I wanted to contact you regarding an event I am organizing
through the SELP program called the “Energy for Life” Project. This
idea was born out of witnessing a close friend’s struggle with Stage iv
Metastatic Breast Cancer. I saw needless suffering on her part because she
either did not know what resources were available to her or she found out
months down the road or she didn’t have the money to take advantage of
them. This resulted in an extremely stressful situation for her and she
was not able to calm down enough to create the peaceful mind set that she
needed to heal.
I became angry that women were being handed a mind-
boggling breast cancer diagnoses and then left to figure out how to get
themselves to chemo on time or how to manage their stress. Some hospitals give
free energy treatments to Breast Cancer patients,many do not. There is a gap in
how well we look after these women after they are given this horrible diagnosis
and if it continues more women will suffer needless stress.
As a former student of Healing Touch, I know first hand that
a body cannot heal well in a stressful state. I also know that most of the
caregiving usually falls to one person, the spouse, and they burn out quickly
under the pressure. It was under that premise that I decided to create an event
that gave free energy treatments (Reiki, Healing Touch, Reflexology, Massage, etc)
to women with breast cancer and their caregivers. I also wanted to network them
with local businesses and organizations that provide them with products,
programs and resources so they have that at their fingertips and can get help
without any stressful delays.
We currently need 7 -8 energy practitioners to donate 1 day
(Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 , 9am – 5pm) towards making a difference in these
women’s lives. We also need to raise money to cover the venue cost.
I am sending you our flyer for the event Our facebook
page is “Energy for Life” Project. Don’t forget the quotation
marks.
I can be contacted at 480 760-3921 or at this email address. Looking
forward to seeing what we can create for these women.
Live a life of Possibilities
Barb Holland
In Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, a Londoner has created a project to bring colour and vibrancy to her city in a variety of ways. On January 16th, ‘Colour Your City’ held its first meeting to come up with different ways for people to ‘Colour Your Day’.
Plans include developing large scale art projects to colour neighborhoods, planting new gardens and flowers, creating homemade craftwork for public locations, and even having individuals dress more colourfully. Read more at Colour Your City.
Last fall, David Bates put on a unique haunted house event in Brookline, Massachusetts, as a benefit for sick children. ‘Scary-Good’, his project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, was both a haunted house and costume party held on Sunday, October 30, with a $10 fee that went to Milagros Para Ninos (Miracles for Children) Fund at Children’s Hospital. Bates has a strong connection to Children’s Hospital – his own son Andy was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and survived it thanks to treatment and care received at the hospital. Bates wants to be sure that all parents and children have access to groundbreaking research and care. The full story of the event is available at Wicked Local Brookline.
Leading Indian news network IBN recently wrote about projects created in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme in Chennai, India. Each of the projects mentioned improved the city in some tangible way. One woman took on having companies adopt sections of bad road in the city for improvement, bringing attention to the issue. Another man is tackling illiteracy by setting up a one-to-one teaching programme. Read about all the different projects at the website of the Indian Broadcasting Network or at Landmark Education News.
Veronica Spencer took a novel approach with her project from Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program. In an effort to raise awareness about Diabetes and encourage people to take actions to reduce their risk from the disease (November is Diabetes Awareness Month), Spencer arranged a Flash Mob dancing to Michael Jackson’s Beat It in Oak Harbor, Washington, at a Chamber of Commerce after hours event. The Flash Mob Project, titled ‘Beat It – Diabetes’, was made into a video for Youtube and reported on in The Whidbey News-Times.
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