Macrobiotics

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.

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

macrobiotic shiatsu: A form of shiatsu taught by the Kushi Institute, in Becket, Massachusetts.

(See also: Macrobiotic shiatsu, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Standard Macrobiotic Diet (Standard Macrobiotic Dietary Practice): general-purpose way of eating expounded by Michio Kushi (see macrobiotics). It is a relatively nonmystical form of macrobiotic dietary philosophy that involves eating in a spirit of appreciation for all people, society, nature, and the universe.

(See also: Standard Macrobiotic Diet, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Macrobiotic diet:

low-fat, high-fiber diet of whole grains, vegetables, sea algae, and seeds, that are prepared in accordance with specific principles; said to synchronize eating habits with the cycles of nature.

(See also: Macrobiotic diet, Alternative Medicine, Body Mind and Soul)

Macrobiotics

(Literally, the Great Life) A healthful way to live according to the natural order of the universe. The application of this order to daily life is through a diet which affects the whole person and which is based primarily on whole grains, vegetables, beans and sea vegetables, with moderate amounts of fish, seeds and nuts.

(See also: Macrobiotics, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

macrobiotic palm healing: a manual mode of macrobiotics whose principle is that Ki energy streams naturally from human hands.

(See also: Macrobiotic palm healing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Natural and Macrobiotic Medicine: A group of methods that encompasses acupuncture, astrological diagnosis, aura and vibrational diagnosis, consciousness and thought diagnosis, environmental diagnosis, herbal medicine, macrobiotic palm healing, meridian diagnosis, prayer, pressure diagnosis, shiatsu massage, and spiritual diagnosis.

(See also: Natural and Macrobiotic Medicine, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

2005-04-23

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2005-04-23

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2005-04-23

For more dictionary entries, see » Macrobiotics Dictionary

2005-04-23

For more dictionary entries, see » Macrobiotics Dictionary

MICHIO KUSHI - Japanese-born educator and macrobiotic teacher; One Peaceful World 1926 - (NAD)

(See also: MICHIO KUSHI, Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Barefoot Shiatsu

Macrobiotic massage developed by Shizuko Yamamoto as a response to the Western condition requiring a more rigorous style of treatment

(See also: Barefoot Shiatsu, Body Mind and Soul)

aura and vibrational diagnosis: Mode of Natural and Macrobiotic Medicine that is a form of aura analysis.

(See also: Aura and vibrational diagnosis, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

diet #7 (Diet No. 7): Healing regimen recommended by George Ohsawa (see macrobiotics) in Zen Macrobiotics: The Art of Rejuvenation and Longevity (1965). It principally involves restricting dietary intake (including water) to brown rice and particular kinds of tea (as little as possible) for a period of one week to an indefinite number of months. The objective of diet #7 and the nine other diets of Zen Macrobiotics is to maintain balance of yin and yang.

(See also: Diet #7, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

HOLISTIC HEALTH - natural, integrative approach to health and well-being utilizing diet, exercise, meditation, chiropractic, acupuncture, macrobiotics or other non invasive therapies. (NAD)

(See also: HOLISTIC HEALTH, Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

meridian diagnosis: Mode of Natural and Macrobiotic Medicine that is a means of revealing valuable information on the internal energy flow.

(See also: Meridian diagnosis, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

pressure diagnosis: Mode of Natural and Macrobiotic Medicine that is a means of revealing any stagnation of the streaming energy. (See kyo-jitsu and oriental channel diagnosis.)

(See also: Pressure diagnosis, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

consciousness and thought diagnosis: Mode of Natural and Macrobiotic Medicine that is a variation of so-called mind reading.

(See also: Consciousness and thought diagnosis, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

environmental diagnosis: Mode of Natural and Macrobiotic Medicine whose theory posits celestial influences.

(See also: Environmental diagnosis, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

holistic health

Natural, integrative approach to health and well-being utilizing diet, exercise, meditation, chiropractic, acupuncture, macrobiotics, or other noninvasive therapies

(See also: Holistic health, Body Mind and Soul)