Healing Touch: Healing Touch is a program of energy techniques developed by a nurse, Janet Mentgen, in 1989. It is a Certificate program originally developed for the American Holistic Nurses Assoc. (AHNA). Healing Touch is used to accelerate wound healing, relieve pain, promote relaxation, and prevent illness.

(See also: Healing Touch, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

holistic medicine:

1. Alternative medicine.
2. That form of alternative medicine which focuses on
1. personal accountability for one's health;
2. the human body's ability to heal itself; and
3. balancing the body, mind, and spirit with the environment.

Holistic medicine includes among others acupuncture, biofeedback, faith healing, folk medicine, meditation, yoga etc.

(See also: Holistic medicine, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Emotional Energetic Healing (E.E.H., E.E.H. Healing methodology): Mode of holistic healing founded by Mari Angelique Raphael. It includes hands-on energy work and spiritual counseling. , E.E.H. utilizes the divine healing energy of the Angelic Realm, activates the client's Lightbody, and clears past, present, and future lifetimes.

(See also: Emotional Energetic Healing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

holistic nursing (wholistic nursing): Form of nursing that exalts intuition and may include AMMA Therapy, biofeedback, guided imagery, Healing Touch, homeopathy, iridology, massage therapy, Oriental medicine (especially acupuncture), psychic healing, tai chi, and/or Therapeutic Touch. Its goal is integration of body, mind, and spirit.

(See also: Holistic nursing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

VIBRATIONAL HEALING - VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE: promotes healing by balancing the bodyÕs energy field. Can include acupuncture, homeopathy, flower essences, sound & color healing, crystals, gems, aromatherapy, and energy-based bodywork (Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Polarity Therapy).

(See also: Vibrational Healing & Vibrational Medicine, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Unergi Method (Unergi holistic therapy): Self-care system that integrates the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Awareness Movement, Gestalt therapy, and Rubenfeld Synergy. It includes dreamwork, healing touch, inner child work, meditation, and verbal therapy. Holistic Therapist Ute Arnold developed the method in or before 1978.

(See also: Unergi Method, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

HERBALISM

uses natural plants or plant-based substances to treat a range of illnesses and to enhance the functioning of the body’s systems. Though herbalism is not a licensed professional modality in the U.S., herbs are prescribed by a range of practitioners, from holistic M.D.s to acupuncturists to naturopaths.

(See also: HERBALISM, Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind and Soul)

ACUPRESSURE

Similar to the Chinese art of Acupuncture, this healing modality employs finger pressure, rather than needles, on the energy (chi) blocks, located within the Chi Meridians, which carry the Chi Energy or life force throughout the body. The free flowing Chi helps to maintain optimum good health.

(See also: ACUPRESSURE, Alternative Health, Holistic Health, Body Mind and Soul)

The Cayce Approach to Health and Healing: Holistic approach to healing and wellness that encompasses breathwork, energy field work, Self-Applied Health Enhancement Methods, and remedies (e.g., the apple diet) related to the readings of clairvoyant Edgar Cayce (1877-1945).

Its theory posits reincarnation and a triune body (physical body, mental body, and spiritual body) and defines healing as the process of awakening the God-pattern within humans.

(See also: Cayce Approach to Health and Healing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

AROMATHERAPY

Uses essential oils extracted from nature’s herbs and flowers. The aroma is inhaled, or applied to the skin, and each of the oils (or combination thereof) addresses a specific disorder. It appears that the body is able to utilize the healing properties of the oils through the olfactory system of the body, and so initiate the healing process. Aromatherapy practitioners would also have an understanding of the psychological and emotional factors of illness.

(See also: AROMATHERAPY, Alternative Health, Holistic Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Aromatherapy – Pure essential oils are used to treat stress and anxiety as well as a wide range of other ailments. Aromatherapy is often used in conjunction with massage therapy, acupuncture, reflexology, herbology, chiropractic, and other methods of holistic healing.

(See also: Aromatherapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

HYPNOSIS/HYPNOTHERAPY

A state in which the practitioner has accessed the subconscious mind in order to address the condition that influences a particular activity or attitude. It may be regarded as a trance-like state, which is artificially produced. This state allows the subject to bypass the limitations of dealing with and healing anything which has been suppressed, repressed, and in many situations, unresolved elements from previous lives (past life recall). The subject is susceptible to suggestions by the practitioner, to help the subject heal, even the most traumatic of conditions.

(See also: HYPNOTHERAPY, Alternative Health, Holistic Health, Body Mind and Soul)

HERBOLOGY

Also known as HERBALISM, is found in practically all the ancient cultures throughout the world, and utilizes plants and trees, and their derivatives for preventative and curative medicine.

It is recognized that herbs constitute the oldest form of healing therapy that we know of. The Whole Herb retains the subtler ingredients and energies necessary to balance the active elements, while transporting the balanced substances into the body, which can be a healing catalyst so effectively.

Herbs are prepared for internal and external use in various ways, including teas, tinctures, extracts, oils, ointments and compresses. Herbal therapy is used to strengthen the immune system, and heal the body naturally.

(See also: HERBOLOGY, Alternative Health, Holistic Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Dr. Lynch's Holistic Self-Health Program: Variation of self-healing developed by James P.B. Lynch, D.C. The primary tool of this program and lifestyle is the Holistic Triangle or Holistic triad, a philosophy that consists of:

(a)           a physical side, which encompasses acupressure, acupuncture, shiatsu, and chiropractic;

(b)          a chemical side, which encompasses food combining, herbalism, homeopathy, macrobiotics, scientific fasting, and vitamin therapy; and (

(c)           a mental/spiritual base, which encompasses biofeedback and self hypnosis.

(See also: Dr. Lynch's Holistic Self-Health Program, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Tatwa meditation: Cornerstone of a holistic system of self-healing developed by spiritual teacher Emahmn (sic). Tatwas are Hindu mandalas (mystical drawings) that have healing powers. Emahmn's system includes a mandalic-zodiacal form of astrology.

(See also: Tatwa meditation, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Integrative Medicine: Unlike conventional doctors, integrative medical practitioners take a holistic approach to healing. Rather than treating symptoms, these practitioners seek out the root of the problem and may use a combination of conventional and alternative therapies in order to restore the body to optimum health.

(See also: Integrative Medicine, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

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.

See also: Vibrational Healing, Healing Sound, Healing Music)

CHIROPRACTIC NETWORK

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.

(See also: CHIROPRACTIC NETWORK, Alternative Health, Holistic Health, Body Mind and Soul)

CRYSTAL THERAPY

Dates back to Incan, Egyptian, Mayan, Atlantean, and Lemurian Civilizations. In this healing practice, quartz crystals, and other stones and crystals are placed on and around the body to stimulate and sensitize subtle vibrational patterns, release energy blockages, and harmonize vibrational frequencies.

Crystals are used to draw and amplify light and color to the body's aura, thus raising its vibrational frequency, and facilitate healing. The emotional, physical, psychological and spiritual effects of such work are moving and profound. Quartz Crystals can also be used to record dreams and other information when programmed to do so.

(See also: CRYSTAL THERAPY , Alternative Health, Holistic Health, Body Mind and Soul)

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QUANTUM ENERGETICS

Quantum energetics is a subtle, gentle healing method that works with the energy body to allow disrupted energy patterns in the body to regain their force. It is a holistic, noninvasive technique that follows a systematic approach. Numerical codes that correspond vibrationally with conditions of the energy body are utilized, along with applied kinesiology.

(See also: QUANTUM ENERGETICS, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

NEURAL KINESIOLOGY

This technique is a holistic healing system which utilizes the best of American kinesiology and European neural therapy. Neural kinesiology recognizes and assesses the need for therapies in each of the four primary categories - neurological, structural, biochemical, and psychological.

(See also: NEURAL KINESIOLOGY, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)