This month the ChiBall Team exhibited at the Body Mind Psychic Expo at the Adelaide Showgrounds. This was an interesting event to say the least!  Alongside the more mainstream healthcare and insurance companies were alternative therapy practitioners, as well as the more unconventional psychic and energy healers.

This was a great opportunity for people to learn about the wide range of complementary approaches to health and wellbeing, and we thoroughly enjoyed speaking with many of the 10,000 mainstream and alternative thinkers who came by our stand to learn more about the ChiBall Method™ and how it helps to restore balance and wellbeing in our lives.

We recently marked 2009 Earth Day here at ChiBall’s Head Office with our own recycle, re-use and refurbish themes.  Until now all of our filming productions have been primarily released and distributed on DVD, with the exception being the short instructional video, “What is the ChiBall Method?”, which is available online.

To continue to reduce our environmental footprint, we will be increasing the videos and materials made available online, hence reducing unnecessary usage and waste of raw materials.

There is much speculation that the economic downturn may well last another year or two into 2011 or beyond.

The good news for ChiBall, as part of the mind-body industry, is that the “R”-word has been associated with the phrase "recession-resistant".

The rationale, common wisdom argues, is that exercising for one’s health has become such an important part of people’s lives that it will be one of the last things they give up when the economy weakens.  And even if people struggle to make ends meet, they know that maintaining their health and wellbeing is essential to being able to take advantage of opportunities when the world economic situation improves.

So what are the benefits to becoming a ChiBall Teacher during these challenging times?

If you stop for a moment and think about your own life, you’ll see that your values form the cornerstone of all you do and accomplish. Each of us makes choices in life according to our most important values — values determine how you spend your time and define the goals by which you are truly living your life.

Developing the ChiBall values came from a question of understanding what was important to the individuals in the team and within the organization, and determining what would best assist us to support the sustainable development and growth of ChiBall.

Why Identify and Establish Values?

Chinese Medicine is not just a system medicine. It is a methodology of thinking that can apply to all fields. In the current climate of recession, bank failure and unemployment, we can try to understand the complex syndrome that the world is suffering from with the dialectical differentiation methodology used by Chinese physicians to diagnose and treat the patient.

Large companies often spend enormous amounts of money to get a brand known, so it is only with the most careful consideration that they undertake a re-branding exercise.  Maria-ann, CEO of ChiBall World, describes why the re-branding was undertaken and what benefits the company has enjoyed as a result.

ChiBall World is launching its new, inspiring and innovative global education programme in 2009. The ChiBall Education Programme is based on the philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a unique holistic exercise programme that educates the participants on how to create and facilitate harmony, balance and wellbeing in the everyday lives of themselves and others.

The ChiBall Method™ is a lifestyle practice that is based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).  From a Chinese medicine perspective, health is viewed (and the result of) the balance and flow of energy within the body’s internal systems and organs. As we come from nature, we are fundamentally a part of nature, and so the Ancients looked to the Earth’s changing seasons for wisdom reflecting our own processes and progress.