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ARC ArticlesAn Interview with Pietro AbelaReview by Kristen McHenryPietro Abela is the founder of The ARC Institute, dedicated to high-quality education in health-care so that reputable holistic care is made available for personal needs and for the needs of the community. For the past eight years, Pietro has traveled internationally, practicing and co-teaching ARC with his wife Melanie. He recently spoke with Kristen Farrow about his personal journey into healership and the development of ARC. ... Click here to read more Animals Are People TooBy Pietro AbelaWhen Sharon booked a session for her dog Lily, though I responded with a willingness to help, I was a little unsure inside. It had been over ten years since I had last worked on an animal in a professional way, and in those days, I would only give straight hands-on energy work to an animal. However, ten years ago I was actively experimenting with finding a counseling modality that would successfully compliment bodywork. ... Click here to read more ARC Bodywork: A Return to ConsciousnessBy Jo-Ann Svensson“How does this part here,” he asked, hand upon my shoulder, “feel about that?” A strange question I thought, but not so strange as the fact that I could answer it. I was in the midst of an ARC Bodywork session and it seemed only natural that I let my body answer. “Uhhhh …” I sighed, sinking into the part, “it doesn’t like it.” My answer came as a shock and yet on a deep level, it felt true.... Click here to read more Client Question Corner: Attention Deficit DisorderFrom Amy Hanson and answered by Pietro Abela"There are so many children that are being diagnosed with ADHD and ADD in current years. With full acknowledgement that each client must be treated individually, are there any guidelines you can offer to work energeticallywith the common symptomsof these children?" ... Click here to read the answer Awareness Alone May Not Guarantee The Change You SeekBy Pietro AbelaAs an ARC therapist there have been many times when the new client confesses his sins. He may admit to me in shame and vulnerability, “I am an angry person,” or, “I am always scared.” To this admission I may reply, “So there is a part of you who is angry,” or in the case of the other example,” A part of you is scared then.” I wait for him to digest this. … Click here to read more BODY-SPEAKBy Pietro AbelaAbout ten years ago it dawned on me that the physical issues I was treating as an energy worker masked a deeper emotional layer. I saw that trauma is internalized energetically in precise locations of the body according to the nature of the trauma or event, and that it would manifest physically when left unattended. A physical symptom is almost always sending a message that... Click here to read more Contemplating BurnoutBy Pietro & Melanie AbelaBurnout occurs when the sustained giving out of energy is grossly out of proportion to the repletion of energy, so that a state of depletion exists. It is the severest form of fatigue. If fatigue is an acute condition and exhaustion chronic, burnout is even more severe. Consequently it can sometimes take years to recover from it. ... Click here to read more Creative Codependence: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love CodependenceBy Jo-Ann SvenssonCodependence is often seen as a life draining, self-negating way of being. While I agree, I also know that codependence, like all aspects of life, has both its shadow and light. The trick is seeing how to use its (ahem) controlling, far reaching, life draining tentacles as a foundation for a deliciously creative response to life. After all, codependence is nothing but a creative way we learned as children to get our needs met. The quest then is how to use these imaginative and fertile endeavours to get our adult needs met. ... Click here to read more GroundingBy Pietro AbelaLooking into the eyes of a new-born baby there is a profound sense of the child “not-yet-being-here”, of having not come into the full realization that they are in a place different from where they have come. In the first few weeks of a baby's life there is the feeling that they seem to be still coming in to “land”, that they don’t actually see the world in a purely physical way, but see the colors around you. It is as if there is an acclimatization process taking place. ... Click here to read more Shock TreatmentBy Pietro AbelaThe client before me says she has been to therapists, psychiatrists, doctors, acupuncturists and talked to friends and family and still she cannot seem to get her life together. She has not worked in the last six years. She virtually sees no one (her friends and family seem to stay away from her, she says she thinks they must be sick and tired of her moaning and moping). I ask, “When did you lose your husband?” Later in the session she seems more willing to open up and talk. She tells me she feels safer and more comfortable with me. I decide to ask her a deeper question: “What happened for you to lose your husband?” I ask. ... Click here to read more Something Called FaithBy Melanie AbelaRecently I've questioned again, the tenuous phenomena of faith. It seems unless one is guided by religion, morals, intentions, convictions, or beliefs, faith can become a nebulous term.... Click here to read more Spiritual Directionby Melanie Abela “Spiritual Direction is concerned with healing and reconciliation . . . with the transformation of consciousness.” Soul Friend by Kenneth Leech The Caretaker and the HealerBy Pietro AbelaI must admit I always enjoy making this announcement to the ARC students who join us for their very first class: “A part of you, and a significant part of you is attracted to the healing arts because you were, and maybe still are, successful caretakers.” This puts the new student at a crossroads. … Click here to read more The Truth about SabotageBy Pietro AbelaThe client in front of me says she manages to stay on a diet for two weeks, then inevitably, “I sabotage myself and I find myself back to square one, she says” There are a number of ways to respond to this statement. I could ask how she sabotages herself. Or, how long this has been going on? What she gets out of doing this? Many of these questions are useful and will provide me with information and insight on how my client copes with this phenomenon. But I am more interested in introducing the notion … Click here to read more |
