presented by Chris Stormer

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Acclaimed World Authority On Natural Health And Healing
Author, Presenter, Facilitator Of Soul Safaris And Dolphin Swims
 
Emotions are strange! One minute you may be feeling ‘on top of the world’ and then, within seconds, as ‘flat as a pancake’! Even though emotions are an integral part of everyday life, they are often elusive, seemly without rhyme or reason. After all, you cry when sad, but also when happy. Your smiles can be gestures of pleasure or otherwise grimaces of despair.
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Presented by Alorah Arliotis

Blessings to you all, 

By now you are right into life in 2009, with an inner awareness that many things are happening around the world and in your own world simultaneously...

I am paying careful attention to the powerful shifts and at the same time I am watching the stock market, economy, banks, politicians, governments and businesses go slowly into melt down with a brave half smile... Read On...

I have just spent the most incredible week in the UK with Chris Stormer.  We always have such fun when we travel together and we both feel it is a gift to be able to share the Universal Foot knowledge at seminars around the world.  And at the end of our fabulous day in Perth in Scotland last week, Chris took my hand and said the words that have most definitely changed my life forever!  “Sally, it’s time for me to move on and get these new books out, so I’m handing the sharing of Universal Reflexology and the Language of the Feet over to you... starting from next year.”

Here’s the Universal shift, in Chris’s own inimitable words...
 

“I have, once again, been doing a lot of soul searching. As you may know, ten years ago I planned to move on from feet, but, at that time, the Universe had other ideas, for which I am hugely grateful since it really has been a fantastic journey and I have loved every step of the way!

 I am not, however, getting the new books out! My feet barely touch the ground! So, after asking the Universe what to do, I have been guided as follows: from the beginning of 2010, I am putting the sharing of the Universal Approach to Feet and the Language of the Feet into the beautiful and very capable hands of Sally Teixeira - I’m so thrilled!!!
 
Being so passionate and loving what I do, I shall continue to give 2-3 hour presentations on whatever comes up… along with the home seminar and all the ‘funky’ ones to dates. Yyyiiipppeeee!!!… The books are finally getting the time and the love they deserve!”

I have never really appreciated what ‘speechless’ meant until that moment.  But now that I have recovered from the initial 'shock' I am deeply touched and honoured to be taking on this Universal role.  
 
The subtle ways of the Universe are quite incredible.  Chris and I have realised that she will be presenting the last of her Universal Feet seminars while she is with me in Rio de Janeiro in November.  A truly serendipitous occasion to celebrate the closing of one chapter and the opening of another in our respective journeys through life. 
 
I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Chris for the incredible love, joy, healing and inspiration she has shared around the world over the years and to express my heartfelt gratitude for her presence in our lives. 
 
And I so look forward to meeting you all and to sharing the insights of the ‘Universal Approach to Feet & Reflexology’ and the ‘Language of the Feet’ with you, wherever you are in the world!
 
In love and light
 
Sally
Guardian of Universal Foot & Sole Knowledge

 

by Barbara Cheney

When I visited Namibia in November I met with the extraordinary MaryBeth Gallagher who runs an after school programme at the Bernhard Nordkamp Centre. I’d found details of the centre on www.stuffyourrucksack.com (this website is for tourists/travellers and lists the needs of organisations in countries all over the world) and she requested picture books, footballs and computer CDs – and I took as many as I could carry. But my visit to the centre revealed another very distinct need – for volunteer helpers.

Located in the township of Katatura on the outskirts of the capital, Windhoek, the centre caters for 350 children who are either orphans or vulnerable children (or OVCs as development workers refer to them). They live with either a neighbour or relative if both their parents have died. Unless she has a volunteer working with her, MaryBeth single-handedly looks after them. She exudes passion for the children and her commitment to them is 100 per cent.

She makes sure that the children all attend school: if they don’t show up, she finds out why and rectifies the situation. She’s at the centre at lunchtime when the children come to have soup (she admits it’s not very nice but the cook makes the best of limited ingredients), and is there for the after school programme when the children can stay until the gates are locked at 6pm. On Saturdays, there’s organised football in the morning and reading in the afternoon. On Sundays all the children have the opportunity to go swimming: MaryBeth used her impressive powers of persuasion to arrange for all 350 of them to have free admission to the local pool. I saw this pool after the security guards kindly opened the gates for us after hours, and it is well looked after and surrounded by green grass – altogether a lovely environment for the children to spend a Sunday. But in contrast, down the road from the centre the two football pitches didn’t have a blade of grass between them. The ground looked harsh for young football feet to be running around on and there’s also broken glass, thorns and barbed wire to contend with. Nevertheless, the football programme is well attended and has the good fortune to be assisted by Coach Lemme, who used to be on the Namibian football team.

Considering the centre caters for so many children, it is small and it is clean. Opening off the open-air yard, and all kept locked when not in use, are a playroom, a computer room and a library. It may sound grand but the half dozen computers are dinosaurs and crammed into a tiny airless room.

The ‘library’ consists of a series of shelves on one wall holding the books, which are colour-coded and shelved according to reading age, with the books for the youngest children on the bottom shelf. MaryBeth says that none of the children are advanced readers but she obviously likes to bestow her love of books on them: ‘No! You don’t turn pages like that!’ she scolded as some children scrunched the corners of the pages with dirty fingers. She carefully wiped the greasy marks from the page and demonstrated how to turn a page and why it should be done like that. The children immediately focused on turning the pages without marking the book in any way, and were thrilled (in a very self conscious way) when they were praised.

Another incident again made evident the high respect the children have for MaryBeth. While we were talking in the playroom a dispute over a board game had arisen in the yard and two children came in quarrelling. MaryBeth simply asked: ‘Do you want Barbara to remember you as two fighting children? Or do you want her to go away thinking of you playing together beautifully?’ It took them only a split second to make their decision and quietly leave us. Being of a curious nature, I couldn’t help peeking round the corner a couple of minutes later, only to observe them engrossed in their game.

In the playroom the cupboards are packed with home-made games, lovingly crafted by MaryBeth and any helpers, including visiting friends and relatives, who were around at the time.

Although all children in Namibia are entitled to go to school, if they fall behind in class they have no support and little hope of catching up. MaryBeth says that none of the children who attend the centre are academic although she does her best to help instil basic numeracy and literacy skills. But her main priority seems to be good manners, reasoning that with good manners the children can at least get domestic jobs as a when they are older.

The children I met at the centre were delightful, and my heart continues to go out to them. MaryBeth works a 7-day week, and all her waking hours seem to be devoted to the centre. When she’s not at the centre itself she’s out scrounging supplies – she gets day-old bread for the Sunday swimmers, checks out and acquires anything useful that others throw away (all the games are made from reclaimed cardboard, yogurt pots etc), finds a home for inappropriately donated items, and talks to people who may be beneficial for the centre.

MaryBeth truly appreciates the help of good volunteers, but they don’t come often enough. If you, or anyone you know, are interested in dedicating some time (anything up to 3 months due to visa restrictions) as a volunteer it could be an immensely rewarding experience. You need to be prepared to work hard to stimulate the children and have heaps of energy. It could make a sound grounding for anyone who wants to be a teacher. For further details send an email directly to Marybeth: marybeth_gallagher@yahoo.com. But be patient waiting for a reply, she’s got 350 kids to attend to, first!


By: Vanessa Edwards

When I first began my studies to become a Feng Shui Consultant, in my ignorance I did not expect that learning to dowse was part of the plan, I had no idea that geopathic stress existed, or that to be able to clear and transform this energy was to become a vital part of my new work. These days I believe the energy we don’t see is as important as that which we do see. I realise this is an extremely profound statement, yet my work since 1998 has proved this time and again to be the case.
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