Energy Therapies

Introduction to Energy Therapies

2005-07-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has established a research center, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and a related web site with information on research being conducted in this area. See: http://www.nccam.nih.gov/. Energy medicine is a domain in NCCAM that deals with energy fields of two types. This description focuses on a type of energy field called bio-fields.
Examples of practices or therapies involving bio-fields include:

Bio-Touch ™
Healing Touch ™
Qi gong, a Chinese practice
Reiki and Johrei, both of Japanese origin
Therapeutic Touch™

Energy therapy is often referred to as energy healing or touch healing. The specific modalities that I utilize are: Bio-Touch™, Reiki, and laying-on of hands.

The most demonstrable benefits of energy therapies are rapid pain relief, immediate calming, and stress reduction, accompanied by a feeling of well being. Energy therapies generally produce observable results rapidly without causing undue emotional stress. Energy therapy is intended for use as a compliment to standard medical treatments.

Following are brief explanations of the three applicable modalities:
Bio-Touch™
Bio-Touch ™ is a simple, hands-on healing technique that can be used to address all types of health concerns. We use the first two fingers of both hands to lightly touch specific points on the body. The combination of correct points and light touch seems to enhance the body's natural healing ability. Healing takes place, as the body’s own inherent healing ability is subtly motivated. In time, many permanent ailments begin to correct themselves. Bio-Touch ™ is found to be effective with pain, illness and stress-related conditions. It does not purport to take the place of standard medical treatment.
The Bio-Touch™ technique can be used in conjunction with conventional healthcare treatments. It can be easily learned and effectively used by anyone with results the same as experienced practitioners. Recipients have been both refreshed and inspired by its simplicity and effectiveness.

Reiki
Reiki is a healing approach that uses light touch from the practitioner to channel healing energy to the recipient. Used to relieve physical and emotional pain and to promote spiritual clarity, Reiki also speeds the healing process and balances the body's energy.
Reiki is a system of hands-on healing developed in the early 1900's by Mikao Usui in Japan. It is an art that is passed from Master to student. The word Reiki comes from two Japanese words - Rei and Ki, meaning universal life energy. The term "reiki" is used to describe both the energy and the Usui system of using it. There are many variant's of reiki being practiced these days.
Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive form of natural healing. The practitioner places his/her hands on the recipient’s clothed body, moving the hands every few minutes. It is a form of energy work that works on the physical, mental and spiritual levels by restoring and balancing the natural energy within the body. Reiki can be used as a form of health maintenance and disease prevention, and can be applied as a self-help technique.

Laying-on of Hands
The laying-on of hands is an act of service one to another that takes place when a person places one hand or both hands upon the body of another person with the intent to convey healing or instilling special blessings. Often the person receiving the laying on of hands will be prayed for at the same time.
Laying-on of hands is a technique that has been used in various forms throughout the world for thousands of years. It is as natural as a mother’s touch of her children or our touching of our own body when it is hurt. The principle might be stated as a loving energy flowing from the hands into the body. The hands of the “healer” must contact with the body of the sick person. The healing energy does not come from the “healer” but from a higher power through the “healer” to the recipient.

Bio-Touch Research Project in Tucson

2005-06-22T15:16:00.000-07:00

Dr. Kenna Stephenson of the University of Texas - Tyler designed this study, Bio-Touch: an Essential Part of Aging, for residents of Campana Del Rio Center, an assisted living facility. The study began in April 2005 and will be conducted for one year with 50 people who have agreed to be part of the project. Most of the folks are in their 80s and 90s and they are having a blast with Bio-Touch.

The objectives are 1) to study the effect of Bio-Touch on infection rate, recovery rate, healthcare service use and health complications; 2) to study the effects of Bio-Touch on biurnal salivar cortisol and blood hormone levels of oxytocin, testosterone and insulin; 3) to study the effects of Bio-Touch on Quality of Life Measures in elderly and very elderly subjects.

The goal is to provide a holistic, yet practical, model for assisted living centers and other communities - a low-cost, easy to implement program to promote graceful aging, healthy touch and social bonding.

Source: Just Touch News - Spring/Summer 2005, International Foundation of Bio-Magnetics

Meditation Proven to Lower Blood Pressure

2005-06-16T15:47:00.000-07:00

A study published in the American Journal of Hypertension reveals that daily meditation (two sessions each lasting 15 minutes) results in a measurable drop in blood pressure in at-risk teenagers. This is yet more research demonstrating the powerful mind/body connection that western medicine continues to deny exists at all.
Interestingly, the positive effects of the meditation persisted even four months after the patients stopped the practice, indicating that meditation has substantial long-term effects. Meditation is safe, free, and has no negative side effects. It doesn't even need the supervision of a doctor, which is probably why virtually no doctors prescribe it. Pharmaceutical companies don't make money when people engage in meditation, so there's no reason for them to promote it, either. They'd much rather see people popping pills than promoting something that people can do for free.
Source: http://www.newstarget.com/001082.html

Medicine: The New World Religion

2005-06-14T12:00:00.000-07:00

The book, Medicine: The New World Religion by Oliver Clerk is a real eye-opener for me regarding how to explain our almost fanatical devotion to modern medicine and science. There is an uncanny corelation with organized religion and its practice. He explains that our deep, uncounscious religious beliefs and feelings are transfered to the field of medicine which today enjoys a large degree of udeserved credit that is out of proportion to actual results.

"Almost imperceptibly, medicine has taken on a saving, or messianic role, the characteristics of which we must examine. Looking back through history, there is a sense in which medicine can be said to have displayed characteristics that have at various times characterised the Roman Catholic Church: autocracy, centralisation, the control and manipulation of people, censorship, propaganda, total obedience, infallibility, the destruction of heretics, the stamping out of individuality. All this, of course, has been done in the name of public health and the general good, just as the church acted for mankind's salvation."
"We can see, then, that even though our society considers itself to be secular, it has remained as Christian as it was a century ago, but with two major differences. Firstly, our society is not aware of it. It believes itself to be rational, scientific, and free of superstition. It fails to recognise that it is still, in effect, observing the old religious rituals, but under a new guise. Secondly, our society now lives its religious experiences through secular forms - medical ones, in particular - and has at the same time transferred its hopes and aspirations from the spiritual world to the material.
Medicine, then, has become the new world religion. The specific myths, beliefs and rites of Christianity have been unconsciously projected over medicine since Pasteur."

The unfortunate consequences are to limit the expression of new ideas about disease and what areas of research are pursued. Alternative therapies are outright dismissed and healers are viewed as charlatans.

Underlying all this is the fact that people are still being told, and really believe, that there health and well being depends on something outside of themselves. People are not allowed to act independently and exert their own power, but must yield to "the mediation of priest-physicians, administration of drug-hosts and the protection of vaccine-absolutions."

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic."
- Thomas Szasz

Ibuprofen Side Effects

2005-06-03T12:30:00.000-07:00

A client recently asked me to research the side effects related to ibuprofen. She was up to 1000mg per day to get relief from leg pain. When I heard the dosage, the alarm bells went off.
What I found out was astounding. We don't realize that these drugs cannot be taken without the risk of significant side effects. This is especially true when high doses are taken on a regular basis for pain control.

Ibuprofen has relatively few side effects, but symptoms can be more intense. The most common are gastrointestinal in nature - abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea. Less frequent side effects involve skin rashes, the nervous system, liver and even the kidneys. Those over age 65 are more likey to suffer from these symptoms.

Before taking doses over 200mg per day, one should consult a physician and check with a pharmacist for drug interactions.

Beyond that I recommend considering other ways of dealing with chronic pain. In my opinion, energy therapy is an effective solution over the long term.

Prayer Ranks with Drugs for Pain Relief

2005-05-12T10:01:00.000-07:00

PHYSICAL PAIN AGGRAVATES MAJORITY OF AMERICANS

STANFORD, Calif. — More than half of all Americans are limping through life these days with the aggravation of on-again, off-again pain or the utter misery of hard-to-treat chronic pain. The result is less work, crankier mood and fewer activities, combined with a wide-ranging search for pain relief.

Folks are clear on where they hurt, but often can't link that pain to a specific cause. And in a surprising look at what works for pain relief, researchers find that just as many people cite prayers as prescription drugs.

These findings come from a recent nationwide survey sponsored by Stanford University Medical Center, ABC News and USA Today. Among the survey's significant findings:

Where does it hurt? Back pain is far and away the most common. Knees and shoulders are also troublesome. About one-quarter of all respondents cited back pain as their most recent difficulty, and another quarter cited joint pain. Nearly one-tenth said they suffered from headaches.
Why does it hurt? Half the crowd could identify a specific medical condition or injury behind their most recent painful experience. Just as many could not. Among those who could, injury or accident was the most common culprit, followed by arthritis.
Does it matter? Yes. About four in 10 people cited interference with each of these quality-of-life indicators: work and other duties, mood, day-to-day activities, sleep and enjoyment of life.
What helps? In desperation, people have tried everything from over-the-counter drugs to alcohol. For effectiveness, prayer and prescription drugs come out on top.
"Pain has been a hidden disease; it has not received as much attention as other diseases," said Raymond Gaeta, MD, associate professor of anesthesia at the Stanford School of Medicine and director of pain management services at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. "But now there's a growing recognition that pain really is not just the sensation we have — it's something that interferes with every one of us, with life."

The new survey carefully documents the experience of pain in America. "It's very unusual that you have an independent, rigorous, national random-sample survey on the subject of pain," said Gary Langer, director of polling for ABC News. "This survey puts this issue out before a broader public, and it really underscores the serious public health problem that exists regarding pain in this country."

Indeed, the incidence of pain is significant. About 60 percent of respondents said their most recent pain episode had occurred within just the last month. And about 40 percent said pain plagues them often.

So what do the multitudes do when physical distress kicks in? Most — about 80 percent — go for over-the-counter drugs and home remedies. Prescription drugs, bed rest and prayer constitute second-string remedies: About six in 10 respondents have tried those.

And what helps most? Good pain relief, it seems, is hard to come by. Respondents ranked prayer and prescription drugs as tops. Still, only about 50 percent of those who tried these methods said they worked "very well." Another 40 percent said they worked "somewhat well." Chiropractic and massage therapy ranked second-best. Forty percent of the people who tried these modalities said they worked very well.

Gaeta offered an explanation for the popularity of prayer as pain relief. "Prayer falls in the category of having patients learn about the meaning of their pain," he said. "Sometimes patients do need to be introspective before they can move forward." The survey noted that those who used prayer were likely to rely as well on other pain treatments.

Many people are getting by only with the regular help of modern pharmaceuticals. Of those who have tried over-the-counter-drugs for pain relief, 10 percent use them daily. And among those who have tried prescription drugs, about 20 percent take them daily. In other words, more than 10 percent of all adults in America rely on prescription painkillers every day.
The good news, Gaeta said, is that people are talking to their doctors. More than six in 10 survey participants said they consulted a doctor or other health-care worker about their most recent pain episode. And more than half found at least some relief.

Now, with growing numbers of pain specialists and better-educated patients and physicians, he's hopeful that number will rise. "All the surveys and information coming out now are saying pain impacts not only the patients' livelihood but also, in ever-widening circles, family, work and even society in general," Gaeta said. "I'm hoping for not only the clinical care to improve, but for the science to catch up and for us to make some dramatic breakthroughs in pain treatment."

Pollsters queried 1,204 adults by phone, April 13-19, 2005. The results have a three-point error margin. Poll results and analysis are available at abcnews.com.

Meet One Special Woman

2005-05-06T10:29:00.000-07:00

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in early July, 2004, and receiving doctor’s opinions to proceed with chemotherapy, radiation and surgery as soon as possible, Sandy flew to Seattle with her husband to investigate an alternative treatment program. She returned home from Seattle on July 21, and began a detailed program of alternative care. It includes careful intake of food, lots of pure water, an intense supplement program, use of a Rife machine (sound frequencies), monitoring reports from testing, and several other important steps that include healthy environments and consistent routines. These steps required that Sandy stay at home in a less stressful environment for the next several months.

During the ensuing months Sandy kept the strictly regimented holistic program which was very intensive and time consuming. Yet, as she states, “I have not been sick (throwing up, nauseated, nagging headaches or pain, etc.) one single day during this entire journey to date. I am encouraged by what I feel going on in my body! Good things - like increased stamina and energy.”

It is now mid-March and Sandy’s progress has been astounding. The carefully managed therapeutic program was instrumental; however, Sandy’s beautiful attitude and intensely spiritual life play an essential role as well as loving support of family and friends. Read Sandy’s own words in a recent letter:

Hi Frank,

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and thoughts. God has truly blessed me with caring friends and fellow believers who faithfully pray. One day this past week for the first time in months, I stopped by the cleaners to pick up something and the owner was so happy to see me after my absence – she came around the counter and hugged me twice and said she was praying for me. Then at the post office the gal behind the counter took a double take when she saw me and grabbed a little pink sticky off her cubicle wall and pointed at it - there was my name written down - she said I have been praying for you, can I take your name off? I told her no - keep praying. I'm telling you, it was like showers of blessings to me! How humbling to be upheld in this way.

I received new test results last week - all the carcinoma virus numbers were ZERO!!! I still have the melanoma virus, but those numbers were 38 and 28 - getting closer to zero all the time.
We fly to Seattle soon for an appointment with the gentleman I have been working with long- distance since mid-July. He will do new muscle testing and we will talk about how to proceed from here and what life looks like after all my numbers are zero. I'm very excited to see him. I had some blood work drawn so I’ll have results prior to seeing him – was really curious to see what the medical profession would have to say at this point in time. We got a phone call last night from our family doctor. He said "I am happy to tell you that all your blood work is normal!" Isn't that great? Eventually I will have an ultrasound done to confirm that I no longer have any masses/tumors. I know they are disappearing, but want standard medical confirmation that I hope will stimulate the doctors to consider alternatives!

For me, most of this swirls around trust - trusting in our great God - seeing more deeply who He is and wholly trusting in that alone. What a wonderful, loving Savior we have! I had to come to grips with the possibility of an early death - something that I told God I didn't want - but had to come to the point of being willing for such. He is gracious and I am seeing healing! But I have pondered more than once Christ's own prayer that He be spared the crucifixion. I need to walk in complete faith knowing that I can trust Him without question. I'm still learning this on a daily basis.

Thank you again for your continued encouragement toward healing in many areas!

Sandy

More on Sandy’s Amazing Story

In her own words:

I saw the gentleman I have been working with over the past 9 months personally on Wednesday, March 30. While in his office, we received the results of my most recent test. ALL the cancer numbers we have been tracking on read ZERO!!! Yes, you read that right - ZERO!!! We had prayed and asked the Lord that my numbers would be zero by the time I visited Washington again, because I wanted a face to face conversation about what life looks like after the zero mark! GOD IS GOOD! I keep telling you all that and IT IS TRUE! What an awesome answer to a specific prayer!

You can bet the tears flowed - tears of rejoicing! I have been encouraged to continue my protocol over the next year as my body recovers from the damage of the cancer. I can use the equipment on a modified schedule and we are making plans for me to be back on the road with (husband) Rolly. My heart is very full. Tears of gratitude fill my eyes as I write. Praise the Lord with us dear friend! He has "dealt bountifully" with us! Praise His Name!

A dear friend told me recently that she was sorry I had to go through this experience. I have to say that I have great joy in what God is doing. I am not sorry. He continues to refine me and He has granted me additional days to serve Him. He has walked with me every step of the way and guided our steps from the outset. He is our "Emmanuel", our "Redeemer", our "Peace", our "Good Shepherd", our "Deliverer". Truly He is matchless in His grace. AMEN...................................Sandy

This is a wonderful example of faith. Sandy gives the credit to God. This is good, for God is good. Yet there is more to this situation than meets the eye. To me, Sandy’s willingness to step up and take responsibility for her life, is what stands out. I believe we must assert our God-given power as we seek God’s presence in deep prayer. Sandy beautifully demonstrated that.

E-mail Sandy: Sandycq@aol.com

The Schiavo Case – A Wake-up Call

2005-03-30T15:31:00.000-08:00

There has been so much written and spoken about this case. It seems there is nothing left to say, or anything you might want to read. My thoughts now seem to be going beyond the specifics of who is to blame – there is plenty to go around. All the arguments about legal issues surrounding Terri’s condition and right to die, sterile ethics, political hand-wringing and judicial agendas seem rather moot at this point. This is not only about Terri Schiavo.

Just what is this really about?

I asked myself this question one recent morning during my quiet time. “Look in the mirror!” was what came back. “It is about you – all of you. You have the world of your collective choice. If you want to change it, you have to change the way you think and act.”

Terri Schiavo, her family, the judges, doctors, lawyers and politicians are all players in a drama reflecting back to us our own society and its values. This is what is meant by reaping what one sows. They are showing us where we are and what we have made of ourselves and our society.

Should we expect anything different?

Can we blame the doctors, judges or anyone else? They are only playing the roles we have allowed them to set up and play. Our years of non-involvement, of sitting back and allowing our medical and legal systems to run amok have brought us to this time a - time for serious reflection. The chickens have come home to roost. We have been coddled, and lulled into a trance by a system that manages our lives from birth to death. It is time to wake up!

We allow judges to tell us what we can believe, say and do. We elect weak-kneed politicians who serve only themselves and refuse to take a stand because they might offend their constituency. We give over to doctors the responsibility for our own health and well-being. We give veto power to insurance companies, drug companies and lawyers to drain our lifeblood. We have given up control of our very existence and possibly our right to live. We must take back our lives, our communities and our society. It is time to wake up!

Where is the outrage! What is happening to Terri is a travesty for all of us. Why do we passively allow a helpless, semi-conscious person to be forced to die of dehydration? Can this be justified in the name of “right-to-die”, “family rights” or “medical opinion”?
We must work to change a system that so blatantly distorts with such platitudes what is so obviously wrong.

Where is our compassion? Something is dreadfully wrong in our society if we can sit back and let this happen without much more than a whimper of protest. Praise those few who keep a vigil outside the “care” facility where Terri is kept. Honor the man who with his two children decided to make a long trip to this place so they could do something to help. All were promptly arrested and hand cuffed when they wanted to go inside to give Terri a drink of water. It is time to wake up!

Where is our respect for the holiness of life? A cheapening of life has been under way for a long time in our society, and we have let it happen. It feels as though we are in the grip of a death cult. The legal sanctioning of the killing of babies and helpless adults is supported by doctors that willingly carry out or otherwise make possible death by decree. It is time to wake up!

These activities cannot stand. We must take a long, hard, sobering look in the mirror. We must ask ourselves the tough questions and listen to the answers. As we are witnessing, if we continue to be weak and mute, there will be a heavy price to pay. Terri and others like her are now paying for our long negligence and silence. It brings to mind the quote by Edmund Burke, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

"We have met the enemy and it is us." Walt Kelly

Prescription Drug Safety Issues

2005-03-15T11:52:00.000-08:00

The following report appeared on news-medical.net:

"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received a record number of complaints regarding drug side effects and other related health problems in 2004, according to a published report.

There were 422,500 adverse-event reports from pharmaceutical companies, health professionals and patients, almost 14 percent more than the 370,887 reports filed in 2003; the 2004 total, expected later this year, is not predicted to vary significantly from this estimate.

The year 2004 saw increased demands and questions about prescription drug safety. A senior FDA official Paul Seligman, director of the FDA's Office of Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistical Sciences, says the rise reflects a surge in prescription drug use, not an increase in health risk; there are more drugs on the market and more use of pharmaceuticals in general, and clearly, when you have more products on the market, you're likely to have more side effects.

Prescription drug sales reached a historic high totaling $235 billion nationally in 2004, up 8.3 percent from 2003 and more than triple the 1995 volume, according to IMS Health, a pharmaceutical market research firm.

Most of the reports to the FDA come from drug manufacturers, which are required by the FDA to file details of all known adverse events involving their products. Doctors, nurses and patients also file, but on a voluntary basis. Consequently the annual totals are believed to reflect only a percentage of the actual number of serious drug reactions and problems."

It is really hard to imagine that over 422,000 complaints were filed. Imagine how many did not file complaints. This is a huge problem for the medical system.

The other eye-popping statistic in this report is that drug sales for 2004 were $235 billion!! With sales like that, is there any wonder that the drug companies will do whatever is necessary to keep the good times rolling?

Meet One Special Man

2005-03-03T12:09:00.000-08:00

Bill Thomson has cancer and it's no secret. He is not a "survivor" although he has had it for years. It's getting better. He is a protagonist in the true sense. He is the main character in a drama only it is his drama.

Bill has not bought into the poison-cut-burn battle that engulfs most people with cancer. He decided to accept the challenge that cancer presented to him. In addition to working with various alternative therapies, Bill is introspectively reviewing his lifestyle.
Also, he is using the experience for spiritual growth.

The best part for us is that he is writing a book about his experiences. You can read the Introduction on his blog:

http://www.7lessons.typepad.com/

Here is a quote from an email I received from him:

Thanks for your comments, Frank, and directing me to the letter you wrote on your website. I had read this before but hadn't seen it recently. It's excellent and emphasizes a theme of my book: self-responsibility. I know that many people, especially when talking about cancer, are reluctant to consider self-responsibility. They fear that it will be taken as a judgment, and they'll be accused of blaming the person with the cancer. But I strongly believe that cancer is a map back to the source of God within us. If we follow the guideposts and listen to what our heart is telling us, we'll return home again. This is what I am discovering (and yes, it is a process, not an event), and whether I live another 50 years, or one year, I will have either come home again, or be headed in that direction. And however we slice this cake, heading home is good.

News About Pain Relieving Drugs

2005-02-22T15:20:00.000-08:00

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It turns out that highly touted, advertised and expensive pain relieving drugs, Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra do more than relieve pain. An increased risk of heart attacks has been discovered.

According to Michael Smith, MD, of WebMD, most people on these drugs do not really need them.

This raises the question, Why are they prescribed? One major reason is that the marketing effort is very successful with the medical profession and with the public.

This gets my attention when I know that energy-therapies are highly effective for pain relief. And there are no side affects. This information is not likely to hit the news any time soon.

Below is a portion of an interview with FDA veteran, David Graham, posted on the AARP website:

Q. How serious are the heart risk problems with newer pain relievers like Vioxx, which is now off the market, Celebrex and Bextra?
Any individual patient’s absolute risk for developing a heart attack might be small, but if you have millions of people taking the drug, many thousands of people will get heart attacks. A recent clinical trial showed an almost fourfold increase in heart attack risk with high doses of Vioxx. We estimate 100,000 people had heart attacks due to Vioxx, with 30,000 to 40,000 dying. And the ones who didn’t die had their life expectancy shortened because they’ve had a first heart attack. This is a major safety problem.

Q. Why weren’t physicians and consumers more cautious about prescribing and taking these new drugs?
The direct-to-consumer advertising magnified the risk [by encouraging consumers to ask doctors for the drugs]. It is difficult for people to comprehend what these [risk-factor] statistics mean. If a person has diabetes, is a smoker or has high cholesterol or blood pressure, the risk is even higher. It is also difficult for the physicians, who rely on the drug companies for most of the information they get about the drugs. You would expect that people should be able to rely on the FDA for information about drugs. But in the case of Vioxx, the FDA let the American people down.

The Hands

2005-02-17T14:04:00.000-08:00

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What a gift! Our own hands are the vessels of healing. When we touch ourselves or another, something magical happens.
The energy of the universe is available to us. By the Grace of God it is administered and conveyed through our own hands.

Why do we ignore such wonder? In fact, we don't; we use it intuitively when we put our hand on our forehead when we are stressed or when we touch a child's "owie". Yet we could do so much more if we focused our intent on the power of touch.
To help ourselves and our famiilies, we can administer a loving touch using only a little basic knowledge.

After learning and practicing several touch healing techniques, I have come to the conclusion that the power is not so much in the technique as it is in the loving intent with which it is administered. The hands convey the energy despite or knowing or lack of it.

Overcoming the System

2005-02-14T14:56:00.001-08:00

In thinking about how to get attention to energy therapy as a valid complementary treatment, I marvel at the complete control that the medical "system" has on treatments that are used on those seeking help for pain, illness or disease.

For instance, doctors have no interest in incorporating energy therapy into their practices. It seems there is little choice in what a doctor is allowed to do because of limitations imposed by the medical associations, liability insurers. One would think that despite this, the medical insurance companies might be interested in anything that could reduce the costs of medical care. However, such is not the case. This is a puzzle to me. It all seems to be one big self-serving system supported by employers that pay health insurance premiums and consumers.

Overcoming all this is also a puzzle. It may happen, however, if costs continue to rise causing the bubble to burst. In the meantime we do what we can to educate the public. The internet is one way to do this and may contribute to the bursting of the bubble.

Time For a New Paradigm

2005-02-05T14:46:00.000-08:00

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So much is happening in our world. Global changes are forcing us to take a new look at how things work and how we as individuals relate to our environment.
What this requires is an examination of our own consciousness and how we view ourselves in relation to everything else. Such is not easily accomplished as it requires a willingness to look outside our current world view. This can be frightening, especially when we come to the possibility that we are responsible for what is, and therefore, we have the power to change it. That is the crux of it - we no longer are victims, but co-creators.
We can now take control of our lives - particularly our health and well being. My purpose is to help people wake up to this and to help them heal.

Energy Therapies Newsletter Project

2005-01-31T10:40:00.000-08:00

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MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to inspire people take back control over their own health care. ENERGY THERAPIES seeks to provide current, specific and useful information on the art and science of energy therapy, by focusing on the variety of touch-healing modalities practiced around the world.
Our purpose will be to let the public know what help is available with energy therapy, how to evaluate the options, obtain the services of a practitioner or learn how to apply it to themselves and their families.

Proposed contents:

1. Articles of various types – explanatory/instructive, news, opinion, research and testimonials. The articles may be written by the participants, obtained through web research or solicited from others.

2. The content will focus on the types of subtle energy healing modalities, such as Reiki, Bio-Touch, EFT, Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch, laying-on of hands, and others.

3. A web site might be established and serve as a reference library and a categorization of related information.

4. Qualitative points:

a. Frontline news
b. Inspirational
c. Well-written and carefully edited
d. Accurate facts that can be documented
e. Fun and entertaining

Please post your comments.

Why the fuss about energy therapy?

2005-01-26T14:53:00.000-08:00

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Did you ever wonder how people survived over the ages without modern medicine and prescription drugs?

The answer is that we have within our being the ability to heal. If we were not able to restore the body, mind and spirit to its proper balance, mankind would have disappeared eons ago.

For obvious reasons, leadership of our politiical, business and relighious structures do not want us to know that we can heal ourselves through the use of energy therapy.

Through self application or with the aid of another person, we have the natural ability to restore balance to our body, mind and spirit. This knowledge is desperately needed in our world and many are beginning to sense that there is another way.

It is for this purpose that ths site has been created - to diseminate information about various types of energy therapy, and to offer such services.

Please read my letters, descriptions and articles on energy-therapy.net. Feel free to email me with questions or you may post your questions or comments here.

A Child's Knowing

2005-01-22T19:23:00.000-08:00

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My 3-year old grandson is staying with us for a period of time. I give him a little touch therapy every day. He has been acquainted with it since he was a baby, but not on a daily basis. Now, whenever he falls or gets a bump, he comes running over and says, "Grandpa, I need touch!" Wow, that says a lot to me about what he feels about it. He intuitively knows that the touch will help him get over the hurt. If we could only be as a child.

Energy Therapies

2005-01-19T14:23:00.000-08:00

Energy Therapies
I believe that one of the most critical issues of our day is the need for us to realize that we have the power to heal already within us. One way to accomplish this is through energy therapy, touch healing, laying-on of hands or whatever name. The simple act of touching with intent to help the healing process will do much to wake us up to the power within.
This is my initial post to this blog and I invite anyone to join in with helpful comments or questions.
Frank