67 Buckley's Rd, Eastgate ( corner of Rhona St)

Please note: we are now operating from the temporary clinic at 67 Buckley's Rd, Eastgate (corner of Rhona St). We hope to be back at 88 Linwood Avenue again by the beginning of December.
Details will be posted on the website: www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz

Please also note that from Tuesday 5th November until 30th November, there will be a locum osteopath: Mr Vaughan Hedley. Vaughan is a highly experienced Osteopath.  I (Mike Inman) will be available again from the beginning of December - when the clinic at 88 Linwood Avenue will reopen after EQ repairs are competed.

Please Note: Due to EQ repairs at 88 Linwood Avenue, Avonside, we are temporarily relocating to

67 Buckley's Rd, Eastgate, Christchurch, from 22 October to 30 November.

The Phone numbers remain the same:

 

03 980 2425

 

021 043 6282

 

Book your appointment online, as usual:

 

www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupunture.co.nz

If you need to contact me - you can easily do so by email.  To see the address you need to click on the @ symbol.  This is below the Parking and Wheelchair Icons (in blue) in the middle of the top margin of the Homepage.

www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz

The clinic here is now stocking CREMAX cream for relief of muscular aches and pains.  The cream contains a mixture of different herbs, and is very soothing. Please ask me if you would like to try this.

Reflections on Mindfuness Training.

For more information - please see:

http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/painManagement/courses.html

and

http://www.risingholme.org.nz/courses/exercise-health-and-relaxation/mindfulness

 

I've had a lot of feedback, including that some people want more 'method' and 'practice', even though this is what we mostly do. For example, in most Qigong, Tai Chi classes, and yoga classes, there is little talking or discussion - virtually none - except the teacher's instructions.

My attempt in the Mindfulness training, is to base the material on each participants own experience, and gauge everything on the learner's understanding - i.e. to make the class very 'learner-centered' and not at all 'teacher-centered'.  Of course, this can be scary to some people, as they can't just sit back, and be passive, and do nothing - but need to participate in some way, and engage with the material.  Of course, this requires a level of effort and practice - that not everyone wants to make, or sustain.

It would be nice if I was some kind of 'magical healer' and the learner had to do nothing, except receive. This is a common characteristic of Qigong teachers, especially the more famous and charismatic ones - and an ethos they actually encourage - yet the result is a teacher-centered class, revolving around the energy and personality of the teacher.  Something I try to avoid.  Even though people try to project the role of 'healer' onto me in my work as an Osteopath.

 

http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/osteopathy/osteopathy.html

http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/mike.html

I shall look carefully at the course description, and see if it gives an accurate sense of this. It does, for example, say that homework, about 20 or 30 mins per day, to practice the meditations, etc is expected on the course. Few people do this. Not unusual. The course description is that everything is very 'laid-back' and relaxed - yet in a subtle way, people do need to engage with the material and make it their own. Yes, I know that I need to be 'inspiring' and have some 'charisma' and teaching 'presence', and I can do this - yet I am only presenting tools and methods for personal practice, for self-directed learning.

 

I shall continue to reflect and refine the course.

Let's see what happens

Gatsby the dog here, not well

For many of you who come to the clinic here, you may have noticed the large white fluffy Labradoodle called Gatsby.  Recently, although only 5 years old, he has been diagnosed with Lymphoma (a cancer, common in dogs, that spreads through the lymphatic system).

Hopefully he can start Chemo this week, and hopefully we can achieve a good remission.
He is not eating - and I have to feed him with a large sringe.  He still loves going out for drives and to the beach - but of course, he is steadily losing wieght and getting weaker.

In that intuitive way that animals can have, he seems to know that he may not have long to live - yet seems to live each moment very mindfully, and wants to live life to the full, and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air, living each day, one moment at a time.  Animals can have a remarkable wisdom, and a far greater intelligence than we realise.

To see pictures of Gatsby - please visit my Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/index.php#!/michael.inman.796

and go to the Photo gallery

The Clinic here will be closing in the next few weeks for Earthquake repairs.  I'll keep you posted on the exact dates.  Look on the website Home page for details (soon)

http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/default.html


and on the booking page
http://www.ezybook.co.nz/pages/christchurchosteopathyandacupuncture/