Natural Healing News

by Scott Kalechstein —  In the fall of 1996, I began feeling the urge to get my own place. At that point I had never lived alone before. I had gone from parents to college roommates to lovers to housemates and back to lovers, but never alone. Finding a place to live was always an […]

by Larry Gruenwald —  Howard has been a health care practitioner for more than 10 years. Five years ago, he moved away from the Phoenix metropolitan area to a small town in northern Arizona. His business grew steadily for the first few years after his move, but then began to go downhill. Howard decided to […]

by Deanna Melnychuk —  “The body is flexible, a fluid energy field that is in a process of change from the moment of conception until the moment of death. The flesh is not a solid, dense mass; it is filled with life, consciousness and energy … The purpose of [Rolfing] is to expand the awareness […]

by Laura Orsini —  Here is a little challenge for you. The next time you are out somewhere in public — the mall, the grocery store, the post office — look around at the people. How many of them are smiling? How many of them look like they have cracked a smile even once this […]

by Barb Melamed —  This is the story of a beautiful young woman’s path to healing. About eight months ago, Ellie had surgery on her abdomen. All seemed to be healing well, until a few months later when a small area, approximately the size of a pea, began to open up on the incision. Another […]

by Joy Abrams —  If Jerry Seinfeld had done a show on feng shui in the workplace, he would have said, “It sounds interesting, but what is it good for anyway?” The answer is that it is about improving your life in one of the places that you spend the most time — your office. […]

by Laura Orsini —  It is that time of year again — time to get outdoors and enjoy the beauty of nature. With the pleasure, though, often comes the pain and irritation of insect bites. Itching and pain occur because the insect injects venom or another irritant, which causes an allergic reaction. In most cases, […]

by Martha Reed —  Holistic health can mean many different things to different people. Wikipedia defines holistic health as “a concept in medical practice upholding that all aspects of people’s needs, psychological, physical and social, should be taken into account and seen as a whole.” As described above, the holistic view or whole-body approach of […]

The dictionary defines a shaman as a spiritual leader who is believed to have special powers, such as prophecy and the ability to heal. All beings possess that power, by Josephine M. Joseph Shamanism is a vast body of knowledge that indigenous cultures accept as a natural source of healing. It has grown in popularity, […]

by Dasha Trebichavska —  Microcurrent therapy is a painless form of energy therapy, based on the principles of acupuncture. This therapy has been used by medical doctors, acupuncturists, chiropractors and others to help rid their patients of pain and discomfort, and to improve the functioning of their tissues and organs. If you experience chronic pain […]

by Julia Busch —  The range of reported benefits from a food by-product — the oil obtained from the fat of the six-foot emu (a bird related to the ostrich) — seems miraculous. The oil quickly and deeply penetrates into the skin to diminish fine lines, reduce the appearance of age spots, lessen under-eye puffiness […]

by Josephine M. Joseph —  Reiki is a simple hands-on healing technique that is as gentle and loving as a mother’s touch. It was rediscovered in the early 1900s by a Japanese man, Mikao Usui, and brought to America by Hawayo Takata, a Japanese-American who traveled from Hawaii to Japan for healing. After experiencing the […]

by Lori Keeley —  Reiki is an ancient healing art that originated in Japan and is based on the principle that our bodies are ultimately made of energy and light. The word Reiki stands for “a ray of ki.” Ki is also known as chi, prana, Holy Spirit or life force energy and is actually […]