Atma Namaste,

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve had a relaxing and revitalising festive season and that the post-holiday blues last no longer than the first morning’s breakfast.

2012 is going to be a big year, for a multitude of reasons. There’s a great deal of conjecture about what might happen as December approaches (some of it verging on exploitative fear-mongering, some a degree more measured), but the lack of common accord can be a little confusing. So we trust, we meditate, we cleanse, we bless the planet and we expect the best. In short, we do as we should always do.

In February, The Ashish Institute for Inner Studies will host Prof. Arcady Petrov on a rare visit outside of Russia. Prof. Petrov is at the forefront of non-invasive cell regeneration therapies and his revolutionary work is creating a great deal of excitement in the global scientific community. 

For this first newsletter of the new year, we’re prouder than a show-poodle to show you photos of the finished Pranic Lore Wellness Clinic & Treatment Centre. We’re also recommending a practical guide to joy, featuring a famous and frequently quoted ‘poem’ and basking in Sundew for a little inner-glow.

Love & light,

Kerrie-Ann

www.praniclore.com.au

AIIS presents Prof. Arcady Petrov - Basic Cell Regeneration Course
12-16 February 2012
& 
AIIS presents Prof. Arcady Petrov - Advanced Cell Regeneration Courses
18-23 February 2012
Prof. Arcady Petrov will be teaching his incredible non-invasive regeneration therapies at the Burnley College during February. Prof. Petrov rarely leaves Russia and as there are no licensed teachers of the practice in Australia,  this is an unmissable opportunity for students to discover some amazing technology. For details, contact Simona Saha, 0401 688 964.    

Basic Pranic Healing course
28-29 January 2012
Learn the techniques to access vital energy from your surroundings; cleanse energy fields; treat imbalances; empower your life.  
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Advanced Pranic Healing course
TBC
Access higher vibrational frequencies; treat complex conditions; perform Pranic tummy tucks and face lifts; heal certain conditions instantly.  
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Weekly Twin Hearts Meditation
7.50pm for 8pm start, Mondays
Revitalise body, spirit and mind every Monday evening. This 30 minute meditation fosters inner-peace, joy and wholistic well being. 
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Full Moon Meditations 
TBC
Details of the monthly full moon meditations held at the North Blackburn Hall will be available in February 2012.

Arhatic Retreat*
3-5 February 2012
One of the most anticipated occasions on the Pranic Healing calendar, the Arthatic Retreat simply must be experienced to be understood. The weekend is an opportunity for students of Arhatic Yoga to renew their commitment to spiritual development in idyllic surroundings. For more information contact .  
*must have completed Arthatic Yoga Prep course  

And so it's done: The Pranic Lore Wellness Clinic & Teaching Centre. And if we say so ourselves, it looks just so lovely. We couldn't be more thrilled about having such a beautiful space to heal and educate in.

Thank you dearly to those who have offered so much support during construction, especially to my mother Mary for absolutely everything, my son Callum for his patience and understanding and our puppy Bello for welcoming everyone through the door and doing his best to have them stay!

A special thank you also to Jess Baker and Michael Pisa for their creativity with photos of both the clinic and flameless candles (selling like environmentally-friendly hotcakes!).

We're so looking forward to everyone coming to see the finished product soon, and can't wait for the spiritual adventures to begin in this tranquil and welcoming retreat.

Sundew
The essence of this flower is a great remedy to counter the lacklustre feelings that can accompany this time of year: vagueness, indecisiveness, lack of focus, tendency to daydream. Sundew keeps us focused and anchored in the present moment, which is perfect for those of us still thinking about the beach holidays we’ve left behind.
source: ausflowers.com.au

These lines are actually from a piece of prose (entitled Devotions upon Emergent Occasions), which makes the enjambments above almost completely arbitrary. Nonetheless, many people are familiar with this ‘form’ and an even greater number with the phrases therein, so for the purposes of this section (and because I think it’s lovely), we’ll let all that go.

Donne wrote this piece in 1624 while recovering from a serious illness and it’s pretty clear from these words that this process involved a coming to terms with his own mortality. ‘...never send to know for whom the bell tolls’ relates to the old English custom of notifying townspeople of a death by ringing church bells. Depending on your mood, you could choose to read this as a fatalistic sermon or as a moment of reflective awe.

I prefer the latter, particularly given the preceding thoughts illustrating our interconnectivity. Essentially, what happens to one of us, happens to all of us – directly or indirectly we are ‘involved in mankind’ and thus share a common fate: the state of the world, death and beyond death.

Be happy - Robert Holden
Robert Holden is the director of The Happiness Project and a guy you’d love to have around for a cup of tea. In a voice that has all the hallmarks of a great teacher (digestible, intelligent, instructive, engaging, self-deprecating, compassionate etc.), Holden outlines the exercises and theories that constitute the syllabus for his world-renowned Happiness Course.

I recently lent this book to a friend, whose first response when I asked her how she was finding it was: ‘I’d trust this guy with my life.’ I'd probably still want a cup of tea first, but I knew exactly what she meant.