Community Meeting Sunday Tecoma

I was only 19 Just back from Oscar’s yapping about the protest and how we are going. On way home heard this song on radio … I think the ANZACS are ‘here’. I think there is something I must now do. There is no try …

They’ve been told to BURGER OFF and MEDIATE!

Outstanding! MELISSA IARIA SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 3:59PM HERALD SUN Change.org Petition cracked 100K … thanks to all that US Media coverage. They’ve been ordered by Victoria’s highest court to burger off and mediate. McDonald’s and a group of protesters fiercely against the fast-food giant’s plans for a restaurant at Tecoma have been ordered to go…

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course

WHAT? 8 WEEKS “Worldwide, tens of thousands of people have accepted this invitation. They are a lot like you and me, and they’ve learned to integrate these methods into their everyday lives. The Centre for Mindfulness, which developed MBSR, notes that “three decades of published research indicates that the majority of people who use these…

Mahalo Hour ~ this Friday

Please come Friends to Oscar’s, all welcome. ‘Mahalo’ – I am assured means ‘to thank’ and ‘to be grateful’ in Hawaiian. The idea for MAHALO HOUR cracked across my mind in manner similar to electrical storm but the idea is not mine alone. MAHALO HOUR comes from the movie “I Love Huckabees” or sometimes called…

Melancholy & Romance ~ Just because …

Since we lost the FoxTel Box due to the Tesla Coil mishap and subsequent burning, I have been YouTube-ing it a bit and listening to a bit more of Lana Del Rey. She has such a melancholic melodious voice full of blues and soul. I am captivated with what might have been. Such delightful torment.…

Stress System Overload ~ It is real

OK so we all experience stress here and there but stress is becoming a major health hazard with people working and eating on a 24 hour schedule. Have you ever felt as though you have been pushed too far and cannot get it together? As though you are turning the ignition key but the engine…

Couples in Conflict

So everybody in relationship with another person – could be child, sister, brother, colleague, neighbour, father, mother, partner – doesn’t matter what kind of relationship it is – will eventually experience the erruption of conflict. Conflict is an inevitable consequence of being human, of being individual and seeing things from a unique perspective. None of…

Introductory Course in Mindfulness Self Kindness

WHAT? The group is for people who have already developed a mindfulness practice and will introduce people to the concepts and practices of Mindful Self Compassion as developed by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer. WHO? Trainer John Julian WHERE? Magpie House Upwey WHEN? 7:00 – 9:30pm Week 1 – 25th September week 2 – 9th…