Healing Arts Press

HYDROSOLS is one of the most anticipated books in the world of holistic health because it introduces a revolutionary new use of essential oils in aromatic treatment. Hydrosols or hydrolates are the pure water-based solutions created when essential oils are steam distilled.

A 12th-century mystic, visionary, and healer, Hildegard of Bingen recognised what the holistic health movement has only recently restored to our consciousness: that full health can only be experienced in a state of spiritual balance. Psychological trauma, emotional distress and other maladies of the soul often lead to illness and chronic diseases.

The Mystery Schools of Egypt, Greece, and Rome understood that vibration is the fundamental active force in the universe and developed specific chants and tones for healing the mind, body, and spirit and achieving altered states of consciousness. Overtone chanting--also called vocal harmonics--is the ability of the human voice to create two or more notes at the same time.

The yogic exercises known as the Five Tibetans can dramatically increase energy, suppleness, and mental acuity.

The cells in our bodies are not independent units. They do not control their own feeding, elimination, migration, or reproduction; they are controlled by signals from the extracellular matrix (ECM) that surrounds them. This all-encompassing inner ocean unifies all our cells and controls them in a coordinated and integrated fashion.

This book details the subtle effects on consciousness of equilibrium combinations. These liquids--incorporating plant extracts, essential oils, and the energies of precious and semiprecious ...

World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers. • Numerous new and rare color photographs complement the completely revised and updated text.

A fully illustrated guide to the ancient Hawaiian art of massage using hot stones. Included are instructions for each area of the body; information on the healing powers of gemstones; and ...

In a world where our lives and daily rhythms are becoming increasingly demanding, being able to implement effective techniques to downregulate our stress levels is essential to maintaining a healthy mind and body.

- A balanced, comprehensive guide to routine childhood vaccinations that offers parents the information they need to make the right choices for their child. - Fairly examines the pros and cons of this highly charged issue. Deciding whether or when to vaccinate a child is one of the most important--and most difficult--health-care decisions a parent will ever make.

The recent discovery of magnetic receptors in the human brain has confirmed what the ancient Chinese, Indians, Egyptians and Greeks always knew : that human beings are strongly influenced by the Earth's magnetic field and that, by subtly altering our own energy fields with magnets, we can restore proper balance to our body systems.

Since 1972, Dolores Krieger has taught Therapeutic Touch to thousands of health professionals around the world. In Accepting Your Power to Heal, she now shows all of ushow to master this powerful energetic healing practice.

This is the first book to guide practitioners of Chinese medicine in the use of Western herbs. Including 58 monographs of common Western healing herbs, and detailing how each plant is used ...

An expanded edition of the best-selling aromatherapy guide to the preparation and application of more than 70 essential oils for specific health conditions beauty care and massage. With more than 50000 copies sold this revised edition of AROMATHERAPY WORKBOOK incorporates the latest biochemical research with the spiritual and psychological effects of essential oils.

Facial reflexology is simple enough that it can be self-administered by a beginner, yielding immediate results, and is also a valuable tool for healthcare professionals.

As infants and children we use our vocalizations to express our needs and emotions. As we grow older these vocalizations become confined to language. The suppression of emotional sounds because they may be considered childish or undignified is quite commonplace in the West.

Myofascial pain syndromes are among the fastest growing problems that physicians osteopaths acupuncturists and physical occupational and massage therapists encounter in their patients. In TRIGGER POINT THERAPY FOR MYOFASCIAL PAIN Donna and Steven Finando have organized vast amounts of information on treating myofascial pain into an accessible user's manual for healthcare practitioners.

Aura-Soma is an innovative approach to soul therapy that relies on bottles of dual-coloured liquids that incorporate plant extracts, essential oils, and the energies and extracts of precious and semiprecious stones. The energetic properties found in the liquids interact with the individual's aura to help support equilibrium in the body, mind, and spirit.