Acupressure is a healing technique based on the principles of acupuncture. The fingers and hands are used in place of needles to stimulate acupuncture points. The acupressure therapist applies pressure with his thumbs, finger, and palms to specific areas of the client's body to release energy blocks and reduce pain. Also Known As: Shiatsu

Acupuncture is the traditional Chinese healing art of puncturing fine hair-like needles into the body to relieve pain and cure disease. Strategic placement of the needles is intended to restore the body's natural balance by releasing energy blocks, boosting the immune system, and increasing the flow of vital energies.

Obsession or habitual behaviors. Having an unhealthy dependence on a substance or activity. Common addictions and compulsions involve consumption of nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol. Behavioral addictions include overeating, shopping, gambling, and hypersexuality.

An affirmation is an expression that is either written down, spoken (outloud or silently), or chanted. An affirmation creates wellness by bringing new thought patterns and positive changes into your present condition. The key rule in creating an affirmation statement is to keep the focus in the now (I am), not in the future (I will) tense.

I AM Safe
Also Known As: Positive Intentions

Akashic Records

Some people believe that everything that has ever happened - every event, every thought, every action, every feeling since the beginning of time - has been accurately recorded in Akasha, an astral light which exists beyond the range of our natural senses in the fourth dimension.
Also Known As: Akasha Chronicles, Akashic Library

Alexander Technique

Developed by an Australian actor at the turn of the century, this technique focuses on the posture of the body. Various movements, positions, and exercises are used to bring the posture into better alignment so function can be improved and pain reduced. Compression is seen as the adversary of proper posture, so the focus involves lengthening.

Allopathy

The treatment of disease by creating conditions that are opposite or hostile to the conditions resulting from the disease itself; from Greek roots meaning other and disease. Drugs and surgery are allopathic treatments. The term is sometimes used to refer to conventional Western medicine to contrast it with alternative therapies, particularly homeopathy, which is based on like curing like.

Amma Therapy

In Chinese, amma means push-pull. Amma therapy is concerned with removing blockages and balancing the body's flow of energy along its meridians with a combination of many therapeutic massage techniques including shiatsu, reflexology, deep fascial and connective tissue massage, Swedish massage, and skeletal manipulations. Originated in China, interest in Amma Therapy has been regenerated by Korean-born Tina Sohn.

Angel Readings

A type of Psychic Reading in which the Psychic is able to channel readings from Angel guides. Some readers use Angel cards while others just channel the energy directly. These readings are very helpful in providing information to help you on your divine path. They normally do not include any information about making money or whether or not your mate is cheating on you!

Animism

The belief that a spirit or force resides in every animate and inanimate object, every dream and idea, giving individuality to each. The related Polynesian concept of mana holds that the spirit in all things is responsible for good and evil.

Applied Kinesiology

Chiropractors are often trained in kinesiology; it is a technique based on the belief that specific muscle function is related to certain body systems, and that the muscles can therefore be used to diagnose a variety of physical problems. The muscles are tested, and weakness is then related to specific organ/system function.

Aston Patterning

A comprehensive integration of massage, deep tissue work, and movement education. It was developed in the mid-1970s by dancer Judith Aston, while searching for an alternative to spinal fusion surgery. She became a top trainee of Ida Rolf and designer of the original exercises for Rolf movement and later tailored a program to facilitate rehabilitation, improve performance, and prevent injury called Aston Patterning. It combines not only massage work but also a reeducation of the body through movement and awareness to maintain change.

Astrology

Foretelling future events (divination) through the specific positions and aspects of the stars, and their possible influences upon human affairs and terrestrial events.

Aura Color Healing

Drawing equally from ancient Hindu beliefs and the work of modern psychic healers like Edgar Cayce, aura or color healers look for a dark or grayish area in a multi-colored aura field surrounding the body to indicate potential health problems. Color healers apply remedial colors where they notice a color deficiency.

Ayurvedic Medicine

A comprehensive system of medicine and the oldest healing art on the planet, Ayurvedic Medicine has been practiced in India for the past five thousand years; it combines natural therapies with a highly personalized approach to the treatment of disease and also places equal emphasis on body, mind, and spirit, and strives to restore the innate harmony of the individual.

Axiatonal Lines

Vibratory lines which connect levels of human electrochemical activity with astrobiological circuits that span the solar system and are connected with resonating star systems. The axiatonal lines connect the acupuncture mapping of the human biological system with superior astrobiological analogs.

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Bach remedies

Flower essences are made from blossoms of plants prepared from a sun infusion in a bowl of water. Drops are are taken by mouth from a tincture bottle as a therapeutic remedy. Flower essence therapy is especially beneficial in treating mental and emotional problems. The original flower essences were developed by Dr. Edward Bach and are called Bach flower remedies.
Also Known As: Flower essences

Balance

Balance is a catch-all term that describes the ultimate goal of the client/healer relationship in securing wellness. Illness or dis-ease manifests into our physical bodies when there is an imbalance in our mental, emotional or eneregetic make-ups. Reiki, chakra work, yoga, breathwork, and meditation (there are many more) are examples of alternative therapies that focus on bringing about and maintaining a balance

Behavior Therapy

Aims at modifying behavior by reinforcing acceptable behavior and suppressing undesirable behavior. The therapist employs any of various techniques of reward and punishment including aversion therapy, desensitization, or guided imagery. The learning theory of the psychologist B.F. Skinner and others is the basis for most behavior therapies. In Skinner's principle of extinction, a behavior pattern that is not reinforced, or rewarded, will be extinguished or rendered inoperative. For example, if smoking is made unpleasant for the smoker, then the smoking habit may be curbed or given up. Behavior therapy is used in private and institutional therapy, in group and individual settings, to treat such disorders as drug addiction, alcoholism, and phobias.

Bioenergetics

A combination of physical and psychological techniques used to release constrictions in the energy flow of the body. Because psychological defenses are anchored in the body, special attention is given to the muscular patterns inhibiting self-expression. Developed from the work of Wilheim Reich and refined by his pupil Alexander Lowen, this technique uses physical exercises, deep breathing, and massage to permit the body to give up its need to armor itself.

Biofeedback

Biofeedback is a system used for evaluating the biological signals produced by the body, specifically biological functions (i.e. heart rate, breathing rate, skin temperature, etc.). These functions are monitored by surface electrodes (sensors) and electronically amplified to provide feedback to the patient.

Biofield

An energy field that suffuses living bodies and extends several inches beyond the body. This concept is employed in therapies such as healing touch, medical qigong, therapeutic touch, and reiki. In these therapies, the biofield from a practitioners hands is joined to the recipients biofield in order to treat an illness or to promote health. There is no consensus on what biofield is; some say it is spiritual energy, others say it is an electromagnetic field.

Biorhythms

The principle behind biorhythms is that our lives are affected by three primary cycles Physical, Emotional, and Intellectual. When any of the individual cycles are at a high point, things we do that require aspects of that trait are more successful. When any of the individual cycles are at a low point the reverse is true. Some people routinely monitor their biorhythms and act accordingly.

BodyTalk

A simple and effective form of therapy that allows the body's energy systems to be re-synchronized so that they can operate as nature intended. Each system, cell and atom is in constant communication with each other at all times. Through exposure to the stresses of day-to-day life, these lines of communication become compromised, which then leads to a decline in physical, emotional and/or mental health. Reconnecting these lines of communication then enables the body's mechanisms to function at optimal levels, thus preventing disease and rapidly accelerating the healing process. BodyTalk can be used as a stand-alone system to treat many health problems, or seamlessly integrated into any health care system to increase its effectiveness and promote faster healing. BodyTalk's major assets are its simplicity, safety, and the speed of its results. It is non-invasive, objective in application, and works effectively on humans and animals alike.

Bodywork

Bodywork is a category of holistic therapies which facilitate the manipulation of the skeleton (bony) structure and/or body tissue. Massage therapy, reflexology, and chiropractic care are some of the better known bodywork therapies.

Bowen Technique

This massage technique is named after Australian Tom Bowen who, in the 1950's, introduced the concept of having rest periods between a series of massage movements within a treatment session to allow the body to absorb the healing process. The massage moves are a gentle but precise soft tissue manipulation made with the intention of creating harmony within the body so that the body makes its own adjustments and achieves its own cure.

Breath Work

Use of specific breathing techniques to help relieve stress, trauma, insomnia, pain, etc.

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Chair Massage

When a ten or twenty minute relaxation session is needed, this is the technique for you. You are massaged fully clothed in a special chair designed to relax you. Because the chair is completely portable, you may see chair massage at the airport or health club, or you may want a practitioner to come to your office or business to massage the staff or guests at a party.

Chakras

Chakras are the energy centers within our bodies that are the openings for life energy to flow into and out of our aura. The function of the seven major chakras is to vitalize the physical body, to bring about the development of our self-consciousness, and are associated with our physical, mental and emotional interactions. The first chakra (root) actually hangs outside of your body. It is located between your thighs, about halfway between your knees and your physical body. The seven chakra (crown) is located on the top of your head. The remaining chakras, (sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, and third eye), are aligned in sequence along your spine, neck, and skull.

Channeling

Basically downloading information (pictures, places, things, advice) from an outside source such as Angels, the Creator, Spiritual Guides, and those who have passed. This information is received through a Medium (person who has learned how to focus their attention on the energetic messages that are transmitted around us)

CHELATION THERAPY

A method used to rid the body of toxins, metabolic wastes, and unnecessary and toxic metals from the blood stream; it is often used to reverse the process of artherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) or as an alternative to bypass surgery and angioplasty, and can also prevent heart attacks and strokes. It is accomplished by administering chelating agents into the bloodstream which, among other things, increase blood flow and remove arterial plaque.

Chi

Universal Life Energy is the life force or living energy that sustains life of organs, cells, tissue, and blood. As a spiritual entity the life force is considered our connective flow to the creator.
Also Known As: Chinese refer to the life force as chi or qi. Hindus call it prana. Greeks know it as pneuma. Japanese refer to it as ki. Examples The energy medicine practitioner channeled the flow of universal life energy into her client's body through the palms of her hands.
Also Known As: Universal Life Energy

Chinese Medicine

At least 3,000 years old, Chinese Medicine is based on the view that humanity is part of a larger creation, that is, the universe itself; therefore, we are all subject to the same laws that govern nature.The understanding of health, then, begins with an understanding of nature, and the laws that govern it. Principles include the law of yin and yang, awareness and manipulation of life energy (Qi or Chi) which flows through meridians of the body, and the Five Element Theory. Oriental Health systems like acupuncture, shiatsu, acupressure massage, macrobiotics, Do-In, and sotai are based upon Chinese Medicine.

Chromotherapy

Chromotherapy is a healing therapy that uses color and light to bring about a balance in one's being. Chromo means color and therapy is healing.
Also Known As: Color Therapy

Clairvoyance

Clairvoyance is the gift of second sight. Clairvoyance is a visual form of ESP (extrasensory perception) involving perceiving or intuiting information by way of seeing auras, colors, images, or symbols via third eye sensory. Other common forms of ESP are clairaudience (inner hearing), clairsentience (feeling or sensory experience), and knowing (unwavering awareness).
Also Known As: Visual Sensitivity

Colloidal Silver

Colloidal silver is a homeopathic remedy, that consists of drinking water infused with particles of silver ion via a battery-charge. Colloidal silver is taken internally as an immune booster for treating cold and flu symptoms. It can also be applied topically in the treatment of cuts, scratches, and skin rashes. Colloidal silver works by destroying harmful bacteria.
Also Known As: Argentum Elixir

Colon Hydrotherapy

Purified water is gently introduced into the colon through sterilized tubes in order to flush out toxins, gas, accumulated matter and mucus deposits along the walls of the colon. Disease always accompanies toxins and when these toxins are reduced by aiding their elimination, the body's immune system is helped considerably. The function of the intestines is to absorb nutrients, and eliminate body waste, thus water used for colon hydrotherapy can include vitamin or mineral additives to aid the corrective process and help prevent disease. The results of a hydrotherapy session are increased energy, reduced craving for junk food, and overeating, since absorption of nutrients is increased when the encrustation on the colon wall are cleaned. Other beneficial conditions can include constipation, a sluggish liver, headaches, flatulence, skin disorders, asthma, allergies, fatigue, depression, candida, as well as addictions to food or substance abuse.
Also Known As: Colonics

Complementary Medicine

Applies to therapies that are used with or in addition to conventional therapies. The terms integrative and complementary are sometimes used synonymously, however the word integrative implies a merging of disciplines based on established theories or principles, not just the prospect that complementing a conventional therapy may be helpful.

Core Energetics

Core Energetics is a psychotherapy process founded by John C. Pierrakos, M.D. Core Energetics is based on a therapeutic approach that seeks the integration of the emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual by bringing consciousness, movement and, ultimately, transformation to the core's overlying defensive structure.

Craniosacral Therapy

The craniosacral therapist focuses on releasing restrictions of the cranial sutures and the underlying membranes through gentle hands-on contact with the bones of the skull. Carniosacral Therapy is gaining acceptance by health professionals worldwide as a successful treatment modality to improve overall body functioning, and treat a range of conditions, from headaches and ear infections, to stroke, spinal cord injury, and cerebral palsy. It has been especially successful in treating newborns and infants for common conditions such as earaches, sinus congestion, vomiting, irritability, and hyperactivity.

Crystal Therapy

Crystal therapy is the application of crystals or gemstones to facilitate balance and healing. Rocks and gemstones house spiritual had healing properties that can be tapped into a variety of ways. The crystals can be carried or worn on the person, or they can be placed in a location where their healing vibrations can be felt by whoever is nearby. Crystal elixirs can be made by soaking crystals for a few hours in a glass of water.
Also Known As: gemstone therapy, crystal healing

Curanderismo

Curanderismo is a blending and evolution of Native American and Hispanic healing techniques involving herbs, sweats, diet, and magick. Hispanic Culinary Herbs for Healing and Health - Special herb talk transcript, Speaker Curandero (archived from our former chatroom)
Also Known As: Native American, Hispanic herbs

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Deep Tissue Massage

Deep Tissue Massage is designed to reach the deep portions of thick muscles, specifically the individual muscle fibers. Using deep muscle compression and friction along the grain of the muscle, its purpose is to un-stick the fibers of the muscles and release both toxins and deeply held patterns of tension.

Diathermy

Deep-heat therapy that uses high-frequency electric currents to produce heat in body tissues. Physical therapists and sports physicians use diathermy to treat arthritis, bursitis, and fractures. It also may help treat gynecological diseases and sinusitis.

Dis-ease

Dis-ease, is a hyphenated variation of the word disease. The term dis-ease is used by individuals and healing communities who are aligned with wellness, choosing not to empower health issues by focusing on a particular ailment. The intent is to place emphasis on the natural state of ease being imbalanced or disrupted.

Discernment

Opposing the theory of having blind faith (accepting answers without question) discernment requires a person to use his own judgement. Using discernment is a technique of connecting to your inner knowledge, accepting only information and suggestions given to you by others (healers, doctors, neighbors, family, etc.) regarding your own self truth that feels accurate. Discernment is the action of going with your gut instincts. You become an advocate for your best interests and personal well being. Pronunciation dis-cern-ment
Also Known As: self truth, inner knowings, instinct

Doshas

Ayurvedic Medicine teaches that each person is made up of a combination of the three types of doshas. These doshas (collectively called tridoshas) are subtle energies comprised of these five universal elements space, air, earth, fire, and water. Vatha is a combination of air and space. Pitta is mostly fire with some water elements. Kapha is mostly water with some earth elements. Pronunciation daw-shas

Dowsing

Using a pendulum or dowsing rods to receive answers from the universe. This takes practice and people many times get false responses. Correct answers are based on how the question is asked, the energy of the device used, the energy of the person asking the question, etc.

Dreamcatchers

Dreamcatchers are Native American crafted willow hoops woven in the form of spider webs were meant to protect the sleeping dreamer by capturing nightmares and evil spirits.
Also Known As: sacred hoops

Dream Therapy

Mental activity associated with the rapid-eye-movement period of sleep. Generally consists of visual images and may reflect bodily disturbances or external stimuli. In primitive and ancient cultures, dreams played an extensive role in myth and religion. Freud emphasized dreams as keys to the makeup of the individual and distinguished between the experienced content of a dream and the actual meaning of the dream. Jung held that dreams are not limited to the personal unconscious but may also be shaped by archetypes that originate in the collective unconscious of the human species.

Ear coning is a technique used by the ancient Atlanteans, Egyptians, Mayans and Tibetans. A hollow candle that tapers at one end fits into the ear. The opposite end is set to flame creating a vacumm that cleanses residues out of the ear.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Empaths

Empaths are highly sensitive individuals who feel what other people near them are feeling and experiencing. Being empathic can be problematic for anyone who cannot discern the difference between his own suffering and the pain of others. It is taxing to the emotional and physical body to take on the symptoms of others and not have the knowledge of how to release pains that do not belong there. A healer with empathic tendencies can use this ability as a diagnostic tool, helping him to better relate to the symptoms and pain of his clients. An empathic healer is trained to recognize the pain he takes on is temporary and will quickly release it once he has gathered the useful information.

Feelings of depression, sadness, and/or grief experienced by parents and caretakers after children coming of age leave their childhood homes is known as the empty nest syndrome. Empty nest is a form of separation stress or emotional loss. Other types of situations that cause separation stress include death, divorce, loss of employment, and loss of home.

A form of therapy that employs supplements of plant and animal enzymes to improve digestive function and other conditions. During digestion, the body's own digestive enzymes are not the only ones at work; the enzymes present in raw fruits and vegetables also contribute to the breakdown of food in the stomach. Enzyme therapy advocates supplementation to reduce the work that the body has to do, and because plant enzymes are destroyed in cooking. Since enzymes can't be synthetically manufactured, supplements are derived from plants or from animal tissues. Some practitioners inject liquid enzymes to treat cancer and multiple sclerosis. Enzyme supplements are available over the counter, singly or in combination, in capsule, tablet, powder, and liquid form.

Equine Massage is professional sports massage therapy for horses. These massage techniques are used to increase performance levels and endurance by allowing the horse to compete at its full potential. They increase circulation, enhance muscle tone, relax muscle spasms, and increase range of motion. Helping to prevent injury, equine massage calms the horse and improves the rate of recovery should an injury occur.

The inhalation and application to the body of oils derived from plants to induce the senses thus bringing both inner and outer balance and well being to a person.
Also Known As: Aromatherapy

Feathering is a technique used in energy healings. A healer can incorporate the use of feathers in a number of ways. The auric field can be cleansed by sweeping a bird's wing, handmade feather whisk, or a single feather in the space surrounding an individual. Feathering also introduces the element of air into the healing space.

Founded by Russian engineer Moshé Pinchas Feldenkrais, the Feldenkrais Method combines the techniques of massage, healing touch, breathwork, and body alignment with psychological awareness and movement training sessions. The intention of this process is for the person to release restrictive and blocked patterns.

Feng Shui (wind and water)--Also Known As: Chinese geomancy is an energy-balancing system based on the positioning of physical objects in strategic locations in home and work environments to stimulate optimal wellness, wealth, and happiness. Each room is divided into nine sections called quas when considering where to put things.
Nine sections called Quas represented in the Feng Shui Baqua are

health/wellness
Also Known As: Geomancy

Flotation

Is experienced in a flotation tank, which is a specially designed chamber containing sufficient salt-saturated water to enable one to float. In this sate of suspension one can free the mind from outside stimuli by creating a relaxed and unencumbered state. The participant lies in the super-saturated-salty water, which has tremendous buoyancy, and by absorbing the force of gravity; one floats effortlessly, thus allowing the mind and body to release tension. Floating weightlessly in a sound and lightproof environment can be a unique and liberating experience relieving stress and enhancing the ability to concentrate.

Flower Essences

Flower essences are made from blossoms of plants prepared from a sun infusion in a bowl of water. Drops are are taken by mouth from a tincture bottle as a therapeutic remedy. Flower essence therapy is especially beneficial in treating mental and emotional problems. The original flower essences were developed by Dr. Edward Bach and are called Bach flower remedies.
Also Known As: Bach remedies

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Grounding

Grounding is a process that helps the body to connect to earth energies via its root chakra. Because we are first and foremost spiritual beings the physical body sometimes gets neglected. It is important to respect and care for the container that houses our spirit during our incarnate lifetime. Grounding is typically done through visualization or vibrational exercises. A common visualization is to imagine your feet growing roots and anchoring them deeply and securing into the earth.

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Haelan Therapy

It recognizes that people who are in great pain are often unable to focus on the need to integrate body, mind and spirit. It combines therapeutic touch, psychotherapy, and counseling. Developed by Janet F. Quinn, Ph.D, R.N., a practitioner of therapeutic touch and holotropic breathwork, Haelan work attempts to assist people with physical illness to participate in their healing from a more holistic perspective.

Hakomi Therapy

It is a system of body-centered psychotherapy that is based on the principles of mindfulness, nonviolence, and the unity of mind and body. Developed by therapist Ron Kurtz in the mid-1970s, Hakomi uses the tools of touch, massage, energy work, movement education, and body-mind awareness. By helping the client follow bodily tensions, feelings, and sensations, it leads to an awareness of the unconscious beliefs and attitudes that drive behavior and limit responses.

Handle Approach

Holistic Approach to Neurodevelopment Learning Efficiency, an approach that  understands, asses, designs personalized treatment programs and gently enhance the function with the appropriate stimulation to weak systems and subsystems of the brain by using a variety of tools for the needs of each person and the family it serves. Handle applies sound principles of neuroscience on  those individuals with a broad range of dysfunctions, such as gustation, olfaction, tactility, vestibular, muscle tone, propioception, kinesthesia, audition, ocular motility, binocular, differentiation, lateralization and interhemispheric integration.

Hands On Healing

Is probably one of the oldest forms of healing methods, as it results from the natural tendency to touch someone in pain or sickness. We may understand its efficacy being derived from the innate ability for anyone to act as a bridge for healing energy from universal source to reach the afflicted person. In reality there are no external healers, as we all apply various modalities to enable the injured or afflicted to heal themselves. Touch is nurturing, and which is a powerful means for the recipient to receive universal love sufficiently for them to heal. The Healing Touch assists to balance the energies, including the Chakras.

Hara Line

The hara is a core power-source that resides in the auric field of the human body. It is housed inside the tan tien, existing on the level of intentionality. The hara line continues downwards from the tan tien deep into the earth's core, connecting the individual to his soul's purpose for incarnating into the human form.
Also Known As: Core Star Connection

Healing Crisis

A common experience of those who use homeopathic medicines to treat chronic conditions and some acute illnesses in which some more external symptoms usually get worse in the process of cure.

Healing Touch (HT)

Healing Touch (HT) is an energy based therapeutic approach to healing. HT uses touch to influence the energy system thus affecting physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health and healing. The goal in HT is to restore harmony and balance in the energy system to help the person to self heal. Healing Touch has roots in Therapeutic Touch (TT) and other healing modalities which are derived from Laying on of Hands.

Hellerwork

Hellerwork is body/mind therapy that combines a deep tissue body massage with a mental awareness that helps realign the body with gravity.

Herbalism

Herbs have provided humans with medicine from the earliest beginning of civilization. An herb can be a leaf, a flower, a stem, a seed, root, fruit, bark, or any other plant part used for its medicinal, food flavoring, or fragrant property. Herbal remedies can be used for a wide range of minor ailments, as well as a number of conditions normally treated by prescription only.

Holistic

To nurture or treat the entire person - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
What primarily distinguishes holistic healing apart from alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine is that physical health is not necessarily the main focus. Even so, it is often the experience of physical discomfort that will first prompt a person's pursuit of holistic healing.
It is true that our pains and other physical discomforts demand our attention. This is where the saying sticking out like a sore thumb' originated from. It is difficult to ignore the obvious when we are physically hurting. Common sense tells us that we should seek help to alleviate our discomforts. Holistic healing is not an alternative to conventional medical care. Sometimes going to a medical professional is the best solution to addressing a dis-ease.
Physical illnesses are the symptoms of a greater imbalance that may or may not have a root cause in the physical.
Also Known As: Wholistic

Holistic Dentistry

Holistic dentistry treats the teeth, jaw, and related structures with special focus on how treatment will affect the entire body. It stresses the use of nontoxic restoration materials for dental work, and focuses on the impact that hidden dental infections and other dental problems can have on overall health.

Holographic Technique

Holographic Repatterning, a 6-step process of body/mind healing, acknowledges that our body's typical flight-or-fight response to stress creates non-coherent frequencies in our energy field. When the field is non-coherent, we unconsciously relate to what is life-depleting. Developed by Chloe Faith Wordsworth, Holographic Repatterning identifies these patterns through kinesiology and transforms them into life-enhancing patterns by means of a variety of modalities based on movement, energy balancing, sound, light, breathing, and many more.

Homeopathy

The term homeopathy is derived from two Greek words, homios (meaning similar) and pathos (meaning suffering). Homeopathy is a path of treatment that will mimic the symptom of the sufferer to reinforce the person's natural defenses to move forward toward restoring good health. Treatment is based on the administration of minute doses of a drug that in massive amounts produces symptoms in healthy individuals similar to those of the disease itself. The philosophy of homeopathy is the extreme opposite of allopathy.

Hoshino Therapy

Developed by Tomezo Hoshino in 1952, Hoshino Therapy is an official medical therapy in Argentina. It is a particular form of acupressure recognizing 250 acupuncture pressure points corresponding to the bio-mechanical functioning of the body. In this system, full hand contact is applied as well as the traditional pressure of the first joint of the thumb.

Hot Stone Massage

Developed in the midweast USA for use in health spas, this technique uses stones that have been heated. These stones are positioned on the body and some are gently moved about with light pressure being exerted on the warm stones.

Huna

Huna (meaning secret) is a system of holistic healing based on ancient knowledge originating in the Hawaiian culture. The teachings involve Huna's seven principles which collectively enable a person to connect to his/her highest inner wisdom by integrating the mind, body and spirit.

Hydrotherpy

The use of water in any of its three forms (solid, liquid, or gas), whether it used internally or externally, for the treatment of disease of trauma, or for cleansing purposes

Hyperthermia

This therapy deliberately creates fever in the patient in order to utilize the natural healing response.

Hypnotherapy

The induction of a state of consciousness in which normal critical powers are suspended and the mind becomes highly suggestible and able to consciously influence the body. Hypnotherapy, like guided imagery can be used to relieve stress and its physical symptoms or cope with the emotional distress that accompanies disease. Hypnotherapy is usually considered to be within the field of psychology.

Specific massage techniques for infants, these methods can be easily learned by massage therapists, nurses, parents, and others. Premature babies are especially responsive, and recent studies have proven that the benefits of this technique include weight gain, improvement in central nervous system functioning, and enhanced emotional well-being.

Inner child therapy is a form of regression therapy used by hypnotherapists and healing counselors to help thier clients resolve old childhood issues that are interfering with the advancement into maturity. Inner child work relates to getting in touch with stages of our developmental growth that were wounded or stunted due to stimuli or intensity. This type of therapy helps the adult identify the reasons why she experiences strong emotional reactions to something or someone.
Also Known As: regression therapy

Originally based on the work of Wilhelm Reich, this style of bodywork was developed at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy over 20 years ago. To assist in the release of emotional issues trapped in the body, long fluid strokes are used to move energy from the head down and out through the hands and feet. This is combined with the use of deep breath-work to aid the process. It incorporates nurturing touch, massage, and reflexology in a loving, fun, one-on-one interaction. A study at the University of Miami showed that infants who received 15 minutes of massage a day gained weight 47% faster and demonstrated other physical and neurological benefits.

Iridology is the scientific study of the eye investigating markings and patterns of the iris to reflex manifestations and bodily malfunctions among the many organs of the body. The concept of iridology is that the eye serves as the gateway to the body whereby its condition gives clues to the overall condition of the patient.
Also Known As: iris diagnosis

Karma is a universal law that dictates that everything we do and say will have a cause and effect. For every good deed done, a good deed with be received. The same rings true for bad deeds. Karma is a system of check and balances. Karma is the belief that rewards and punishments are doled out based on our past behaviors. A biblical quote that supports karmic teachings is As you sow so shall you reap.

Labyrinths are maze-like pathways built specifically to be used for meditative walks. According to history, the Labyrinth has pagan roots, yet eventually found its way into church yards.

Laser-based acupuncture. Laser light beams are applied to the acupoints to help stimulate flow of chi and promote healing. Pronunciation laz-ur-punk-chur
Also Known As: Laser acupuncture, laser therapy

The Law of Attraction is one of universal laws. The theory of the Law of Attraction is that focus creates reality. If we focus on the lack of we will exist in a less-than reality. If we focus on abundance we will exist in a luxurious reality. The Law of Attraction is not a new phenomonen, the theory behind its teachings has been around for ages. The release of the movie The Secret in 2006, based on Rhonda Byrne's book with the same name, created a media blitz that brought the teachings of the Law of Attraction to new heights. Many Law of Attraction teachers who were featured in the movie hit the talk show circuits promoting the movie and the law itself.

A specific method of improving lymphatic drainage through specific strokes. This method was developed by Dr. Vodder and there are only a handful of American MLD certified practitioners. Training takes place in Germany, Australia, and Canada. This style of lymphatic work is especially helpful in instances of abnormal lymphatic congestion. (Lymph is a coagulable fluid that bathes the tissues of our bodies, and consists of mostly white blood cells.)

A lifestyle involving an awareness that we are connected to nature, and therefore, what is best for our physical bodies are those things from the earth. This includes special ways of selecting, preparing and eating organically grown, whole, and mostly vegetarian foods to maximize the energy derived from their consumption. The diet consists of mostly a variety of grains, beans, vegetables, sea vegetables, Japanese condiments, and a little fish and seafood. The lifestyle stresses the importance of fresh air, breathing, moderate exercise, balance in life, use of natural products in the home and on the skin, and orderliness and organization in all things.

An understanding of the interrelationship between magnetism in the traditional sense, and the electro-magnetic energy fields of the human body, in relation to electro-magnetic energy elsewhere in the environment. By using this understanding and applying various techniques and practices, one can influence the energy fields of the body in such a way as to help facilitate healing of various conditions. Magnetic Therapy Treatments include the use of non-invasive magnets applied to the body affecting its various ionic currents and electromagnetic fields. Reported benefits include relief from discomfort, reduction of swelling, infection, insomnia, stress, rheumatism, and can also help to increase energy. It is advised that a knowledgeable, experienced practitioner be consulted, so as not to adversely affect your electro-magnetic fields.

In Hinduism and Buddhism, mystic word used in ritual and meditation. It is believed to have power to bring into being the reality it represents. Use of such mantras usually requires initiation by a guru, or spiritual teacher.

The manipulation of the superficial tissues of the human body in order to promote deep relaxation, and release tension. Recent research has proven that massage is therapeutic, and can soothe injured muscles, stimulate blood and lymphatic circulation, improve structure and function of the body, increase toxic elimination, and more.

Astrology is the exploration and study of the placements and rotation of stars and planets and their influences on our lives. Medical astrology is employed when signs and planet placements and transits are used to help diagnose ailments and offer insights into health challenges.

A medical intuitive is a psychic or intuitive counselor who specializes in perceiving information concerning the human body. Medical Intuitives can energetically see and diagnose the insides (organs, glands, blood, etc.) of our bodies.
Also Known As: Psychic Diagnostician

Steady, close and consecutive reflection, and attention on one's own inner thoughts, or perhaps on a religious, or spiritual theme; continuous, and patient application of separating oneself from one's own thoughts, and simply watching the mind without any expectation. There are many ways to meditate, but the effect is the same a centeredness, and stillness within.

Meridians are twelve channels of chi. Each meridian corresponds with the main organs of the body. Merdian system of healing is used in herbal therapies, massage, reflexology, acupuncture, and Shitasu.

Light touch is applied to the spinal reflexes on the hands, feet, and head to release stuck energies. The intention of this type of touching is to bring about change, allowing the recipient to break free of limiting attitudes and beliefs. The Metamorphic Technique originated from Robert. S. John, natuopath and reflexologist. The Metamorphic Association was founded in 1979 by Gaston Saint-Pierre.

Is an invention from Japan, and is electronically restructured water that provides smaller, more permeable water clusters, balances the ph of the body and is a super anti-oxidant.

Midwives provide education and support during pregnancy, assist the mother during labor and delivery and provide follow-up care. Practitioners of childbirth support include childbirth educators, childbirth assistants and women labor coaches who also provide post-partum home care.

All muscles, arteries, bones, organs, etc. are held together by a Saran wrap kind of tissue called fascia. Developed in the late 1960's by John Barnes, Myofascial Release works by the manipulation of the fascia that connects and surrounds muscles. Because the fascia is body-wide, a tension or trauma in one part of the body can affect another part. The fascia responds to the trained touch to release the adverse effects of inflammation, tensions and trauma.

Developed by Bonnie Prudden in 1976, Myotherapy is a method of relaxing muscle spasm, improving circulation and alleviating pain. It works by defusing trigger points, which are intense knots of muscle tension that often refer pain to other areas of the body. When a trigger point is under excess emotional or physical stress it often responds by throwing a muscle into spasm. Spasm, in turn, causes pain. The myotherapist erases the spasm by pressing on the appropriate trigger points for several seconds by means of fingers, knuckles, and elbows and then re-educates the affected muscle to its normal resting relaxed condition with special exercises designed for each individual problem.

Music therapy uses musical interventions specifically selected by a music therapist to restore, maintain, or improve an individual's social or emotional functioning and mental or physical health

NAET is a drug-free, natural means of eliminating all forms of allergies through a combination of energy balancing, testing and alternative treatments including acupuncture, acupressure, allopathy, chiropractic, nutritional counseling, and kinesiology.

Interpretation The God/Goddess Spirit within me recognizes and honors the God/Goddess Spirit within you. Pronunciation Nah-ma-stay
Also Known As: Gassho (Japanese)

Napravit means to correct or fix, and pathos means suffering. Pracitioners manipulate the muscles, tendons, and ligaments in order to alleviate tension and promote fluidity of motion, and they make recommendations regarding diet. This method resembles chiropractic, but manipulation of the connective tissue is the focus. Other neuromuscular techniques have been added in recent years. There is only one school in the U.S.... in Chicago.

An incorporation of a variety of methods all intended to utilize the body's inherent ability to heal ; these methods include nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, physical medicine, counseling and lifestyle modification, and minor surgery.

Promotes self-healing based on healing cycles and practices developed by Donald Epstein, D.C. The network of independent chiropractic offices utilizes the combined methods of the' chiropractic profession, and the specific sequencing of chiropractic adjustments, of light touch and structural adjusting techniques. This precise positioning of the patient frees mechanical tension and interference from the spinal systems hr self-correction that gently and gradually awakens an innate intelligence to more fully express heath.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Neuro (neurothogy) represents the brain/mind through which we process our experiences. Linguistic refers to language or communications (both verbal and non-verbal). Programming refers to the ability to process our mental experiences and choosing to model our responses in ways that will bring our goals forward.
Also Known As: NLP

A form of bodywork which has diagnostic and therapeutic value, NMT is a soft tissue manipulative method which restores the structural, functional, and postural integrity of the body, removes pain, muscular tension, stress, and restrictions to health. Skillful palpatory diagnosis is the focus of the work.

Out-of Body (OBE) is a term that describes a period of time when a person's consciousness has drifted from his or her physical body, enabling observation of the world from a non-physical aspect.
Also Known As: Astral Flight, Remote Viewing

Is cultivated and processed without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides (insecticides and herbicides), preservatives, colorings, artificial additives or radiation. Certified Organically grown food is such that has been grown on land where synthetic fertilizers or pesticides have not been used for five years; that has been inspected by a licensed independent third party; and that the product is supported by documentation on soil tests, a statement of organic intent, and an affidavit of confirmation.

A form of nutrient therapy that uses combinations of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids normally found in the body to maintain good health and to treat specific conditions, such as asthma, heart disease, depression, and schizophrenia. Orthomolecular means an approach based on a correct (ortho) balance of substances present in the body.

Today, the training of M.D.'s and osteopaths (D.O.'s) is strikingly similar, but osteopathic is a holistic discipline which emphasizes prevention and the individual, not just disease. Osteopath philosophy is based on the belief that the body cures itself, and doctors should see the relationship between structure and function, with a special emphasis on the musculo-skeletal system. Osteopaths are licensed to adjust the bones of the body, and manipulate the body, and they may also prescribe medications, give injections, and perform surgery.

Hydrogen peroxide therapy, ozone therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) supply increased oxygen to the body.

Palliative Care is the active compassionate care of the chronically and terminally ill, primarily directed towards improving the quality of life at a time when the patients disease is not responsive to curative treatment. The focus of palliative care is on the control of pain and symptoms. The goal is to meet physical, emotional, spiritual, social and cultural needs. This approach, encompasses the individual, family, caregivers and the community as a unit and extends to include grief and bereavement.
Also Known As: hospice, care giving

Past life therapy is a technique used for tapping into your mind through hynotherapy, guided meditation, or visualization to learn patterning from past lives that are affecting the present.
Also Known As: regression therapy

PEMS is an acronym for the four bodies represented in holistic healing (Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual).

Pendulums are objects attached at the end of a string or metal chain. When suspended from a stationary position the pendulum will swing back and forth or in a circular motion. A holistic healer will use a pendulum for measuring energy fields or as a dowsing tool for divination purposes.

A therapeutic approach based on the idea that expressing affection for a pet helps people feel happier, maintain a positive outlook, and therefore improve their health. According to studies, having a pet can reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and ward off loneliness and depression. Many nursing homes and some prisons have developed pet therapy programs, with excellent results.

Polarity Therapy is a health system involving energy-based bodywork, diet, exercise and self-awareness. Polarity Therapy was developed by Randolph Stone, DO, DC, ND (1890-1981) .

Dr. Jack Painter developed postural integration after studying various forms of bodywork. His ten-session system consists of deep tissue techniques, movement, and breath-work. Recognizing that the body traps negative emotions, Painter's technique pays special attention to the fascia and the release of emotional blocks in a psychotherapeutic manner with the aid of intentional deep breathing.

Practitioner is a common term used to identify a healer or therapist that facilitates a healing treatment. Examples

The treatment form in which injections of local anesthetic combined with dextrose or other irritants is injected into ligament or tendon attachments the bone for the purposes of causing the regeneration, healing and strengthening of these attachments.  If ligaments are weak or degenerative, there is pain in the area.  Prolotherapy directs treatment to the weak ligamentous structures to force the body to heal them naturally.  The injections have to be specifically placed on the damaged area to gain the desired results.

Psychic Healing

A psychic receives information from Spirit, and in accordance with universal permission, and the permission of the recipient, is able to provide information and guidance to the recipient. There are also occasions where the psychic can also be a catalyst for the stimulation of the innate healing energy within the recipient. The psychic healer is also able to receive information from spirit about the causes of a person's challenges in life, be it physical, emotional or spiritual. Normally, it is the healer's intent to assist the recipients to utilize and maximize their own innate healing potential.

Psychic Readings

Are given by someone (called a psychic) who is able to receive information through the development of expanded awareness, heightened perception and intuition. These spiritual abilities include clairvoyance (seeing), clairsentience (feeling), clairaudience (hearing), and mental telepathy (thought communication). Psychics may, in accordance with universal and individual permission granted, and spiritual law, access levels of information that may be of practical and spiritual guidance for the recipient. This would possibly relate to one's occupation or relationship concerns, and provide spiritual insight and understanding of an individual's life path, and karmic issues. Psychic readings may tell you about your past lives and what bearing they may have on the present. They can clarify the present and relate what might happen in the future. Remember, every psychic can only see the potential, as each and every one of us has free will at any given moment, to alter our reality anytime. Individual psychics reflect their own individual style and personality, which invariably are influenced by their own karmic path, training and spiritual beliefs. Readings can be done in person, in a group, or over the phone. In the United Kingdom there is the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain, with affiliated centers all over the country, and similarly, there is such an organization in the United States of America

Psychic Vampires

A psychic vampire is a term used to describe a living person who drains others emotionally either empathically (draining the auric life force) or metaphorically (someone who takes emotionally without giving anything back; a user). These so-called vampires are not to be confused with the blood-sucking vampires of folklore and movieland. Every person has unknowingly drained someone else's energy at one time or another. Chronic psychic vampires generally are not aware that they are stealing energy from others. Fair and balanced energy exchanges make for healthier relationships.
Also Known As: energy drains, energy suckers

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a broad term for the types of therapies that focus on mental illness and emotional imbalances such as anxiety, sadness, and depression. Talk therapy, or psychoanalysis, is a well known type of psychotherapy.

Psychotronics

The science and discipline of how life functions; includes the study of how technology interacts with the human mind, spirit, and body; science, mathematics, philosophy, metaphysics, and esoteric studies are united through the study of psychotronics; it would also include other realities and how we interface with other dimensions of existence; psychotronic devices use radionic tuning to transmit brain waves and are used as mind

Q
Qi Dong or QiGong

The art of mastering energy (i.e., Qi energy and Gong skill). Qigong is a series of exercises that can reduce stress, improve overall physical fitness, restore balance and enhance flexibility.

Quantum Touch

Developed by Richard Gordon, Quantum Touch is energy alignment hands-on-healing technique that utilizes meditation and breathwork. The Quantum-Touch healing process involves the practitioner running energy into the recipient's body.

System of alternative medicine developed by Dr Albert Abrams, who believed that diseased body tissue affected the nervous system and gave forth 'dull emanations'. Abrams believed electronic phenomena were involved with this, and he invented a variable resistance instrument called a 'black box' to measure the ohm resistance of different diseases on an electronic circuit. He found for example, that cancer produced a 50 ohm resistance, while syphilis had a 55 ohm resistance. Abrams later modified his technique so he could take readings from a drop of blood. In 1924 a committee established by the Royal Society of Medicine investigated Abrams techniques and were favourably impressed. Today Radionics and its cousin Radiesthesia (medical dowsing) are recognised in Europe as legitimate medical procedures.

Rapid Eye Technology (RET) is a self-empowering technique which provides for ocular assisted release which simulates REM sleep patterns characterized by systematic movement of the eyes and eyelids, rapid verbal communication. An eye directing device (wand) which vibrates at a high speed is operated by a trained technician. The wand movement mirrors REM sleep patterns, the client picks up the movement through their vision and sends the message to the brain that REM sleep is occurring allowing the body to release stressful emotions.
Also Known As: RET

Uncooked vegetables, fruits, nuts, and grains. Research has shown that these foods can regenerate and detoxify cells. Raw food can be prepared in a variety of ways to make them more palatable to those used to eating cooked foods.

Rebalancing was developed in the 1970's by a group of long-time bodywork practitioners working under the guidance of a spiritual teacher named Osho. The idea was to create a new form of bodywork that would take the best of the presently existing modalities and imbue them with a deeper perspective. Done in ten sessions, rebalancing utilizes a combination of deep tissue massage, joint tension release, verbal dialogue, and energy balancing to relieve physical pain, release emotional holding patterns, and enhance relaxation.

Also Known As: conscious-connected breathing or vivation. A technique in which the therapist guides clients through breathing exercises to help them re-experience past memories - including birth - and let go of emotional tensions stored in the body.

Reflexology teaches that every part of the body has a direct line of communication to a reference point on the foods, hand and ear. By massaging these points, reflexologists are helping the corresponding body part to heal itself by stimulating energy in that area.

A process used for tapping into your mind through hynotherapy, guided meditation, or visualization. The intention is to unlock patterns from past experiences and memories from our childhood and past lives are creating problems for analysis. After the reasons behind struggles have surfaced the therapist will enable the clients with tools for reaching reasonable degrees of acceptance and forgiveness for past actions and ultimately assist them in moving forward in life in a healthier fashion.

The principles that are based on the teachings of Reiki, a spiritural healing art, is collectively called the Reiki Creed. There have been many different variations of this creed written. Shown here is the traditional creed
Reiki Creed
Just for today, do not anger.
Just for today, do not worry.
Honor your parents, teachers, and elders.
Earn your living honestly.
Show gratitude to every living thing.
Also Known As: Reiki principles

Reiki (pronounced Ray Key) is a combination of two Japanese words rei and ki meaning universal life energy. Reiki is an ancient laying-on of hands healing technique that uses the life force energy to heal, balancing the subtle energies within our bodies. Reiki addresses physical, emotional, mental and spiritual imbalances. This healing art is an effective delivery system. The Reiki practitioner serves as a vessel that supplies healing energies where they are most needed. Reiki's ki-energies flow out of the practitioner's body through the palms of the hands while they are touching the recipient's body.

Period of time in which a person's consciousness drifts away from his or her body, enabling observation of the world from a non-physical aspect.
Also Known As: Out-of-Body Experience, Astral Flight

Rolfing is a deep tissue massage developed by Ida P. Rolf to align the body structure to its correct posture. The ultimate goal of a rolfing treatment is to reduce pain, improve posture, and to give better mobility to the individual. A typical Rolfing treatment consists of ten weekly sessions.

A onetime orchestra conductor, Ilana Rubenfeld developed this technique in the 1960s out of her own frustration at finding a therapy for her arm and back spasms that would integrate all aspects of the body-mind. Starting with the Alexander technique, she studied and added components of Gestalt psychotherapy, Feldenkrais movement, and Ericksonian hypnotherapy. Rubenfeld Method responds to the needs of the client using gentle intentional touch, movement, imagery, active listening, and verbal interaction to facilitate the integration and healing of the body-mind.

Reading the white of the eye based on patterns similar to Iridology.

Shamanism is the spiritual practices of ancient civilizations and cultures. Shamanism is the oldest healing tradition in the world. The Shaman in history served as the communicator between the physical and the spiritual worlds through various pagan rituals, trance communications, and visualizations. The role of the shaman varies in different cultures (medicine man, priest, magician, shape shifter, mediator, herbalist). The tradition of Shamanism is observed by modern mankind as a way of returning to its roots, but most of the so-called Shamanism workshops and classes made available to the public are a blending of old and new ways.

Therapy for Physio-Emotional Release, Recovery & Re-Empowerment. Hands-On Help with Emotions, Pain and Trauma. SHEN Therapy uses naturally occurring Chi (Qi) from a practitioner's hands to relax and release both physical and emotional pain held in the body. SHEN Therapy has been well tested in such clinical settings as the Chronic Pain Unit of St. Joseph's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, Dallas Memorial Hospital, the Medical College of Wisconsin Mental Health Hospital in Milwaukee, and the Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine in China. SHEN is best known for superb results with any condition where retained, traumatic experiences have impacted either psychological or physical functioning. SHEN Therapy also promotes relaxation, relieves acute or chronic pain to varying, often significant degrees, enhances health & well-being, and is useful for personal growth and insight. SHEN transforms old physical and emotional wounds into experiential awareness, i.e., personal empowerment.

Acupressure is a healing technique based on the principles of acupuncture. The fingers and hands are used in place of needles to stimulate acupuncture points. The acupressure therapist applies pressure with his thumbs, finger, and palms to specific areas of the client's body to release energy blocks and reduce pain.
Also Known As: Acupressure

Smudging is a a healing ritual performed using a smoking wand or stick made from dried herbs for cleansing the human aura, locations, or personal objects. Smudging can be defined as spiritual house cleaning. In theory, the smoke attaches itself to negative energy and as the smoke clears it takes the negative energy with it, releasing it into another space where it will be regenerated into positive energy.

Developed in 1978 by Bill Williams, Ph.D, one of the first students of Ida Rolf, this therapy refined Rolf's work by creating easier, less intrusive ways of working with the fascia and muscles. This ten-session process, which incorporates movement training and awareness tools as well as massage and manipulation, also seeks to promote greater access to the functioning of each hemisphere of the brain.

There is scientific proof that the human body is made up of atoms, molecules cells, glands and organs that all have a characteristic vibrational frequency that absorbs and emits sound. The techniques of Sound Healing work on the premise that, since sound is also a vibration, by listening to certain sounds, you can affect the vibration of your body and brain in a positive way. The sound vibrations can act like an internal massage, vibrating cells very deep into your body and brain. Toning, mantra meditation, chanting, the Tomatis Method, and music therapy are all forms of sound healing. Toning involves resonating vowel sounds through your vocal cords. Toning bowls and chimes can also be used. Mantra meditation and chanting utilize the breath, tongue, and vocal chords pronouncing certain words to balance and enhance the mind-body-spirit connection. Religious services often use singing to enhance the spiritual experience of participants. The Tomatis Method utilizes a device called the Electronic Ear, which is said to improve listening abilities, and has had good results with many learning-disabled children. Music therapy is the use of specific types of music to effect changes in behavior, emotions and physiology.

Is practiced by those who are well connected to their intuitive nature, insight and an awareness of universal laws, together with the precepts of Universal Love and Compassion.

This term was created by American biochemist Dr. Ida Rolf in the 1930s. She maintained that when one part of the body is out of balance or misaligned, the rest of the body attempts to compensate until the entire structure is weakened. Even from birth, the general pressures of life and gravity push our bodies out of alignment. By manipulating the myofascial tissue in a ten session series, each building on the previous one, practitioners assist the body to reorganize, lengthen, and integrate itself into wholeness. Rated Deep.

The sweat lodge is a Native American tradition where individuals enter a dome-shaped dwelling to experience a sauna-like environment. The lodge itself is typically a wooden-framed structure made from tree branches. Hot rocks are placed inside an earthen-dug pit located in the center of this man-made enclosure. Water is periodically poured over the heated rocks to create a hot and steamy room. The sweat ceremony is intended as a spiritual reunion with the creator and a respectful connection to the earth itself as much as it is meant for purging toxins out of the physical body.

Physical Healing - The sweat lodge ceremony purifies the organs of the body, the blood, the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc.

Swedish Massage

Swedish massage was developed in 1812 by Swedish physiologist, Henri Peter Ling. Massage therapists applying Swedish massage techniques will use a combination of five different hand strokes to release tension, restore circulation, and to relieve pain.
Five Basic Swedish Massage Hand Strokes

Theta Healing™ is a healing modality that can bring instant healing from physical and emotional aliments.  By identifying the core beliefs, fears and genetic beliefs that are held deep within the subconscious mind, the Theta Healing™ practitioner utilizes the theta brain wave and connects with the energy of “The Creator of All That Is” to reprogram those limiting beliefs and bring instant change.  You can achieve a life that is full of love, success, happiness, health, prosperity, abundance and much more.

Toning

All of creation is energy, which vibrates according to varying frequencies. Our physical bodies are no exception, and which also responds to the appropriate sounds that can help you to regain balance, good health and emotional stability. The ancients knew of this and we can see from the chanting of Sama Veda from India, the Tibetan Chants, Gregorian Chants, and many more instances of the healing virtues of sound. Toning by musical instruments, such as the drum, as is used by the Native Americans and Africans, exemplifies the tradition and value of music and /or individualized musical notes. The human voice has a tremendous range and capability as illustrated by the Overtones of the Tibetan monks. The appropriate tone allows the mind, body and spirit to harmonize and be in balance.

Touch For Health

Touch for Health is a system of energy balancing using muscle testing, touch and acupressure massage to correct various physical and emotional imbalances, stresses, and tension. Based on the applied kinesiology principles of chiropractor George Goodheart, Touch for Health was popularized by John Thie, D.C. in his book by the same name written in 1973. He showed how muscle testing can reveal weaknesses even before symptoms manifest and how by pressing reflex points, it is possible to rebalance the body and the affected organs.

Trager

Another form of bodywork, this approach emphasizes mind-to-muscle contact between practitioner and client. The work is composed mostly of jostling, rocking, and passive ranges of motion.

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

The delivery of an electric current through the skin to the nerves. Used in physical therapy and to relieve painful conditions such as neuralgia, sciatica, and arthritis. The low voltage electric current blocks the nerves reception of pain signals and possibly stimulates the production of endorphins, the body's pain-killing chemicals.

Transpersonal Psychology

Metaphysical study of the spiritual aspects of the mind or higher states of consciousness.

Trauma Erase

Trauma Erase was developed by Pauline Carte, PhD. Dr. Carte was a pioneer in the field of kinesiology and started her massage career in the 1950's. This amazing therapy literally erases trauma from one's body and mind. Rated Light

Trauma Touch Therapy

Trauma touch therapy is a ten-session certified program designed to meet the needs of clients with trauma and abuse histories. In a nurturing and unhurried manner, the therapist and client together create an emotionally safe environment in which healthy boundaries can develop, and respect and trust can unfold. Through focused awareness of sensation, breath, and movement the body is gently reconnected with the emotions, the mind, and the spirit.

Trigger Point/Myotherapy

Myotherapists treat clients in pain by placing pressure specifically to points on a muscle which can trigger a release of tension and pain.

U
Universal Life Energy

Universal Life Energy is the life force or living energy that sustains life of organs, cells, tissue, and blood. As a spiritual entity the life force is considered our connective flow to the creator.
Also Known As: Chinese refer to the life force as chi or qi. Hindus call it prana. Greeks know it as pneuma. Japanese refer to it as ki. Also Know As Chi

Everything in creation is vibration in varying frequencies. Sound and other tools, like crystals, gemstones, semi-precious stones, and in fact anything that is appropriate can be used in this healing modality. Even a tree! The appropriate vibrational frequency is applied to help remedy the imbalance, from whence you may be able to maintain your own equilibrium in harmony on all levels.

Information about the Violet Flame of Transmutation was received by the Ascended Master St Germain through channeled materials. The purpose of the violet flame is to free us of negative energies we are holding on to that are born from old karma or past negative influences. Connecting to the violet flame awakens your connection to the God Source and transmutes negative thoughts into positive thoughts. Feelings of guilt turn into acceptance, fear of fate become desired opportunities, etc. The violet flame can be called upon through meditation and incantations.
Violet Flame Incantation
I invoke the violet flame be set ablaze within my core being. All my imperfections are burnt away, All my fears are put to rest. Old karmic ties and negative thoughts fall away, Replaced with opportunity and positive thinking.
Keep the embers burning inside my belly, As a reminder not to hold on to useless ideas.

Visualization is a technique of imagining postive images for promoting physical, mental and emotional wellness. If you are visually imaginative or a daydreamer you already have the tools to use visualization as a means to create positive and healing mental images. Visualization is often used simultaneously with meditation to create a calming and relaxing atmosphere. A therapist will help clients who experience difficulty on their own with this process by reading guided imagery scripts in a soft voice while the person is laying down or reclining in a quiet room. There are also a vast variety of CDs on the market that do the job of the therapist. Turn on the stereo and let yourself be taken away to a place of contentment.
Also Known As: Guided Imagery

Waterbirth is a natural birthing process that allows a reduced pain birthing experience for the mother and a gentler entry for the newborn. The lower portion of the laboring mother's body is immersed in a special pool or tub filled with body temperature tap water during the delivery.

Watsu is a bodywork and water therapy treatment where the therapist gently rocks and cradles the client within rejuvenating waters. Watsu uses combination of massage, acupressure, and yoga techniques.
Also Known As: Water Shiatsu

White light is the space within the universe where positive energies are stored. White light can be called upon by anyone (healers, empaths, and you too!) for protection from negative energies or wonky vibrations. White light cannot come to harm or be harmed in anyway. For this reason, negative or dirty energies can be sent to the white light for purification and transformation. For example, after cleaning your aura, you can request that the impurities you combed out of your auric field be sent to the white light for cleansing.

Chinese philosophy of complimentary aspects of the body/mind to be achieved (be in balance) for optimum health and well being. Yin reflects the passive, non-moving, and feminine energies. Yang reflects the active, moving and masculine energies. The yin and yang symbolizes opposing energies (feminine and masculine) melding together to complete the whole circle.

Yoga is a mind-body-spirit practice. Much more than an exercise program, yoga teaches the student how to have a nurturing relationship with his whole being. Attaining balance, gaining strength, breath control, mental focus, and physical flexibility are some of the benefits of practicing yoga.

Zen is a form of meditation practice that originates from Buddhist tradition. Typically, Zen is a daily practice.

Zero Balancing is a non-invasive hands-on treatment developed by osteopath and acupuncturist Dr. Fritz Smith in 1973. It evaluates and balances the relationship between the energy fields of the body and its physical structure. By applying gentle pressure with particular attention paid to foundation joints, zero balancing creates clearer, stronger energy fields in the body-mind and a balanced energy in the bone and skeletal system, enabling the client to function with a deeper personal strength and harmony.