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Upcoming Trainings

Unless specifically stated, inclusion of events in this listing does not imply either the endorsement or approval of ISTA.  This listing is for the convenience of those who wish to fuether their Scenar practice skills in locations as convenient as possible to their home locations.  Feedback on any of these events will be greatly appreciated.

Austria

GO TO           http://www.scenar.de

CLICK ON    Seminare and Seminartermine (for dates & locations)

LANGUAGE  German

Canada

go to  www.mediscen.ca for details on the following

Bulgaria

Germany

GO TO           http://www.scenar.de

CLICK ON    Seminare and Seminartermine (for dates & locations)

LANGUAGE  German

Italy

Ireland

UTILISING THE INTEGRITY OF INNER FUNCTIONING IN SCENAR THERAPY.
VENUE: West Cork Hotel, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Date: March 15th and 16th 2008
Saturday & Sunday 9.30am – 5.30pm

Dr. Rob Esser DrsPsych BAc MBAcC M.Ista TFTalg

Dr Rob Esser is a fully trained Clinical Psychologist, Traditional Acupuncturist and Scenar Therapist. He has been
in Acupuncture practise since 1980 and Scenar Therapy since 2003.

Speciality: Integration of body/mind His treatments are aimed at the fullest restoration of health. With the reawakening of the inner sense of freedom his clients are enabled to develop their potential more fully.

Current Scenar technology and Western Medical thinking lack the understanding of specific
physical and mental/emotional integration. The aim of the course is to gain some clarity about
the emotional aspects involved in Scenar Practice and to develop a practical approach to
Body/Mind/Spirit integration for Scenar Therapists based on the understanding of fundamental
aspects of inner functioning.

Suitable for Scenar Practitioners and Senior Students. International members welcome.
Following on from last year’s very successful event, this course is intended to enhance
your professional scenar results. Hear about and gain hands–on experience, of the
latest advances in Scenar Therapy from an International expert for the benefit of your
clients.

Continuous Professional Development points awarded. (SPSI 30/ 50)

Why not use the opportunity to experience scenic and welcoming West Cork?

Costs: € 350.00 (payment in € only.) including morning and afternoon refreshments,
2 lunches and one evening meal. (On Saturday)

Bookings essential by 1st March as places are limited.
Contact John Garvey. Tel. 00353 (0) 28 34055 Email: johngarvey526@hotmail.com

Hotel accommodation: Sharon at the West Cork Hotel TEL : 00353(0)28-21277
FAX : 00353(0)28-22333 Email:info@westcorkhotel.com www.westcorkhotel.com
for room reservations and notify of special needs e.g. Vegetarian, Wheelchair, etc. and
make reference to “Scenar Conference” and “John Garvey”.

Overseas Visitors should note that the venue is 90 kms. from Cork Airport.

The S.P.S.I. may be able to arrange transport, subject to early notification.

SPSI
Killinga, Leap,Co. Cork, Ireland.
Tel: + + 353 (0)28-34055
www.scenartherapyireland.com

                                        Report on March 2006  ISTA / SPSI Scenar Course.

The day before our course began many of us celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by visiting the Skibbereen Heritage centre, which focuses on our famous Lough Hyne: Europe’s only inland saltwater lake and a marine reserve. We also learned how the major famine of 1845 affected the local area.

We then visited the Cathedral for religious services accompanied by drama, traditional music and song.

We later took part in the celebration parade through the main streets.

That evening we attended an Irish traditional music and dance concert performed by a local amateur group.

On Saturday morning work began in earnest. Setting up and registering from 9 am and Vasil and Marieta launching at 9.45 am. The venue was good, the lunches and dinners were great and the course presentation and content was excellent (at least we in the S.P.S.I. believe so!)

We had 18 people for our Saturday night celebration dinner and all seemed to enjoy themselves.

At the end of the course qualification certificates were presented by Millie Ker, ISTA secretary, to Linda Storey and Johanna Cagney, who had successfully completed their two year S.P.S.I. /ISTA  training course.

Many nationalities were represented at our course; Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland, and the UK.

To help us unwind on the day after the event a group of us did some sightseeing – Bronze age standing stones, various views of the landscape, coastline and pubs followed by an evening/night kayaking trip on the beautiful  Lough Hyne, then home and Bulgarian Rakia to warm us up!! 

We are already contemplating a return for Marieta and Vasil next year.

This occasion had a lot of firsts:

First joint S.P.S.I./ ISTA venture.

First visit to Ireland for Marieta and Vasil, our Bulgarian trainers.

First visit to Ireland / West Cork by some ISTA members

First presentation of a course in English for Marieta.

First time kayaking for some.

And saving the best first till last!!!

The first serious analysis of the difference between Guinness and Murphys stout by an ISTA sub- committee, headed by Vasil the international ISTA chairperson!!

John Garvey

Netherlands - Europe

On-going training courses run by the manufacturer of the longest established and most widely used Scenar device, in the classical Russian tradition.

GO TO               www.ritmedic.com

CLICK ON        "here" below the opening logo for training dates & venues

LANGUAGES   Bi-lingual English and Dutch

Russia

Switzerland

GO TO           http://www.scenar.de

CLICK ON    Seminare and Seminartermine (for dates & locations)

LANGUAGE  German

Ukraine

UK

Contact the UK Scenar Society's Membership Secretary for more information millser@onetel.com

UK ISTA NETWORK MEETINGS [click on this heading]   These are day-long meetings that are periodically arranged by members for get-togethers at which all kind of issues and Scenar matters are discussed.  Such groups are encouraged and are welcome to call on ISTA for any type of support requested.  Surpluses generated from attendance fees go towards ISTA's operational funding.

USA

go to  www.mediscen.ca for details on the following

ISTA

Report on ISTA’s first training events in London, England

during November 18th - 27th 2005

by Peter Rae, ISTA’s Executive Director

Every now and then an event delivers something special, something that makes all the pain and effort to get it organised appear eminently worthwhile.  This happened during the 10 intense November days just past.

The following took place – we made a presentation on Scenar technology to Europe’s leading CAM School at London’s Westminster University; the first week-end was CPD oriented and devoted to presenting Scenar in Higher Dimensional Healing; Monday was devoted to collegial discussions and Q&As; Tuesday & Wednesday witnessed powerful discussions about the shape and content of ISTA’s training programme for registered professional Scenar practitioners; Thursday and Friday saw different working parties develop the content for the proposed basic training unit for future trainers; and the second weekend resulted in the delivery of this basic first trainers’ training unit.

The ability to cover so much ground to the acclaim of all those who participated arose from the strength and experience of the team who had assembled in London to undertake this important task - the first step in developing ISTA’s educational programmes.

During our working sessions, the combination of Doc Irena (Kossovskaia)’s wide experience with Scenar and brilliant presentational skills, Doc Vasil (Stanchev)’s demanding scientific mind and Dr Marieta (Zheleva)’s years of training with Russian master practitioners provided an opportunity to dissect all aspects of Scenar training provided to date by the assorted group of trainers doing the usual circuits. Camilla Ker, John Garvey and Dr Adriana Marian provided the ideal team to quiz these experienced trainers and theoreticians on the detailed aspects of Scenar therapy.

From these discussions, which lasted until late into the night, every night, it became apparent that poorly thought through training programmes, particularly at basic levels, have consistently left enormous gaps in the skills trainings of Scenar practitioners, both in Russia as well as the rest of the world.  The identification of these gaps has helped enormously in outlining the importance of developing ISTA’s professional training programmes, and the challenges we shall be facing in achieving these.  The more advanced level trainings and master classes are undoubtedly excellent but too often assume that the attendees have a more solid understanding of Scenar principles than they actually do.

At one stage during our working sessions, Doc Irena was moved to exclaim that this was almost like the early days of Scenar – with a buzz and excitement in the air, when everybody participated constructively in working towards definitions and a deepening understanding of the power of Scenar.  The subjective / objective (yin-yang) balance that characterised the two approaches to Scenar represented by Drs Gorfinkel and Revenko seemed to come alive again, and will help define the training approach ISTA will be promoting it its programmes.  ISTA’s vision is to see these two approaches consistently taught, and looks forward to the day when Drs Revenko and Kossovskaia, the main proponents of the yin & yang (objective / subjective) approaches to Scenar will share a platform.

The teaching sessions gave all participants ample opportunity to repair gaps in their Scenar knowledge, and to gain some true new insights into the theory and practice of Scenar. It was wonderful to witness the number of ‘Aha’ moments that arose during the teaching sessions.

The presence of David Gawain, a doctor of natural medicine and relatively new to Scenar, helped deepen the understanding of the difference between Scenar as a powerful therapy (the Russian, Pure Scenar Technology), and as a device that can be used to enhance, and be enhanced by, other devices and disciplines (Applied Scenar).

During the Higher Dimensional weekend we were introduced to Scenar’s powerful interaction with Low Level Laser, EFT, homoeopathy & SuJok.

As brilliant as the first weekend was, it is the second, the basic trainer’s module that brought out the real excitement Scenar well taught can instil in practitioners.  The challenge we had set ourselves in developing this first training module consisted of 3 dimensions – (a)  how to equip a trainer with the depth of knowledge to give a 3-hour introduction to, and deal with the questions most likely to arise from, somebody who has just bought a Scenar device, without giving them information ahead of their current levels of Scenar knowledge and experience; (b)  what presentational material to develop and supply for this task, fully reflective of ISTA’s objective / subjective views on Scenar therapy; and (c) how to lay the foundations on the core of Scenar  philosophy and knowledge expected of budding Scenar practitioners.

ISTA’s training development programme, that took shape after our intensive discussions, envisages – (a) that ISTA promote a formal training programme consisting of 8 modules, which all future ISTA registered practitioners will be required to have completed; (b) that we write up and develop the basic training module rehearsed during this first meeting; (c) we develop a home-user instruction course (again device independent); (d) we proceed with the development of training modules one and two, and (e) that we continue developing trainer’s training materials following the approach adopted during the period covered by this reported.  CPD programmes will be defined and developed alongside, and will be designed to deepen the knowledge of Scenar in interaction with other healing modalities.

The general consensus amongst all participants is that a gap-filling equalisation training programme should be offered to Scenar practitioners of all levels of experience and skills, as this will fill a much needed gap in the theories underpinning Scenar and developed over the decades in Russia. If the experience of the 5 training days is anything to go by, such a gap-filling course, in the format developed, will help re-enthuse many who have become disenchanted with Scenar due to the inadequate basic training received. 

Details of all these courses and events will in due course be advised on this site and ISTA’s website.

In closing this report, my personal thanks go not only to the members of the planning and creating team for their magnificent contribution to the content and delivery of all the material, but also to each and every participant at any one of our events – your reactions have definitely made it worthwhile for ISTA to continue to aim to develop and deliver the best Scenar courses and training programmes available.

And a special thanks to the Irish Scenar Practitioners Society, and John Garvey personally, for their financial support of the event.

(The following is a visual summary of the feedback received from participants in our Scenar in Higher Dimensional Healing weekend (the bars indicate the percentage satisfaction indicated against each heading; VFM = value for money).

Thank you all.

Of Interest

The Bulgarian Scenar Society's event in September 2004 was a great success in an environment steeped in 6000 years of history.  Some ground-breaking agreements were reached which will help accelerate achieving the ISTA-vision.  Our membership secretary has kindly penned a report.

Codex Alimentarius

The Codex is of such enormous importance, and yet so little known, to all of us, world-wide, that we have here created a link to a site that summarises the issues very dramatically - http://www.wrightnewsletter.com/nah/article_pf.html and here are the facts

Resources

Good interactive discussion groups, the first exclusively covering ISTA- and Scenar-issues, can be found at the following locations http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/scenar_ista/messages and http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/OneMedicine/messages.

To be able to join is a very simple procedure at www.yahoogroups.com, the groups you need are scenar_ista and OneMedicine.

Humour

Laughter is clinically proven to be beneficial for one's health; in an effort to contribute to your health we will periodically publish items that caught the editor's funny bone.  The following items are reproduced here from Dr Mercola's newsletter of July 14th, 2005 [www.mercola.com].

The following quotes were taken from actual medical records, as dictated by physicians -

• She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

• The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

• Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

• Skin: Somewhat pale but present.

• The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stock broker instead.

• The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

• Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

• Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

• I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

• She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce.

• Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

• Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.

• Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

• Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Smith, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.

• By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling better.

• Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

• On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had completely disappeared.

• The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.

• The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

• Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

• Healthy-appearing decrepit 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

• The patient refused an autopsy.

• The patient has no past history of suicides.

• The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.

• Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.

• The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant, with only a 40-pound weight gain in the past three days.

• She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.

• Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.

• The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane ran out of gas and crashed.

• She is numb from her toes down.

• The skin was moist and dry.

• Patient was alert and unresponsive.

• When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.