twelve stages of healing: extraordinary approach to healing physical, mental, and spiritual ills. Its developer, Donald M. Epstein, founded Network Spinal Analysis. His theory posits twelve stages of consciousness common to all humanity.

Nearly all of Epstein's stages involve:

(a)   yoga- or Qigong-like exercises, and

(b)  ) declarations.

For example, the first stage (Suffering) involves declaring: Right now, I am helpless and Nothing works at this time. In The Twelve Stages of Healing: A Network Approach to Wholeness (1994), Epstein states: The most appropriate response to Suffering is to stop thinking about its causes. The seventh stage involves declaring: Oooh, Ahhh, and Whooosh. The ninth stage involves declaring, I experience my vital force; and the eleventh stage, May it be on Earth as it is in Heaven.

(See also: Twelve stages of healing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

spirit surgery: surgery performed by otherworldly healing entities at the behest of a spiritual healer.

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Spiritual Counseling: As taught by the National Interfaith Seminary, in St. Paul, Minnesota, a ministerial approach that embraces chakra therapy (chakra healing), inner child work, and Totem Psychology.

(See also: Spiritual Counseling, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

labyrinth therapy: a walk through a special maze taken as a spiritual and healing journey.

(See also: Labyrinth therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Reiki (ray-key) (reiki healing, Reiki system, reiki therapy, Usui method of Natural Healing, Usui Reiki, Usui shiki ryoho, Usui shiko ryoho, Usui shiko ryoho system of healing, Usui System, Usui System of Natural Healing; formerly called leiki): A form of chakra healing and a variation of the laying on of hands. It encompasses Reiki I and a form of distant healing (absent healing). Dr. Mikao Usui rediscovered Reiki in the late 1800s, in Japan. Reiki therapists channel reiki, universal life energy power, through their bodies for storage in the solar plexus, and into dis-eased individuals for rebalancing.

Reiki works simultaneously on emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual levels without limitations.

The Reiki system's principle is that activated Sacred Universal Symbols evoke healing energies. The word reiki combines two Japanese expressions: rei, which means spirit or soul, and ki (energy, life force).

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Reiki (ray-key) (reiki healing, Reiki system, reiki therapy, Usui method of Natural Healing, Usui Reiki, Usui shiki ryoho, Usui shiko ryoho, Usui shiko ryoho system of healing, Usui System, Usui System of Natural Healing; formerly called leiki): A form of chakra healing and a variation of the laying on of hands. It encompasses Reiki I and a form of distant healing (absent healing). Dr. Mikao Usui rediscovered Reiki in the late 1800s, in Japan. Reiki therapists channel reiki, universal life energy power, through their bodies for storage in the solar plexus, and into dis-eased individuals for rebalancing.

Reiki works simultaneously on emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual levels and does not have any limitations.

The Reiki system's principle is that activated Sacred Universal Symbols evoke healing energies. The word reiki combines two Japanese expressions: rei, which means spirit or soul, and ki (energy, life force).

(See also: Reiki, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Combine Spirituality and Psychotherapy: Eclectic integrative system developed and practiced by author Bernard Green, Ph.D. It includes consciousness expansion, Eastern psychotherapy (see Eastern psychology), nutritional psychology, psychosynthesis, Simonton techniques (see Simonton method), and Sufi psychology (see Sufi healing).

(See also: Combine Spirituality and Psychotherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

soul amplification: Series of eleven healing sessions proffered by Rev. Ojela Frank, D.D., author of Life Quest: A Journey into Self (see chakra & cellular memory healing). It includes advanced spiritual initiations, channeling, energy activations, energy balancing, meditation, rebirthing, and soul bonding.

(See also: Soul amplification, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Subtle Aromatherapy: Form of vibrational healing (vibrational medicine) expounded by Patricia Davis in her book of the same name. Subtle Aromatherapy is any use of essential oils with the aim of: (a) healing the physical body by affecting the subtle body (energetic body), or (b) contributing to personal and spiritual growth.

(See also: Subtle Aromatherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Tatwa meditation: Cornerstone of a holistic system of self-healing developed by spiritual teacher Emahmn (sic). Tatwas are Hindu mandalas (mystical drawings) that have healing powers. Emahmn's system includes a mandalic-zodiacal form of astrology.

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Reiki Plus (Reiki Plus Natural Healing, Reiki Plus System of Natural Healing): Offshoot of Reiki devised by Reverend David G. Jarrel, founder of Pyramids of Light, Inc., a nondenominational Christ-Conscious church in Tennessee, and its educational arm, the Reiki Plus Institute. Reiki Plus encompasses Physio-Spiritual Etheric Body healing, Psycho-Therapeutic Reiki, and Spinal Attunement Technique.

(See also: Reiki Plus, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

shamanic psychotherapy: Mode of spiritual healing based on shamanism and the doctrine of reincarnation. Its theory posits missing soul parts.

(See also: Shamanic psychotherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Power Yoga Workout: Derivative of astanga yoga that allows therapeutic alignment, purification, healing, and spiritual development of the body.

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Nvwoti (Cherokee herbal medicine): Native American form of botanical healing that treats all human components: emotional, physical, societal, and spiritual.

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life force balancing: Combination of the laying on of hands, psychic healing, psychological adjustments, and spiritual counseling, developed by Barbara West. It involves a healing science called intercellular regeneration.

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Eagle Medicine: Mode of Cherokee healing. Eagle Medicine includes the vision quest - a spiritual search.

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metaphysical hypnosis (metaphysical hypnotism): Natural yet spiritual form of suggestive therapy promoted by Dorothy H. McCrary, Ms.D. (Doctor of Metaphysics). it involves autohypnosis, speeds healing, and can even effect miraculous healing.

(See also: Metaphysical hypnosis, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Seicho-No-Ie (SNI): Supradenominational truth movement founded in 1930 in Japan by Dr. Masaharu Taniguchi (b. 1893), author of The Role of Mind in Cancer (1965) and The Truth of Life, a series of twenty books. Spiritual healing is a major component of Seicho-No-Ie, which combines Christianity and Buddhism.

In a nutshell, the principle of Seicho-No-Ie healing is that illness does not exist in Reality (the true spiritual world at the core of the phenomenal world) and that it is a false appearance. Seicho-No-Ie literally means House of Growth.

(See also: Seicho-No-Ie, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Zhan Zhuang Chi Kung (Zhan Zhuang): Form of Qigong that is the foundation of healing, spiritual development, and the martial arts.

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Rainbow Diet: A theistic form of vegetarianism, chakra healing, and color therapy advanced by Gabriel Cousens, M.D., a practitioner of auricular acupuncture, crystal healing, and homeopathy. Cousens is the author of Conscious Eating, Sevenfold Peace, and Spiritual Nutrition and The Rainbow Diet (1986).

The Rainbow Diet's principle is that every colored food - except flesh, fast food, junk food, frozen food, and irradiated food - builds, cleanses, energizes, heals, and rebalances those glands, organs, and nerve centers associated with whichever major chakra is related to the food's surface color.

(See also: Rainbow Diet, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

soul retrieval: Form of spiritual healing promoted by Sandra Ingerman, M.A., and Christina Pratt. In soul retrieval, the shamanic healer journeys to other realms to retrieve the client's soul parts and restore the client's vital lifeforce.

(See also: Soul retrieval, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Multi-Orgasmic Couple: A means of learning how to prevent the indiscriminate loss of sexual energy while one enhances spiritual growth. It is related to Healing Love.

(See also: Multi-Orgasmic Couple:, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)