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El caso de Wendy
Estela Acquarone de Noé BFRP, Argentina
Wendy es una perra muy compañera de Silvia. Habían salido Silvia y Teresita a pasear junto a sus respectivas perras un sábado muy soleado por el parque Urquiza. Wendy saltó una parecita y cayó en caída libre por la barranca, mas o menos 8 metros hasta detenerse en una escalera de ladrillos, que da a la Avenida Belgrano.
Teresita fue la que llamó a casa sintiéndose culpable del accidente ya que de ella había surgido la invitación insistente al paseo. Silvia decía que estaba agonizando y que no tenía salvación, pero ella llamó confiando que las flores podrían ayudarla. Preparé de inmediato dos frasquitos con Rescue™ Remedy a uno de los cuales adicioné Pine y me dirigí al lugar del accidente. Wendy yacía en la misma posición desde el momento del accidente (40 min.), con los ojos en blanco. Respiraba con mucha dificultad. Silvia la había tapado para no verla morir. Comencé a darle inmediatamente el remedio, mojándole el costado de la boca, cada 5 minutos, aunque no mostraba ningún signo de reanimación. Silvia y Teresita tomaban del segundo frasco.
Improvisamos una camilla y con mucho cuidado pudimos llevarla hasta una veterinaria cercana. La veterinaria nos dijo que había pocas esperanzas, que seguramente había sufrido estallido de bazo y/o hígado, que sus pulmones estaban mal. Sin perder las esperanzas, seguí administrándole las gotas en la boca y las patas. Aproximadamente a la media hora, trató de incorporarse como de un salto, por supuesto no pudo, tratamos de calmarla acariciándola. Durante la hora siguiente seguimos dándole el remedio acariciándola y después nos aconsejaron dejarla internada en observación hasta el día siguiente. Le agregamos Rescue™ al agua del bebedero. La doctora comentó “no creo que pueda tomar agua en el estado en que esta.” Quedamos de acuerdo en volver al anochecer para ver como evolucionaba.
Silvia me llamó esa noche y me contó que Wendy había tomado agua y había orinado, que era buena señal pues su sistema urinario estaba funcionando bien. Seguía casi sin moverse pero la había reconocido. Volvió a cambiar el agua de su bebedero y agregó Rescue™ además de darle varias veces durante la visita.
Al día siguiente pudo llevársela a su casa y comenzó una tarea de cuidados intensivos. Sin embargo no podía alimentarse y eso preocupaba a Silvia que al tercer día volvió a llevarla a la veterinaria. Se sorprendieron al verla, ya que su mejoría no era lo que ellos esperaban.
A los quince dias Wendy estaba casi normal. Pudo comenzar a comer. Por un tiempo caminaba como arrastrando levemente su pata izquierda, pero si hubo fractura se recuperó sin secuelas. A los seis meses se escapó y quedó preñada. Tuvo seis cachorros en forma normal y aun hoy sigue disfrutando de buena salud.
Esta experiencia fue para mí muy importante porque me permitió ver y comprobar concretamente conocimientos sobre la aplicación de las flores: que el cuerpo tiene un poder de autocuración muy grande que las flores favorecen cuando reequilibran emocionalmente después de un schock; que el efecto placebo no existe en los animales lo que demuestra aun más el efecto de las flores; y que los remedies producen efectos que a veces parecen “mágicos”.
Your letters
We want you to use this Bulletin to keep in touch with each other. If anything wonderful, funny, interesting or just plain typical has happened to you in your work with the remedies, or if there are any questions that have been nagging away at you, or if you simply want to say hello, please write to us at the Bach Centre, marking your letter clearly as being ‘FOR PUBLICATION’.
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I am disturbed by the attitude and actions of the Centre in relation to so-called Continuing Professional Development (CPD). I would like answers to the following questions:
- Is there any existing or impending legislation in the UK that specifically requires the Bach Centre to implement CPD?
- Is there legislation that prohibits the sale of remedies to practitioners or the public unless the Centre implements CPD?
- What is the relevance of any such UK legislation to other countries?
If there is incontrovertible need for the Centre to implement CPD for all practitioners then I will gladly participate. If there isn’t I have serious objections to make. Is the Centre prepared to allocate the space? Or does the fait accompli of CPD preclude the possibility of real debate?
Bill Ryan BFRP, New Zealand
The answers are: 1. No, there is no current legislation – but the UK government has made it clear that it considers self-regulation, including the implementation of CPD, to be the way ahead for all complementary therapies and registers of therapists. We have decided to take a lead now rather than wait to be forced. 2. Again, no, and the question doesn’t arise in any case as the Centre is not involved in the sale or promotion of product. 3. We have always taken the view that practitioners around the world should as far as possible meet the same standards. Because we believe CPD will help practitioners to focus on their own needs, and because we believe that is a good thing, we have decided to implement it around the world and not just for UK practitioners. We see CPD as a continuation of the ‘personal essay’ that is a central part of the Level 3 course work: a chance for practitioners to look at their relationship with the remedies and see how this has developed.
We are all for open debate, and will review CPD arrangements when they have been in place long enough for all practitioners to have been involved. If you want to set out your objections in more detail and send them to us we will read and respond to them as appropriate.
It’s very interesting to read the reactions to the introduction of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Here in Canada I have experienced similar reactions to the requirement of the registration of social workers. Each province has done it a bit differently but there is the common component of ongoing professional development and recording it each year in relation to maintaining registration.
I have found that some practitioners feel threatened by accountability and put up many barriers to the concept of recording and submitting professional development activities. I find this sad because by these actions they are limiting their own professional and personal development. For me, I welcome the opportunity to share each year what I have done to further my skills.
Sandy Simpson BFRP, Canada
I just consulted with a client who has always used a pendulum to choose what she needs. She was a bit irritated that I was not excited about the pendulum. She seemed reluctant to talk about what was happening in her life so I told her gently that we didn’t have to do the consult if she wasn’t comfortable with the method. We talked a bit about the flowers etc. and 2 hours later we had come up with what to put into the bottle. After our talk her colour was better, her energy was back, and I was able to point out to her, to both of us actually, that using a pendulum skips this very important phase of hearing ourselves out. She had clarified some important things for herself in the process of searching her soul. And it wasn’t all that painful.
Another thing brought home to me recently was the importance of taking responsibility for our own progress, or lack of it. A client who made progress and then stalled indirectly blamed the remedies. At first I wasn’t sure how to respond but it came to me that the remedies will take us only as far as we’re willing to go. If the process requires changes we’re not willing to make then we will stall. The remedies can’t make changes for us.
We addressed the emotions that were holding her back and decided that she will take some time to consider her options before doing more. She has remedies to keep the fear down and support her in this time of change and will come back when she’s ready. It was a wonderful insight for me, one that I was able to take in at a deeper level than just mentally.
Christine Yates BFRP, Canada
Welcome to…
Since the last (September 2002) issue was prepared, 59 new practitioners have joined the register:
- in Argentina, Antonio Cordon, Maria Laura Rearte, Maria Nelida Bado and Monica Beatriz Lauria;
- in Australia, Patricia Freeman, Paulette Keam, Rhonda White, Wendy Duncan, Katha Jones and Dorit Grossbard;
- in Belgium, Michael Van Ootegem;
- in Brazil, Regina Salete Amarante Manzochi, Erwiton Briljants, Cristina Aguila Lima, Denise Carrijo Gouveia, Thereza Mozzato Ciampi Fittipaldi, Fatima Rosana Cavenaghi Moraes de Souza, Margarete Bueno Moscovo, Adilza Renata V. Delgado Pires and Luiza Yasuko Mio;
- in Canada, Sandy Simpson;
- in Denmark Margit Hansen, Lone Stryhn Johansen, Emiline Zille Jabiri and Elsebeth Faurby Stengaard;
- in England, Lesley Ann Pearson, Caroline Price, Jackie Williams, Greg Jones, Jessica Carthew, Sam Diprose, Mia Wickers and David Burt;
- in France, Georges Renaud, Corinne Bertrand, Dominique Vardon and Christine Gelot;
- in Israel, Dalite Wollach;
- in Japan, Miyuki Takeuchi, Yumi Kuwayama, Toyoko Minato, Chiemi Kato, Rie Morita, Eiko Hosaka, Miki Arai, Kayo Okada, Rie Takehara and Minako Amagawa;
- in Netherlands, Wilma Boeijenk-Meijnen;
- in Norway, Anne-Karin Halvorsen;
- in Spain, Paula Crabtree and Eva Blanch Marti;
- in Sweden, Monica Wahlgren Agren;
- and in the U.S.A., Mallory Cross, Jane Cheema, Ann Gridley, Betty Solbjor, Mary Jordan, Brooke Ide and Susan Amesbury Stone.
There are now 1,195 practitioners on the register.
This archive material has been edited to remove some out-of-date advice and information.