Many thanks to those who have already completed the survey. We would really like to hear from everyone else too - this is your chance to help make the favour exchange work as well as possible.
*NB There is a small glitch in the survey software. To add comments in the 'Other' or free text/comment boxes for questions 1-9 you must tick the circle - to the left of the associated statement/suggestion, immediately above the text box for that part of the question. If you do not do this you will receive an error message and be directed back to the survey. The questions you have not completed properly will be highlighted in red.
For those who have already completed the survey - you can resubmit if you want to add to or change what you wrote. Just click on the link again, amend your replies and your latest response will automatically overwrite your earlier responses.
At the end of an exciting first year which saw the Clonakilty Favour Exchange grow well beyond expectations, the CFE coordinating group is conducting a survey (linked below) of your experiences of the exchange to date.
We need to know what is good, what is not so good and how collectively we would all like to see the Favour Exchange develop.
We would be very grateful if you would help us by completing the short survey at the link above. It's a simple 'tick box' questionnaire which also offers space for additional feedback/comment - and takes no more than 5 minutes to complete.
Many thanks in advance for your participation - it is very much appreciated.
Miriam
PS Please email clonfavour@gmail.com or text/phone 087 295 3838 if you have any questions about the survey.
Newsletter July 2013 Featured Favours Hi, CFE now has 185 members and offers over 500 types of favour - so how to pick what to ask for? Well, this mailing contains a link to the new featured favours special - this month with a summer theme giving you a chance to eat Italian, go mackerel fishing at sea, keep the kids happy at a puppet workshop and sort out your garden tools once and for all. Interested? Just click here for the full info.
Two Meetings Meanwhile please put these two open meetings in your diary and come along to help with two great local projects - CFE admin and member support, and the new FreeCycle Clon group
Clonakilty Free-Cycle meeting Saturday 3rd August Courtyard bar - 11.00 am. Help get the free-cycle project off the ground for an autumn launch - sustainability on a stick. Draft website here
CFE Admin/Member Support meeting O' Donovan's Hotel lounge Wednesday 24th July 11.00 am - help with the behind the scenes work of CFE and earn favoursSummer events at CFE. Take a moment away from the beach to sample these great CFE events for July/August Newsletter July 2013 Favour Fayre The Favour Fayre continues on Sunday 14th July 2.00 - 4.00 pm at O Donovan's Hotel Venue with all the usual treats and a full lunch and dessert menu! Find out about the great services and skills on offer in CFE, bring your produce or come for the company or to exchange favours for goods. Full details are here - Plus the CFE DVD and Book Exchange! Unmissable!
Italian cooking with Isabel Italian cook and CFE member Isabel will be running a special Favour Academy cookery masterclass on 7th August. Learn how to cook authentic pasta and sauce and tiramisu, then eat it! All members welcome but book early. Spaces are limited. Full details here
Singing on the beach Start you day blissfully by joining CFE member Anja on Inchydoney beach for a dawn sing. She will be on the beach between 8.00 and 9.00 am every sunny morning throughout the year. Expect to be transported. Details here Wednesday continues to mean Coffee Want to know more about CFE, meet other members or just have an excuse to sit and chat with some caffeine*? Morag's CFE coffee meet up is for you. Every Wednesday in O'Donovan's Hotel lounge from 11.00 til 12.00 in the bar. Full details here (*alternative drinks also available)
Family picnic Saturday 29th June! Want some good old fashioned rural fun for all the family? Then come to the CFE family picnic at Camus Farm this Saturday 29th June at 3.00pm. Expect haymaking, cider and a picnic, courtesy of Vic. All very welcome. Bring the family, and some food to share. Help with the hay a bonus. Details and directions here
Doolally about what to do with the kids this summer? Jillian is offering a great puppet workshop for the 7-12 year olds this summer. Drop them off, they make puppets and you get to see another Doolally puppets production at the end of the week. All for favours! Want to know more, click here!
Favour Exchange coordinating meeting next Tuesday Get involved! Help run CFE, bring your ideas and comments - don't leave it to others - the more people who help out the better the favour exchange can be. Meeting 7.30 The Boardroom, above Harte's Courtyard Bar, Tuesday July 2nd
Wednesday still means Coffee Want to know more about CFE, meet other members or just have an excuse to sit and chat with some caffeine*? Morag's CFE coffee meet up is for you. Every Wednesday in O'Donovan's Hotel lounge from 11.00 til 12.00 in the bar. Full details here (*alternative drinks also available)
The magic continues! The Favour Fayre continues on Sunday 14th July2.00 - 4.00 pm at O Donovan's Hotel Venue, with all the usual treats including organic veg, nutritional snacks, salad lunches, chutneys and more. Find out about the great services and skills on offer in CFE, bring your produce or come for the company or to exchange favours for goods. Full details are here - Plus the CFE DVD and Book Exchange! Unmissable! Four great events on the CFE calendar this month
Wednesday means Coffee Want to know more about CFE, meet other members or just have an excuse to sit and chat with some caffeine*? Morag's CFE coffee meet up is for you. This and every Wednesday in O'Donovan's Hotel lounge from 11.00 til 12.00 in the bar. Full details here(*alternative drinks also available)
Fantabulous Showcase of CFE Skills and Services This Sunday 16th June2.00 - 4.00 pm is not just the next Favour Fayre, with all the usual treats including organic veg, nutritional snacks, salad lunches, chutneys and more. In the venue at O' Donovan's there will also be 20 special stalls for you to find out about the great services and skills on offer in CFE. Full details are here - Train your dog, fix your bike, promote your business, improve your health and fix any and every ailment or ache you might have. Plus the CFE DVD and Book Exchange! Unmissable!
Alexander Technique Workshop Looking for "vitality, flexibility, poise, coordination and economy of movement, together with clarity and calmness of thought". Look no further. Book one of only ten spaces on the latest Favour Academy workshop - Katey Sleeman will run a workshop on how the Alexander Technique can help you on Wednesday 19th June - full details here
Sustainability on a Stick Freecycle is coming to Clon. A town-wide scheme, sponsored by CFE, will be launched in July. An online noticeboard, supported by facebook and twitter accounts, will be home to a large virtual noticeboard on which people can post up things they want to give away - and give them away. An end to clutter, an end to waste, everything gets recycled and every object finds its natural home. If you are interested come to an open meeting in the bar of the Courtyard pub on Tuesday 25th June at 8.00pm. Details and more info here
Extra news May 2013 Regular coffee mornings start!
By popular request the regular coffee meet ups for CFE members and friends are starting again. Morag will be your host for chat and caffeine at O Donvovan's Hotel, Clonakilty. Meet and make friends, find out more about CFE works or see what's new and different. Starts Wednesday 15th May at 11.00 am. Details here
Newsletter 6th May 2013 Dear members and subscribers, here is our news for May
President finds favour with CFE
You probably noticed that President Michael D came to Clonakilty for its 400th birthday, and coincidentally the 1st birthday of CFE. His warm words for the town included two public tributes to the Favour Exchange - recorded in a news item here, plus some pics.
Astonishing new features on the website
The members survey has given us some great feedback which is all helping to improve CFE to meet the needs of an unanticipated 150 members!. Following the launch of Squirrel Search last month, we now have an updated and more user friendly Asks Notice Board- please give it a try. One click (well two actually) and you are posting. No unpleasant sign up. There is also an new Community Calendar where you can see upcoming CFE events and add your own news and events too. And if you are not sure where to find it all, follow the top tab to the new Members' Area where all of the essential pages are linked from easy to follow images. This includes a link to the new search bar where you will be able to search for members and skills more quickly and efficiently than ever before!
Co-ordinating Meeting
If you want to participate, meet up or lend your voice to the latest plans for CFE please come to our next co-ordinating group meeting at the Courtyard bar, 7.30pm on Tuesday 6th May. Up this week are a discussion of the survey results, and plans for the new upcycling project. News of the last meeting here, and details and agenda for Tuesday's meeting here
Favour Fayre
Last but not least, don't miss out on that goodwill that President Higgins talked about. The next Favour Fayre takes place on Sunday 12th May at 2.00 pm in O' Donovan's Hotel courtyard. All welcome, bring goods to exchange or trade for favours, or just come for the buzz. As ever, a fun social event as well as a way of exchanging goods big and small. Details all here - see you there!
Newsletter 20th April 2013 Can a survey be any sexier! Many thanks and virtual hugs to all those who have completed the CFE members' survey. The results have already shaped the future - see squirrel search below. If you haven't, we would still love to hear from you - 5 minutes is all it takes! The more feedback, the better the community. Click here now to complete your membership survey.
Stand by your tablecloths, new manager comes to the Favour Fayre Another fabulous day at the fayre on the 14th. Karin is now bringing her market management expertise to the Fayre, plus new matching tablecloths! All recorded in a heartwarming article linked here.
What on earth is Squirrel Search? Trouble searching CFE for skills, or just like the personal touch? Liz is now providing a great new service, Squirrel Search. One click and the results of over 300 skills and 150 members will be tailored to meet your asks, and with a friendly note. And if it doesn't quite work out, let Liz know!. Want to know more? Have a look here
Putting the Home into Homeopathy Following the success of Linda Coyle's great voice workshop, the favour academy continues at 7.30 on Monday 22nd April* with "homeopathy in the home" with Alice Glendinning. Still time to squeeze in one more participant. See here for details
* Dont believe anybody who tries to tell you Alice's workshop is on Thursday - it's tonight, Monday 22nd April
Easter Newsletter March 2013 T'Aint a Bird special with Tina Pisco To mark the anniversary of the crash landing of an American plane in White's Marsh in 1943 Tina reads from and discusses her best selling novel "Only a Paper Moon" - a fiction based on these true life events. Meet her in the convivial setting of An Teach Beag bar behind O Donovan's Hotel. All welcome. 8.00pm Thursday 28th March. Art meets life meets pint. Details here.
Stop sniggering at the back See the dramatic march of the CFE Morris Men as they swing their way to a prize winning performance at the Paddy's Day parade. (T'Aint a Bird either). If you don't want to see it, don't click here
CFE NO 24 in the best things about Ireland Many thanks to Fintan O Toole for voting us no 24 in the Irish Times list of the best reasons to love Ireland. Read all about it here.
Great new members to say hello to and exchange with Meet the latest 12 members of CFE who joined in the last few weeks. Carpentry, piano lessons and wine appreciation are just a few of the fantastic skills on offer from these new members. All just a click away
March 2013 Newsletter CFE goes international
Paddy Meets Morris
Please come with cheers and support for CFE members and friends dancing a special parade version of a traditional Morris Dance at this weekends Patrick's Day Parade. CFE banner will be there to lead the team of dedicated and talented dancers. Kick off at 3.00pm - don't miss it! Details here
Tain't A Bird US plane landing 5oth anniversary
No secret that CFE member Tina Pisco is also a talented author. Join Tina for a special public talk about her international best seller Only a Paper Moon. The novel is set around the landing of an American plane near Clonakilty 50 years ago and the real events following the arrival of the crew and their monkey. The public talk will be at O Donovan's on 28th March at 8.00 pm and is a CFE special event as part of the T’Ain’t a Bird weekend celebrations. All welcome. Copies of the book available via clonfavour@gmail.com or on the night.
Germany discovers Ireland's answer to the recession
Deutsche Welle (Germans world TV channel - 60 milliion viewers) came to Clonakilty recently and filmed this fantastic film of CFE members at work, with beautiful shots of the town. The film, part of a series showing how Europe is coping with the recession in different ways, contains shots of at least ten CFE members - prizes for spotting them all! Link here to see the film.
Favour Fayre
Hi, just a reminder that Sunday 10th March is the next CFE Favour Fayre. Come to the market space behind O Donovan's Hotel and enjoy all the fun of the fayre! Meet members and exchange goods for favours, or favours for goods - or both!
Special notice too of a meeting to plan the future fayres. Stay at the end of the fayre for a chat with other CFE members at 3.30 to form a committee and make plans for the future of this fantastic event. Help it reach its full potential. Details all here - don't miss out!
We are also meeting at 1.00 to clean and prepare the space - all welcome.
Whats happening with CFE these days?
Its all in the minutes of the last CFE coordinating group meetings. Find out what is going on and being planned for CFE. Read about at least 10 scintillating and amazing ideas! All are welcome at the next meeting on the first Tuesday of every month. Full minutes of last Tuesday's meeting and previous meetings here.
Just a reminder of four great CFE events this week!
Book Club
On Thursday 21st Feb join Jo ant the gang for a read of Harry Potter author JK Rowling's fabulous new book A Casual Vacany. Details here.
Film Club
On Friday 22nd Feb join us for a first viewing of the film Cloud Atlas based on the book by CFE hon member and best-selling local author David Mitchell. Details here
Homeopathy course
On Saturday 23rd spend the day with experienced practitioner Alice Glendinning for a special one day course on using homeopathy for first aid in the home. Details here
Balls and Bells
And to cap it all join Vic at 7.00pm on Saturday for a course of Morris dancing leading to a public dance on Paddy's Day - no kidding! Details here.
Happy New Year to all our members! Great CFE events coming up again this season - read on!
Admin training session What better way to spend a cold wet evening, and earn favours, than to help with the administration of CFE! Join Bev in theBoardroom upstairs over the Courtyard Bar on Wednesday 16th Jan at 7.00 for an initial training session and become a CFE regular. No offer of help too small, no skill level too pitiful. For details please email clonfavour@gmail.com or text or call 089 43526
Book Club After a great season the book club completes its 2012 run with Hans Fallada's "Alone in Berlin". But if you missed out, no need to again!. At 9.00pm in the Courtyard Bar on Thursday 17th Jan (immediately after the regular meeting) Jo will be choosing the books for the next run of book club meetings. All details here
Build your own Website The favour academy winter season continues with a unique opportunity to learn the arts of blogger from CFE webmaster Bev. Within 2 hours you will have the knowledge needed to knock up a website or blog of your own! All courses charged in favours. Wednesday 23rd Jan at the Courtyard Bar. Details here
Favour Fayre Hi, the CFE Favour Fayre continues on Sunday 3rd February. Come to the market space behind O Donovan's Hotel (under cover and in the Venue if it rains) and enjoy meeting members, exchange goods for favours, or favours for goods - or both! Stalls always welcome. See you there! Details all here - don't miss out!
CFE coordinating group meeting Join us in the Courtyard Bar at 7.30 on Tuesday 5th Feb. to discuss the work of CFE, plan future events and share brilliant ideas for taking the programme onwards and upwards in 2013. All members very, very welcome. Agenda and details here.
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Community and goodwill are great feelgood factors, but you can't put them in your pocket. However, at the Clonakilty Favour Fayre you can get a good dose of feelgood, make friends and come away with some amazing stuff! No money changes hands, but everything else does. If you haven't been, try it out.
On 14th April the fifth Favour Fayre took place behind O Donovan's Hotel. Around the library stall (give one, take one - books, CD's and DVD's) and the tool bank (lend and borrow tools from other members) CFE members set up their stalls of food, artifacts and goods. The bright stalls with matching table cloths filled the covered yard topped with bunting made by member Ann Scallon. Behind, Renee Fouche set up a Shiatsu session room in the cabana, and at the entrance the favour bank was ready with a tin full of little printed fish for members to draw down and trade for goods.
During the afternoon, while dispensing and receiving books and DVD's at the stall, I chatted with members and visitors and talked about plans for the future of the fare with Karin Jossells - new favour fayre manager for CFE. As well as catching up with old friends and making new ones, I arranged some future exchanges including piano lessons and some power-washing of our garden.
I came away with a bottle of nutritionist Michelle Ryan's life enhancing Kvaas, some beautiful organic veg and a tray of growing plants from Julia, a chair from Sam and another classic film from Vic. If that wasn't enough, for just one favour I also had a magnificent bar of chocolate from Allison and a Shiatsu massage from Renee. I came away feeling better than it is decent to print.
Meanwhile Deirdre's felt workshop kept the younger children busy. The tapestry they made involved a very friendly crocodile and will be presented to the President on his visit to the town next month.
The favour fayre is now a regular fixture for the second Sunday of each month. The next fare will take place on Sunday the 12th May from 2.00 to 4.00pm. Expect great meat and veg, food and drink and artwork, a bicycle repair shop, a massage and maybe a horoscope telling session. More news to follow. If you would like to set up a stall, or bring some goods to exchange, email us on clonfavour@gmail.com. If you are not a member of CFE, you can join on the day.
Hi, I’m Ellen. Since 2006 my family and I have lived in Clonakilty after many years in Belgium and can honestly say there is no better town to live in. My qualifications and interests lie in Art, Ceramic Sculpture and Mosaic. With a large range of skills I'd be happy to help inspire you creatively no matter what the project may be.
Skills to Exchange Mosaic Workshops, Ceramic Sculpture, Papier Mache Projects, Furniture Repurposing, Interior Design Advice, Custom made gifts created with you for that Special Occasion. These are a few of the areas I can offer my services.
Qualifications and experience Degree Fine Art Printing and Photography, Crawford, Cork Degree in Ceramics, Mechelen Belgium www.ellenmcgaley.com
I also speak Flemish/Dutch and fluent Kerry Gibberish so if anyone is looking for a coffee companion for a chat then I'd love that.
Hello, I am Johnny the Fiddler. I also have a 3rd level education in business. I speak fluent French. I have lived in Antwerp, Belgium and have recorded with Bernie Smyth the céilí nun! Skills to Exchange I will play the fiddle for anyone you want!
Qualifications and experience I play Irish trad music and slow airs. I have a gentle style and have been playing the last 30 years. .
Hi, I’m Eylo. I am a Montessori teacher. I have been working with children for 7 years. Also I love making things like arts and crafts.
Skills to Exchange Balloon making, face painting. Language exchange (Spanish) Art skills like felting. Cake decoration – also I make gluten free cakes. Babysitting
Qualifications and experience Degree in teaching FETAC level 6 special needs assistance Native Spanish I have experience as a teacher, doing birthday parties and teaching arts and crafts for children. . Contact details eyloblanco@gmail.com 087 1180288
Hi, I’m Krisztian. I am an experienced landscaper, applying organic principles in designing gardens and maintaining them. I run Slackline workshops in Croppy Park.
Skills to Exchange gardening Slackline workshops small transportation
Qualifications and experience permaculture designer / landscaper experience of farm minding and garden maintenance
CFE comes in at no 24 in the Irish Times guide to the "reasons to love Ireland"
The Irish Times asked some of its top contributors for reasons to be cheerful. As they put it "We racked our brains for reasons why – despite the rain, recession and repression – we remain proud of our country. And here they are."
CFE came in at no 24 thanks to Fintan O Toole. Deputy editor of the Irish Times and an author Fintan came to speak at an open meeting of our book club last November. The discussion was about his book Ship of Fools, and met members of the exchange. Here is his entry in the 50 best reasons article.
"24. Because we can share. There might be a lot wrong with Irish culture, but it has always had a sense of community and of the value of co-operation. Much of that may have been lost in the deluded boomtimes, but there’s an opportunity to recover it. The Clonakilty Favour Exchange is a brilliantly simple idea. People use a website to offer favours to neighbours – help with digging a garden, music lessons for a child, a lift to Dublin – for which they gain credits. These credits are then banked and can be used to pay for favours in return. It’s a lovely way of using contemporary technology to return to and to revive an older sense of co-operation. And it shows that there really is more to life than money".
For twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. Low taxes, light regulation and an 'anything goes' attitude seemed to have created boundless prosperity. And then, as in Iceland, the glittering palaces vanished in the heat of the global financial meltdown. For years, those with economic power had been investing in a gigantic property bubble. In Ship of Fools Fintan O'Toole tells the story of this dizzying rise and sickening fall. Ireland may have had a tiger economy, but those in charge of it had not lost their taste for sweetheart deals, back-handers and bribery. This is the essential analysis of Ireland's economic suicide.
Hello there. I am Maria I am an artist, living and working in Skibbereen at present. I inspire creative expression in multiple forms, assisting people to get in touch with their soul.
Skills to Exchange tuition: conversational german and greek wiresculpting, painting, glasspainting caring energy healing
Qualifications and experience I am entirely self-taught in the arts and have 15 years of experience I worked for CCCA a few years as a carer
Hi, I'm Fionnuala. I live in Kilavarrig in the beautiful Arigideen valley. I have worked in the food and wine business pretty much all my life, and the loves of my life are my family, music and the water, all accompanied by something delicious to eat and drink! I would love to offer favours related to any of these elements.
Skills to Exchange Cooking and cookery demonstrations; teaching cooking to children; advice on restaurant or private dinner menus or wine; wine appreciation classes; playing music or singing for a party or event; tourism ideas in Ireland, especially Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wicklow, Wexford and Donegal; teaching swimming and diving(off the rocks in Simon's Cove, not Jacques Cousteau style!) to children, teenagers or adults.
Qualifications and experience Self taught chef - ran Fionnuala's Little Italian Restaurant in Clon from 1991 to 2003; WSET (Wines and Spirit Education Trust) qualified; Swimming and lifesaving certs (way back in the 70's!). Contact details fmharkin@gmail.com 086 8533758
Hi, I’m Jonny. I've been living in the Clonakilty area for the last six years, I currently live in the Castlefreke area with my partner Sue and our two kids.
Skills to Exchange I would like to offer my carpentry skills, I have a number of years experience in construction and also a number of years in furniture making, so I can offer woodwork at all levels and take great pride in my work (I have worked on a wide variety of projects so I don't mind the quirky jobs). I would also offer advice to anyone undertaking renovations/extensions or house projects, and or anyone taking on a woodworking project of some sort. I am currently studying horticulture so I can offer my gardening skills and advice and am also qualified for chainsaw work and tree felling.
Qualifications and experience Fetac Level 6 in Furniture making with Over 10 years experience in building construction and carpentry/woodworking Currently studying a degree in Horticulture(2nd year) Certified for chainsaw use and tree felling .
Hi, I’m Katey. I am a rare breed in that I was brought up in Ardfield and came back to live here in September 2000. I lived in Bristol for 12 years previous to that where I qualified as am Alexander Technique Teacher.
Skills to Exchange I am happy to offer lessons in the Alexander Technique in Clonakilty.
Qualifications and experience I am a qualified Alexander Technique teacher and have 20 years experience in teaching individuals and groups, Over the last 9 years I have run a class for students in the Cork City School of Music . Contact details sleeman.klp@gmail.com 087 9632908
Hi, my name is Laura. I'm from Switzerland, here as a workawayer. I'll stay for about 4 months. My hostmother, Michelle Ryan, is involved in Clonakilty favour and I was at the market last Sunday. It was great, I enjoyed it much. And I'd love to help and exchange some skills too.
Before I came here I was travelling in my old van around Europe, I finished high school and I worked as a chef last winter.
When I go back to Switzerland I'll start studying physics.
Skills to Exchange
I could help with German, maybe a little with French. I'm always delighted when I can cook, so any occasion where you need help or if you want me to prepare a meal or whatever. If you want to learn about the Swiss kitchen I can show you a few things.
I'm staying with a family with two lovely boys, so if you need a babysitter I love being with the kids!
Qualifications and experience
About my language skills, I finished high school as I said, my German is good, my French is okay.
About my cooking, you have to taste it. But as I worked in a Hotel kitchen for a season, I have some experience as well.
My name is Billy Smith, and I'm a young 52 year Old, with a career background in retail management and sales. I describe myself as a Positive Energy Coach. I am currently working as a Territory Manager with a highly positive and proactive field sales company. I'm representing a very large multinational Company with big brands. I was awarded top performer in Ireland for 2009, I'm passionate about what I do, and believe that there is no point doing a job if you don't love it! I'm very much into the power of the mind, and fully believe that we can change our economic woes by changing our thinking. My big passion is in the whole human potential movement, and this passion started way back in 1977 when I learned Transcendental meditation the technique brought to the West by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi – famously known for a brief period as the Guru to the Beatles! At that time I suffered with Anorexia Nervosa, and Transcendental meditation cured it! In the early 80's I let meditation slip, and lived to say the very least a 'colorful' life until the late 90's, when I started meditating again. In 2002, I did Reiki level 1, and noticed profoundly positive changes taking place in my life. I went on to do Reiki Level 2, and became a Tera Mai Reiki Master in 2004. I completed the Master Degree in the Usui System of Reiki with Cork based Reiki Master Teresa Collins in April 2006. In the summer of 2006, I discovered Gary Craig's EFT, which had a profound effect on me, allowing me to clear many emotional issues. I hold both a fundamentals PACE certificate of Completion and an advanced certificate of completion in the Original Emotional Freedom technique. Sadly, these certifications are no longer recognized, and that caused me much angst, and became a tapping issue! Gary has given so freely, and I was very sorry to hear of his sudden retirement from EFT back in 2010. Apart from EFT, I have also done a number of sessions of Robert Smith's Faster EFT which I found extremely powerful. It seems to me that many different EFT Practitioners have put their own spin on the process. I was delighted to see that Gary Craig has come back out of retirement with his new web site– www.emofree.com It is thanks to the open hearted and open handed approach of Gary Craig that there are so many versions of meridian tapping available today, each one has its own degree of effectiveness, primarily depending on the practitioner. I will always admire and have enormous respect for Gary. I currently practice my own version of meridian tapping incorporating the best parts of all energy systems that I have come across, when this process has evolved to a finely tuned elegant process I plan to launch it - watch this space! I will call my process Biosolas EFT (BEFT), where the E= Energy, F = Focused, and T = Therapy.
Qualifications and experience Teachers Certificate in Biosolas Effortless Meditation. Fundamentals PACE certificate of Completion and an advanced certificate of completion in the Original (EFT) Emotional Freedom technique. Master Degree in the Usui System of Reiki .
Hi, I’m Bernadette. I’m a mother of three children age 7, 9 and 13 years. I moved to Clonakilty having lived overseas for almost 20 years. Skills to Exchange I can offer hand, neck and shoulder massages and massage for stress relief.
I am also available for dog walking.
Qualifications and experience Fully qualified as a massage therapist in the U.S.
Hi, I’m Mary Kay. I recently moved back to West Cork. I live in Timoleague and am anxious to become a member of the group
Skills to Exchange Chinese medicine - acupuncture and/or herbs
Qi gong instruction for individual health problems or to groups.
Shamanic Healing Work
Permaculture design advice
Short term pet minding at my home
Qualifications and experience Practicing and teaching Chinese medicine for 30 years in three countries. Written 3 textbooks in Chinese medicine. Served as Dean of Herbal Medicine and Clinical Supervisor in two schools. Started multiple free public health clinics. Worked with HIV impacted people, women victims of domestic abuse; returning combat veterans, PTSD sufferers. Taught Qi Gong for the last 15 years to individuals and groups. Certified in Permaculture Design by Bill Mollison instructors 15 years experience shamanic training and work
