Additional Modalities offered
Aromatherapy is the use of aromas for physical, mental and emotional healing. The primary sources of healing aromas are essential oils distilled from herbs and flowers.
Aromatherapy is particularly useful for digestive complaints; skin problems (including burns), infections; stress and emotional upset; hormone imbalances, particularly in menopausal women; and respiratory complaints (with the exception of asthma).
Energy Healing-
There is fundamental energy that permeates and animates our bodies and minds. This energy has different names in different traditions: chi in China, ki in Japan, prana in India, mana in Hawaii, wakan among the Lakota Indians, and bio-energy among Western healers who acknowledge this subtle but universal phenomenon. Energy healing involves directing and intensifying this life-force energy to make the body stronger.
In energy healing, a practitioner uses his hands to set up a high-vibration energy field. The person receiving the therapy then begins to resonate and entrain in response to that energy. It is not the practitioner who is doing the healing, however. Rather, when the body is provided with additional life-energy, it naturally heals itself according to its own miraculous and spontaneous wisdom.
Energy healing is uniquely effective for relieving pain, especially back and neck pain. It appears to work well for treating internal problems, such as those in the glands, organs and various systems of the body. It’s also particularly well suited for treating psychological and spiritual problems –by turning distressed emotions into gratitude and joy, for example.
Reiki is the name given to a simple yet profound system of natural healing for body and mind. Rei means ‘universal”, and ki or chi, in Chinese means “Life Force Energy.” Many people also regard Reiki as a path to personal and spiritual growth.
Internal Life Force energy runs through subtle pathways or meridians in the human body.
When these pathways are blocked or imbalanced, due to stress for example, illness can result. Most complementary therapies seek to help the body and mind rebalance and cleanse these internal energies thereby promoting health and well being. This is also the way Reiki works as a healing technique.
When Reiki comes into contact with Internal Life Force Energy that is blocked, sluggish, or imbalanced, it naturally and effortlessly dissolves, transmutes, and raises the quality of that energy to the healthiest level that our body, mind, and environment will allow.
Herbal therapy is the use of medicinal plants for health and healing. It is one of the oldest forms of what is now called alternative medicine.
Medicinal herbs can be taken for any condition, but they’re often used in mainstream culture as a supportive treatment, taken in combination with other types of conventional or alternative care.
Herbs can reduce the side effects of certain medications, for example. But while some herbal and nutritional treatments interact beneficially with prescription drugs, others have negative interactions.
Herbal therapy is often recommended for treating chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, memory problems, and arthritis. It’s also helpful for acute illnesses such as colds and for healing skin, muscle, or other problems.
Hydrotherapy is a technique in which water is applied to the body in order to stimulate and redirect the flow of blood and lymph. (Lymph is the filtered portion of the blood that carries
Waste products away from the cells There is three times more lymph in the body than blood..) By encouraging the flow of fresh blood and lymph to an area, hydrotherapy helps nourish cells and promote the regeneration of tissues, which allows the body to heal from illnesses or physical damage.
The application of warm or hot water causes arteries and veins to expand, bringing additional blood and lymph to an area. Cold, on the other hand, makes the arteries and veins constrict, which pushes blood and lymph away. This in-and-out movement of blood and lymph brings in fresh oxygen and nutrients and removes toxins and waste products.
Qigong is one aspect of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The name comes from the Chinese word for vitality, or life force, and the word meaning to practice, cultivate, or refine. Qigong, then, is the practice of cultivating your life force or vital energy. It typically involves the use of gentle exercises that combine physical movements, deep breathing, and mental focus directed at certain parts of the body.
Unlike conventional Western medicine, which views disease as affecting certain parts of the body, TCM views it as a sign of imbalance in the whole person-the body, mind, and spirit. The goal of CM is to restore balance and harmony, not only within the individual but also between the individual and the environment.
TCM is meant to balance various systems in the body, mind, and spirit. These systems include chi, shen (spirit), the twelve organ systems, and the meridians, or channels of energy that connect the organ systems.
As a compliment to Western medicine, TCM can be used to treat any physical or emotional problem. It is thought to be particularly effective for chronic conditions that Western medicine is unable to reverse, such as heart disease and arthritis. It is considered effective for treating gynecological problems, such as menopausal and menstrual difficulties, and for relieving problems with the immune system, such as sinusitis and allergies. It’s also used to treat chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
EFT is sometimes called ‘acupuncture without needles”. This unique form of energy therapy generates its results by balancing the body’s energy system. Using gentle tapping movements to stimulate designated energy pathways while employing guided mental and emotional focusing.
EFT employ’s one basic tapping routine that is effective for both physical and emotional issues. Healthy belief changes often occur as the energy pathways come into balance. A more peaceful attitude evolves and physical symptoms often subside. Results are generally long term.
Practitioners worldwide have marveled at EFT’s simplicity, elegance and rapid means of healing. It has been clinically effective in thousands of cases for physical symptoms, trauma, stress, anxiety, fear, depression, addictive cravings, children’s issues and more. It can also be used to enhance sports or general skills performance.
Aside from helping to remove ear wax, it is thought that since the ears are so delicate, that the movement of smoke and heat from the candle can cause subtle energy changes which in turn may offer relief from pressure and blockage.
Fire Cupping-
Cupping is part of all folk medicines. It dates back about 1500 years ago in China. It is also part of Hispanic culture and Jewish culture. Originally practitioners used hollowed-out horns which were placed over particular points or meridians. Cups may be made of glass, porcelain, or bamboo.
Cupping involves the release and removing of ‘toxins’ from the body. Cupping is primarily performed on large body areas, like the back. It is not uncommon to be left with a bruise like mark after a cupping session. This is just the exit point where the toxins were released.
Gua Sha is an East Asian healing technique, used in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Laos. It can be used to treat or prevent acute and chronic disease. It may be applied to the neck, shoulders, buttocks, back legs, chest and abdomen. It is easier to apply when the area is firm, rather that soft.
Gua Sha improves immunity, opens the pores, activates the circulation of the qi and blood, strengthens one’s constitution and prevents disease, relieves pain.
Indications of needing Gua Sha would be pain and stiffness, itching, tender, knotty muscles, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory diseases, common cold or flu. The redness may last for; 2-3 days and then some bruising may occur.
