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Reiki Energy Healing

A Pilgrim in Your Body – Energy Healing and the Spiritual Process

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Whether you use energy work as part of your personal practice or as a healing modality in your work with others, it can evoke changes in consciousness and perspective that are best understood in the context of the human spiritual … Continue reading

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Down the Rabbit Hole – A Look at Energy Work

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Like a first kiss, I will never forget my first experience with energy work. I had only been exposed to the massage and bodywork profession for one month before attending a polarity conference, in Colorado. I had done my homework, … Continue reading

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Energy Work – Energy Healing

Energy healing is often discussed as a new, somewhat unexplainable therapy. Truth is, energy work is an effective bodywork that is as ancient as healing itself. The body is, after all, bioenergetic and seeks to maintain balance. Hippocrates, the father … Continue reading

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Bodywork and Emotional Release

It started as a typical visit. Jennifer was seeking help for chronic low back and hip pain and over the course of several bodywork sessions, we worked to clear areas of tightness throughout her legs, hips, and lower back. But … Continue reading

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Living in Difficult Times – Sanctuary in Bodywork

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These are uncertain and unsettling times. It’s not just what is played out in the theater of world politics but the very nature of modern life with its ever-present shadow of uncertainty and threat that has produced a continuous low-grade … Continue reading

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Mother Nature vs. Man-Made – Which Approach is More Effective for Treating Skin?

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As the natural products industry expands, more and more skin care products derived from natural or organic sources are being incorporated into professional regimens. While some swear by the less-aggressive treatments offered by such products, others voice concerns about their … Continue reading

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The Body-Mind Connection: Part One

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Heal the mind, heal the body. Heal the body, heal the mind.  We have all heard of the mind-body connection and how our thoughts affect the health of our body. It is true that our thoughts and beliefs are extremely … Continue reading

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Creating Spirit Through Structure and Energy – Is It Part of Our Future?

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Looking at the evolution of modern massage therapy over the last 40 years shows both an   exponential growth and subsequent factioning of modalities within the larger parent field. We need only look at the internally divided camps of certain bodywork … Continue reading

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REIKI, Simple and Profound – A Balancing Practice for Client and Therapist, Part II

Continued from Friday, August 19, 2011 REIKI by Degrees, or Not There are three levels of training in REIKI–first degree, second degree, and REIKI master–but you don’t necessarily need all three. First degree teaches hand placements for treating self and … Continue reading

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REIKI, Simple and Profound – A Balancing Practice for Client and Therapist, Part I

What is REIKI, how does it work, and how can it benefit bodywork practitioners, both personally and professionally? The concept for this article began with a newly published book, written by REIKI master Pamela Miles, simply titled REIKI: A Comprehensive … Continue reading

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