Pilates is a series of movements done from a sitting, reclining, kneeling, or standing position, designed to increase strength and flexibility, release tension, and relieve chronic neck and back pain. Developed by German-born Joseph Pilates in the 1920s, this method combines elements of Eastern and … [Read more...] about Pilates
Integrative Therapy By State
Oncology Skincare
Oncology Skincare is important during all phases of cancer treatment. After initial diagnosis, it is time to prepare and protect the skin from the effects of chemotherapy and radiation. During treatment, regular skincare sessions will work to maintain optimal levels of the … [Read more...] about Oncology Skincare
Naturopathic Medicine
What is Naturopathy? Naturopathy is a system of medicine founded on the most time-tested medical principle, vis medicatrix naturae, the healing power of nature. Under this system, the goal is to restore the natural functioning of the body through the use of substances and treatments that enhance … [Read more...] about Naturopathic Medicine
Music Therapy
Music Therapy is an established healthcare profession that is receiving growing interest in the medical setting. Administered by board-certified therapists who are licensed mental healthcare providers, music therapy draws on a growing body of science that shows music used in a psychotherapeutic … [Read more...] about Music Therapy
Meditation and Mindfulness
Meditation is a practice that helps us transform the pain, joy, sorrow and happiness of daily living. Also commonly referred to as “mindfulness,” meditation teaches the cancer patient to nurture present-moment awareness. Awareness helps us to understand the mind and its relationship with the body. … [Read more...] about Meditation and Mindfulness
Jin Shin Jyutsu
Jin Shin Jyutsu physio-philosophy is an ancient art of harmonizing the life energy in the body. Born of innate wisdom and passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, the art had fallen into relative obscurity when it was revived in the early 1900s by Master Jiro Murai in Japan. After … [Read more...] about Jin Shin Jyutsu
Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis, trance states, suggestion, or altered states of consciousness can facilitate therapeutic goals, including learning and practicing new skills for alleviating symptoms or changing behavior. The practice of hypnotherapy is older than recorded history. Scientists, physicians and researchers … [Read more...] about Hypnotherapy
Healing Sound
This practice uses sound to create balance and alignment in the physical body, the energy centers (chakras), and/or the etheric fields. It is a vibration applied by an instrument or the human voice and can be understood as a field of energy medicine. Given that everything has a vibrational … [Read more...] about Healing Sound