This sneak peek from our Summer 2019 issue (available now) focuses on the amazing book ‘How to Be Happy,’ written by well-known comedienne, actress and mental health activist Ruby Wax, neuroscientist Dr. Ash Ranpura, and Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten. We were thrilled to chat to Ruby Wax about the book, and hear her nuggets of wisdom on the human mind. You can read the full article in our Summer 2019 issue. Click here to find your nearest stockist, or subscribe to receive a copy of the magazine direct to your door.
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Positive Nights Presents: The Man Who Changed His Brain & The Woman Who Had a Day to Live
We are thrilled to be hosting an exciting evening with Ray Behan – the man who changed his brain – and Antonella Traino – the woman who had one day to live. This will take place on Thursday June 6th, from 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. in Bewley’s Café, 78/79 Grafton Street, Dublin 2.
Ray Behan has been a property developer, property educator and property writer for almost three decades. He is also very active in promoting the practical application of quantum physics, quantum mechanics, biology, and frequently writes and speaks on quantum, human consciousness and the ‘egoic and biological self’. He has studied quantum phenomena, biology and cosmic consciousness for many years with some of the greatest educators in their field of human personal development, such as Dr. John Demartini, Jack Canfield, and Benjamin J. Harvey.
Antonella survived a near-death experience, and is now a health and mindset educator, a qualified counsellor and a trained facilitator of The Demartini Method. She has studied human behaviour, psychology and personal growth for over twenty years, and has assisted numerous people break through their self-limiting beliefs and perceptions. Antonella is passionate about mindsets, quantum physics, neuroplasticity, epigenetics, psychoneuroimmunology and stepping outside the boundaries of what mainstream culture tells us.
During this enthralling event with Ray and Antonella, we will discuss a range of topics, including:
Why the brain is just a processor of information, while ‘we’ are outside the brain.
Antonella’s healing process, the day she almost died, and how she changed her mindset so much that she now travels the world, teaching, helping and healing.
The meaning behind the phrase ‘The Indoctrination of the Imagination’.
Details from Ray’s new book (yet to be released), The Man Who Changed His Brain. In the book, he discusses how science proves the existence of God.
The connection between neurology and biology, and how your ‘biography’ becomes your ‘biology’.
How meditation truly works.
To book your tickets, just click here.
Positive Nights Presents: The Man Who Changed His Brain and the Woman Who Had a Day to Live
We are thrilled to be hosting an exciting evening with Ray Behan – the man who changed his brain – and Antonella Traino – the woman who had one day to live. This will take place on Thursday June 6th, from 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. in Bewley’s Café, 78/79 Grafton Street, Dublin 2.
Tantric visionary and educator Dawn Cartwright shares her beautiful insights about kindness in the bedroom, and the difference this can make to our intimate lives. This article appeared in our Spring 2019 issue.
Happy Winter Solstice, Positive Lifers! In this extract from our Winter 2018/19 issue, acclaimed health and wellness coach Alison Canavan discusses some of the challenges of winter, and how we can learn how to thrive during the winters of life. Remember: the darkest hour comes before the dawn.
November Vibes: Events and Products to Warm the Heart as Winter Begins
November‘s News: It’s official. Winter is here, and it’s time for the gloves and scarves to come out. Our summer heatwave is a distant memory … but there are many things to look forward to about this time of year. What could be better, for instance, than sitting beside a roaring fire, dressed in cosy pyjamas and enjoying some delicious hot chocolate, while the cold rages on outside? We have picked out a number of treats for you to check out this month, ranging from our very own Positive Nights events (look out for our extra-special speed dating event or Heartsongs with John Bowker) to an in-depth look at the gorgeous Calm Rooms of Monkstown, Co. Dublin.
Positive Nights: Some of Our Best Picks to Enjoy!
Following our successful speed dating events last November and April, we are ready to bring it to another level and help singles to connect once again. From your hosts with the most, Orla Bass and Paul Congdon, we present to you an evening of Speed Dating From the Heart on Thursday the 22nd of November, from 7.15 to 10.00 p.m. in Bewley’s Café, 78/79 Grafton Street, Dublin 2. Doors open at 6.45 p.m. Click here to learn more and get your tickets.
Also make sure you keep an eye out for our Heartsongs with John Bowker on December 6th, and our event with Andrea Hayes on December 13th. Details will be announced soon – watch this space!
The Organic Trust: Excellence Assured
The Organic Trust is the organic certification body of choice for professional organic producers in Ireland. The Trust describes their mission as, quite simply, “upholding the integrity of organic food.” The organic food sector in Ireland is in a continuous state of development, and the Organic Trust are proud to certify a huge range of organic products on retail shelves in Ireland (with the bulk of Irish-produced organic food being marketed under the Organic Trust logo). If you are an organic producer who wants to learn more, make sure you check out their website!
The Calm Rooms of Monkstown: An Oasis of Wellness
The Calm Rooms is a brand-new wellness hub in Monkstown Village, specialising in therapeutic treatments, meditation, yoga and pilates. This new business is hoping to establish themselves as a premium centre for wellness and relaxation in the city. We can’t wait until they announce their full range of treatments! Check out their website or Facebook page to learn more. You can also watch our recent Facebook live video that we did with them to get a sense of what they’re all about.
Our Exciting New Visualisation Track With Judith McAdam
We are pleased to introduce a meditation track we have always wanted to do for you: a 20-minute visualisation in which you get to actively enhance your resonance with health, love, abundance and your personal purpose. This track was co-created by the Positive Life team and Judith McAdam. Judith is a renowned theologian, kinesiologist, holistic life coach and author of the beautiful book The Source, and we are thrilled to have launched this new collaboration with her. To learn more and download the track, just click here.
Kevin James Carroll’s Chanting Circles are a co-creative and empowering experience that can have you singing your heart out, dancing in bliss and diving deep into the profound silence that follows. On Thursday July 5th, he will be holding a very special Heart Song Celebration in the Irishtown Gospel Hall, Dublin 4, from 6 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. Read on to learn more!
On Thursday July 5th, Kevin James is delighted to introduce a session of summer Sunset chanting of sweet mantras and Heart Songs in the beautiful Irishtown Gospel Hall, Dublin 4.
The Songs and mantras of Kevin James are about re-connection. They are a gift to the many hearts remembering the ONE: an expression of the movement of realisation that is spreading across the planet right now. This is a movement that honours the ancient cultures and religions of the world, embracing their commonality… their Oneness.
Each Heart Song is a modern devotional Hymn, a song of clear intent and purpose: to expand awareness beyond the thinking mind, to enter the bliss of the heart.
Doors will be open from 6.00 p.m. for a light social start, before the main event kicks off at 7.00 p.m. Various raw organic treats, juices and teas will be available to purchase. Admission to the event is €25.
For more information, check out the event’s Facebook page. Kevin James’ website is kevinjamesheartsongs.com.
Folk Magic: Martin Duffy reveals the great things in store at the Spirit of Folk festival
Autumn is here and festival season is winding down, but the Spirit of Folk festival, taking place on the 9th and 10th of September in Dunderry Park, Co. Meath, is one gem you don’t want to miss. We are giving away two tickets to this fantastic festival. Simply follow Positive Life on Facebook or Twitter, share this post on your Facebook or Twitter page and tag @positivelifemag so we know! A winner will be selected soon. Good luck!
By Aisling Cronin
The Spirit of Folk festival, originally founded in 2011, has become renowned as a must-go venue for upcoming folk music acts. In addition, the festival provides spiritual seekers with a wide range of activities to enjoy, including drumming circles, shamanic workshops, and a variety of inspiring talks by some leading names in the world of druidry, shamanism, and transpersonal psychology.
This year, the festival will take place in Dunderry Park, Co. Meath, on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th of September. Dunderry Park is home to The Transpersonal Institute and the Irish Centre for Shamanic Studies, which offer a wide variety of courses on shamanism, yoga, counselling, transpersonal psychology, and more. All talks at the Spirit of Folk festival will be based on this theme. Ahead of this exciting weekend, we spoke to Martin Duffy, co-founder of the festival, to learn about the many events that festival attendees can expect.
We hear that Dunderry Park is celebrating its twentieth anniversary, so that must make this year’s festival extra significant!
Yes – that’s why we’re running it this year. We had put a hold on the festival last year, as we wanted the land to recover, but this year, we’re really fine-tuning the idea of Spirit of Folk being a holistic festival. This is why we’ve made it a non-alcohol event. The ethos of the Centre is more about people getting into themselves than getting outside of themselves, which is an effect that alcohol tends to have.
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
What I am most looking forward to is the gathering of people who have been coming and going to the Centre for the last twenty years. We’ll have a huge drumming circle and a speakers’ tent, with speakers such as Professor Ivor Browne, Jungian therapist Jasbinder Garnermann, and myself and Annette Peard will be doing a druid ceremony and talking about transpersonal vision. There will be folk music, of course, and a play taking place on our woodland stage. We like to promote upcoming bands that don’t have an opportunity to perform in many other places. It’s centred around folk, blues, and traditional types of music. There will also be storytelling with Eddie Hanahan and others in a little cairn that we have in one of our fields, which fits about forty people. We will also have childrens’ activities taking place throughout the weekend.
Can you tell us more about what yourself and Annette will be doing?
Annette and I will be doing the opening ceremony – a druid ceremony – which will be celebrating the autumn equinox. Annette works as a druidess, so she will be doing a ceremony that involves honouring the earth and the ancestors, and everybody will get to participate in this ceremony. She’ll also be talking about druidry in modern times, and how relevant it is in our world today.
How do you hope the festival continues to grow and develop in the years ahead?
We are going to look at this year as a template for going forward, where we can have a festival that is somewhat different to many other summer festivals, in the sense that it would be a holistic, child-friendly, and animal-friendly event, that isn’t centred around alcohol.
The Spirit of Folk Festival is taking place on the 9th and 10th of September 2017 in Dunderry Park, Navan, Co. Meath. For more information about the festival programme and booking details, see spiritoffolk.ie. To learn more about Dunderry Park, the Transpersonal Institute, and the Irish Centre for Shamanic Studies, go to www.dunderrypark.org.
Experience the power, beauty and wisdom of sacred Lomi Lomi Nui Massage and Hawaiian Kahuna bodywork. These forms of massage, rooted in the Mysticism of Ancient Hawai’i, aim to access new levels of cellular intelligence, clear old trauma and uplift the Spirit.
Attend a 6-Day training in Kahuna Bodywork or Lomi Lomi Nui, June 5-10, 2015 at Cliffs of Moher Retreat in Co. Clare, with certificate upon completion. Jody will offer extended training in a second Retreat at the same location, June 14-19, 2015.
For more information visit www.LineageofLight.com.
Watch a video below from Jody’s Hawaiian Mysticism Retreat 2011 in Molokai where Jody introduces us to more about Lomi Lomi Nui Massage.
Low self esteem effects people from all walks of life and is one of the biggest reasons why people feel unhappy and unfulfilled in their lives. People come to life coaching because they want things to be different in their lives, they want to know how to be happy, how to be successful, how to achieve their goals. But one of the biggest issues holding people back from making changes and getting the life that they really want, is low self esteem.
If you find that you talk yourself out of doing things for fear of ‘making a mistake’ or being deemed a ‘failure’, then your self esteem may need a boost. Practicing these 10 simple habits on a daily basis will soon have you out of the low self esteem trap.
1. Get involved. Learning a new skill or becoming part of something bigger than yourself (like a community project) can really work wonders for your self esteem.
2. Get interested. By becoming interested in other people, you give yourself mental space away from your own pre-occupations and worries. When you engage with people in this way, you feel valued and needed.
3. Treat yourself better. Making a mistake, failing or behaving badly does not mean that you are a failure or a bad person; so stop being so hard on yourself. Acknowledge and praise your achievements, even the smallest ones. Start treating yourself like you would a good friend or a small child.
4. Take Responsibility. The way you think and talk impacts on your feelings and emotional state, so ‘choose’ to think and speak more positively. Ask yourself if there is something that you can do to make things better and stop blaming and complaining. This type of behavior makes you feel more in control and can be a major boost for self esteem.
5. Go with the flow. Going with the flow means accepting things just the way they are. When you let go of the need to control things, you become less fearful, stressed and anxious.
6. Pursue personal goals. Investing in your future gives a great sense of purpose. Small milestones or achievements along the way can often boost confidence more than achieving the overall goal.
7. Stop worrying about what other people think. If you place too much emphasis on being liked and accepted by others, your self esteem will fluctuate based on the response you get from others. Being true to yourself is far more empowering.
8. Be yourself. When you don’t express your opinion, tastes and interests, people are deprived form getting to know the real you. So be who you are, because you never know who would love the person you hide.
9. Be Grateful. Every night, try to list 5 things that happened during the day that you are grateful for. You may start to notice that your life isn’t so bad after all and in fact you have quite a lot to be thankful for.
10. Body talk. How we carry ourselves, can have a profound affect on your mental state and mood. So when your self esteem is on the floor, force yourself to sit up straight, walk tall and smile. You will be amazed at the affect it has on your mood and self esteem.
Patricia Keane is a life coach and owner of Live Simply in Dublin 2.