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Gathering of SCENAR Professionals at the 2010 Australasian SCENAR Conference

"Simple & Effective Solutions" is the key message delivered in the 2010 Australasia SCENAR Conference being held in Sydney this weekend 30th July to 2nd August, 2010.

The events will cover topics "The SCIENCE behind ENERGY MEDICINE" by Dr Donese Worden NMD (USA), Prof A. Tarakanov (RUSSIA) discussing SCENAR; its role in Emergency Care - resuscitation, treatment of injuries, Analgesia, its role in Emergency Care - Burns and First Aid, Mechanisms of the OLM Blanket and myriad of topics referring to the use of SCENAR Therapy & Technology.

Prof. Tarakanov is one of the world’s foremost researchers of SCENAR Therapy. He brings with him years of experience and practical insights into all aspects of SCENAR Therapy.  Prof. Tarakanov is the head of the emergency department at the Advanced Training Faculty for Doctors at Rostov State Medical University, Russia. He is the Director of the SCENAR Therapy Research Institute in Rostov.

Athina Parise RN will be presenting an update of research for SCENAR in Australian hospitals in Perth and possibly Sydney. We look forward to hearing the official announcements when independent government funding has been approved.

Finishing up with a re-cap of work from the Ritm SCENAR community delivered by Helen Gracie, CEO SCENAR Health Group 'SCENAR Applications in Disaster medicine; Haiti 2010'. She has been instrumental in co-ordinating the 2 missions to date to Haiti by herself & Dr Toni Bark involving the use of SCENAR Therapy; contributing to the work of Amurt and Amurtel: a grassroots Haitian initiative helping survivors overcome trauma.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDUbVOcKbAs.   Helen will be delivering a message about volunteering, both for disaster relief and within community organizations.

Peter Stuart from SCENAR Health Canada will be in attendence always interested in learning more about the capacity of SCENAR from the such of worldwide selection of SCENAR Professionals.

SCENAR PRINCIPLES

Again this week i have been reminded that SCENAR does not "treat" or diagnose any particular disease or problem.  By using your natural ability to self heal together with your body's innate ability to adapt to surrounding forces, SCENAR urges your body to repair itself from many disabilities, diseases and pain.  SCENAR helps bring your body back to balance (homeostasis) and you should have success if you follow the SCENAR principles listed by the RITM SCENAR Institute guidelines.

Not all SCENAR's or SCENAR companies are the same

When choosing a SCENAR company you need to look for these key benefits & support, please make sure when you purchase your SCENAR you receive 2 year repair or replacement warranty, public liability coverage, full customer support & a training program approved by the Russian patient holders & manufacturers RITM OKB, so you understand & can use your SCENAR effectively professionally, sport or home use. 

Through the RITM Scenar Institute, the SCENAR Health group worldwide provides a comprehensive, practical training program for the Professional - Levels 1, 2 & 3 enabling maximum effectiveness & efficiency of time for your treatments.  We also support & ensure the sport or home user understands how to use their SCENAR by DVDs, a comprehensive handbook & full customer support and where possible SCENAR Sport/Home Study Groups.

SCENAR Health Canada is the only Licensed  RITM SCENAR Institute Training Company in Canada (approved by RITM OKB).

Want to learn more, give us a call: 

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'Medical Esthetics' Scenar Therapist in Canada

Ritm Scenar Institute trained Scenar Therapist, Jayne Doxtater has recently returned from attending in Las Vegas, Nevada Scenar Training by Chris Mortensen  in "Woman's Health" & "Medical Esthetics".  She is now the first "Medical Esthetics Scenar Therapist"  in Canada and will be training with the Ritm Scenar Institute to be a Medical Esthetics Trainer for North America.

Women's Health uses the 'general zones" for homeostasis (balance) specifically addressing issues such as hormonal, uterine prolapse.

Medical Esthetics focuses again on bringing the body to  homeostasis to create an effect on our largest organ, the skin.  Treating fine lines, wrinkles, scar tissue etc.  A full facial technique is performed using only the Scenar Device.

Further information please contact Jayne Doxtater

Pain Management for Animals using SCENAR Therapy

Treat animals EXACTLY the same as you do people. Dogs, horses & animals respond extremely well to SCENAR Therapy.


BINDI (our SCENAR Animal Ambassador)  loves SCENAR Therapy and often falls asleep whilst she is being treated - she has a chronic elbow problem developed before we got her (she is a rescue dog)  & sometimes gets very sore.   SCENAR has an accessory used for animals (& humans with lots of hair) - it is a Hair Electrode, this allows the signals to go through the hair, via the skin to the Central Nervous System (CNS).

The best approach is to start at low power and slowly work your way up.   The SCENAR will send signals via the skin to the Central Nervous System (CNS).  SCENAR excites the C fibres in the CNS - (the main nerve system that runs the animals system).  The SCENAR is a "adaptive regulator"  if there is a problem  in the animals system the signal will ignite neuropedites (the animal's bodies own pharmaceuticals) to help balance the animals system.   You can see their pupils dilate, sometimes you can see muscles ripple and you find they really respond to a SCENAR Treatment.  A tremendous application for Race Horses or 3 Day Eventing, Endurance or Polo Cross.  Non-invasive & drug free.  Useful before & after surgery, maintenance, chronic or acute problems.

Bindi's treatments vary ranging from 5-15mins & frequency depending on what she is doing, walking the doggy trails, swimming, playing ball or whether it is summer or winter.  Please contact us for further  information about SCENAR for Animals.

Need to rejuvenate your body? OLM Blanket & SCENAR Therapy

A number of  SCENAR Therapists in Canada have recently begun to notice the benefits that can be gained from using the OLM Blanket & the OLM Bandage Wrap in conjunction with SCENAR Therapy or as a stand alone treatment.

From a personal experience we recommend using the OLM Wrap on long distance air flights to ease the pain of sitting for long periods in a confined space and for combating jet-lag.  We also use the OLM Blanket in the morning or evening at home to help us sleep & revitalise.

The blanket was first invented in Russia to help improve the general health of the Russian populace.

It is not powered in any way and is a non-invasive, stand alone treatment, particularly useful for the gentle treatment of many chronic conditions.  Overtime it restores energy balance and rejuvenate the body.

The OLM Blanket & Wrap is multi layered and contains various metals woven into the fabric which protects the body from the unhealthy influences of external electromagnetic & electrostatic fields.  At the same time it also reflects the bodys own electromagnetic radiation in the infrared and extremely high frequency ranges helping the body to rebalance.

It is particularly helpful for children & the elderly and can be combined with other treatments or be used as a gentle stand alone treatment for psycho-emotional regulation, insomnia, fibromyalgia, stress & reduction of muscle spasm.  It helps regulate psychosomatic conditions relieves tiredness, improves feelings of well being & is great for athletes.

It is also used in conjunction with  SCENAR Therapy by assisting the body towards balance (homeostasis) before & after treatments.

Please ask us more questions about the OLM Blanket & Wrap here.

Leading supportive care in the 21st Century

MASCC Symposium on 24-26th June 2010 in Vancouver - the Multinational Association for Supportive care in Cancer, MASCC is being attend by Dr Boris Zaydiner PHD.  The conference is designed to educate and inform an international audience of health care professionals on methods to minimise therapy, induced side effects and symptoms associated with cancer.  MASCC is the world leader in this domain.

The Symposium follows the tradition of bringing together health care professionals from many countries and fields of expertise.  State of the art research and methods to minimise and prevent cancer - treatment induced side effects, symtoms & complications of treatment & psycho social issues facing cancer patients are presented and discussed in numerous ways.

This allows the members through study groups to meet and exchange information and discuss their accomplishments to date and plan for the coming years.

Dr Zaydiner is participating with 3 presentations and is the leading Russian researcher in his field of SCENAR Technology & Therapy.

There are a number of research articles on our website accrediting Dr Zaydiner and his continued extensive reasearch in this area with considerable success using SCENAR Technology & Therapies.

SCENAR HEALTH USA TRAINING IN HOT HOT HOT LAS VEGAS

SCENAR Therapists have gathered in Las Vegas over the past couple of days to complete a Level 3 training conducted by the Ritm Scenar Institute.  Chris Mortensen (from Australia) is the CEO of Ritm Scenar Institute conducting the training.  The next 3 days Chris will be teaching specialised SCENAR training for  Medical Aesthetics, Womens Health & Sports Injury.  SCENAR Therapist have come from all over USA & Canada to attend these classes to increase their knowledge of SCENAR Therapy & Technology.

5 minute SCENAR Treatments for all the family

I asked Lesia Mortensen SCENAR Therapist/Trainer in Australia for some quick tips for using your SCENAR Sport, SCENAR Sport D or SCENAR Home for all the family.

* Want to give your body a quick boost?
Use your SCENAR to treat your three pathways.
* Looking to target your immune system?
Then treat your stomach.
* Sore throat already here?
Neck ring in high frequency.
* Feeling tired & need a pick me up?
Brush on the end of your thumb
- left hand for females - right hand for men

thanks Lesia

How does the body know how to heal itself?

What happens when this healing system breaks down?

The therapy which best replicates and enhances the body’s own healing system is a form of non-invasive adaptive neurostimulation (commonly called “SCENAR therapy”), which taps into the body’s own healing system, reading and responding to each individual’s needs, providing relief by stimulating naturally occurring pain-killing chemicals, and promoting health and vitality.

Wouldn’t such a technology be worth investigating?

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PRELIMINARY RESULTS - SCENAR CLINICAL TRIAL

Scenar Health USA has been involved with a clinical trial of SCENAR in Florida on Pain Management; specifically in its application in the area of drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

"Based on these preliminary results, we at NIFHAS believe that SCENAR is an effective adjunct to the non-narcotic treatment of pain. SCENAR has excellent potential as part of a holistic program for the management of pain, especially chronic pain."- Siobhan Morse, NIFHAS

Dr Bark reflects on her visit to Haiti

It's been three weeks since returning and Haiti is on my mind everyday.


I follow the biosurveiilance news feed for Haiti and noticed the suspected case of diptheria, I sent out some emails to medical folks back in Port Au Prince to find that there was no anti-toxin to be found.

It is a sad ending, as the child died while being hospitalized due to lack of staff around when he had breathing difficulties and needed to be intubated.

I am now, on the quest for donated anti-toxin and possibly some DT vaccines that I can carry on the flight when I return in June.

The good news, is that when I emailed Boston University about the results I had in Haiti using scenar on patients with shock and depression as well as injuries, I was invited to come visit the neurobiology lab with the device.

I will be training the head of the Disaster Management and Emergency Services program along with staff in the neurobiology lab, on how to use scenar, and they will be studying its' effect on the brain via EEG, MRI and possibly PET scans.

This is very exciting. My hope is that SCENAR can be used in the field with all kinds of injuries and diseases that the medics would otherwise not be equipped for.

Who knows if SCENAR could help in the case of diptheria where there is no anti-Toxin to use. Perhaps it could stimulate the immune system or the tissues in the throat enough to hold up a fight against the toxin.

Stay tuned for another blog on the physiological effects of SCENAR on the brain and body.

Posted By toni bark to Haiti 2010 at 5/08/2010 06:51:00 PM

HAITI 2010 - AMURT and AMURTEL - beautiful Haitian children

Video from Toni


Toni has asked me to post this video of the work of Amurt and Amurtel: a grassroots Haitian initiative helping survivors overcome trauma.  (Elizabeth - Helen's Sister) - Following the massive January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, AMURT and AMURTEL Haiti's experienced teams have been running child-friendly spaces, coordinating distributions in relief camps, and running post trauma stress management programs for women, amongst other activities. AMURT and AMURTEL have more than 20 years of experience working in Haiti and remain committed to the long term rebuilding of the country is a more sustainable and just way.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDUbVOcKbAs
 

USA Training Dates SCENAR - Medical Aesthetics, Women's Health & Sport Injury

ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS, with Chris Mortensen.

AVAILABLE TO SPORT AND PRO USERS. LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE - BOOK EARLY.

JUNE 7 - WOMEN'S HEALTH $350

This practical one-day seminar will encompass strategies for complaints specific to women. Learn how SCENAR therapy can help restore function when non-surgical treatment is considered an option.

JUNE 8 - MEDICAL AESTHETICS $350

Medical Aesthetics embraces a new technology that provides a healthy, long-term appearance of the skin, with the added bonus of helping to boost the energy of the body. Learn how to reduce fine lines, stretch marks and decrease fluid retention in addition to other techniques for healthy skin. The cosmetic electrodes will be helpful during this class.


JUNE 9 - SPORTS INJURY $350

As a result of our work with Olympic and World athletes, this seminar will teach you how to help your athlete to heal quickly and perform at their best. We'll show you how to use the dose mode correctly. Special spaced pole electrode and possibly the facial electrode will be helpful during this class.


All trainings with Chris Mortensen will be held at the Las Vegas Embassy Suites

enquiries:  admin@scenarhealth.us

HAITI 2010 How SCENAR Was Seeded in Haiti

The word got out, and soon people were showing up at our compound, we were treating the monks, were were treating family members of the workers, we were treating the other volunteers for their injuries old and new with the usual amazing success.

We realized, we had to leave a device with someone who was staying long term at the AMURT compound and who'd be up in the hills where the people are sick but rarely get a visiting doctor.

We trained Sarita, a lovely pixie of a woman who overseas all the children"s programming and will be in Haiti for at least another year. We trained Jane, another truly lovely woman who's land and home up in the mountains in Kenscoff, was openedto us for two days of clinic (Jane has locals showing up daily for medical help).

We held a small lecture for those interested in using the device to treat patients in the future. One of the attendees was a middle aged Haitian gentleman who was a traditional haitian doctor taught by his father and grandfather. He seemed the most astute and had the right questions.

We've seeded Haiti with the knowledge and some devices, now we need to develop an on going program and possibly Haiti will be ahead of some of the more developed nations with this wonderful and elegant technology.

Dr Toni Bark

HAITI 2010 My Meeting With Alison Thompson

You heard Helen's voice on this subject, now to mine: My team arrived at the JPHRO ER tent after we drove through a narrow lane from the bottom of the Pentionville country club tent city.This new city houses, or tents, 40 thousand people. driving through this felt terrible that we were disrupting their daily ives with our noisy 4wheel drive. We had no choice, we had brought medical supplies and were not allowed to come in from above, as the army is stationed there.

Allison immediately came out to shake my hand and greet the visiting doctor (me) and her team. She had her naturally white blond hair in Heidi braids and had an unbelievable smile on her face. It's as though the heat and the suffering just doesn't touch her. She is the only person I have ever met who can stay unscathed through such harsh conditions.It's not that I didn't keep my humor and wit while working in less than optimal conditions, it's that I looked remarkably disheveled most of the time while Alison looked as though she had just been graced by a film stylist; her hair in perfect braids, her clothes stylish, pressed and clean.

Also, Alison had been in Haiti since the disaster and planned on staying the year, I knew I was going back soon to my family and dark chocolate.

Dr Toni Bark

HAITI 2010 A Typical Day in Haiti on our Medical Mission

Each morning at 5 am, I would hear the dada's (male monks) begin to chant in their kirtan (chanting/meditation session).I would get up and come down from the roof to make myself my one real luxury for the day; a cup of Okumidori sencha tea from leaves that I brought from my stash at home.Once the dada's finished at 6 am, I would often head into the meditation room with my yoga block and mat and do yoga, if the room was occupied, I would head back up to the roof and do standing poses. I could see the locals getting up out of their tents in front of their homes. I would hear the vendors who would start yelling out their goods by 6 am.At 7 am, our cook Shambu would set out the home made yoghurt, bread and granola, as well as set out the oatmeal he just prepared, and the chadique he just sliced (a type of grapefruit).

All the volunteers and the Haitian teachers who lived with us in tents would pile in the dining room to eat breakfast and to see if the internet of electricity was working. We often had one or two computers that would connect and we'd take turns skyping and checking emails. (the amount of kbytes used was controlled by the NGO, as the internet would shut off if they went over their limit).By 8 am, our interpreters would arrive to eat breakfast and to help us pack our truck with our pharmacy and water. We often aimed to leave by 8:30, but often there were obstacles like; a broken horn, low fuel, someone needing a ride in another direction etc. So, most often, we didn't hit the road until 9:30.We'd all pile in the vehicle, taking up all the seats, and we'd head over to the didi's (female monks), to pick up our nurse and her assistant, or another medical volunteer.

Now, there were often 10 or 11 of us in a vehicle that seats 8.It's a good thing that none of us were overweight as we were often sitting on each other and on the area between the two front seats.The road was often unpaved and full of rubble as well as markets and tents. We'd part a sea of people that were just living their life; walking to work, buying produce, chatting with friends.By 10:30, we'd reach our destination, and set up our clinic for the day; the area for seeing patients (often just chairs facing each other), the pharmacy (often a table placed on concrete bricks) and a tarp if there wasn't already one waiting.People had typically already been given numbers, or they were in line, first come, first serve and then given numbers.If there was only one physician (me), we'd only hand out 50 to 70 numbers, if we had a medical resident or another physician as we did in the first part of my stay, we'd hand out 120 numbers or so.We always saw more than the numbers, as many adults took a number and brought 1,2, or 3 children with them.

The common complaints were pain syndromes from either crush injuries during the quake, or presumably from the emotional shock, vaginal infections that were often mistaken for STD's (sexually transmitted diseases) but were more often candidiasis,scabies and coughs. I saw the usual asthma, migraine, diarrhea and gastritis patient.But, occasionally, I'd see something very unusual like a patient with hundreds of growths on their skin and scoliosis (neurofibromatosis), or the 50 year old woman who had been pregnant for the past 10 years (embryolith or stone baby), a woman with a possible lepromatous growth on her foot, a young girl with bumps under her chin which turned out to be tuberculosis.Again, the most common complaint was pain.

Often, "full body pain" or FBP as we all coined it.These patients would get treated by me and Helen, once she arrived, with the SCENAR reflex biofeedback device.We helped everyone who complained of pain. They would leave our clinic with a smile on their face and without medications.By 3:30 or 4 pm, we would pack up our pharmacy and clinic and all pile back in the car for our ride back home.We would all be hungry, tired and hot, but this did not stop us from chatting and laughing the whole way.On my first few days, we would listen to the music that was in the cd player; versions of "baba nam, kivalam", AMURT's chanted mantra. every cd had the same few words repeated over and over and over. After the first three days, I could not listen to the same words and I told the driver he could put the radio on. He picked a station with rap. I rapped "baba nam kivalam" to the music, which put the whole group into hysterics.We would arrive back at the compound hungry and needing bucket showers.There were left overs saved from lunch for us; curried lentils or stewed beans, brown or basmati rice or polenta, freshly stewed vegetables with spices. I occasionally made seaweed salad to go with this as our raw greens. The food tasted excellent and Shambu's cooking was always appreciated.

The evenings consisted of bucket showers, popcorn and the few nights we had access to electricity, I hooked up my IPOD to an amplifier and either taught a Haitian dance class to the surprise of the Haitians, or we all would salsa dance.Most of us were in our tents by 9 pm.I thoroughly enjoyed lying in my tent, listening to the pouring rain hitting my rain tarp and reading the steamy novel my sister Marla shoved in to my hand before I left. My other sister, Caryn also handed me a book for the trip, but I didn't really get to that one until the last few days. I was often too tired to read by the time I lied down and would just take in the surrounding noises for a while, once I had enough, I'd stuff ear plugs in my ears and roll over. --

Posted By toni bark

HAITI April 2010 Meeting Alison Thompson

There have been many amazing experiences this week, however a highlight for me was meeting a fellow Australian in a makeshift ER on the top of a hill in Port Au Prince. The extraordinary thing is that we were born 24 hours apart in the same city - yet we meet 43 years later in Haiti.

Alison is a dedicated, experienced and selfless person and I plan to now follow her volunteer experience for the rest of 2010. She is working for the Jenkins Penn organization and is directing the medical program.

Working with a rotating shift of volunteers every 14 days, running a 24/7 facility, living on rice and beans and sleeping in a tent, life is not easy. Yet she spends most of her day smiling and somehow manages to work through all the logistics of running the medical program and making sure the best of care is available to the camp residents who rely on the medical services she co-ordinates.

I am in awe.

Helen

HAITI April 2010 Pentionville Country Club

We have had an extremely busy few days. After our morning at Bobs, we were again being sent out on " strike " team clinics. This means we all pile into the transport and go out into a camp where they may have had a doctor recently or they may not. In these clinics Toni has been doing outreach community medicine for STD, yeast infections and general family issues. Scabies and fungal infections are also a huge problem. We see many people with full body pain since the earthquake and these patients Toni refers over to me to give them a general reflex biofeedback treatment. The results have been 100% successful within a 10 - 15 minute treatment using simple protocols.

The day before yesterday was our busiest so far because we were assigned to the ER at Pentionville Country Club run by the JPHRO organization......
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I walked into an actual emergency room setting with several beds and medications sites, as well as a larger pharmacy. There were highly competent PA's and nurse practitioners running the place. There was no physician overseeing patients that day, so my presence was extremely welcome. It was doubly welcomed when I arrived with my own crew and a few thousand condoms to pass out.

During the course of the day, I diagnosed cardiac angina, tuberculosis, sexual abuse, and six cases of carbon monoxide poisoning as five family members were brought in all unconscious. There was a delivery of a healthy baby and I had to run an a toddler down by "ambulance" to the University of Miami hospital for suspected aspiration.

There were several cases in between, infections, heat collapse etc.

The most remarkable issue was the family that suffered carbon monoxide poisoning as a nurse ran and reported to me while I was sitting in the mess hall, that all family members suffered from seizures and were unconscious or delirious but had decent oxygen levels on simple pulse oximetry machines.

Upon hearing that the family had been cooking and realizing we were having a torrential down pour, I assessed all as having carbon monoxide poisoning, they all came to with oxygen masks.

We eventually found a ride back to our camp around 9 pm, after working an 11 hour day and exhausted.

Another day awaits...

What is the difference between a SCENAR Home or SCENAR Sport?

We often get asked what is the difference between SCENAR Home & SCENAR Sport?

SCENAR Home is a point & shoot device, it delivers a frequency of 90hz and you can turn the energy up or down. It is useful for home use for people who just want to turn the device off & on. It is useful for a professional to rent out a SCENAR Home to one of their clients because of its' simplicity.

SCENAR Sport is for Athletes, Trainers or Home Use it delivers 4 frequencys 14, 60,90,350hz this is useful for chronic & acute conditions, helpful for athletes warming up their muscles, day to day family problems; headaches, arthritis, bruising, pain of any sort, stress with an additional extra it is useful for stretch marks and wrinkles. This is a great device for a family, SCENAR Health Canada support you with 2 yr warranty, quickstart DVD & a comprehensive learn at home manual produced by the RITM SCENAR Institute.

Further information on What is SCENAR? see our

website. http://www.scenarhealth.ca/

HAITI April 2010, Sipping skinny lattes & chinos - not quite!

The access to internet on our compound has been limited at best, non existent often.

Helen and I have been frustrated that we could not work on our blog and check our emails. To make up for our frustration, we we've reciting lines from our favorite Australian television show; Kath and Kim.

As I complained about the internet issue along with waiting yet again to get out to our clinic for the day, I was told there was an internet cafe just next door to our compound called Bob's internet cafe.

Helen and I were ecstatic with our anticipation of sipping skinny lattes and chinos while writing in an air conditioned cafe.

We couldn't believe that there was an internet cafe in the midst of the rubble and mayhem we were living around.

We approached the cafe to find it a small front hallway of a house, crammed with six stations, filled with old computers.

Where was the barrista? where was the cappucino machine? where was the air conditioning?

We realized the word "cafe" was used very loosely.

Just as I managed to get my mac hooked up, the internet went down. I notified Bob.

He pointed to a woman sitting on a cement block who was talking on a portable phone.

He explained that there is no internet when someone rents phone time.

I payed Bob quadruple the asking price of 60 cents per half hour in order to not rent the phone until Helen and I finished our work.

Bob gladly agreed.

HAITI Nights - sleepless in Port Au Prince

The first two nights were completely sleepless.There were ongoing cacauphonies of dogs barking.I heard voices singing throughout the night carried on the wind.They were ghost-like as they appeared out of nowhere, even at four in the morning.I imagined them to be the voices of the lost ones in the rubble.I shared this with the other doctor whose term I overlapped with, he had said that others had made the same remark.

The third morning here, I told the head dada, about the voices. He stated there were all night churches and the singing was group song and prayer. I haven't heard the voices since.

The next three nights, there were torrential downpours. THe first night of the downpours, I was on my way back from seeing patients in the mountains.



My tent was open, oops! I slept on the only dry area on my air mattress with a borrowed dry woolen blanket.The next two nights were dry in my tent in spite of the torrential pours.



Dr Toni Bark

HAITI April 2010 Port Au Prince 1st full day....

Early Sunday morning we awoke to the souns of Haitian singing, barking dogs, crowing roosters and the slow sounds of the only day of the week that the team rests. A lazy morning with delicious breakfast of sweet grapefruit and freshly baked bread was a lovely way to start my stay here after such a long journey.

There are no children at the school today, and SUnday is the only day where the medical team does not go out to conduct clinics so the Monks invited us to attend a prayer meeting/ Kirtan at the nuns or Didi's place. 8 of us in a the Toyota Prado ( this was a light load apparently!) negotiated the streets of Port Au Prince, avoiding streets that are stil blocked by rubble of by US Army soldiers conducting road clearing and demolition removal exercises. Once we arrived at the Didi's we were welcomed by the nuns and met some of the orphans they look after.

ONe little girl; Malika captured my heart. She is almost 3 years old, appears to be only 18 months and she was being walked around with one of the volunteers supporting her arms so she could practice walking. Malika had been found, close to death by an amazing Haitian woman called Jane who had brought her to the Didi's.THrough careful nurturing and daily attention and nutrition, Malika is now recovering well and regaining her ability to move her body. When she was found she could not even lift her head. I have some footage of Malika to post when I get to somewhere I can upload it - you will see what wonderful work the women have done for her. AMURT and AMURTEL run Child Friendly Space programs throughout the city. These centers are tented areas where children can come to participate in dance, art and music and the program is designed to facilitate a transition from trauma to readiness to learn. They plan to reopen the schools in August.

At the moment - there is no point in reinstating an educational program - the kids need to feel secure and accept routine again before academic programs are introduced. I am very impressed with their work and believe that the 10 emergency spaces they have set up which provide services for 4000 children 6 days a week will be an important part of rebuilding this community.

After we left the Nuns, we were given a car tour of th devastated downtown area. The footage we have of this is unbelievable. The town is starting to come back to life, however it is hard to see how the chaos of the rubble and precariously warped half collapsed buildings can be rectified any time soon.The National palace is a monument to the disaster. A stately beautiful buidling - ruined. All around it appears like a war zone after heavy artillery fire. Through all this though - we see people starting to do business on the streets, selling food and clothing and we see a glimpse of the recovery process.So much more help is going to be needed.

When a country loses this much infrastructure - it is difficult to make headway quickly.When we arrived back at the school we were pleased to see that Jane and Georgina had arrived to start training in the refelx biofeedback device; SCENAR. After seeing Toni use it at the clinic earlier in the week, they are keen to be trained so that they can continue the work after we leave. Both are Haitian and speak excellent English and have computer and internet access so we are confident that the training will go well. We started the training by treating both Jane and Georgina themselves and they both immediatley responded with a change in their pain. This was a great start to the first training session. At the conclusion; Jane ( the lady who had found Malika) hugged me and told me she loved me. The love in her embrace was so profound that I immediately felt love for her too and pledged to help her to look after her community. Jane is situated in Kenscoff; in the mountains about 2 hours from Port Au Prince. The medical team report that the people in Jane's community are the poorest they have seen, they have also had an influx of refugees from Port Au Prince so the strain on local services which were almost non existent to begin with cannot possibly cope with the medical problems locally.Supporting Jane to implement a longer term solution is something I am very motivated to do.This morning we are heading out to a camp to conduct a medical clinic.......more later.Helen

Dr Toni's flight to HAITI 2010

As I mentioned in my first entry, I flew in to Haiti first class as that was the only available seating if I wanted to use my miles.

I sat next to a public planner doing volunteer work who was on her way to meet with Clinton and the Prime Minister of Haiti across the aisle was the CNN reporter Gary Tuchman who covered the earthquake from the very onset of the disaster.

I was offered wine and champaign on the flights, but felt I would need my wits once I got onto Haitian soil, and that the Ananda Marga monks of the NGO I was going to, would be none too pleased to have the smell of alcohol on my breath (the monks take vows of chastity, and refrain from alcohol, meat of any kind, eggs, onions or garlic).

I had been assured that someone would be at the airport waiting for me upon my arrival, WRONG, not only was there no driver, dada,didi or whatever,, I had my cart accosted by several porters who swiftly moved my bags out of the gates of the safe airport arrival area. Each of whom wanted a tip in order to give my bags back to me. I had to move my cart with my few hundred pounds of donated goods, camping gear and personal belongings back into the airport arrival area.

Dr Toni Bark

Dr Toni & Helen Arrive HAITI April 2010 - Port Au Prince

The Americam Airlines flight was full from Miami to Port Au Prince today with groups from all over the world on various missions, US army personnel , diplomatic staff and Haitians returning home. After landing we were transported by bus to a large temmorary customs hall that was most likely some sort of storage area before the quake. The oppressive heat, crowds and noise of the hall held a hopeful energy for the work to be done.

Karl from AMURT was waiting for me outside the customs hall and quickly escorted me to his vehicle and we made the short trip across town to the school where we are based. AMURT is extremely lucky to have this partially completed school intact and it is a very comfortable base.

I had time to meet some of the children taking some recreational martial arts class in the compound and also get the tour of the compound so I could start to feel at home. I pitched my tent, texted home and then met some of the other volunteers.We do have sporadic internet access and we will be able to upload a few photos - however due to bandwidth limits here - we have to keep the uploading to a minimum.

I will make sure I load the rest when I get back to Miami.At 6pm Toni arrived back from her full day at a camp clinic today.....however Toni will tell you all about it.Helen

HAITI APRIL 2010 The Journey Begins.........

Well I can definitely say that a 40 hour journey from Sydney to Miami door to door is more than enough to make a private tent on the roof of a school where I can stretch out to sleep - a very attractive option!

I had not given much thought to the conditions we will be living in - mainly because it is temporary.

I travel almost every month to the USA from Australia for business and I do not suffer jetlag because my body can adapt.

Having said that - one night in a bed before I head off to Haiti tomorrow is welcome..

I want to make a special mention of my husband, children, mother and extended family/friends who believe that we will make a difference and be able to instigate some longer term self sustaining solutions for Haitians.

I can't wait to see Toni tomorrow and see what the next steps are....Helen

Scored Big Today - preparation for Haiti April 2010

I received an email from the person who will be the nurse assigned to me. She requested more vitamins and throat lozenges.

She noted that sexually transmitted diseases are increasing as something the teams have been treating in Haiti.

I inquired as to how many condoms we have left. "we ran out" was the answer.

So now I have 48 hours to score some condoms, big time.

I started my day by appealing to some more local Whole Foods for lozenges and vitamins, then I called Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Chicago chapter. They were willing to sell me a box of a thousand latex condoms at their cost, $65.00.

I headed down there as quickly as I could and found myself in what appeared to be the planned parenthood office.

The patients in the waiting room were not what I would have expected; older men and women dressed conservatively reading readers digest.

As I asked for the box of condoms that was set aside for me, we all realized that I had walked into the wrong office. I was actually in a dental office adjacent to the planned parenthood.

I managed to walk out with my dignity, and head into the correct office where the box of "Proper Attire" condoms was waiting for me (that is really the name).

I stopped at the local whole foods and was given 30 packs of zinc lozenges and 10 boxes of powdered children's vitamins.

I scored big today!

Dr Toni Bark

Another Generous Donation

We have received a very generous offer from ITZ Australia to create, host and maintain a website if required for a long term initiative. At this stage we will wait and assess if this is necessary and what local programs and organizations could link in to gain a wider audience for ensuring the interest and assistance continues until Haiti rebuilds.

Toni's passion for the people of Haiti inspired me to help her without a seconds thought - it is an honor to share her experience and offer whatever help I can in documenting the important work she will be doing in the coming weeks.

Helen Gracie

Dr Bark's thoughts before leaving for Haiti 2010

Hi all, this is now the voice of Toni.

I have been preparing for a month for this voyage, obtaining many needed supplies via donations. So many people have been generous and supportive, I hope this can continue until Haiti can rebuild itself and the wounds can heal.

The devastation there was too overwhelming for me to just observe on CNN, the urge to help too strong to just sit by and read about it in the NYTimes, I had to go. I knew I'd be going to Haiti from the moment I saw the first footage on television.

Initially, I emailed Helen Gracie, the CEO of the SCENAR company requesting her to donate several devices and then later she agreed to accompany me when my photographer had to cancel.

We are staying in tents on the roof of a school and do not have access to a shower, only a cold water spigot. There are not many people who would agree to this, so I was surprised when Helen offered it up.

I posted on my facebook page the desire to bring toothbrushes, lollipops and tea tree oil, I immediately received messages from several of my friends for donations.

One friend sent 144 toothbrushes and 5lbs of lollipops (the kids will need to brush after all the candy) Another friend sent 144 colorful toothbrushes to hand out. Another offered oils.

Lush is donating a large amount of the oil, however, getting the oil into the country is proving to be tricky, as mail and shipping into Haiti is still a problem.

Similasan USA has sent me 15lbs of combination remedies, Hahnemann pharmacy sent a trauma kit, whole foods has set aside 24 boxes of emergency and several containers of vitamins and electrolyte packages for rehydration, Biocodex has sent me 200 boxes of Florastor samples and washington homeopathic pharmacy is sending me calendula ointment.

My sister has agreed to pay for the extra baggage, and money for all the other expenses has been donated by the owners of MK, a hot restaurant in chicago, as well as the owner of Harlequin designs. (both of these sources are close friends).

I used miles in order to purchase my airline ticket, not an easy feat as the flights leave from Miami and tickets to Miami in the midst of spring break is not an easy thing to come by. I am flying business class as there were no seats available in coach that I could use miles on.

There were offers of shoes, books and clothes, but these things are too unwieldy to bring.

So here I am, reluctantly spraying my tent and clothing with premethrin (to ward away mosquitoes as malaria is a real issue), and packing the doxycycline that will be used as an antimalarial.

I went to my office today and took supplies like surgical gloves, ointments, ear speculums for my otoscope and vitamins. I stopped at the bank to get cash, my personal banker asked me if my trip to Haiti was a "vacation", I stopped and looked at her and then we both laughed when she realized what she had asked.

I will have bags of supplies, camping gear, utilitarian clothing, but I'll be flying business class. It will be the one aspect of my voyage that will seem "luxury".

Dr Toni Bark

Staying Positive

Well it has been a learning curve for me this week! I am new to face book, started a blog and at the suggestion of a well meaning friend, briefly opened a pledgie account to enable friends wanting to contribute to the volunteer program a channel for doing so.

It seems that there is a whole crew of people on the internet who take objection to "pledgie" style fundraising - so given I have no ulterior motive - it is simple to choose another way to have the money channelled. I intend to investigate which local charities are making a difference with least amount of $ wastage and then will provide links directly to them so that the cynics of the world can get some rest and stop trying to damage a worthwhile volunteer effort.

The good news is that while people have a differing opinion - at least there is debate and conversation.

SCENAR is well documented and researched to be effective in Russia. There is decades of research to prove its efficacy and it should be a choice for all people - and that includes Haitians. Luckily there are people willing to to donate their time and expertise to go there and get the job done.

Helen Gracie

HAITI APRIL 2010 - training local medical staff in SCENAR Technology

Dr Toni Bark; MD and Helen Gracie; CEO SCENAR HEALTH will be volunteering on a medical mission in Haiti during April 2010. During the time in Haiti Dr Bark would like to train local medical staff in SCENAR technology, a unique Russian technology which assist the human body to heal itself. This lightweight, portable, battery operated device is ideal in dealing with the demands of disaster/ emergency care medicine.


Monday, March 29, 2010
Preparations for April Volunteer work in Haiti
The final preparations are underway in Chicago and Sydney for departure in early April. It has been a whirlwind few weeks since I was invited to join the volunteer program in Part Au Prince.

Dr Toni Bark MD is collating donated medical supplies and figuring out what is needed the most.

We are thrilled that LUSH UK have donated 4 liters of Tea Tree Oil to help with the fungal infections that are one of the biggest problems in the orphanage where we will be stationed during our stay.

Thanks also to Ritm Australia for the 5 SCENAR ( Self Controlled Energo Neuro Adaptive Regualtor) devices they have generously donated. We will be training local medics in the technology - to ensure a long lasting pain relief program. There are many more donations coming in - I will make sure I get all the details so we can thank everyone.

I am working through the " how to's" for social media, You Tube, face book etc to ensure we can share the experience with as many people as possible. So please join us from April 10th and we will share the experience of the Haitian people and help assess what else is needed to help them rebuild their community, lives and become self sufficient.

Helen Gracie
CEO SCENAR HEALTH

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SCENAR Level 1 Training 19-21st March 2010

Scenar Health Canada will be holding a Ritm SCENAR Level 1 Training in Rossland BC on 19th-21st March, 2010. Our courses are designed for medical and health care practitioners such as Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Nurses, Osteopaths, Rehabilitative Therapists, Remedial Massage Therapists and Sports Medicine Therapists to complement their treatments or to provide specialist SCENAR therapy. Training is an essential part of SCENAR Therapy especially for Professional users. Good understanding of the technology is crucial for achieving maximum effectiveness in the treatment.

Our Trainer is Alan Finston PT, OCS, certified Ritm SCENAR Trainer. Scenar Health Canada is affiliated with the Ritm SCENAR Institute www.scenarinstitute.org.

Level 1 is an introduction to SCENAR Therapy, the historical development and the position of SCENAR Therapy in modern healthcare, principles of SCENAR treatment, and basic methods of treatment.

In the 3 day SCENAR Course you will learn:

How SCENAR Helps the body to recover
The main principles of SCENAR Therapy
Methodology
Operating the SCENAR Professional device, basic settings
Treatment in the "subjective" regime
Treatment in the "objective" (diagnostic) regime
Work on local and general zones using basic methods of treatment
AND Lots of Practice

Please do not hesitate to contact our head office in BC for any further information.
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