A Wisdom Archive on Self-care Method

Self-Applied Health Enhancement Methods (SAHEM): Variation of self-healing developed by Roger Jahnke, C.A., O.M.D., author of The Healer Within: The Four Essential Self-Care Techniques for Optimal Health (HarperSanFrancisco, 1999). The methods fall into four categories: gentle movements and postures (e.g., tai chi); self-massage (e.g., auricular reflexology); breathing exercises; and (d) relaxation practices.

 
(See also: Self-Applied Health Enhancement Methods, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary )

There are a number of anecdotally recorded and disseminated methods of performing a self-induced abortion. These may include: physical exertion designed to bring about a miscarriage abdominal massage receiving blows to the abdominal area attempted removal of the fetus with a coat-hanger or similar device inserted into the uterus through the vagina attempted piercing of the fetus with a knitting needle or similar device inserted into the uterus through the vagina ingesting abortifacien ...

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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 )

TOUCH FOR HEALTH: Touch for health, an easily applied and practical system of natural self-health care, is a synthesis of methods and techniques which includes acupuncture principles, acupressure, muscle testing, massage, and dietary guidelines.

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

Victor Cousin (November 28, 1792 - January 13, 1867) was a French philosopher. Victor Cousin - Observational Method. The observational method applied to consciousness gives us the science of psychology. This is the basis and the only proper basis of ontology or metaphysics--the science of being--and of the philosophy of history. To the observation of consciousness Cousin adds induction as the complement of his method, by which he means inference as to reality necessitated by the data of consciousness, and r ... Including:

• Victor Cousin - Observational Method
• Victor Cousin - Three Results of psychological observation
• Victor Cousin - Doctrine of the Reason
• Victor Cousin - Comparison to Kant Schelling and Hegel
• Victor Cousin - The absolute or infinite
• Victor Cousin - The self

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In computer security technology, a virus is a self-replicating program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. A computer virus behaves in a way similar to a biological virus, which spreads by inserting itself into living cells. Extending the analogy, the insertion of a virus into the program is termed as an infection, and the infected file (or executable code that is not part of a file) is called a host. Viruses are one of the several types of malicious software or malware. In ... Including:

• Computer virus - Definition
• Computer virus - Use of the word virus
• Computer virus - History
• Computer virus - Why people create computer viruses
• Computer virus - Replication Strategies
• Computer virus - Nonresident viruses
• Computer virus - Resident viruses
• Computer virus - Host types
• Computer virus - Methods to avoid detection
• Computer virus - Avoiding bait files and other undesirable hosts
• Computer virus - Stealth
• Computer virus - Self-modification
• Computer virus - Viruses and legitimate software
• Computer virus - The vulnerability of operating systems to viruses
• Computer virus - The role of software development
• Computer virus - Anti-virus software and other countermeasures

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Father Walter Jackson Ong, Ph.D. (November 30, 1912 – August 12, 2003), was a thinker known today as an honorary guru among technophiles. He was a Jesuit priest, professor of English literature, cultural and religious historian, linguist, and philosopher. Walter J. Ong - Biography. Walter Jackson Ong, Jr. was born in Kansas City, Missouri to a Protestant father and a Roman Catholic mother; he was raised as a Roman Catholic. In 1933 he received a bachelor of arts degree from Rockhurst College, where he maj ... Including:

• Walter J. Ong - Biography
• Walter J. Ong - Contributions in perspective
• Walter J. Ong - Introduction
• Walter J. Ong - Ramus Method and the Decay of Dialogue 1958
• Walter J. Ong - The Presence of the Word 1967
• Walter J. Ong - Fighting for Life 1981
• Walter J. Ong - Orality and Literacy 1982
• Walter J. Ong - Hopkins the Self and God 1986
• Walter J. Ong - An Ong Reader 2002
• Walter J. Ong - Works about Ong
• Walter J. Ong - Publications
• Walter J. Ong - Lectures
• Walter J. Ong - Books
• Walter J. Ong - Categories

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The Silva Method, originally called Silva Mind Control, comprises a self-empowerment system to shape beliefs and augment personal success. The technique involves reaching and sustaining a higher state of mental functioning, called Alpha state, where brainwave frequency is eight to thirteen Hz. The method also uses visualizations and affirmations. Advocates attest to healing, better ...

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This method involes using a firearm on oneself. It is used more frequently in countries where firearms are easier to obtain. It is debatable, however, if that increases the number of suicides in general; it might be that it just increases the number of people choosing this method. In countries where firearms are harder to obtain, this method is sometimes still used, especially by people who use firearms ...

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This method involves taking a large dose of medication, such as sleeping pills, antidepressants, painkillers. Due to the unpredictablity of dosing requirements, death is uncertain and an attempt may leave a person alive but with severe organ damage. Drugs taken orally may also be vomited back out before being absorbed. Overdosing may also be performed by mixing medications with one another or with alcohol or illegal drugs. This method may leave confusion over ...

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