These days nearly everyone seems to have dabbled with alternative health care practices, such as herbs, acupuncture, massage, yoga, tai chi, meditation, macrobiotic foods and many other means of natural healing. Health and fitness centers are becoming more popular. Despite all this, wellness may elude its seeks in their frenetic trying out of any or…
Category: Health & Wellness
SLAY YOUR DRAGON!
Transformation Can Be Fun Who’s in charge? Is the Dragon, better known as the “voice of inner judgment” and technically, the “superego,” running your thoughts, sabotaging positive change and putting you down? Does the dragon con you into believing unhealthy patterns are safe and the only way to go? Or, does the dragon keep you busy obsessing over yesterday, worrying…
THE HEALING USE OF LIGHT AND COLOR
The belief in light and color therapy as a method for healing is not new. Prior to the advent of drugs, doctors utilized the healing properties of the sun to improve health, both physically and psychologically. Many cultures have recognized the potential healing powers of the light and the sun. The ancient Egyptians, Romans, Greeks,…
TACHYON ENERGY & HEALING
TACHYON is a theoretical subatomic particle with real energy but imaginary mass, traveling faster than the speed of light. (Heritage dictionary definition). Named after the Greek word meaning “swift” the word tachyon describes only a type of energy. It was named by Gerald Feinberg, and independently described by both Feinberg and George Sudhershan and his…
STRENGTHEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
The thymus gland, located about 2 inches below the collarbone in the middle of the chest, distinguishes cells as friend or foe and exports T-cells to destroy foreign cells. The thymus helps fight infection and disease and is one of the first organs to be impacted by stress. Under stress, ignoring the body’s needs can…
SPIRIT AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Excerpted from: SPIRITUALITY AND OCCUPATION SPIRIT AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY – SOME PRACTICAL ISSUES Should occupational therapists be concerned with spirituality? Studies by Blain & Townsend (1993), Enquist et al (1997), Taylor et al (2000). Farrar, (2000) indicate that spirituality is important for client’s health and rehabilitation, but occupational therapists are unsure how to address spirituality….
WHAT IS REIKI?
Reiki is a gentle and non-invasive holistic health practice that uses “ki” or vital energy to restore mind, body, and spirit balance to the individual. The Japanese word Reiki means both a “universal life energy” and also a healing method used to promote healing by allowing this energy to flow through a practitioner to a…