Gordon & Dorothy Bell,
Little
Court, Bannerdown Road, Batheaston,
Bath, Somerset BA1 7NE
Tel:
(in Bath) 01225 852404 Tel: (in Newcastle) 0191 2817442
Email: GandDBell@aol.com Web:
www.healing-touch.co.uk
Wednesday,
08 March 2006
Dear Friend in Reiki,
I wanted to let you know of a few changes. Since moving to the south-west of England
27 months ago, there have been regular training weekends and support and practice
evenings. The intention had been to
continue these as long as reasonably practical.
It now seems that the time is right to make a few changes which will
continue to provide the training facility slightly less frequently, and to
cease the function of the practice evenings.
I am intending to hold training weekends in Jesmond, Newcastle
at approximately 4 – 6 week intervals, and continue to utilise the days prior
to, and following the weekend for extra training in Reiki and EnerSense as
required. Usually this allows the Friday
and Monday for teaching/tutorials, and to lighten the travel load from driving
the 650 mile round trip I intend to use the train more. Hence I will usually be returning early
Monday evening.
The aim of these changes:
- To better utilise the visits to the north-east by reducing the
frequency of classes to meet the current demand, and to enable more
weekends to be allocated in the schedule to teaching in Bath.
- To be more supportive of Dorothy through some ongoing health
problems by being away from home less frequently and for shorter periods.
- Using public transport is less demanding on me, the car and the
planet/climate.
Bearing this in mind, I have decided to discontinue
the support/practice evenings which have run since 1995, to help support those
who practised Reiki, particularly Reiki Jin-Kei-Do. Whilst it is not essential to have a practice
evening, as we ourselves found for the first 4 years of doing Reiki, it has
been very supportive of practice and keeping in touch. Living over 300 miles away from Jesmond, it
is not possible to offer the same service.
However, it is still an open door of support through communication via
phone, email, letter and the occasional meeting ‘up north’. Friday
evenings (7 – 9.30pm)
prior to a weekend course would be a good time to meet, this will be an open
house evening, not a structured meeting or a practice, just to meet and have a
chat. DO PHONE (by Thursday evening on
the Newcastle
Number 0191 281 7442) IF YOU WISH TO COME TO OPEN HOUSE. We have also welcomed those who have ventured
to the south-west for training or just a chat in passing. Certainly, we are still quite accessible, and
hope that should you want to speak, ask questions, keep
in touch etc., that there are no great obstacles to do that.
We have encouraged the starting up of practice groups
over the years, and I hope that there may be a few more groups
materialise. I hope too that our
students who have practised for several years and those who continue to teach
Reiki Jin Kei Do in the north-east will be able to provide support and practice
at times too.
With kind regards,
Gordon
Proposed Dates of Classes:
REIKI 1 Mar 11-12, March 23-24 (Bath), Apr
22-23, Jun 10-11, Sep 2-3, Oct 14-15
REIKI 2
Apr 8-9 (Bath),
Jul 8-9, Dec 2-4
REIKI 3 Tutorials: Part A - (i) Jun 12, (ii) Jul
10; Part B – (i)
Sep 4, (ii) Oct 16
Open House Mar
10, Apr 21, Jun 9, Jul 7, Sep 1, Oct 13, Dec 1