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This week Charly and I interviewed Georgina Abrahams or "JD". JD together with a team of other volunteers is the instigator and organiser of "Spiritfest" which is now in its 8th year. It will be happening again from January 7-10, 2010, in a National Park about 1 1/2 hours drive from the centre of Sydney.
Each year Spiritfest has a theme and this time the theme is "creativity".

Technology is "king" and creativity has been pushed aside and is seen as  a kind of luxury, an indulgence, something that is just for fun when we have nothing better to do. Yet - creativity is very important and very broad - don't just think "art" or "crafts".
Listen to our interview to find out lots more about creativity and Spiritfest:

If you are interested in participating and want to find out all the details, download the 2010 brochure here

Connie and Charly

Today Charly and I discussed "Giveaways" on our radio show. Giveaways are events on the internet which you can take part in. Usually giveaways have a theme or a directed at a specific interest group. When an Internet marketer decides to organise a giveaway  they first of all need contributors or JV partners who are willing to give a product (usually downloadable) or a service free of charge.  Charly and Lenore Miller from Outrageously Healthy have just organised a giveaway. The "Outrageous Health Giveaway" is open at the moment for anybody interested in Health and Wellbeing. There are over 85 gifts there at the time of writing and there might be more. Charly and Lenore have checked out the gifts personally to make sure they are good quality. Check it out here:

http://stretchyourmindandbody.com/blog/mowb 

As a "member" you can then visit the giveaway and download as many of the products as you want free of charge in return for giving your name and email address to the person who contributed the gift.

In case you have a great gift you want to contribute it may not be too late, talk to Charly and Lenore here:

http://stretchyourmindandbody.com/blog/mowb-jv

Hop on over and check out the Outrageous Health giveaway today!

Connie and Charly

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Barbara Searles is a talented massage therapist who practices integrative massage - and we were honored to have her as our guest on the Stretch Your Mind and Body Talk Show.  Barbara spoke at length about using massage as therapy instead of remedial work.

Massage is a wonderful tool that anyone can use to maintain their health and wellbeing - and not just use when things go wrong.

Your body is a finely tuned engine, and it is necessary to keep up the maintenance - so it makes sense to receive regular 'services' - massage is one way of providing that regular service and looking after your body.  Regular doesn't have to mean weekly, bi-weekly or monthly either.... it can mean 3 or 4 times a year.  The thing is to make the appointments BEFORE you feel you need the therapy.

Massage doesn't have to be painful, or very painful, either.  This is a major point to consider, as many people have had experiences where the massage is incredibly painful as the therapist has worked deep in the muscles.   How deep the therapist works and how much pain is experienced should be determined as much by the client, as by the therapist.  Often, the more pain, the less effective the treatment.

As an integrative therapist, Barbara doesn't practice one particular type of massage therapy.  This is an interesting point as many therapists will ask their clients what type of treatment they need at the time of booking.  With an integrative therapy, the therapist will use a combination of styles that work best for their client at that point in time - which has to be much better for the therapist and the client together.

Myofascial Release

Myofascial Release is one style that Barbara does specialize in. Myofascial Release is a technique that provides sustained pressure into myofascial restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion.

Fascia is literally a weave that covers and connects every muscle, bone, nerve, artery and vein in the body, as well as all of our internal organs including the heart, lungs, brain and spinal cord. Fascia is one weave that covers the body from head to toe, without any breaks.

Myofascial literally means the muscular fascia.

By working with the Fascia, a massage therapist is able to coax the body back into its normal state.  This type of therapy can be very gentle as it relies on small changes and doesn't coerce muscles into moving and relaxing, but the positive effects of the Myofascial release can be more profound and last longer.

Massage As Therapy

Consider using massage as a ongoing therapy to keep your body in tune - one of the other side benefits of massage is that it will also give your mind some downtime and help you balance your mind and body connection better.

You can listen to our interview with Barbara Searles from BodyWorks Lancaster to find out more about massage as therapy

You can also connect with Barbara as @BodyworksPA on Twitter and Facebook or through her Bodyworks Therapeutic Massage facebook page.