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Biography: Leonie began her career in the health arena studying Diagnostic Radiography at the University of Pretoria and qualifying in 1971. She practiced as a Radiographer in both Pretoria and Johannesburg training hospitals for the next 11 years, after which she raised a family. In 1999, she embarked on studying the three-year Postural Integration course and received certification from the International Centre for Release and Integration in the USA. She enhanced these skills in 2004 by attending a workshop in Advanced Postural Integration. Before her PI studies, she was certified in 1998 in Cranio Sacral and Breath Work therapy which focuses on soft energy adjustments. Shortly after that, she certified in advanced Metaphysical healing skills from the Academy for Metaphysical Studies in 1999. She also became a Reiki (Usui) and Karuna Ki Master in 2000. Since qualifying as a Postural Integrator, she has also learnt Touch for Health (TFH) and studied extensively with Ada Porat of the Possibilities vocational school. Leonie is highly intuitive and has excellent
listening skills. She
considers life her teacher and feels blessed with the compassion and
understanding that she gained through what she likes to call her own
"life lessons". She deeply honors the wisdom of the body believing that
if the correct "switches" (structural and emotional) are found, the
body knows what to do. The body structure is her passion and she sees
it telling the individual's story on all levels: emotional, mental,
spiritual and structural. She enjoys working with children of any age (soft
energy adjustments
with babies and children up to about 10 years of age); working with
both partners in a relationship, seeing them individually in separate
sessions.Assisting clients relax the Psoas muscle ( The Mighty muscle
within). Read about it at: http://www.bodymindpain.com/newsletter.htm Cape
Town Rural Rustenburg, North West
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Biography:
Stephne graduated with a degree in Psychology before leaving South
Africa to travel overseas and further her studies. In 1987, she was
certified in Los Angeles, USA as a Postural Integration Therapist by
the Institute for Body mind Integrative Studies.
For seven years she worked in a Santa Monica
clinic that focused on
Integrative Healing Methodologies, after which she consulted to an
advertising company in counseling, ergonomics and yoga therapy. She
returned to South Africa in 1994.
Stephne assisted in the training of the first group of PI students in
South Africa in 1998 and continues to date to be involved in workshops as often as her schedule allows.
Depending on the individual and circumstance, Stephne may use various
modalities to support the client's process.
Her understanding of the cause and effect of emotions from early stages
of development guides her methodology with each person.
Stephne may use dialogue, role play and yoga therapy to facilitate the
shifting of old structural and behavioural habits.
From 1994 to date Stephne has been in private practice and works from
her Learning Centre 10kms outside Rustenburg, Northwest Province.
Some Testimonials of current clients
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From my first session with Stephne I felt a great sense of relief;
finally here was a person and a way of working that I had been
searching for, for many years.
The crisis that led me to her as a bodyworker, who could help me clear
a recent traumatic experience, was also the gift that shook things up
and readied me for the next phase of the journey towards myself.
For the last five months Stephne has walked beside me as healer,
support, guide and friend.
Together with her deep experience and powerful skills and the exquisite
wisdom of my own body and being, we work on releasing energy blockages,
stuckness, old patterns and structures, deconstructing the armour of
thought and muscle and fascia, revealing the tender new feelings and
sensations of awakened awareness.
We talk, she works deep into my body, sometimes the tears flow.
I begin to soften and firm up in the appropriate places.
I watch myself emerge.
I went because of inertia. Body's holding me back. The Qi knows what it
is. How it wants to move.
It whispers, "Leave me trapped in here and I will suffocate. Slowly."
I'm looser than my body. I want to go through life blazing. But my body
won't. It's still somewhere else. I dream of doorways.
Twenty years of body work, breathing, diving in and sifting through.
But still I'm walking around with a fat cat sitting on my shoulder –
comforting in its familiarity but claw heavy. I go to Stephne. She has
doors in her hands and keys in her words. They break open and through
pain I know will take me somewhere and become something else.
Flesh pushes back from 20, 30 years of frozen. My back doesn't want to
give up its secrets until she finds them in my calves. Ankles awaken to
their weakness and become strong. Muscles sing songs only when you
press them to. Beauty is a fish that sheds its scales because it wants
to feel the ocean. Moving beyond the choreography of control, I start
to move toward and not away from.
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Sessions with Stephne: Honey on a cactus leaf. To get to the sweetness
you first have to go through pointy!
I was referred to Stephne for postural integration therapy by a
traditional healer and Sangoma, as I needed body-work to become
grounded. I always sensed that I had a lot of unexpressed potential but
did not know how to unlock it. Meeting Stephne in her little wooden hut
was a magical experience of feeling warm, safe, heard and understood.
Even though I had absolutely no idea how this modality of postural
integration worked, it was very clear that she is a very talented ,
mature healer who works with integrity and care. She combines her
skills, knowledge, wisdom, sense of humour, compassion, understanding
and experience with such sensitivity and confidence that I immediately
trusted her. From the first session I started to release very old
energy trapped in my cellular memory, bones and waters, sometimes she
massaged my pain and sorrow into understanding and insight, sometimes
we laughed as the various levels of drama revealed itself through pain
and release, bringing relief and shifts.
My body started to change, I started to enjoy being in my body, I enjoy
being me and I enjoy my body.
The mystery of the human condition never fails to intrigue me, and
never before has a healing modality been so effective in bringing
tangible and subtle results. I sleep better, laugh more, eat less,
enjoy company and feel much more confident. I am very grateful to
Stephne and to this work we are doing together.
Jeffrey's Bay
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References:
Beverley Wilkinson, 011 673 5217 bgw@mweb.co.za
Biography:
Hannelore
hails from Vienna, Austria. After a severe illness in 1991 she became
fascinated by complementary healing methods. During the 90's she was
trained in "New Homeopathy", Reflexology and Meridian Therapy, various
fields of Kinesiology and graduated in 2001 as a Postural Integration
Practitioner.
After relocating from Johannesburg in 2004 she
now has her practice in Paradise Beach, Jeffery's Bay, keeping up with
new developments in her field.
Johannesburg
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References:
Natural Health Teaching Services 021 696 5857
marion@naturalhealthaccess.info
Biography:
Born and raised in South Africa, Beverley later lived in Belgium for 13 years where she qualified in Postural Integration in 1991. She then returned and introduced the technique to SA, appearing on various national TV and radio talk shows. She later qualified as an International PI Trainer and now runs training courses and a successful full time practice.
Actively involved in health matters and group work
since 1971, she
gained her basic knowledge of health in nursing before branching out
into the 'National Youth Leadership Training Programme' and youth work.
She then moved into the socio-political arena working with Steve Biko,
the 'Program for Social Change' and 'The Christian Institute of SA'.
She then moved to Europe where she did counseling, lecturing and social
work with the 'Centre for Family Planning and Sexual Education'. She
has traveled Europe, Scandinavia and visited the USA and India. She is
currently a council member of NHTS -
Natural health teaching Services.
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Biography:
From a very young age Rachel's purpose has been shaped by being a
humanitarian.
Her passion for South Africa has guided her to work with individuals,
organisations and communities invested in uplifting their personal
lives and organizational efficacy. Her focus is always on empowerment
through facilitating deeper awareness, dialogue and empowered
actions.
Academic and professional background
She graduated from WITS in 1994 with a BA Honours in Social Work and
went on to work with children and families, which ultimately equipped
her with the valuable skills of effective communication and
facilitation.
She started her own practice in 2000 and became curious about
alternative therapies and working more holistically with her clients.
She embarked on studying various therapies and eventually specialized
as a Postural Integration practitioner. The International Centre for
Integration in Mill Valley California accredited her in 2003/4. She
runs a practice from her home in Orange Grove, Johannesburg and is
dedicated to the depth of learning and growth this modality has to
offer herself and others.
Rachel Rusznyak excels in facilitating the dynamic life of working
groups and has run various corporate and comminuty interventions in
relation to wellness, communication, creativity and conflict
resolution.
She has extensive experience working with Gordon Institute of Business
Science in their deparment called the Dialogue Circle. She has co
designed and facilitated the Ilima and Catalyst programmes which uses
dialogue and experential learning to assist delegates to explore and
challenge the paradigms in which they engage with their fellow citzens,
organisations and the broader SA context. Rachel also assisted in
a GIBS CSI programme - an intervention focused on Teacher
Development with Gordon Primary School In Alexander.
In addition to GIBS, other clients have included Mc Kinsey Consulting,
Anglo Coal, Anglo Gold, Community AIDS Response (CARE), the Irish
Embassy and Sasol.
Rachel is an associate of Reos Partners which is an international
organisation dedicated to supporting and building capacity for
innovative collective action in complex social systems.Reos organises,
designs and facilitates results-oriented multi-stakeholder change
processes with business, government and civil society organisations.
Rachel has also assisted staff to reduce stress and enhance their sense
of wellbeing by teaching yoga at FNB, RMB and GIBS. She has also taught
yoga and body awareness at One Life Addiction Treatment Centre in order
to assist programme participants in building resilience, strength and
confidence in the face of their addictions.
Personal
attributes:
Rachel is an excellent relationship builder, listens well, naturally
networks, and is organized and efficient. Her facilitation style is
creative and humanistic in approach and presents to individual or
groups in a way that invites participation for others to own their
process.
Rachel has invested in developing her own leadership skills by evolving
her own consultancy.
She also works on a pro bono basis with Berea - Hillbrow Home of Hope
and a member of SOLSA www.solsa.co.za
Her personal life philosophy is move-breathe- laugh-rest and of course
dance!
Greece
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Biography:
Jacqueline runs a consultancy called Path Communication, in Greece,
which offers Postural Integration and/or a Publicity Management process
for those dedicated to the fields of creativity and holistic living.
She’s inspired working with individuals who are curious to discover
their own inner wisdom that unlocks pain in the body-mind and is also
honoured to help publicise artists that have wisdom and beauty to share
with the world.
She has moved from South Africa to Greece with her husband and daughter
and now works from home in Marousi, a suburb of Athens.
She has a background in journalisms, public relations and the publicity
of artists, as well as the study of psychosomatic methodologies centred
around personal growth. In 1996 she gained a diploma in journalism, in
2000 was certified as a Massage therapist and in 2002 was certified as
a Postural Integration Practitioner in South Africa by the
International Centre for Release and Integration in Mill Valley,
California, USA.
Jacqueline has also engaged with the method of Inquiry as taught by The
Diamond Approach of The Rhidwan School; the teachings and analysis of
the French Personalite et Relations Humaines (PRH) Foundation; the
process work of Family Constellations; as well as the ongoing insights
of cutting-edge authors like Byron Katie, Carolyn Myss and Eckart Tolle.
