DICTIONARY OF HEALING MODALITIES

Herbologist/Herbalist--A healer who understands the medicinal value of plants and prepares herbal formulas to strengthen the natural functions of the body so that it may heal itself.

Holistic Healing--A type of healing that treats the whole person and acknowledges the interrelatedness of the body, mind and spirit in the total health of a person.

Holistic Medicine--Therapies that treat the whole person mind and body as opposed to just the part of the body where symptoms occur.

Holotropic Breathwork-- A nondrug technique of self-exploration and healing using controlled breathing, evocative music, focused body work and mandala drawing to access all levels of human experience. Created by Stanislov and Christina Grof.

Homeopathy--A school of medicine based on the theory of "like cures like." Minute quantities of natural substance stimulate the body's own self-healing ability. If taken in larger doses, they would produce side effects similar to those of the disease being treated.

Homeovitics--A contemporary approach to homeopathy. It uses complex, pluralistic formulations in treating chronic disease associated with toxicities by cleaning, detoxification and support. Homeostasis The maintenance of steady states (well or healthy states) in the organism by coordinated physiological processes.

Hoshino Therapy--A unique system of acupressure therapy for early detection and treatment of biomechanical pain and dysfunction.

Humanistic Psychology--The school of psychology originated by Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and others, that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual self and the integration of the whole person: feelings, intellect, physical and spiritual.

Huna--Ancient Hawaiian religious system of goal attainment and spiritual growth based on a knowledge of three levels of consciousness and the use of "mana," the vital force that heals and energizes.

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