between the client's husband and son. What are the ethical considerations here? When it is no longer about the client's relationships but someone else's, do we need to get the other individuals permission?
My answer before was that when we are working with the environment in any way, we are always working with the client's involvement with some aspect of the environment. A deeper look takes us to the concept of Microcosm and Macrocosm, present in so many different aspects of BodyTalk from Five Element theory to General Consciousness work. We are balancing the Microcosm within the client - or the client's inner world. We are actually balancing their expectations - and that reflects in the Macrocosm or outer world.
For instance, if you have an expectation that your parents simply never get along, that is how you perceive the reality of your parent's relationship. In every interaction with your parents you project your expectation that your mother can't get along with your father. If the relationship is strong enough, your negative expectation will not have much effect - but if it was really strong you probably wouldn't have such a negative assessment of it. However, if that relationship is fragile, additional expectations of failure reinforce the difficulties that already exists.
Tapping out the client so that they perceive the possibility of a connection or link forming between those other two individuals in the family reverses the expectation. This increases the likelihood that the mother and father will actually get on better as they perceive that their child sees them having an improved relationship. Their expectation shifts and so does their behavior. This is a positive influence, but it's misleading to say that we've balanced the other relationship, its more accurate and more ethical to say we've balanced your perception of that relationship.
So balancing the environment is really just balancing the inner world. In Module 3, we talk at length about how our expectations of the world determine the world we experience through the Five Senses - this is just another way of applying that theory. Because in the end it is our expectations that determine the world that we react to. And our actions and reactions create responses from the world. When we fully shift our expectations around the universe changing, it does.
The fact that environmental balancings so often produce positive results illustrates the power of shifting expectations: when your inner world or microcosm changes the outer world or macrocosm also changes. Spring is also a time for improving boundaries - how could you shift internally to improve your boundaries, your relationships, and your life?
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Ask Dr. Ka'imi
Adv Sr. CBI, VP for Academic Development at the IBA
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Should you always use the muscle checking to schedule the next appointment?
In the February 'Ask Dr. Ka'imi' column I suggested that new clients should be rebooked for 3 consecutive sessions, once a week as guideline, then reassess the frequency of sessions.
We actually received several questions related to this, so I've decided to answer a generalized version of the questions posed.
The short answer is No - the muscles checking is useful but it is not accurate enough to be your only guideline.
Many BodyTalk Instructors teach that you always use muscle checking to establish the optimum time for rescheduling clients. It's a nice idea but it needs a reality check - our answers aren't reliable in general and are usually less reliable in this situation.
This is an area that our own belief systems can get in the way. Beliefs about self worth and our capability as a practitioner, beliefs about the worth of our sessions and how much our clients enjoy and value our sessions, beliefs about how much money our clients have, beliefs what they can afford and whether they prioritize BodyTalk over other needs in their life. Just to name a few.
All of these assumptions really contaminate the possibility of getting an accurate answer. You need some guidelines to fall back on if the muscle checking indicates that the client shouldn't come back for a long time. I've had many students tell me they often get that the client will never need another BodyTalk! This just can't be true - it's like saying they'll never have stress again!
For new clients you should really consider booking their first three appointments one week apart. You may find that two weeks apart works well for your style of practice, but longer that two weeks makes it very hard for you to create a rapport with the client. When somebody has a serious or acute condition, one week sessions are strongly indicated. They need to be monitored and they really need to feel supported.
The very nature of BodyTalk, being non-invasive and respectful by asking what the body wants to address rather than imposing an agenda, is in and of itself an incredibly supportive activity for somebody facing a significant health challenge to go through. Don't deny your clients that support just because of your fears of inadequacy!
This is a complex issue and I have plans to address it more fully in a future teleseminar - look for an announcement on this topic in an upcoming newsletter.
How do you sell it [BodyTalk] to them? Jeannie Elstrom from California asked for tips on how to sell the effectiveness of BodyTalk to clients.
This is actually two questions: one, how do sell clients on getting BodyTalk; and two, how do you sell them on the idea that BodyTalk is working.
The answer to the first question is confidence and enthusiasm. It is not really what you say - and people don't need a long explanation of the theory. They are sold by your sincerely expressed statement that this therapy works. How you get that confidence comes from the answer to the second question.
The most important thing is to make sure that you take measurements that they can see before all of their sessions. This could be osteopathic evaluation or them rating their symptoms on an intake form.
Make a list of important symptoms that they rated on their first intake form and ask them at the beginning of each session "How are your headaches, can you rate them from one to ten". If people still have pain, they still have pain. For them to think about how bad it used to be is actually unhealthy - it is your job as the practitioner to help your clients to see incremental changes and progress.
Make sure you review their progress against their previous ratings, and show them that they are getting better. The most successful practitioners know how important this part of practice is and have some way of evaluating and communicating results to their clients.
You can be the best healer in the world but you will not have a busy practice if you don't track your client's progress and share it with them.
When you track your client's progress and help them see it, you can see how effective your sessions are. When you know that your sessions work, you can be confident enough to have the answer to the first question. You know it works, and your knowing is more important than your words when it comes to booking that first session.
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Take the Breath You Deserve
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MODULE 4(7)
Columbus OHIO, 3rd - 6th June 2010
Early Bird Discount Expires 6th May
Sapporo JAPAN, 3rd - 7th July 2010
(In English with Japanese translation!)
Module 4(7) brings insights and techniques derived from both Chinese Medicine and manual therapy disciplines to address the restrictions to the breath cycle. Yoga theory teaches that perfect breath leads to perfect health - so this is a powerful set of tools.
Module 4(7) teaches you how to...
- Enhance your performance in all areas: Sports, study, exams, interviews, particular events
- Manage sensitivities to your environment
- Achieve osteopathic and chiropractic results WITHOUT manipulation
- Develop clear boundaries and effective communication
- Release emotional holding patterns
- Realign the physical and energetic relationships between body parts
- Balance different aspects of the body/mind through the Chinese Medicine Five Elements
Dr Pilipovich is the editor of the current 4(7) manual. As a Doctor of Acupuncture with extensive TCM and manual therapy experience he brings unique insight to this valuable course. He will introduce you to 5 Element theory, and expand on Wei Qi protective energy. You will learn the role of the diaphragm in processing emotions and practical techniques to remove stuck emotions. An in-depth look at manual therapy theory's give you tools to address muscular-skeletal issues including postural correction, rehabilitation and sports performance. You will receive the Module 4(7) manual and an excellent 5 Element cheat sheet for easy clinical application. For more information and to register click herePre-requisites for this course are Mod 1&2, IBA membership and the Advanced Procedures DVD course.
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A BodyTalker walks into a Pizza Parlor
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What did the BodyTalker say when she walked into the pizza parlor?
"Make me one with everything."
When the BodyTalker got the pizza, she gave the proprietor a $20 bill. The proprietor pocketed the bill. The BodyTalker said "Don't I get change?"
The proprietor said, "Change must come from within."
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