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]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/interviews-buoyancy-radio/2473/feed/ 0 NO AUTHOR clean 51 Music for relaxation and positivity http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/featured-interview/music-for-relaxation-and-positivity/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/featured-interview/music-for-relaxation-and-positivity/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:19:26 +0000 buoyancy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2318 Continue reading →]]> Hal Tropp and friends on didge, voice and violin. Recorded at Buoyancy Studios


]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/featured-interview/music-for-relaxation-and-positivity/feed/ 0 Hal Tropp and friends on didge, voice and violin. Recorded at Buoyancy Studios Hal Tropp and friends on didge, voice and violin. Recorded at Buoyancy Studios NO AUTHOR clean 7:24 Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/self-care/mindfulness-with-jon-kabat-zinn/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/self-care/mindfulness-with-jon-kabat-zinn/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 06:29:33 +0000 buoyancy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2239

Jon Kabat-Zin leads a   session on Mindfulness at Google.




]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/self-care/mindfulness-with-jon-kabat-zinn/feed/ 0 Mindfulness – Body scan exercise http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/uncategorized/mindfulness-body-scan-exercise/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/uncategorized/mindfulness-body-scan-exercise/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 06:17:23 +0000 buoyancy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2231 Continue reading →]]> A short  guided body scan exercise  recorded by Jinesh Wilmott  (13mins). This is a  mindfulness based technique designed to assist with getting in touch, in a non-judgemental way, with thoughts, sensations and emotions, as they appear moment by moment.
This can be done at home if you have a quiet and comfortable space to lie down, or also sitting in a chair, if that is easier or more appropriate.
Best not to do while driving!




]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/uncategorized/mindfulness-body-scan-exercise/feed/ 0 A short guided body scan exercise recorded by Jinesh Wilmott (13mins). A short guided body scan exercise recorded by Jinesh Wilmott (13mins). NO AUTHOR clean 13:11 Drug Harm Minimisation http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/mental-wellbeing/drug-harm-reduction/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/mental-wellbeing/drug-harm-reduction/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 04:42:12 +0000 buoyancy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2181 Continue reading →]]>

Links to recent articles and podcasts from a variety of external sources, presenting different perspectives on drug harm reduction




‘How safe is your prescription?’

ABC Radio Podcast (synopsis from Radio National  Life Matters website)

‘Prescription medication is now a very common part of our lives, whether it’s treatment for a long term medical condition, or just a course of antibiotics to treat an infection. But with their popularity comes new risks. New research shows around one in three prescriptions has an error. Ken Lee is a second generation pharmacist who’s been looking very closely at what can go wrong with the dispensing of prescription medicine.He wants patients, doctors and pharmacists to be more wary’

To download or listen to podcast >>      Click here to  download or listen to podcast on  ABC Radio podcast website


‘Drugs not the answer for modern problems’

article by Dianna Kenny, published in the Sydney Morning Herald. March 14, 2011

Read article on Sydney Morning Herald Website>> http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/drugs-not-the-answer-for-modern-problems-20110313-1bsum.html


‘Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness’

By Gary Greenberg December 27, 2010  published in Wired Magazine,  January 2011

Read article on Wired magazine website >>      http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/ff_dsmv/all/1

]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/mental-wellbeing/drug-harm-reduction/feed/ 0 Bipolar Bears – mental health advocates http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/interviews-buoyancy-radio/bipolar-bears-mental-health-advocates/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/interviews-buoyancy-radio/bipolar-bears-mental-health-advocates/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:17:34 +0000 buoyancy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2155 Continue reading →]]> Dan McGuiness from  the Bipolar Bears  shares  about his experiences with the band, and  talks about the importance of their role as a mental health advocates.

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RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS NOW!

As a number of the former long-term members of the band retired at the end of last year, the BiPolar Bears Band are now recruiting new members for a fresh line-up in 2011.


Looking for high standard musicians for the following positions:

-Lead Vocalist

-Drummer

-Rhythm Guitarist

-Bass Guitarist

-Keyboard player


You will need to …

-be a professional standard musician

-have a personal experience of mental health issues and be prepared to share your story

-be willing and able to work hard and contribute fully to the band

-be available for regular rehearsals and gigs, paid and unpaid

-preferably have songwriting experience, your own gear and transport



For more information, please  contact Dan McGuiness on 0403 455 378 for details and to register your interest in auditioning.

]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/interviews-buoyancy-radio/bipolar-bears-mental-health-advocates/feed/ 0 Mental health,SELF CARE RESOURCES Dan McGuiness - lead guitarist with the band, talks about his experiences with the Bears Dan McGuiness - lead guitarist with the band, talks about his experiences with the Bears NO AUTHOR clean 14:47 Working with difficult emotions – a Tibetan Buddhist approach http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/self-care/tibetan-buddhist-approach-to-different-perspectives-on-working-with-difficult-emotions-and-psychology/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/self-care/tibetan-buddhist-approach-to-different-perspectives-on-working-with-difficult-emotions-and-psychology/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:40:47 +0000 buoyancy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2150 Continue reading →]]> Traleg Rinpoche presents a talk entitled ‘ Emotions can be educated’ (Dharma tv website)

To go to the dharma TV website  to view this video – click here   http://www.dharma.tv/video/traleg/introduction.html


About Traleg Rinpoche (Biog from www.tralegrinpoche.typepad.com )

Traleg Rinpoche is the director of Kagyu E-Vam Buddhist Institute, which he established in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, and in 2000 after Teaching extensivly in the U.S. particularlly in the New York area for over 20 years Rinpoche opened the E-Vam Buddhist Institute in Chatham, New York as well as formalizing his New York City Practice Group. From the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, he has been teaching, leading retreats, and traveling to lecture for Buddhist groups and university courses in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia since 1980. Traleg Rinpoche earned a Masters degree in Comparative Philosophy from La Trobe University, and developed the Annual Buddhist Summer School in Melborne Australia in 1983 which is having it’s North American Debut in 2006, both The Buddhist Summer School and the biannual Buddhism and Psychotherapy Conference that he began in 1994 in Austrailia have become the forum for many important social and religious issues. Rinpoche is the Author of The Essence of Buddhism, Mind at Ease and Benevolent Mind. as well as publishing Ordinary Mind a Buddhist magazine in Austrailia In Traleg Rinpoche’s 30 years of teaching internationally he has generating hundreds of hours of Dharma Teachings as well as Magazine articles, interviews and commentary texts and translations….

]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/self-care/tibetan-buddhist-approach-to-different-perspectives-on-working-with-difficult-emotions-and-psychology/feed/ 0 Centers Against Sexual Assualt http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/uncategorized/caroline-worth-from-south-eastern-centre-against-sexual-assualt/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/uncategorized/caroline-worth-from-south-eastern-centre-against-sexual-assualt/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:21:50 +0000 buoyancy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2130 Continue reading →]]>

Carolyn Worth, manager of South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault talks about how the centers help people deal with the effects of sexual assault, recent or past.

Link to CASA website >>

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]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/uncategorized/caroline-worth-from-south-eastern-centre-against-sexual-assualt/feed/ 0 Where can people go if they have been victims of sexual assault? Where can people go if they have been victims of sexual assault? NO AUTHOR clean 17:23 Introduction to Meditation http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/mental-wellbeing/introduction-to-meditation/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/mental-wellbeing/introduction-to-meditation/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:43:56 +0000 buoyancy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2103 Continue reading →]]> Internationally respected zen teacher, Ekai Korematsu, gives a practical introduction to Zen meditation for maintaining healthy body and mind (5 videos).

For information on Ekai’s classes for clients at Buoyancy Foundation in Richmond, Victoria, Australia – call 94293322 or see current timetable


Part 1 – Introduction

Click here to view the embedded video.


Part 2 – Relaxation


Click here to view the embedded video.


Part 3 – Sitting Meditation

Click here to view the embedded video.


Part 4 – Floor Exercise

Click here to view the embedded video.


Part 5 – Walking meditation

Click here to view the embedded video.


]]> http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/mental-wellbeing/introduction-to-meditation/feed/ 0 Experiential art therapy http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/interviews-buoyancy-radio/experiential-art-therapy/ http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/interviews-buoyancy-radio/experiential-art-therapy/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:56:27 +0000 buoyancyadmin http://www.buoyancyconversations.com/?p=2067 Guna Green (Buoyancy Foundation) speaks about the benefits and process of art therapy.



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