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How walking down stairs changed my life!
I realised today it is now 10 years since I completed my NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Complementary Therapies at Daventry College. How did someone who taught for two universities and ran a successful support business for charities come to change direction so completely? In June 2007 I was teaching “Managing Voluntary Organisations” for Leicester…
Read MoreWe are now a “Cancer Aware” centre!
Following the weekend training at the Centre, we are now able to say that The Amethyst Centre is a “Cancer Aware” Centre! The Amethyst Centre became the first Centre in the UK to become accredited with the “Supporting Clients with Cancer” qualification. This qualification has been developed by Elizabeth Russell of Global Heart Healing and…
Read MoreCBT comes to the Amethyst Centre
We’re really pleased to welcome Ben Warden to the team in the Centre later this month. Ben is a student CBT practitioner and is looking for case studies to complete his qualification. If you, or if you know of someone who has been told CBT would help them but who needs to see someone privately,…
Read MoreThe answer is yes – now what’s the question?
I went to a seminar last week about storytelling, and I learned about Shep. Shep was a hippie really, and after he was let out of jail in LA, he found himself heading towards a group of people having a party. He found a young man there and asked him “What’s your problem?” So the…
Read MoreSonia Bhanot – Reiki Practitioner
We are welcoming Sonia Bhanot to the Amethyst Centre on Tuesdays from the 15th. She is a level 3a Usui Reiki practitioner, progressing to a teaching Usui Reiki Master in the near future. She has always had a spiritual connection, meditating and exploring Hindu scriptures and teachings for many years. Having worked in the public…
Read MorePlease welcome Polly Bartlett!
I’m so pleased that at last Polly Bartlett is joining us at the Centre this Thursday, and on Thursdays for the foreseeable future. Our paths have kept crossing for some time and finally the time is right. She is offering tasters of her healing work for just £15 for the next couple of weeks or…
Read MoreFree counselling via The Hummingbird Centre
We are pleased to welcome Juliette from the Hummingbird Centre to the Amethyst Centre on Thursday afternoons from next week, to provide free counselling for cancer patients and their families. This is what they say about what they offer people: A cancer diagnosis and the effects of treatment can have a significant impact on your…
Read MoreThe Amethyst Centre steps up to fill the gaps!
Some of you are parents with teens looking to get qualified in a vocational subject. Some of you might know of someone older who wants to change career and who is looking for a national qualification in a vocational subject. Did you know that the FE colleges locally are cutting down on some of the…
Read MoreSupporting Clients with Cancer
The Centre is delighted to bring you training on Supporting Clients with Cancer. This is open to anyone who is working in a clinic, salon or spa, or as a therapist, and who wants to make sure that they can work with clients who have received a diagnosis of cancer. Bliss Russell, the trainer, has…
Read MoreJessica May on Coventry
Jessica May, who is with us every Friday, has a newsletter every month. Here’s what she says about her work in Coventry: As I said earlier in this issue, one of my main lessons so far this year has been to trust Spirit. When they direct you somewhere or you keep seeing signs, it’s always…
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