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Cold and Flu Season
By: Andrew Wolfe LMP    Wednesday, Feb 08, 2012
Conditions: wellness care, holistic health,immunity,preventative health
Bump up your immune system with a massage by Andrew Wolfe, LMP Harvest is upon us again. It is a time to gather and take in the bounty of our labors. It is also a time of reflection, a time to look within and assess our needs; to take inventory and appreciate what we have. In the medical community and with the reminders in the media, we realize it is also cold and flu season, a time when we can deplete our immune system. When this happens not just the individual suffers but all those around them do also. As a society we have been informed of communicable diseases and how they are spread. ...Read More
Affects of Reflexology on the Nervous System/ Phantom Pain
By: Kerry Lewis    Thursday, Jun 10, 2010
Reflexology and its effects on The Nervous System/Phantom Pain The Nervous System The nervous system could be classed as our electrical system and is most definitely the most complex system within the body. It would not be possible for body organs to function without a nerve supply to them as all bodily functions are a result of messages being sent back and forth along neural pathways. Although the nervous system is split into three parts, reflexology in the main affects the autonomic system the nerve impulses are initiated by pressure on the various foot reflexes. The autonomic nervous ...Read More
Your Power to Heal
By: Karin Meacham    Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010
Hi! I’m Karin Meacham, Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Oregon (#12233). Welcome to part four of my four-part series on the whys and hows of massage therapy as an integral part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Parts 1-3 taught us how the body responds to massage. Last—but most assuredly NOT least—we turn to the power of the mind. #4. Your Power to Heal It never ceases to amaze me how many of my clients, in the middle of their massage, will say something like, "Wow—I didn't notice this before, but right where you're working? It's been killing me forever." I'm  ...Read More
Yes, it's Relaxing
By: Karin Meacham    Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010
Hi! I'm Karin Meacham, Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Oregon (#12233). Welcome to part three of my four-part series on the whys and hows of massage therapy as an integral part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Parts 1 and 2 taught us how massage addresses pain—symptom and cause. But where does stress fit in? #3. Yes, It's Relaxing But I'm not talking about vegging-out, do-nothing, off-in-la-la-land relaxation (although it’s highly underrated, in moderation). I'm talking about relaxation of the nervous system. We tend to think of “stress” as a mental thing, ...Read More
No More Band-Aids!
By: Karin Meacham    Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010
Hi! I’m Karin Meacham, Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Oregon (#12233). Welcome to part two of my four-part series on the whys and hows of massage therapy as an integral part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. In Part 1 ("Before There Was Aspirin, There Was Massage"), we learned why massage lessens the symptom of pain. But it doesn’t just address symptoms; it treats the cause, too! #2. No More Band-Aids! If, instead of breaking out the IcyHot, you go get a massage for that sore back-knee-or-whatever, you’re not just putting a Band-Aid on the problem. Not only are ...Read More
Before There Was Aspirin, There Was Massage
By: Karin Meacham    Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010
Hi! I’m Karin Meacham, Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Oregon (#12233). Welcome to part one of my four-part series on the whys and hows of massage therapy as an integral part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Massage as a tool for healing and wellness functions on four distinct yet interrelated levels: It relieves pain; it addresses some of the causes of pain and helps to mobilize the body's healing responses; it relaxes the nervous system; and it reconnects the mind to the body. #1. Before There Was Aspirin, There Was Massage Even today, touch is still our first and most ...Read More
The Sacral Chakra
By: Lara Greve    Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009
The second chakra or sacral chakra is the energy centre for pleasure, sexuality, money, abundance and the fluidity of emotion. It is also the energy centre that holds our capacity for believing we deserve good things and our well-being. Located two inches below the navel and two inches into the pelvis, it is a sacred home to our sacrum. When this sacred chakra is balances and in alignment we get enough rest, relaxation, food, hydration, exercise, fun, and money. What defines enough depends on the individual. Enough money for one person may not be enough for someone else. A rich person might ...Read More
Belief in Reiki
By: Lara Greve    Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009
My clients often have a baffled look on their face when they experience Reiki working through their life issues or health conditions instantaneously. It's like seeing for yourself that the world is round not flat when all you've been told is that the world in flat. Previous beliefs are challenged and we are forced to believe there is another possibility to our otherwise fixed and set thought patterns. I was taught in Reiki level one that is not necessary to believe in Reiki to benefit from it, but beliefs are the starting point of choices and how we create our own reality. The new ...Read More
Reiki Has No End
By: Lara Greve    Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009
After spending 3 days being re-attuned with one of the worlds most recognized Reiki Masters William Lee Rand, I am left once again feeling the healing effects of the gorgeous peaceful white Light of Reiki. I felt relief hearing William say that the path of a Reiki Master never comes to completion or to a point where we are finally healed or have accomplishment enlightenment. After all, this was my third initiation into being a Reiki Master. Reiki is a continuous process that only gets more involved and stronger as we progress with it. The further we go on the Reiki path, the more we are ...Read More
Introduction to the Chakras-Energy Codes of the Body
By: Lara Greve    Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009
Unlocking the energy codes of our lives, illness, emotional troubles or spiritual issues is possible. It can be done by almost anyone through studying the 25,000 year old, ancient Indian model of energy centres of the body called "the chakras". Through examining our chakra system and what each chakra represents, we get the opportunity to step into our power and begin the journey of self-healing. We can do this because the chakras are gateways to locating associated body parts and illness in the body, emotions, attitudes and beliefs, all of which are related and interdependent. In Ambika ...Read More