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The following definitions have been provided by Yukon
Wholistic Health Network (YWHN) members who offer these healing techniques and
health services here in the Yukon. We hope this information is helpful for you.
It is YWHN's mission to educate, advocate and network for wholistic health in
the Yukon.
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Acupressure:
Acupressure is a wholistic therapy that works on a person's "Qi"
energy and the yin yang relationship in the body using pressure and touch along
the body's meridians.
Acupuncture: Fine needles are inserted into
specific points on the body for 15 - 20 minutes. This stimulates the life force
or "Qi" in the body, re-harmonizing mind, body and spirit. Burning an
herb called moxa on these points may be done instead of inserting a fine needle.
Applied Kinesiology: Also known as muscle
testing, this technique uses light but firm pressure on indicator muscles
related to organs and body systems for assessing the patient's condition or
needs.
Aromatherapy: The use of oils of aromatic
plants, which are known as essential oils. Essential oils are highly
concentrated substances and the fragrance has a marked affect on the Body, Mind
and Spirit.
Astrological Analysis: This provides an
individual overview of the whole personality, intellect and emotions as well as
insight into relationships, possible career paths, and your life lesson.
Astrological Forecasts provide guidance in both present and future circumstances
based on your individual birth chart.
Attunement: An attunement (re)activates
/strengthens your ability to give and receive the universal power of love. It
can bring physical, mental, emotional and spiritual alignment and enhance a person's quality of and
appreciation for life.
Bach Flower Remedies:
Flower Essences are said to consist of the characteristic subtle energy patterns
of various plants. Preserved in a liquid, these essences can be used to balance
the emotional body and thus affect our physical well-being.
Back Training: A prevention therapy that
teaches people how to lift, sit, stand and walk to help prevent back problems.
Cellular Memory Clearing
/Chakra Balancing: A process which, using the chakas or energy centres in
the body, releases and clears traumatic memories (conscious, sub-conscious or
unconscious) which may be creating depression, fear, anxiety, and similar
harmful energies that cause a person to feel out of harmony. It can bring a
person into alignment, and restore balance and harmony.
Chiropractic: A form of manipulation by
hands, centered primarily on the spine.
Colour Healing: Colour, made up of varying
light and energy frequencies, may be applied to restore your physical, mental
and spiritual well being.
Detoxification
Therapy: Cleans toxins and deposits out of the body. Excellent for all kinds
of pain in joints, muscles, liver, kidney cleaning, and regular spring cleaning.
Doula: A woman who is experienced in
childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support
to the mother before, during and just after childbirth.
Energy Worker: A
practitioner who uses one or more methods (touch or non-touch) to release and
balance energy patterns which may be stuck within a client's physical, mental,
emotional or spiritual "body".
Feng Shui: Ancient
Chinese Art of Design and Placement. It is the study of how to arrange your
environment to enhance the quality of your life. It is the creation of
environments for success and well being through the evaluation of physical
objects in your environment to create harmony and healing.
Herbalism (Traditional
Chinese): Herbal medicine uses plants, minerals and animal products prepared
in specific ways and combinations to form therapeutic prescriptions. It can be
used to treat diseased states but also to enhance immunity, general energy
levels and longevity.
Herbalism (western): Herbs are classified
according to their actions in the body. Their actions are chosen to work with
the body to bring about a state of balance and harmony within the system. The
herbs supply the tissues with the nutrients they need to heal, build, repair,
and restore normal function.
Homeopathy: A system of medicine developed
in the 18th century by a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann. Homeopathic
medicines are made from plant, mineral and animal products that are diluted to a
very minute, non-toxic level. These remedies are used to stimulate the body's
natural power of healing.
Hydrotherapy: The application of water in
any form, either externally or internally, in the treatment of disease and the
maintenance of health. Hot and cold bathing has been documented throughout
Europe since the 17th century and was used to treat many chronic conditions.
Iridology: The
examination of the eyes' irises in order to analyze a person's state of health.
It is not a therapy but a powerful tool, which can be used to gain a deeper
understanding of a patient's health and any underlying causes for disease.
Macrobiotics:
Integrates nutrition and health care practices with ancient Japanese yin yang
principles. It is a way of eating and living that has been practiced for
thousands of years stemming from an intuitive understanding of the orderliness
of nature.
Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD): The lymph
system is one of the body's 'garbage disposal' systems. MLD applies gentle,
rhythmic massage movements that influence lymph flow thereby cleansing and
detoxifying body tissue as well as enhancing the immune system.
Massage Therapy: Can be divided into two
types: relaxation and remedial. Remedial massage is useful for specific
complaints and ailments and also relieves deep-rooted stresses and tensions.
Relaxation massage affects the inner core of your being and helps you to be more
conscious of your body, sometimes with the use of scented oils.
Meditation: A concentrated activity of
clearing the mind. It awakens a subtle level of consciousness for discovering
reality, directly and intuitively. It is considered wholly therapeutic.
Metaphysics: Metaphysics deal with the
nature, character, and causes for being. It is a science of natural energy that,
through practice and understanding, can create balance and harmony.
Midwifery: The practice of helping women
and families throughout the childbearing years with an emphasis on empowering
and educating them to achieve the births they are seeking.
Nasal Reflex Therapy: A
special massage technique to help sinus and bronchial problems.
Naturopathic Health Care: This is a unique
and comprehensive approach to improving health focusing on natural therapies to
resolve illness and prevent disease. Wholistic health is the foundation;
therefore importance is placed on mental, emotional, physical and spiritual
well-being. The client's specific needs and circumstances are taken into
consideration.
Polarity Therapy:
Traces the movement of energy in the body using chakras and seeks out the
critical blockage or blocked dynamic. The therapist offers a neutral space in
which the client can, through awareness, begin to release contracted energy and
regain a balanced energy system.
Pilates: Mind-Body exercise that focus on
stabilizing the body's core while performing movement. Emphasis is placed on
structural alignment & breathing while performing a flowing exercise
sequence which develops core abdominal and back strength as well as flexibility,
balance and coordination.
Reflexology: The
feet have a special relationship with the body. There are 7200 nerve endings
present in the foot that interconnect with every part of the body. By applying a
specific pressure massage it is possible to trigger the body to correct
imbalances, to stimulate or calm areas, cleanse, and to revitalize the body.
Reiki: Reiki is an ancient laying-on of
hands healing technique that uses the life force energy to heal, harmonize and
balance body mind and spirit. The major difference between Reiki and other touch
therapy methods are the 'attunements' Reiki practitioners receive.
Shamanic Practitioner:
A shamanic practitioner uses drumming and journeying to access universal wisdom
by "traveling" to "non-ordinary reality". The journey
provides access to spiritual assistance (power animals and spirit guides) and
information. Energetic blocks or soul loss impacting the whole health can also
be identified. Ceremonial techniques are used to address imbalance.
Shiatsu therapy: Recognizes an energy
system (or ki) in the body via a network of pathways or meridians and specific
points on these meridians have a special action on the ki. It combines energy
balancing and healing touch to help open the meridians allowing ki to flow.
Spiritual Counselor: One who will help you
find the tools for allowing your spirit to guide you. One who will help you to
find the things which resonate with you and discard those that don't, so that
you may have a clear road to peace and success. One who can guide you within
yourself to find that "more".
Spiritual Counseling: A process which
guides/assists a client toward self-awareness and healthy decision-making based
on the client's relationship with a "higher power" or Source, whether
recognized as a power internal and/or external to one's self.
Therapeutic Touch:
A hands-off technique. The practitioner works in the auric field, senses chi
energy around the body and uses various 'fluffing' and 'sweeping' motions to
remove energy blocks and to create a healthy even flow of chi.
Wholistic Health:
The Yukon Wholistic Health Network defines wholistic health as "that
condition which results when an individual assumes responsibility for his/her
own health in a whole sense - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual -
recognizing the interconnectedness and balance among these aspects. The tendency
is toward natural means of achieving this interconnectedness and balance. The
assumption of this responsibility addresses the health and well-being of the
whole person, and acknowledges the interrelationship between the individual, the
environment, and the world at large. Rather than focusing on dis-ease, the
emphasis is on wellness and ease, largely through prevention."
Yoga: A practice of
self discovery in which the mind, body and spirit are integrated. That process
leads to healing wholeness and connection to all life.
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