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- Hot Stone and Gem Massage - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Hot Stone and Gem Massage" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Origins of Hot Stone Massage HOT STONE MASSAGE HAS ITS ORIGINS in Hawaii, where it is called Pohaku (rock/stone) Wai (water) Ola (life, health, being healthy). Since ancient times, ...
Views: 2608 - The Seasonal Detox Diet: Remedies from the Ancient Cookfire - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from " The Seasonal Detox Diet: Remedies from the Ancient Cookfire" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com The beauty of eating seasonal foods and using cleansing diets is their simplicity and their ability to help balance the systems of the human body. ...
Views: 1654(1 vote) - Medical Herbalism: The Cardiovascular System - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com The Cardiovascular System The beauty of a spring meadow in bloom, the profound sense of presence in a grove of Redwoods--the heart takes flight ...
Views: 1727 - Gemstone Reflexology - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Gemstone Reflexology" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com THE GEM STICKS The gem stick, also known as crystal tip or gem tip, bundles the energy in the tip of the stone and distributes it broadly on its blunt side. This energy has a different ...
Views: 3339(5 votes) - Important Supplements Other than Alkaline Minerals - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Acid–Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health: Restore Your Health by Creating pH Balance in Your Diet" by Christopher Vasey, N.D. and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com In addition to the alkaline minerals mentioned in the previous chapter, there are ...
Views: 1157(1 vote) - How to Find Out What’s Working and What Isn’t - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Optimal Digestive Health: A Complete Guide" by John Furlong, N.D., edited by Trent W. Nichols, M.D. and Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH, and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com To practice truly preventive medicine, we have to know when to intervene. We need to ...
Views: 1621(1 vote) - The Science of Getting Rich - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Science of Getting Rich" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com from Chapter 1 The Right to be Rich Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is ...
Views: 824 - The Acid-Alkaline Diet - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Acid-Alkaline Diet" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com from Chapter 1: What Is Acid-Alkaline Balance? The Buffer System Acids and alkaline substances are substances possessing opposing characteristics. When they combine, their respective ...
Views: 1380 - Tendon Nei Kung - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Tendon Nei Kung" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Chapter 5 Tendon Nei Kung Forms The Eight Hand and Arm Positions of Tendon Nei Kung Once the basic structure of the Tendon Nei Kung forms has been successfully developed in the Iron Shirt ...
Views: 2641(1 vote) - Advanced Chi Nei Tsang - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Advanced Chi Nei Tsang" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Chapter 5 Working on the Winds The First Wind Wind that Attacks the Liver, the Pericardium, and the Heart This wind rises from the small intestines and spleen and attacks the ...
Views: 1800 - Microchakras - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Microchakras" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Microchakra Psychology Microchakra Basics The intersection of a chakra with the right channel (vajrene) segments it into seven microchakras. In a similar way, ...
Views: 3153 - Secret Power of Tantrik Breathing - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Secret Power of Tantrik Breathing" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Chapter Two Svarodaya Shastra While describing the physiology of the subtle body two important channels were mentioned: the ida and the pingala. The ida ends in the left ...
Views: 3568 - Art and Spiritual Transformation - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Art and Spiritual Transformation" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Chapter 6 The Broken Center Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) “The human soul must suffer its own disintegration, consciously, if ever it is to survive,” wrote D. H. Lawrence.1 ...
Views: 2056 - Yoni Massage - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Yoni Massage" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Chapter 2 Energetic and Spiritual Basics Harmonizing Yin and Yang in the Body To further harmonize the yin and yang during a massage, and especially a yoni massage, you can also breathe along ...
Views: 5833(1 vote) - The Sacred Center - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Sacred Center" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Chapter 1 Finding the Center Contemplating the Navel of the Earth The center of the human body, halfway up and halfway down its front, is the navel. For this reason, and because it was ...
Views: 1199 - The Naturopathic Concept of Illness - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Naturopathic Way" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com REMEDIES AND THERAPIES Helping the Body to Heal Itself In allopathic medicine the diagnosis of the patient is considered to be the most important point to be resolved, because medical ...
Views: 2556(2 votes) - Animal Voices, Animal Guides - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Animal Voices, Animal Guides" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Chapter 7 Animal Healing We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and ...
Views: 983 - Drawing Down the Spirits - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Drawing Down the Spirits" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Prologue Wild Horses At sixteen, it began, and I didn’t know what to call it. I had no history of mental illness, including dissociation--no repressed sexual abuse, no ...
Views: 1335 - Tales of a Modern Sufi - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Tales of a Modern Sufi" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com County Fairs I liked county fairs, especially in the evening when the air smelled of dust, beer, barbecue, people, and with the lights flashing all over and the music screaming. ...
Views: 2012 - The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com A Dynamic Whole THE BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER AND CRYING Two of the most potent forms of emotional expression known to humanity are crying and laughing. They are so universal that ...
Views: 2320 - The Ecstatic Experience - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Ecstatic Experience" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com Divination Postures Divination is a term we in this society do not often use. More frequently people write about or describe visiting a fortune-teller, a psychic, an astrologer, or “a ...
Views: 2059 - The Last Lama Warrior - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Last Lama Warrior" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com THE UNINTERRUPTED LINEAGE OF SENGUEÏ NGARO THE TEACHINGS OF LAMA BUI Golden Chopsticks After my training in Sengueï Ngaro, Lama Tra often told me about certain of his master’s ...
Views: 2114 - Healing Stones for the Vital Organs - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Healing Stones for the Vital Organs" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com The Organ Clock THE ORGAN CLOCK in traditional Chinese medicine is a magnificent aid for the early identification of energy disturbances that, in the long run, can lead to ...
Views: 2415 - Radical Medicine - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Radical Medicine" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com DETOXIFICATION OF TOXIC METALS AND CHEMICALS MERCURY Government Response to Environmental Toxicity There is no longer any question that toxic metals in our air, water, soil, and food ...
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