Health, Wellness & Sustainable San Diego Edition | www.na-sd.com Living Guide 2011


NATURAL HEALTH & WELLNESS GLOSSARY


ACUPRESSURE: Based on the same system as acupuncture, 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. Common 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 channeled 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 correct it, a practitioner inserts acupuncture needles at specific points along the meridians to stimulate or disperse the flow of life-force. Acupuncture principles in- clude the yin and yang polarities and the as- sociations of the five elements of fire, earth, metal, water and wood with bodily organs.


AROMATHERAPY: An ancient healing art that uses the essential oils of herbs and flowers to treat emotional 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. Often used in conjunction with massage therapy, acupuncture, reflexology, herbology and chiropractic or other holistic treatments.


San Diego Edition ACCOMODATIONS


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ACCOUNTING SERVICES


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ACUPUNCTURE


ENCINITAS ACUPUNCTURE AND MASSAGE


Christiane Stefanoff 121 West E St., Encinitas, CA 92024 760-942-1128 • 760-310-3089 Fax: 760-942-3184 KaizenLife@Yahoo.com EncinitasAcupunctureAndMassage.com


Christiane Stefanoff, LAc. has been practicing at the Encinitas Acupunc- ture and Massage Center for the past 23 years. She treats back and neck pain due to chronic and acute issues. She specifically focuses on women’s health to help provide frelief from PMS, Menopausal symptoms, en-


hancing fertility and promoting healthy pregnan- cies. She tailors each treatment to provide her pa- tients with the right balance of Acupuncture, massage and lifestyle management to help them find their optimum health.


ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: CONSCIOUS HEALING THERAPY SYSTEM


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BodyTalk is a system that truly looks at the whole being, body, mind and spirit. It addresses the conflicts and disconnections that lead to pain, discomfort, system failures and dis- ease within the body. Through


BodyTalk, we now have a tool for listening and bal- ancing the body in the exact right priority and se- quence that the innate wisdom is requesting. I have seen miraculous transformation in the lives of my clients after just few BodyTalk sessions. Check testi- monies at BodyTalkSanDiego.org.


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