by Tacy Apostolik
Aromatherapy is about much more than fragrance. It’s the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts known as essential oils. These oils consist of components made in different parts of the plant at different times of a plant’s life cycle. They are as varied and complex as we are, lending themselves to a wide [...]
by Lee Walker
The ancient healing practice of massage therapy is playing an important role today in the emerging golden age of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Surprisingly, it remains comparatively underrepresented in U.S. medical school curricula, while Massage Today reports that “Insurance reimbursement for massage therapy is at an all-time high.”
From the time that Hippocrates, [...]
by Paul McGhee
We all have a natural health and healing system within our body that is our biological inheritance, but which too many of us have forgotten how to use. It is our innate sense of humor.
Strong scientific evidence in multiple fields of research now supports the view that humor plays a significant role in [...]
By Lisa Moore
Hippocrates, known as the father of medicine, once said, “Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.” That statement has come full circle since he made it around 370 B.C.
Most ancient Eastern healing practices, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine and ayurvedic medicine, emphasize the link between the mind and the body. [...]
by Lisa Marshall
As a tie-dye-clad, free-spirited medical student of the ’60s with a fascination for botanical remedies, Chinese medicine and mind-body healing, young Andrew Weil quickly developed a distaste for traditional medicine as practiced in the West. “I was dismayed at the lack of connection with the natural world, the complete ignorance about botanicals and [...]
by Lisa Marshall
Five hundred years after explorer Ponce de Leon roamed the West Indies and Florida in search of a vigor-restoring “fountain of youth,” we have yet to come up with a way to turn back time. But according to physicians and researchers at the cutting edge of anti-aging research, we’re learning a lot about [...]
by Debra Bokur
From acupressure massage, Ayurvedic facials and Shiatsu to hot stone massage, seaweed treatments and the use of herbs and botanical oils, many of today’s healing rituals share a vital component. Each has a firm foundation in an ancient, respected healing modality that’s recently made its way back into our collective awareness. Thanks to [...]
By Lisa Moore
Simplicity is at the forefront of Leslie Rawls’ Life. The appellate attorney began practicing Buddhism in 1970 and has studied with renowned Zen Buddhist monk, author and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. Last winter she received a Dharma Lamp Transmission from him, authorizing her to share the Buddha’s teachings as Thich Nhat Hanh’s [...]
by Amber Lanier Nagle
Most of us are oblivious to our breathing habits. It’s simply something that we do thousands of times every day without thinking about it, breathing in life-giving oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide.
Unfortunately, most of us do not breathe correctly. We tend to take 10 to 12 shallow, staccato breaths per minute, [...]
Over 4000 years ago Chinese medicine said, “Blood is the mother of Qi.”
Qigong helps to release Qi blockages- small areas where the blood cannot go, or areas where disease can occur. Blood can work itself through closed off capillaries when a person is relaxed and increasing Qi in that area.
Wherever Qi goes, blood follows. Normal [...]
