DICTIONARY OF HEALING MODALITIES
Orthomolecular Medicine--A form of nutrient therapy that uses combinations of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids normally found in the body to maintain good health and to treat specific conditions, such as asthma, heart disease, depression, and schizophrenia.
Osteopathy--A school of healing, which teaches that the body is a vital mechanical organism whose structural and functional integrity are coordinated and interdependent, the abnormality of either constituting disease. It uses manipulation, but also medicine, surgery and other specialties.
Parapsychology--The scientific investigation and, in some cases, treatment of supernormal phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance and extrasensory perception.
Pet Therapy--A therapeutic approach based on the idea that expressing affection for a pet helps people feel happier, maintain a positive outlook, and therefore improve their health. According to several studies, having a pet can reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and ward off loneliness and depression. Many nursing homes and some prisons have developed pet therapy programs, with excellent results.
Physics--Current form of physics, which emphasizes the interconnectedness and inseparability of everything in the universe on a progressive scale from microcosm to macrocosm… A fundamental tenet is that the action of the observer affects that which is observed. At the quantum level, the new physics contends that objective reality may not exist and that it is meaningless to view things or objects as having any reality above and beyond the mind of the observer.
Polarity Therapy--Asserts that balancing the flow of energy in the body is the foundation of health...Specific points along the currents are said to hold positive or negative energies. Practitioners use gentle touch and guidance in diet, exercise and selfawareness to help clients balance their energy flow, thus supporting a return to health.
Prana--The yogic concept of a cosmic energy or life force, similar to the Chinese idea of chi, which enters the body with the breath. Prana is thought to flow through the body, bringing health and vitality. It is considered the vital link between the spiritual self and the material self.
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