WORKSHOPS

Vibrancy, passion and unique, childlike play spring to mind

Workshops and Speaking Engagements

with Healing Ways

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Include me in your agenda for insights and a wee bit of entertainment:

  • Business Workshops/ Health Days

  • Conference starters

  • Community Groups

  • School / Uni Education – From Primary, Health Year 13 Curriculum to Uni Techs

Topics covered:

  • Laughter Yoga

  • Mindfulness

  • Dance as movement medicine

  • Reflexology

  • Unorthodox medicine

  • Zu Qigong

  • Functional Reflex Therapy

Karen at Healing Ways has spoken at our Pink Ladies events over the last few years covering a range of topics. Karen is extremely knowledgeable and engages well with the Ladies and gets a lot of laughter, TEARS and aha moments from the audience. We love having her back.
— Julie Smith, Pink Ladies
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LAUGHTER YOGA


Need a opener or a break in your conference or team building day?


Laughter Yoga could be just the thing. Ha Ha Ha, Ho Ho Ho

I can get a whole room laughing in an instant. This is, after outlining the importance of laughter and questioning as adults why we don’t laugh as much!

It is a novel way to get people opening up and talking, pushing them out of their comfort zone and bringing some light heartedness to any event.

This activity comes with a HEALTH WARNING, it’s INFECTIOUS!

 

Read what the media had to say about some of my presentations:

Laughter yoga at early childhood centre:
View front page and article in Pohutukawa Coast Times


December 2018

Get in touch, be prepared to laugh

Karen took a Laughter Yoga Session with our Reflexology Candidates at our National Conference. We only had a short time available before our day of lectures and workshops started. Karen quickly guided us through different types of laughter from tiny giggles to raucous laughter- great fun and lots of positive energy.  We would happily host Karen again.
— Steph Gown, Auckland Reflexology Group Chairperson

REFLEXOLOGY

Introductory Talk about Reflexology

An interesting talk for a group requiring a speaker especially suited to a health or well being related conference or as part of the curriculum in Health Education.

I am happy to tailor reflexology tips and techniques targeting specific conditions for your individual organisations, in particular carers, parental groups and schools.

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Learners in my Level 3 Health class were very fortunate to have the privilege of Karen’s expertise and energy to help them to understand reflexology. They were at the beginning of their learning journey surrounding health practices for an internal assessment and had little background knowledge of complementary and alternative medicine. Karen was exceptional in the way that she interacted with the learners. I was blown away by her passion and enthusiasm for her practice and the way in which she shared this with my learners. She made a potentially confusing topic simple and easy to understand and used a range of demonstrations to keep the learners actively engaged throughout. Karen challenged assumptions that they had about the practice and got them thinking of alternative ways to approach various health circumstances outside of what they already knew and believed. If anyone else teaching a Level 3 Health class would like the support of an outside provider for the health practices programme of learning, I highly recommend Karen as an engaging, enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter! Thank you Karen.
— Aimee Snelgrove, Senior Leadership Team Alfriston College
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MINDFULNESS

From a one off workshop to a 4 week course, I run specifically tailored workshops for your group or community.

 Individual Mindfulness classes cover a variety of topics:

  • Mindfulness for Beginners

  • Sports Performance

  • Mindfulness for Health

  • Financial Mindfulness, including Abundance Topics

Having practised mindfulness since a teenager, I am delighted to guide anyone in these fabulously calming and centring techniques.

Happy to work on a one to one basis or small to large group. 

I have been providing successful mindfulness classes to the Pohutukawa Coast over the last 5 years.

I loved coming to Karen’s Mindfulness Classes. She made them current and so personal to our group and area. It really helped me to think about being in the moment and getting homework did help!
— J.C
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Colour Therapy

YOU ARE THE COLOURS YOU CHOOSE

Let me tell you how! Colour is a reflection of where we are emotionally and can show where we need it as a vibrational medicine.

A colourful talk or workshop that can incorporate other topics tailored to your needs.

This can be a brief introduction to a full day workshop in areas of

  • Chakras

  • Meaning of Colour

  • Clothing as a Medicine

  • Chakra Dancing

Let me tell you how! Colour is a reflection of where we are emotionally and can show where we need it as a vibrational medicine.
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Unorthodox Medicine

In a unique presentation I tailor complimentary practices to consider personal health conditions and consider your own wellbeing from a holistic approach.

By using energy, psychosomatic and colour psychology this gives a different way to look at life choices.  Hugging is also a topic! (Though non hugging practices are also pertinent in this current climate!)

This workshop has proved extremely popular within the Year 13 Heath Curriculum and has been developed for workshops at primary school to Auckland University of Technology.

In May 2019, I attended one of Karen’s workshops held at Auckland University of Technology. It was such a fun and interactive workshop focused around personal wellbeing, Karen created such a relaxing and light-hearted atmosphere which made the workshop all the more enjoyable. We all gained a lot of knowledge on things such as colour therapy and aura, both of which I found very interesting. We were also shown how positive and negative influences can affect our strength, which I have been able to reflect on in my own life. Overall, it was such a great, positive experience that I would recommend to anybody wanting to expand their horizons and walk away with self-help tools that you can reflect on and take with you through life.
— Tegwyn McCormack, AUT

My Workshop Background

Over 25 years of delivery from small and informal:

  • Carers Groups

  • Elderly Groups

  • Specific Health and Community Groups

  • Youth groups

 

Large and more formal:

  • Corporate Talks – Stress Management in a Nuclear Power Station (a talk in itself!)

  • Lunchtime Business Groups

  • Rotary Talks

  • Health Conditions and specialty groups 

Get in touch to see if I can add a spark to your organisation