For Mrs. Cooper, life in sunny California in her modest home has become a tug-of-war of aches and pains for this housewife of forty. A mother of five and at the same time managing a home business, she found it very challenging to keep a home and manage a business at the same time while suffering from lower back pains and migraine headaches. She tried using the traditional medicines prescribed by her doctor but it seems that these only provided temporary relief. One day, her cousin Meredith recommended that she try other alternative medicines to cure her ailments.
At first, Mrs. Cooper was skeptical since she knew that Meredith was into new age stuff like meditation, yoga, organics, herbal medicines, and vegetarianism. She felt she was entering into new, unfamiliar territory. But upon her cousin’s insistence, she tried this ancient Chinese practice called acupuncture.
Acupuncture is a procedure that treats illness through the insertion of needles at specific points in the body. This process is said to alter the body’s energy flow into healthier patterns and used to treat a variety of illnesses and heath conditions. According to the World Health Organization (who) acupuncture is an effective treatment for “over forty” medical problems such as chronic pain, headaches and those associated with problems like back injuries and arthritis. But it is limited in treating conditions like broken bones or that requires surgery.
IS ACUPUNCTURE SAFE?
Just make sure you’re getting this treatment from a well-trained acupuncturist and that the acupuncture needles are sterile and disposable. Undergoing this kind of treatment is like receiving an injection. You only feel pain from injections if it is larger diameter and it is a hollow needle. While acupuncture needles are very fine and about the diameter of human hair. When properly inserted by a skilled practitioner, you won’t feel pain. However, you may experience a sense of electricity in the area of insertion. This kind of treatment for most patients find it relaxing and more often they fall asleep during treatment.
THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF CHINESE MEDICINE
Alternative Chinese medicine like acupuncture views the body as tiny part of the universe, and subject to universal laws of harmony and balance. The Chinese believe that emotions and mental states play a role in causing diseases. Illnesses are also affected by other factors like the environment, lifestyle, and relationships. Acupuncture is based on the Taoist philosophy of yin and yang and the chi. The chi, or cosmic energy, is an invisible force found in the air, water, food and sunlight. In the body, it is a vital force that creates and animates life.
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN VISITING ACUPUNCTURIST
Like a Western medical practitioner, the first thing an acupuncturist will do is to get the patient’s medical history and symptoms. This will be followed by a physical examination. He or she will be looking closely at the patient’s tongue, pulse, complexion, general behavior, and other signs like coughs or pains. From this, the acupuncturist will be able to determine patterns of symptoms indicating which organs are imbalanced. Acupuncture needles are always sterilized and it is a safe procedure.
In most cases, acupuncture does work ad relieves pain by helping stimulate the release endorphins into the bloodstream.
Since 1980 American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) has been empowering students in the field of traditional Chinese Medicine. ACTCM nurtures community health initiatives with its 2 onsite medical clinics; community clinic, ear clinic and exclusive to ACTCM the Bay Area Veterans Clinic as well as Haight Ashbury Clinic. Whether you are looking to integrate alternative medicine into your life, become a student, or contribute to the college, your journey begins with ACTCM.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Only 7 spaces left for CEU External Medicine with Jialing Yu, L.Ac.
Instructor: Prof Jialing Yu, L.Ac
CAB CEU Provider # 016
Dates: November 6th - 7th and December 4th - 5th, 2010 (4 days)
Time: 9am – 5pm, daily
California Acupuncture Board CEUs: 28
Location: ACTCM, 455 Arkansas Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Cost: $560
7 spaces available. No early registration discount. Sorry, no student spaces are available, licensed acupuncturists only.
Course Description: External Medicine is an important sub-category of Traditional Chinese Medicine that deals with sores, boils and other disorders of the skin as well as disorders of vessels, glands and subcutaneous tissue that manifest on the surface of the body. This course introduces practitioners to the theory, diagnosis and treatment of External Medicine diseases such as: carbuncles, bedsores, folliculitis, mastitis, prostatitis, phlebitis, and hemorrhoids, amongst others.
Instructor Bio: The curriculum includes 28 hours of didactic instruction from one of the Bay Area’s foremost dermatology specialists, Professor Jialing Yu, faculty member in ACTCM’s MSTCM and DAOM programs. Professor Yu received degrees in dentistry and Western dermatology before completing her Doctorate of Chinese Medicine in Shendong, China, where she did extensive research in TCM Dermatology. Her rigorous training prepared her to be a leading educator and practitioner of TCM Dermatology in the U.S.
To Register:Download ACTCM's CEU Registration Form, please click here.
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American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM)
455 Arkansas Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
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San Francisco, CA 94107
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Native Texan Acupuncture Doc: The Science of Acupuncture, Part 2
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
ACTCM Continuing Education Class on November 7th
CEU: Time, Acupoints and Space: A New Clinical Approach to the Ling Gui Ba Fa
Instructor: Dr. Zhu Miansheng
Date: Sunday, November 7th, 2010
Time: 9 am - 5:30 pm
California Acupuncture Board CEUs: 7.5 hours
Location: ACTCM, 455 Arkansas Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Cost: Practitioners $140, ACTCM Alumni $120, Students $100
Course Description: What is the connection between time and space when practicing acupuncture? Dr. Zhu Mainsheng will demonstrate the effective clinical use of the ancient chronological needling technique known as the Ling Gui Ba Fa when addressing complex diseases. Dr Zhu Mainsheng will lecture in Chinese with a L.Ac. English translator.
Instructor Bio: A scholar living in France since 1987, Dr Zhu Mainsheng has been a Professor of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Leonard de Vinci Medical School Paris XIII University since 1989. She is an external expert for AFSSAPS Chinese Pharmacopeia Commission, a French health product safety agency. She is a Professor at the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacopeia and Associate Professor at the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Yunnan and at the Kunming Institute of Western Medicine. She is a member of the WFCMS TCM and Pharmacopia Secretariat in Beijing and President of the Pan-European Federation of Consultants in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Dr. Zhu Miansheng will be presenting at the WFAS 2010 International Acupuncture Conference in San Francisco on Saturday, Nov. 6th.
To Register:Download ACTCM's CEU Registration Form, please click here.
Call, fax or mail in your registration form and payment to:
American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM)
455 Arkansas Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Call, fax or mail in your registration form and payment to:
American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM)
455 Arkansas Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Fax: 415-282-0856
For over the phone registration only: 415-282-7600 x10
For over the phone registration only: 415-282-7600 x10
For CEU specific questions: 415-282-7600 x23 or e-mail CEU@actcm.edu
CAB CEU Provider # 016
ACTCM Community Medical Clinic
Your life starts with YOU! So take care of YOU at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Community Medical Clinic. Our Doctors are some of the best in the world, and treat most you with care, confidentiality and customized solutions using Chinese Herbs and Acupunture to soothe whatever might be ailing you. Our clinic can help improve your health, maintain good health and be a source of balance in between all the things you have to do!
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Ligusticum: Chinese Medicine for Seasonal Change
Ligusticum (chuan xiong) is a popular herb in Chinese medicine. While the root and rhizomes have therapeutic properties, ligusticum is also used for flavoring and fragrance due to its pungent and warm qualities. Ligusticum’s properties are well suited for autumn and ailments that typically occur during the change of seasons.
Ligusticum is featured is the formula chuan xiong cha tiao san or “ligusticum chuan xiong powder to be taken with green tea”. The Chinese Medicine Materia Medica specifies this formula for exterior disorders with head and neck symptoms. Exterior disorders affect the most yang aspects of the body. In the perspective of Chinese medicine, the head and neck are located furthest from the earth and therefore the most yang. Wind-heat or wind-cold disorders often manifest in the head and neck. The common symptom profile is headache with chills and fever, dizziness, and nasal congestion.
From a western medical slant, chuan xiong cha tiao san can be seen as a formula that treats conditions such as upper respiratory infection, migraine headache, tension headache, neurogenic headache and acute and chronic sinusitis. Ligusticum helps to promote healthy bloodflow and relieve pain. Many Chinese medicine practitioners also prescribe Ligusticum as part of an individualized formula to treat irregular menses, migraine headache and infertility.
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Discover the Joys and Advantages of Alternative Medicine
More and more people in the present day are accepting the advantages of alternative medicine over the mainstream medicines. The health care specialists are also recognizing these advantages and consequently they prefer the alternative medicines. It has been understood that one of the most important advantages of the alternative medicine is that it heals the body and it treats the actual cause for which the disease has occurred. It is very important to know the actual cause of the disease or else it will never go away from the root. Then again the mainstream medicine tends to treat only the symptoms of the disease.
As a result the feature of life as well as the overall health of the person does not improve. But with the alternative medicine it is just the opposite. There is an added advantage which the alternative medicine has over the typical medicine, first of all the alternative medicine is created from nature. One greater feature of this treatment is that it does not have any consequence. There are many more advantages of the alternative medicine. One of the alternative medicines includes magnetic therapy as well. Magnetic therapy has been used since long. It was in ancient Greece that this process was invented. From then it has been used with great success.
There is a wide range of therapies which are considered much safer than the mainstream medicines. Magnetic therapy has been effectively used to heal different types of pain. Before using any of the alternative therapies like the magnetic therapy you should consult a god health care practitioner because if you want to derive benefits from this kind of treatment then you need to interact very minutely and in details with the health care expert. The other advantages of the alternative medicine are, it does not treat any kind of unnatural source. That is the reason why they are not unsafe while the mainstream drugs depend upon the pharmaceutical industry.
The alternative medicines are much more flexible as well as adaptable than the mainstream medicine. The alternative medication believes in the theory that if you want to heal the disease from within you need to keep a notice to the other aspects like balancing, nutrition as well as cleaning the body from within. With the help of all these, the therapies and the alternate medicines be inclined to work better than the other medications. The added advantages of alternative medicines are that it helps to prevent the dependency on the treatments. Hence the alternative medicines have a lot of advantages over the typical medicine.
Zahari Ibrahim A.K.A Zaharey the magnetic therapy user now is live in Malaysia and who has expended a vast amount of researching the special ways for relieving pain. Find out more about advantages of alternative medicine and why magnetic therapy great for you.
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As a result the feature of life as well as the overall health of the person does not improve. But with the alternative medicine it is just the opposite. There is an added advantage which the alternative medicine has over the typical medicine, first of all the alternative medicine is created from nature. One greater feature of this treatment is that it does not have any consequence. There are many more advantages of the alternative medicine. One of the alternative medicines includes magnetic therapy as well. Magnetic therapy has been used since long. It was in ancient Greece that this process was invented. From then it has been used with great success.
There is a wide range of therapies which are considered much safer than the mainstream medicines. Magnetic therapy has been effectively used to heal different types of pain. Before using any of the alternative therapies like the magnetic therapy you should consult a god health care practitioner because if you want to derive benefits from this kind of treatment then you need to interact very minutely and in details with the health care expert. The other advantages of the alternative medicine are, it does not treat any kind of unnatural source. That is the reason why they are not unsafe while the mainstream drugs depend upon the pharmaceutical industry.
The alternative medicines are much more flexible as well as adaptable than the mainstream medicine. The alternative medication believes in the theory that if you want to heal the disease from within you need to keep a notice to the other aspects like balancing, nutrition as well as cleaning the body from within. With the help of all these, the therapies and the alternate medicines be inclined to work better than the other medications. The added advantages of alternative medicines are that it helps to prevent the dependency on the treatments. Hence the alternative medicines have a lot of advantages over the typical medicine.
Zahari Ibrahim A.K.A Zaharey the magnetic therapy user now is live in Malaysia and who has expended a vast amount of researching the special ways for relieving pain. Find out more about advantages of alternative medicine and why magnetic therapy great for you.
Please visit: => http://www.magnetic-therapy-greatness.com/advantages-of-alternative-medicine.html
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Finding your Chi
Need a prescription for stress relief and a happier life?
Try one part Scripture, one part prayer, and one part of the ancient Chinese art of tai chi techniques of visualization, meditation and breathing.
For Hubert Pickett, director of personnel for Abilene Independent School District, that prescription and 35 years of studying tai chi have turned into a recently released book, “Seven Day Journey to Freedom.”
Pickett wrote the book to convey techniques to get people to “slow down and be in more control of their lives.”
“I decided to write the book, not about tai chi, but about stress, breathing techniques, and visualization,” said Pickett, a 1976 ACU graduate. “Using the biblical background I have, I wanted people to have an easy-to-follow guide teaching them how to meditate, visualize and live life the way they’re really supposed to live it.”
Pickett said tai chi is sometimes described as “meditation in motion” because it promotes serenity through gentle movements, connecting the mind and body. Originally developed in ancient China for self-defense, tai chi evolved into a form of exercise that’s now used for stress reduction and to help with a variety of other health conditions.
To do tai chi, the person performs a series of postures or movements in a slow, graceful manner. Each posture flows into the next without pause, ensuring the body is in constant motion.
“Once you begin to master the four elements — physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional — you can actually make your body relax and be almost stress-free,” Pickett said.
In the book, Pickett bases each of the seven days on the biblical story of creation. Each day, God created an aspect of the world, and on the seventh day, he rested.
“Each day has a scripture to read, a prayer list, a visualization list, and a meditation to get the reader in tune with what God wants them to be,” said Pickett, who has taught tai chi at ACU during the spring semester for the past three years. “Even though the book is geared toward seven days, it encompasses about 35 years of knowledge, and it would be unrealistic for someone to take one seven days to grasp it all. If people will just take time to read the book, do the exercises, read their Bible, and slow down a bit, it will have a noticeable impact on their lives.”
Roy Sharp has been a friend of Pickett’s for several years. He was one of the first to read the book.
“I wasn’t surprised by the tone of the book,” said Sharp after reading it. “I was fortunate enough to be in some informal martial arts classes where Hubert used some of the same concepts: breathing exercises, meditation, and spiritual awareness. I told Hubert that it [the book] would affect anyone who reads it. It has a calming effect just reading, even if you don’t employ some of the suggestions. If people take the book seriously and implement the techniques Hubert teaches, they will just take more time in making decisions and not rush life, and I think they will feel the release of stress by closing their eyes and imagining some of the tranquil scenarios that Hubert mentions.”
“God teaches us to love him, love everybody, and know there’s enough here for all of us if we’ll just take time to use it without greed, without lust, and without abuse,” Pickett said. “We are so caught up in trying to get ahead, so caught up in trying to keep up with someone else. We just keep piling things upon ourselves, upon our families and on our friends, that we cause a lot of illness, pain, and strife on ourselves. We weren’t meant to go that fast.”
Trey Rogge of Abilene recalled when he first heard about the book.
“I was searching for something that tied the spiritual realm together with the techniques taught by tai chi,” he said. “The Scripture is the foundation to all of life. Tai chi is somewhat unfamiliar to Western culture, so the use of both makes for a wonderful structure to achieve great results.
“The book will give a different experience to each reader. Everyone is at a different point in their life, and what Mr. Pickett teaches in the book will allow anyone to make a positive change.”
“People can achieve what tai chi teaches,” Pickett said, “but prayer, Scripture and tai chi together are much more powerful. I encourage readers to take everything I detail in the book to heart read the Scriptures, do the visualization and meditations breathe it in, and see if it doesn’t make a difference for them. Take time to love yourself and love others, and watch your stress released.”
“Seven Day Journey to Freedom” is available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and direct from the publisher, PublishAmerica.com.
Dr. of Oriental Medicine a growing profession
Oriental Medicine (OM) is a traditional Chinese medical practice that is based on the concept of balanced flow of energy through human bodies. Practiced for more than 2,500 years, it is one of the traditional forms of Chinese medicines that primarily include some of the traditional therapies like acupuncture, herbal medicine, and oriental massage. In fact, it is one of its kinds of medicine system that generally categorizes body patterns into the particular types of diagnoses with corresponding treatment plans.
For many years, this form of traditional Chinese medicine has been practiced in many regions of China, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet and India, but in recent years the this medical theory and practice has even spread to other countries like England, France, Germany, and much of Middle and South America as well. It has gained worldwide recognition as an effective medical treatment. Adding to this, because of the pure weight of evidence, today this form of medicine has taken serious clinical approach of considerable value. Millions of Americans have turned to it, and many students are taking it as the new complementary treatment procedure and making a career as oriental medicine doctor.
An oriental or Chinese medicine doctor majorly uses healthcare therapies like acupuncture and moxibustion and tries to find out the energy imbalance in a patient’s body and if diagnosed, treat it is through acupuncture cupping, needling, and other Chinese herbal remedies. Today it is counted among few alternative medicines that are completely free of side effects and deliver numerous benefits.
If you are planning to make a career in this field then enroll yourself in an oriental medicine program. A proper education honors and supports the integrity of this medicine and gives you training in addition to vast practical exposure. You can also select this course through distance education program as theses days there are various alternative medicine institutes that are offering oriental medicine distance education programs. Nevertheless, whether it is a correspondence program or an on-campus program, the main goal of this course is to help you understand the philosophies of this form of medicine and develop your instinctive healing skills.
The key benefit of this traditional Chinese medicine course is once you complete the program, you acquire through knowledge on anatomy, pharmacology, physiology, pathology and other traditional Chinese medicine theory and practices. Adding to this, on the completion of this course you also become eligible to acquire national certification from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), which is a prerequisite for all doctors prior to attain license in oriental medicine.
Since this form of medicine is counted among Chinese medical studies, it is not that easy to understand. Therefore, the best thing that you can do is, you must possess a formal education before entering an oriental medicine program. A comprehensive career in this field is a complex medicine system. It takes many years of training before you can have a command on this Traditional Chinese medicine and so it requires a lot of commitment. Thus, if you want to have a career in this field, it is advisable that you wisely review the curriculums, associated costs and other offerings of programs prior to enrolling in one of them.
As Traditional Chinese Medicine train you effectively about alternative medical approaches that work in harmony with a human body’s natural ability to heal, enroll yourself in oriental medicine course and fulfill your dream of becoming a Doctor of Oriental Medicine (O.M.D.), which is considered as a growing profession in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
More on this article: http://healthnew.org/2010/10/doctor-of-oriental-medicine-o-m-d-a-growing-profession-in-traditional-chinese-medicine/
For many years, this form of traditional Chinese medicine has been practiced in many regions of China, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet and India, but in recent years the this medical theory and practice has even spread to other countries like England, France, Germany, and much of Middle and South America as well. It has gained worldwide recognition as an effective medical treatment. Adding to this, because of the pure weight of evidence, today this form of medicine has taken serious clinical approach of considerable value. Millions of Americans have turned to it, and many students are taking it as the new complementary treatment procedure and making a career as oriental medicine doctor.
An oriental or Chinese medicine doctor majorly uses healthcare therapies like acupuncture and moxibustion and tries to find out the energy imbalance in a patient’s body and if diagnosed, treat it is through acupuncture cupping, needling, and other Chinese herbal remedies. Today it is counted among few alternative medicines that are completely free of side effects and deliver numerous benefits.
If you are planning to make a career in this field then enroll yourself in an oriental medicine program. A proper education honors and supports the integrity of this medicine and gives you training in addition to vast practical exposure. You can also select this course through distance education program as theses days there are various alternative medicine institutes that are offering oriental medicine distance education programs. Nevertheless, whether it is a correspondence program or an on-campus program, the main goal of this course is to help you understand the philosophies of this form of medicine and develop your instinctive healing skills.
The key benefit of this traditional Chinese medicine course is once you complete the program, you acquire through knowledge on anatomy, pharmacology, physiology, pathology and other traditional Chinese medicine theory and practices. Adding to this, on the completion of this course you also become eligible to acquire national certification from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), which is a prerequisite for all doctors prior to attain license in oriental medicine.
Since this form of medicine is counted among Chinese medical studies, it is not that easy to understand. Therefore, the best thing that you can do is, you must possess a formal education before entering an oriental medicine program. A comprehensive career in this field is a complex medicine system. It takes many years of training before you can have a command on this Traditional Chinese medicine and so it requires a lot of commitment. Thus, if you want to have a career in this field, it is advisable that you wisely review the curriculums, associated costs and other offerings of programs prior to enrolling in one of them.
As Traditional Chinese Medicine train you effectively about alternative medical approaches that work in harmony with a human body’s natural ability to heal, enroll yourself in oriental medicine course and fulfill your dream of becoming a Doctor of Oriental Medicine (O.M.D.), which is considered as a growing profession in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
More on this article: http://healthnew.org/2010/10/doctor-of-oriental-medicine-o-m-d-a-growing-profession-in-traditional-chinese-medicine/
Woman takes holistic approach to bed and breakfast
BY MELONY OVERTON
The Lighthouse at Sandcastle in Alamo Beach is not just a bed and breakfast. Holistic healthcare practitioner and director, Kay Hornsby, is dedicated to making her home a waterfront retreat for rest, relaxation and wellness.
Hornsby delved into the world of energy medicine in 1996 to assist elderly relatives in pain management. She liked what she found. The retired teacher had stumbled upon a new career and lifestyle, one in which she could use her teaching experience to help people with personal growth.
“I have a message and a ministry. I teach proactive healthcare and holistic healing,” she said. Her work involves renewing or balancing the whole person, which includes body, mind and spirit. “I feel this balance is the most important thing to teach.”
“This balance can begin with the people we meet,” she said.
“I tell people to put God first and to be grateful for everything in their life. I believe everybody comes into our life to give us blessings and lessons. And we do the same for them,” Hornsby said.
Hornsby is also a healing touch practitioner, a member of the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals and a member of the American Holistic Nurses’ Association.
“I am not a massage therapist,” she stresses.
The “energy work” Hornsby does is based on kinesiology, or bodily reactions to stimuli, polarity, or the relationship between two opposite meridian points, and energy balancing. She uses various modalities to achieve synergy among those three things.
Those modalities include Reconnective Healing, which according to Hornsby, is about a new paradigm shift in healing. According to her brochure, it can introduce a person to new healing frequencies and bring them into the fullness of their inherent connection with the universe and with God.
“The energy centers in the body and the energy matrix around the body need to be balanced. Illness and disease shows up in the body’s energy field before it manifests in physical symptoms,” Hornsby said. “I can detect the imbalances in the energy centers and in the energy field. Everyone can learn to do this and that is why I want people to come out here.”
Other techniques Hornsby uses are the Raindrop Technique, angel harp music therapy, ARCH or Ancient Rainbow Conscious Healing and B.E.S.T., or Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique.
Raindrop involves thyme, oregano, cypress, basil, peppermint and marjoram essential oils developed by aromatologist Dr. Don Gary Young, N.D., which stimulate energy impulses along the spine and throughout the nervous system, as well as points on the feet and legs. Warm wet towels assist the oils in penetrating the body.
Angel harp music therapy, developed by Barbie Edwards’ Angel Heart Ministry, involves a “harping,” where one holds the small lap-size harp against the chest to feel the good vibrations throughout the body as Hornsby strokes the harp. The sounds are supposed to open the right brain to enhance creativity and intuition.
“To stay healthy and well and maintain wholeness, you need to keep your vibrations up. That can be done with ‘sound healing’ using ‘high vibing’ music,” Hornsby said.
Another application that revs up vibrations is essential oils that have a high megahertz frequency. These are therapeutic grade oils that are distilled to keep frequency and potency, she said. According to Hornsby, Prayer, meditation, nature and deep breathing also increase vibrations. Various stones can absorb negative frequencies while others give off high vibrations.
ARCH incorporates hands-on or distant healing, sending all of the frequencies of the life force energy into oneself or someone else. It incorporates all the rays of the rainbow. It is about releasing “dis-ease” and acknowledging the lessons of the “dis-ease.” The recipient must be willing to let go of disease, according to Hornsby’s literature.
B.E.S.T., created by M. Ted Morter, Jr., head of Morter Health System, is based on the assertion that emotions and thoughts play a large role in a person’s health, that a person’s way of thinking or mental stress can change the way the body functions. This energy based system focuses on six areas: what a person eats and drinks, how they exercise and rest, breathing and thought.
In theory, B.E.S.T. updates physical and emotional memory by sending energy to certain acupressure points and having the client think about specific memory stress, the body begins to re-communicate with the brain.
“I also do forgiveness work here. If you hold onto hurt, anger and unforgivingness, you will get sick,” Hornsby said.
Hornsby also offers ionic balancer foot baths used for detoxifying the body’s entire organ system, eliminating toxins stored in the cells, muscles and fat tissue through the pores in the feet. The way it works is the ionic generator charges the water in the foot tub with a mild current and puts a negative ionic charge into the water surrounding the feet, removing free radicals or toxins from the body.
Her healing room has a picture of Jesus, arms outstretched, on the wall and many angel figurines. Hornsby wants to stress that these techniques are not used to diagnose illnesses or to prescribe.
“Holistic medicine not only incorporates alternative methods of healing and wholeness, but it also incorporates consultation with your Western medicine practitioner,” she said.
The Lighthouse officially opened Jan. 3, 2005 at 73 Sandcastle Dr. Guests have a choice of rooms in which to stay, known respectively as the Palm Room, Camp Lighthouse and the Americana Room. Guests can enjoy the panoramic view of Lavaca Bay, a sunrise, a sunset or a moonlight interlude from Hornsby’s twin deck gazebo and fishing pier. Breakfast features organic and natural foods.
Her visitors hail from 10 countries including China, Pakistan, Chile, India and Australia.
“They find me online while searching for a place to come to learn and heal. I have repeat people,” she said. “I do a lot of personal consultations on spirituality. People have told me their stay was enjoyable, relaxing, quiet, personalized and affordable.”
Hornsby said holistic healing is an exciting field, where she remains a constant student. “There is always something to learn. You have to keep your mind open. The most important thing in holistic healing is intention that the highest and best be done. It is more important than technique,” she said. “Everyone has the innate ability to be a healer. They have to believe and allow.”
Hornsby’s next free seminar, “Exploring Energy Work Techniques,” will be at 11 a.m. Oct. 30 at the Lighthouse.
Hornsby can be reached at 361-552-4709 or at thehealingconnection@yahoo.com. For more information, visit http://www.lighthouseatsandcastle.com/.
Hornsby delved into the world of energy medicine in 1996 to assist elderly relatives in pain management. She liked what she found. The retired teacher had stumbled upon a new career and lifestyle, one in which she could use her teaching experience to help people with personal growth.
“I have a message and a ministry. I teach proactive healthcare and holistic healing,” she said. Her work involves renewing or balancing the whole person, which includes body, mind and spirit. “I feel this balance is the most important thing to teach.”
“This balance can begin with the people we meet,” she said.
“I tell people to put God first and to be grateful for everything in their life. I believe everybody comes into our life to give us blessings and lessons. And we do the same for them,” Hornsby said.
Hornsby is also a healing touch practitioner, a member of the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals and a member of the American Holistic Nurses’ Association.
“I am not a massage therapist,” she stresses.
The “energy work” Hornsby does is based on kinesiology, or bodily reactions to stimuli, polarity, or the relationship between two opposite meridian points, and energy balancing. She uses various modalities to achieve synergy among those three things.
Those modalities include Reconnective Healing, which according to Hornsby, is about a new paradigm shift in healing. According to her brochure, it can introduce a person to new healing frequencies and bring them into the fullness of their inherent connection with the universe and with God.
“The energy centers in the body and the energy matrix around the body need to be balanced. Illness and disease shows up in the body’s energy field before it manifests in physical symptoms,” Hornsby said. “I can detect the imbalances in the energy centers and in the energy field. Everyone can learn to do this and that is why I want people to come out here.”
Other techniques Hornsby uses are the Raindrop Technique, angel harp music therapy, ARCH or Ancient Rainbow Conscious Healing and B.E.S.T., or Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique.
Raindrop involves thyme, oregano, cypress, basil, peppermint and marjoram essential oils developed by aromatologist Dr. Don Gary Young, N.D., which stimulate energy impulses along the spine and throughout the nervous system, as well as points on the feet and legs. Warm wet towels assist the oils in penetrating the body.
Angel harp music therapy, developed by Barbie Edwards’ Angel Heart Ministry, involves a “harping,” where one holds the small lap-size harp against the chest to feel the good vibrations throughout the body as Hornsby strokes the harp. The sounds are supposed to open the right brain to enhance creativity and intuition.
“To stay healthy and well and maintain wholeness, you need to keep your vibrations up. That can be done with ‘sound healing’ using ‘high vibing’ music,” Hornsby said.
Another application that revs up vibrations is essential oils that have a high megahertz frequency. These are therapeutic grade oils that are distilled to keep frequency and potency, she said. According to Hornsby, Prayer, meditation, nature and deep breathing also increase vibrations. Various stones can absorb negative frequencies while others give off high vibrations.
ARCH incorporates hands-on or distant healing, sending all of the frequencies of the life force energy into oneself or someone else. It incorporates all the rays of the rainbow. It is about releasing “dis-ease” and acknowledging the lessons of the “dis-ease.” The recipient must be willing to let go of disease, according to Hornsby’s literature.
B.E.S.T., created by M. Ted Morter, Jr., head of Morter Health System, is based on the assertion that emotions and thoughts play a large role in a person’s health, that a person’s way of thinking or mental stress can change the way the body functions. This energy based system focuses on six areas: what a person eats and drinks, how they exercise and rest, breathing and thought.
In theory, B.E.S.T. updates physical and emotional memory by sending energy to certain acupressure points and having the client think about specific memory stress, the body begins to re-communicate with the brain.
“I also do forgiveness work here. If you hold onto hurt, anger and unforgivingness, you will get sick,” Hornsby said.
Hornsby also offers ionic balancer foot baths used for detoxifying the body’s entire organ system, eliminating toxins stored in the cells, muscles and fat tissue through the pores in the feet. The way it works is the ionic generator charges the water in the foot tub with a mild current and puts a negative ionic charge into the water surrounding the feet, removing free radicals or toxins from the body.
Her healing room has a picture of Jesus, arms outstretched, on the wall and many angel figurines. Hornsby wants to stress that these techniques are not used to diagnose illnesses or to prescribe.
“Holistic medicine not only incorporates alternative methods of healing and wholeness, but it also incorporates consultation with your Western medicine practitioner,” she said.
The Lighthouse officially opened Jan. 3, 2005 at 73 Sandcastle Dr. Guests have a choice of rooms in which to stay, known respectively as the Palm Room, Camp Lighthouse and the Americana Room. Guests can enjoy the panoramic view of Lavaca Bay, a sunrise, a sunset or a moonlight interlude from Hornsby’s twin deck gazebo and fishing pier. Breakfast features organic and natural foods.
Her visitors hail from 10 countries including China, Pakistan, Chile, India and Australia.
“They find me online while searching for a place to come to learn and heal. I have repeat people,” she said. “I do a lot of personal consultations on spirituality. People have told me their stay was enjoyable, relaxing, quiet, personalized and affordable.”
Hornsby said holistic healing is an exciting field, where she remains a constant student. “There is always something to learn. You have to keep your mind open. The most important thing in holistic healing is intention that the highest and best be done. It is more important than technique,” she said. “Everyone has the innate ability to be a healer. They have to believe and allow.”
Hornsby’s next free seminar, “Exploring Energy Work Techniques,” will be at 11 a.m. Oct. 30 at the Lighthouse.
Hornsby can be reached at 361-552-4709 or at thehealingconnection@yahoo.com. For more information, visit http://www.lighthouseatsandcastle.com/.
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