A Glossary of Healing Bodywork
The following glossary describes a variety of healing bodywork options.
Spirit of Change - May-June 2002
A Holistic Medicine Healing Primer
"Will reflexology (substitute any healing modality here — massage, Polarity, Trager, Feldenkrais, acupuncture, energy healing, chiropractic, homeopathy, prayer, etc.) help me with my condition?"
Hands-On Bodywork Provides Healing Touch Natural Medicine
Holistic Healing touch is coming into its own, motivating consumers in this country to spend between $4 and $6 billion dollars a year for the hands-on care of professional bodyworkers.
Natural Medicine Pain Relief with Healing Touch
It's human nature to use touch to alleviate pain and suffering. Natural medicine pain relief with healing touch massage.
Silence and Massage for Newborn and Mother
In 1986, Tiffany Field, Ph.D. at the University of Miami, showed that premature newborns who were massaged for fifteen minutes three times daily in the hospital following delivery regained their birth weight and left the hospital stronger than control babies who weren’t massaged.
The Breath In The Stone: The Benefits of Stone Bodywork
Stone massage is an ancient, enduring form of therapeutic bodywork using heated and cooled stones as extensions of the hand.
Treating Seasonal Changes Through Acupressure
An acupressure treatment can ease the body’s shift into the next season. The most dynamic seasonal change is from winter to spring.
Glorious Grains
In celebration of this season's warm weather and our desire to spend more time savoring outdoor activities, we're going to explore the world of grains.
Kucinich Envisions A Department Of Peace
If you believe that humanity has a higher destiny; if you believe we can evolve, and become better than we are; if you believe we can overcome the scourge of war and someday fulfill the dream of harmony and peace on Earth, let us begin the conversation today. Let us exchange our ideas.
Letters To The Editor: Hypnosis-Assisted Childbirth
Dear Carol, I would like to respond to Kathryn McGlynn’s letter to the editor concerning my article “Are Hypnosis-Assisted Birth Techniques for Everyone (Nov/Dec 2002) in an attempt to clarify the issues raised in both the article and the letter.
Musings: Healing With Bodywork
Despite all the visionary and spiritual ideas I work with everyday, I’m actually a very logical person.
