Our First Energy Work Day at Inverquiech

I've been hoping to link up the worlds of practical sustainable living and complementary therapy for many years, really since 2006 when I started exploring what a sustainable way of life might look like in real life - (see my first eco blog post here). In the past I've met permaculture practitioners who dismiss energy work out of hand and complementary therapists who don't see the importance of looking after the environment.

So it's been absolutely amazing after all this time to find myself at last bringing it all together with my great friend Kate Everett, farmer at Inverqueich.

A magical venue - Kate's yurt in the woods, near the confluence of two rivers, a very peaceful, grounded, balanced, nurturing space.

I've been helping out there, making a composting toilet on a trailer base, amongst other things, and also running the woodworking part of my sustainable living courses there (All Things Sustainable). We've been talking about putting on some kind of therapy/healing event for a while but finally took the plunge and set one up for last Sunday.

ENERGY HEALING INTRODUCTION - 12th November 2023

We planned a day to include an introduction to energy body anatomy, Chi Kung practice, a card game based around interpersonal patterns and a listening exercise, making the whole thing as relevant to everyday life as we could. We weren't too sure how people would take to the whole thing but in the end we were absolutely delighted by the response. The participants were mostly from the Timeshare Permaculture group Kate has set up so they were already on that wavelength or already had experience of different complementary therapies, so they took to the day like ducks to water, right from the very start. We've had wonderful feedback from everyone, it really feels like at last the time is right for events like this, helping people to understand the tremendous potential for energy work in our everyday lives, part of a whole sustainable post-industrial way of healthcare within a whole sustainable way of life.

LOOK OUT FOR MORE ENERGY WORK COURSES COMING SOON!

Kate and I are already dreaming up ideas for more events. We'll probably repeat this first day with a tweak or two, it worked so well, and build on that. We have a second day planned which will include dowsing and lightworking, but we are keen to explore and develop this whole world further - it has so much potential to help us in these crazy times... do please email in your own ideas too: ianecowatt@gmail.com

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LOOSENING UP TIGHT JAWS AND RELEASING STRESS

This is the focus for our group session this week - Thursday 26th January, 9 to 9.30pm UK time. 

Tightening up our jaws is one of our involuntary reactions to stress - it may be a kind of protective device, tightening up the cranium to protect the brain in dangerous situations. (The masseter muscles can load up your jaw with anything up to 200lbs). It's not a good long term strategy though... along with tight neck and shoulders, it leads to strain and restriction in several key areas, the cranial base/atlas, vagus nerves, jugular veins, TMJ's...