In 2009 Universal Medicine inaugurated the Esoteric Practitioners Association (EPA)*. The EPA* represents the members association, the practitioners association and acts as the accrediting vehicle for the Complementary Medicine modalities as taught by Universal Medicine.
Each year the Esoteric Practitioners Association* holds its annual conference, which is run by and for its members. The 4th annual EPA* conference was held recently on 20th July 2013 with over 150 members in attendance and many more participating by way of live webcasts in many regions and states of Australia.
I have attended numerous conferences over the course of my career, mostly because it is an obligation to keep my membership current or it is a compulsory part of my continuing professional education. Many a time I have felt as if I must attend a conference rather than truly wanting to.
At some like-intended events held by other associations I have come away feeling duped or disappointed with the conference content as I didn’t learn anything new or take away anything practical that I could apply to my work. Sometimes it feels like the speakers are just there to fill in the blanks between the trade show and the meals/drink breaks.
However, this is not the case with the EPA* conference, it is a day I look forward to knowing that this is an event that allows its members to come together, to share their experiences and support one another in their daily practice. I also appreciate that the conference is free to members, as the EPA funds it.
Funnily enough on that point, the theme of this year’s conference was appreciation…
At this year’s EPA* conference what struck me was how each presenter generously shared their knowledge, experience and expertise without the need to impress us with their credentials, Power Point presentation or their level of intelligence. This really opened the conference up to all, from student member to experienced practitioner, and allowed for great discussion, questions, feedback and humour.
This open format brought enormous input from the members and gave me many an insight into the great work that people are doing, as well as a few a-ha moments and ‘oh that’s a good point, I could apply that to my work and my life’.
The topics covered were vast and varied from the simplicity of how to keep and take good notes, mental health, wellness days for businesses, the Our Cycles App developed by Natalie Benhayon, to the difficult and often taboo topic of aging and death. Plus there was a bonus and impromptu A cappella performance by one of the presenters that was incredibly inspiring and unexpected.
I appreciate attending a conference that is about its members and not just the person up on stage or what’s for lunch. (Although I must admit that I did appreciate all the beautiful and healthy food that the attendees brought to share as way of a community get together.)
It was very refreshing and entertaining to be at a conference that incorporates and caters to all in attendance and actually gives back to its members. Bravo Esoteric Practitioners Association*!
Thank you to the EPA* members who make this event what it is, it is immensely appreciated.
by Dr Rachel Hall, Holistic Dentist and Esoteric Practitioner, Kenmore, Brisbane
* The EPA (Esoteric Practitioners Association) is the internal accreditation arm of Universal Medicine. It was instigated by Universal Medicine to monitor and accredit the modalities that were founded by Universal Medicine.
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I agree Rachel, what the EPA conference offers their members is a day to appreciate. I have always been very inspired and impressed by the level of integrity, professional and true care for humanity that the EPA stands for. The EPA is setting standards that are way above and beyond any other association in the world.
By and large, conferences are activities aimed at impressing others, getting recognized by others and the desire to influence how we should go about something. It is about me, me, me but never about us. That is why the EPA is an unusual conference.
This really makes me realise how most things in our world operate back to front. Like, a conference where its attendees don’t really want to attend but feel obliged to – why is there a conference in the first place? What comes first? It feels rather messy with the complexity, the bureaucracy, the self all mixed and wanting to claim its place. EPA presents an amazing model of how a group of people who share the same purpose can come together, which is actually very simple really.
The Code of Ethics of the EPA is the highest standard of any in the World and this is reflected in by its membership.
Its been a few years since I have been to an EPA conference and I’m definitely going to attend this year. I love what the association represents and that it is not just for ‘practitioners’ of a modality, but acknowledges that we are all practitioners yes with much to learn, but also much to offer all because of what we live in life.
Very very true — it is an Association that is true in its purpose. And truly is what the words represents. I have never experienced an association actually giving back truth and love to humanity that stems from the quality of living by each practitioner, a way of living that its core is integrity.
EPA is an amazing organisation that serves to support and inspire its members to work and conduct themselves with the utmost integrity, by leading by example. The EPA conference is a great reflection of this as it is all about coming together to share and learn from each other, how we can bring a greater level of integrity, presence and care into the lives we live as such to our workplaces.
A community working for the community. Sometimes we are so busy looking for the next fix that we forget about the foundation and the normal that need to be consistent and attended to. These conferences cover all of that and then offer what can come from that foundation.
This is an association of and for the future. With those who are practitioners of the Esoteric Modalities and those who are practitioners in everyday life, All are welcome and all are welcome to share their insights into what they are learning in their particular area of practice. Meaning that everyone has something to share which we can all learn from. An association supporting us to be in life, making it more than our work.
I have watched 2 Esoteric Practitioners Association (EPA) conferences by webcast thus far and I have enjoyed both of them. The presenters are real and practical, not selling anything and free to attend. A complete contrast to work related conferences which are expensive, with company representatives and some where there is usually food or alcohol being offered.
I have fully read EPA’s code of ethics and are actually understandable, very practical and readable.
I recently joined the Esoteric Practitioners Association for I am inspired and have based my life on the code of ethics that they represent and live. I am in joy with how much benefit this way of integrity in my living has increased awareness, connection, truth and love in my body and the love in my interactions… There is now such sharing of who I am – instead of sharing the rigidness of who I thought I was (in emotions and behaviours, but they were never truly mine). And so I discover, by this way of living, more and more about myself; my qualities and imperfections and also those things where I can learn myself to trust and allow to grow further by letting in and letting go… A beautiful, every day, more surrendered way of being that has been beneficial for my environment (work, family, relationships, etc.)
This brought a huge joy and commitment (purposeful approach to my living) basically to all aspects of my life – inspiring now equally others if they like to live the same. I know who I am now more and more and know my integrity… And that is what I am here to bring: equallness in the way I am with myself, with people, how I look at people including myself, how I speak with people – all making sure I come from the connection to myself – to the equallness we are all born with.
We have recently come together for the EPA Conference UK/EU for 2017 and the question we were asked was not what can you take away from the conference but ‘What can you bring to the conference?’
So often you hear of and see an event like this becomes a bit of focus on what it’s about. Like say a group of health professionals having a conference that supports them to do things that they would deem as unhealthy to their clients. In other words a conference that is incongruent with what they teach or do in their normal day. The Esoteric Practitioners Association has been clearly set up and operates in a different way, supporting forward and more deeply what is the members day to day. This is a simple model you could say but it’s a model that isn’t the norm currently for these events. I say bravo to any Association like this that is truly giving back to it’s membership, not a board of people acting as if they know better but an supportive Association that truly brings it membership together.
I agree Rachel, the Esoteric Practitioners Association Conferences are an incredible day for the members to come together and feel the true purpose and quality service we are offering the community and our clients by aligning to the principles and ethics of this amazing association.
The last EPA conference I attended in 2017 was remarkable and whole-heartedly held by Natalie Benhayon. What was remarkable that I hadn’t seen or felt before by members of an association was the full participation of all its members. We grouped up to work many times in small and also split the room into 4 large groups at the end. It goes to show with there is full commitment by everyone what can be achieved is astronomical. A recommended association to become a living member of.
This is the first time I have been a member of an association of any sort so I don’t have a lot of experience to relate this to. But I do know that attending my first Esoteric Practitioners Association conference this year was a huge awakening, personally and professionally, and I walked away with a renewed sense of purpose in my workplace and life.
That is life changing isn’t it Rachael? I have found this is the first association that holds us all as practitioners. Not just of modalities but of life.
Having attended the Esoteric Practitioners’ Association meetings here in the UK, it is easy to see why they are a popular event and not just something you have to do in order to keep your membership up to date. The day is not about individuals out to impress anyone or pass on knowledge, it’s a day of appreciation for all of humanity.
Conferences are 99.9% all the time to show off, to add a line in the CV and to score (be ‘victorious’). The 0.01% exists though. It is called the Annual EPA Conference. The first ones are to impress another. The second one is to re-imprint life.
Great point Eduardo – no competition or prestige happening in this association. But there is plenty of collaboration, networking, support and integrity to ignite purpose for anyone who cares to join. The beauty of it all is that the Esoteric Practitioners Association isn’t isolated to any particular career or field – it is across the board as we are all practitioners or life no matter how we choose to express that in our day to day jobs.
The EPA is truly about developing their members. It’s an extraordinary organisation because of the high standard of ethics, it’s all encompassing because of the focus on how we live, not just how we practice our modality or what career we are in. It’s integrity based on one life, not dividing life up into parts. How we live affects every part of our life, we cant just switch on and off based on walking into our clinic room.
“I appreciate attending a conference that is about its members and not just the person up on stage or what’s for lunch.” Yes it is just really nice to be truly and fully seen for who you are and that that is what the conference is about. Coming together and learning together. I attended a conference once for something else where of course there were things shared on topics to teach everyone but the sense of competition and wanting their point made how ever much they went overtime was really not enjoyable to receive.
Great what you have shared Rachel about the EPA it is exactly what I have experienced, the all encompassing nature of what is being presented and shared with those participating, there is so much to be learnt and inspired by not just those on stage but by the questions and offerings from the audience.
Before I had started to attend the Esoteric Practitioners Association (EPA) events all the conferences that I had attended were all about the personalities, wining and dinning and pushing a corporate position, or the selling of a product. The EPA events are so informative without ever asking the participants to do anything other then be true to yourself in your divine connection. Appreciating the level of transparency at these EPA events and how we all learn from each other through some amazing sharing’s is providing a power-full foundation that the students take into their lives. The EPA code of ethics should be the standard for everyone who is considering any form of healing.
Esoteric Practitioners Annual Conference is an opportunity to be inspired by a group of people with the highest level of integrity and commitment to heal and to support others who are looking for true healing and inspiration in their own lives.
Sounds like a cracker, I might have to book in next time, I think that because I been to so many space filler
boring conferences, I might have subconsciously assumed that these EPA might be the same. On further pondering though, it makes sense that if its Universal Medicine run and organised, its going to fun and equal, light and powerful, everything else I have been to after all as been like that, so the track record is good, plus, they always sneak a bit of music in somewhere.
Any branch or arm of Universal Medicine, to me, holds utmost integrity in what it delivers and is always about people first and never about money, business or trade. This sets Universal Medicine apart from pretty much all other businesses.
From my own experience of the Esoteric Practitioners Association Conference in UK, it is very much an open sharing of experiences, where presenters talk about their experiences and don’t try to dictate to the audience, but openly discuss and share how things have been for them, the greatest way of learning is through another’s experience.
I agree Rachel. The annual EPA conference is presented as an open forum which not only allows but actively encourages ‘great discussion, questions, feedback and humour’ on a variety of topics – I learn heaps every time I attend one.
The EPA has an absolute purpose and outstanding integrity and ethics that are not just words but lived to the best of their ability by the directors and board of the EPA as well as members. It is about how we live our life in each moment and the annual conference have as equal amount of purpose as what it stands for.
Wow that’s awesome. I certainly haven’t attended something like that before, that actively makes it about people first. We’re so often told that certain organisations or events are all about people, but before long we realise it’s just another vehicle to get us consuming. I know a lot of that is driven by fear of not being entertaining enough if we really make it about people simply because we are so over stimulated these days with distractions, we’ve forgotten the simplicity in just being together. But everything you’ve shared here Rachel doesn’t sound the least bit boring, and actually feels way more refreshing and real.
Likewise the EPA conferences in the UK are inspiring and deeply appreciated. The work the EPA does is second to none – a world-leader in quality, integrity and expression. Awesome.
They are great days, I agree wholeheartedly Rachel. There is a real innocents about them in the sense that everyone is there to support not only themselves but each other to grow as both Esoteric Practitioners as well as Practitioners in our own lives. I missed last years, but I will definitely make this this years conference.
The Esoteric Practitioners Association as an association is like no other I’ve come across. Quite often being a member of a professional association is a tick box activity required to show that you ‘belong’ in that industry. The EPA is for everyone. Anyone can join regardless of their profession or type of work, studies or home-based work…as long as they can stand by the EPA Code of Conduct and Ethics and live these in whatever they choose to do.
Well said Rachel, I also deeply appreciate the conferences held by The Esoteric Practitioners Association; to be in a room where everyone is committed to a high level of integrity and service as a Practitioner is very inspiring to be a part of.
It is amazing if an event is actually initiated and planned with its members at heart and not just to tick a box or fill up a day. There are so many events that feel empty, no matter how much effort has been put into them, the essence of people is just not touched. The Esoteric Practitioners Association conference is a great example how it can be made about connection and developing further together.
The EPA conferences are a beautiful marker of the activity and expansion that happens year on year, I wouldn’t want to miss one, they are deeply inspiring days.
That’s cool Rosanna – this is how conferences should be, inspiring practitioners to live and be their own practitioners first. I haven’t been to an EPA conference yet, but after reading this I am well on my way.
Yes certainly a conference to look forward to. I have only been to a few conferences before and I wasn’t that impressed. There were some good moments but overall it just seemed like people were looking forward to the end of the day to start drinking. Some of them were conference about health as well which doesn’t seem to really make sense when you see the night time choices from people. That is one thing that stands the Esoteric Practitioners Association alone, and pretty sure it’s one of a kind in that way in relation to none of its members actually drinks alcohol. I know it wouldn’t make it the most popular, but when it comes to health you want the truth of it don’t you? That is the EPA, not looking to make friends or sell you something, but not looking to turn you away either, but holding strong to what it’s about and then you have a choice. Join and become a practitioner truly in every way or just have it as you day job telling people how they should be and then do whatever you want behind closed doors. I leave you with this, remember when you were young and adults would go into another room to sort something out or to speak about something? You always had an idea of what was going on, you could sense or feel it. It’s not different now you’re older and you may be great at what you do but if what you do after hours isn’t congruent with that greatness, people feel it, all the time.
The Annual Esoteric Practitioners Association conference is a great way to get together not only as a support but to be inspired by the activities of it’s members.
I know what you mean Rachel, I’ve attended all the EPA conferences via webcast since they started and have loved and got so much from each one of them. The Conference’s have been professional, purposeful and all about people.
The Esoteric Practitioners Association is growing from strength to strength, it is a responsive body of support that is there for it members. At our latest EPA conference in the UK this weekend we were all able to share in its activity through presentations from its members – an inspiring day indeed.
I always enjoy the Esoteric Practitioners Association conferences. Each year there are different presenters and there is a real feeling of the EPA members working together for a common purpose rather than everyone being off in their own little silos.
I love that as well Elizabeth, no one is there for themselves, everyone is there to share and collaborate together to make this association and the service they offer a very high quality and standard that is second to none.
As the annual Esoteric Practitioners Association conference comes around again this month in the UK – I deeply appreciate the EPA. Everyone can be a member – as a student or a practitioner – yet we are all treated equally. The support from the EPA – and its integrity – are second to none – and I have attended many organisation’s conferences in the past. I celebrate the EPA.
I’ve attended the EPA conference in the UK and found it to be incredibly interesting, supportive and applicable to life. The presentations are meeting you as an equal – not talking down to you or trying to impress for recognition.
I too have found the annual Esoteric Practitioners Association conferences immensely valuable and empowering. I come away more aware, alive and a greater sense of commitment and purpose in my life. In fact I have found every aspect of the EPA and Universal Medicine to constantly inspire me by raising the awareness on the level of love, dedication, responsibility and brotherhood possible for us to live in our world.
This sounds like a day of appreciation and celebration of people working together with everyone they meet in everyday life. Bringing brotherhood to earth.
This is a truly inspiring Association as are its members. I have attended these conferences via webcast since their inception and am always blown away by the quality of loving care of the presenters and the material presented. They are a highlight of my year and always inspire me to review and up the quality and level of responsibility and integrity I bring to my own work and workplace.
It feels like a true get together to learn from each other, that’s what a true conference is for.
The EPA conferences highlight the level of integrity of the practitioners, and absolute commitment to, and support of all. An enormous inspiration of service that can truly change the face of health and well-being in our world.
A truly educational and deeply supportive event that is blessing to be a part of and is deserving of all the praise and appreciation in light of the enormity of what it offers its members.
As a member of the EPA I am constantly inspired by the presentations from members of many backgrounds and fields. It is heartening to see so many professions understanding about working in a way that is with true integrity not just lip service to mission statement.
The Esoteric Practitioners Association is an association that has more integrity and ensures those who are professional members adhere to more codes of conduct than anything I have ever seen. I am a student member and love what they present, what they ask us to step up to and of course what it means to be a part of it. I am for one very proud to be associated with them!
I am a student member of the EPA, it means that I don’t practise professionally but get to be part of one of the coolest organisations there is around, it’s platform that constantly inspires me with its unheard of code of ethics and the way it supports people.
I know the EAP as a body that is unwavering in their support tool of its members in developing their profession and/or way of living that is in full responsibility of who we truly are and belong to. The EPA supports in promoting and studying the Esoteric healing modalities that are practised in the clinics of the member practitioners to get a better understanding of what they bring to humanity and in that to build a platform for these complementary treatments for implementation in our current medical system. Thank you EPA, you are doing a wonderful job in bringing something that is so needed in this world.
Every year I look forward to the annual EPA conference because what is presented there is always up to date, relevant and highly informative. It is also a lot of fun to catch up with other practitioners who have committed to a level of integrity in their work that is second to none.
The EPA Annual conferences are fun to attend, they are informative, supportive and hold everyone equally. It’s a date once a year that you don’t want to miss.
I too have been a member of the EPA since it first started – and I too, as a health care practitioner who attends other conferences as a part of my professional ‘obligations’ have found the EPA conferences ones that I look very much forwards to. The simplicity of the presentations underlies the inspirations that just keep flowing at each conference I have attended and from each presenter. To be a part of this association is an honour!
I agree Henrietta it is an honour to be a member of the EPA, it is the only association in the world with such a high level of integrity and standards. To attend the conference once a year is a beautiful opportunity to connect with other students and enjoy the presentations on offer that are very supportive.
And we could add Anna, that the conferences are free (often not the case with many associations) and that they are so much fun to attend to. And yet, they ask us or offer us the opportunity to grow and evolve as people and as practitioners, to take on board more responsibilities essentially, whilst at the same time offering the support to do so. Now this is very special!
The EPA’s Code of Conduct describes the foundation from which the practitioners and students approach the way they work. These standards require a practitioner to hold a very high code of conduct. With this as a base to start with, you get a very clear impression of the enormous learning, both professionally and personally that is available at the Annual EPA conference. It really is a great day of learning, sharing and supporting people equally.
I wasn’t at the conference but from the blog and the comments I agree Jill – very evolving for everyone concerned. As this was a couple of years ago now I can’t help but wonder how many hundreds/thousands of patients/clients/family/friends have felt the magnificent flow on effect this event set in motion.
Everything about Universal Medicine is extraordinary. They set the bar higher for everything including conferences.
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I absolutely agree Brendan. Appreciation of ourselves and others has become something out of the ordinary rather than just our everyday way. Like everything, the more we bring this for ourselves and others, the more it can become the norm.
‘It was very refreshing and entertaining to be at a conference that incorporates and caters to all in attendance and actually gives back to its members.’ Lovely way to describe the first Esoteric Practitioners Association conference that I attended this summer. I found it so inspiring but also humbling that we were all being asked to participate and take responsibility for our part rather than just passively sitting back and watching the ‘professionals’ present. Thank you for sharing Rachel and I also have deep appreciation for the integrity and inclusiveness of the EPA.
I too have attended many corporate and organisation based events which have a glamour and ‘buzz’, but don’t really connect people or bring evolution through increased awareness and connection. Each EPA conference I have attended has offered me this – and I am just a student member! This means that I am welcomed based on how I live the esoteric principles in my family and work life – and not as someone practising that healing modalities. And furthermore, I have experienced being held totally equal with others who may have been practising the healing modalities for over a decade now.. This is the ‘proof in the pudding for me’ – as it is the quality of our living way – whether cooking for family or giving a healing session – that is the true purpose of a student of the Way of the Livingness – and that ‘way’ is the way of the soul which has a particular quality to it that we all know and can feel – it unites and takes us deeper into truth, love and the other qualities of God which are joy, harmony and stillness. What an organisation!!!
Yes Sarah the connection and evolution I felt on attending my first conference earlier this year was awesome and as a student member I felt equally valued and very much a part of it and more deeply aware of my purpose and what I can offer in my everyday life.
I can relate to this Rachel, often annual conferences are about updating with the latest knowledge and information but lack the relationship with people. What I love about this event was that everything was connected to life, all of the presentations were inspiring as there was a livingness to what was being presented and this makes you sit up in your seat and take notice.
I look forward to joining the EPA conference each year and being inspired by the shared experiences of others and to take a fresh look at what I can offer in support of the EPA .
That a conference is held without obligation for its members to attend, and that the opposite is in fact the case, whereby attendees are genuinely there out of there own commitment to the work they represent, reflects the level of integrity the EPA upholds – refreshing to say the least.
The EPA leads the way for me in terms of the integrity that it calls for and assists in all it’s members. The conferences that I’ve attended have been like no other in the quality of the presentations, the equality felt between everyone attending and the support offered.
Whilst I am part of other professional bodies it is the Esoteric Practitioners Association (EPA) that I get the most from. It is an organization that really cares for its members. The EPA conference each year is simply not to be missed. I love the focus it puts on developing its members not only in terms of updating them on policies and procedures etc but also its emphasise on the importance of living a life of integrity, responsibility and love.
Thank you Rachel it is truly inspiring to see a practitioner association (EPA) – who completely support its members and ask them to keep developing and even take it to the next level in work and living.
It was a beautiful and inspiring day and a true honour and a blessing to be part of such a exquisite association who’s love and integrity is leading the way.
Having experienced conferences too, they can have one yawning and struggling to keep the eyes open by mid morning. The EPA Conference is the opposite. It is inspiring, connecting, expanding and supportive. No comparison or competition between attendees or presenters. As this supports one to grows in their quality of presence and service – so do all others grows.
The EPA ethics and integrity are of the highest standard in the world. I am feel very honoured to be a member of the EPA. The support and guidance offered is second to known and the annual conference is undoubtedly every time evolutionary.
I find the fundamentals of the EPA, are completely wholesome and upstanding. The modalities that live within the EPA are divine and effective and the intentions of those active members who presented at this most recent annual event are genuinely loving and far reaching.
Thank you, Rachel, for this beautiful peace of writing. What I love about the EPA is that it supports its members with the highest standard of ethics, that everybody freely chooses to commit to – and at the same time allows each member to live their own life in full. The diversity of expressions is so colorful and inspiring!
I completely agree Felix. The EPA has the highest standard of ethics, which are appropriate for all aspects and ways of life.
Rachel, I feel the same way. I love the yearly Esoteric Practitioner’s Association conferences and I am so looking forward to this year’s conference, coming up shortly! What is there not to love? Practitioners across many modalities truly sharing and expressing on a deep level what is going on for them in working with people, what they have learnt this year, or what we need to be more considerate of. It’s all presented in one day. It doesn’t have to be this huge and expensive event; the main focus is on getting together and sharing our appreciation for each other and what we do.
I am in the middle of organising a conference for another professional body I belong to and would love for the EPA conference to be the model for how we structure things
I have been a member of the EPA for several years and attend the coferences via webcast. I have found them to be very supportive and inspiring, reflecting the high level of integrity of the Association.
The EPA day I attended was amazing, being my first and being a student member I felt totally included, and there was equality between everyone (only I did personally go into a little comparison seeing the amazing things that people were doing!) I still really appreciated being there.
Wow Rachel that sounds like a wonderful conference. Your blog make me curious to attend such a great meeting as well. As I read your words I felt very inspired and could feel there is a need that conferences should be for giving back to its members.
I do agree on that Brendan, appreciation is that important in our evolution that for sure it deserves the attention from us as a society and one way is to do this is to make it an important part in our everyday’s lives.
The EPA conference feels to me as though it sets the standard for all conferences as reading your words Rachel I could feel how supportive, inspiring, fun and practical it was. It is confirmation that the EPA conference is run for it’s members in true appreciation of what they all bring.
The EPA conference and other conferences I have attended are like chalk and cheese. I can leave other conferences feeling quite tired, with information overload, and sometimes feeling less confident because there is so much more I should/could know. Whereas the EPA conference is inspiring, full of people just like me sharing their experiences that feel very ‘do-able’. I feel inspired and encouraged ands very appreciative that such an amazing association exists, simply to support and grow its members.
Thank you Rachel for sharing your experience of EPA meeting. It is an amazing and inspiring association that continually supports its members to live the high standards of conduct that is possible, where self-responsibility is key.
From day one I have felt the support the EPA is for its members, your blog is a confirmation of the appreciation and love we are being held in by the association. The conference feels as a celebration of an amazing family, my family!
Beautifully said Annelies; the Esoteric Practitioner’s Association is so fully supportive of its members and it does feel like we are all one big family. This is truly worth celebrating. I have never experienced this anywhere else before.
Thank you Rachel for this open expression of your love for the Esoteric Practitioners Association. I am a member of the EPA as well and it feels truly amazing. I have never come across an association that is so supporting, loving and truthful. It is not just an association, it is a way of life.
Rachel, re-reading your blog I am again filled with appreciation for all the support and inspiration that the EPA Brings to its members. The sense of knowing that there are others doing similar work, hearing about the common challenges and sharing the joys and triumphs helps ‘mentor’ me and I can feel myself growing from strength to strength.
The EPA conference is an event I look forward to every year. Like you say Rachel, you learn and receive so much. To feel the support of a community of dedicated practitioners and students also makes this day a day of celebration and deep appreciation for what we have developed together as a group and in the work we do every day.
I also attend the Esoteric Practitioners Conferences, put on annually by Universal Medicine and fully appreciate what fellow Esoteric students bring and share with the student body by their way of the livingness.
There is no other organisation like the Esoteric Practitioners Association in the world. The code of conduct speaks volumes of the high integrity that it upholds. And the annual conferences reflect this, making sure that the content is relevant, timely and delivered for all equally with such love. I really look forward to these each year and it’s such a bonus that it is offered by webcast if I am unable to travel.
Sounds like a conference like no other. Where all is equally valued and inspired. Great sharing.
I haven’t attended a Esoteric Practitioners Association conference yet, but definitely looking forward to attending after reading your blog Rachel and the comments.
I look forward to seeing you there annebroadbent58!
Thank you Rachel Hall for your testimonial on this EPA conference. The EPA is setting the new standards for the future and is presenting something to us that is unheard of before the EPA was launched.
I am not a part of the EPA but I sure know I want to be now, thanks Rachel for this blog!
Thank you Rachel – as a student member I love attending the annual EPA conference, the varied presenters offer such a depth of knowledge and experience and I am constantly inspired by the level of integrity shown by each attendee. I am never made to feel less because I am a student member rather than a professional member – everyone is regarded equally. I found I could apply so much of what was presented to my own profession and truly connected with the importance of appreciation in all aspects of our lives. Thank you to the EPA for another amazing conference!
I have also felt an enormous love for the EPA conferences, Just attending as a student to see what it’s all about has been an extraordinary learning for me in regards to the integrity that can be there within an organisation. The EPA has very high standards that are lived up to and that’s what makes Esoteric Practitioners amazing practitioners.
I attended my first EPA last year and, yes Rachel, it was everything you have shared above.
I have not yet had the privilege of attending an EPA conference but look forward to attending in the future.
Yes, I agree Rachel. It is very supportive and inspiring to hear from fellow members of the EPA. It is a conference that just keeps giving long after the day is over.
EPA is an extremely unique association, in fact, I have never come across another one like it. EPA annual conference day is a very meaningful day for all its members in a sense that the practitioners (and the student members) confirm their commitment to serve and live in the way that is stated in the EPA Code of Conducts. It is this commitment that sustains the integrity that EPA has and that makes EPA extremely unique.
The Esoteric Practitioners Association (EPA) is the only health care, wellbeing association that I have come across that truly puts the client first. The level of attention to detail is extremely high, starting with the way that the practitioner lives their life. The integrity in how they live has a immediate effect on how their sessions are going to be with their clients. One that is taken very seriously and with the highest level of intent. Every session that I have had with an EPA practitioner has been one that is of absolute respect for the client and honouring. It has been a welcoming breath of fresh air when the world has millions of practitioners that don’t even associate how the way that they live has an impact on their clients.
Yes Natalie, the Esoteric Practitioners Association certainly is one of a kind in calling to account how a practitioner lives knowing that this is integral to the quality that they can deliver to clients. It is pioneering a true way forward in regards to practitioner integrity.
Thanks Rachel for sharing this appreciation for the EPA meeting. I too loved the day and left totally inspired as is the same for all EPA meetings I have attended and look forward to many more.
I have attended the EPA conferences, and loved the playfulness, humour and wisdom that came in equal measure to the important topics that were presented.
I agree Annie C. I also love that the Esoteric Practitioners Association conferences are a discussion of topical issues relevant to society today, and are presented by people who truly care about the state of humanity today and want to raise the awareness of us all, and actually do something about it. They are very inspiring and without doubt, totally awesome.
Thanks for sharing Rachel, the Esoteric Practitioners Association and its members are definitely an inspiration to the world by the the they live by the code of conduct, and self responsibility being a key ingredient.
Thank you for sharing Rachel, it is great to hear how it is overseas.
The way the EPA operates is 100% for the benefit of the members and their development so as to be able to offer true care to their clients, workplaces and associates. This I didn’t even consider as a possibility before joining the EPA as all other associations I have been part of have a political agenda first and the fees have been 10 times what my EPA fees are with no free annual conference.
The Esoteric Practitioner’s Association has continued to provide immense support and clarity for practitioners since this blog was written. Where else in the world is there a complementary medicine, or indeed conventional medicine member association that has such stringent rules as no drugs or alcohol permitted. Immense responsibility is asked for by the association of its members, and that is certainly what is received.
The EPA conference sounds awesome, I very much look forward to attending. The ‘code of conduct’ exceptional.
An association for the people by the people, it is a very refreshing conference.
Yes it’s so uplifting and inspiring listening to the Esoteric Practitioners Association conference.
I am so proud to be a member.
I love how the whole day is about celebrating us all, and never about anyone lording over others. I wish all conferences were like the EPA annual event.
I can relate to having to go to certain seminars and feeling like you don’t come away with anything meaningful. It is refreshing to be a part of something that always gives you some amazing wisdom. What is also awesome is the appreciation you show Rachel.
Dear Rachel,
So lovely to read your appreciation of the EPA and what they represent as a governing body. I fully agree they bring an equalness for all, in the presentations is an invitation to all of us to feel what they present and choose ourselves what we do with the most negotiation we receive. Absolutely no ra ra, better than or putting down. Simply encouragement to live fuller, more serving lives so that all humanity benifits. I true governing body.
A great reminder Rachel that we are part of something so unique and amazing and a model for all of humanity to aspire to. As with all of Universal Medicine presentations, the EPA conferences are a joy to attend and to experience the difference when people present from their love for humanity and not from their own self interest. Truly something for us to appreciate.
I am not an Esoteric Practitioner so not a member of the EPA. I am however a student of Universal Medicine and currently studying Aromatherapy and Aromatic Medicine which at this point in time is not offered through the College of Universal Medicine. I love to read about your association and affirm for myself that the way you practice is in fact the way you live. So very supportive of yourselves, each other and all who cross your path. Truly a livingness.
I too have attended many conferences and nothing has come anywhere close to the EPA (Esoteric Practitioners Association) conferences I have attended. I feel it all starts with the foundations of the EPA which is reflected in its code of conduct and every member is committed to live to the best of their ability as they learn and develop in life. What inspires me the most is the integrity, love and dedication to a deepening awareness of our true essence as well as living a life that supports self and everyone equally in personal evolution. All of this is reflected in every person’s interactions and their generous contribution to everyone else. The result is glorious and beautifully captured in this article. The EPA and the EPA conferences provide true models for institutions and conferences in our world.
The EPA Conferences are fantastic and I am proud to be a member. The presenters are really inspiring all practitioners who are all walking their talk. They care deeply about people and not afraid to to talk about real issues that face practitioners and clients. Integrity and professionalism.
That is very inspiring. The point you make that none of the presenters were there to impress with their intelligence of fancy power point presentations is very powerful. When we are willing to share and present from our hearts, and when in the audience of someone who does, what opens up is magical.
Well said, Nikki. I completely agree with you. It is refreshing to be in the audience of someone presenting from their hearts, as there is no imposition, just a loving embrace for all who are present.
well said Rachel, the EPA stands out from other practitioner associations by (re)presenting a way of life that is naturally loving and all encompassing.
This is monumental Rachel – sharing in a public forum from the heart. I attended my first EPA conference in June 2014 and totally agree. To be amid people sharing from the richness of their life experience, not to show off but to share their wisdom and skills with others, has been very very inspiring and I know being at that conference has enriched my life.
Every year I look forward to attending the EPA conference, I find it extremely inspiring listening to all the presentations and to share a whole day with practitioners committed to living their lives with such level of integrity and self responsibility.
Agree completely Rachel
The EPA conference is the livingness in action – presenting in action all that it asks of those that attend – connecting, growing, sharing and purposeful.
I have been in many professional conferences in my life. The EPA is different. It is not about showing off, competing, selling yourself. It is about sharing, presenting. There is no anxiety. It is about staying with you. A conference that allows you to stay with you does not happen everyday.