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maggiepashley

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Blessings
Maggie

Invitation to A Sacred Sound and Healing Retreat Day – in a program with venues including Retreat Centres in Catalonia and Co. Galway Eire, Covent Garden and Cornwall

On Saturday July 9th 2011, at the Happiness Centre, Ilkley, you are invited to the first of a series of wonderful new events … A Sacred Sound and Healing Retreat Day – in a program with venues including Retreat Centres in Catalonia and Co. Galway Eire, Covent Garden and Cornwall.

This day retreat offers time out for yourself to come into relationship with your inner core. To let all things arise in a beautifully supportive environment of equals, coming together in body, mind, and spirit, to share ancient practices of sound, music, poetry, astrological and emotional insight.

For thousands of years the healing qualities of sound have been known. The Chinese Qi Gong Six Healing Sounds (Qi =life force, Gong = cultivation of), combined with gentle meditative movement; Native American drumming and chanting; Sufi and Shiva traditions; the exhilaration of Greek folk music…we will draw on many forms from Bach to The Beatles and far beyond to all shores.

Kath Reade will sing her songs which touch the listener deeply and open the heart. You can join in, as live music creates a special community.

Maggie Pashley will share her profound healing skills, honed over many years, and

Michael Conneely will create a wonderful cloud of visionary poetry for you to rest in. His vast astrological wisdom will be a valuable resource for the day – and for your life.

To experience this retreat will be to give yourself a much deserved gift, to nurture your soul, in a coming together of equal spiritual beings with unlimited potential, -no gurus, no ideologies, or ‘isms’.  Just helping each other to ‘be’. To discover freedom and joy within. So we can say -May all beings live in peace -may all beings live in harmony -may all beings live in peace and harmony.

Join us -you are welcome….

Kath Reade is a gifted singer/songwriter/guitarist who regularly performs gigs in live venues, on radio, and can be heard on youtube with her latest song  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjsBa0GufH8

Her songs have won songwriting awards and been recorded by other performers.

She has a rich life experience. From witnessing, at an early age, her mother being abused, she went on to become a social worker in the toughest part of Manchester, and for many decades devoted her life to championing the underdog. She was a peace activist at Greenham Common, anti-apartheid campaigner, and a community worker in the deprived communities of Burnley where she lives.. She became the first (only) woman Leader of Burnley Council in the 1990s. She held senior leadership roles in public life, being a founder board member of the North West Development Agency, Chair of the North West Health Partnership, and Local Government Association adviser to  Home office Ministers on Community Safety. Kath has spoken to many international conferences on health, regeneration, anti-poverty and leadership.

She has just left her job as Chair of an NHS Trust to exclusively concentrate her energies on spiritual and musical pursuits.

Professionally, Kath has an MA in History and Politics, B.Sc (Hons) Social Sciences, PGCE teaching qualification, Certificate in Counselling Skills, and has trained as a Reiki healer. Her occupation was lecturer in Social Care in Further and Higher Education.

TESTIMONIALS: (see also www.kathreade.co.uk )

“There is something so heavenly-earthly about Kath” -Michael Homfray-Davies

“Kath’s songs and her singing make my knees melt!” – Jennie Kiff -Swansongs Acoustic, Addingham

“in the same way most people love chocolate, most people will love Kath’s voice.” -Tykes News -review of CD ‘Passionate Nature’

“Kath is a songbird.” -Stirrings Magazine review of CD ‘Kingfisher Blue’

“Kath has the voice of authentic leadership -she speaks the truth and changes things forever..” Richard Olivier (son of Laurence Olivier) -Leadership mentor.

Contact Kath on 07881 646353 or through her website www.kathreade.co.uk , or e mail rorimountain@hotmail.co.uk

This not to be missed event is on Saturday July 9th 10 am to 8 pm (the evening is optional) at the Happiness Centre, 32a Leeds Road, ILKLEY, LS29 8DS
www.liftthespirithealthesoul.com
Price £50 (Pay on Booking). Bring food to share

Bookings to Michael Conneely. You can make payment with PayPal via the Prices Page on his web site: www.starwheel.co.uk

For Enquiries or more details, contact:

Kath Reade
Tel: 07881-646-353
Email: rorimountain@hotmail.co.uk
Website - www.kathreade.com
Myspace - www.myspace.com/kathreade

Maggie Pashley
Tel: 079-391-18136
Email: maggie@changeforlife.co.uk
Website - www.changeforlife.co.uk

Michael Conneely
Tel: 077 – 992 – 96821
Email: Michael@starwheel.co.uk
Website - www.starwheel.co.uk

Amega wands – simply wanderful!

A few months ago I bought an Amega wand. It’s a device that looks like a stainless steel pen but it really is a fantastic tool that turbo charges your body’s ability to heal itself. I got it to help my own sprained ankle and my partner’s sciatica as although I’m an energy healer these had remained resistant to healing. And I am impressed at how easy it is to use and how effective it can be. I have seen people with back pain feel a difference in minutes, a friend with stiff painful knuckles see them change before her eyes, migraines disappear and much more. Sometimes the results are so dramatic and sometimes they take some time as is the case with my own ankle.

Since then I’ve got an AMpendant which protects against electro-magnetic fields – good for somebody who uses a computer as much as I do and it helps me sleep better at night.  It is like having background wanding all day – a trickle charge of zero point field energy to remind my body of health and wellness.

Still being a bit of a sceptic, I’ve experimented with watering plants with wanded water and they definitely grow better. I done tests on food – before and after wanding and you definitely notice a difference.

The newest product is a non-invasive face lift procedure using the AMwand with Amega’s energised, eco-certified, organic skin products.  I shall definitely be trying that.

If you are curious to learn more then come along to my Free Talk and Demo on the Amega wands on Monday 28th Feb at 7.30pm at the Happiness Centre in Ilkley and again the following Monday.

And meantime here’s a short video of some happily wanded people at a recent talk.

Or for more information on Amega please visit www.starwands.com.

On my wish-list is the AMwater Actify machine which delivers alkaline, micro-clustered, energised water.

From Caterpillar to Butterfly – Spread your Wings with Metamorphic Technique

One of my favourite things is Metamorphic Technique. Receiving it, sharing it, practising it and teaching it.

So what is it and why do I love it? Well it simply involves a very light touch on the feet, hands and the head while you simply relax back or choose to talk, listen to music or whatever feels right for you. Choosing what feels right for you is at its very essence because it is an approach which honours the life force within each and every one of us as having the greatest wisdom about our own unfolding life.

A caterpillar instinctively responds to an inner impulse to create a cocoon and emerge as a beautiful butterfly at the right time. It knows that is what it was born to be. So our own life energy has an inner knowing too – if we choose to listen and respond. Yet we live in a world where we can deafen our ears to those inner promptings, try to use our clever logic to figure everything out, compare ourselves to others, push against the river and dull ourselves to our own magnificence.

To me having Metamorphic Technique is like an exquisite surrender to trusting that there is a deeper force within me that knows best where my true path lies and can lead me to those actions, those experiences, those situations which take me there. This may sound passive but it is not. I become more creative, more authentic, more happy in my own skin, in a nutshell more me. And most importantly it is easy. No long pathologising or analysing, no efforting to understand and control. Just the openness to step into the river of my life and let the water move me rather than to swim frantically against the current.

In my own case, Metamorphic sessions made me more decisive, prompted me to return to my native Yorkshire after 33 years away, moved my work in more fulfilling directions, opened my heart to love and helped me more courageous and trusting. Not bad for just lying back and having your feet, hands and head gently stroked.

If you want to learn more then go to my Metamorphic page on my website or the Metamorphic Association’s website or better still come along to my Metamorphic Technique workshop on Sunday 20th February 2011 at the Happiness Centre in Ilkley. Click here for more details or call me on 01274 617030 and spread your wings.

A box of delights – Maggie Pashley’s New Year offerings

Happy New Year. I wish you all the very best of everything in 2011.

This time of year is often a time for reviewing what works for us and what doesn’t and making some decisions about the things we want to carry forward in our life and build on and which things get left behind as there no longer right for us.

So the changes in my life and plans are to focus more on Emotion Code, Metamorphic Technique and EFT as well as teaching Astrology and Healing Workshops with my partner, Michael Conneely. I also want to develop some small group work with Sacred Sound – mantra, toning, sound healing as well as drumming. I’m no longer teaching formal workshops in Quantum Touch.

Stop smoking group session in Ilkley on Sunday 23rd January 2011. If you are ready to become a non-smoker then come along to my Stop Smoking group session in Ilkley. It’s only £50 – less than two weeks of cigarettes for the majority of people. You’ll gain insights into why you currently smoke, and motivation to trade those ‘benefits’ in for something much better, learn a great technique to reduce stress, and have a group hypnosis session. You’ll even get a CD to take home. Limited places so book now and look forward to improving your health and finances.www.changeforlife.co.uk/stopsmoking.htm . Please note if you have friends and family we you know genuinely want to become non-smokers, please tell them but if you think it’s a good idea but they don’t, it’s definitely not the time for them to make that change.

Metamorphic Technique at the Happiness Centre in Ilkley on Sunday 20th Feb 2011, 10am – 5.30pm. Cost £95. Come and learn one of the simplest and most enjoyable ways of letting go of obstacles to your true essence. Involves a gentle, light touch on the feet, hands and head. You’ll learn how to give and receive MT as well as hearing about the profound underlying principles. More info and booking: www.changeforlife.co.uk

EFT Level 1 on Sunday 6th March 2011, 10am -5pm at the Happiness Centre in Ilkley. Cost £75. Emotional Freedom Technique is an amazing way of reducing stress, dealing simply and effectively with physical or emotional discomforts, overcoming cravings (e.g. for sweets, cigarettes, alcohol). This practical workshop will teach you how to use EFT on yourself and friends and family and form the basic for EFT Level 2 Practitioner level for those who want to take it further.

Astrology & Healing workshops: I’m excited to be teaching a whole series of workshops with my partner, astrologer Michael Conneely. These cover a wide range of topics from finding love, making a relationship work better, navigating through the transformational energies of Saturn Returns and other major astrological transits. The difference is that we will also be focussing on bringing healing and transformation to whatever is revealed by your astrology. So you’ll come away with a deeper understanding of what makes you tick, how to celebrate your strengths and empower yourself to deal with challenges. There will be demonstrations of energy healing techniques such as EFT, Emotion Code, psychosynthesis, Metamorphic Technique, visualisation and journeying. For the full list please go to www.starwheel.co.uk

Emotion Code: I’ve been using the Emotion Code now for about a year and have had some amazing results with it. I’m pleased to say that I’m now a certified Emotion Code practitioner having completed Bradley Nelson’s programme. I learnt so much from this, about how much past events colour our present responses and the amazing efficiency of dealing directly with the body-mind through muscle-testing rather than use assumptions from our ‘clever’ intellectual mind to try and figure it out. Most importantly I love the no-nonsense simple clearing process which takes only a few minutes using a magnet. I’ve had clients say to me how they felt like a ‘fog had lifted’ or how they felt they had ‘come home’ to themselves. It can be used for physical as well as emotional discomfort of course, self-sabotage, understanding how we are getting in the way of being the person we were born to be.

Heart Wall Clearing: One very powerful aspect of the Emotion Code is Heart Wall clearing. This is really wonderful as it clears blocks to giving and receiving love. Bradley Nelson reckons that around 80% of us have these blocks simply through having experienced rejection or disappointment at some time. Clearing a heart wall can take around 3 sessions but the feeling of release and lightness is wonderful.

Amega Global Products
I came across the Amega wand a few months ago and have had some wonderful responses using it on people with pain and injury, including my own sprained ankle, another’s sciatica and drop foot, and various other speedy results on a painful shoulder, a painful ankle (she was able to cancel surgery) and a host of others. I did a talk and demonstration at the Happiness Centre in Ilkley a few weeks ago with my colleague Chris Miller and all were impressed. A colleague of mine who had been in pain for 18 months following major back surgery was able to have the first night’s good sleep after a ‘wanding’ and her back has remained good ever since. My cat TC loves it and is quick to come across the room when I take out my wand, which can also be used on food, plants, drinking water, wine…..well anything really.

The Amega products harness ‘zero-point field’ energy and create an environment where the body can tune into a state of wellness and health. For more info, check out my Amega website at www.starwands.com or better still ask me to give you a demo.

Chakra Meditation CD: I have produced a simple 30 minute Chakra meditation CD. I talk you through clearing and balancing your energy centres with gentle background music by Michael Hammer. Cost is £7 and can be bought from me of from the Happiness Centre in Ilkley.

Blogs: I’ve started doing a blog…well I’ve only posted a couple of posts but I definitely intend to do more! Michael, on the other hand, after initial resistance to the whole idea of blogging and social networking has become a prolific blogger on astrological subjects : with 25 posts published and counting. So check out here:

http://maggiepashley.wordpress.com/ – for my blog – well this one!!!
http://starwheel.wordpress.com – for Michael’s astrological blog
http://liftspirithealsoul.wordpress.com/ – for the Happiness Centre’s blog.

Happiness Centre Open Day: There is an Open Day at the Happiness Centre in Ilkley (where I work) on Sunday 30th January. So if you are free do pop along and meet us and the other practitioners working there. There will be low cost tasters, talks and meditation. Contact the Happiness Centre on 01943 60 15 17 http://www.liftthespirithealthesoul.com/ for more details

Poetry: I am now one of the founding members of both the Ilkley Poetry group – meeting at the Happiness Centre on the second Monday of each month at 7.30pm upstairs in the Meditation Room (after the 6.30pm free meditation so come early if you like and do both) and the Haworth Poetry Group at Cobbles and Clay Art Cafe in Haworth on the first Wednesday of each month from 1pm -2.30pm. Cost for each is £3.  www.cobblesandclay.co.uk

So on that note, I’ll leave you with a quick poem I wrote, inspired by Gregg Braden’s wonderful book ‘The Divine Matrix’

The Web
There is a web
That unites us all
Soul to soul
Heart to heart
Like tiny glittering candles
Lit from a central flame

And we continue
Passing on that light
Flame to flame

What do we pass on with that light?
How is it coloured?
How is it weighted?
Is it filtered through the eyes of love
Or through the eyes of fear and separation

In every moment we have a choice

And the key to it all
Compassion

Om mane padme hum
Om shanti shanti shanti

Opening to love – clearing Heart Walls with the Emotion Code.

If you’ve been hurt or let down in the past then you have probably developed a way of protecting yourself from future hurts. This is what Bradley Nelson, developer of the Emotion Code, describes as a Heart Wall.  And while its original aim was positive – to protect you from future hurts – it also keeps the good stuff out too. It acts as a barrier to love and abundance and to being who you really are.  The Emotion Code offers a very simple and profound way of reclaiming your ability to love and be loved by clearing this Heart Wall.

You might feel that you have a habit of picking the ‘wrong’ partner or maybe you want to find love but have become so cynical or defended that you are literally sending out a ‘hands-off’ signal to any prospective partner. You might even be cut off from yourself and be numbed to your own creativity and passion. You might even be very aware of this but haven’t a clue how to change the way you feel.

To change the way you feel and react you have to make those changes on a deep body-mind level as some of those upsetting incidents are going to have been completely forgotten by our conscious mind or trivialised as too insignificant. What we forget is it how we interpret that event from the level of maturity and the resources we had at the time. So a baby can be upset by other people’s energy but have no way of really understanding what’s  going or being able to sort it out.

And that is the magic of  Emotion Code. In an Emotion Code session I use muscle-testing to dialogue directly with your body and its amazing ability to remember everything that every happened to you.  And keeping an open mind and we might be surprised at what comes up. Too often we make assumptions about what is really behind our current dilemmas and these assumptions can keep us stuck and act as red herrings to a deeper truth.

I’ve worked with people and cleared trapped emotions right back to the time in the womb – something that they had no conscious recollection of. But it made complete sense to them and most importantly they felt lighter and freer as a result of the clearing.

What I love about this way of working is that it’s simple and clean, to the point and doesn’t make a meal out of your past trauma. You are led to the information you need to bring this trapped emotion into your awareness and then clear it very easily and matter of factly. It feels like debugging a computer (but with a bit more compassion!!) .  And the result: you feel happier,  more open, creative, free to be yourself and open to love.

Trapped emotions make us view our present through the lens of past hurts. They can make us misinterpret behaviour, make faulty assumptions, have low expectations, or feel helpless and powerless. When we release them we have more energy and vitality and energy to live our life, open to all the potential we have HERE RIGHT NOW.

Maggie Pashley works at the Happiness Centre in Ilkley and also is available for distance sessions both on individuals and animals.  She co-facilitates workshops on Astrology & Healing with her partner, Michael Conneely, where she demonstrates mind-body healing. Contact her on 01274 617030 or 07939118136. She has completed Emotion Code training with Bradley Nelson. Web:www.changeforlife.co.uk

 

 

 

‘Faster than EFT’ it said…My experiences with the Emotion Code

‘Faster than EFT’ it said on my computer screen and I responded to a gauntlet being thrown down. For those scratching your head, EFT refers to Emotional Freedom Technique – a very effective way of dealing with stress and anxiety and one dear to my heart as a long-standing EFT practitioner and trainer.

I clicked on the link, half wanting to be disappointed or irritated and to prove to myself that EFT was probably still far better than what was on offer. But I was intrigued instead by an approach to health and healing, hitherto unknown to me, called the Emotion Code which claimed to get to the roots of underlying physical or emotional distress and release them gently and easily. What Bradley Nelson described made absolute sense to me. That unresolved trapped emotions drain our energy and weaken our health. Sometimes we don’t always know what is really bugging us we might just not feel quite right, or sometimes we are convinced it’s because we had a particular traumatic experience but we may still not know how to change our response.

In his book ‘The Emotion Code’ Dr Brad describes how to uncover those underlying emotions that continue to trigger us today. He asks his client’s body directly through muscle testing, getting just the right amount of information for the body to be able to be willing to let go of that  trapped emotion and then simply rolling a magnet down their back a few times to clear it. No drama, no tears, just a clear practical cleaning up process.

I must admit it did sound a bit weird but after over twenty years as a therapist I was fairly used to ‘weird’. What I wanted to know was did it work. I sent off for the five chapters of his book ‘The Emotion Code’ that he offered free and decided I would be my own guinea pig. I had no sooner got the procedure under my belt than I was faced with a very distressing family upset which left me feeling wretched. I proceeded to uncover feelings which surprised me but which made absolute sense and then took off my magnetic bracelet to roll it over the top of my head and down my back. Any magnet, even a fridge magnet will do apparently! It’s the intention that counts!

I was amazed at how different I felt. From feeling despondent and distressed, I now felt a new surge of energy and went back home to declutter my kitchen and then went off to the supermarket and came home with some new garden furniture. I actually felt better than had in ages.  From then on, I used it on myself to clear what Dr Brad calls a Heart Wall – a block to giving and receiving love. Most of us have had some point being disappointed, let down or even heartbroken and this can naturally affect our ability to love or feel lovable.  A couple of months after this, I met my current partner and started a relationship after over a decade on my own. I honestly believe this Heart Wall clearing was a significant factor in allowing me to be open and receptive enough.

Since then I have used Emotion Code on many of my clients and cleared a few Heart Walls. One client described how she felt like she ‘had come home to herself’ after a Heart Wall clearing. Another said she felt like she was able to be ‘truly herself’ for the first time ever and found it more powerful or fundamental than the hypnotherapy had been using with her.

So is it better than EFT. I wouldn’t like to say. I still love EFT but Emotion Code is brilliant.

I’d highly recommend getting Dr Bradley Nelson’s book and checking it out for yourself or if you are in Ilkley you can come and have a face to face session with me if you want to experience.  I also do distance sessions so location isn’t really an object. Call me on 01274 617030 or email: maggie@changeforlife.co.uk.  Web: www.changeforlife.co.uk.