Dictionary - Holistic Healing: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Holistic Healing
Holistic Healing A view of health care focusing on the “whole self” (body, mind and spirit) and natural or spiritual cures...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Traditional Healing: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Traditional Healing
TRADITIONAL HEALING: Any practice of holistic medicine in the tradition of a specific culture or tribe.   (See also: TRADITION...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Holistic Dentistry: Health And Healing Dictionary On Holistic Dentistry
Holistic Dentistry Holistic dentistry treats the teeth, jaw, and related structures with special focus on how treatment will affect th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Healing Touch: Health And Healing Dictionary On Healing Touch
HEALING TOUCH is practiced by registered nurses and others to accelerate wound healing, relieve pain, promote relaxation, prevent illn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Holistic Medicine: Natural Health Dictionary On Holistic Medicine
Holistic medicine: A treatment approach that considers the person as an integrated whole—body, mind and soul. Thus optimum healt...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reiki: Health And Healing Dictionary On Reiki
Reiki Practitioners of this ancient Tibetan healing system use light hand placements to channel healing energies to the recipient. Whi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Herbalism: Health And Healing Dictionary On Herbalism
HERBALISM uses natural plants or plant-based substances to treat a range of illnesses and to enhance the functioning of the body’...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wholistic: Health And Healing Dictionary On Holistic, Wholistic
HOLISTIC/WHOLISTIC an adjective meaning targeted to the whole person - mind, body, and spirit. Wholistic medicine considers not only p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Healing: Natural Health Dictionary On Healing
Healing: As opposed to “curing” of a disease, healing is seen as a return to wholeness of body, mind and spirit. Healing m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamanic Healing: Health And Healing Dictionary On Spiritual Healing, Shamanic Healing
SPIRITUAL HEALING, SHAMANIC HEALING practitioners who regard themselves as conductors of healing energy or sources from the spiritual...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manipulation: Health And Healing Dictionary On Manipulation
MANIPULATION application of manual force for healing. Term describes the techniques used in osteopathy, chiropractic, massage, and oth...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Toning: Health And Healing Dictionary On Toning
TONING in sound healing, projection of a nonverbal sound to balance the body’s energy fields.   (See also: TONING , Alte...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ajna Chakra: Health And Healing Dictionary On Ajna Chakra
Ajna chakra Spiritual center located between the eyebrows, the sixth spinal centre, see also kutastha chakra. The master or the guru w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cam: Natural Health Dictionary On Cam
CAM: An acronym that stands for Complementary/Alternative Medicine, used by researchers, academics and health professionals to refer t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Health: Natural Health Dictionary On Health
Health: A state of dynamic balance among body, mind and soul. It is a sense of wholeness and an attitude of well-being.   (See...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hydrotherapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Hydrotherapy
HydroTherapy The use of water in any of its three forms (solid, liquid, or gas), whether it used internally or externally, for the tre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Infant Massage: Health And Healing Dictionary On Infant Massage
Infant Massage Specific massage techniques for infants, these methods can be easily learned by massage therapists, nurses, parents, an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Iridology: Health And Healing Dictionary On Iridology
IRIDOLOGY diagnostic system based on the premise that every organ has a corresponding location within the iris of the eye, which can s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kutastha Chakra: Health And Healing Dictionary On Kutastha Chakra
Kutastha chakra The sixth spinal centre situated in the pituitary gland   (See also: Kutastha chakra , Alternative Health, Hea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chitshakti:: Health And Healing Dictionary On Chitshakti:
Chitshakti: The expressive power of universal Consciousness.   (See also: Chitshakti: , Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diathermy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Diathermy
DIATHERMY deep-heat therapy that uses high-frequency electric currents to produce heat in body tissues. Physical therapists and sports...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Feng Shui: Health And Healing Dictionary On Feng Shui
FENG SHUI an ancient Chinese practice of configuring home or work environments to promote health, happiness, prosperity. Feng shui con...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gunas: Health And Healing Dictionary On Gunas
gunas Three basic qualities of nature which determine the inherent characteristics of all created things. They are: sattva--purity, li...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru: Health And Healing Dictionary On Guru
Guru The Master, the guru is the grace-bestowing power of God who initiates disciples through Shaktipat (Kundalini awakening).  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gyana: Health And Healing Dictionary On Gyana
gyana knowledge   (See also: gyana , Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Hiv Therapies: Health And Healing Dictionary On Hiv Therapies
HIV THERAPIES practitioners offer a range of therapies that aim to treat the human immuno-deficiency virus, AIDS, or its’ sympto...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Homeopathy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Homeopathy
Homeopathy A low-cost, nontoxic system of medicine using dilutions of natural substances from plants, minerals, and animals.   ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Om: Health And Healing Dictionary On Om
Om The primal sound; the sound or vibration from which the entire universe emanates.   (See also: Om , Alternative Health, Hea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prana: Health And Healing Dictionary On Prana
PRANA the yogic concept of a cosmic energy or life force, similar to the Chinese idea of chi, that enters the body with the breath. Pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Probiotics: Health And Healing Dictionary On Probiotics
PROBIOTICS substances such as acidophilus and bifidus that restore the beneficial bacteria normally present in the intestines. Stress,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reflexology: Health And Healing Dictionary On Reflexology
Reflexology Reflexology teaches that every part of the body has a direct line of communication to a reference point on the foot, hand ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Regression: Health And Healing Dictionary On Regression
REGRESSION psychological defense mechanism, viewed as a return to an earlier mode of behavior, thought, or feeling. The unconscious pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rolfing: Health And Healing Dictionary On Rolfing
ROLFING uses deep manipulation of the fascia to restore the body’s natural alignment, which may have become rigid through injury...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shakti: Health And Healing Dictionary On Shakti
Shakti Spiritual power; the divine cosmic energy which projects, maintains and dissolves the universe.   (See also: Shakti , A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mantra: Health And Healing Dictionary On Mantra
mantra Sacred words or sounds invested with the power to transform and protect the one who repeats them; God in the form of sound. Man...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mantra: Health And Healing Dictionary On Mantra
MANTRA in Hinduism and Buddhism, mystic word used in ritual and meditation. It is believed to have power to bring into being the reali...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy The manipulation of the superficial tissues of the human body in order to promote deep relaxation, and release tension...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Midwifery: Health And Healing Dictionary On Midwifery
MIDWIFERY midwives provide education and support during pregnancy, assist the mother during labor and delivery and provide follow-up c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neural Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Neural Therapy
NEURAL THERAPY a form of therapy based on the idea that illness is the result of disruptions in biological energy and that the disrupt...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Yoga Therapy
YOGA THERAPY emerging field of practices that use yoga to address mental and physical problems while integrating body & mind. Prac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zero Balancing: Health And Healing Dictionary On Zero Balancing
ZERO BALANCING method for aligning body structure and body energy. Through touch akin to acupressure, practitioner seeks to overcome i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zone Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Zone Therapy
ZONE THERAPY another name for reflexology. (See reflexology.)   (See also: ZONE THERAPY , Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shiatsu: Health And Healing Dictionary On Shiatsu
Shiatsu Shiatsu arose from the original Chinese massage, Amma. There are significant differences in this Japanese form, however. Shiat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shiatsu: Health And Healing Dictionary On Shiatsu
SHIATSU a form of acupressure, used in Japan for over 1,000 years to treat pain and illness and for general health maintenance. Practi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Subluxation: Health And Healing Dictionary On Subluxation
SUBLUXATION in chiropractic, a misalignment of bones within joints said to interfere with the flow of nervous impulses and diminish th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Therapy
THERAPY treatment and care of someone to combat disease, injury, or mental disorder.   (See also: THERAPY , Alternative Health...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tonic: Health And Healing Dictionary On Tonic
TONIC herbal remedy made from herbs taken to maintain health or ward off illness, rather than to treat an illness. Also known as a nor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trager Bodywork: Health And Healing Dictionary On Trager Bodywork
TRAGER BODYWORK movement-education approach that gently rocks, cradles, and moves the client’s body. Meant to promote relaxation...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Unmanas: Health And Healing Dictionary On Unmanas
unmanas higher mind, that form of conciousness with no basis in form of any kind, pure awareness, infinitely subtle and universal. &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Animism: Health And Healing Dictionary On Animism
ANIMISM belief that a spirit or force resides in every animate and inanimate object, every dream and idea, giving individuality to eac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Apana: Health And Healing Dictionary On Apana
apana inhaling, ascent aspect of the prana-shakti.   (See also: apana , Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind and Soul) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aromatherapy/: Health And Healing Dictionary On Aromatherapy, Flower Remedies
Aromatherapy, Flower Remedies Relatively new to this country, this technique was used in ancient Egypt and other cultures. It involves...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Astrology: Health And Healing Dictionary On Astrology
Astrology Foretelling future events (divination) through the specific positions and aspects of the stars, and their possible influence...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bioenergetics: Health And Healing Dictionary On Bioenergetics
BIOENERGETICS holds that repressed emotions and desires affect the body and psyche by creating chronic muscular tension and diminished...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acupressure: Health And Healing Dictionary On Acupressure
Acupressure Based on the principles of acupuncture, this ancient Chinese technique involves the use of finger pressure (rather than ne...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acupuncture: Health And Healing Dictionary On Acupuncture
Acupuncture In acupuncture, fine needles are inserted at specific points to stimulate, disperse, and regulate the flow of chi, or vita...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agyana: Health And Healing Dictionary On Agyana
agyana without knowledge   (See also: agyana , Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ahimsa: Health And Healing Dictionary On Ahimsa
ahimsa non-violence, absence of jealousy   (See also: ahimsa , Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ajna: Health And Healing Dictionary On Ajna
ajna pituitary, like master   (See also: ajna , Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Anahata Chakra: Health And Healing Dictionary On Anahata Chakra
Anahata chakra The forth spinal centre, heart chakra; non-stop breath   (See also: Anahata chakra , Alternative Health, Healin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Counselor/consultant: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Spiritual Counselor/consultant
Spiritual Counselor/Consultant A practitioner who uses one or more spiritual and/or psychological techniques in rder to achieve holist...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integral Counseling Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Integral Counseling Psychology
integral counseling psychology: A form of psychotherapy taught at the California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco. It e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integral Counseling Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Integral Counseling Psychology
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Dictionary - Kum Nye: Alternative Health Dictionary On Kum Nye
Kum Nye (Kum Nye relaxation, Kum Nye relaxation system of self healing): Holistic mode of self-healing developed by Tarthang Tulku and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kum Nye: Alternative Health Dictionary On Kum Nye
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Dictionary - Osteopathic Medicine: Health And Healing Dictionary On Osteopathic Medicine
Osteopathic Medicine Today, the training of M.D.'s and Osteopaths (D.O.'s) is strikingly similar, but Osteopathic is a holistic discip...   » 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 - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Natural Health Dictionary On Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine: An ancient healing system that views the body as an integrated whole, so problems in one area are seen t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Expressive Arts: Natural Health Dictionary On Expressive Arts
Expressive arts: The use of visual art, crafts, song, dance, movement and other forms of expression to foster personal insights and to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integrative Bodywork: Natural Health Dictionary On Integrative Bodywork
Integrative bodywork: A variety of massage therapies, bodywork techniques and energy therapies used to assist the healing process. Tec...   » 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 - Meditation: Natural Health Dictionary On Meditation
Meditation: A range of practices that involve training one’s attention or awareness so that body and mind can be brought into gr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reiki: Natural Health Dictionary On Reiki
Reiki: A method of Japanese spiritual healing that aims to strengthen a person’s absorption of universal life energy. Practition...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Therapeutic Touch: Natural Health Dictionary On Therapeutic Touch
Therapeutic Touch: Based on the idea that energy extends beyond the skin into a field surrounding and interpenetrating the body. This ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shaman: Health And Healing Dictionary On Shaman
SHAMAN among tribal peoples, a magician, medium, or healer who owes his powers to mystical communion with the spirit world. Characteri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Orthopractic: Alternative Health Dictionary On Orthopractic
Orthopractic: Holistic healing approach promoted by Anthony Cimino, N.D., Ph.D., founder of the Long Island Biotherapy Center, in Syos...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Orthopractic: Alternative Health Dictionary On Orthopractic
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Dictionary - Labyrinth: Natural Health Dictionary On Labyrinth
Labyrinth: An ancient mystical tradition for walking meditation with varied configurations of winding paths, all of which lead to the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acupressure: Natural Health Dictionary On Acupressure
Acupressure: Part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, often called “acupuncture without needles.” The practitioner applies pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acupuncture: Natural Health Dictionary On Acupuncture
Acupuncture: An ancient Chinese technique based on the belief that life energy flows through channels in the body known as meridians. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alternative Medicine: Natural Health Dictionary On Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine: This term was originally coined to describe health care approaches not taught in medical schools. It has been re...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aromatherapy: Natural Health Dictionary On Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy: The therapeutic use of fragrances and “essential oils” (the volatile oils distilled from plants), to improve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Complementary Medicine: Natural Health Dictionary On Complementary Medicine
Complementary medicine: Various “alternative” practices such as meditation, homeopathy, massage, etc., that are not usuall...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cranialsacral Therapy: Natural Health Dictionary On Cranialsacral Therapy
CranialSacral Therapy: Work to balance the flow of cerebrospinal fluid to restore optimum functioning to the central nervous system, a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guided Imagery: Natural Health Dictionary On Guided Imagery
Guided imagery: An interactive process with a therapist in which patients evoke their own images and feelings as a way of relaxing, fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinese Herbalism: Natural Health Dictionary On Chinese Herbalism
Chinese Herbalism: One element of Traditional Chinese medicine, which views the body as an integrated whole of body, mind and spirit. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Natural Health Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: A mind-body practice for physical fitness, mental wellness and spiritual renewal, based on the practice of postures known as asa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Natural Health Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage therapy: General term for a range of manual approaches to enhance relaxation, elevate mood, reduce blood pressure, decrease pa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction: Natural Health Dictionary On Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A program based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn. Participants learn methods such as breathing, gentl...   » 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

Dictionary - T’ai Chi: Natural Health Dictionary On Tai Chi
T’ai Chi: An ancient Chinese meditative and martial art – often referred to as “meditation in motion” – ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hypnosis: Health And Healing Dictionary On Hypnosis
HYPNOSIS although the condition resembles normal sleep, scientists have found that the brain wave patterns of hypnotized subjects are ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jin Shin Do: Health And Healing Dictionary On Jin Shin Do
JIN SHIN DO developed by a psychotherapist, it combines acupressure, Taoist yogic breathing and Reichian segmental theory (addresses h...   » 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 - 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 - Craniosacral Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral Therapy The craniosacral therapist focuses on releasing restrictions of the Cranial sutures and the underlying membranes ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Energy Field Work: Health And Healing Dictionary On Energy Field Work
ENERGY FIELD WORK Practitioners look for weaknesses in the energy field in and around the clients body and seek to restore its proper ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Enzyme Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Enzyme Therapy
ENZYME THERAPY a form of therapy that employs supplements of plant and animal enzymes to improve digestive function and other conditio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Flower Essences: Health And Healing Dictionary On Flower Essences
FLOWER ESSENCES are intended to alleviate negative emotional states that may contribute to illness or hinder personal growth. Drops of...   » Read the article