Being Proud and Confident

2 Keys to Postural Alignment

Create a new connection to Yourself and learn how to tap into your selfawareness to help correct bad postural habits

15th to the 17th of March Somers, Mornington Peninsula

Medica Complete Health

Experience the Healing Power of Your Self

The two and a half days workshop is a fantastic way to get hands on experience and make a real difference to your life and the lives of other people in the workshop Spiro Antoniades, as an experienced health practitioner, will enhance your experience by integrating powerful mind-body therapeutic techniques to facilitate lasting change within you. He will assist you to get in touch with what really matters to you Should you choose to embark on this journey of personal development you need to know this means you consciously take an important step for your whole life to change, given you maintain practice after the workshop. Imagine what your life would be like if you were to let go of the limiting beliefs you hold about yourself! The program involves: i. specific aerobic exercises and repetitive yoga style postures to help strengthen your lumbar spine, ii. individualized craniosacral therapy sessions to assist with freeing your chest from somatic or emotional restrictions, iii. group manual therapy sessions where you would pair up with other participants to learn how to release the cervical spine, iv. yoganidra to learn to direct self healing for the whole spine, v. the study and practice of simple exercises that will help correct your posture to take home and practice, vi. group discussions at the end of the day to share experiences and wisdom, It would be unfair not to mention amazing food cooked with love by your facilitator!

Why this Workshop?

I always wondered what happened in the West and people have lost their fighting and inner warrior state of being, why we present with so many back problems, stiff necks, shallow breathing, thyroid dysfunction. I look around me and I see fear, submission, anger, rounded shoulders, slouching characters, obesity. Then, I look at old pictures of the ancient people, the people who lived with and from the Earth and I see Pride (with the positive meaning), Stamina, Inspiration, Self Confidence. We, here in the western world, give more value to objects, so we work hard to acquire. Together with the fact we also live in our heads (or in some computers head the last couple of decades), we find ourselves working in positions our bodies were not designed to be. We learn to abide to rules and regulations that are imposed upon us, but they do not necessarily spring out from a deep understanding of Respect to the Other (Remember last decade? Tolerate rather than encompass!). So we again find ourselves to be obedient and fearful. We grew up within a nuclear family with limited, often, beliefs, and not in a community which shares experiences. Over the years, I have seen numerous cases of the above. Treatments always help to correct peoples posture, moreso if they are also pro-active. Treatments, however, are well limited in their positive effects, especially if the person lacks self awareness. I came to understand that when one gains a strong insight about themselves, then it is much easier to change a condition. This Workshop is designed to give this insight to the participants. Our aim is to create a comfortable, supportive, and warm environment, where each one of us entrusts their Self to the other participants, knowing that all that happens stays within the group. We will swap stories, open our Hearts, trust our bodies to each other, eat great food, play, laugh (or cry if needed!).

Therapeutic Sessions at the Workshop

This transformational program utilises each other as co-facilitators, exercise, physical therapies and mindfulness techniques, to give you tools that will assist you to create lasting change and become the best You that you can be The CranioSacral System consists of the brain, spinal cord, membranes & fluid within it. The fluid has a rhythm all its own, like your heartbeat or pulse. When there is a disruption in the system, dysfunction can occur. A disruption means that the cerebral spinal fluid is not flowing to its maximum potential. It can be caused by an accident, such as a blow to the head or a fall. A disruption can also occur from any sort of repeated physical or emotional stress, chemical toxicity (from medications, for example), or environmental toxicity. To correct a disruption, the therapist will use gentle non-intrusive techniques to free restrictions of the soft tissue, bone structure, & central nervous system. The therapist facilitates rather than induces a change. The client decides upon the level of physical and/or emotional change. CranioSacral Therapists are trained to release restrictions in the body. CranioSacral Therapy (CST) calms the central nervous system, allowing the body and mind to be stronger and more resilient. In general, CST is very relaxing and people report feeling exceptionally grounded immediately after a session. At the Workshop the CST sessions will focus on the relation of the Heart/ Emotional issues that may be contributing to thoracic restrictions and bad posture Yoganidra as a state of mind between wakefulness and sleep that opens deep phases of the mind, connecting mentally an initial request (visualization, or mantra) within specific body parts, while meditating on each part. It is a state of conscious deep sleep. One appears to be sleeping but the unconscious mind is functioning at a deeper level: it is sleep with a trace of deep awareness. In normal sleep we lose track of our self but in yoganidra, while consciousness of the world is dim and relaxation is deep, there remains an inward lucidity and experiences may be absorbed to be recalled later. Since yoganidra involves an aimless & effortless relaxation it is often held by a facilitator who verbally delivers instructions. In the Workshop, yoganidra will focus on postural alignment The techniques used in the group therapy sessions focusing in the release of the neck and the occipital base, are based on CST, myotherapy and relaxation massage techniques. The protocol followed is developed by Spiro, and is a powerful tool to utilize in order to deeply relax the receiver, so optimal safe traction is applied. The result is stunning, the receiver feels the positive effects straight after the treatment: better oxygenation of the brain, feeling of significant alignment, sometimes euphoria

Mind-Body Medicine

Your Facilitator

Spiro Antoniades BHSc(Acupuncture), Adv. Dip. TCM (Herbs), Adv. Dip. Massage (Myotherapy), CSI I& II, SER I & II Spiro Antoniades studied Chinese Medicine and Therapeutic Massage at Victoria University in Melbourne. Upon graduation in 1995, Spiro started treating and teaching Massage at Victoria University Since then, he has established a number of practices around Melbourne, partaken in the formation of a non-profit organisation treating heroin addiction with acupuncture, and taught massage and various Chinese medicine aspects in universities and government organisations His current clinic is Medica Complete Health in East Brunswick, Melbourne. He furthered his medical knowledge by undertaking studies in craniosacral therapy, designed by the Upledger Institute of Craniosacral therapy and Osteopathy in Florida, USA. Spiros Antoniades has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Chinese herbs at the Southern School of Natural Therapies, and, more recently, an Advanced Diploma in Massage (Myotherapy) at Kangan TAFE. His current passion is the study and medical application of the ancient Greek Hippocratean wisdom, in conjunction to the contemporary traditional Greek medicine and dietary therapy. His primary treating style is now a fusion of myotherapy, shiatsu techniques, medicinal herbal remedies based on the ancient Greek Hippocratean system of the Four Humors, and craniosacral techniques

Your Investment

Full Program Price: $ 400

Payment schedule: $150 non-refundable deposit by the 28th of February.

Its an all-inclusive package: all you need to pay for are your travel expenses, and drinks. You would also need to bring: your own breakfast, bed linen, towels, running shoes, and training clothes. We are renting a family holiday home with enough rooms and beds to accommodate us, so to keep expenses low, therefore we have to be respectful towards the owners and leave it the way we found it. If people wish, Spiro will organize car pulling. Somers is only 1.15 hours away from Brunswick, using the Eastern Freeway and Eastlink. The price includes: 2 nights accommodation (some might have to be twin share rooms if the participants exceed the number of rooms) with late check out time on the last day (after 6pm), lunches and dinners from Friday night to Sunday noon, 2 half hour craniosacral treatments, facilitated exercises (yoga style, aerobic, simple tricks) for 1.30 hours per day, facilitated group therapy workshops (hands on) for 1 hour per day, yoganidra for half an hour per day, facilitated group discussions for an hour at the end of the day (for 3 days)

Program Details

First Day: Arrival at Somers by Friday the 15th of March, 6.30 pm Settling in, Introductions of the participants Dinner at 7.30 pm After dinner: A short film projection as an ice braker and starting point of discussion. Theme of Discussion: Confidence: How it affects our Minds and Bodies. A few explanatory notes about the workshop by the facilitator Second Day: Breakfast by 9 am 10 am: Specific running technique Upon return: rhythmic yoga exercises to strengthen the lower back 11.30 am -12 pm: Individual Craniosacral therapy focusing on the thoracic spine, emotional blockages, self confidence* 1 pm: Lunch 2 - 5 pm: Individual Craniosacral therapy focusing on the thoracic spine, emotional blockages, self confidence* 5 pm 6.30 pm: 1 hour of hands on guided practice (in pairs) to release the cervical spine and the occipital base 6.30 pm 7pm: Yoganidra focusing on the healing of the whole spine 7 pm: Dinner After dinner: Socrates on Self Confidence as a starting point of discussion. Sharing our experiences from the first day of the workshop. Demonstration and practice of simple tricks to hold a correct posture Third Day: Breakfast by 8 am 9 am: Specific running technique Upon return: rhythmic yoga exercises to strengthen the lower back, demonstration and practice of simple tricks to hold a correct posture 10.30 am -12 pm: Individual Craniosacral therapy focusing on the thoracic spine, emotional blockages, self confidence* 1 pm: Lunch 2 - 4 pm: Individual Craniosacral therapy focusing on the thoracic spine, emotional blockages, self confidence* 4 pm 5 pm: 1 hour of hands on guided practice (in pairs) to release the cervical spine and the occipital base 5 pm 5.30 pm: Yoganidra focusing on the healing of the whole spine 5.30 pm: Cleaning up the space that offered us refuge the last few days After cleaning: Retrospection, Introspection, Sharing of our experience, Closure *During the Craniosacral session times each participant is required to be present to receive a half hour treatment per day. Whilst not on the treatment table you can choose to do anything you wish during the designated time, as long as you respect the space of the others (Somers beach is a great way to spend this time for a nice stroll!)

Being Proud and Confident

2 Keys to Postural Alignment

To book your place in this transformational program contact: spy2idon@yahoo.com or Spiro Antoniades at Medica Complete Health on 0412 901 007, or 03 9381 1773