WHAT IS COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be a part of conventional medicine. People use CAM therapies in a variety of ways. CAM therapies used alone are often referred to as "alternative." When used in addition to conventional medicine, they are often referred to as "complementary." The list of what is considered to be CAM changes continually, as those therapies that are proven to be safe and effective become adopted into conventional health care and as new approaches to health care emerge. For more about these terms, see the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) fact sheet "What Is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?"
It is worth noting that many of the Healing Therapies are all from the same source. Natural Healing has been used for many years and in many countries under their own names. Therefore in the UK we can only assume that their names have been changed in order to make them more attractive to the public. Many will say that one type of healing is better than another. This is not the case all healing is a channelling of energies through the Healer not the healer using their own energies. An example of this is the system called Reiki. We are told that the hand symbols are necessary to direct the healing energy. These movements are not necessary; as said before it is not the Healer Healing it is the energy that is doing the healing. Some believe that this is through Spirit Guides, some believe it is from God. It does not matter where it comes from. It is a gift to be a healing channel and many healers use this gift to enhance other therapies.
WHAT IS WHOLISTIC THERAPY
Wholistic therapy does not preclude treating physical problems using known methodologies. The wholistic approach, however, suggests that once the immediate physical problem has been addressed, the origins of the problem in the individual’s emotional, mental, and spiritual life can be addressed. The general idea of wholistic therapy is that an individual’s emotions, attitudes, and lifestyle are principal contributors to their health, including tendency toward accidents and injuries and susceptibility to disease.
Wholistic therapy also tends to assume that no two individuals are identical and that in spite of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual similarities each will have differences that may require different therapeutic approaches.
Wholistic therapy includes a wide variety of modalities, all of which are designed and are interchangeable with each other e.g. An aromatherapist may well use Chakra Therapy within their treatment.
Common wholistic therapies include the following: Aromatherapy, Crystal healing, Colour Healing, Spiritual Healing, Reiki, homeopathy, hypnotherapy, Visualisation and Reflexology. Wholistic therapy is often called Vibrational Therapy because its approach to wellness emphasises the flow and vibration of energy throughout the Human Energy Field.
Most wholistic therapists believe that all healing is essentially self-healing, that individuals have within them the resources required to promote their own health and well-being, and one of the goals of wholistic therapy is to encourage individuals to become active participants in their own health process.
THE INVISIBLE ETHERIC BODY
We are made up of four bodies, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. All but the physical is often referred to as the aura or energy bodies. The aura or energy body has seven layers, hence, there are seven major Chakras, which are located along the spinal column. Each Chakra corresponds to one of the 7 endocrine glands and to an emotional issue. Our emotions have a direct effect on our Chakras, which may become unbalanced and as such, will be reflected in the physical body. The physical body is a reflection of the energy body. Thus a person is healthy when their Chakras are in balance. Sensations are transmitted to all levels of your being via your etheric body. The word etheric comes from Greek, meaning the upper regions of heaven. This is because ancient Greek seers noticed that the etheric body appeared to rise out of the physical body at the time of death. This etheric energy pattern acts as a link between the subtle energies of spirit, mind and emotion and the relatively much slower energies of the physical body. Here, in the etheric body, is the template for the physical, therefore, the template of the physical body reflects the template of the etheric body. The etheric body appears in clairvoyant vision as having the shape of the physical body although composed of a finer material with a smoky or light bluish colour. Running throughout this body are many hundreds of fine lines or channels of light, so the etheric body seems to be lit up from within. Where the lines of light cross each other, light vortexes occur in varying sizes. These light vortexes, act as centres of energy. Indian seers gave these vortexes a simple name Chakram, a wheel. This was because they appeared to be whirling areas of light. They have now come to be known as Chakras. This system of energy Channels and centres is the basis for the meridians and energy points used in the practice of acupuncture. The functions of the etheric body make it a central area of study for spiritual healers, because through this body, via the Chakra system, all healing energies travel. Whatever methods a healer uses, the focus of the work will always be consciously or unconsciously on the Chakra system. The seven Chakras are aligned with the spine and are situated along a central channel. Each Chakra processes energies associated with specific life issues. These energies, when in a state of harmony with each other, are on the same frequencies as the colours that are within us. The colours are. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. The energies impact on the physical body via the endocrine glands and from there may move out to affect the surrounding organs
THE COMPLEMENTARY HEALING ASSOCIATION
INCORPORATING THE COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY ASSOCIATION
THE COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY ASSOCIATION
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