Courses:

Massage courses

Ongoing Holistic and Polynesian massage courses
For healers and individuals with a genuine desire
to heal other Beings

2 DAYS' DURATION (over weekdays or a weekend)
(Max. 8 students per course)

The course includes:

1. Spiritual Connection
2. Full Body Holistic Massage
3. Neuro-Lymphatic Drainage
4. Full Body Polynesian Massage

Certificate: Yes.

Date: As per arrangement.

Times: 9.00am to approx. 5.00pm both days.

Venue: Fourways area. All interested parties will be advised as soon as final arrangements will be confirmed.

Catering: tea, coffee will be provided, lunch bring and share.

Energy exchange: R 3200 cash for the full two days.
Note: if anyone feels that this course is definitely needed for his/her
healing activities, but has a genuine financial restriction, please contact George-Gabriel.

Deposit: 50% (R 1600) non-refundable with booking, into our bank account.
Once deposit is confirmed, your place for the course is assured. Balance payable in cash (please no cheques) before beginning of course.

Please fax copy of deposit slip to:
George-Gabriel Berkovits, Fax no.: 086-670-9406 or e-mail to george@soulhealer.co.za

Bank details:
Account name: George G.P.R. Berkovits
Bank: FNB (First National Bank)
Branch: Northgate
Branch number: 25-67-55
Account number: 620 1127 5642
Current account

What to bring: large beach towels, blankets, a large pillow, a small pillow, smiling face, radiant mood. If you have your own portable massage bed, please let us know at booking, and bring it with you.

Wear: sarong or comfortable, unrestrictive, loose clothing, but also take something warm (track suit), depending on weather conditions.

It is our legal duty to point out, that the course in Holistic Massage and Polynesian Massage includes bodywork teaching, where the body is in a fully unclothed, undraped and uncovered state.
Especially Polynesian Massage is not performed in any other way, and effective Neuro-Lymphatic Drainage demands full access to the lymphatic system.
You will be surprised, when caring for someone who’s body is in it’s natural form, the gentleness and loving healing you will feel, opposed to the generally believed, mistaken sexual references. Gender differences and sexual innuendos do not belong in this course. We care for Beings only.

A person cannot aspire to be a Healer/Bodyworker without being in harmony with the complete Self first, this means the Body, Mind and Spirit.

If there is any religious or personal objection to the above, please realise,
that this course is not for you. If you are under 21 years of age, the same applies.
With your application, you confirm that all the above has been read and accepted without objection.

We do thank you for your Love, Respect and Trust,
as we offer Love, Respect, Trust, Teaching,
Healing and Gentle Nurturing in return.

Soulhealing Seminar
under consruction

Heal asthma - the natural way

FOR ASTHMA SUFFERERS

"The Natural Breath Method"TM (Buteyko)

BASED ON RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUES BY PROFESSOR KONSTANTIN BUTEYKO

What is THE NATURAL BREATH METHOD?

The NATURAL BREATH METHOD is a drug free way of controlling and managing asthma symptoms, as well as other respiratory conditions such as rhinitis, bronchitis, hayfever and other allergies like dust mites, animal hair etc. It is a complementary, holistic therapy, which looks at the whole person and can be learned in conjunction with using your medication until you have taken control of your symptoms.

What will it do?

It will significantly reduce and usually eliminate altogether the symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, asthma "attacks", coughing, fatigue, runny or blocked nose, tight chest, sinusitis and so on - whilst at the same time significantly reduce and usually eliminate altogether reliance on the medication used to treat these conditions, including steroids. Good news for those who are worried about the long term health implications of daily usage of strong drugs.

How does it work?

THE NATURAL BREATH METHOD works by training you to breathe at the optimum level for good respiratory health. The originator's, Professor Buteyko's assertion is that asthmatics habitually overbreathe, or hyperventilate, which contributes to asthma, but this hyperventilation is so ingrained, that it is not noticed or taken account of by modern medicine. By correcting breathing patterns, asthmatics can lead a normal life without totally relying on drugs. Briefly, Carbon Dioxide is not just a "waste gas" - but is vital to our health, and by overbreathing, asthmatics lose too much carbon dioxide. Their airways constrict and they feel asthma symptoms. As carbon dioxide is a natural muscle relaxant, by keeping it in the body for longer, the airways will relax, and symptoms will go.

Will it work for me?

If you have asthma or any similar respiratory condition, the answer is almost certainly a "Yes!". Of course the method needs to be correctly learned. You need tuition to learn the Method for full effect.

What about my GP?

We aim to work in conjunction with your GP. When you book on a course, please notify your GP explaining that we have accepted you as a client. You are never advised to alter your current medication without discussing it with your GP first. He will give you advice on correct use of reliever and preventer drugs. What we do find is that by learning THE METHOD, you no longer have the asthma symptoms, and therefore your GP is happy to reduce your drugs.

My Asthma is under control - can the METHOD still help me?

You may think you have control of your asthma, but how often do you take your drugs, or how often do you become short of breath or wheezy? Even mild asthma can be hugely improved or eliminated by using THE NATURAL BREATH METHOD. Of course, if you are totally content with relying on your drugs, do not worry about the possible long term health implications, and are happy with the ever increasing prescription charges, then THE METHOD is not for you.

Having hayfever (not asthma)

Good news for you - THE METHOD is excellent at relieving hayfever symptoms - runny eyes, running or blocked nose, headaches, itching and so on. Also useful for other allergies which affect the respiratory system.

How long will it take to work?

This depends on the severity of your symptoms, your current medication and your application of the method. People who have mild asthma, hayfever, rhinitis, sinusitis etc, should see results within a few weeks, and significant improvement after about a month. Improvement will continue with practice at home, and symptoms should have mostly disappeared after a couple of months.

Mild asthmatics are those who take reliever (salbutamol) medication only occasionally and/or use steroid (preventer) drugs at difficult times, but who are otherwise in control of their symptoms, with no "attacks" requiring hospitalisation.

For those with more severe asthma, bronchitis or emphysema, should start to feel an improvement within 3 weeks, see more improvement after 6 weeks, and see significant results after two months. With continued practice and follow up sessions, symptoms and reliever drug usage should be greatly reduced (with full supervision by your GP).

More severe asthma is that which is not really under control, with reliever medication needing to be taken several times a day, steroids every day, nebuliser use and asthma attacks. Also "brittle asthma".

What does it involve?

At its most basic level, the THE METHOD is a series of breathing exercises, taught to you over a number of 2-hour sessions, and then practiced at home. It will also give advice on diet and general lifestyle to create a holistic approach. To start with, you should keep records charting your progress, and should practice the exercises several times a day. This is until you reach a certain competence at the exercises, and you start controlling your symptoms. Thereafter, you can just do the exercises when you feel the need, maybe before sport, when you have a virus or any time when you feel symptoms appearing.

Does it work for children too?

Yes. Children have not had a long time in which to learn to breathe incorrectly, so results are usually quicker and even more effective. It can be successfully learned by children as young as eight, with their parent's help and guidance.

Who is Professor Buteyko?

Konstantin Buteyko is a Russian Professor who discovered during his time at the First Medical Institute, Moscow, that how people breathe affects their health. In his experiments spanning 45 years, he found that when asked to overbreathe, patients developed unpleasant symptoms, but when taught how to breathe correctly, these symptoms disappeared. He experimented on himself, and devised a programme by which a patient's breathing could be measured and then reconditioned. When results of his first studies were presented to the Scientific Forum at the Institute, his colleagues were stunned. Many did not believe him, despite quick recovery of over 200 very sick people. Buteyko then taught 200 medical specialists his method, and soon they were all treating other patients. Official records show that by January 1967, more than 1000 patients suffering from asthma had been successfully treated and had fully recovered from their conditions. Russian cosmonauts are fully trained in Professor Buteyko's breathing method.

What are the Benefits?

Courses Available

We offer training of THE NATURAL BREATH METHOD in modular form. Each class is about two hours in duration, and will take everyone's individual symptoms and condition into account. It also involves Holistic Teachings, meaning, that we take the relationship between Body, Mind and Spirit into perspective. You will need four basic classes to correctly learn THE METHOD, and then depending on the severity of your condition, if needed, another one or two classes to give you sufficient competence and confidence to continue practicing at home.

You will not be advised to stop taking any medication without your GP's knowledge/consent.

If you cannot travel, we will try to arrange tuition at your home. This is charged at a higher rate with expenses as extra.

Investment

R3200 - Full Course consisting of four classes.

A medical questionnaire will be given at the start of the course, regarding the basics to give us an idea of your current condition.

Disclaimer: All the information provided in the courses and workshops is based on the extensive work and research of Prof. Konstantin Buteyko as expressed in various books and on the Internet. All information is designed to assist you to become empowered to assume greater responsibility for your health. The programs outlined are not intended to replace conventional medical treatment and you are advised to consult your physician before, during and after any program of self health. George Berkovits, the Sanctuary Of Soul and it's associates cannot accept liability.

Holistic Healing Course

The course in Holistic Healing can be best described with one word: BLESSING.

This is the starting point, the ABC, for the individual who realised his/her infinite and magnificent potential and powers to heal the Self and other Fellow Beings, and has the intention to do so.

Once the awareness of those Healing Powers is in existence, a desire for knowledge arises, with the natural questions: "What do I do?" and "Where do I start?"

Holistic Healing, where the word "holistic" means whole or complete, refers to the healing of another holy trinity: the Body, the Mind and the Spirit. This is the complete dimension of a Human Being.

To heal the Being, all three parts need to be addressed. This is the sad reason of the incompleteness of our medical science, where only the Body is being treated, the Mind only at times, the Spirit not at all.

The course in Holistic Healing will explain and teach:

Within the Course, a range of modalities will be used and presented, including Mindpower,
Spiritual Teaching, Energy Healing, Chakra's, Human Sexuality, etc., with a number of practical and physical demonstrations.
The last two days are fully dedicated to healing the Body, with a full course of Full Body Holistic Massage, Full Body Polynesian Massage and Neuro-Lymphatic Drainage.

The Holistic Healing course runs over four days, with cash investment of R 4600.oo.
A non-refundable deposit of 50% is payable at booking, balance in cash at registration before
start of Course.

Venue and date to be advised.

It is our legal duty to point out, that the course in Holistic Massage and Polynesian Massage includes bodywork teaching, where the body is in a fully unclothed, undraped and uncovered state.
Especially Polynesian Massage is not performed in any other way and effective Neuro-Lymphatic Drainage demands full access to the lymphatic system.
You will be surprised, when caring for someone who’s body is in it’s natural form, the gentleness and loving healing you will feel, opposed to the generally believed, mistaken sexual references. Gender differences and sexual innuendos do not belong in this course. We care for Beings only.

A person cannot aspire to be a Healer/Bodyworker without being in harmony with the complete Self first, this means the Body, Mind and Spirit.

If there is any religious or personal objection to the above, please realise,
that this course is not for you. If you are under 21 years of age, the same applies.
With your application, you confirm that all the above has been read and accepted without objection.

We do thank you for your Love, Respect and Trust,
as we offer Love, Respect, Trust, Teaching,
Healing and Gentle Nurturing in return.

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