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17 2011 HEALTH AND WELLNESS GLOSSARY Helpful Definitions and Profiles from NW Florida Practitioners


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Health and Wellness Guide 2011


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Health and Wellness Glossary


Acupressure: Based on the same system as acu- puncture, but fingers and hands are used, instead of stimulation with needles, in order to restore the balanced flow of the body’s life energy (qi or chi, pronounced “chee”). This force moves through the body along 12 energy pathways, or meridians, which practitioners unblock and strengthen. Com- mon styles of acupressure include Jin Shin, which gently holds at least two points at once for a minute or more, and Shiatsu, which applies firm pressure to each point for three to five seconds.


Acupuncture: An ancient Oriental technique that stimulates the body’s ability to sustain and balance itself, based on the theory that an electromagnetic life-force (qi or chi, pronounced “chee”) is chan- neled in a continuous flow throughout the body via a network of ‘meridians.’ Disease is understood as an imbalance in the meridian system.


Diagnosis of an imbalance is made by “reading” the pulse, face, tongue and body energy. To cor- rect it, a practitioner inserts acupuncture needles at specific points along the meridians to stimulate or disperse the flow of life-force. Acupuncture principles include the yin and yang polarities and the associations of the five elements of fire, earth, metal, water and wood with bodily organs.


Alexander Technique: A system of re-educating the body and mind to support and facilitate proper posture and ease of movement. Through gentle manual guidance, accompanied by verbal direc- tions, the Alexander teacher coaches the student to become aware of unnecessary tension and to unlearn longstanding patterns of movement. The Alexander Technique is an established method for helping to improve chronic conditions such as back, shoulder or neck pain, nervous tension, poor coordination, breathing problems and vocal strain. It is frequently used by athletes and performing artists to improve performance level.


Aromatherapy: An ancient healing art that uses the essential oils of herbs and flowers to treat emo- tional disorders such as stress and anxiety and a wide range of other ailments. Oils are massaged into the skin, inhaled or added to a water bath. Of- ten used in conjunction with massage therapy, acu- puncture, reflexology, herbology and chiropractic or other holistic treatments.


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Art Therapy: Uses the creative process of mak- ing art to improve and enhance physical, mental and emotional well-being and to deepen self- awareness. The therapist makes a diagnosis and determines treatment plans by encouraging a cli- ent to express his or her feelings and unconscious


thoughts through the nonverbal creative and by observing the forms and content c


Astrology: A system of traditions and be holds that the relative positions of celes ies either directly influence life on Eart respond to events experienced on a hum Modern astrologers define astrology as a language, art form and type of divination provide information about personality an affairs, aid in the interpretation of past an events, and predict the future.


Ayurveda: The oldest medical system to man and a comprehensive spiritual practiced in India for 4,000 years. It fo achieving and maintaining perfect health balance of the elements air, fire and w ness is considered an excess of any e A patient’s body type, determined acco ayurvedic principles, is the basis for indiv dietary regimens and other preventive th interventions. Ayurvedic prescriptions m clude purification procedures for the resto biological rhythms; experience of expan sciousness through meditation; nutrition seling; stress reduction; enhancing neuro conditions; and behavioral modification.


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