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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Neuro-Linguistic Programming/NLP
Pilates
Aromatherapy is the inhalation
and bodily application of essential oils from aromatic plants. Helps to relax,
balance, rejuvenate, restore, and enhance body, mind, and spirit. The basic
principle is to strengthen the self-healing process by indirect simulation of
the immune system. Types of aromatherapy include cosmetic, massage, and
olfactory aromatherapy; each offers a unique use of essential and carrier oils
to help improve a person's health.
Generally Used for: stress, asthma, digestive disorders, depression, neck and
back pain, skin problems.
Acupressure is a massage technique that applies pressure to specific points on the body related to acupuncture points. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), stimulating certain points by pressure encourages the flow of vital energy (Qi) along the meridian pathways.
Generally Used for: back and neck pain, headaches, skin complaints, sports injuries, insomnia
Acupuncture influences health and sickness by stimulating certain areas along the 'meridians'. The acupuncturist will assess and adjust the flow and distribution of 'Qi' in order to promote health and healing. Needles are inserted into the skin at certain specific points along the meridians (this is not harmful), and left there for about 15 to 45 minutes, depending on the treatment given.
Generally Used for: back and neck pain, headaches, skin complaints, sports injuries, insomnia
Alexander technique in short is a series of lessons to improve posture, increase freedom of movement, and reduce physical tension. Clients are guided through a series of movement exercises to teach awareness of the body. The goal is to break through the unconscious habits of poor posture and movement to find more efficient ways to move. Clients often report increased feelings of well-being and overall improvement in physical, emotional, and mental health.
Generally Used for: shoulder tension, back pain, stiff necks, correct posture
Allergy Therapy Most people can eat a very wide range of foods without any problems although they may have likes or dislikes that influence what they choose. However, some people react badly to certain everyday foods and eating them may cause uncomfortable symptoms or, in rare cases, a severe illness.
There are many different reasons for unpleasant reactions to food. These unpleasant reactions are food intolerances. These include food allergies, which are reactions that involve the body’s immune system. Allergy therapy attempts to identify and minimse such allergies.
Generally Used for: allergies, illness, poor diet
Ayurveda (science of life), and ancient health care system originating from India, is based on the principle that disease is the natural end result of living out of harmony with our environment. Ayurveda views symptoms of disease as the body's normal way of communicating disharmony. To help clients create an optimal environment for health, Ayurveda offers a detailed science of diet and herbalism, aromatherapy, colour therapy, sound therapy, and touch therapy; it recommends how to use the senses to interact with the environment to create balance.
Generally Used for: allergies, ME, arthritis, strokes, migraines
Baby Massage Teaching massage techniques to mothers to use on their babies. Massage helps to reinforce the loving bond between parent and child, and safe and soothing massage helps babies to sleep.
Generally Used for: enhances mother-baby bond
Bach Flower Remedies are a subtle way of using plants to heal our “emotional maladies”. Bach flowers are gentle, effective, and completely free of harmful side effects. Bach Remedies were developed by Dr. Edward Bach (1886-1936), a Harley Street Clinic physician and prominent bacteriologist, homeopath, and researcher. Dr. Bach believed that mental attitude plays a vital role in maintaining health and recovering from illness.
Generally Used for : helps us to deal constructively with the
negative behaviour patterns.
BodyTalk is a new and unique energy healing system. It’s uniqueness comes from the way it combines techniques from healthcare systems from around the world: western medicine, Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, yoga along with the theories of quantum physics and fractal mathematics. The BodyTalk System can be used on its own or with other modalities to optimize and harmonize the overall balance of your body – at all levels: physical, mental, spiritual. It is completely safe and non-invasive and does not prescribe medications, use needles or harsh manipulations.
Generally Used for: mental well-being, stress, depression
Bowen Technique is a remedial therapy that is non-intrusive, gentle and very effective. The practitioner uses thumbs and fingers on precise points on the body with the aim of disturbing muscles, soft tissues and energy within the body. This helps improve balance and harmony.
Generally Used for: shoulder tension, back pain, stiff necks, anxiety
Chiropractors Chiropractic treatments fall somewhere between those provided by a trained spinal doctor and a physical therapist. The term chiropractic literally means 'through the hands', so much of what chiropractors do is hands-on manipulation of the patient's spine and back. Special tables allow chiropractors to place patients in traction or compression. Sometimes the entire spine is 'popped' by applying strong pressure between each vertebrae. Other times chiropractors may use a twisting motion to force neck vertebrae back into alignment.
Generally Used forNeck, Shoulders, back and Hips.
Colour Therapy Colours have the ability to influence all our states of being - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Colour therapy makes use of colours to influence a patients life and promote health and well-being.
Generally Used for: mental well-being, stress, depression
Counselling/Psychotherapy It is thought that our past experiences can distort our perceptions of the present. This can affect our feelings about ourselves, our relationships, and the way we react to events and other people. The object of psychotherapy is to help us explore the reasons why we think, feel, or behave in certain ways in order for us to change these patterns.
Generally Used for : Anxiety, Depression, Eating disorders, Phobias etc
Craniosacral therapy is a subtle and profound healing form which assists the body's natural capacity for self-repair.
In a typical craniosacral session, you will usually lie (or sometimes sit) fully-clothed on a treatment couch. The therapist will make contact by placing their hands lightly on your body and tuning in to what is happening by ‘listening’ with their hands. Contact is made carefully so that you will feel at ease with what is happening. Craniosacral therapy is so gentle that it is suitable for babies, children, and the elderly, as well as adults and people in fragile or acutely painful conditions.
Generally Used for : Reported to aid almost any condition, raising vitality and improving the body's capacity for self-repair.
Crystal Healing is to assist the body in healing itself. A Crystal has a perfect atomic structure, which gives out a resonance of perfection, a blue print for the human body to follow. The healer will help you to help yourself. There is a strong emphasis on self empowerment for the patient.The intension is that each patient receives that which is for their highest good and in "tune" with their healing journey at this time. During the crystal healing session you will be asked to either lay on a couch or to sit in a chair. The healer will help you to relax usually with a visualization or music. Crystals will be placed on or around you, in some instances a combination of both.
Generally Used for: Deep Relaxation, Self Development, Stress Relief, Improved Self Confidence, Focus, Self Awareness
Ear
Candle Therapy Also known as Thermo-Auricular Therapy, Hopi Ear
Candle treatments offer real and marked benefits for many problems and
conditions associated with the ear, nose and throat areas. This therapy is
widely used by doctors in Europe and America as an alternative to conventional
treatments such as antibiotics, ear syringing and grommets. A deeply relaxing,
calming and soothing experience. A lighted ear candle is placed with its base in
the ear. A light suction action and the movement of the flame create a
vibration of air in the ear candle, generating a massage-like effect on the
eardrum. This induces a pleasant feeling of warmth and a balance of pressure in
the ears, forehead and sinuses.
Generally Used for: Earache, headache, ear noise, stress and nervousness.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a form of psychological acupressure, based on the same energy meridians used in traditional acupuncture to treat physical and emotional ailments for over five thousand years, but without the invasiveness of needles. Instead, simple tapping with the fingertips onto specific meridians on the head and chest while you think about your specific problem.This combination of tapping the energy meridians and voicing positive "reminder phrases" works to clear the "short-circuit" - the emotional block - from your body's bioenergy system, thus restoring your mind and body's balance, which is essential for optimal health and the healing of physical disease.
Generally Used for : Pain, addiction, phobias, emotional trauma, anxiety.
Entity removal/Soul Clearance may be needed when a person feels affected by negative thought forms (of their own or others' creation); addictive, obsessive or self-destructive behaviors; chronic and complex health problems that conventional medicine may have dubbed as "psychosomatic illness"; chronic depression and panic attacks. In such cases, people need assistance to clear these influences. Working with Higher Beings, the facilitator first does an "examination" in which s/he requests, and receives, specific information about the energy that is affecting the client. Then, as a result of a very methodical series of requests, the soul clearance takes place. Finally, protection is set up and the client is "sealed" to keep him or her from being influenced further by these agents.
Generally Used for : Depression, anxiety, negative thoughts, physical irritations (rashes etc)
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement. It involves balancing, healing, and enhancing energies by integrating people, buildings and landscape to achieve harmony with nature. The goal to optimise the flow of Qi, or vital energy force of the universe, to result in good health and relationships, prosperity, career growth, happiness, and more.
Generally Used for : Stress, environmental problems, fatigue, migraines
Herbal medicine is based on the use of leaves, flowers, stems, berries, and roots of plants to prevent, relieve and treat illness. Herbalists assess your health using your medical history, observations based on pulse and tongue diagnosis, abdominal diagnosis, and iridology. After making an evaluation, the herbalist will suggest individual herbs or herbal combinations to be beneficial to your particular condition(s).
Generally Used for : Acne, eczema, psoriasis, depression, PMT, IBS
Homeopathy uses various plants and minerals in very small doses to stimulate a sick person's natural defences. The medicines are individually chosen for their ability to cause in overdose the similar symptoms the person is experiencing. Since one's symptoms are actually efforts of the body to re-establish homeostasis or balance, it is logical to seek a substance that would, in overdose, cause the similar symptoms the person is experiencing.
Generally Used for : Menstrual disorders, allergies, asthma, migraine, eczema
Hypno-birthing is a unique method based on hypnosis, which gives you all the tools and techniques to feel comfortable, in control and relaxed as you work with your body in childbirth. The philosophy works on the premise that fear leads to tension, which in turn leads to pain. By breaking the perception that pain is a necessary accompaniment to labour, mothers-to-be are empowered to experience childbirth feeling confident and in control.
Generally Used for : Pain control, relaxation, joy-full birthing experience.
Hypnotherapy The client is guided to a state of focused relaxation, when the subconscious mind is open to suggestions. A hypnotherapist facilitates communication between the right and left sides of the brain with a person in a state of consciousness somewhere between walking and sleeping. The uses for Hypnosis are as diverse as the Human mind.
Generally Used for : Smoking cessation, eating disorders, self-confidence, stress, emotional trauma etc
Indian Head Massage A gentle massage of the shoulder, neck, head and face using a range of massage techniques. This helps you to relax, and improves your mental and physical health.
Generally Used for : Shoulder tension, neck tension, headaches, stress
Iridology The study of the iris of the eye as a means of detecting signs of health or illness, usually aimed at reaching a medical diagnosis.
Generally Used for : Stress, diagnose illness, eye problems
Jin Shin Jyutsu physio-philosophyis the ancient art of harmonizing body, mind and spirit with gentle touch. It facilitates balance in the body's energy systems, which promotes health and well being. A Jin Shin session begins with listening to the pulse, which reveals to the practitioner information about the current flow of energy and state of being of the client. It indicates where he or she needs help. It is thought that all disease begins with blockages of energy, and the pulse shows the practitioner the specific energy points that need to be held to restore the harmonious flow, without creating additional stress in the client's mind about the condition.
Generally Used for : Pain relief, stiff or strained
muscles/joints, respiratory conditions, appetite imbalance, reproductive
difficulties, stress management, anxiety and emotional projects.
Kinesiology Kinesiology is a method of detecting and correcting various bio-energetic imbalances and stresses within the body through muscle testing. It is a touch therapy which links Chinese acupuncture points, meridians (energy channels) and energy balance with Western anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. The aim is to achieve balance in the body by releasing energy blocks and by reducing toxic load. This therapy promotes health and well-being of the whole person, and is often used to diagnose allergies.
Generally Used for: Nerve reflexes, weak muscles, allergies
Massage is one of the most ancient forms of therapy, physiologically increasing circulation throughout the body, helping people to relax and stimulating the workings of various bodily systems. Massage can be used to to help the body 'relearn' movement and posture and counteract the effects of stress on everyday life.
Generally Used for : Poor circulation, stress, fatigue, muscular pains, rheumatism
Meditation Found in different forms, and in all cultures of the world, meditation generally aims to clear the mind of crowded thought and worry by concentrating on a single element, such as a single thought, repeated word or mantra, or act of breathing. While many meditative techniques are motionless, examples such as Tai Chi, Aikido and Yoga require certain movement. The aim is to take control of the mind and guide it to a more virtuous direction.
Generally Used for :Mental awareness, stress, relaxation
Naturopathy/Nutrition Therapy Naturopathy is a distinct and total philosophy of life and health that addresses the individual rather than just his/her symptoms. The practitioner emphasises that the body has the power to heal itself and that illness is a reaction to disharmony and imbalance. The cause could be physical or psychological, but health is regained provided nothing interferes with the natural process of healing and recovery. Naturopaths usually incorporate other holistic therapies such as osteopathy, homeopathy, and herbalism.
Generally Used for : Skin disorders, asthma, allergies, arthritis, digestive problems
Neuro-Linguistic Programming/NLP
Neuro-Linguistic Programming/NLP studies the structure of how humans think and experience the world. It provides you with an instruction manual of how the mind works and introduces you to your unconscious mind. It provides you with techniques that will support change in either your life or others and will give you a map of how to achieve success in your life. In essence, NLP coaches and connects people to their internal strengths.
Generally Used for: Personal Growth, Phobias, Habits, Anxiety.
Osteopathy is based upon manual manipulation of the body to alleviate pain, restore freedom of movement, and enhanced the body's own healing power. Manual manipulation stimulates the body's ability to fight disease, and the importance of preventative medicine is emphasised - encouraging patients to eat sensibly and avoid health destroying habits.
Generally Used for : Pre-menstrual tension, back and neck pain, migraines, asthma
Reflexology involves the gentle manipulation of the feet and hands to stimulate the body's own healing and balancing processes. Each pressure point on the feet and hands is directly related to a particular function or part of the body. All of the organs and systems of the body have their corresponding reflex points. Reflexologist believe that applying pressure to a specific point on the foot or hand energises the corresponding zone or function of the body, getting rid of toxins and enabling the body to heal itself.
Generally Used for : Migraine, stress, muscular pain, tension, anxiety
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a Japanese word meaning 'universal life energy'. This life force energy can be defined as energy in all created matter - Ki. Reiki is hands-on energy healing where the practitioner serves an open channel for transmitting the "Ki'' to others. The energy is channelled through the hands to the client, which activates the body's own natural ability to heal itself. Reiki goes to wherever it is needed most, releasing blocked energies, cleansing the body of toxins, working to create a state of balance and harmony, and promoting relaxation and healing.
Generally Used for : Back pain, stomach disorders, joint pain, stress, trauma
Shiatsu, similar to Accupressure/Acupuncture, originates from traditional Chinese medicine, believes that energy flows through the meridians of the body and that illness is a result of blockage, over activity or under activity in these pathways, which can be accessed by accupoints at various places on the body. Shiatsu means 'finger massage' in Japanese, and part of the therapy is the application of gentle pressure to the accupoints along the meridians.
Generally Used for : Stress, IBS, shoulder tension, headaches, back pain
Sound
Therapy is used to re-train the chakras and energy systems of the
body to sing the right note - often by playing the note the chakra needs. This
can be done using ancient and modern instruments such as singing bowls (crystal
and Himalayan) and voice, etc.
Like any complementary therapy, Sound Therapy is best used as a preventative
medicine. In an ideal world, we would detect and clear our imbalances before
they were able to manifest in physical illness. However, so often this is not
the case, as we often keep going until forced to take notice, in which case it
may take longer to clear the existing blockage. However, Sound Therapy has been
used with very positive results for a wide range of illnesses.
Generally Used for : Chronic pain, depression and anxiety, hormonal problems, insomnia, migraine.
Yoga is a way of bringing the mind, body, and spirit together, leading to higher level of self-realization. There are many forms of yoga, probably the most widely one in the West is 'Hatha Yoga'; which involves learning control through the body and breath using the focus of the mind. The physical aspect consists of postures that strengthen and free the body, and breathing exercises designed to promote concentration, balance, and the flow of energy through the body.
Generally Used for : Breathing disorders, asthma, muscular problems, ME, self-awareness