Encyclopedia - Alternative Lifestyle: Encyclopedia - Alternative Lifestyle
An alternative lifestyle is a lifestyle (a mode or style of conducting one's life) which in addition, carries the implication that it is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lifestyle Diseases Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Lifestyle Diseases Alternative Medicine - Lifestyle Diseases And Alternative Medicine
Changes in diet, lifestyle, and environment are thought to be factors which influence susceptibility to such diseases by biologically bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lifestyle Diseases Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Lifestyle Diseases Alternative Medicine - International Variation In Cancer Rates
A recent research paper published in the Lancet discussed the variation in cancer rates that evidences the existence of lifestyle disease...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Creatives: Encyclopedia - Cultural Creatives
Cultural Creatives is a term coined by sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson to describe a large segment in Weste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Health: Encyclopedia - Natural Health
In alternative medicine, natural health is an eclectic self-care system of "natural therapies" concerned with building and restoring heal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative: Encyclopedia - Alternative
An alternative is one of two (or more) possible choices. The term may also refer to: Alternative society Alternative medicine, including...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Society: Encyclopedia - Alternative Society
The phrase alternative society may have been in usage since the 19th century when Karl Marx and Proudhon represented two factions for alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lohas: Encyclopedia - Lohas
LOHAS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability - a $227 billion market segment in the U.S. alone but worldwide in its ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glamour: Encyclopedia - Glamour
The original meaning of the word glamour was the act of casting a spell over someone. The modern meaning of the word relates to fascinati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Knights: Encyclopedia - British Knights
British Knights are a shoe. The company started in 1985 according to http://www.british-knights.de/, which also indicates the company was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Weil: Encyclopedia - Andrew Weil
This article is about the alternative medicine proponent. There are famous (unrelated) mathematicians named Andrew Wiles and André Weil ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samurai: Encyclopedia - Samurai
Samurai (侍 or 士, samurai?) was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan. Samurai - Myth and reality. Most samurai we...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Living Foods Lifestyle: Alternative Health Dictionary On Living Foods Lifestyle
Living Foods Lifestyle (Hippocrates Diet): Dietetic variation of self-healing originated by Ann Wigmore (1904-1994). It is the centerp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Market Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Market Gardening - Market Gardening Business
Surviving profitably in market gardening relies in great part on direct sales. Farmers selling into wholesale market typically receive 10...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Market Gardening: Encyclopedia Ii - Market Gardening - Market Garden Operations
An example of a market garden operation in North America might involve one farmer working full-time on two acres (8,000 m²). Most work i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Attunement: Alternative Health Dictionary On Attunement
attunement: Lifestyle and manual vibrational healing art (see vibrational medicine).   (See also: Attunement , Alternative Hea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Society - Religious And Pseudo-religious Groups
The alternative society is often characterised as a society of alternatives and this includes a great interest in alternative, speculativ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Society - The End Of An Era
From the late seventies onward there was less fervour and less organisation and the energy took other forms such as the New age movement,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Society - The Underground Press
The underground press of the 1960s and 70s printed articles about various alternative societies and societies of alternatives. Undergroun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Society - International Situationism
There was a very active anarchist group in the Netherlands, known as the Kabouters, (translated as dwarves or trolls). The underground pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Society - Building Alternative Services
As a result of the interest, throughout the underground culture, in theories of alternative societies, movements and intentional communit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathic Medicine: Alternative Medicine Dictionary Ii On Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic Medicine: A comprehensive practice that includes techniques from multiple modalities. Naturopathy is based on the belief ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nutrition Therapy: Natural Health Dictionary On Nutrition Therapy
Nutrition therapy: Counseling on a broad range of topics from food groups and categories to allergies and lifestyle change to vitamins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Health - Basic Core Tenets
The ideologies of natural health hold that all health, illness, and healing can be positively affected by prevention and lifestyle modifi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Naturopathy
Naturopathy brings together various natural healing therapies such as homeopathic remedies, acupuncture and Oriental medicine, massage...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - History
According to Terry Gould's The Lifestyle: A Look at the Erotic Rites of Swingers (ISBN 1552094820), swinging began among U.S. Air Force p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - Objections To The Swinger Lifestyle
While a great variety of specific positions can be taken against swinging, partner swapping, etc, these positions can be broken down into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - Objections To The Swinger Lifestyle
While a great variety of specific positions can be taken against swinging, partner swapping, etc, these positions can be broken down into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - The Lifestyle In Film And Entertainment
The random partner swapping "key party" depicted in Ang Lee's film The Ice Storm (adapted from the novel by Rick Moody) has been reported...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathy: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Natural Remedies
Naturopathy , Natural remedies , Natural remedy, Naturopathic medicine: A drugless system of therapy, making use of physical forces...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - Organizations
Some lifestyle activities are highly organized. There are at least 400 swingers clubs in the USA and over 600 in Europe. Most major citie...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Macrobiotics: Health And Healing Dictionary On Macrobiotics
Macrobiotics A lifestyle involving an awareness that we are connected to nature, and therefore, what is best for our physical bodies a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinese (oriental) Medicine: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Chinese (oriental) Medicine
CHINESE (ORIENTAL) MEDICINE: Oriental medical practitioners are trained to use a variety of ancient and modern therapeutic methods--in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - Organizations
Some Lifestyle activities are highly organized. There are at least 400 swingers clubs in the USA and over 600 in Europe. Most major citie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Health - History Of Natural Health
Although the term natural health did not become part of common usage until the late 20th century, many of its core beliefs developed in E...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Medicine, Holistic/wholistic: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Medicine, Holistic/wholistic
MEDICINE, HOLISTIC/WHOLISTIC: Wholistic medicine is a broadly descriptive term for a healing philosophy that views a patient as a whol...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Human Energetic Assessment And Restorative Technic: Alternative Health Dictionary On Human Energetic Assessment And Restorative Technic
Human Energetic Assessment and Restorative Technic (HEART): Form of energy field work developed by George M. DeLalio, R.N., D.C., a pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinese Medicine: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine: a variety of ancient and modern therapeutic methods, including acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, heat therapy, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - Etiquette
Some swingers consider the Lifestyle to be a distinct subculture. The 'prime directive' in swinging is "No means no". This signifies that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Happiness: Encyclopedia Ii - Happiness - Behaviors And Emotions Associated With Happiness
The following behaviors and emotions are commonly associated with happiness: Material: Business Food Money Refuge - taking from the mate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - Subgroups
Swinging - Urban swingers. Traditionally swinger clubs have been accepting of all ages and body types. 'Urban swinging' began with Feve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - Subgroups
Swinging - Urban swingers. Traditionally swinger clubs have been accepting of all ages and body types. 'Urban swinging' began with Feve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Holistic Medicine: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Holistic Medicine
HOLISTIC MEDICINE: A descriptive term for a healing philosophy that views a patient as a whole person, not just a disease or a collect...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Destination Spa: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Destination Spa
Destination Spa: A spa whose sole purpose is to provide guests with lifestyle improvement and health enhancement through professionall...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Osteopathy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Osteopathy
Osteopathy Founded by Andrew Still, osteopathy is a system of therapy that emphasizes normal body mechanics and manipulation to correc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kinesiology: Health And Healing Dictionary On Kinesiology
KINESIOLOGY The study of muscles and their movement. Applied kinesiology is a system that uses muscle testing procedures, in conjuncti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integrative Medicine: Natural Health Dictionary On Integrative Medicine
Integrative medicine: Combines conventional Western medicine, which primarily investigates and treats physical symptoms, with compleme...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurvedic Medicine: Natural Health Dictionary On Ayurvedic Medicine
Ayurvedic medicine: A part of the East Indian system of healing that includes yoga, Ayurvedic tradition treats illness as an imbalance...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Body Mind Counseling: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Body Mind Counseling
Body/Mind Counseling: Body/Mind Counseling covers a number of techniques intended to change negative patterns learned from infancy. Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arvicolinae: Encyclopedia Ii - Arvicolinae - Description
The arvicolines are most easily identified based on their molar teeth, which show prismatic cusps consisting of alternating triangles. Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nature Cure: Alternative Health Dictionary On Nature Cure
Nature Cure (Nature Care): Progenitor of naturopathy. Nature Cure is a variation of self-healing whose most important measures are fas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Macrobiotics: Alternative Health Dictionary On Macrobiotics
macrobiotics (the macrobiotic way; formerly called Zen Macrobiotics): Quasireligious movement and health-centered lifestyle whose cent...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Medicine: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Tibetan Medicine
TIBETAN MEDICINE: Tibet has long been renown throughout Asia as a land of medicines. It's medical tradition is a vast science with ful...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epicharmus Of Kos: Encyclopedia Ii - Epicharmus Of Kos - Works
Epicharmus wrote somewhere between 35 and 52 comedies, though many have been lost or exist only in fragments. Along with his contemporary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Holistic Medicine: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Holistic Medicine
HOLISTIC MEDICINE Holistic medicine recognizes that the mind, spirit, lifestyle, environment, and other aspects of a person’s ex...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Three Stages
Panchakarma:The Three Stages   Poorva (pre) Karma - These important preparatory procedures have two parts Oelation (snehana) The...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Iridology: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Iridology
IRIDOLOGY Iridology is a diagnostic science in which the study of markings in specific areas of the iris are used to indicate dysfunct...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rayid Method: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Rayid Method
RAYID METHOD The rayid method was formed by results of research on the meaning of the formations in the iris of the eyes. Hereditary, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathic Medicine: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Naturopathic Medicine
NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE Naturopathy integrates a wide range of natural therapeutics emphasizing the healing power of nature to treat the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathic Medicine: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic Medicine: Adhering to the principles of holistic medicine, naturopathic doctors can use various natural methods to treat ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurveda: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Ayurveda
Ayurveda is the ancient traditional healing system of India. More than 5,000 years old, Ayurveda is the science of developing health, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchkarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchkarma Three Stages
Panchkarma:The Three Stages   Poorva (pre) Karma - These important preparatory procedures have two parts Oelation (snehana) Ther...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathic Medicine: Natural Medicine Dictionary On Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic Medicine: Adhering to the principles of holistic medicine, naturopathic doctors can use various natural methods to treat ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Therapeutic Touch: Alternative Health Dictionary On Therapeutic Touch
Therapeutic Touch (TT, Krieger-Kunz Method of Therapeutic Touch): A derivative of the laying on of hands. Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hippocrates Health Program: Alternative Health Dictionary On Hippocrates Health Program
Hippocrates health program (Hippocrates program): Variation of Nature Cure developed by wholistic health educator Dr. Ann Wigmore (190...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dr. Lynch's Holistic Self-health Program: Alternative Health Dictionary On Dr. Lynch's Holistic Self-health Program
Dr. Lynch's Holistic Self-Health Program: Variation of self-healing developed by James P.B. Lynch, D.C. The primary tool of this progr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pro-ana: Encyclopedia Ii - Pro-ana - Overview
Pro-ana websites were first developed to counter the many support websites which encourage recovery from anorexia. Many anorexics believe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water Opossum: Encyclopedia Ii - Water Opossum - Aquatic Adaptations
The water opossum has several adaptations for its watery lifestyle. It has short, dense fur which is water-repellent. The broad hindfeet ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vancouver: Encyclopedia Ii - Vancouver - Lifestyle
The city of Vancouver has developed a reputation as tolerant city that is open to social experimentation and alternative lifestyles as we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vancouver: Encyclopedia Ii - Vancouver - Lifestyle
The city of Vancouver has developed a reputation as tolerant city that is open to social experimentation and alternative lifestyles as we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Army Ant: Encyclopedia Ii - Army Ant - Life-cycle
Eciton army ants have a bi-phasic lifestyle where they alternate between a nomadic phase and a stationary stage. In the stationary or sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Social Community
Whether there is such a thing as a "zoophile community", in the same sense as the gay community or any other alternative lifestyle commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Social Community
Whether there is such a thing as a "zoophile community", in the same sense as the gay community or any other alternative lifestyle commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haight-ashbury San Francisco California: Encyclopedia Ii - Haight-ashbury San Francisco California - Present-day Haight-ashbury
Today the district has lost little of its status as a center of alternative lifestyles, though much has changed. The area still maintains...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glastonbury Festival: Encyclopedia Ii - Glastonbury Festival - Festival Site
The festival takes place in South West England at Worthy Farm between the small village of Pilton and Pylle, six miles west of Glastonbur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neoism - History
In 1979, Neoism grew out of the mail art network, particularly those parts of mail art that emphasized - rather than the exchange of artw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Implications Of Peak Oil: Encyclopedia Ii - Implications Of Peak Oil - Market Solution
A market solution is based on the belief that the rise of oil prices due to scarcity would stimulate investment in oil replacement techno...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Polarity Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Polarity Therapy
Polarity Therapy Developed by Dr. Randolph Stone, DO, DC, ND (1890-1981), over the course of his career as an osteopathic physician, c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Age Of Aquarius: Parapsychology Dictionary On Age Of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius: The alleged two-thousand year long period in human history marked by enlightenment, love, and profound peace heralde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Medicine
Many people with a New Age perspective also adopt complementary and alternative medicine. Some rely on New Age related treatments exclusi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hermann Göring: Encyclopedia Ii - Hermann Göring - In Fiction
In Philip José Farmer's Riverworld, a reincarnated Göring becomes a missionary for the Church of the Second Chance, a pacifist religion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hermann Göring: Encyclopedia Ii - Hermann Göring - In Fiction
In Philip José Farmer's Riverworld, a reincarnated Göring becomes a missionary for the Church of the Second Chance, a pacifist religion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophile Activism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophile Activism - Brief History Of Modern Pedophile Activism
There have been varying degrees of pedophile activism since the 1970s that can be traced to the social changes that occurred during both ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathy: Natural Health Dictionary Ii On Naturopathy
Naturopathy: Naturopathy is a system of healing, originating from Europe, that views disease as a manifestation of alterations in the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Know Yourself: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Know Yourself
Your personal constitution, which is your individual metabolic make-up, helps determine how your mind and body will instinctively reac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samurai: Encyclopedia Ii - Samurai - Culture
As de facto aristocrats for centuries, samurai developed their own cultures that influenced Japanese culture as a whole. Samurai - Educa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kim Stanley Robinson: Encyclopedia Ii - Kim Stanley Robinson - Criticisms
Robinson's writings explore political ideas which contain many elements of socialism and green politics, as well as many alternative life...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer - Prevention
Cancer prevention is defined as active measures to decrease the incidence of cancer. This can be accomplished by avoiding carcinogens or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer - Prevention
Cancer prevention is defined as active measures to decrease the incidence of cancer. This can be accomplished by avoiding carcinogens or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma
Panchakarma In Ayurveda treatment consists of four basic forms, namely - medicine or drug therapy, pancha (five) karma (actions/ syste...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma
Panchakarma In Ayurveda treatment consists of four basic forms, namely - medicine or drug therapy, pancha (five) karma (actions/ syste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Francisco California: Encyclopedia Ii - San Francisco California - Culture
Some of the most notable landmarks are the Transamerica Pyramid and Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco California - Contemporary life. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Francisco California: Encyclopedia Ii - San Francisco California - Culture
Some of the most notable landmarks are the Transamerica Pyramid and Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco California - Contemporary life. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Francisco California: Encyclopedia Ii - San Francisco California - Culture
Some of the most notable landmarks are the Transamerica Pyramid and Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco California - Contemporary life. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Francisco California: Encyclopedia Ii - San Francisco California - Culture
Some of the most notable landmarks are the Transamerica Pyramid and Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco California - Contemporary life. I...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gerson Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Gerson Therapy
Gerson Therapy (Gerson dietary regime, GDR, Gerson method, Gerson treatment): A state of the art, contemporary, wholistic and natural ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swinging: Encyclopedia Ii - Swinging - Common Responses To Objections From The Swinger Community
As mentioned in the History section above, many swingers report that their core relationships are actually stronger through swinging. Jea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Practices Of Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Practices Of Jehovah's Witnesses - Medicine And Health
The Witnesses' teachings in general promote a healthy lifestyle. Magazine articles in the Awake! oftentimes discuss ways of maintaining b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurvedic Medicine: Holistic Health Dictionary On Ayurvedic Medicine
AYURVEDIC MEDICINE Ayurvedic (pronounced eye yur VEH dik) medicine stresses a holistic approach to health. It means “science of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tridoshas: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Tridoshas
The Tridoshas The Tridoshas (tri meaning three and doshas being the basic physical energies) are the primary and essential factors of ...   » Read the article