Overview
The author, Steve Oliver and I like to exchange ideas, mostly on health, healing, and wellness. We also both share a deep passion for Asian approaches to these ideas. Over these past few years, it seems that our respective ideas have grown by leaps and bounds, so much so that it has become imperative that we put these ideas down in print, so that they may be shared more readily with a steadily increasing audience / readership. So, when Steve asked me if I would be willing to write a foreword to a book he was writing on ideas that bring together meditation, mind and body relationship, and keys to happiness and success, my response was an enthusiastic “yes”. A book such as this is of such great value, that I consider it both an honor as well as a sense of devotion to extol its overall content.
This book is a wonderful celebration of many practical approaches to making one’s life more meaningful and enjoyable at the same time. It offers time-tested methods to bring about significant positive changes in the way one thinks, acts, and perceives. It is also a unique contribution to an evolving paradigm of the human experience here on Earth – it combines the rich knowledge base of several life-enhancing techniques and applies this knowledge in pragmatic, logical, and practice-friendly ways.
This book is impressive in itself, but once you realize that it is but the first in a series of ten books, all dealing with the many facets of our humanness, it quickly becomes obvious that Steve Oliver has undertaken a herculean task of equipping the reader with a vast body of wisdom to be able to overcome some the most basic challenges and difficulties one faces in a lifetime. Because of the sheer magnitude of this endeavor, readers will be astonished by the book’s depth and complexity, and yet all the while, its relative ease of application. This quickly becomes evident by the author’s input of many interesting personal accounts and illustrations of his own journey to “wisdom and wellness”.
Possibly the greatest challenge Steve faced in writing this work was to creatively intermesh the many intellectual currents, both historical and more contemporary, that inform the broad theme encompassed in this book. As the first in a series, it contains the essence of crucial concepts and effective practices to bring the reader to a level of empowerment, self-assuredness, and optimism in one’s own inherent abilities to bring significant improvements, to experience a leap in quality of life, one that will not leave anyone indifferent once it has been thoroughly read.
This is a remarkable book, becoming an indispensable reference source of inspiration and guidance to all those who aspire to make “things better for themselves”.
For all of us who can so greatly benefit from this valiant effort, Steve Oliver deserves the deepest gratitude.
Charles Beaupé
Associate Professor
Asian Studies
Saint Mary’s University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940045264129 |
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| Publisher: | Steven Oliver |
| Publication date: | 10/04/2013 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 924 KB |
About the Author
I was born into a Nova Scotian family of community and spiritual workers. In my youth I assumed that everyone had access to this type of healing family environment. My parents Dr. Rev. William and Dr. Pearleen Oliver, as local leaders, stayed focused for 60 years providing service to the peoples of Nova Scotia communities.
As I became more aware that my family situation was unique, I started to explore ways of extending my experiences to others. In High School I worked as a Halifax playground student councilor and joined an experimental Children's Theatre Group “Rainbow Theatre”. This unique experience opened me up to the world of drama, art and dance. During this time period I participated in the NFB youth film production program.
In my early twenties I travelled to Toronto, Ontario and joined the Toronto Dance Theatre and studied electronic music at the University of Toronto. It was during this period that I worked with various healing arts. (Alexandra Technique, Kundalini Yoga and various meditation techniques). I completed all the requirements for the Ontario Board of Massage Therapist.
In the mid-seventies, I met Master Moi, the founder of the Taoist Association of Canada and began my study of Tai Chi. On my return to Halifax in the eighties, I continued my study of Tai Chi, under the guidance of Master Moi but also completed studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) at the Canadian College of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In 2008, I combined my experiences and founded the Lower Sackville Wellness Centre. The Wellness Centre offered shared office spaces for Health Professionals and a workshop area for Tai Chi, Meditation and other wellness related workshops. As part of the promotion of the Wellness Centre, I completed the CBC Center for Art tapes film production classes and projects.
In 2012 I resigned from the Lower Sackville Wellness Centre. The centre continues under the guidance of the practitioners. My current focus is on Community Health and Wellness Programming (CHWP). I offer Health and Wellness consultation and programming to community centers, organizations and individuals.
Current clients include the HomeBrigde Youth Society, The Windsor Elms Village, The Queens Manor, Sackville Heights Community Centre, The Wallace Lucas Community Center, private classes and clients.
In partnership with St. Mary’s University Continuing Education Department, Halifax Nova Scotia, we are creating a new Health and Wellness certificate courses. Graduates will work in a variety of setting such as schools, community centers, long term care facilities, corporations and offer independent private services.