The Byron Healing magazine in the 12 April Echo was absolutely brilliant and showcased the successful elite of the healing practitioners that reside in Byron Shire. This free market of healers, wellness teachers, alternative and complementary medics of all modalities, including yoga teachers, spiritual guides and others who use The Echo and other community resources in which to advertise their practice may soon run into a roadblock. The number of healers has been increasing exponentially, while the number of patients is falling as their healings succeed.
Soon, there will not be enough unwellness to provide adequate income for our wonderful healers to remain here in the Spiritual Rainbow Region. Steps must be taken before this catastrophe occurs. In the short term, guaranteed incomes must be provided by the state government at a rate that allows publications like Byron Healing to be continued and, if necessary, the unwell must be bussed into the outer regions of the Shire for daily remedial healings and then returned before dark to their less privileged areas. I am sure there are many poor in the Tweed Shire unable to afford the enlightened healing available in Byron Bay, and practitioners will happily see to those in desperate need.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
