Self Awareness / Personal Development
Last Updated
02/06/2008
Below is a list of courses and activities that
Intending SomerVille residents have experienced and believe to have been a
valuable contribution to their life journey, and recommend to others.
If you wish to discuss a course or activity in more
detail please contact the person who recommended the course.
If you have done any courses or activities that you
would like to share with others please fill out the survey at
http://www.SomerVilleecovillage.com.au/surveys/
and the
details will be listed below.
Additionally if their is a particular course or
activity that is coming up and you would like to make other residents
aware of it, then please email
info@sev.net.au
Recommended Courses / Activities
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Course Name: |
Mankind Project -
New Warrior Training Adventure |
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Course or activity
description: |
A
weekend initiation into the more hidden parts of the soul, to
confront my feelings, fears and the shadows that trip me up in
my life. A deep experience shared with 20-30 other men and
guided closely by experienced leaders of the Mankind community
and just as many initiated staff. The weekend training is
followed up by 8 weekly Integration Groups to ground and expand
the learnings. |
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Experience
Testimonial: |
Has
opened and continues to open my awareness of how I behave in the
world and how I can be more real about my own integrity,
accountability and feelings.
The
training weekend gave me a mission and a toolbox for how to live
my life true to myself and with others. The Integration Groups
have filled my toolbox with life tools that I use every day to
strengthen my relationships with my partner, family, friends,
self and work.
For
any man who wants more honesty, clarity, inner strength, love
and connection with their feelings, this training weekend and
the community of men behind it offer a very real and powerful
way to find those things. |
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Providers contact
name: |
Andrew Hemsley |
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Providers contact
number: |
0417122278 |
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Providers contact
email:
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andrew@greenedge.org
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Providers website: |
www.mkpau.org |
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Recommended By: |
Andrew Hemsley |
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Course Date: |
April 2007 |
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Email: |
andrew@greenedge.org
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Phone: |
0417122278 |
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Course Name: |
ManKind Project : New Warrior
Training Adventure |
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Course or activity
description: |
An intensive weekend of discovery
for men to allow them to see what is and isn't working in their
lives and to give them the tools and support to help them reach
their full potential. |
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Experience
Testimonial: |
For
me I walked into this workshop, rather arrogantly thinking I
didn't need it, that I had already journeying into myself and
battled my demons with the various other courses I had
attended. What a fool I was, on this weekend I had a profound
breakthrough, and a fantastic wakeup call. Also with the help of the ongoing
"I" groups, I have
the support to help me integrate this into my life.
I strongly recommend this course to
every man, even if you don't think you need to do any work, you
might be surprised. Go on I dare you. |
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Providers contact
name: |
The ManKind Project |
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Providers contact
number: |
n/a |
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Providers contact
email:
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n/a |
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Providers website: |
www.mkp.org or Australian
www.mkpau.org local
www.mkpwa.org |
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Recommended By: |
Christophe
Bouyac |
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Course Date: |
July 2007 |
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Email: |
christophe@greenedge.org |
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Phone: |
please email |
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Course Name: |
ManKind Project -
New Warrior Training Adventure |
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Course or activity
description: |
The New Warrior Training is a
residential training that starts on a Friday evening and
finishes on a Sunday afternoon. You are challenged physically,
mentally and emotionally during the weekend and the results are
truly amazing. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
I completed the New Warrior Training
at Woodman Point in Perth in April 2007. I wish I had known
about and completed this training 20 years ago as I know I would
have avoided some of the poor choices I made earlier in my life.
I now feel a reciprocal and empowering trust and respect for
other men that I have never felt before. This is something no
man should live without. |
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Providers contact name: |
The ManKind Project |
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Providers contact number: |
1300 134 894 |
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Providers contact email:
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adrian.berry@gmail.com
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Providers website: |
http://www.mkpau.org |
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Recommended By: |
Neil Robertson |
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Course Date: |
April 2007 |
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Email: |
neil.robertson@sev.net.au
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Phone: |
08 94674984 |
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Course Name: |
ManKind Project -
New Warrior Training Adventure |
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Course or activity
description: |
The weekend training is
challenging-physically and mentally. Each man is taken to his
personal edge, where he can face his unconscious limitations and
discover his real potential. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
The weekend was an opportunity for
me to look at what is working in my life and what is not. Also
the ongoing I group after the training has kept me on track. |
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Providers contact name: |
Stephen Boston |
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Providers contact number: |
n/a |
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Providers contact email:
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metatron@iinet.net.au
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Providers website: |
www.mkpau.org |
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Recommended By: |
Paul Moes |
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Course Date: |
October 2006 |
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Email: |
Please phone |
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Phone: |
08 95724550 |
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Course Name: |
Breakthrough To
Success - Wealth And Power Weekend with Christopher Howard |
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Course or activity
description: |
“Breakthrough
to Success” gives you invaluable tools and techniques to change
your behaviour using the power of your unconscious mind. The
concepts presented are based on NLP (Neuro Linguistic
Programming)… the science of human communication. Simple yet
very powerful tools for changing behaviour to produce fast &
lasting success. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
For those of you who know me, know
how much this course changed me and my outlook on life, within
days of completing the course I stoped smoking and made a number
of other positive changes in my life. I found this course to be
truly empowering, uplifting and very motivational.
Now I should explain when I first
started the course I was somewhat sceptical and a little wary as
Christopher Howard is American and so this course does have
quite a bit of an American spin and hype to it, which generally
I find rather off putting, but I had been advised to overlook
these details and just look at the underlying messages and
tools. In doing so I was quite surprised to find that I was
enjoying myself and learning some powerful and easy tools, I
especially like the goal setting tools, and will recommend this
course to anyone. If you are interested i suggest that you call
me first and I can explain in more detail, I may even be able to
obtain free tickets for you to attend. |
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Providers contact name: |
Universal Events - The Christopher
Howard Training Team |
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Providers contact number: |
Breakthrough
to Success Enquires: 1800 652 192
General Enquires: +61 2 9925 8000, 1800 634 200 |
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Providers contact email:
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info@universalevents.com.au |
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Providers website: |
www.universalevents.com.au |
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Recommended By: |
Christophe
Bouyac |
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Course Date: |
April 2007 |
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Email: |
christophe@greenedge.org |
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Phone: |
please email |
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Course Name: |
New Warrior
Training Adventure |
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Course or activity
description: |
The
intention is to enable men to live their lives with INTEGRITY,
ACCOUNTABILITY and CONNECTION TO FEELINGS. Each man will
undertake his own journey and be challenged spiritually,
mentally and physically. There is ongoing support and training
to help integrate and continue the work that is kick-started on
the weekend.
Three trainings a year are held in
WA. 32 men maximum go through the training on a weekend and are
supported by about 40 onsite staff. ManKind Project is a
not-for-profit organisation. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
I found the
initiation weekend was, although challenging, very empowering
and certainly life changing. My life would have been vastly
different if I had done this 20 years ago.
One of the
major advantages is the ongoing Integration Groups (I-Groups)
which provide a safe container in which I can continue my growth
and help me stay aligned to my life mission. I consider that
every man I have met, whatever age, would benefit from doing
this and would bring back such powerful gifts into his
relationships, whether that be personal, work or community. I am
pleased to observe that several men connected to SomerVille have
either completed the weekend or will be doing the next one in
April. |
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Providers contact name: |
Mike Fuller |
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Providers contact number: |
08 9390 9350 |
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Providers contact email:
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blissus@tpg.com.au |
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Providers website: |
www.mkpau.org |
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Recommended By: |
Mike Fuller |
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Course Date: |
October 2006 |
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Email: |
blissus@tpg.com.au |
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Phone: |
08 9390 9350 |
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Course Name: |
Ishayas Ascension, First Sphere weekend |
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Course or activity
description: |
A simple, gentle and powerful form of
meditation based on Praise, Gratitude, Love and Compassion. The
first sphere course provides 4 integrated meditation techniques
for use in everyday experience or in quiet eyes-closed
reflection. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
Has allowed me to shift my perspective and
observe my thoughts from a neutral headspace, for smooth and
authentic choice of what is true for me and what is not.
Ascension is not based in any religion or doctrine and does not
require any particular belief. |
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Providers contact name: |
International Society of Ascension |
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Providers contact number: |
[+64] 9 528 8315 |
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Providers contact email:
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australia@ishaya.org |
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Providers website: |
www.ishaya.org |
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Recommended By: |
Andrew Hemsley |
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Course Date: |
March 2003 |
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Email: |
andrew@greenedge.org |
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Phone: |
0417122278 |
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Course Name: |
The Art of Creative Conflict |
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Course or activity
description: |
Conflict Resolution |
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Experience Testimonial: |
I found the course very positive and
worthwhile and will be attempting to put into practice what
Brendan has taught me. |
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Providers contact name: |
Brendan McKeague |
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Providers contact number: |
08 9244 9090 |
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Providers contact email:
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brendanmckeague@paceebene.org |
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Providers website: |
http://www.paceebene.org/pace/user/brendan-mckeague |
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Recommended By: |
Neil Robertson |
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Course Date: |
June 2006 |
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Email: |
neil.robertson@sev.net.au |
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Phone: |
08 95723172 |
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Course Name: |
Subud |
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Course or activity
description: |
When young we tried everything. Finally we
settled into the Gurdjieff/Ouspensky psychospiritual "work on
oneself", an on-going, lifetime's endeavour.
From that we found Subud, ("SOO-boud") a worldwide organisation
giving access to an experiential high. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
When we first found Subud, I (Salamah) had
been told by doctors I could not have children, Arthur and I
were fighting all the time, and our marriage was on the rocks.
Somehow, continued access to this gentle Energy stopped the
aggro, and improved our tempers. |
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Providers contact name: |
Subud Perth |
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Providers contact number: |
9470 4087 |
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Providers contact email:
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Providers website: |
Put "Subud" into Google, for many
websites |
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Recommended By: |
Arthur and Salamah Pope |
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Course Date: |
[Several different ones] |
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Email: |
salamah@ozemail.com.au |
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Phone: |
(08) 9298 9774
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Course Name: |
Diploma in Community Development (Children's
Services) |
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Course or activity
description: |
Course (TAFE & other colleges) as 2 years F/T
or 4 years P/T, to be qualified Early Childhood Educator of
children 0-6 years old (& up to 12 years old for out-of-school
hours care & vacation care). |
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Experience Testimonial: |
As a middle-aged person looking for a career
change in a challenging and meaningful field, with variety in a
day's work, in a career that could take me into old age if
needed, I chose early childhood education (ECE). I also realised
that ECE is even more. |
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Providers contact name: |
Diploma in Community Development (Children's
Services) |
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Providers contact number: |
various in metro Perth, including Swan TAFE
at Midland |
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Providers contact email:
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info.centre@swantafe.wa.edu.au
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Providers website: |
www.swantafe.wa.edu.au |
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Recommended By: |
Robin Garbut |
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Course Date: |
1982-85 |
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Email: |
info@harmony.com.au |
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Phone: |
(w) 9244 2920 / 0417 978 122 |
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Course Name: |
Landmark Forum |
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Course or activity
description: |
Brings participants face to face with
themselves, to experience the decisions, choices & attitudes
they have adopted during formative years, which are now causing
pain and conflict within. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
By the 2nd day I found myself unavoidably
confronted with my habit of not engaging life 100%. I could
almost physically feel how I hold back and do not open my heart
(be whole hearted) in relationships, enthusiasm ... life in
general ... |
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Providers contact name: |
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Providers contact number: |
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Providers contact email:
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Providers website: |
Google search Landmark Forum |
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Recommended By: |
Rebecca Macleod |
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Course Date: |
March - April 2004 |
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Email: |
rmacleod@gmail.com |
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Phone: |
08 9305 2527 |
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Course Name: |
Hakomi Body Centred Psychotherapay |
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Course or activity
description: |
1 to 1 work, where therapist encourages
client to focus on body communication, arising within the
context of discussing current personal issues. Client learns to
validate the power and honesty of the messages the body carries. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
While I talked about an issue that was
current in my mind, my therapist would notice some little
gesture I was making, and bring my attention to it, asking me to
gently focus on that particular movement and accentuate it
through repetition. |
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Providers contact name: |
various therapists in Perth |
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Providers contact number: |
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Providers contact email:
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Providers website: |
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Recommended By: |
Rebecca Macleod |
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Course Date: |
2003 - 4 |
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Email: |
rmacleod@gmail.com |
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Phone: |
08 9305 2527 |
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Course Name: |
Yoga in Daily Life Retreat |
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Course or activity
description: |
Yoga postures, Meditation, Pranayama, Bush
walks, Videos and talks on nutrition, chakras, and what yoga is,
yoga cleansing techniques. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
Although I have been involved with Yoga in
Daily Life for 10 years there always seems to be something new
to learn about myself, and a yoga retreat is one of the best
ways to allow me the time over the course of two days to look at
what i am doing to my body. |
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Providers contact name: |
Peter Harry |
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Providers contact number: |
92864888 |
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Providers contact email:
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perth@yogaindailylife.com.au |
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Providers website: |
www.yogaindailylife.org.au |
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Recommended By: |
Martin Stanley |
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Course Date: |
May 2005 |
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Email: |
martin@primusonline.com.au |
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Phone: |
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Course Name: |
WA Annual Men's Gathering |
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Course or activity
description: |
Deferent workshops during the weekend |
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Experience Testimonial: |
I now know that there is a network that
supports men and at this weekend I was able to be myself without
all my old baggage., and also got rid of some old baggage. I was
able so say what was on my mind and be honest about my feeling.
I strongly recommend |
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Providers contact name: |
Peter Lynch |
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Providers contact number: |
9446 6266 |
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Providers contact email:
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MySerheed@bigpond.com |
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Providers website: |
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Recommended By: |
Paul Moes |
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Course Date: |
Nov/2005 |
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Email: |
moeses@ecocom.org |
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Phone: |
95724550 |
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Course Name: |
The Grail |
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Course or activity
description: |
The Grail is hard to explain but basically it
is a three day gathering for men, and provides a safe space to
meet your true self. It is a Rite of Initiation into the Self.
It is not ‘therapy’ or fixing what’s ‘wrong’, but rather an
exploration into the true you. |
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Experience Testimonial: |
For me the grail was one of the most
terrifying and exhilarating experiences I have ever had. It is
hard to explain but I will try (words do not do it justice), it
was terrifying because I journeyed into parts of myself were my
deepest fears and daemons reside and exhilarating because I
faced my fears. |
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Providers contact name: |
shematrix |
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Providers contact number: |
Depends who is hosting |
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Providers contact email:
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info@shematrix.com |
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Providers website: |
http://www.shematrix.com |
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Recommended By: |
Christophe Bouyac |
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Course Date: |
June 2006 |
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Email: |
christophe@greenedge.org |
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Phone: |
08 9572 3683 |
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