Love... Daydream... Dance! Sing! Laugh! Create! Breathe! Live Deeply! Come... Open your heart... Learn from the past, celebrate the moment, and look to the future. Relax... Celebrate each day!

The eve of February began with our team celebrating Sonja’s (massage therapist) 40th Birthday!   It was so joyous to connect with others, to dance and play and laugh on the lawn under the stars.

There is always something to celebrate in life. Celebration has been a part of human life since humans have been on Earth.  They enhance our lives and our relationships. Valentine’s day is on February 14th - an opportunity to celebrate intimacy and togetherness.

Valentine's Day is a time when we give gifts as symbols or tokens of our romantic love and friendship.  We hope to let the recipients know that we care about them and that they are meaningful in our lives.  But as with many holiday practices, the rituals themselves can become the focus of our time, energy and efforts to such an extent that we lose sight of the actual meaning and purpose.   A sincere and heartfelt gesture lets our loved ones know how much we truly care for them.  

This Valentine's Day let us join our hearts, minds, and spirits and celebrate the joy of being alive and express our gratitude to each other.  It takes each of us to make a strong community and each one of us has a special contribution to make in this world.  Let's choose to honor each other's special gifts and together our community will bloom.

A token of love
Indulge someone you care about with a nurturing massage voucher. Nothing says ‘I love you’ quite like it. - Beautifully presented.

Aromatherapy for Romance
This Valentine’s Day, enlist the power of scent to help you create a romantic atmosphere. Using fragrant essential oils for romance and seduction is nothing new. In ancient Egypt and Rome, bathing with essential oils was part of the ritual of preparation for lovemaking. Cleopatra, one of the most renowned lovers of all time, is reputed to have scented the sails of her royal barge with rose water to seduce Mark Antony as she sailed to meet him.

There’s a logical explanation for scent’s powerful effect on romantic feelings. The olfactory lobe of the brain is part of the limbic system, the same area that produces sexual desires.  Studies do validate an intriguing link between scent and sexual response.
Traditionally, these oils are considered to have aphrodisiac properties:

Clary Sage, Jasmin, Neroli, Patchouli, Rose, Sandalwood, Vetiver & Ylang Ylang.

A combination of these in a base oil for a sensuous massage, vaporised or added to a bath are all ways in which you can infuse your love life with the pleasure of sensual scents.

Sensual, Relaxation Bath:
Taking the time to prepare yourself for romance gives you the opportunity to unwind from the activities of the day and to turn your thoughts to love and sensuality – even if you are on your own!  Enjoy loving yourself.

Fill a bath with warm water, add 3 to 10 drops of essential oil (or a combination of oils, along with 1/2 cup of Epsom salts to relax tense muscles and 1 cup of baking soda to soften your skin. Many of the aphrodisiac essential oils are very potent. It takes only about 3 drops of jasmine, patchouli, vetiver or ylang ylang to scent an entire bathtub of water.   Float a few rose petals in the water, and bathe by candlelight.

Here @ Yes 2 Life we stock a comprehensive range of high quality Eclipse Essential Oils and Base Oils, including Massage blends and Vaporisers.

New soy body massage candles
A luxurious blend of nourishing shea butter, soy, almond and jojoba oils, lightly fragranced with essential oils.

Natural soy wax with rich emollient oils including shea butter, jojoba and almond oils all lovingly blended and contained in a practical tin. These candles burn at a safe, low temperature producing a warm pool of silky, spreadable, massage oil. Not waxy at all, a wonderful massage oil for the skin.

The candle is gently scented as it is being applied to the body, not to fragrance a room.

Directions: Light the candle for 20 mins, blow out the flame. Pour warm oil into your hands or onto your partner's body and gently massage into skin.

WHY DO WE CHOOSE SOY CANDLES?

We always put an emphasis on conducting business in an ethical, responsible, clear, and ecological way.

Soy candles are made from soy wax, which is hydrogenated soybean oil.
Soy candles have the following advantages compared to paraffin wax candles:

Soy wax is made from a renewable source.

Soy wax is all-natural - Soy wax is a favorite of environmentally conscious people because it is not made from petroleum, like paraffin candles. Burning of soy candles does not increase the CO2 level in the atmosphere.

Soy candles last longer - They can last up to 50% longer than paraffin candles.

Wax spills are easy to clean - It's very difficult to remove paraffin wax from furniture or textiles. Soy wax spills can easily be cleaned up with hot soapy water.

Soy candles produce less soot - Soot should be avoided because it is very unhealthy and can eventually coat furniture and walls. Soy candles produce about 90% less soot that paraffin candles.

Scented soy candles distribute more flavour - The incorporation of soybean oil lowers the melting point of the candle, which translates into cooler burning candles and faster scent dispersion. The lower melting point of soy wax results in a larger size of the liquid wax pool around the candle wick. It is from this liquid wax pool that the essential oils evaporate into the atmosphere.

ALL WE NEED NOW IS THE MUSIC…. CD’s:

Love Is Space, by Deva Premal contains six sacred mantras, including Gatè Gatè, the heart sutra of Buddha, and Om Mani Padme Hum, the ancient Tibetan invocation. Also included is the exquisitely performed West African chant, Idè Werê Werê. The sound texture is rich and expansive, with Deva's beautiful voice calling us all on to higher ground, and into the sanctuary of our own hearts.
“Songs For The Inner Lover is a powerful and passionate work of love. The beautiful music of Miten and Deva Premal truly speaks to the heart and will move your soul.
There is a sense of the prophetic in Asha's music, but above all love and beauty. Asha achieves an extraordinary blend of styles, drawing intuitively from classical, folk, world and popular music traditions to create one singular synthesis - romantic new-age music. On Music for Love, rather than just composing music , Asha unearths something very ancient, very loving and long forgotten, It is the sort of music we already have in our heart, and removing it again can be profoundly moving like coming home.
HOW TO LOVE A WOMAN by Clarissa Pinkola Estes – 3CD’s Dr. Estes teaches that in love relationships, each partner challenges, nourishes, and transforms the other. To achieve this lifelong love requires an understanding of the mysterious internal cycles that fuel relationships. Through irresistible storytelling, How to Love a Woman shows how every relationship fades and expires, only to be reborn in a fresh and strengthened form.

A new and exciting abundance guide and absolute empowerment at its best. A life-transforming and mind-expanding approach for successful living. This book of prosperity principles will inspire you with simple, yet powerful lessons for life; and spiritual truths for enlightenment, to quickly and easily accelerate your attraction power.

Over 1 million copies already sold in the USA. An absolute bestseller! Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant THE SHACK wrestles with the timeless question, 'Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?' The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!

Postural Massage
by Sonja'O'Hagan, Massage Therapist

Most of the pain problems we see in adults are the result of postural misalignments they have had since childhood or adolescence. These misalignments generally have little to do with bones; they are mostly soft-tissue problems.

The human skeleton has evolved to be upright. The bones of the thighs and shins, being lined up end on end support the weight of the upper body, transferring that weight through the ankle joints, the arches of the feet and into the ground. The spine, with its thirty one bones and three gentle curvatures provides the ideal combination of mobility and support. The curves of the spine increase its strength tenfold (10xthat of a straight spine).

In the ideal human, bones are aligned in such a way that the effects of gravity are neutralized. Deviations from the ideal alignment result in imbalance, gravity is no longer neutralised as effectively by the skeleton, and therefore the muscles use more & more effort to keep the skeleton upright. Normal muscle tissue has only two options – contract or relax. Muscles on the concave side of the curve will tend to shortened (these muscle are often strong), muscles on the convex side lengthened (overstretched and usually weak).

The treatment is massage with Medium to deep pressure, stretching, stretches to do at home  and strengthening exercises, the posture can improve, the pain reduced and the range of movement improved. The bone structure can be change if the condition as not go on for too long, the muscle tone and weakness can definitely be changed . To change your posture takes a course of treatments which are at a reduced rate, once a week for six or eight week. For the treatment to be effective the home stretches and exercises most be done. All the pictures below are severe cases; most people as they age have one or more of these conditions in veering degrees.

Kyphosis
by Sonja'O'Hagan, Massage Therapist

Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing of the back, Leading to slouching posture, rounding of the shoulders, hunchback, head jutting forward and decreased abdominal space for breathing. Some possible symptoms

• Sore upper back/neck
• Headaches
• Shoulder/ arm problems

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
- Mother Teresa

YES 2 LIFE ANGEL NETWORK
Making a Difference!

The Angel Network encourages people to make a positive difference in the lives of others.

The premise behind the Angel Network is simple: working together, we can accomplish more than we could working alone. The network consists of like-minded people who want to pool their skills and resources to contribute to others in need. The common goal is to offer a portion of our time, love and resources to assist and comfort our fellow neighbours in need.

The Angel Network fosters a sense of supportive energy and community spirit.

What does the Angel Network do?
People come together to learn about and give toward all different types of issues in care and support of people in need in the local community.

ANGEL NETWORK NOMINATION PROGRAM

To begin this process the Practitioners at YES 2 LIFE are offering their time and services free each month to a nominee.

It is our intention to invite you and the wider community to nominate a person or people (can be yourself) who you believe is in need of assistance.

The services currently being offered are:

-  Counselling
-  Art Therapy
-  Hypnotherapy
-  Massage
-  Meditation
-  Massage
-  Personal Development Workshops
-  Product Vouchers

How to Nominate Someone:

Firstly write down the name of the person you wish to nominate and the reason why.  Please include your name and contact details as the Nominator.  Place your nomination in an envelope addressed to the Yes 2 Life Angel Network Nomination Program and bring it to Yes 2 Life.

Each month a nominee will be selected and offered our services for FREE. The value of these services will vary however; the value can exceed $400.00.

A representative from Yes 2 Life will contact you, the Nominator, first to give you the opportunity to contact the Nominee yourself or to recall the nomination if you wish.   We are also happy to contact them ourselves.

What Can You Do?

Offer Your Services & Support.

Please write your name and contact details along with how you feel you can assist the Angel Network.

The Yes 2 Life Angel Network will continue to grow and expand.  Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.  We will keep you up to date by way of email and on our website.

Thank you for your generosity & kindness in contributing to:

THE ANGEL NETWORK ‘GIVING TREE’ - DELIVERING
CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO THOSE IN NEED AT CHRISTMAS

These gifts were delivered to Glenda of Mt Nasura on Christmas Eve.  Glenda is a carer and volunteer who then chose to distribute the gifts amongst women and children at a women’s shelter.

"Charity is a virtue of the heart. Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue."  -- Joseph Addison

Love Is In The Earth
by Melody

Contains over 1400 mineral descriptions outlining the metaphysical and mineralogical properties of the mineral kingdom. Over 1400 crystals and minerals described with over 1400 full-colour photographs. The crowning glory of the Love is in the Earth series!

From Melody's book: Rose quartz emits a calming energy which can work on all of the chakras to gently remove negativity and to reinstate the loving, gentle forces of self-love. It bringing calmness and clarity to the emotions and restores the mind to harmony after chaotic or crisis situations. It is an excellent energy for healing emotional wounds. It opens the heart center, allowing for the dissolution of stress and tension. The energy is soft and silky and rose quartz has been called "the stone of gentle love" bringing peace to relationships. It promotes receptivity to the beauty of art, music and the written word, enlivening imagination and representing a young, warm love.

FEBRUARY WORKSHOPS

YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE LOVE YOURSELF WORKSHOP

Saturday 7th February 2009
1:30pm - 4.30pm & Only $30.00

Facilitated by Zora Harvie
Certified Workshop Leader, Spiritual Life Coach Counsellor.
Come and experience this transformational workshop created by best-selling author Louise L Hay (You Can Heal Your Life).

You will discover the mindset that has limited your success in business, financial abundance, intimate relationships, spiritual growth, and much more. Learn powerful and effective techniques that eliminate negative self-esteem beliefs, that are simple and effective to use. Take a step forward on your journey to self empowerment. This is an opportunity to create change in a supportive and safe space. Allowing your purpose and expression of your true self to shine.

Comprehensive notes provided and one participant will win a copy of You Can Heal You Life by Louise Hay.

BEYOND THE MASK
Facilitated by Eugene Chattelle

Commencement Date:
Wednesday 11th February 2009

An eight week course exploring the masks we wear, their purpose, how they serve us ~ and identifying those masks that no longer fit. This is a process of honoring all aspects of the self, including those parts that may feel afraid or have been wounded and those parts calling out for our acceptance and recognition. Symbolically, every mask tells a story and embodies a character or archetype.

As we become more conscious of our own stories and the parts we play in the drama of life, we can begin to re ~ claim our creativity and take the role of writer and director of our own life’s journey. By taking charge of the script, we come to realize that we do have choices every moment of our lives and the more we take responsibility for our choices the more enriched our lives become ~ and the fewer masks we require.
With the use of Story, Art, Music,Guided Imagery,and sharing (from a transpersonal perspective), we will celebrate the joy of self discovery and the wonder of the human spirit.
NOURISHMENT FOR THE SOUL

No previous artistic experience necessary
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Duration: 8 week course
Cost: $350.00 (All materials and Morning Tea Provided)

Create Your Own Healing Mandala
Facilitated by Eugene Chattelle

Commencement Date
Saturday 14th February 2009

An 8 week course in which we will go in search of and explore symbols that have had meaning for us throughout our lives.

Come on a wonderful journey of self-discovery and rekindle the joy of creating from the imagination … and in the process meet other like-minded people to share this magical journey with.

Mandalas have been created throughout time by many cultures. They could be described as a kind of Spiritual Map. Mandala is actually Sanskrit for Circle, Polygon. Community, Connection and a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern, which represents the cosmos, metaphysically or symbolically. Carl Jung saw the Mandala as a representation of the unconscious self.

All through the ages human beings have sort symbolic meaning from nature, dreams, visions, story and the cosmos, in order to find direction and a deeper understanding of self and to make sense of the world in which they live.

These images have then served as a kind of anchor, a place of reference to come back to, to find solace, direction, a connection to ones spiritual self or as a reminder of where we have come from and what is truly meaningful on the journey of life.

You will be guided to find your own meaningful symbols and then be assisted in the process of creating a personal Mandala of your own, your own “unique” ‘Spiritual Map’. Eugene.

NO ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

Venue: The tranquil bush setting of Soul Ways in Roleystone
Times: 9.30am – 12.00pm
Cost: $350.00 for the 8 week course (all materials & morning tea provided)

Psychic Development & Tarot Workshop – Saturday Afternoons
Please contact us for further details

Monday Morning Meditation & Morning Tea has resumed…
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Children’s Meditation & Story Telling – Saturday Mornings

More Workshops?
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