Holistic Living
Masters Level Achievement
Holistic Living
Masters Level Achievement
by Jaishri D Mistry, Preston
What was started as a‘ Reiki’ course by Khushalbhai Kumar in 2001 at Gujarat Hindu Society in Preston, is now known as the Holistic Living Course( HLC). The‘ Holistic’ approach, which represents the‘ whole’, is the Physical, Emotional and the Spiritual nature of human beings. Having this understanding, along with the tools to look after yourself in day-to-day life, not only benefits your general health and well-being but that of the wider community too.
Over the past fifteen years, just over 850 people have been through HLC courses at Levels 1, 2 or 3. This achievement has only been possible because of the willingness, commitment, dedication and motivation by Khushalbhai Kumar of Preston, with the full support of Nirmalaben Kumar( his wife).
Khushalbhai is also an active member of Preston Prajapati Samaj and Prajapati Samaj is very fortunate to have someone with Khushalbhai’ s wisdom in this modern era, which was only made possible by his late Guru Swami Atmanand Saraswati and his late Reiki Guru Harshadbhai Desai. Since 2012, the HLC courses have been running under the Holistic Living Group( HLG).
Holistic Masters Award 2016
In 2011, ten students had completed HLC3 Masters course. Once again, on 4th September 2016, the Holistic Living Group( HLG) held a Masters Award Ceremony at Myerscough College, Preston where 9 students were awarded the HLC3‘ Master Level’ certificates. Congratulations to Alison Livesey, Dinesh Mistry, Jaishri Mistry, Urmila Daya, Jasumati Mistry, Lisa Suthar, Sushila Mistry, Usha Mistry and Nirmala Kumar.
Their journey began many years back which started with a ten-day HLC1 course, followed by annual weekend residential HLC2 courses, and finally a five-year intensive HLC3 Masters course.
The HLC1 level equipped the students with a‘ lifelong toolkit’ comprising of‘ Pranayam’( abdominal breathing techniques), Reiki( Universal Energy) and Non-toxic medication( Homeopathy, Ayurveda). It also provided an excellent foundation into understanding the external environment and its impact on mind( M), emotion( E) and physical body( P) as well as their effect on one’ s holistic well-being.
Holistic Awards at HLC3 Masters Ceremony: Front Row( L- R): Nirmalaben Kumar, Lisa Suthar, Jasumati Mistry, Jaishri Mistry, Dinesh Mistry, Alison Livesey Back Row( L- R): Nalini Patel, Sushilaben Mistry, Khushalbhai Kumar( Reiki Grandmaster), Manjulaben Nayee( Grandmaster Nominee), Urmilaben Daya and Ushaben Mistry
42 vol. 41 | Prajapati Sandesh 2016