Chakra

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Traditional medicine

Nadi (yoga) – Introduction

(the Sanskrit for “tube, pipe”) are the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine and spiritual science, the energies of the subtle body are said to flow. They connect at special points of intensity called chakras. Nadis seem to correspond to the meridians of traditional Chinese medicine. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Nadi (yoga), under [...]

Reiki

Chakra – Comparisons with other Esoteric Traditions

A number of other mystical traditions talk about subtle energies that flow through the body, and identify specific parts of the body as being subtle centres. There are many similarities between systems, however, none of these traditions developed in isolation; the Indian mystical traditions had contact with the Chinese and Islamic mystical traditions, and they [...]

Qigong

Third eye – Technique

In Taoism and many traditional Chinese religious sects such as “chan”, “third eye training” involves focusing attention on the point between the eyebrows with the eyes closed in various qigong postures. The goal of this training is to allow students to have the ability in tuning into right vibration of the universe and gain solid [...]

Stone Massage

Chuluaqui-Quodoushka – Introduction

The Quodoushka teachings (also known as the “Q” to its adherents), according to Reagan and Quodouska teachers, can be used to awaken a practitioner’s “natural self”, for healing of fear and shame, to eliminate repression and to transform one into ones “magickal self”. Proponents claim that it will enhance one’s capacity to live in a [...]

holistic medicine

Edgar Cayce – Claimed psychic abilities

Edgar Cayce has variously been referred to as a “prophet” (cf. Jess Stearn’s book, ”The Sleeping Prophet”), a “mystic”, a “seer”, and a “clairvoyant”. Cayce’s methods involved lying down and entering into what appeared to be a trance or sleep state, usually at the request of a subject who was seeking help with health or [...]

Energy Therapies

Guided Self Healing – Framework

Guided Self Healing draws from the four historical traditions in psychology plus an emerging fifth tradition. It pulls from cognitive behavioral therapy that people have beliefs that on a deeper level they know are limiting and untrue, and that transforming these beliefs, and the behavior that results from them, transforms people’s lives. Like cognitive behavioral [...]

Naturopathy

Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha – Production

The main product manufactured by KKGSS is the Indian flag. Apart from this, it also manufactures clothes, carpets, bags, caps and bed-sheets made of khadi, soaps, hand-made paper and processed honey. KKGSS also manufactures tools needed for carpentry, dyeing and blacksmithing and also has a naturopathy hospital in its premises. Indian flag Flag ratio: 2:3:$endImage–> [...]

Energy Therapies

Energy (esotericism) – Energy in alternative medicine

The approaches known collectively as “energy therapies” vary widely in philosophy, approach, and origin. The ways in which this energy is used, modified, or manipulated to effect healing also vary. For example, acupressure involves manual stimulation of pressure-points, while some forms of yoga rely on breathing exercises. Many therapies, in regards to the given explanation [...]

Stone Massage

Stone massage – Effect

The heat of the rocks causes muscles to relax, thus allowing the therapist to apply deeper, more precise pressure if desired or necessary. The heat contained in the rocks also relaxes nerves, and may improve chakra flow if placed on chakra centers on the body. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Stone massage, under the G. [...]