This morning I pause and remember Beryl.

She showed me that the impossible is sometimes possible.

May she rest in peace.

Dear Members,

Sad news for all.

Beryl Kennedy died peacefully, in her home surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday 29/08/2009. At the age of 92, Beryl had lived life to the full until the past few weeks when her health failed her.

Beryl, Physiotherapist & Feldenkrais Practitioner, completed the Sydney 1 Feldenkrais Professional Training Programme (FPTP) with Frank Wildman.

For those who knew Beryl she will be remembered as a person with vitality and humour and a strong advocate of the Feldenkrais Method. She was pivotal in influencing the student population for the first Sydney FPTP and continued to prompt people to pursue the Feldenkrais Method as a process in their healing and learning.

Beryl was president of the NSW Feldenkrais Interest Group (FIG) for many years and ensured that there was an arena for the public to taste the Method. In 2008 Beryl shared her experience in a Back Care workshop at a FIG open day.

Beryl was an inspirational person with a positive approach to human existence, and an urge to share her knowledge and experience with others.

….

Diane Lunniss
on behalf of the AFG Inc

A number of clients have requested that I offerHICAPS (Health Industry Claims and Payments Service) and EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale) services.

I am pleased to announce that HICAPS and EFTPOS are now available at my studio.

HICAPS is an electronic health claiming and payments system that lets you process your claim when you pay for your individual consultation. This saves you the time it takes either to:

• make a trip to your private health fund branch, or
• to fill in forms and send your claim in via Australia Post.

Classes and courses will still need to be claimed by presenting your receipt to your health insurer.

EFTPOS allows you to pay for goods and services electronically, for example to pay for your consultation using your credit card.
When you access your account (cheque, savings, credit or debit) electronically to make a payment, this called an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) at the Point Of Sale (POS).
This saves you the time it takes to stop at the bank and withdraw cash to pay for your session.

To offer these services I needed to engage an electrician and cable layer to install the necessary phone line and powerpoints. There are also ongoing costs to run the system.

If you would like to utilise HICAPS and/or EFTPOS a service fee of $1.80 (including gst) will be added to your account.
In order to cover increasing costs the service fee will be increased annually in May by CPI plus 1%.

In response to feedback from evening clients, extra external lighting has been installed at the studio.

I hope that the new solar powered LED lights will provide welcoming light for after the sun goes down.

Recently the street light in front of the studio has been unreliable, on on some nights and off on others.
Usually it provides enough light to walk to the front steps.
A sensor light then provides extra light for the waiting area.

A much bigger project is being carefully planned to completely renovate and improve the comfort and visual appeal of the street front.

I hope the new lights are adequate for now.

BIG red numbers on front of studio helps new clients feel confident that they are in the right place.

I usually tell new clients that the studio is the only place on this section of Nicholson Road without a fence.

Often this helps, but people can still feel unsure when arriving for the first time.

The planning regulations for this zone mean signage is not possible.

I recently found some large numbers and have painted them red to match the pots.

Today I hung them on the front wall of the studio and think they are going to be pretty hard to miss!!