|   home
About Us   |   Diploma Courses   |   Certificate Courses   |   Certificate in Meditation Teacher Training   |   Philosophy   |   What's New   |   Meditation Weekends   |   Holistic and Counselling Services   |   2010 intake dates   |   Application Form   |   Contact Us   |   Code of Ethics

Holistic and Counselling Services
Holistic Counselling for Children
Including personal development though emotional release & sandplay for children & adolescents.
It is with the greatest of pleasure that I provide an environment for children to work with their inner self & to communicate with with their real feelings, through play, art, puppetry & symbology we come up with concerns, issues, fears, worries, confusion & emotional release.
Through the use of these creative tools we also come up with the answers, joy, happiness, tools & life skills.



Early Childhood Consultation
Parenting support, guidance & assistance in understanding behavioural & developmental needs with a qualified childhood professional.






Holistic Counselling
A qualified holistic counsellor, at Open Hands, can offer you guidance in holistic services that can help you in your - physical - mental - emotional - spiritual well being & development






Shell Essences
Shell essences are vibrational remedies. Whereas conventional medicine uses surger and drugs to repaid bodily damage, vibrational medicine uses energy, in different forms and frequencies, to rebalance the mind, body and spirit.




Sand stories for children

A Holistic approach to living & to personal growth
A holistic approach acknowledges & nurtures mind, body, heart (or emotions) & spirit. When all these areas are supported then balance is experienced  & a persons full potential in love, career, health happiness & inner peace are obtainable. It can take years to develop this as it took most of us to be trained to focus less in some areas & more in others.
It is the journey of attaining the goal that has its own rewards.
Begin Today!

How does a holistic approach help ?

Gives deep meaning & purpose to living therefore it is life motivation.
Keeps us balanced, confident, healthy & happy, progress is often quick & thorough especially when a holistic approach is adopted to resolve a problem.
5 Major beliefs to adopt for Holistic Living & Personal Growth.
All life's experiences are opportunities for personal growth
I am responsible
All aspects of me affect each other    
Seemingly contradictory beliefs & modalities can happily co-exist providing love is their foundation& continues to be there goal.
To love fully requires emotional honesty with self & others. To be emotionally honest requires permission to be vulnerable.

Support for Spiritual Self

Any practice or belief systems that is founded & actioned in love not fear.
Self healing processes that nurture the energy body.

Support for the heart including emotions, keep emotional energy moving.
Support for the intellect through quality intellectual food.
Read, view, listen to material that reflect nurturing & promotes positive focus & growth.
Choose to spend time with people that reflect the same, engage in conversations that promote the same. By doing so this encourages the following

Builds self esteem
Encourages self acceptance & acceptance of others
Enables ones intentions when action or communicating to remain loving
Encourages open communication
Promotes an optimistic outlook
Support for the physical body
Activity - for strength & for flexibility
Nutrition