Getting in touch with yourself

Press, 26 September 1988, Page 18

Getting in touch with yourself

A New Zealander, Kath Scott, will hold a two-day rebirthing seminar for men and women at the Bishopdale Community Centre this week-end, October 1 and 2.

Kath says this is a chance to experience rebirthing and learn the basic principles involved. It is an opportunity to relax in a supportive environment, realise life can go the way you want it to, have a heart-warming experience of yourself and others, and connect with love as the source of your being. The fee is $lOO or $BO for those who have been on a previous seminar with Kath. This includes the evening meal on Saturday. For enrolments or for further information phone Janita McStay at 516-837 or Walter Logeman at 792-517. Shiatsu In July, Sarah Chester ran a workshop on the use of shiatsu to enhance relationships which created so much interest, many people had to be turned away. In reponse to the demand, Sarah is running another workshop over the week-end of October 8 and 9. This will be at Meadow Park Conference Room, 39 Meadow Street, and will cost $6O. Shiatsu is a form of acupressure, believed to be effective in healing, and enhancing the wellbeing of both receiver and giver. It can also be a gentle way of releasing the defences. For more details and booking phone 885-903 or leave your name and number for Sarah at 791171. Yoga Shandor Remete, a world renowned yoga teacher, will give a lecture and demonstration at

The Yoga Room this Thursday, September 29. This will be at The Yoga Room’s new address at 132 High Street, starting at 8 p.m. The cost is $B. Shandor Remete will also be teaching classes and giving a workshop this week-end. For more details phone The Yoga Room at 667-333. Mid-career assessment A Mid-Career Assessment Workshop will be held this Friday and Saturday, September 30 and October 1. This aims to help people sort out directions and will be especially helpful for those who have been made redundant, those dissatisfied with their work situation, and women returning to the workforce. This will be held at Hagley High School on the Friday evening and all day Saturday. For more details phone the leader, Dr Bryan Gray, at 559872, and for enrolments phone 793-090. Better reading Clarity Communications is running a workshop for

those wanting to read faster and get more out of their reading. Called Reading with Greater Speed and Efficiency, it is for anyone who needs to read a lot of written material, perhaps managers who nee to digest lots of reports or doctors who receive a lot of promotional information. This will be on three consecutive Tuesdays, from 5.30 p.m. to 8 p.m., starting October 4, at Leinster House, Leinster Road, Merivale. The tutor is Paddy Austin, a linguist and communication specialist. The cost is $104.50. For more details and enrolments phone Clarity at 556-802. Family survival With the aim of strengthening and supporting families and the individuals in them, the Save Our Homes Organisation is running a series of family survival seminars. These are at the Hornby Rugby Club Rooms, from 9.45 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. on the Fridays of September 30, October 7 and 14, the topics being Anger Management, Liv-

ing on a Little, and Understanding and Communicating with Teens. At the South Brighton Community Centre, at the same times, there will be four more seminars. These will be on Thursdays, from September 29 to October 20. The topics are Understanding Depression, Building Self-Esteem, Handling Unemployment, and Preparing Parents and Children for the Teen Years. The cost is $1.50 per session. A free creche is available. If transport is needed contact Jan Wood at 830-225 or Jenni Brewster at 885-270 for the South Brighton seminars, and Elaine O’Connor at 496-343 for the seminars at Hornby. Communica ting with children An eight-week course for those wanting to improve the way they relate to children begins next Tuesday morning, October 4. The leader is Reg Smith, a former nurse now working as a psychotherapist. He is the father of three. Reg will teach basic communication skills and help people find new solutions to old problems, in a supportive and sharing atmosphere. The cost is $4O. For more details phone Reg at 227-927. Infertility Fertility detection will be the topic of the Christchurch Infertility Society’s meeting tomorrow evening, September 27i Jane Jeffries from Reckitt and Coleman Pharmaceuticals will talk about the new Clearplan test, which detects the surge in hormone levels most women experience before ovulation. This is said to be 98 per cent

accurate in detecting ovulation. A spokesperson from the Natural Family Planning Clinic will talk on how to detect Ovulation from the changes in cervical mucus. The meeting, open to anyone interested, will begin at 7.30 p.m. at Averill Lounge, St Mary’s Church,in Merivale. For further information phone Carol at 843-775.

Home birth Anyone wanting to know more about the home birth option is invited to an open meeting of the Canterbury Home Birth Support Group this Thursday, September 29. This will be in the Flee room, upstairs at 301 Montreal Street, starting at 7.30 p.m. For further information contact Sala Gorrie at 898-281 or Marie at 852023. Manic depressives Professor Eugene Paykel, of the psychiatry department at Cambridge University, will be the guest speaker at the Manic Depressive Society’s meeting tomorrow evening, September 27. Members and friends and anyone else interested are invited to the talk, at the School of Medicine’s Rolleston lecture theatre, starting at 8 p.m.

Women’s self defence Positive Action selfdefence classes for women starting soon are at* Lyttelton, in the early evening, from this Thursday, September 29. Phone Debra Rhode at 288-794; Mairehau High School, in the afternoons, starting Wednesday, October 5. Contact Marge Scott at 853-145; Christchurch Polytechnic, in the mornings, starting Friday, October 14. Contact Lynne Gifford at 553-952 or the Y.W.C.A. at 663-063, and Lyttelton, for girls between 6 and 13, in the afternoons, starting Tuesday, October 18. Contact Ann Kingsford at 288-309. For more information contact the tutor, Lynne Gifford at 553-952. Teenage group Presbyterian Support’s popular Teenage Creative Drama Support Group starts again on October 11 and meets every Tuesday evening, from 6 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. at Hereford House, 236 Hereford Street until November 15. Anyone interested can phone Judy Howard or Jocelyn Wilson at 665-472. Mountain craft A Basic Mountain Craft course for young people 14 years and over will be held over the week-end of October 7 to 9. This will cover using the ice axe, step cutting, self-arrest, rock and scree travel, rope handling, belaying procedures and shelters. It hasn’t yet been decided where it will be held, as this depends on finding the right snow conditions. The course is being offered by the Young Men’s Christian Association. For more details and bookings contact Roz Service there, at 12 Hereford Street or phone 660-689.