Healing Arts Press

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. Healing the body begins with the self-healing of t

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. Krieger points out that while this is not a "miracle cure," Therapeutic Touch has proven to be safe and helpful in the treatment of a variety of conditions from PMS, headaches,

The yeast Candida albicans lives inside every one of us. Normally it presents no problems, but today's widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, antacids, contraceptive pills and steroids, as well as the all-too-common sugar-rich diet, can lead to a proliferation of this parasitic yeast within the body. Often overlooked by doctors, overgrowth of Candida has been linked to a wide variety of phy

Since ancient times, the people of Hawaii have used hot stones for both physical and spiritual healing. Using basalt stones - fine-grained, high-density volcanic rocks with an exceptional ability to store heat - hot stone massage not only dispels tensions and soothes the soul but, also, enhances lymph flow, removes toxins and fortifies the immune system. The treatment causes blood vessels to dilat

The ever-growing number of Chinese medicine practitioners in the West has brought about an amalgamation of many styles of Chinese medicine and various other forms of medicine from around the world. This book addresses the increasing demand for knowledge of how to integrate plants from outside the standard Chinese materia medica into the fold of Chinese medical practices in the West. It is the firs

The search for a mysterious healing energy that has always fascinated the human mind and spirit leads inevitably to an exploration of the true nature of consciousness, and to the awareness that our power to heal is an essential ingredient of the evolution of consciousness.

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. A practical guide to the histor

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. In "Facial Reflexology, "Marie-France Muller describes the mechanics of facial reflexology and provides healing routines both for treating acute ailments and for maintaining overall good health.

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. Yet when done with vigour the sounds made by laughing groaning humming keening and sighing hold within them great power for h

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. They examin

The vast majority of physical injuries incurred by active people begin with muscular injuries that are not addressed by the conventional medical approach to orthopedic care. Injuries of this type are generally too minor to warrant splinting, casting, or medication and often do not prevent participation in physical activities. They do, however, produce noticeable discomfort and, over time, frequent

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.The practice of Aura-Soma was developed by V

Many people cause their own back and body pain through their everyday bad postural and movement habits. Many sense that their poor posture is probably the root of the problem but they are unable to change long-standing habits.In THE NEW RULES OF POSTURE, Mary Bond approaches postural changes from the inside out. She explains that healthy posture comes from a new sense we can learn to feel not by t

Most people consume an abundance of highly processed foods that acidify the body. As a result they are afflicted with health problems ranging from minor skin irritations chronic fatigue back pain and depression to arthritis ulcers and osteoporosis. To enjoy optimum health the body needs balanced quantities of alkaline and acid substances. In THE ACID-ALKALINE DIET FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH naturopath and

Sufferers of chronic pain well know the frustration of treatments involving endless rounds of drugs or expensive physical therapy--that may or may not offer relief. In Acupressure Taping, authors Hecker and Liebchen present a comprehensive guide to a new method of pain treatment--acutaping--which offers a much simpler and more effective alternative. In acutaping, elastic tape is placed over the af

The culmination of more than 30 years of cultural, anthropological and scientific research, this encyclopaedia examines the botany, pharmacology, history, preparation, dosage and practical use of more than 400 erotically stimulating substances from antiquity to the present day.From plants and animals that enhance fertility and virility, like celery, snails or oysters, to substances that induce aro

The practice of spagyrics is the application of ancient alchemical working methods to the preparation of tinctures, essences, and other products from medicinal plants. While ordinary tinctures and infusions use only a part of the great curative potential of plants, spagyric methods “open” medicinal plants completely to reveal their more powerful healing properties. Drawing on the rich imagery and

Biogenealogy is a comprehensive new vision of health that takes the mind-body connection one step further by identifying and consciously addressing the emotional shocks that create physical disorders. Each symptom of an illness precisely indicates its emotional origin. Thus, far from being an enemy, the physical symptom is actually a valuable ally that provides the key to the cure of the physical

After decades of research, Peter Fraser has formulated a system that unites the meridian system of traditional Chinese medicine with quantum wave theory to provide the first comprehensive link between the human body's biochemistry and bioenergetics. He explains that we each have a body-field based on twelve meridian-like channels that process and coordinate information throughout the body and that