Quantum


HEALTH


Issue 13 September/October 2011


Earth-based Therapies


By Joan Parisi Wilcox


of minerals, plants, water, air, magnetic energies, and more. Herbalism, naturopathy, gemstone therapy, Polarity and Reiki therapies, Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, shamanism—all are rooted in the natural, earth-based approach to health and wellness. There is a growing interest in earth-based therapies by the general public, and even researchers are delving into this “new old knowledge,” as one of my Navajo friends once


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lmost by defi nition, natural, holistic healing is earth-based healing, arising as it does from the knowledge that nature provides healing in the form


termed the modern interest in ancient indigenous and earth-based ways.


Below is a brief overview of several earth-based therapies you might not have heard about. This list is by no means comprehensive—this is just a teaser of what is happening in earth-based therapeutics—and the inclusion of these therapies is not an endorsement of them. In part, the descriptions of the various therapies and healing approaches are quoted, with permission, from the organization’s or individual’s website, with the link to the site should you wish to learn more.


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