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My
Life's Work
Some time around 1989, I started seeing an acupuncturist. This was just the
first step on the interesting, sometimes painful, sometimes joyful journey
of discovering Who I Really Am! It's led me through Personal
Development courses, Hypnotherapy, Autogenic
Training, Chinese Herbal Medicine and just living. One thing I've discovered
is that now I've started on the journey, I can't undo it and go back to how
I was before. Mind you, why would I want to? The pain and dissatisfaction
of that stage of my life is what moved me on. Some of the methods are more
enjoyable than others, some are more like hard work. I've stayed at various
Alternative Holiday Camps, read various Books.....
Personal
Development courses
There are many Personal Development courses available, using a number of different
techniques to achieve a number of different goals. The course that was most
important in my life was the Turning
Point which gave me a strong shove towards leading my life rather than having
my life lead me.
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is just one of many kinds of psychotherapy which focusses on taking
you inside yourself, often back to things that happened in the past, in order
to help you discover both why you are the way you are and how to change yourself.
It's also a useful technique for relaxing.
Autogenic
Training
Somewhere between Hypnotherapy and Meditation comes Autogenic Training, another
useful technique for relaxing and particularly good for dealing with the various
kinds of stress we draw to ourselves.
Alternative
Holiday Camps
Holiday camps are fun, and allow you to go in as deep or shallow as you feel
like going. There are plenty of alternative holiday locations to choose from.
A couple I've been to:- Cortijo Romero in Las Alpujarras
in Spain; Atsitsa on the Greek Island of Skyros
Cortijo Romero - Holistic Holidays
This is a beautiful place with different courses running each week. Most people
just go for one week, but I went for two consecutive weeks. I thought that since
I was going so far, I might as well make the most of it. I didn't regret that
decision.
Skyros Holistic Vacations - Atsitsa
They run their courses in two week blocks. During each week you can choose up
to 3 different courses in which to take part. I think most people sign up for
3 in their first week, and then realize they're also on holiday and do much
less in the second week.