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Massage:
The manual soft tissue manipulation that includes holding, causing movement
and/or applying pressure to the body.
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Swedish Massage:
A massage designed to warm and soften the superficial tissues. May be used to relax or
invigorate.
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Polarity:
A healing science based on living energy fields which acknowledges and includes all dimensions
of a human being: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. It is an open-ended system
that draws from many healing traditions, Western and Eastern, ancient and modern to form a
powerfully effective healing art.
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Shiatsu:
Shiatsu therapy is a form of manipulation administered by the thumbs, fingers and palms,
without the use of instruments, mechanical or otherwise, to apply pressure to the human skin,
correct internal malfunctioning and promote and maintain health.
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Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT):
A type of soft tissue therapy which focuses on the role of neurological reflex mechanisms in
the development and perpetuation of pain and dysfunction. An important
component of NMT is assessment and treatment of myofascial trigger points.
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Centering:
Finding a place of inner balance and stability, a quiet place where one feels truly integrated,
unified and focused.
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Grounding:
Essential to the stability of the centered state. Feeling your rootedness in the
earth and your extension into the universe.
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Breathing:
The process of drawing breath deep, not only to the chest, but deep into the
abdomen.
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Chi:
(Qi, prana) Vital universal life energy.
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Chakra:
Any of several points of physical or spiritual energy in the human body
according to Yoga philosophy.
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Core Energetics:
A unified process of inner healing which concentrates working through the defenses of the ego and
personality to unblock energies of the body. It seeks to balance
all the bodies (physical, etheric, emotional, mental & spiritual) to
effect a harmonious healing of the whole person.
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Therapeutic Touch:
A method of using the hands to direct human energies to help heal someone who is ill, or relax
someone in need.
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