Restorative Yoga: Designed to relieve stress; this is a very slow and relaxing kind of Yoga.

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Eastern medicine: a group of methods that encompasses Chinese medicine, shiatsu, and relaxation techniques.

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energy balancing: means of facilitating the flow of bodily vital forces, rejuvenating the nervous system, and promoting internal relaxation. Its principle is that deep relaxation provides an opening for healing energy, and that permeation with healing energy results in the dissolution of layers of tension and the opportunity for self-acceptance.

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HYPNOSIS - state of physical and mental relaxation, utilizing a subjects receptive made of consciousness for heightened suggestibility to acceptable information. adj. hypnotic. (NAD)

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A state of consciousness characterized by even longer, slower waves called theta waves. It is associated with a very deep state of relaxation or trance or with sleeping.

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Yoga nidra:

a deep relaxation technique also called 'yogic sleep' in which mind and body is at complete rest but with complete awareness.

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visualization therapy: approach to healing that uses visualizations or relaxed guided meditations as aids to imaging a desired condition. (See creative visualization.)

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Nsoromma Body Therapy: Combination of relaxation, shiatsu, and yoga promoted by painter Vivinne (Narmada) Williams, M.F.A.

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MEDITATION:

1) reflection, contemplation, the turning inward to Self or outward to Diety.

2) quiet time used to dwell on certain thoughts, symbols or to let thoughts come as they will.

3) a method of observing the mind through relaxation.

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Mental Medicine (the Medicine of the North, Mental Medicine path, mental path): Mode of Cherokee healing that includes biofeedback, the Cross-Over exercise, visualization, and relaxation techniques. One of its purposes is to calm the spirit.

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Meditation: The emptying of the mind of thoughts, or concentration of the mind on just one thing in order to aid mental or spiritual development, contemplation, or relaxation. Although the practice originated in India, it is common to many religions. Hatha yoga is a form of meditation.

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Shirodhara: Ayurvedic treatment in which warm sesame oil, or a warm herbal oil, streams onto the forehead of a recumbent person. Its design is to purify the mind-body and relax the nervous system.

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Toning: Vocal method expounded and developed by American healer Laurel Elizabeth Keyes. It isa means of bringing new life energy to inhibited or unbalanced parts of the body. Toning involves standing with eyes closed, relaxing the jaws, and expressing feelings with vocal sounds.

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Inner Smile (Inner Smile Meditation, inner smile technique): A foundational component of the Healing Tao System. Inner Smile is a relaxation technique that increases the flow of chi. Practitioners smile inwardly at organs and glands.

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Kripalu Bodywork: Derivative of Kripalu Yoga. It involves breathwork and massage and draws from Polarity Therapy and Swedish massage. Its design is to promote relaxation and assist reconnection of recipients and the healing wisdom of their bodies.

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L'Chaim Yoga: Variation of hatha yoga taught by Kay Abrahams, of New York City. It involves guided relaxation, Hebrew prayer, and makko-ho. (L'Chaim is a Hebrew expression that means to life and is used as a toast.)

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led meditation: Form of group meditation wherein someone (a) describes the process of relaxation and (b) outlines a situation that may conduce to the readiness of the meditators to meet their inner guides, receive higher wisdom, or find an answer to a question of immediate concern.

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ONSEN TECHNIQUE

Onsen is a Japanese word meaning at rest or at peace. It is a state of mind, but can also be a state of body. Developer Richard Phaigh translated it to mean balance, particularly length and strength balance in soft tissue, to form the basis of this new protocol.

Onsen includes three key components - muscle energy technique, post-isometric relaxation, and transverse friction massage.

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Dream Interpretation Tea

Tea might be a symbol of your need for peace and quiet, companionship, or relaxation. Drinking tea in the dream may carry a message that a very confusing situation can only be resolved with patience and tranquillity.

Source: Dream-Land, http://www.dream-land.info

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Dream Interpretation Abbey

If you see the abbey in a clear daylight, it can be perceived as a good omen. This dream may bring you peace of mind and relaxation. If you see the abbey in darkness or obscurity, it indicates grief, sorrow, unhappiness, but this is only temporary.

Source: Dream-Land, http://www.dream-land.info

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Abject

• To dream that you are abject, denotes that you will be the recipient of gloomy tidings, which will cause a relaxation in your strenuous efforts to climb the heights of prosperity.
• To see others abject, is a sign of bickerings and false dealings among your friends.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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