Holistic Therapies

Massage is a therapy that that focuses on physical touch to unlock tension and nots to help the body re be in its neutral state. Before the wastage became the word we assoicate with this therapy. Threw out the historical time of massage different cultures have called different names. The names in various languages hold the core techquines of modern day massage. Here is some examples of the word massage in different languages The arabic word: Mass “to touch or feel”, French word massed means “to rub”, Greek word Massein means “to need”and the Latin word means mass means “that forms a lump or not”. In the eastern part of the world is where all these amazing therapies came from. In 3,000 BC in China there was this massage created called amma is the meaning of push or pull. This amma massage technique objective was to create homeostasis balance of energy in the clients body to reave stress, feel better health and to focus on a particular issue that the client would be troubling them. In 1,000 BC the Japanese Zen monks were studying chinese Buddhism and observed traditional Chinese medicine and the healing techniques. They brought this knowledge back to japan. When going threw the Amma massage method they took the exact pressure points and created their own massage called Shiatsu. The word shiatsu means trigger pressure.and applying the correct pressure to body. The benefits of getting this treatment in the modern day and ancient japan was to increase general health, heart, blood and cell growth. In India massage plays a huge role in its culture. In indian scripture have been intertwined with the traditiional Aryuveda medicine. It dates back around 3,000 B.C. Aryuveda is a word that comes from a ancient indian language called Sanskrit. The meaning of this word is they the treating the knowledge of life. In the ancient India they would have all this knowledge written in books called the vedas. The vedas were the art of healing and told people everything to know. In ancient Greece they designed a massage as a form of excise and fitness for the athletes body in its best shape possible. Herodicus was a physican and teacher of Hippocrates wrote a book in the 5th century. The book was based on the benefits of massage. During the 5th century Hippocrates was known as the father of medicine and wanted all doctors to be trained in massage. At this time in history the Romans had control of a lot nations and learned their knowledge and applied it to them. Rome conquered Greece and took their teachings back to Italy. When the Romen Empire was at its strongest Galen was a phyiscian and used massage to help people with either injuries or dieases. He also wrote a clater of medical books about how vital the usage of massage is. JuJulious Cesar becomes next Roman Empiror has neuralgia so he goes and gets daily massage. Roman baths were a place to get washed and was also a place of all social activity happened. Massage is a ritual after you get your bath, giving important speeches, slaves going to Gladiator fights. The benefits that they would receive from the massage better concentration, stronger mucles and cirrcuitry of blood. The Native Americans also preformed massage there angle was applying heat and herbs. Today we use oils to apply into the skin of the client. At that time the herbs were the oils to relax, help the body mend and get rid of problems. Before hunting or battle the Navaho and Cherokee would rub in the herbs into their skin and also if they come home after hunting or battle. The women would use both herbs and massage to help the ease of pregrancy. Other tribees around world also used these methods but in a different approach. Per Henrik Ling was a physiologist and and fenncing. While living in Sweden and influenece massage in which was named Swiddish massage. Between the 18th and 195h century Ling traveled and studied in China. He found system of moves that increased his own health and physical stamina. Lings work noticed by his own country. The Swedish government esblished a Royal Swedish Institute in 1813. Slowly Lings work became recognised around the world. Also Ling was the president of the insitatute. A year before Ling died the Royal Swedish institute opened in London. Now they are all over the world. In many traditions from the history of massage infuse them into your modern daily lives. A bath with oils is from the Roman, Native Americans. Athletes go in every coupled of months to get the nots taken out like in Greece. It is slowly becoming where all medical professions will have massage as part of their profession. In America I went to a rehab centre where they had massage, chiropractor, GP and many other therapies under one roof working together to get the client the best care possible. A phisotherapist job is get all body parts singing in one big orcrastra.

I was sitting on my beanbag watching Lecister vs Montebello in Heineken Rugby cup. While watching both teams battering into each other, gracefully running around the pitch and coming up to halftime scoreless with both teams. While the clock is ticking down to half time. One of the cementers says in the Montebello dressing room there is quote on the wall in french. The english of this quote is “if there was no mountain the path would be easier” Half time came I flicked around and than turned off the television. I started to get ready from my three s,000 meter rowing season on rowing machine. I taught about the quote I had heard earlier in the day. I asked myself the question if there was something way easier would I take it. What does the quote really mean? If the mountain wasn’t there the easier path would be there. This means hard work pays off. If everything was the same or easier life wouldn’t be meaningful or no desire. This quite applies to certain class or group. Yes life can be balanced and grovel over the mountain. I do believe as an athlete this is a beautiful quote to motivate somebody and is hinting that the easy way can be sloppy.

Since my post on Sancit. A lot has happened to me as an individual. On this website talks about personal growth, being able to connect to both the physical world and spiritual. After coming home from a long trip of America meditating and working with other spiritual healers. When I was on my way home I was talking to my spiritual guru and he told me a couple of things I needed to do in order to advance on on the journey. In the work of healing we sometimes forget our purpose and is it benefiting road. It is like somebody driving to the beach. They do that route all summer once the winter hits there is a new route that they drive. The same applies to holistic world. I am back in action to share experiences, stories of what happened in those few months and to to continue to grow. A flower always blossoms never dies shen it is looked after. This applies to the soul who is still unrolled in the Stanford of spirituality which is earth.

To make up a human being the ingredients must consist of a body, mind and spirit. In the indian scriptures they talk about some thing. They say the soul leaves the physical body wearing a backpack with all its experiences, knowledge, karma and hitchhikes on the road to heaven. While living on the earth plane our whole body needs to be in sync like four rowers in a boat rowing together. When one rower goes of sync the entire boat is effected. That same analngy applies to body, mind and soul. When any of these three are of timing with one it can cause mayham. The body is the hardware, the mind is the software and the soul is what makes us unique from anybody else. In the modern society there are many things that places our body out balance to where we create stress that slowly causes diaereses. In the world of plants produce a process called homeostasis. For the plant to grow it must need sunlight, air, water and many more to be balanced in its roots can stiblialize it. A similar thing applies to use humans we also need of food, water, sunlight and so on to create the cycle of homeostasis to benefit whole health lifestyle. In the rueal parts of India they focus on meditating, eating certain foods so the body can get all its nutrias and work for a certain period of the day so the mind interfere or create problems. In 400 B.C. Greece was the place where this word Halos came from. At this time of history there were a lot of therapies being created around this historical time period. i wonder if Sacuties and other philosophers at this time in Greece didn’t pipe or tell other people would we have this word or knowledge about. Later on in history the world Halos devoloped into another word called Holistic with the advancement of Languages. In India this theory already excisted before it became apparent in Greece or Europe. When a person is not able to physically see properly use their hands to gage and create a mental picture. The hands become eyes in some way. The hands are our unversal language. A few examples of how the hands become a language blind person uses them to see, a deaf person uses it to comunicate and many different hand gestures In the work of healing our hands become a very important tool in giving a reiki/= or energy treatmentt, reflexology and various styles of massage. When any kind of massage is peformed with the level of pressure or touch to the client. This will indicate if the client is enjoying the treatment or fining it to hard. Also the if they transmit the energy from charkas, prana and chi in order to create moment and transmit the life energy from the therapist to the client.

My name is Aron O’Dowd and has just opened a Reiki business called Sancit, which is located at 24 Monkstown Crescent, Dublin. I am a qualified Reiki practitioner since 2009 by Anna Gibson Steel who owns Harmony Holistic Therapies. Since then, I have spent a year working with Mairead Conlon from Spirit One Seminars as part of my work experience for my Leaving Certificate in 2010. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and it gave me the passion to open Sancit. I have a Visual Impairment, which is an advantage to me as a Reiki Therapist, as I have a natural heightened sense of intuition. I am respectful, diligent, dependable and totally committed to working with energy therapies. I look forward to helping people that are seeking guidance and who are looking for a change in their life. Some clients may suffer from stress, discontent, be down in out with life or are just curious to experience Reiki. Wondering what is Reiki? Reiki is a holistic therapy that originates from Japan by Doctor Makoto Usui in the 19th century. Reiki is beneficial to everyone and does not belong to any religious practice. The term holistic mean that all elements of body are being worked on from the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual body. What to expect after your session? The energy in your body will adapt to the treatment meaning you may feel results straight away or after a few session. Over time Reiki can help you with any personal issues that may be bothering you, and lift a weight off your shoulders. Call in for a treatment and experience the powerful benefits of Reiki for yourself.

We as humans are made up of three very special elements: the mind, the body and the spirit. The spirit or the soul of a person is the very essence of their being; it’s the omnipresent connection with all life in the universe and beyond. A person’s soul lives in the human body, learning lessons and overcoming challenges, giving love and seeking out other souls in the world who need our help and in turn can help us. When we are ready, we return home into the world of spirit where our loved ones on the other side are waiting for us with open arms and eternal love. Mediumship’s primary purpose is to prove that the spirit world is a very real place with immeasurable potential and constant support that is offered to all those on the earth plane. However, mediumship is so much more than this and it is through the exploration of spiritualism that we seek both answers and limitless understanding about life and our purpose both as humans and souls. As humans and as spirit are individuals; we have our own characteristics and personalities. As such, the way in which we connect with spirit is unique and can vary from medium to medium and spirit to spirit. It is the reason why mediumship has so many facets and can appear in so many miraculous ways from healing, to physical mediumship, trance and the more commonly demonstrated; mental mediumship. Spirit communicates to us and through us in the way that they feel is most comfortable for the individual medium and for the spirit who is attempting the communication. As my mind wanders through the history of spiritualism in the modern world I think about the uniquely talented mediums, Helen Duncan and Estelle Roberts. These ladies were physical mediums and demonstrated the phenomena of full materialisation mediumship, where a substance called ectoplasm would flow from the mouth of the medium (and other orifices) and become a solid form of spirit that would be able to walk round the room and touch individuals in the séance room and pass on accurate messages to those present. I myself have witnessed trance sessions where wonderful, spiritual guides would speak through the medium with wisdom and knowledge of both worlds whilst the medium would sit relaxed, in a semi-conscious state. The purpose of trance mediumship is to help us on the earth plane understand why we are here and to help us create a more peaceful and productive world. Healing and mental mediumship, although more commonly observed are by no means lesser forms of mediumship but are here to touch our everyday lives and prove beyond all reasonable doubt that the spirit world is real. In conclusion, mediumship is connection with home, the place where we came from, the place we will return to and a place of eternal love and peace. Mediumship is there to aid human survival, help us learn and calm us when our faith is tested. Mediumship is a diamond with many facets, a diamond that through our own spirit is within all of us, waiting to be polished so it may shine as brightly as our true self always will. By Beverley-Anne Freeman

It all started when I was in my mid twenties, with a small pain in the abdomen, that became most acute when I would bend over. Little did I know how this little pain would force me to make big changes in my life. I did what most people would do when seeking to address something health related: I made an appointment with my doctor. After extensive testing, everything we tried was inconclusive. Over the course of a year, the pain spread down the right leg and across the lower back. I pretty much just dragged my right leg around. My abdomen slowly swelled until there was a constant state of discomforting distention. My skin turned a pasty shade of gray with tiny bumps, the greatest concentration being on my back. Looking back on it now, I can understand that my skin looked this way because it was the only organ still detoxifying my entire body. Due to my declining condition, my doctor suggested we try exploratory surgery. My doctor and I discussed best and worst possible scenarios; the worst case would be that they might have to start removing organs. I clearly remember the moment I regained consciousness in the recovery room. My doctor would not make eye contact with me, and I was thinking, “This can’t be good.” He said, “I have some good news and some bad news. I’ll start with the good news. We did not take anything out; you still have all your organs. The bad news is that every organ from your stomach to your colon is in crisis.” Your liver and small intestine are the worst. I could flip this quarter to determine which organ will shut down first, but most likely you are going to die from either the liver or small intestine shutting down, and I do not know why.” Looking back on it now, I can see that this specialist, unintentionally, did me the biggest favor of my life. I heard about a rare Chinese form of internal organ massage called Chi Nei Tsang, and decided to try it. Fortunately for me, I stumbled into the office of Gilles Marin, the foremost master in this technique. He worked on me for about ten minutes and then said, “Okay, I am going to tell you what is wrong with you. I’m warning you now it is going to be extremely hard for you to hear, because you have been diagnosed as terminal and been through so much pain for so long. The problem with you is that you are not breathing correctly.” My first thought was, “If it was my breathing, I would have been dead long before now.” Gilles explained that breathing is how we digest our emotions, thoughts and experiences, as well as supply oxygen to the body. “You have absorbed as much fear as a person can, and still be alive, but just barely alive.” Gilles further explained, “The diaphragm in the body is designed to move downwards on the inhale. Yours is moving in exactly the opposite direction. Instead of going down, it is coming up. It is pulled up so high in the front of your body it is pinching off your liver meridian, cutting off your liver from desperately needed Chi, life force, energy. Your liver is hanging on by a thread now because the flow of energy has been choked off for so long. The result is the liver and the liver meridian are swollen and in crisis. The liver meridian comes closest to the surface of the skin where the most nerve endings are, and then dives back down here, here and here (those three spots). So that is where you would be experiencing the most pain. When you learn how to breathe correctly and bring the diaphragm back down, the flow of energy will be restored to your liver, and it will come right back, because there is nothing wrong with your liver. Your doctors were right about one thing, you will die if you do not change how you breathe. But you do not have to die, you can reverse this.” In ten minutes this guy explained my pain, how I got it, and what I needed to do to recover fully from it. Chi Nei Tsang is designed to be self-administered, so I spent the next several years studying with Gilles. The first year of the recovery process was extremely intense. In addition to retraining the respiration and the actual physical manipulation of the internal organs, an emotional exorcism occurs. The massage is about purging the body of negative emotions and bringing consciousness back to the core of the body. The day of the appointment I would feel great. I could tell I was improving dramatically. Then the next day, I would be an emotional basket case. The fear would just start pouring out of me. During that first year I also experienced profound changes in the myofacial tissue that surrounds the internal organs. The tissue, responding to years of fear stimuli, had grown very tight and had a death grip around the organs. The combination of the breathing exercises and the emotional releases from organ manipulation caused the tissue to rip loose from the inside out, finally permitting the organs to relax. The sensation of the tissue tearing loose inside the body was a bizarre combination of blinding pain followed by the sweet bliss of relief and healing. My prayer for you would be that you are never faced with overcoming two terminal diagnoses in your lifetime. And if that does find you or a loved one, know you are powerful beyond measure, and there is a wealth of life saving complementary and alternative health wisdom out there for you to discover. Vaishali is the author of Wisdom Rising and You Are What You Love. She is a and an international health & wellness speaker who has appeared on The Dr. Oz Radio Show and Oprah.com. Vaishali learned to transform her life from the threat of two terminal disease diagnoses, domestic abuse and financial devastation. Completely recovered, she shares her wisdom @ www.purplev.com/mediakitJoin Vaishali in St. Louis May 4th and 5th, 2013 at ”A Gathering Place-Massage Therapy School” for a one or two day workshop.