NEWSLETTER ISSUE 14th March 2008

First e-newsletter

Welcome to Ili Ili Stones first e-newsletter. We would like to send warm aloha’s to all of our old and new friends. We hope to keep you all up to speed with Ili Ili Stones news with a quarterly update.
Ili Ili Stones runs weekend retreats and day courses where you will learn the art of hot stone therapy. Each course teaches you
* One and half hour hot stone massage
* Types, shape and usage of 50 spa set of hot stones
*How to use basalt stones for deep tissue work, relaxation and remedial work
*Placement of stones on and under body for remedial, therapeutic and Hawaiian massage
*How to adapt hot stone therapy to your style of massage
*Tools and equipment needed
*Contraindications, work place health and safety, safe use of stones and equipment
Hot stone therapy in combination with Lomi Lomi results in an amazing treatment allowing your clients to move into a deep state of relaxation resulting in profound healing. The treatment restores balance of mind, body and soul and has become the most requested style of massage in the world.
Many other courses will only teach you about stone placement. Ili Ili Stones will also teach how to massage with the stones, taking the entire treatment to another level. Our technique flows because we work to minimise the need to leave the table, we work with groups of stones keeping continuous client contact.
An opportunity to expand your client base, not to be missed.

Courses for 2008

We have monthly courses that range from state to state and from weekend retreats to day classes. This month to celebrate our first newsletter we have a special 10% discount for those of you who sign up with a friend for the April Lorne retreat.

April 4/5/6 in Lorne
May 26/27 in Sydney
June 14/15 in Albert Park
July TBC in Byron Bay
September 27/28 in Albert Park
October TBC in Sydney
November 7/9 in Lorne
December 5/6/7 in Lorne (level 2)

You can book online via our website.

Ili ili stones at kin kin

December of last year saw us bring Ili Ili stones to Mettes Institute in Kin Kin. Set in the lush, rolling hills of the Noosa Hinterland, Mettes Institute is a retreat in the true sense of the word. A mecca for people wanting to learn body work skills and to develop personally at the same time.
We had two amazing days of Ili stone training whilst being pampered with fabulous vegetarian food; swims and saunas, laughing and walking and making new Ili stone ohana (family). Our Ili stones are truly travelling far and wide throughout Australia!
Our next Queensland course will be Byron Bay. For more information on Mettes institute and ka huna massage go to: mettesinstitute.com.au.

Ili stones joins with Heartworks

Ili Ili Stones joins forces with Heartworks at the Rainbow Retreat in Sydney this May. Heartworks is a specialist Lomi technique developed by Sherman Du Doit in Hawaii. Like with hot stone therapy it strives to restore balance within the self and opens the heart with long rhythmic massage and encourages inner focus through meditation. A wonderful complement to hot stone therapy.
Come and enjoy a five day retreat with time to stretch out fully and absorb this massage technique in combination with hot stones. The entire 5 day course runs from May 23rd to 27th , you can just attend the ili component if you have already completed a heartworks level one course, this is running on May 26th and 27th This course needs to be booked through the Heartworks website www.heartworkslomilomi.com