Gong Therapy

Author: Mehtab Benton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939239051
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
Gong Therapy: Sound Healing and Yoga is a comprehensive book on using the gong and the practices of yoga to create a therapeutic environment and transformational experience for physical, mental and spiritual excellence. Written for sound healers, yoga teachers, gong players, and therapists, this book gives you the tools and information to conduct one-on-one private sessions as well as guidelines for using the gong as a therapeutic instrument in a group setting. Gong Therapy: Sound Healing and Yoga includes these topics: -The Basis of Sound Healing and Yoga Therapy -How to Structure a Gong Therapy Session -How to Play the Gong Therapeutically -Preparing the Gong Therapy Environment -Client Assessment and Development of a Therapy Session -Considerations for Selecting and Using Gongs -Using Mudras, Mantras, and Pranayamas Therapeutically -Guided Meditation and Relaxation for Gong Therapy -Gong Therapy for Groups -Using Gong Therapy with Other Healing Modalities -Gong Therapy as a Profession Mehtab Benton has trained hundreds of gong players and yoga teachers worldwide. He is the originator and author of Gong Yoga: Healing and Enlightenment Through Sound, published in five international editions and translations. His previous book Teaching Gong Yoga is the first book on using yoga practices with the gong, and his DVD course How To Play the Gong is a best-selling video for beginners. A practitioner and teacher of Kundalini Yoga for over 40 years, Mehtab has an educational background in psychology and yoga therapy and is a certified Vedic Astrologer.

The Swimming Dragon

Author: Tzu Kuo Shih
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
For therapists, healers, and lay practitioners, this superb guide covers every aspect of the ancient healing art, from its basic functions and the energetic principles underlying its practice to a detailed history of the method and its practitioners. Most important, it offers an explicit presentation of essential qi gong methods and styles of practice, including basic postures and respiratory exercises. The author translates into Western medical language the effects of qi gong on the nervous system, heart rate, blood pressure, endocrine system, appetite, and digestion. With an enlightening summary of the relationship between qi gong and the other Chinese healing arts, and an inspired collection of quotations from traditional texts, this is a thorough representation of an increasingly popular approach to health and healing.

The Mindful Practice of Falun Gong

Author: Margaret Trey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997228106
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
The Mindful Practice of Falun Gong marries research evidence with the art of storytelling. The book heralds the author's Hearts Uplifted project that aims to revive the lived experiences of individuals whose lives have been profoundly touched and transformed by Falun Gong-a spiritual meditation practice. Drawing from a labyrinth of research findings and the on-going study, the author effectively weaves facts from the academic inquiry with a compelling story of one woman's journey to wellness with Falun Gong. The book presents the results from the Australian survey-a doctoral study-that investigates the health-wellness effects of Falun Gong, as perceived by those who practice it.

Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation

Author: Carol M. Davis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040138128
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 529

Book Description
For more than 20 years, Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation continues to be a most researched resource on complementary and alternative therapies in rehabilitation. This renowned text, now in its Fourth Edition, relates the updated scientific evidence and the clinical efficacy of integrating what have now become well known complementary and alternative therapies in rehabilitation to successfully improve patient outcomes. This text has been developed to accompany university courses in complementary and alternative therapies, as a reference manual for clinical practices, and as a resource for those interested in the science behind holistic therapies. Holistic therapies are those therapies not commonly found in allopathic medicine that are intended to stimulate a therapeutic response from both the body – neuromusculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary systems – and the mind. Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation, Fourth Edition by Dr. Carol M. Davis is particularly designed for those health professionals who want to understand the scientific foundation and peer reviewed research supporting complementary and alternative therapies. The Fourth Edition is divided into two parts. The beginning chapters describe the latest cellular biology science and explain the theories put forth on the overall mechanisms of action of the effect of these various therapies on the soft tissue, fascia and nervous systems. The first part also chronicles the advancement of scientific research in the various therapies since the 1980’s to explain, in cellular physiology terms, the outcomes observed by using a number of holistic therapies. The second part presents various therapies commonly integrated with allopathic therapies in rehabilitation – body work therapies, mind/body therapies, and energy work therapies. The text describes each therapy with a history, cellular mechanism of action, and an up-dated reference section of the evidence of efficacy for the therapy as reported in the literature, often concluding with a case example. Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation, Fourth Edition will be the go-to resource for health professionals to understand the scientific evidence and efficacy of complementary and alternative therapies for rehabilitation and improving patient outcomes.

Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation

Author: Carol M. Davis
Publisher: SLACK Incorporated
ISBN: 9781556428661
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 440

Book Description
For over a decade, Dr. Carol Davis opened the minds of health care professionals worldwide to the idea of complementary therapies in rehabilitation. The pages of this renowned text covered evidence for efficacy in therapy, prevention, and wellness unlike any other text; it is the first of its kind published in the United States. As science continues to evolve and change, so does the expertise of Dr. Davis and the experienced therapists who join together in writing the various chapters in the Third Edition of Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation. This evidence-based text includes an insightful review profiling the latest peer reviewed research of holistic approaches commonly used in rehabilitation. Students and practitioners are now able to evaluate the efficacy of these approaches from the evidence that is reported. New to the Third Edition: - The latest summary of findings in energy medicine and bio-energetics applied to rehabilitation therapies - Updates on randomized control trials - Reviews of evidence of efficiency - Energy techniques as a way of returning healing to health care Professionals will also be excited to have at their hands a new chapter describing the latest discoveries in the science that helps explain how these therapies may "work." It appears that the future of health care will be based on this unfolding science of energy, medicine and vibration. Professor Davis reads the most updated reports of the latest quantum science and then translates this information into meaningful ideas that relate to what therapists observe every day with patients in their case. Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation, Third Edition, is the perfect text for all rehabilitation professionals looking to deepen their understanding of various holistic modalities that are making a difference in rehabilitation, especially with patients who have "hit the wall" with the standard treatments that based on mechanistic science. This text provides the latest knowledge and description of rehabilitation professionals' experience with these therapies, and reports the latest peer reviewed evidence for efficiency in therapy, prevention, and wellness.

How to Heal with Singing Bowls

Author: Suren Shrestha
Publisher: Sentient Publications
ISBN: 1591810876
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Book & CD. Over the centuries many people have found relief from pain, stress, negative energy, and a variety of physical ailments through the sound and vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls, whose use has become increasingly popular in the West. This book offers step-by-step techniques for using the bowls for meditation, relaxation, and healing ailments such as insomnia, headache, stress-related intestinal disorders, and high blood pressure. A CD demonstrating the methods accompanies the book.

Chi Gong

Author: Paul Dong
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
ISBN: 9781583942581
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Chi Gong: The Ancient Chinese Way to Health bridges the divide between Chinese and Western science, systems of health care, and spiritual practice. With proven, step-by-step exercises, chi gong instructor Paul Dong and psychiatrist Aristide Esser show how to perform basic and advanced chi gong exercises; increase vitality by maintaining the balance of bodily energies; prevent and cure ulcers, hypertension, heart disease, and other ailments; and achieve a relaxed and therapeutic meditative state, promoting health and longevity. The authors encourage practitioners to augment and strengthen their martial and spiritual disciplines, but also to develop external energy for the benefit of others. More than an instruction manual, Chi Gong functions as a complete survey of this healing art. Dong and Esser discuss chi gong’s history, famous practitioners, applications for health and the martial arts, and the role of chi in exceptional human functioning and mind-body interactions. Combining information from Western scientific investigations as well as personal insights from Paul Dong’s practice, the authors provide a thorough explanation of the concept of chi and its role in traditional Chinese medicine, discuss the groundbreaking use of chi gong in cancer treatments, and take the reader on a visit to one of China’s many chi gong clinics.

Chinese Medical Qigong

Author: Tianjun Liu
Publisher: Singing Dragon
ISBN: 1848190964
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 677

Book Description
Correlating the traditional therapies of Qigong with the most recent outcomes of scientific research, this is the authoritative introduction to the knowledge system and content of Qigong study. Substantially revised and updated reflecting changes made to the new Chinese edition, the text now has an accompanying DVD showing the forms in action, new information about key concepts and practice, and coverage of the applications of Qigong for a range of medical conditions. The only official textbook used in colleges of traditional Chinese medicine in China, this is an essential reference for medical and health practitioners working in complementary and alternative therapies.

Our Happy Time

Author: Chi-yŏng Kong
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476730458
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Two flawed individuals form an unlikely bond in this story of love and forgiveness set in South Korea.

A Comprehensive Guide to Daoist Nei Gong

Author: Damo Mitchell
Publisher: Singing Dragon
ISBN: 0857013726
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 570

Book Description
Nei Gong is the practice leading to attainment of real internal skill and transformation, and the philosophical art of change that runs through all Daoist practice. This book provides a unprecedented insight into the entire Nei Gong process, expanding upon the foundations laid in the author's previous widely read book, Daoist Nei Gong, to provide a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the practice. Going into unparalleled detail whilst remaining accessible, it explains the philosophy at the heart of Nei Gong , and the steps whereby transformation is achieved. Essential reading for anyone seriously interested Qi Gong, Chinese martial arts, and the Daoist tradition, the book will also be an invaluable resource for practitioners of Chinese medicine, or advanced meditation.