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This month all our subscribers can win one of the following prizes from The Journey:
first prize: one free space attending 'The Journey Intensive' weekend workshop worth HK$3500;
second prize: 2 free tickets to 'A Journey to Freedom' - an evening event with Brandon Bays worth HK$700;
third prize: The Journey book by Brandon Bays - the story of her remarkable recovery from a tumour and the opening to Freedom that resulted.
Simon Chau is launching another Green Group in May.
Teaming up with Surdham Lam, manager of “Flow” the Second hand bookstore, and Catherine Ng, our local veteran green crusader is setting up a new base on Hong Kong Island to serve a bilingual and more intellectual sector.
They will be focusing on Healing and Life Coaching.
Contact them by calling 3428 2416, or Email：
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Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. is the Founder and Director of Milton H. Erickson Foundation.
“Dr. Jeffrey K. Zeig is a master therapist and a master teacher. That is a rare combination. He teaches with a deep enjoyment of what he is doing, a clear sense of contact with the people he works with, and a touch of the poet. For his students, this creates an experience of expansion and pleasure as they learn.” --Salvador Minuchin , MD
The "Making a Real Difference" project was originally inspired by a group of friends, who all recently had the pleasure of experiencing the deep sense of truth and beauty that the Journeywork (pioneered by Brandon Bays) offers. With the exception of Laurie Collins (The Journey Australasia) who spearheaded the project, the rest of us had no idea this stuff was out there!
As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions -- Islam, Judaism, Christianity -- have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact. People want to be religious, she says; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion -- to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
HHK receives regular requests for natural birthing articles so we're reprinting a few articles from our archives on this theme. First of all Natasha Clausen describes the birth of her daughter. This is followed by the Father's story of giving birth by Richard Clausen.
This article was commissioned by Hong Kong Lawyer, the official journal of the Hong Kong Law Society as the main story for its May edition. After the journal had approved publication, an extraordinary meeting of the board was called, which reversed its earlier decision, and decided not to publish the article, or any article on Tibet by Paul Harris, as being too politically sensitive.
The Color Orange movement highlights the violations of the human rights in China on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Beijing August 2008.
The idea is both sophisticated and simple: We want to introduce The Color Orange as a symbol of the protest against the human rights violations in China. The strict censorship can ban the use of obvious symbols of human rights, but the use of The Color Orange cannot be banned.
So we will encourage sports people and spectators to make vast and creative use of the color for clothing and all sorts of accessories. It can be anything, like an orange hat, camera bag, tie, pen, paper, dress, suit, bag etc. Even pealing an orange will be considered a poignant statement.
Father Joe Pereira is returning to Hong Kong in July.
Holistic HK is re-running an interview with this fascinating priest we ran in 2002.
When I asked Father Joe how the Church had reacted to his yoga practice he recalled a story; "My vicar-general was very concerned about my yoga. One day he had to go to a doctor for surgery to remove his varicose veins. The doctor told him, 'If you go to this priest I know who teaches yoga you won’t need surgery for this.'
Dominic Miller is one of the world’s top session guitarist have played on more than 150 albums. He has also been Sting’s guitarist. He is an inquisitive soul.
Brandon Bay's story of recovering from a large tumour and then helping many thousands of childrens and adults worldwide overcome their issues, whether serious illnesses or creating a more powerful life is a compelling tale.
Richard Heinberg, Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines
From the Positive Energy Conference this Easter in the Findhorn community
Richard Heinberg is one of the world’s foremost peak oil educators. He is a Research Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, a member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and a core faculty member of New College of California where he teaches a programme on Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community. He is the author of seven books including The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies.
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo explains two essentials of Buddhist practice: developing mindfulness and learning consideration for others. If we could truly learn to think of the happiness of others, could we really think that everyday life has no meaning?
I want to tell you about a global, not-for-profit project that's taking an innovative, "inside-out" approach to peace - once each meditator on this planet can have a role to play in.
It's called Million Meditators. The website actually lets you see who is meditating at any particular time. Eventually you will be able to see which people (unidentified) in which countries are meditating.
Global Dimension is a unique website for teachers and educators. It is a helpful guide to books, videos, posters and websites which bring a global dimension to teaching. From climate change to poverty, water to fairtrade, you can i nd resources for all age groups and subject areas. The site also includes other features, which can help you to develop a global dimension within your school curriculum, such as teaching ideas, curriculum information and contact details for local centres and school speaker services.
The 2006 World Children's Prize, or as it is more widely known, the Children's Nobel Prize, has been awarded to Craig Kielburger, for his tireless 11 year-long campaigning for the freedom and empowerment of young people around the world.
When Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield first set up Ben & Jerrys in 1978, they believed that their ice-cream business should have a social conscience and be responsible to the Vermont community it served.
All products are from the spiritual community of Auroville.
By buying them, you will support this community financially, their efforts to treat workers fairly and cut out the use of pesticides.
Q & A
Dear Peter,
I’ve been looking for an article entitled something like ‘A detailed account of an active childbirth at Queen Mary Hospital by a post-natal yoga teacher’. I’m not exactly sure when it was written, and the link I have doesn’t seem to work anymore. Do you know where I can find it?
Thanks very much,
Holistic Hong Kong is Gaia friendly! Our webhosting company is fully carbon neutral - they purchase Renewable Energy and Emission Reduction credits to make sure that their impact on the environment is effectively erased.
June 17 - 22 
The "Making a Real Difference" project was originally inspired by a group of friends, who all recently had the pleasure of experiencing the deep sense of truth and beauty that the Journeywork (pioneered by Brandon Bays) offers. With the exception of Laurie Collins (The Journey Australasia) who spearheaded the project, the rest of us had no idea this stuff was out there!
As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions -- Islam, Judaism, Christianity -- have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact. People want to be religious, she says; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion -- to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
HHK receives regular requests for natural birthing articles so we're reprinting a few articles from our archives on this theme. First of all Natasha Clausen describes the birth of her daughter. This is followed by the Father's story of giving birth by Richard Clausen.
...and other reflections on the local health care system
This article was commissioned by Hong Kong Lawyer, the official journal of the Hong Kong Law Society as the main story for its May edition. After the journal had approved publication, an extraordinary meeting of the board was called, which reversed its earlier decision, and decided not to publish the article, or any article on Tibet by Paul Harris, as being too politically sensitive.
The Color Orange movement highlights the violations of the human rights in China on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Beijing August 2008.
Father Joe Pereira is returning to Hong Kong in July. 
Dominic Miller is one of the world’s top session guitarist have played on more than 150 albums. He has also been Sting’s guitarist. He is an inquisitive soul.
By Lynnaire Johnston
by Mattie Porte
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo explains two essentials of Buddhist practice: developing mindfulness and learning consideration for others. If we could truly learn to think of the happiness of others, could we really think that everyday life has no meaning?
Simon Chau from Club O and Surdham from Flow are combining to present LifeFlow in Central. Here's a summary of what they are offering
via our good friend Maureen Chen 
Global Dimension 
The 2006 World Children's Prize, or as it is more widely known, the Children's Nobel Prize, has been awarded to Craig Kielburger, for his tireless 11 year-long campaigning for the freedom and empowerment of young people around the world.
by Elisa Peduto
by Martha Hammond