I personally and highly recommend these businesses and the people running them as they are conscious and doing their bit for humanity and the planet with kindness and care.

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DUSK SPA & BEAUTY - Dusk Spa and Beauty offers the perfect surroundings for peace and relaxation coupled with the convenience of being just 5 minutes from Rutherford, 10 minutes from Maitland and 15 minutes from the Hunter Valley Vineyards. Breathe in the fresh air, take in the stunning views of the Maitland Vale Valley from the deck or glass front relaxation area while enjoying complimentary herbal tea and fruit water. Dusk gives you peacefulness and privacy in a relaxed, natural environment. Maintain your relaxed state and do things at your own pace without being pushed straight back out into the stressful hustle and bustle of a shopping mall or busy street. Whether you would like to visit for your everyday beauty needs or an indulgent all day package, let Dusk take care of you. Proudly using Australian made and owned Waterlily Botanical skin care, results based Medi Microdermabrasion and Krush Minerals makeup range you will be pampered with products as pure as the spa’s breathtaking surroundings.

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ORGANIC FEAST - Organic Feast offers a Feast of Organic Goodies for the people of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. Our goal here at the Feast is to bring Local organic produce into the homes and mouths of local people, we want the community supporting our local, sustainable, organic farmers. So in that sense we are far more than just a convenient way to shop. We want to help regenerate our rural communities who have been 'done over' by large insensitive companies, whose only concern is profit. Organic farming is about far more than clean, safe and nutritious food. It is about understanding the land, the environment and those living within it. It is about returning profits to the land, and to those who manage their land sustainably. They are our true farmers because they understand the nuances of nature. Organic Feast is a certified organic retailer with the National Association of Sustainable Agriculture in Australia (N.A.S.A.A)R9058. Organic Feast is also a member of the Hunter Organic Growers Society (H.O.G.S) and the Hunter Bio-dynamic Group (H.B.G), both groups perform excellent roles in educating and promoting to the community the methods and benefits of Organic and Bio-dynamic Agriculture. We will post regular updates on this site (see News),  concerning field days and short courses run by these groups.

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SOUL FOODS LORN – Gourmet Slow Foods “no nasties” food made with love! A huge range of food to choose from, great place for lunch or just grabbing a snack on the run, ecellent service. Proudly reducing our environmental footprint with Australian local foods.

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TANRAN REIKI - Tanran Reiki is one of many forms of Reiki being taught and used with great benefit all around the world. We believe the different types of Reiki evolved to allow students to find a teacher and system they resonate with. Yet all forms or lineages of Reiki work with the same Universal Energy, and offer the same benefits to both receiver and channel, and the planet at large. Tanran Reiki is to us a journey of the Heart and of the Soul. It is a way of saying ‘Yes, I acknowledge, the (maybe small) voice within me, that says there is so, so much more to me than I am allowing for at the moment.’ It promotes following guidance and intuition, both in healing and in personal development. It embraces change readily, as life itself is a process of change. Tanran Reiki is spiritual in nature, not religious, and at the same time very much ‘down to earth.’