Greece

Contact:
Rev. Dr Dianne Weinberger
Phone or Fax International: 61 7 5539 8769
Phone or Fax Within Australia: 07 5539 8769
Mobile: 0412 144 172
Or write to: P.O.Box 8032, Gold Coast Mail Centre,
Queensland, Australia 4217

Workshop in Greece Dianne Weinberger
I fly into Athens 4-45am on a misty Monday Morning to be greeted by a broad smiling Greek Theodoros who was my organiser. I would be staying in Athens in the old town of Piraeus with a lady called Despina the co-organiser of the workshop and where the workshops would be held. My stay would be twelve days, seven of which I would be teaching fourteen Reiki Masters basic pranic energy therapy, pranic energy therapy with crystals, metaphysical studies and Kraruna Reiki level 1. The first four days I would be resting and getting aquatinted with everyone.
We went on long walk ate in lovely little restaurants, I was seeing Athens from the locals angle and of course no one goes to Greece with out seeing the Acropolis. It was more beautiful than I imagined and the views were amazing. Then it was on to work. What a great people the Greeks are I just had to throw away any sense of organisation or time( a wonderful lesson for me there), the class was suppose to start at 9-30am but never got started till 11am, lunch was 3-30 and dinner at night round about midnight. Despina was lucky she had a live in trainee chef, he was 21 years old; the food and the home made bread was to die for, her apartment was always full of people so he was a very bust little chef.
The workshop were very powerful as they were so eager to learn so results were very profound, that is where most of my counselling come in. Finally we got started most of them could not speak English so I had an interpreter her name was Dafni she spoke four languages and we soon got the hang of things together. I was lucky as the students were on my wavelength and understood my sense of humour and even with the language barrier we all managed to laugh till tears were rolling down our faces. The courses were so popular I had to put together another three days. I was doing a 12 hour day as soon as they found out I did tarot reading with crystals, so what free time I had was spent counselling and tarot reading. I have arranged to return again in July this year on my way home from Egypt, and next year I will be running a retreat on the Island of Crete.

The day before I left a few of us went by fast boat to the beautiful Island of Aegina. Legend has it that the first king of Aegina was Aeacus son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina. People have been living on the island since 2200 B.C. On the Island is the beautiful temple of Aphae, which was built, in the 6th century. We hired a care and went around the island and visited the very small Monastery of Saint Nektarios, this gorgeous little monastery is perched high on a hill and built on the ancient site of the old temple that was dedicated to the God Zeus. With a 15 minute walk we reached the monastery there we found the key in the door and you just let your self in. On entering we found incense burning and the candles lit; here we all did our own personal meditation. Then on to lunch which last till the last boat left for Athens.
The next day with lots of crying I left for Singapore and Malaysia where I would be meeting my friend from Thailand and an associate of the Academy Orapin. The Academy will be putting together a workshop in Thailand in the near future. While I was in Malaysia I managed to purchase some of the finest lazer wands I seen and I also have a new contact for cabochon cut stones for all you crystal healers out there.
If you would like to be on the mailing list for future courses and workshops here and overseas please call me. I am now doing crystal meditation within the Isis crystal pyramid in my Egyptian meditation room

Delphi
Diane and Helen at Delphi
I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all the best for the New Year. The Academy wishes to congratulate Elaine Booker, Ron & Sue Windred and Jan Saxon who have achieved their practitioner's certificate in Crystal Therapy. Well, I have just completed another successful 13-day tour to Egypt, although this time of the year (September) I do find it a little crowded. I prefer to go in June /July when the crowds are very small, it may be a little warmer but the heat is bearable as there is no humidity. That way we have the temples and tombs more or less to our selves. On the first evening we did some powerful meditation from the healing centre overlooking the pyramids and the Sphinx. Then we all went on camels to the solar cross, which lies one mile north in the desert, overlooking the pyramids. I like to go around dusk, so we arrive at the solar cross when it is dark and the gentle breeze comes in from the desert giving one the feeling of a powerful presence. The solar cross is where the Egyptian God Thoth was supposed to have connected to earth's consciousness. Thus began our journey through Egypt
From Cairo, I flew on to Athens to teach the second level training in Karuna Reiki, Pranic healing and Crystal Therapy. Greece was holdings its local election therefore I didn't have to work at the weekend, as everyone had to go back to their own towns and villages to vote, as there is a very hefty fine if they do not vote. One of the students who comes from Crete had a very sick brother-in law so while I had the time they flew me over to Crete for the two days; the first to do a crystal healing and the other to show me the Island. I also had the privilege of being treated as part of the extended family; so for two days I lived with a beautiful local family. This is another story in it self, very fascinating. For those students in Athens that had successfully completed the Karuna II training and Helen, for Reiki master attunement, we decided that we needed some where special to do the attunements. We decided that we would go to the ancient ruined city of Delphi, which in its time was the most sacred place in Greece said to be the centre of the universe. The original cause for building the sanctuary and Oracle at Delphi was its natural phenomena.	Reiki Master Helen
It seems in ancient times for a place to be held sacred it had to have mysterious powers. In the region of Delphi there were earthquakes (even today it is still shaken by earthquakes) floods, lightening and thunderstorms and also there was a sweet smelling odour like the rarest and most beautiful perfume coming from fissures in the ground. Lord Apollo was one of the oracles at Delphi. It is a very fascinating history and well worth studying Delphi is an hour and half drive from Athens; it lies in magnificent splendor in the spectacular mountainous volcanic region on the Gulf of Corinth. It really is breathtakingly beautiful with sheer cliffs behind it reaching for the sky and spectacular views over the valleys down to the Ocean. The energy in Delphi was overwhelming for some, including the men in the group.