Acupuncturistsand teachers at the College of Five Elements Acupuncture, a new acupuncture training college, will give public talks on the approach on Thursday at 8pm in the Glenside Hotel, Smithstown, Drogheda, Co Louth, and on Sunday from 1pm-5pm in the Marine Hotel, Sutton Cross, Dublin 13.
The talks will be of interest to potential patients as well as students. See cofea.ie or tel: 01 8330865 for more details.
A day-longmandala- making workshop will be held in the Shell Cottage, Carton House Estate, Maynooth, Co Kildare, on Saturday.
Each participant will make their own mandala using sand, shells, etc, as part of a meditative exercise. Cost €100. Bookings with Geoff Fitzpatrick on tel: 086 8533744 or visit mandalanature.com
Psychocalisthenics(PCals) is a sequence of 23 movements and breathing exercises that activates the flow of vital energy throughout all organs, glands and tissues.
An introductory training in PCals goes ahead on Saturday, July 2nd from 10am-5pm in the Grand Hotel, Malahide, Co Dublin, and in the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, Co Cork on Saturday, July 16th. Cost €95. Booking on tel: 087-6880865. See pcals.com
The symptomsand treatment for children and adolescents with bi-polar and other mood disorders will be discussed at a public lecture on Thursday, July 7th, at 7pm in the Lucena Clinic, 59 Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin.
The speakers are Kiki D. Chang, director of the Paediatric Bipolar Disorders Program at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Meghan Howe, the clinical research manager at the same school. Admission is free but advanced booking essential on tel: 01 4923596 or e-mail marie.mccourt@sjog.ie
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