Korean Hand Therapy (KHT, the K.H.T system, Korean Hand Acupuncture, Koryo Hand Therapy): A mode of hand acupuncture developed by Tae-Woo Yoo, O.M.D., Ph.D., in 1971, in Korea.

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Alphabiotics: Brainchild of Dr. V.B. Chrane, who began practicing it in the 1920s near Abilene, Texas. His son, Dr. Virgil Chrane, Jr., founded Alphabiotics as a profession on December 28, 1971. Its theory posits a lesser self, a Greater Self, and Life energy. Practitioners are called alphabioticists. (See Alphabiotic Alignment/Unification Process.)

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Kriya Yoga (Kriya): Ancient yogic method rediscovered, renamed, expounded, and revived by Babaji, the guru of Lahiri Mahasaya. Lahiri Mahasaya popularized it in modern India, and Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952) advanced it in the United States.

Kriya theory posits apana (eliminating current), prana (the life force), an omniscient spiritual eye, and the transmutation of oxygen atoms into life current.

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Ayurvedic nutrition (Ayurvedic diet): Nutritional phase of Ayurveda. It involves eating according to

(a)           one's body type and

(b)          the season.

The activity of the doshas - three bodily humors, dynamic forces, or spirits that possess - determines one's body type. In Ayurveda, body types number seven, eight, or ten, and seasons traditionally number six. Each two-month season corresponds to a dosha; for example, the two seasons that correspond to the dosha named Pitta (see Raktamoksha) constitute the period of mid-March through mid-July. But some proponents enumerate three seasons: summer (when pitta predominates), autumn, and winter (the season of kapha); or Vata season (fall and winter), Kapha season (spring), and Pitta season (summer).

According to Ayurvedic theory, one should lessen one's intake of foods that increase (aggravate) the ascendant dosha.

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olfactory aromatherapy: Direct or indirect inhalation of essential oils. Olfactory aromatherapy unlocks odor memories and encourages realignment of natural forces within the body.

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Thought Field Therapy (TFT, Callahan Techniques, Callahan Techniques Thought Field Therapy (CTTFT), tapping therapy, tap therapy): One of the power therapies. According to clinical psychologist Roger J. Callahan, Ph.D., quoted in the November 1996 issue of Visions Magazine, TFT is the study of the structure of thought fields and the body's energy system as they pertain to the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems. Callahan originated TFT in the 1980s. It involves sequentially tapping specific acupuncture meridian energy points with fingertips.

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Original Ingham Method (Ingham method, Ingham method of foot reflexology, Ingham technique, Original Ingham Method of Reflexology): Brand of reflexology promoted by the International Institute of Reflexology, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The institute defines reflexology as a science which deals with the principle that there are reflexes in the feet relative to each and every organ and all parts of the body. The Ingham method emerged from the work of Eunice D. Ingham Stopfel (1879-1974), author of Stories the Feet Can Tell (1938), and her nephew Dwight C. Byer, author of Better Health with Foot Reflexology. Ingham developed a style of Foot Reflexology she called the Ingham Reflex Method of Compression Massage. In the 1930s she refined zone theory (see zone therapy) by mapping the feet with organ reflexes (e.g., the heart reflex). each of these areas is a conduit to a corresponding part of the body.

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polarity testing: Means of determining treatment (e.g., homeopathic) by Electro-Biomagnetics (magnet therapy).

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Tibetan Reiki: Variation of and extension to Reiki. Tibetan Reiki is of ancient Tibetan origin.

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radionic therapy (radionic healing, radionic treatment; called radio therapy in the 1930s): Variation of absent healing that involves using a radionic treatment instrument. Its principle is that disease is a deviation from the body's archetypal blueprint, which is perfect.

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integrative acupressure: Form of acupressure whose chief distinction is a technique called acupressure lymphatic release.

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Sufi healing: Tradition of faith healing based on Sufism, an Islamic form of mysticism that developed mainly in Persia (Iran). It is based particularly on the teachings of one of the largest Sufi orders, the Chishti order. Sufi healing includes abjad, breathwork, fasting, and prayer. According to its theory - which posits devils, ghosts, and jinn (genies) - disbelief in God is the most severe imbalance.

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somatic therapy (somatic disciplines, somatic methods, somatics, somatic techniques, somatic therapies): Field that encompasses aikido, the Alexander Technique, applied kinesiology, Arica, Aston-Patterning, Awareness Through Movement, bioenergetics, Body-Mind Centering, Capoeria, Continuum, CranioSacral Therapy, Eutony, Focusing, Functional Integration, Hakomi, Hellerwork, judo, karate, kundalini yoga, kung fu, Lomi (see lomi-lomi and Lomi work), Oki yoga (see Oki-Do), Process-Oriented Psychotherapy (process psychology), rebirthing, reflexology, Resonant Kinesiology, Rolfing, Rosen work (see Rosen Method), sensory awareness, SHEN, somasynthesis, tai chi, Touch for Health, Trager, Trans Fiber, yoga therapy, and Zero Balancing.

Subtle-energy elements are a commonality of somatic therapies. Thomas Hanna, founder of the journal Somatics, coined the word somatics.

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Inner Child Cards: Divination system created by Isha Lerner and professional astrologer Mark Lerner, coauthors of Inner Child Cards: A Journey into Fairy Tales, Myth, and Nature (1992). The system features this book and a fairy-tale adaptation of the 78-card tarot. It reawakens the child within by conducing to interaction of the user and the most potent archetypes of the inner world. Its apparent principle is that humans are divine and have radiant selves: starchildren who live in the heart.

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C.A.R.E. (Chakra Armor Release of Emotions): System advanced by author Raphael Rettner, D.C. its principle is that emotions are involved in four energy pathways: acupuncture meridians, chakras, polarity elements, and armor (a muscle spasm due to an unexpressed emotion).

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Grape Cure (grape diet): Mono-diet advanced by Johanna Brandt, N.D., Ph.N., author of The Grape Cure ((c) 1928). The front matter of the 1967 edition, a paperback published by Benedict Lust Publications, quotes the author: My discovery of the Grape diet is the direct result of Divine Illumination.

The grape diet consists of grapes or grape juice. Brandt held that the mind operated through magnetism and that the Grape Cure contributed to the purification and buildup of magnetism. She recommended it for appendicitis, cancer, diabetes, gout, pyorrhea, rheumatism, scurvy, sex problems, tuberculosis, unnatural cravings (as for alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea, and tobacco), and other conditions. Under the heading Sex Problems, she stated: By the magical purification of the blood the nerves are stabilized, self-control is established and our God-given heritage of sense and desire is transmitted into divine creative power.

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Biogram Therapy: (biogram healing, Biogram Healing System, biogram mind-body healing, Biogram System): Treatment developed by Dr. Richard Johnson. It involves guided imagery and is the basis of an audiocassette program. Biogram refers toa something that communicates directly with the source of a malady to initiate the healing process on mental and physical levels.

The principles of Biogram Therapy include these:

(a)           One can learn how to use one's mind to correct any negative physical conditions in various areas of the body.

(b)           Everyone possesses a cellular memory, the experience of one's ancestors in genetic code, which may cause otherwise inexplicable difficulties for the individual.

(c)           One can develop both the ability to see inside one's body with one's mind and the ability to derive information from one's DNA archives (the Library of Time), with which one can retrain oneself at the cellular level.

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auricular reflexology: Mode of reflexology whose focus is the ear. Dr. P.F.M. Nogier of France discovered the method in 1967.

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biodynamic psychology (Biodynamic therapy): Therapeutic approach developed by Gerda Boyesen, a clinical psychologist and physiotherapist born in Norway. It is related to bioenergetics. One of its principles is that, when bodily fluids do not circulate efficiently or tissues are not properly cleansed, emotional tensions or blockages show up and keep bioenergy from vitalizing the body.

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Chi Lel (Chi-Lel Qigong): Variation of Qigong and Qigong therapy pioneered by Pang Ming, M.D., practiced at the Wahzhan Zhineng Chigong Clinic and Training Center (a medicineless hospital in Qinhuagdao, China), and promoted by Luke Chan, author of 101 Lessons of Tao (Benefactor Press, 1995) and Secrets of the Tai Chi Circle: Journey to Enlightenment.

Chi Lel has four components:

(1)           generation of a strong belief (shan shin) - e.g., by listening to testimonials - that chi (life energy) can heal all ailments;

(2)           Chu Chong;

(3)           Chi Healing; and

(4)           Lan Gong (practice), which includes methods from Zhineng Chigong.

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Psychogenetics: Method founded by psycho-spiritual consultant Gayatri Rein Reich, author of Psychogenetics.

Psychogenetics:

(a)   cracks and reprograms genetic codes related to birth, aging, and death; and

(b)  (b) dissolves lineage chains.

Its theory posits a powerful program on one's psychogenetic computer that determines:

(a)   when one is born, marries, and gives birth;

(b)  the nature of one's relationships;

(c)   the state of one's career and finances; and (d) the quality of one's physical and mental health.

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