Two years ago, in October of 2006, when I felt I could no longer live with fatigue, weakness and pain, God suggested that I google post polio syndrome. I called Spaulding Rehab’s International Rehab Center for Polio and an angel, Anna Rubin, answered the phone. After a series of appointments at Spaulding, an MRI, an [...]
On a cool Cape night I arrived at the home of Kleopatra Ormos, M.D., a psychiatrist in private practice in Falmouth, to meet with a group of healthcare practitioners and a hospital administrator eager to talk about their personal experiences with Dr. Ormos and the Sobras Institute. Founded in 2003, the Sobras Institute offers educational [...]
“Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.” So goes the saying. In reality, it’s the sounds within the music, and it’s these sounds that many holistic health practitioners are using in their treatments of patients. It doesn’t matter what a particular practitioner focuses on – acupuncture, massage therapy, BodyTalk™ , craniosacral treatment – more [...]
In the beginning I was searching for relief from pain and suffering. I had chronic, severe asthma and was depressed. Mainstream medicine was not helping the situation. On all levels I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. This is when my journey began. I wanted to get well. I wanted to feel [...]
Amid the myriad of ways that herbs can be used to support us, flower essences differ from other forms of herbal therapeutics, such as aromatherapy and tinctures, in that they are energetic in nature. Flower essences are formed by capturing the energetic signature of the flower into water whose powers of conductivity bring the essence [...]
Trance states can be self-induced, or induced by an outside person who guides one into, through and out of this deeply focused, unique inner state. Hypnosis uses one’s own internal subjective consciousness to communicate with one’s psycho-physiological being. Doing this can promote rapid healing and a profoundly improved sense of well-being. How is hypnosis used [...]
An ancient purification and healing practice, time spent in the bath house or sweat lodge is fast becoming recognized as a powerful 21st century weapon against the degenerating effects of pollution on health. Known as sweat lodges or inipi to the Alaskan and American Indians, as temazcallis in Mexico, temascals to the Mayans, the bania [...]
Twenty years is not long enough to begin to understand the deeper mysteries of doing psychotherapy. The most essential mystery is the nature of healing. My search for healing is a lifelong pursuit, a matter of faith and a persistent reason to remain humble. Healing is a glimmer of hope and possibility in the briefest [...]
Jacqueline Corso, a yoga therapist and instructor on the Cape, has had extraordinary experiences with sound. At a sound workshop at the Kripalu Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, Corso and others sat comfortably while a Kripalu yoga practitioner walked through the room striking different bells and gongs. “When the bells came near, I could feel it [...]
Pagans employ many accepted healing modalities. They are herbalists, Reiki practitioners, massage therapists, chiropractors, and medical intuitives. Recently, during a conversation touching on the legitimacy of Pagans as healers, I found that the notion of Pagan healing was humorously viewed. “Oh! You mean you wave your magic wand and ‘poof’?‚” someone commented. Even worse, some [...]
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