Dynamic Growth Conference, Brisbane 2011

This is just going to be a very quick post to say that I've just returned from an inspiring and fun weekend at the Dynamic Growth conference, hosted by the Australian Spinal Research Foundation (ASRF) in Brisbane.

I have been to several DGs in the past, but this is the first time I have spoken at one and to look out at a sea of 500 or so attentive, interested faces as I described the 10 'Must Knows' of vaccination - well, it was a wonderful experience!

I thank the ASRF for their kind invitation to speak, and to all of the chiropractors, chiropractic students and recent graduates, CAs, naturopaths, homeopaths and others who took the time to come up to me and ask some very interesting questions, thank you as well!

The weekend was filled with incredibly in-depth discussions with people - all of whom share the philosophy of the AVN that health information must be freely available in order to facilitate people in making informed choices. One of the most touching of these conversations was with a woman who was probably close to my own age. She came up after my talk with tears in her eyes. She had been given a rubella vaccine when she was in high school and immediately had a seizure and has been treated for epilepsy ever since. The doctors all told her parents that the vaccine had nothing to do with her reaction but her seizures have continued to this day and have affected her life terribly. None of her children were vaccinated and she believed that this has given them a better start in life then she had herself. She hugged me and cried a bit and I could feel that her emotions were as much relief at having someone who believes her when she said she was vaccine injured as sadness for what might have been.

I spoke with some 3rd generation chiropractors whose parents and grandparents were pioneers of this healing art in Australia. Many of them are completely unvaccinated and they just glowed - it is hard to describe except to say that they radiated health, vitality and a kind of energy that you rarely see in people of their age today. They are the best advertisement for chiropractic and natural health you could possibly get.

I know that there is a lot of interest in the topic of my discussion and have now scheduled the same talk (only an expended version with a full hour of material) as an up-coming webinar for Tuesday, March 1st.

Due to the high cost of these webinars (Our costs increase by more than $400 a month if we have over 100 people want to attend and our last webinar had over 200 attendees), I have decided to charge a nominal fee of $5 for attendance. I do not want cost to be a factor in anyone's ability to access this information however so if you are unable to afford this, please send an email to info@avn.org.au and I will be happy to provide you with a free virtual seat at this event.

If you would like to find out more or book in for this webinar, please click here to be taken to our shop site.