Black Cohosh is one of the most popular herbs used in treatments for menopause due to its effectiveness in controlling hot flashes, depression, night sweats and more. It boots a woman’s own ability to balance estrogen by mimicking some of that hormone’s functions. These plant estrogens work very much like natural estrogen.

Saw palmetto is beneficial to the prostate gland and urinary tract has been used in the treatment of prostate enlargement. It was especially effective when treating the early stages of disease. Saw palmetto is also popular as an herbal remedy for a type of hair loss and baldness called male and female-pattern baldness. Saw palmetto also has been shown to enhance vitality and strength.

Reiki is a gentle hands-on healing method where the practitioner serves as an open channel for transmitting universal life force energy (also known as ki, qi, prana, or chi) to the client. The energy is channeled through the practitioner’s hands, which then activates the body’s own natural ability to heal itself. Reiki releases blocked energies and promotes relaxation and healing.

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Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese discipline of meditative movements practiced as a system of exercises. Tai Chi is a soft (internal) style of Qi Gong, which uses slow movements based on the meridian system used in acupuncture to accumulate energy to the body.

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Osteopathy is a system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are primarily due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and related tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts. Osteopathic Doctors apply gentle manipulation to restore normal body structure and motion, thereby enhancing all circulatory systems and facilitating the body’s healing process.

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You can stimulate your lymphatic system by dry-brushing your skin starting from the hands and feet, moving inward toward your heart.

This is an effective tool for detoxification and building the immune system so that the body can produce new blood cells and filter toxins at a higher level.

Matrix Energetics applies the principles of quantum physics combined with focused intent as a unique and effective approach to healing. According to modern physicists, all reality can be described as vibrations and waveform patterns. Biological information fields form an active, constantly resonating matrix. The vibrations and waveforms in this matrix can be changed to help the client heal.

The Yuen Method of Chinese Energetic Medicine is a powerful technique blending anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, structural analysis, energetic technique, and quantum physics, to quickly locate and shift the body’s imbalances and energy blockages on all levels and dimensions. Everything is taken into consideration from the physical, mental, emotional, psychological, spiritual and quantum levels.

Aromatherapy is the inhalation and bodily application of essential oils from aromatic plants to relax, balance, rejuvenate, restore or enhance body, mind and spirit. Aromatherapy’s pure essential oils are extracted from many parts of the plant including the flower, leaf, resin, bark, root, twig, seed, berry, rind and rhizome. Aromatherapy can be used to strengthen the immune system and aid in the self-healing processes for both emotional and physical disorders.

Aromatherapy offers many therapeutic effects including: antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, calming the central nervous system, combating insomnia, metabolic benefits, enhancing memory, and various psychological benefits. Fragrances can have a relaxing effect measured as an increase in alpha brain waves. Aromatherapy offers many therapeutic effects including: antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, calming the central nervous system, combating insomnia, metabolic benefits, enhancing memory, and various psychological benefits.

An acupressure tip to help with tension and clearing vision is to push upwards lightly on the bone area above the center of the eye socket. Make sure to push upwards on the bone and not toward the eye itself. Hold pressure for seven seconds for maximum benefit.

An acupressure tip for firming the skin under the eyes is to push lightly on the ridge of the bone area in the center of the lower eye socket. Make sure not to push into the eye, rather push downward and outward. Hold pressure for seven seconds for maximum benefit.