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SPIRITUALITY MODULE 5!


SPIRITUAL RITUALS & !HOLISTIC HEALTH MODALITIES:

PART 2 !


WHAT WE WILL COVER IN THIS SECTION!

• Art therapy!• Music therapy!• Color therapy!• The chakras!• Animal therapy!• Shamanic healing!• Traditional Chinese medicine!

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• Ayurvedic medicine!• Body & energy work!• Movement and fitness!• Guided imagery!• Breathwork!• Drumming circle!• Spiritual rituals!

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ART THERAPY!

•  Has origins in !–  Art!–  Psychotherapy!

•  The art-making process can be one focus!–  Art as therapy!


ART THERAPY!

•  Or the creation of art in therapy!–  Psychoanalytic psychologists first used art therapy!

•  The therapist and client can interpret subconscious messages and symbolic self-expression in the art!

–  Involves emotional transference from creator to therapist!


ART THERAPY!

•  Purpose of art therapy !–  Personal growth!–  Self-awareness!–  Self-knowledge!–  Creativity!–  Reconciliation of emotional conflicts!–  Spiritual awakening!



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ART THERAPY!

•  Art therapists are given specific licenses depending on the state!–  Art therapists!–  Creative arts therapists!–  Counselors!–  Marriage and family therapists!


ART THERAPY!

•  Art therapists!–  Chose materials and interventions most suited to their clients!

•  Structured verses unstructured !•  Artistic medium!•  Way of conceptualizing the project!


ART THERAPY!

•  Art therapists!–  Examples!

•  Client is instructed to paint without form or intention!–  Helps free up inner child!

•  Client is instructed to shape clay like their emotions!–  Helps unearth underlying emotional issues!



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ART THERAPY!

•  The creative process can help!–  Coping with stress!–  Create insight!–  Become more in touch with emotions!–  Work through traumas!–  Improve interpersonal relationships!


ART THERAPY!

•  The creative process can help!–  Uncover self-sabotage and self-criticism!–  Open up client to greater forces at work in their life!–  Increase neurocognitive abilities!

•  Cognition!•  Memory!•  Integration of different ways of thinking!


ART THERAPY!

•  Art therapy can also integrate spirituality into its practice!–  Balance the spirit, body, emotions, and mind!

•  Traditional applications of art to the cultivation of spirituality!



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ART THERAPY!

•  Integrating art and spirit!–  Other practices into the creation of art!

•  Mindfulness!•  Meditation!

–  Discovery and expression of authentic self!


MUSIC THERAPY!

•  Music is highly emotional!–  Every piece of music creates an emotional response!

•  Sadness!•  Anger!•  Excitement!•  Community!•  Happiness!•  Love!


MUSIC THERAPY!

•  Music is highly emotional!–  Memory recall!

•  Based upon certain musical stimuli as well!–  Christmas songs are an example!



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MUSIC THERAPY!

•  Combination of music and therapy!•  Music therapists!

–  Are certified psychological therapists!•  Use of all facets of music!

–  Physical!–  Emotional!–  Mental!–  Spiritual!–  Social!–  Spiritual!


MUSIC THERAPY!

•  Help clients improve health!–  Improved cognitive functioning!–  Emotional expression !–  Emotional awareness!–  Behavioral improvements!–  Social skills!–  Motor skills!–  Quality of life!–  Spiritual discovery and connection!


MUSIC THERAPY!

•  Includes!–  Music theory!–  Psychoacoustics!–  Musical acoustics!–  Therapy!–  Bio-musicology!–  Musical cognition!–  Comparative musicology!–  Musical aesthetics!



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MUSIC THERAPY!

•  “Neurological Music Therapy" (NMT)!–  Compares the differences between the brain with and without music!–  Uses these differences to create change in the brain through music!

•  That affect the client in other areas of their life!–  The brain is changed when we engage with music!

•  Using music to help improve motor responses!–  Tapping, moving to the rhythm!


MUSIC THERAPY AND SPIRITUALITY

!•  Music reaches beyond words!

–  Helps people get back in touch!•  With authentic selves!•  With others!•  With the universe!


MUSIC THERAPY AND SPIRITUALITY!

•  There are 4 key themes in music therapy and spirituality!1.  Relationship!

•  Music can connect us to others and help us reach out!–  A despondent person may be more likely to sing when in a group than talk!–  Singing together creates one voice in unison (a sense of connection and unity)!



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•  There are 4 key themes in music therapy and spirituality!2.  Remembrance!

•  We can remember others through music!•  Ease pain and loss!



•  There are 4 key themes in music therapy and spirituality!3.  Prayer!

•  Expressing painful emotions to a higher power!•  May or may not be in a religious context!•  Hymns!•  An expression of our deeper heart, needs, yearnings!•  Calling out for connection to our deeper authentic nature!


•  There are 4 key themes in music therapy and spirituality!4.  Peace!

•  Music can bring peace and comfort!–  Improve: peace of mind, sense of calm and peace, relief!




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•  Relief from!–  Pain!–  Uncertainties!–  Anger!–  Agitation!–  Lack of control!–  Interruptions!




•  Music can make us feel that we are in the presence of the Divine!–  Freeing of our spirit!–  Connecting with our authentic self!



COLOR THERAPY AND MORE!



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COLOR THERAPY!

•  Also called !–  Chromotherapy!–  Colorology!–  Cromatherapy!


COLOR THERAPY!

•  Use color to balance energy!–  Physical!–  Spiritual!–  Emotional!–  Mental!


COLOR THERAPY!•  History !

–  Avicenna !•  Islamic Golden Age (1000 A.D.)!•  Wrote “The Canon of Medicine”!

–  Colors as vital to both treatment and diagnosis of illness!–  Believed "color is an observable symptom of disease" !–  Developed a chart relating color to physical condition and temperature!–  His view: red moved blood, white or blue cooled blood, yellow reduced

inflammation and muscular pain!



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COLOR THERAPY!

•  History !–  Civil War General and physician Augustus Pleasonton !

•  Conducted experiments!•  Published a book about how the color blue can help!

–  Heal diseases in humans!–  Improve crop growth!–  Help livestock!


COLOR THERAPY!

•  History !–  Edwin Babbit!–  “The Principles of Light and Color” in 1878!–  Comprehensive system of healing with color!

•  Red as stimulant!–  Blood and nerves!

•  Yellow and orange!–  Nerve stimulants!

•  Blue and violet!–  Soothing and anti-inflammatory!


COLOR THERAPY!

•  History !–  Dinshah P. Ghadiali!

•  Hindu scientist!•  1933 published "The Spectro Chromemetry Encyclopaedia”!•  Believed that colors vibrate at higher octaves!•  Each system has a corresponding stimulating and inhibiting color!•  Believed one can correct color imbalance and health imbalance with this

knowledge!



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COLOR THERAPY!

•  History !–  New Age conceptualization !

•  Chakras associated with specific colors!•  Colors associated with specific bodily regions!•  Colors can be used to help bring balance to the chakras!•  Chakras and their positions in the human body!


COLOR THERAPY!

Color! Alleged Function! Associated System! Chakra! Chakra Location!

Red! Survival and Grounding!

Gonads, Spine, Kidneys, Smell! First! Root!

Orange! Sexuality and Emotions!

Reproductive organs, Circulation, Urinary tract! Second! Sacral!

Yellow! Ego and Power! Stomach, Gall Bladder, Liver, Pancreas! Third! Solar plexus!

Green!Sense of Responsibility and Love!

Heart, Thymus, Lungs! Fourth! Heart!


COLOR THERAPY!

Color! Alleged Function! Associated System! Chakra! Chakra Location!

Blue! Spiritual and Physical communication! Hands, Throat, Mouth, Ears! Fifth! Throat!

Indigo!Compassion, Forgiveness, Understanding!

Pineal Gland, Eye! Sixth! Third Eye!

Violet!

Connecting with universal energy, transition of information and ideas!

The Central Nervous System, The Cerebral Cortex, Pituitary Gland!

Seventh! Crown!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Chakras are main energy centers throughout the body!–  Chakra is Sanskrit for “wheel”!–  A chakra is a vortex of energy that spins like a wheel!

•  Draws in anything it comes into contact with that chakra at it’s vibratory level!•  Why other people’s moods affect us!•  Our chakras also radiate energy!

–  The body may contain hundreds of chakras!


THE CHAKRAS!•  We have 7 main chakra centers!

–  Each connected on separate levels!•  Each chakra is connected with certain parts of the body!•  Each chakra is an “intelligence center”!

–  Mental: each chakra affects our thinking in certain ways!–  Emotional: each chakra has an emotional effect on our well-being!–  Spiritual: each chakra is connected to a different part of our spiritual being!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  To balance our chakras we need to bring in colors and other forces that vibrate at the same frequency!–  One out of sync chakra will affect the others!–  Out of sync means !

•  Overactive!•  Underactive!•  Congested or blocked !



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  How color, light, and chakras are related!–  Colored light has different wavelengths and vibrational frequencies!

•  Red!–  Long wavelength and slowest vibration!–  Stimulating!

•  Violet!–  Shortest wavelength and fastest vibration!–  Calming and cooling!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Pollution can cause chakra imbalances!–  Examples:!

•  Negative thoughts!•  Toxins!•  Chemicals in food!•  Environmental factors!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Holistic view of the body!–  Mind, body, spirit in harmony!–  When all 7 chakra centers are balanced energy disorders disappear!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Each of the chakras has it’s own function and intelligence!–  Chakras function independently, much like your body functions

independently!–  We must set up circumstances to let the chakras operate at their most

balanced and efficient!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Crown chakra!–  Color: violet!–  Location: top of head!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Crown chakra!–  Lesson!

•  Knowingness!–  Divine consciousness and trust in the universe!–  Learning about spirituality!–  Connection to “God” or higher consciousness!–  Integrating different levels of consciousness!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Crown chakra!–  Imbalances!

•  Headaches!•  Light sensitivity!•  Neuralgia!•  Epilepsy!•  Varicose veins!•  Problems with blood vessels!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Crown chakra!–  Stimulants!

•  Focus on dreams!•  Writing down intentions and visions!•  Violet drinks, clothing, foods, and oils such as lavender !!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Third eye chakra!–  Color: indigo!–  Location: forehead - between the eyes!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Third eye chakra!–  Lesson!

•  Intuition!–  Seeing the big picture!–  Trusting insight and intuition!–  Self-realization!–  Developing psychic abilities!–  Releasing negative thoughts: hidden, repressed!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Third eye chakra!–  Imbalances !

•  Coordination problems!•  Sleep disorders!•  Learning disabilities!•  Lack of imagination and

creativity!•  Depression!•  Fevers and flu!

•  PMS and other hormonaldisorders!

•  Mood swings!•  Menopause!•  Neck, shoulder, jaw, tongue,

mouth issues!•  Hyperactivity!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Third eye chakra!–  Stimulants !

•  Looking at the stars!•  Daydreaming!•  Indigo drink, clothing, food, and oils such as frankincense !!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Throat chakra!–  Color: blue!–  Location: throat region!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Throat chakra!–  Lesson!

•  Relationships!–  Speaking up!–  Expressing oneself!–  Truthful and open expression!–  Trusting!–  Planning and organization!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Throat chakra!–  Imbalances !

•  Thyroid issues!•  Infections!•  Swollen glands!•  Sore throat!•  Fevers, flu, infections!•  Mouth, tongue, neck, shoulder, jaw issues!•  Hormonal problems!•  Mood swings!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Throat chakra!–  Stimulants !

•  Singing!•  Reading out loud!•  Particularly poetry!•  Meaningful conversation!•  Blue drink, clothing, food, and oils like chamomile !!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Heart chakra!–  Color: green!–  Location: center of chest!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Heart chakra!–  Lesson !!

•  Relationships!–  Love!–  Compassion!–  Forgiveness!–  Acceptance of self!–  Self-control!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Heart chakra!–  Imbalances!

•  Breathing and heart disorders!•  Breast cancer!•  High blood pressure!•  Passivity!•  Muscular tension!•  Chest pain!•  Immune system problems!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Heart chakra!–  Stimulants!

•  Spending time with friends and family!•  Nature walks!•  Green drink, clothing, gemstones, food, and oils such as eucalyptus and

pine!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Solar plexus chakra!–  Color: yellow!–  Location: above the navel, stomach area!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Solar plexus chakra!–  Lesson!

•  Personal power!–  Intellect!–  Self-worth!–  Self-esteem!–  Balance of self-confidence, ego, and intellect!–  Self-control and humor!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Solar plexus chakra!–  Imbalances!

•  Ulcers!•  Hypoglycemia!•  Digestive issues!•  Diabetes!•  Memory issues!•  Nervousness!•  Toxicity!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Solar plexus chakra!–  Stimulants !!

•  Learning!–  Classes!–  Reading!

•  Puzzles!•  Detoxing!•  Yellow drink, clothing, gemstones, food, and oils such as lemon and

rosemary!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Sacral chakra!–  Color: orange!–  Location: below navel, low abdomen!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Sacral chakra!–  Lesson!

•  Feelings!–  Connection with our emotions!–  Right to our feelings!–  Sociability!–  Intimacy!–  Abundance!–  Well-being!–  Sexuality!–  Pleasure!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Sacral chakra!–  Imbalances!

•  Eating disorders!•  Depression!•  Urinary issues!•  Sexual issues!•  Low back pain!•  Drug and alcohol abuse!•  Asthma and allergies!•  Yeast infections!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Sacral chakra!–  Stimulants!

•  Hot bath!•  Massage!•  Water aerobics!•  Embracing senses!

–  Such as a wide range of flavorful foods!•  Orange food, gemstones, clothing, drink, and oils like sweet orange oil

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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Root chakra!–  Color: red!–  Location: base of spine!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Root chakra!–  Lesson!

•  Survival!–  Daily tasks of living!–  Standing up for self!–  Security issues!–  Issues related to the material or physical world!



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THE CHAKRAS!

•  Root chakra!–  Imbalances !

•  Fatigue!•  Low back pain!•  Depression!•  Sciatica!•  Anemia!•  Frequent colds!•  Cold feet and hands!


THE CHAKRAS!

•  Root chakra!–  Root stimulants!

•  Exercise!•  Good sleep!•  Pottery and clay!•  Gardening!•  Red clothing, drink, food, gemstones, baths, and oils such as ylang ylang or

sandalwood!


ANIMAL THERAPY AND MORE!



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ANIMAL THERAPY!

•  Animals contribute to health and well-being by:!–  Making people feel more open!–  Making the therapist seem less threatening!–  Giving the person strength!


ANIMAL THERAPY!

•  Animals contribute to health and well-being by:!–  Create connection !

•  See animals as another piece of our connection to the universe and thedivine!

•  Connection between people interacting with and/or caring for the animal!•  Connection with another living thing that gives us pure unconditional love!


ANIMAL THERAPY!

•  Animals contribute to health and well-being by:!–  Caring for animals as a way to care for ourselves!

•  Gives us something to get up for every day!•  Gives many people meaning and purpose!

–  Pure positive effects of animal ownership!•  Reduced blood pressure!•  Reduced heart disease and stroke!•  Improved mood!•  Stress relief!



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ANIMAL THERAPY!

•  Animals have been important throughout history!–  Traditional cultures saw animals as sacred!

•  Totems!•  Use of the whole animal and thanking the animal for its sacrifice!•  Animals viewed as endowed with supernatural and/or divine power!


ANIMAL THERAPY!

•  Animals have been important throughout history!–  Animals were brought into hospitals and retreats in England in the

1800s!•  First example of therapeutic use of animals!

–  Freud had many dogs!•  Found that animals helped adolescents and children open up!


ANIMAL THERAPY!

•  Techniques!–  Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT)!

•  Many types!–  Dogs!–  Cats!–  Small animals such as hamsters!

•  Most popular!–  Canine!–  Dolphin!–  Equine!



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SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  Practice where practitioner reaches “altered states of consciousness” to interact with the world of spirits!–  A shaman!

•  Believed to have access to and influence over the spirit world!•  Person who enters into altered states for this purpose!


SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  Shamanism!–  Used as a general term to refer to a wide array of spiritual practices!

•  First applied to Mongols, Turks, Samoyedic-speaking, and Tungusic peoples!•  “Shaman” is a Tungusic term!•  Term first introduced to the west when the Russians conquered the Khanate,

descendents of Genghis Khan, in 1552!


SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  Shamanism!–  Then scholars began describing similar indigenous religions across the

world!–  It may have also been prevalent in pre-Christian Europe and even in

Paleolithic times!



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SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  Illness is treated:!–  By mending the soul!–  Alleviating traumas heals the body and re-establishes wholeness!–  Spirit world is accessed for solutions to problems!–  Shamans may also help guide misguided souls in the spirit world!

•  Which in turn affects the spirit world!


SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  Neoshamanic movement!–  Inspired by indigenous shamanism!–  Belief in spirits and connection with the spirit world!

•  Usually through self-taught practices!


SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  How it contributes to health and well-being!–  Everyone has the potential to be a shaman!–  Shamanism is a path of knowledge, responsibility, and personal power!–  Brings wisdom, enlightenment, joy, especially when times are dark or

one needs guidance!



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SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  How it contributes to health and well-being!–  Experiential path!

•  Personal experience is essential!•  Not about dogma or philosophy!•  But rather about understanding your personal experiences!


SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  How it contributes to health and well-being!–  Places responsibility for healing in your own hands!

•  We are never wrong about our own shamanistic experiences!•  Refer to own intuitive processes and internal guidance!•  But ego can get in the way of proper interpretation!

–  Which is what experienced shamans might help with!


SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  How it contributes to health and well-being!–  Belief and recognition of personal power!

•  You are the expert on yourself and your own experience!•  Embracing of dark parts of us and the gifts they bring!•  Becoming a leader is bringing the gifts of darkness to the light!



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SHAMANIC HEALING!

•  How it contributes to health and well-being!–  Help us make the unconscious conscious!–  Allows us to look at the world in new ways!

•  Opening up neural pathways to new parts of the brain!–  To solve problems our conscious mind is unable to solve!


TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE!

•  Traditional Chinese Medicine !–  Wide range of medicine practices!–  Share common concepts developed in China!–  Based on more than 5,000 years of tradition!–  Spirituality is key to successful treatment using TCM!–  Origins influenced by Chinese philosophy and religion including spiritual

healing rituals!



•  Traditional Chinese Medicine !–  Includes various modalities:!

•  Qi Gong!•  Herbal medicine!•  Acupuncture!•  Diet!•  Massage!•  Mind-body therapies!•  Moxibustion!•  Cupping!



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•  Health!–  The harmonious interaction of the functional systems of the body and

the environment!•  Disease!

–  Disharmony !



•  Diagnosis!–  Connecting symptoms to patterns revealing disharmony!

•  Measuring the pulse!•  Examining sleeping and eating habits!•  Inspecting the tongue, eyes, skin!•  And many other things!



•  Rooted in books such as the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon !•  Also rooted in in cosmological notions like yin-yang and the five

phases!•  Starting in the 1950s, these precepts were modernized in the

People's Republic of China !•  Integrate many anatomical and pathological notions with modern

scientific medicine!•  Some of its methods are not supported by modern evidence-based

medicine!



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•  How it contributes to health and well-being!–  Acupuncture and herbal remedies!

•  Have research supporting their effectiveness!–  Traditional Chinese Medicine is usually carried out by a skilled and

experienced practitioner!



•  Humans are a microcosm!–  Of the surrounding universe!–  Interconnection with nature!



•  Key concepts!–  Yin-yang theory!

•  Two opposing complimentary forces that shape existence!–  Qi!

•  Our vital energy!•  Circulates through meridians!•  Health is maintaining balance of Qi!



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•  Key concepts!–  Uses 8 principles to analyze health conditions!

•  Cold/heat!•  Excess/deficiency!•  Yin/yang!•  Interior/exterior!


AYURVEDA!


AYURVEDA!

•  Ayurveda!–  “The science of life”!–  Ayur = life!–  Veda = science of knowledge!



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AYURVEDA!

•  Not merely to treat illness!–  As much about staying vital and realizing full potential!

•  5,000 year old system!–  Origins in Vedic culture in India!–  Suppressed during foreign occupation!

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AYURVEDA!

•  Goal of Ayurveda!–  Identify!

•  Person’s ideal balance!•  Where out of balance!•  Interventions to restore balance!

–  Diet!–  Massage!–  Meditation!–  Aromatherapy!–  Herbs!–  Music!

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AYURVEDA!

•  Other systems of medicine have roots in Ayurveda!–  Traditional Chinese Medicine!–  Tibetan medicine!–  Early Greek medicine embraced many of the concepts!



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AYURVEDA!

•  Provides guidelines!–  Seasonal routines!–  Daily routines!–  Diet!–  Behavior!


AYURVEDA!

•  Health!–  “Dynamic integration” of!

•  Environment!•  Spirit!•  Body!•  Mind!

•  Human beings are part of nature !


AYURVEDA!

•  3 energies, or doshas!–  Govern our internal and external environments!

•  Vata (space and air)!•  Pitta (fire and water)!•  Kapha (earth and water)!

–  Responsible for characteristics of our body and mind!



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AYURVEDA!

•  3 energies, or doshas!–  We each have a unique proportion!–  Usually 1 or 2 of these dominate!–  There are balanced and imbalanced expression of each energy!

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AYURVEDA!

•  Each element has a: !–  Balanced expression!–  Imbalanced expression!

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AYURVEDA!

•  Doshas!–  Usually 1 or 2 are dominant!–  Ayurveda says that there are 5 master elements, that make up

everything!1.  Space!

–  Pure potentiality!–  Infinite possibility!

2.  Air!–  Movement!–  Change!



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AYURVEDA!

•  Doshas!3.  Fire!

–  Hot!–  Direct!–  Transformational!

4.  Water!–  Cohesive!–  Protective!


AYURVEDA!

•  Doshas!5.  Earth!

–  Solid!–  Grounded!–  Stable!

•  These 5 forces are weaved together into 3 primary patterns, or doshas!


AYURVEDA!

•  Doshas!5.  Earth!

–  Solid!–  Grounded!–  Stable!

•  These 5 forces are weaved together into 3 primary patterns, or doshas!



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AYURVEDA!

•  Doshas!–  Mind-body principles that manage our thinking and behavior style!–  Establishing what our present mind/body nature is!

•  Can lead us to more understanding!•  Which causes us to make choices which are more nourishing!


AYURVEDA!

•  Doshas!–  Vata!

•  Composed of Space and Air!•  Governs movement and change!•  Physically!

–  Light!–  Thin!


AYURVEDA!


•  Quick actions and thoughts!•  Constant change!•  Balanced!

–  Enthusiastic!–  Lively!–  Creative!



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AYURVEDA!


•  Imbalanced!–  Too much movement in the system!–  Difficulty focusing!–  Anxiety!–  Dry skin!–  Digestive issues!–  Insomnia!–  Constipation!


AYURVEDA!


•  Ways to balance!–  Consistency in when you go to sleep and wake up!–  Meditate!–  Yoga!–  Finishing things you start!–  Create routine and rhythm!–  Favor salty, sweet, and sour flavors!


AYURVEDA!


•  Ways to balance!•  Relaxing!

–  Tea: cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, chicory!–  Fragrance: basil, patchouli!



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AYURVEDA!

•  Doshas!–  Pita!

•  Composed of fire and water!•  Governs metabolism and digestion!•  Physically!

–  Muscular!


AYURVEDA!


•  Good speaker!•  Determined!•  Smart!•  Balanced!

–  Warm!–  Good leader!–  Intelligent!


AYURVEDA!


•  Imbalanced!–  Aggressive!–  Critical!–  Irritable!–  Compulsive!–  Inflammatory diseases!–  Digestive issues!



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AYURVEDA!


•  Ways to balance!–  Go outside!–  Stay cool!–  Wear soft cool blues, greens, and whites!–  Make time for peace and solitude!–  Astringent, sweet, and bitter tastes!


AYURVEDA!


•  Ways to balance!•  Soothing!

–  Tea: spearmints, hibiscus, chamomile!–  Fragrances: ylang-ylang, lemon, lavender!


AYURVEDA!

•  Doshas!–  Kapha!

•  Composed of water and earth!•  Governs physical structure and integrity of mind and body!•  Physically!

–  Heavier!



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AYURVEDA!


•  Move and think leisurely!•  Balanced!

–  Stable!–  Loyalty!–  Supportive!–  Sweet!–  Calm!


AYURVEDA!


•  Imbalanced!–  Sinus issues!–  Congestion!–  Weight gain!–  Sluggishness!–  Weight gain!–  Resistance to change!


AYURVEDA!


•  Ways to balance!–  Wake up early!–  Create healthy change!–  Eat astringent, bitter, or pungent foods!–  Avoid snacking when not hungry!–  Spontaneity!–  Wear strong bright reds, yellows, and oranges!–  Meditate to clarify your intentions!–  Exercise!



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AYURVEDA!


•  Ways to balance!•  Invigorating!

–  Fragrance: personal, environmental, rosemary, peppermint, frankincense!–  Herbal teas: peppermint, ginger, clove, cardamom, allspice, orange, pepper!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Many different types of energy work!•  Energy work focuses on the movement of energy!

–  Create balance within the body, mind, and spirit!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Acupressure !–  Precursor of acupuncture!–  Stimulates energy!–  Effective for a wide range of issues!

•  Aikido and Ki Aikido!–  Harmonize energy with your partner!

•  Achieve both emotional and physical mastery!–  Combines Tai Chi movements with more stylized ones!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Alchemical bodywork!–  Synthesizes bodywork techniques and hypnosis to address emotional

sources of chronic tension and pain held in the body and facilitate their release!

–  Includes a fusion of multiple modalities from Deep Tissue Sculpting toChakra Balancing and Craniosacral Therapy!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Deep Tissue Sculpting!–  Intended to "melt" away chronic pain in specific muscle areas of the

body!–  May use fingertips, knuckles, elbows, and heels of hand !–  Pressure is gradually applied with compressions or strokes to open

congestion in muscular attachments, and increases localized circulationin tight muscles !



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Craniosacral Therapy!–  Pioneered and developed by osteopathic physician John E. Upledger!–  A gentle, hands-on approach that releases tensions deep in the body to

relieve pain and dysfunction !–  Can provide a wide variety of release and healing!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Alexander Technique!–  Awareness practice!–  Change unconscious physical habits related to movement and posture,

negative thinking, breathing, and stress!–  Helps you to identify and lose the harmful habits you have built up over

a lifetime of stress and learn to move more freely!–  Practitioner's hands guide your body to encourage a release of

restrictive muscular tension!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Amma Therapy!–  Combines deep tissue manipulation with the application of pressure,

friction, and touch to specific points!–  To balance energy along meridians!

•  Aston Patterning!–  Developed by Judith Aston in 1977!–  Movement education, ergonomic adjustment, fitness, and bodywork!–  Sees mind and body as important for well-being!–  Treatment for acute and chronic pain!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Bioenergetics and Core Energetics!–  Combine psychological and physical techniques!–  Identify repressed trauma in the body!

•  Release blocked energy flow!–  Exercise, breathing, and massage are used!–  Effective for migraine, headaches, asthma, stress, irritable bowel, sleep

disorders, and ulcers!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Body-Mind Insight Therapy!–  Correct postural imbalances with deep tissue work!–  Combine with relaxation and visualization techniques!

•  Bowen Technique!–  Manipulation of connective tissue and muscle!–  Stimulate energy flow and balance the body!–  Helpful for healing from injury!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Breema bodywork!–  Standardized movements!–  Based on Kurdish bodywork techniques!–  Restores energetic vitality!

•  Chi Nei Tsang!–  Type of massage therapy!–  Integrate mental, spiritual, and emotional!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Feldenkrais!–  “Integrated functioning requires self-awareness - internal understanding

of who you are and how you use yourself”!–  Movement therapy focused on finding out how we misuse our bodies

and how that effects health!–  Works with your nervous system to help you to gain access to more of

your underlying potential!–  Helpful in posture, movement, muscle injuries, and stress!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Hakomi!–  Body therapy and psychotherapy!–  Developed by Ron Kurtz in the 1970s !–  Designed to heal both trauma and developmental issues!–  Helps people change “core material”!–  Core material is composed of memories, images, beliefs, neural

patterns and deeply held emotional dispositions !–  The body is a living source of information for the conscious mind !


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Hellerwork!–  Combination of deep-tissue structural integration bodywork, movement

education and dialogue!–  Many health benefits!

•  Hemme Approach™!–  Hemme!

•  History, evaluation, modality, manipulation, exercise!•  Best for treatment of pain, alignment, and back issues!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Hoshino therapy !–  Developed by Professor Hoshino!–  Works with acupuncture pressure points!–  Relates them to bio-mechanical functioning!

•  Integrative massage !–  Energy is moved from the head down!–  Gentle and smooth massage !

•  With breath work!–  Release emotional issues!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Jin Shin Jitsu (Jyutsu)!–  Redevelopment of ancient Japanese tradition!–  Acupressure focused on harmony of the life force!–  Use hands to awaken energy!

•  LaStone!–  Use hot and cold rocks to stimulate trigger points!–  Developed in 1993 by Mary Nelson !–  Stones of varying weights are placed on the seven main chakras!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Looyen Work™!–  Deep tissue treatment without pain that does not repeat initiating trauma!–  Developed by Ted Looyen in the 1980s!–  Used to address physical issues as well as releasing emotional issues!

•  Manual Lymph Drainage!–  Gentle massage using rhythmic and light strokes improve lymph flow!–  Developed by Emil and Estrid Vodder in 1932!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Massage!–  Very broad term!–  Includes more than 100 methods!–  Most are within 5 categories!

•  Oriental or energetic!•  Traditional!•  Contemporary western!•  European!•  Functional/movement/structural integration!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Metamorphic technique !–  Gentle form of foot, hand, and head massage!–  We get stuck in patterns that manifest as illness!

•  Due to limiting beliefs!•  We don’t see our potential!

–  Helps transform thought and energy patterns so we can heal ourselves!–  Clients are encouraged to “just be” during treatment!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Myofascial Release!–  A soft tissue therapy for the treatment of skeletal muscle immobility and

pain!–  Move deeply into the body to release into the moment spiritually!

•  Myotherapy/Trigger Point !–  Use of trigger points to relieve pain and retrain muscles!–  Trigger points are on tight bands of muscle that radiate to other areas!–  Pressure is applied with the fingers, knuckles, and/or elbow in ten to

thirty second intervals to effectively alleviate the muscle spasm!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Pfrimmer deep muscle therapy !–  Created by Therese C. Pfrimmer!–  A specific series of movements applied to the muscles !–  Restores proper circulation of both blood and lymphatic fluid!–  Releases conditions within the muscle tissue including the fascia which

softens hardened muscle fibers!–  Restores flow of lymph and fresh oxygenated blood to body!–  Helps detoxify the body!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Postural integration!–  Created by Jack Painter in 1960’s!–  Process-oriented, body based therapy!–  Find body’s natural balance!–  Acupressure, breathwork, manipulation, bioenergetics, and neo-

Reichian techniques!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Raindrop therapy !–  Involves applying therapeutic grade essential oils to the spine, neck and

feet!–  Combines heat, gentle massage, and aromatherapy!–  Essential oils are actually dropped from about 6 inches above your

spine, simulating rain drops!–  Developed by D. Gary Young in the 1980s!–  Relax and open energy centers!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Reflexology!–  Massage technique on the feet and sometimes hands!–  Each massage point has a corresponding point on the body!

•  Reiki!–  Means “universal life” in Japanese!–  Transmit energy through light touch!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Rolfing!–  Sometimes called massage or deep tissue therapy!–  Holistic manipulation and education about how gravity affects the body!–  Created by Dr. Ida Pauline Rolf in 1971!–  Originally called structural integration!–  When one part of the body is out of balance the rest tries to compensate!–  Reorganizes the connective tissues, called fascia, that permeate the

entire body!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Rosen Method!–  Designed to reach the mind/body connection through touch!–  Relaxation occurs and the breath deepens, unconscious feelings, attitudes, and

memories may emerge!–  Helps to identify unconscious patterns of muscular holding, feeling, and behavior!

•  Rubenfeld Synergy Method!–  Combine psychotherapy, bodywork, touch, and expression!–  Created by Ilana Rubenfeld!–  Uses your body as the starting point, because your body is home to your

thoughts, feelings and your spirit!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Shiatsu!–  Japanese form of acupressure!–  “Finger pressure”!–  A method of bodywork based on traditional oriental philosophy and

medicine that works with the body on a physical and energetic level torestore physical, mental and emotional health!

–  Apply rhythmic pressure 3-10 seconds along meridians!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Soma Neuromuscular Integration!–  Structurally balances the body by integrating the nervous system and

the body’s balance in gravity!–  Affects both neurological and structural systems!–  Changes the physical body by adjusting structural alignment and

balance via soft tissue manipulation!–  Changes the emotional self by transforming how an individual feels in

their bodies!–  Changes the integration of body, mind, and spirit, thereby altering the

way we perceive the world!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Sound Therapy!–  Like music therapy!–  Based on the idea of vibrations affecting everything including our health!

•  Sound is a form of vibration and energy!–  Helps reduce stress, alter consciousness and create a deep sense of

peace, well being and better health!



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BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Trager!–  Release mental and physical patterns!–  Facilitate mental clarity, mobility, and relaxation!–  Neuromuscular release and reeducation!–  Created by Milton Trager, M.D.!

•  Trauma Touch Therapy!–  Help those with abuse and trauma histories!–  Empowerment and choice!–  Helps people build body language skills, gently reconnect with - and transform - many

trauma related "issues in the tissues"!–  Explore body experiences in nurturing and safe environment!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Watsu (Water Shiatsu)!–  Combines ballet or yoga-like postures with Zen Shiatsu acupressure!

•  Performed in water!–  Increase flow of energy along meridians !

•  Yoga/Yoga Therapy !–  Ancient Indian system of meditation, breathing, exercises, postures, and

relaxation!–  Increases store of vital energy that gets blocked by poor diet, stress,

emotional troubles, and inactivity!


BODY & ENERGY WORK!

•  Zen Shiatsu!–  Method of acupressure and intense meditation!–  Uses the whole body!–  Uses stretches and leverage!

•  Zero Balancing!–  Combines anatomy and quantum physics with eastern energy and healing!–  Body-mind system of hands-on therapy developed in the 1970s by Fritz Smith, MD!–  Pressure applied to key points to address the relationship between energy and structures of

the body!–  Organize vibrational fields, improve stress coping, and relieve physical and emotional

symptoms!



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MOVEMENT AND FITNESS!

•  Fitness and movement !–  A way of honoring the divine in our bodies!

•  Treating our bodies as a temple!•  Our body’s true nature !

–  Discovered through movement !–  Completely comfortable with itself!



•  Fitness and movement !–  Allowing us to transcend the ego!

•  If we treat our bodies as truly divine we do not feel competitive, or judgmental of other bodies!

•  We view all bodies as divine !–  As such we encourage everyone to seek out their connection to the divine

through movement!–  Once we begin to connect movement with divinity, fitness comes naturally!



•  Fitness and movement !–  Examples of what this might look like !

•  Swimming every morning outside at sunrise!–  Being a celebration of the body as divine as well as a unifying event with nature

and the universe!•  Doing yoga !

–  As a means of creating connection and flow within the body!

–  Way of connecting to something deeper and more universal !



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BREATHWORK AND MORE!


BREATHWORK!

•  Numerous techniques exist!•  Used to breathe through difficult experiences, past or present, to let

go and to heal!•  Not the same as meditation!•  Allows you to be connected to a more spiritual plane!


REBIRTHING BREATHWORK!

•  Breathing techniques to remove energetic and emotional blockages!•  Recovery from trauma!•  Grew out of the work of Leonard Orr!•  Main breathing technique involves not pausing between inhaling and

exhaling to build up oxygen in the blood!



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SPIRITUAL JOURNEY BREATHWORK!

•  Ancient technique of strong, deep and rapid breathing!•  Breathing greatly amplifies the flow of the Qi, the life force energy

(prana) through the body!•  When it overflows, it opens the Shen, the mental-emotional energy

body!•  This allows for deep healing, profound personal insight, heightened

awareness, and positive life transformation !


SATORI BREATHWORK!

•  Total mind, body, and spirit healing experience!•  Done lying down with circular breaths (no pausing) for 40 to 60

minutes!•  Breath varies from long and deep to fast and shallow!•  Includes loud music carefully calibrated to all the energy centers in

the body!•  “Satori” means “awakening” or “insight” in Japanese!•  Helps release and relieve emotional blocks from the past!


HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK!

•  Created by Dr. Stanislav Grof and his wife, Christina Grof!•  Deep, fast breathing, in a supportive context, is used as a catalyst

for the experience of a non-ordinary state of consciousness (NOSC)!•  As been called “industrial strength meditation”!•  Participants work in pairs, with one as the ‘breather’ and the other

as the ‘sitter’!



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TRANSFORMATIONAL BREATHING!

•  Helps to facilitate the natural healing process for all types of trauma!•  Beneficial in gaining greater physical, mental and spiritual health,

and in maintenance of optimal health!•  Involves a deep breath in through the mouth and a gentle sigh on

the exhale !•  “Fogging a mirror”!


YOGIC BREATHWORK!

•  Two forms: pranayama and kundalini!•  Helps to stimulate an awakening of prana and achieve higher levels

of consciousness!•  A process of self-transformation and self-awareness!•  Many different techniques!


SHAMANIC DRUMMING CIRCLES!

•  Group of people playing drums, usually in a circle!•  Circle offers no beginning and no end with no leader!•  Elevates group consciousness!•  Time-honored method of healing!•  Drums draw individual energies into a consolidated force!•  Begins by smudging participants and drums!•  Synchronized drumming is most effective!•  Specific intentions are set!



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GUIDED IMAGERY!

•  Script that directs and guides your thoughts and imagination!•  Used to promote relaxation, lower blood pressure, and prepare for

future events!•  May be used for spiritual healing and growth as well as social

transformation!


SPIRITUAL RITUALS!


SPIRITUAL RITUALS!

•  Practices that can be repeated to delve into your authentic self andembrace higher levels of consciousness and awareness!

•  Involve repetition and patterns of forms and behaviors that embracea person’s beliefs!

•  Any activity done with awareness!•  A way to connect to and nourish the spirit!



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SPIRITUAL RITUALS!

•  Three phases:!1.  Separation – when individual starts to relax and enters a healing state

of consciousness!2.  Transition – when the individual is in tune with a practice or practices,

such as imagery, and integrates the senses!3.  Return – when the individual returns to an awakened state and

experiences a deeper state of peace and energy!


SPIRITUAL RITUALS!

•  Prepare for the ritual!–  Quiet, comfortable space where you will not be interrupted!–  Items of meaning present!–  Conducive environment (candles, music, colors, incense, temperature)!


SPIRITUAL RITUALS!

•  Six basic elements!1.  Sacred Space!2.  Spirits or Allies!3.  Intention!4.  Sequence!5.  Actions!6.  Gratitude!



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TYPES OF SPIRITUAL RITUALS!

•  Chanting!•  Meditation!•  Art!•  Drumming!•  Gratitude!•  Prayer!•  Storytelling!•  Breathwork!!

•  Nature connection!•  Writing!•  Dancing!•  Bodywork!•  Imagery !•  Visualization!•  Designing!•  Essential oil work!

•  Reflecting!•  Awareness!•  Cooking!•  Eating!•  Self care practices!•  Crystals!•  Moonbathing!


THE JOURNEY CONTINUES!


“After one arrives at the summit, after going through the total transformation of being, after becoming free of fear, doubt,

confusion, and self-consciousness, there is yet one more step to the completion of that journey: the return to the valley below, to the everyday world. Who it is that returns is not who began the climb in the first place. The being that comes back is quietness

itself, is compassion and wisdom, is the truth of the ages. Whatever humble or elevated position that being holds within

the community, he or she becomes a light for others on the way, a statement of the freedom that comes from having touched the

top of the mountain.”!-Ram Dass, Journey of Awakening!

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THE JOURNEY CONTINUES!

•  Struggle and suffering still exists!•  You will still need to practice letting go, releasing fear, and living in

the moment!•  This is our journey!•  May yours continue!


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