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Body-Mind Integrative Awareness
Reiki Master Ordained Minister 206-286-0899 Bodymind@iinet.com Chalice Bridging Ministries Body-Mind-Soul Integration for a Healthy Planet Chalice Productions Integrative Art and Writing, Desktop Publishing and Concept Charting "Synthesis" Shirts | |
Christopher Pringer, '01 and '05
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Body-Mind Awareness And Preventative Health Maintenance Body-Mind Awareness -- as the bottom line of preventative health maintenance -- is one of the most simple, efficacious, & cost effective forms of health insurance there can possibly be. Such simple wisdom needs only contemplation to understand it: Focused awareness to the body, which occurs naturally in massage therapy, brings circulation (of blood, nerve, and bio-magnetic energies), and thereby all of one's natural healing capacities to the cells. If you want cells to heal, improving the circulation to, around, and through it is basic and essential (with extremely rare exceptions). ...Like kids, cells do best if we keep them fed, clean, and feeling loved. And as we learn to listen to them, they will tell us, in their own physical and/or emotional language, what changes need attending to... So what could be more effective than focused awareness on our cells, which massage therapy naturally encourages ? click here for complete text On Massage as "just a luxury": Another case in point for society's re-education on preventative health maintenance: The socially common myth -that massage is just a luxury- has created a grevious limitation for most of those people whose conditions would be most immediately and effectively remedied with massage or bodywork. And then there's those conditions in which the inclusion of this therapy would make all the difference in healing. Note by Dannion Brinkley, author of *Saved By the Light.* (Not about bodywork, but good stuff anyway :-) Guest Book, Donations and Other Ways to Support this Site For more about this site and some elaboration on my work (less formal than in my brochure) just scroll down a little. |
At this site I have focused on the nature of integration and wholeness -- that is, on the pragmatic (eg: functionally useful & daily appreciated) synthesis of one's Body, Mind, Emotions, and the "spiritual interface" of these with one's Higher Power, and the maintenance of this interface as necessary for living "in the world," while one simultaneously develops within oneself the highest potentials one is capable of. Thence comes the term, "Multi-Dimensional."
At this site I also focus much on the practical application of self-healing methodology and appropriate attitudes toward preventative maintenance and well-being. Specific topics at this site involve "Body-Memory" and Mind-Body Correlations, "Body-Parenting," Body-Awareness-Enhancement, pain and related considerations; integrated therapies that combine connective tissue work, release of chronic muscle pain & habit patterns, energy-balancing and attunements, and personal growth processing. The "emotional body" process, regarded here as a critical part of one's spiritual path, is also addressed in various writings. Explaining the how's and why's of that can become "heady", I know, and yet I try to keep such writings understandable - at least by those with a lay person's interest in psychology, or at least it's practical application to achieving and maintaining physical well-being. The self-help writing is kept basic, with links for elaboration and study.
My dedication has been to -- the development and passing on of -- practical and (very) hands-on, grounded applications of such concepts, while respecting the dimensions of time and space as necessary for the work of attaining higher states of well-being. I believe it safe to say that physical bodies do need to take time and take up space, even while some may want to debate that mental and emotional bodies do not or need not take up space(!).
I am educated enough and intellectually interested in the how's and why's related to my work, and in sharing that with interested people. And yet it has taken some time to find a useful balance of in that sharing during my client-work so that it doesn't overwhelm some clients. This web site helps in that regard, allowing me to fulfill my need to provide what I hope is useful information, contributing to others' progress as well.
[However, -please Note- I do not "push religion" or otherwise try to "save" people. I believe that anything forced (given more force than actually needed, that is) -or secreted- into someone's space eventually comes back in one's face. I believe that people learn and grow best in their own time and path, and that diversity in most every aspect of life is healthy, and is a natural result of essential individuality. I believe that diversity's natural occurrence is simply one requirement for society's growth towards communal well-being.]
I understand that one can only be focused on one thing at a time (no matter how "psychic" or otherwise gifted a person may be - albeit not withstanding the expansiveness of periferal vision, internal or external). However, your reading what I say in any one writing -in context- with what I write elsewhere, may be important for understanding what it has to offer. For this reason you'll find many links from most any writing at my site to a number of other writings here. If you enjoy multi-tasking, you'll love this site. ;-) I can't wait to get those concept flow-charts developed for illustrating the relationships between the various multi-level dynamics written at this site. They might provide the only way for me to "keep it simple" before I'm even close to finished here. An early and limited example of the kind of charting that I'm talking about would be the at the "Goal Chart" page.
I have relied on my hands as well as my ears and eyes to tell me whether an approach is useful to the client. And I'm probably more than a tad intuitive when not overly focusing "in" on something. I am thankful to be physically strong, kinesthetically sensitive and appreciative of the more subtle sensory information. My life experience tells me that most people like sessions to include only your basic quiet massage. Others benefit from my "Let's see why this is - how we can make it work better" attitude when it comes to injury troubleshooting and treatment. Many also enjoy the empowerment gained from the preventative maintenance approach - the "Integral Body Awareness Training that can involve "body-reading, related discussion, and body-awareness instruction/counseling. And others find it incredibly easy to talk about themselves in this environment. What I really enjoy is the variance among all the people and each session, seeing what each individual brings each day. After 16 years of this, I consider myself very fortunate to be able to learn from each person that comes in.
My work is usually described as "thorough," "you always seem to know right where to go," "...don't waste any time" etc. I sometimes call my approach "Search & Employ," where I "go in" in find areas that are out-of-touch and bring them back "into the family." I generally do Reiki, but may do bodywork if requested (at no additional charge; specific techniques may be indicated in my brochure's detailed section on "Formal Training"): a favorite technique is Orthobionomic muscle-shortening and compression (a kind of very slow highly directed squeeze) with touches of Trager (moderately fast joint manipulation). Other times Trigger Point work is combined - In the same stroke, not just the same session - and ends up looking like acupressure but carries a different approach. And percussion (tapping, slapping, etc) is often blended with a kind of tragering effect. The depth of my work varies, my movements are often very slow and may include Passive Joint Movement technique (very very slow joint manipulation).
If you are interested to know what constitutes "the work" of my business in toto, you can check out the Organizational Chart for Chalice-Bridging Ministries and Chalice Productions, the parent entities of Body-Mind Integration, Reiki, and Integrative Awareness Instruction/Counseling. Some day I'll may make an index out of this page too ;-)
Please enjoy the links as needed to get any details. Thank you very much for checking out the site, and please feel welcome to email your comments, recommendations, questions, etc. I do this site (html, etc) myself and I'm learning & adding a little bit more all the time. Eventually I might crop these long pages to the more modern short and bright pages with the cool side bars :-). (But I've had that statement there so long and it's never become the priority to follow it, being the rebel that I am, so hopefully we'll get benefit anyway ;)
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Thank you for your interest! In Case You Wondered, Here are Some Ways to Support My Work (1) Donations If you feel well served by what you found here, I would certainly appreciate any donations offered. This is how I've chosen to publish my writing and artwork so far, and there are approximately 40 original essays here on body-mind-spirit integration topics (with yours truly being the webmaster, by the way - where's those darned elves when you need them? ;-). If you are local, donations can may also the form of particular items and/or services that I would be in need of at the time (like handwritten essays that need to be digitized among other things). You contact me for more information via Bodymind@iinet.com or 206-286-0899, or via Chalice-Bridging Ministries, 1819 10th Ave. West, #102, Seattle, WA 98119 (any checks would just be made out to Chris Pringer). Thank you very much! Click to see the Organizational Chart for Chalice Productions, the parent business of Body-Mind Integration, (including for Reiki, and Integrative Awareness Counseling/Personal Coaching), Chalice-Bridging Ministries, etc.) (2) Spreading the Word If you think others would benefit from visiting this site, here are three ways to facilitate that: 1) just email them my site address. If you like, you may include the description that I've provided below, or just relating your own impressions would be fine. 2) and/or visit your favorite Search engine and submit my URL (site address) there. Sometimes they ask for a description, and I have included a sample one for you below. You can copy and paste it into your Notepad, then from there into the site description box as applicable. 3) for the next site you visit (or as/when appropriate) use their form or email address to tell them why you think/feel it'd be a good idea for them to consider adding a link to my site there. Thank you! A suggested (brief) site description you can use for either of these purposes is: "Body-Mind Integrative Awareness Home Page -- Essays/Poetry on Mind-Body-Spirit Integration, Self-Healing, Consciousness, Personal Growth, Bodywork & Related Therapies, Energy-work, Preventative Maintenance. Why pursue body-mind integration ? Because it is very likely the most effective means of preventative health maintenance (through understanding the infrastructure of our health system), as well as for in depth awareness of ones own place, time, path, and purpose" [http://www.chalicebridge.com/Index.html; Bodymind@iinet.com ]. Thanks again!  And if you would like to sign my guest book, I'd very much appreciate that. [ C u r r e n t l y U n d e r ( r e ) C o n s t r u c t i o n ] |
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 Most Recommended Gestalt Psychology Sites (Links)
Recommended Alternative Healing Sites (Links)
For Studies in Consciousness (Links)
Personal Quotes on Body Awareness
My Professional Bio
Links To Pages At this Site (directly below this section)- my own contributions to the art and science of body-mind-spirit (Chalice) integration My Essays at Other Sites (Links)
Text-based Essays, Techniques, and Art available but not on web yet)
Professional Practice Description (My On-Line Brochure page)
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More About the Pages At This Site
The list of (30+) essays below are by yours truly unless stated otherwise.
Organized by sections, They are more easy to pre-scan for latter selection.
So far, the first essay provides the best Introduction
to the general and more practical body-mind concepts.
Other pages have been selected for the "Intro Set," and since different minds learn differently,
I have also included a page of METAPHORE-BASED PROSE on the Body-Parenting Approach.
There are 6± and 4± writings (respectively) on understanding
a) CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF BEING, and b) THE EMOTIONAL BODY.
There are 3± writings ON PRAYER as well as 4± on
ORGANIZING ONES LIFE APPROACH AND UNDERSTANDING ONES LIFE PATH.
There are 6± writings on research and prospective application of the body-mind principles
in SOCIETAL RE-EDUCATION AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE.
Many Self-Help techniques (12+)
can be found below in the form of Question-based Affirmations
(The links to pages with Self-Applicable Techniques are marked with "_«T»_" )
Intro Set
"Body-Mind Integration in the Personal Growth Process"
THE BASIC HOW'S AND WHY'S OF PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STORAGE IN THE BODY-MIND.
A Semi-Technical Treatise on the Storage & Release of Tension
(Published In Massage Magazine, July-August 1992)
"Tensing Yoga" and other Self-Applications
For Self-Healing, Body-Mind Awareness, & Preventative Maintenance (revised 7/02, 9/02).
Technique is explained for context and self-application. Includes many subtopics
as well as link to an illustrated sheet of "Low-Intensity Low-Back Exercises. _«T»_
"My Cells - My Children" & other metaphorical prose
For the "Body-Parenting" Approach to Mind-Body Integration.
Includes a little artwork in surreal symbolism, "The Chaliverse."
"A Gestalt Perspective," and "Seven Phases of Personal Growth" (2 Essays) A perspective on an approach to and regard for life, one's past and present, as well as a basis for personal growth and/or therapy. I could've called it an integrated Gestaltist/Humanist/Buddhist/New-Thought perspective.
(These are a few of many "schools" of psychology and correlating approaches to application of therapy.)
A Class Outline
Questions & Considerations for "Body-Mind Integration and the Chalice"
This outline serves as an index in itself, as it also interconnects key considerations with links to other essays at this site
for elaboration. Written from the perspective that each human being is a 'cauldron' of four distinct bodies -
an experiment in learning and evolvement, to say the least. Includes "Positive Response Questions" (PRQ's)
designed specifically for learning and affirming principles of this topic. _«T»_
"The Middle Path Log" Transcript of an on-line discussion among healing practitioners and students
about Integration of Body, Mind, & Spirit (an intelligent & insightful exchange, tho' very long)
[While this isn't one of my essays, the topic matched the others
in this section, and my two cents was added here and there]
Correlations
"Approaches & Methodologies for Body-Mind Integration" Suggestions & Resources for Considering Recieving the work as well as for Vocational Considerations.
This page might also assist in understanding some basic body-mind concepts.
"Body-Mind Nutrition"Considerations in relating a transition in diet & nutrition
to personal and spiritual growth, and the benefits of such transition
"The Body Pattern Assessment and Understanding the Pattern Triad"
Mind-Body Relationships and one's Life Path. How the body has habitually responded to experience is evidenced
by the body's holding and movement patterns. Related to this are ones *coping mechanisms, *challenges, and *gifts.
"On the path" (of one pursuing consciousness being) these aspects are there to be discovered, emotionally cleared,
and then employed as mental/emotional assets and guidance towards determining and accomplishing life goals.
"The Lower Chakras & Synthesis of Body & Soul" Body Memory, Psycho-Emotional Organization and the Body-Mind..."
Question-based Techniques
Theory & Examples for Practical Application.
- how and why they work, advantages of PRQ's, etc. Includes Lots of Sample PRQ's (Positive Response Questions)
for learning and affirming any desired knowledge, Simple How-To's in developing Pragmatic use of "the right question"
-- from a test situation and/or from regular affirmations. Works well for the intangibles (Personal Growth oriented)
which many would say has to come before you can truly enjoy the rest anyway. © `94 _«T»_
Basic and very useful Self Help psychology in therapeutic use of affirmations. _«T»_
The Use of Personally Applied Invocative Questions (Invoc-Q's)
"Questions for Boundaries" Effective Communications of position, intention, & message,
Maintaining Clarity for appropriate Connection, Direction, & Protection _«T»_
Organizing Life Approach & Understanding
"New Information & Facilitating Paradigm Shift Potential"Personal Sharing about Learning, Challenge, & Creating Opportunities
"Attainment And Achievement -- The Alignment Of Beliefs, Desires, And Needs" Basic principles and definitions - for functionally clarifying the differences
between ones beliefs, desires, & needs; the implications for personal growth,
preventative health maintenance, and self-healing
"Achievement of Goals, Attainment, And the Role of Inner Work - A Flow Chart of the Human Psyche in Growth Facilitation and the Role of Inner-Work."
a practical visual tool to complement & help complete other self-help perspectives & presentations
- a re-hash of ancient truths created to work for new applications
"Whole Being Integration In Manefesting Abundance and
Seven Steps To Initiation And Understanding" - Principles of magnetism in the process
of conscious personal growth, spiritual integration, and self healing.
Includes special section: "Questions for Empowerment"
Positive Response Questions (PRQ's) designed specifically for Personal Empowerment. _«T»_
"Enhanced Awareness Techniques & Societal Problem-Solving - Removing limitations to Creative Intelligence;" or "'Genius,' Prophecy, and the Use of Metaphor" _«T»_
The Emotional Body
"Emotion & Motivation on the Path and in Healing" A Cosmology of what is here referred to as the 'Emotional-Body'
- that which provides the motivation or 'drive' for any sustained focus, decision, stance or action.
It is the degree of emotion that makes the difference between a held belief and a mere passing thought.
"WHY PAIN? Notes on Pain, Awareness & Denial" (Physical and other levels)Aspects in Developing a Practical Approach with Compassion
"Victims, Compassion, & Responsibility --
Notes on The Emotional-Body, Denial of Pain, & 'Easy Answers' (Not)"
Considerations for Healing Practitioners
"Compassion, Healing, and The Practitioner -- and Detouring "Burn out"
"Notes on Beliefs, Healing, and Prayer" Practical considerations and a little science to boot
"Principles for Invocation of 'The Blueprint' and "Seven Laws of Change" On Energy-Work, Empathic Healing, & Invocation; includes some key attitude-related principles of force,
movement, and balancing of energies. Very esoteric and also technical in that Light. _«T»_
Graphic World Healing Prayers
"ArchAngel Prayer for Iraq-MiddleEast"
 "Q's Prayer 4 World Peace"
| World Healing Prayers with Sacred Geometry Graphics _«T»_
One prayer is specific to Iraq & Middle East, Two are for planetary healing in general (although most comprehensive), One is more specific to World Economy related concerns, another to the Communications Media of the United States. And there's one for "The Great Invocation" (with many faithful users of this prayer since 1935). The web page includes an introduction, notes on the Sacred Geometry background and suggestions for use, and helpnotes for printing. 
Broad Spectrum World Healing Prayer
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 "World Economy Prayer"
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Prospective Societal Re-Education & Preventative Health Care
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"Fascia-based Emotional Memory Storage (FEMS) System Theory" Physiological relationships to the intangibles of emotional memory storage ? -- has become it's own complete Index Page, a sister to ... The Fascia-Memory Project Home PageResearch into the relationships of Connective Tissue (fascia), Body-Memory, & Related Dynamics, and into New Connective Tissue Scanning Devices "Fascia-Memory Project Overview Chart |
 "Political Activism, Apathy, & Healing"Cause and effect patterns related to conscious choices for change toward sustainable living on the planet (a long term project) |
"Poly-Psy & Citizen Health - Discussions & Charts on Political Participation, Apathy, & Healing" Introduces a study in current “Poly-Psy” with three graphic flow charts and discussion points  Overview Chart for Introducing a Study in “Poly-Psy”What brought us to the *current crossroads* Socially and Psychologically; Citizen Roles and Choices |
 "Beliefs, Paths, & Service" Visually relates various philosophical origins, coping styles, roles in active citizenry... |
| Our government has been greatly influenced by the 60-80% of the citizens NOT participating. We have allowed/created our current condition -- in terms of various attitudes, beliefs, and values - and some interesting times wherein we re-defined certain values. And this implies, therapeutically speaking, we can therefore can *heal* our socio-political condition by changing those attitudes and re-clarifying some values over more time. That implies potential for a form of continuing *preventative health maintenance* curriculum at schools and colleges. |
"Evolution Trends: The 'Information Age' And Its Evolution Into The 'Holographic Age' "
This long but "adventurous" draft from the Fall of 1995 looks into the future
at many key areas of growth ("pro active evolvement"?)
of Human Society (assuming we make it past 2012), and includes:
a Chart on the Integration of Key Elements in the Evolution of Humanity,
sections on Health & Environment, and highly related innovations related to
Crime, Punishment, Rehabilitation, and Education,
and some key political considerations, as well as ...
"The Role Of Intuition Coming Home And Recovering The "Holy Grail"an intuitive extrapolation on the formation of new relationships
between the function of analysis and the function of intuition, a process
which would be brought about via a pro active evolvement of the human mind
"The Sinuses And ESP" Questions & considerations regarding human's relatively complex system of sinuses chambers,
the sinus chambers' proximity to the ventricles and CSF (cerebral spinal fluid flow),
the 7 to 13 or more sinus chambers of resonance in humans, implications for capacity to sense and to
assimilate/integrate vibratory data as potentially much greater than for animals (including Dolphins, Birds, and Bats) ...
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Artwork, Poetry, and...
Chalice Integration Art Index Page
Body-Mind-Chalice Integration Home Page and it's Role in the ART & SCIENCE of Body, Mind, & Spirit in Psycho-Spiritual Integration & it's relationship to Sacred Geometry. Artwork on the Chalice theme (ie: Holy Grail), Mandalas, Sacred Geometry, related philosophy & Healing Applications, links. Illustrates both hand-made and computer-generated works (by yours truely :). (new draft 1/03) 4C-Publishing (Chalice Creations and Concept Charting)About Desktop Publishing that Presents Your Service, Concept, and Vision -- Effectively, Elegantly, and Purposefully. This page also has a good sampling of "Vibrant Greeting Cards" & Sacred Geometry Art (thumbnails). The Web Page for "Synthesis" (Mandala) Sweatshirts from Chalice Productions these are printed both sides with the colorful "Synthesis" mandala. Color Picture Illustrated page.
Other Art and/or Poetry at this site "Love and Seeing the Clouds Through" -- Eclectic Poetry and Art (added 9/02)
"The Chaliverse" (art - see if you can find the Three images)
"Web Dancing Connected" (prose) "Ideals & 'In-Tension'" (prose)
"A Context for Choice" - (prose)
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Essays Published At Other Sites
"The Use of Questions in Affirmation Therapy" Theory
and Examples for Practical Application _«T»_
(at Seeker Magazine web site)<
"Questions for Invocation of 'The Blueprint'
An Empathic and Invocative Healing Exercise" _«T»_
(at Seeker Magazine web site)
The original version of "Fascia-based Emotional Memory Storage (FEMS) System Theory"
Physiological relationships to the intangibles of emotional memory storage ?
"The Most informative Biofeedback site on the web." -- Jim Robbins, in his book *A Symphony in the Brain*
(But then you can also see ...)
the
UPDATED Version (6/01) at THIS web site
Writings Currently in Text Form Only
You may email me and ask for a copy.
That may even encourage me to get them onto the site a little faster ;-)
And thank you for your referrals to this site if/as this work seems useful to you.
"HOW TO WRITE A LOVE LETTER" - a Technique of Many Uses
- Including for deepening communications with another (present or not), for journaling self-dialog when stuck with mixed feelings, for "Self-Parenting," & for constructing affirmations._«T»_
"Considerations for Objectivity & Personal Cosmological Navigation in the Personal Growth Endeavor"_«T»_
"Chalice-Streamlining" & the "Tube of Light" For Energy Clearing & Protection_«T»_
"Enhanced Awareness, Societal Problem-Solving, Genius, Prophecy, and the Use of Metaphor" _«T»_
"The Trend to Detachment or 'Dave Ain't Here'" "Grounding For 'Space Cadets' " _«T»_
"The Immune System & the 8th Chakra" "Practical Applications for Immune Enhancement" _«T»_
"Allowing Love" "Body, Mind, Attitudes, and Health"
"An Integrated Concept of Health & Healing" "Overwhelm Strategy & Optimal Operating Efficiency..." _«T»_
"Supplementation for Connective Tissue, Muscle, Bones, & Joints"
"The Twelve Keys to Coffee Potential Maximisation" _«T»_
- If You're Gonna Do Coffee... all health considerations considered...
LinkExchange Member
Body-Mind Integrative Awareness Home Page
* Most Recommended Gestalt Psychology Sites:
Eva Pierrakos and The Pathwork
Eva Pierrakos is (or was) the channel, and at the site, "The Pathwork Center," is listed the many publications of her life work, including bookslectures . There is also a page of interesting quotes, and an interview in which she candidly tells about her life and her work.
Virginia Satir and the Avanta Network:
Teaching Warm, Empowered, and Pragmatic Real-Life Applications of Gestalt wisdom:On Change , Satir Growth Model, Good News Network, and even one for
Satir based Problem-Based Approach for Software Process Improvement.
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Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP):
What is Humanistic Psychology? From Maslow to the 21st Century
AHP's Bodywork description Gestalt Therapy
TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Transpersonal Management psycho drama
Emotional Healing at JoyFire web site
More on Emotional Healing at JoyFire
Right Use Of Will - Healing and Evolving the Emotional Body, Received by Ceanne de Rohan
The Site of Sheila Baker, M.A.,
describes her practice in culturally-fused shamanism,
spirit-journeys, therapy and healing facilitation, and related on-going group events.
Lifestyle Makeovers Groups
Local community groups that do personal growth tasks/exercises, a different one each week, then meet weekly and share journaling, motivate each other to maintain enthusiasm for the self-work. Its done according to a set of printed materials ("52 Weeks To Change Your Life") that you send off for through this site. It's non-sectarian, but acknowledging of the Higher Power(s). There is likely a local group in your own town or neighborhood, as a friend tells me this is very popular and growing fast. (3/'01)
* Body Memory and Bodywork *
The site of Dr. Charles Daily,
and the "Holographic Memory Release Technique" (HMR),
Charles Daily is the founder of the Healing 101 Seminars and HMR. Through his 25 years of experience as an Acupuncturist, Classical Homeopath, Chiropractor and field experience with native cultures around the world, he has derived a common underlying principle in healing which is expressed through HMR. Charles is excited about the new ground he is discovering and wishes to make it available to as many people as possible. A major catalyst in the development of this approach was the research of Dr's James and Nora Oschman, who published a series of articles concerning Holography and Mind-Body communication: "Somatic Recall, Part 1 - Soft tissue memory," "Somatic Recall, Part 2 - Soft tissue holography," and "How Healing Energy Works". There are extensive scientific references for your indepth curiosity via the above links. (And, by the way, this is very related to my own work and studies in fascia based body-memory; my Fascia-Memory page is listed above).
Other Wholistic Healing Related Sites:
PRINCIPLES of NATURAL HEALING --excerpts from "The Science of Healthful Living:"
A great deal of information has been put together on this page. Note: People should know that there are health supplements that would be effective but may not be due to their being multi-level marketed in a disgustingly non-informative manner. I refer to the more unpleasant "cleansing effects" or "healing crisis" that some may experience from such supplements. Knowing the principles on this page, one may better take advantage of such events.
Also, the links for naturopathic medicine resources have been put on this page.
HeartMath Institute
"We have a tremendous body of research here at the Institute on the heart and its influence. The fact that electrical energy produced by the heart is 60 times stronger than that of the brain is not our research; that is known by anybody involved in the biophysics field. What we've been able to show is that yes, that's true, and that frequency is being received by every single cell in the body. And the frequency content of the heart's electrical energy emission changes relative to our perceptions, how we're taking in what we're taking in. So certain heart-based types of qualities like care, appreciation or love that have often just been associated metaphorically with the heart really do produce dramatic changes in the electrical energy output of the heart when people are perceiving/receiving from a place of care or appreciation. And in turn, our research shows that when that electrical energy changes, it goes to what's called 'coherent frequency patterns'. We're able to correlate that to changes in the immune system and changes in hormonal balance. And we also see changes in perception and intelligence. There's a lot more to what the heart is doing than people realize. It's not just a blood pump."
Enjoy the IHM Research Papers, Abstracts, and Reports (at http://www.heartmath.org/RP.html)
"Integration of Behavioral and Relaxation Approaches
Into the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Insomnia"
at National Institutes of Health, Technology Assessment Conference Statement, October 16-18, 1995. Reference page: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and National Institute of Health Home page.
Sequential Healing Health Services
What Is Sequential Healing Health Services (Shhs)? SHHS is a group dedicated to teaching a healing model that can be used to bring about restoration of function to vital systems. This teaching is done through the distribution of educational material. These teachings may be used to instruct individuals in how to increase their level of overall health and wellness. Currently SHHS makes educational material available on the World Wide Web at www.sequentialhealing.com.
Chi Institute
For more than 15 years, CHI Institute has been investigating vital energy - the basis of acupuncture and other Chinese medical technologies. Human vitality is measurable and observable in many ways. Their research in - Hyaluronic Acid in most remarkable, indicating a benchmark not only in energy research, but in medical science.
Research in Measuring Qi has resulted in extensive study into the sound of the physical body. One form of energy which has been verified in this way is infrasonic sound emitted from the hands of healers. In searching for a mechanism, he then used an early model of the Infratonic, which reproduced only the infrasonic component of the healer's energy output, and found a similar shift in EEG, as shown in the table below. This research has led to the development of various Infratonic sound producing devices. These devices have since been used very successfully in the healing rehabilitation of racing horses, and then with humans. Another area of research is the field of Bioelectric Vitality, which led to development of devices which support and strengthen the electrical and magnetic aspects of the human energy field during air travel, or in any polluted or environmentally challenging environment.
Newsletters are available both online, and via regular mail (see bottom of home page).
Complete directory: external energy transmission:
Master Wu's Qi Gong and Tai Chi Fitness Center Great source of information regarding eastern practices like martial arts and alternative healing.
Dance Korean .Net
"Focusing: Body-Centered Emotional Release" - taken almost directly from Peter Campbell, Ph.D. and Edwin McMahon, Ph.D.'s book, "Bio-Spirituality: focusing as a way to grow." The process is outlined here to peak your interest and, if working with this method, to give you an idea of what to expect.
Center for Mind-Body Medicine
On-Line Resources and Useful Links (Washington, DC)
"The Transition Diet"
- Steps & principles telling how to transition -gradually & successfully- to a diet that promotes & sustains optimal health for body, mind, AND the planet, even from the standard American diet. This includes a Food-Combining Chart for optimal digestion and assimilation of nutrients, as well as for proper elimination. The Cows Are Vegetarians Web site
"Do you have a Vegetarian Kid?" by Ann Bradley
Whole Health MD .Com:
Great all-round medical resource site, including general and specific information on prescription medicines as well as natural approaches ( vitamins, herbs, alternative approaches, etc). Their page for "Helpful Supplements for Back Pain" is at http://www.wholehealthmd.com/news/viewarticle/0,1513,7,00.html
World Research Foundation Health & Environmental Network
of Sedona, AZ and Stuttgart, Germany. This center has one of the most extensive variety of archives of old and new references in Alternative Health and Healing.
Well Being Journal - Taking charge of our Health
Scott Miners provides a great resource for alternative health activism as well as great essays on alternative healing approaches.
Nina Marie's Practice, Resource information and products
"our main focus is working with breast cancer survivors" About the natural antidepressant, SAM-e (S-Adenosylmethionine)
Medical evidence from all over the world suggests that
SAM-e (S-Adenosylmethionine) is a very effective natural antidepressant,
and that it can actually reverse the effects of osteoarthritis and relieve the symptoms of depression. 5-HTP and Natural Supplements
Also available there is the Book:
*The Natural Way to Overcome Depression, Obesity and Insomnia*
by Michael Murray, N.D. Co-author of the Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine
* If you're into the study of Consciousness:
Alice Bailey, Djwhal Khul, & Esoteric Philosophy at Netnews Homepage:
A very well organized & complete site, presenting some of the most in-depth material on esoteric science and cosmology -- probably more quoted and referenced than any other source of non-conventional religious perspective.
Yamas and Niyamas
The ten living principles, © 2002 Swami Avinashananda Saraswati
Gopi Krishna & Kundalini
definitive page featuring writings from Gopi Krishna regarding Kundalini, higher consciousness, and the need for research into mystical experience and the evolution of the brain. http://www.ecomall.com/gopikrishna [ecomall@ecomall.com, Tom Kay
For Instruction in Meditation at "the Mount"
as per Djwhal Khul, extracted from the many the many volumes of Alice Bailey: via the Meditation Group for the New Age (MGNA) & Group for Creative Meditation (GCM), of Ojai, CA. -- Inspired by Djwal Khul and Alice Bailey; most all of their teachings are on line now (3/`00). You can also contact them via Meditation@meditation.com
A related site is about the work of the New Group of World Servers (NGWS), including about decipleship and the process known as spiritual initiation.
The hOMe Foundation
This site offers a free Kriya Yoga Meditation Class (in Sedona, AZ)
and an online publication of a new book entitled: A Recipe for Bliss
"The Great Mystery" Web site,
Earth-Centered Psychology, Native American and much more including updates on the Prophets Conferences
"Meta-Programming in the Human Biocomputer" by John Lilly "Essays on Consciousness: A Biological System" by Duane Lyon
and their Barnes & Noble book connection (benefits the Library)
Isha Yoga Center,a non-profit 100% voluntary organization
(with no single paid employee) containing over 150,000 meditators in India.
There are four training centers in the US. Its founder is Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.
W. H. Calvin's SCIENCE SURF column 96
Spiritual Endeavors .Org:
"...abundant free information for the advancement of Spiritual, Holistic, and Environmental Awareness, dedicated to expanding Consciousness, and awakening Self-Knowledge (An independent nonprofit educational organization). ...As we grow in awareness, many previously accepted traditional methodologies and concepts fall away and are replaced by new more encompassing ideas... articles are presented for your consideration."
Mindfulness Meditation by Dr. Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
What's your true calling? Check out the book, *Who Are You - 101 ways of Seeing Yourself* by Malcolm Godwin, for Self-Assessment Questionnaires & Exercises of all types; also available through One Spirit Book Club (1-800-348-7128 [then hit star key])
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StarIQ.com offers (Astrology) free personalized forecasts by email, original daily content on astrology and sports, health, celebrities, finance and other subjects, as well as a guide to astrology conferences, organizations and practitioners worldwide.
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I want to share here a note about a man becoming more and more widely recognized for his prophetic gifts, and what he said about support of the NIH, the hospice movement, and the transformation of Health Care as what is most important to our spiritual development.
Dannion Brinkley is the author of Saved By the Light: The True Story of *A Man Who Died Twice and the Profound Revelations He Received,* 1994; ISBN 0-679-43176-4. Of the 117 revelations that he recalls, 95 have already come to pass. He also is author of equally popular *At Peace In The Light.*
He says, "I believe that health care is a battle for the souls of men, that the issues being debated now are the most important we have faced in the history of this nation. If we don't pay close attention to what's happening in the reductions of Medicare and Medicaid and support the Office of Alternative Medicine, we will be making the biggest mistake of our generation... In the years to come, [thank you for letting me let you know] you will know that this was where the spiritual fight was. It's not in Russia or China or even in the War on Terrorism. It's in the quality of the final days of people we love and in our right to choose our won way of taking care of ourselves... I beg everybody to write their Congresspeople and Senators in support of The Office Of Alternative Medicine at the National Institute for Health [http://nccam.nih.gov/]. Request information. Be mindful of healthcare and what's been going on. If you're not political, become political. Pay attention to health care and how it's evoloving, because your're talking about your right to choose how to take care of yourself. Supporting the NIH is the most important thing you can do in your life. As long as there's an Office of Alternative Medicine they can't creat HMOs, manage care and give us a nationa insurance health card - that's the mark of the beast, ain't no doubt in my mind."
Searching his name on the Web brings up over 2000 links, and he is associated with the Web site, www.lightstreamers.com. To become part of Dannion Brinkley's "Compassion in Action," (CIA) please phone 310-473-1941 or Fax 310-473-1951. CIA's National Headquarters located on the campus of the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Bldg 258, Room 112, Los Angeles, CA 90073. (Ref: Eco Vision Journal Oct'01, pp12 & 23.) Also see http://www.dannion.com
WHY DOES BODY AWARENESS = OPTIMUM HEALTH INSURANCE ?:
Body-Mind Awareness -- as the bottom line of preventative health maintenance -- is one of the most simple, efficacious, & cost effective forms of health insurance there can possibly be. Such simple wisdom needs only contemplation to understand it: Focused awareness to the body, which occurs naturally in massage therapy, brings circulation (of blood, nerve, and bio-magnetic energies), and thereby all of one's natural healing capacities to the cells. If you want any cell system to heal, improving the circulation to, around, and through it is basic and essential. Cells do not complain (with pain signals) where circulation is plentiful (except in cases of acute injury, emotional distress, and one type of headache). Circulation improves where caring attention is directed -- on whatever level of focus and whether the attention is from external or internal sources.
Like kids, cells do best if we keep them fed, clean, and feeling loved. And as we learn to give them healthy messages and especially to just listen to them, they will tell us what changes need attending to. And, like kids, they will adapt and find a way to cope -- if at all possible, under most any condition, if you tell them they have to. But how would you like the results of getting used to living underfed and unclean? "Used to" means adapting just as inner-city kids have. (e.g.: They are not always the most easy to get along with, cooperative, or happy kids you've ever known, I suspect.) It works the same for the cells in the body. So how do we remedy such a situation? Well, of course, first we fix the supply system and take care of those basics. Secondly, we remedy the attitude that got them that way or else they will never feel they can drop the coping mechanisms and learn what a happy communicative, sharing lifestyle is about. More on that mind-cell relationship can be found at "My Cells -My Children" & other metaphorical prose for the 'Body-Parenting' Approach to Mind-Body Integration
Likewise, cell systems will adjust based on our messages to them, even those that are counter to long-term health. They can actually maintain those adjustments for a whole lifetime if they don't get a corrective message. I.E.: If we, as infants, often needed to tense ("armor up") various muscles for emotional or physical protection (when adults around us acted insensitively or worse), we most likely continued through adulthood to hold various muscles in an overly tense state. Muscles need to know what relaxation is, as well as what intense work is, in order to have an appropriately full range of tonicity/contractedness, and to find the right tone for any given condition.
With body awareness, we enhance our senses naturally, as well as provide opportunity for our self-healing mechanisms to be turned back on, and thereby give the cells the corrective messages about tonicity, circulation, function, etc. Sometimes we will receive insight about a corrective action we must take; i.e.: by newly feeling the need to adjust our posture or some kind of bodily movement, or even due to reviving memories (that were previously suppressed). Details of these processes are explained in the essay, "Body-Mind Integration in the Personal Growth Process" - The basic how's and why's of psycho-emotional storage in the body-mind. Preventative Maintenance is discussed further in the next section.
HEALING AS RELATED TO BODY-AWARENESS
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Taking a step further with the "Body-Awareness = Health Insurance idea (above):
If it is true that "God helps those who help themselves," or that "the door to the heart opens from the inside," and if it is true that humans learn by exercising free will and making adjustments based on the results, and finally, if the body-memory (Myo-fascia-based memory-storage) operates as noted and referenced above, ... then it most probably follows that the amount of God's healing energy flowing into our cells (and lives in general) depends on how much we allow -- via our conscious or unconscious messages to our cells. And might the doors to the cells be on the inside too? And if such considerations have merit, might it not follow that such circulation of energies (via our thought, feeling, and action) is the only thing that does heal a cell, organ, system, living organism, situation, etc? And if that were true, what could be more effective than focused awareness on our cells, which massage therapy naturally encourages ? (And yes, so do various self-applications such as Tai Chi, Chi Gong, and yoga, including "Tensing Yoga").
To the body-mind, cells are the most basic source of reproduction, instruction (DNA), and metabolic energy. Each cell is a *nuclear-powered* cottage industry, that no human technology has even come close to matching in energy production efficiency. Many cells have the capacity of transmutation (eg: changing one element to another - ie: silicon to calcium - although science has yet to explain how), as well as other highly specialized functions. They are the physiological basis for each living organism, therefore for life itself.
Question: Is it conceivable that each living cell is a living bridge, a Chalice, by which the Father aspect of God has joined with the Mother aspect of God in order to create life on earth ? What would make this bridging connection stronger; what would open further the cell's doors to the Divine ? How about certain kinds of thoughts and feelings of unconditional love (or prayer, meditation, imagery, or some activity that encourages a similar focus) ? Some ideas on that:"Notes on Beliefs, Healing, and Prayer" -- Practical considerations and a little science to boot.
One might say that the above just couldn't be seen to have practical application, if one considers genetically related conditions. These considerations are addressed in depth in the essay, "Victims, Compassion, & Responsibility -- Notes on The Emotional-Body, Denial of Pain, & 'Easy Answers'(Not!)"
What would it require for all people to have conscious empathic capacity and still discern the highest priorities for their own daily tasks?
E.G.: What might be some of the key steps along the route from here to then?
And what if that were in contribution to a "Divine Plan" that included a requirement for progress towards self-realization as well as group cohesion?
Is it true that honoring Individual integrity and acknowledging the inter-connectedness of humanity are mutually dependent activities?
Now to step in the direction of practical awareness at work...
No matter what you're doing, at that point it becomes work, right?
(eg: When I enjoy "the work" so much as I often do, it just feels strange to call it work)
But where would that put "the work ethic" ?
I mean, which "should" be more rewarded - working more with less motivation,
or working less with more motivation ? Which would/should be more rewarding ?
And ... if every work that happened was essential
to the overall purpose of all and it was realized as such,
and If there was no work that was associated
with the making of someone less than someone else (less worthy of love and respect) ,
how much more enjoyable then would every kind of work be?
And would we, as individuals, then find it easier to know
just exactly what work it was that we enjoyed the most?
Is there any relationship between such questions and stress or muscle health?
Is this a
a) trick question, b) rhetorical question, or c) essay question ? ;-)
And to Flow with Traffic ...
(I know this sounds like a definition of politics -
except when one considers the difference in the amount of cloaking ;)