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Baby B.E.S.T.:
Adaptation of B.E.S.T. to infants.
Bach flower therapy (Bach flower essence method, Bach flower essence
system): Quasi-homeopathic system of pseudodiagnosis and pseudotherapy developed
in the 1930s by British physician Edward Bach (1886-1936). Bach put forth
his philosophy in Heal Thyself: An Explanation of the Real Cause and
Cure of Disease, first published in 1931. Therein he described five
"fundamental truths," in sum: (1) Souls, invincible and immortal
sparks of the Almighty, are the "real," "Higher" selves
of humans. (2) Humanity's purpose is to develop virtues and wipe out all
intrapersonal wrongs. Souls know what circumstances conduce to the perfection
of human nature. (3) One's lifetime is a minuscule part of one's evolution.
(4) When one's "Soul" and personality are "in harmony,"
one is healthy and happy. The straying of the personality from the dictates
of the "Soul" is the "root cause" of disease and unhappiness.
(5) The "Creator of all things" is "Love," and everything
of which humans are conscious manifests the "Creator."
Bach held that disease was essentially beneficial and that its design was
to subject the personality to the "Divine will" of the "Soul."
Supposedly, he "psychically" discovered the specific "healing"
effects of 38 wildflowers. The "life force" ("soul quality"
or "energy wavelength") of each of these flowers allegedly is
transferable to water and thence to humans. Each of the so-called Bach flower
remedies is a liquid that supposedly contains a "soul quality"
with an affinity to a human "soul quality"; and each vegetable
"soul quality" allegedly harmonizes its human counterpart with
the "Soul." The bases of classical "diagnosis" are conversation
and intuition. Administration of the "remedies" is usually oral
but may be external.
Baguazhang (circle walking, circle walking method, circle walking
technique, Pa Kua Chang, Pa Kua Zhang, Taoist Circular Motion of
Meditation and Tendon Changing, Taoist circular walking practice): "Art"
developed by Dong Hai-Chuan, a Chinese, during the mid-1800s. It boils down
to walking in a circle but encompasses at least a dozen "stepping techniques,"
such as the "chicken step," the "elephant step," the
"snake step," and the "mud walking step." Purportedly,
it can improve "cultivation" of chi and conduces to uniting
"man," heaven, and earth.
Balanced Health: Offshoot of applied kinesiology taught by The Academy
of Systematic Kinesiology, in Britain. "Treatment" may include
chakra "corrections."
Balance Therapy: "Scientific medical system" developed
by Arcadi Beliavtsev, the "spiritual father" of Face Modelling.
Balance Therapy apparently encompasses herbalism, homeopathy, and kyo-jitsu.
Barbara Brennan Healing Science: "Spiritual" system concocted
by Barbara Ann Brennan, author of the bestseller Hands of Light: A Guide
to Healing Through the Human Energy Field and Light Emerging: The
Journey of Personal Healing, both published by Bantam. Brennan, who
holds a master's degree in atmospheric physics, founded the Barbara Brennan
School of Healing, in East Hampton, New York, in 1982. Her system is a form
of energy field work that includes "Core Star healing" and "Hara
healing." "Hara" is a Japanese word that some alternativists
use to denote the tanden, the al leged seat of ki (supernatural
"energy") in humans, slightly below the navel.
barefoot shiatsu massage: Variation of shiatsu practiced by Viola
M. Timbers, R.N., B.A., of New York City. It features pressing on "meridians"
with hands, elbows, knees, and feet.
Basic Co-centering: Form of Co-centering.
basic Polarity counseling: Part of Polarity Therapy. Basic Polarity
counseling borrows from bioenergetics, Gestalt (see "Gestalt therapy"),
and NLP. Its purported focus is the "body/mind relationship."
Bateman Health System: Combination of Qigong and yoga developed by
Allan Bateman and promoted by the Bateman Institute for Health Education,
in Manhattan (New York City).
behavioral kinesiology (BK): Brand of applied kinesiology developed
by psychiatrist John Diamond, M.D., author of Behavioural Kinesiology:
How to Activate Your Thymus and Increase Your Life Energy (Harper and
Row, 1979). Therein, he defined BK as "an integration of psychiatry,
psychoso matic medicine, kinesiology, preventive medicine and the humanities."
Belly Bean diet: "Weight loss" program promoted in 1990
and 1991 that involved: (a) consuming three "nutritionally balanced,"
low-fat meals daily with a total caloric value between 1,000 and 2,000;
(b) drinking an additional 5 to 6 glasses of water daily; (c) snacking between
meals on First Fitness Belly Beans, a "100% all-natural" candy-like
"appetite control drug" that allegedly contained a "highly
potentized homeopathic appetite control formu lation"; and (d)
continuing to eat Belly Beans after attainment of "desired weight."
B.E.S.T. (Morter Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique, Morter
B.E.S.T., Morter B.E.S.T. Technique; originally called "bio energetics"):
Chiropractic variation of self-healing and Polarity Therapy developed in
1974 by M.T. Morter, Jr., M.A., D.C., developed the method in 1974. Its
theory posits "Innate Intelligence": an "internal force"
that totally regulates health.
Beyond Dieting: Subject of the book Beyond Dieting: An Edgar Cayce
Program for Permanent Weight Control (out of print in 1995). It is a
purported way to lose weight that involves some of the "key ideas"
in the "readings" of clairvoyant Edgar Cayce (see "The Cayce
Approach to Health and Healing").
BEYOND MEDICINE (Future Medicine): "Multi-dimensional approach"
promoted by Shoshana Margolin, M.A., N.D., D.H.M., "P.M.D.," author
of Homeopathy -- Medicine of the Future and Futuristic Medicine.
BEYOND MEDICINE is a group of alleged nonmedical "modalities,"
including Biological Archeology, "full-spectrum homeopathy," "holistic
girth control," "holographic bio-analysis," and physical
and nutritional "re-balancing." One of its premises is that people
are "multi-dimensional Beings."
Beyond TherapySM: Variation of dreamwork promoted by psychotherapist
Ken Costello, M.A. A premise of Beyond Therapy is that everyone is a "Spiritual
Being" with a whispering "Inner Self."
bhramari: Yogic mode of breathing that imitates the sound of the
bumblebee, purportedly affects two important chakras in the meditator, and
allegedly soothes the meditator's nervous system. The Sanskrit word bhramara
means bumblebee.
bhuta shuddhi: "Technique" of kundalini yoga whose
purported design is to purify the "physical and subtle body."
biblical counseling (nouthetic counseling): Use of devotional instructions
in the Bible to treat psychological problems. Proponents equate psychological
and spiritual problems and claim that all such troubles are solvable merely
by cultivating obedience to Jesus Christ. The term "nouthetic"
derives from the Greek noutheteo, which means "to admonish or
warn." Promoters of Calvinist fundamentalism introduced biblical counseling
in the 1970s. Hybrids of the fundamentalist mode and folkloric "psychology"
have largely superseded biblical counseling.
Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Molecular Identification Method (Bi-Digital
O-Ring Test, O-Ring technique): Means of determining internal-organ "representation
areas" on the human tongue. Theoretically, this enhances tongue acupuncture
and TCM tongue diagnosis. Yoshiaki Omura, M.D., Sc.D., developed the method
in New York City. It includes the Direct Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Method and
the Indirect "Bi-Digital O-Ring Test." Omura has promoted the
method worldwide, and there are "O-ring societies" in Europe and
Japan.
Bindegewebsmassage (bindegewebsmassage system, connective tissue
massage): Form of bodywork developed in Germany in the 1930s by Elisabeth
Dicke. Its theory resembles that of traditional acupuncture, positing a
"powerful association" between particular areas of connective
tissue (e.g., cartilage) and specific "paths" of the nervous system
and internal organs.
Bio-Chromatic Chakra Alignment: Purported means of unblocking bodily
"energy centers" with "visionary tools" allegedly based
on "alien science." These include: (a) the "Bio-Chromatic
Integration Device," which supposedly converts "deep space energy"
to "human frequencies"; and (b) the Starchamber, which
allegedly filters, focuses, and amplifies the "life force energy"
of any object.
biodynamic massage: Form of bodywork originated by Gerda Boyesen.
It is either part of or identical to biodynamic psychology.
biodynamic psychology (Biodynamic therapy): "Therapeutic approach"
developed by Gerda Boyesen, a clinical psychologist and physiotherapist
of Norwegian birth. It is related to bioenergetics. One of its premises
is that, when bodily fluids do not circulate efficiently or tissues are
not "properly cleansed," "emotional tensions or blockages"
show up and prevent "bioenergy" from vitalizing the body.
bioelectronic diagnosis: Form of "diagnosis" exemplified
by radionic diagnosis. It involves using: (a) a tissue sample (e.g., blood,
hair, or saliva), purportedly to "tune into" the patient's "vibrational
state" ("rhythm"); and (b) "special instruments"
that allegedly concentrate "the energy field."
bioenergetic movement work: Purported aid to freeing "blocked
energy" in the body.
bioenergetics (Bioenergetic Analysis, bioenergetic method): Offshoot
of Reichian Therapy developed by psychiatrist Alexander Lowen (b. 1910),
author of Language of the Body (1958). Its theory posits "bioenergy"
("life energy"), and its postulate is that all bodily cells record
emotional or "energetic" reactions. Proponents hold that such
cellular "memories" are adaptable to healing and consciousness-raising,
and that patients can release them by crying, screaming, and kicking. Practitioners
may be called "bioenergeticists."
bioenergetic therapy: "Therapeutic" phase of bioenergetics.
It purportedly is a "voyage in self-discovery" that can bring
one closer to a "state of grace."
Bioenergy (Bioenergy healing): "Natural" form of aura balancing.
Practitioners allegedly act on magnetic fields.
BioEssence bodywork: Component of BioEssence bodywork based on Zen
Shiatsu.
BioEssence therapy: System developed by Paul Pitchford. It includes
BioEssence bodywork, BioEssence "release work" (which involves
stylized breathing), diet, herbalism, Qigong, tai chi, and traditional Chinese
"diagnostic" methods.
Biofeedback Without Machines: "Modality" for relatively
stressless living and for "tapping" inner resources to discover
one's identity and potential, according to George E. Soroka in Biofeedback
Without Machines: A Strategy For Living (1994). Soroka's method joins
biofeedback and a form of counseling that includes Transactional Analysis.
In his book, Soroka states that everyone is "plugged into the universe
at large," that this (alleged) con nection is a transcendent source
of awesome power, and that biofeedback enables one to begin an exploration
of "the cosmic energy force." He also suggests that God is immanent
in humans.
Biogenic Support (homeovitic support): Phase of homeovitics whose
alleged aim is to minimize production of free radicals during Clearing and
homeovitic detoxification. It involves: (a) administration of the
Biosode, a flavorless, odorless, watery HoBoN product that purportedly
contains "complementaries" blended in a "vitalized potency
spectrum"; and (b) dietary "support" and/or supplementation.
Biogram Therapy: (biogram healing, Biogram Healing System, biogram
mind-body healing, Biogram System): "Treatment" developed by Dr.
Richard Johnson. It involves guided imagery and is the basis of an audiocassette
program. "Biogram" refers to an alleged something that communicates
directly with the source of a malady to initiate the healing process on
mental and physical levels. The premises of biogram therapy include the
following. (a) One can learn how to use one's mind to correct any "negative
physical conditions" in various areas of the body. (b) Everyone possesses
a "cellular memory," the experience of one's ancestors in genetic
code, which may cause otherwise inexplicable difficulties for the individual.
(c) One can develop both the ability to "see" inside one's body
with one's mind and the ability to derive information from one's "DNA
archives" (the "Library of Time"), with which one can "retrain"
oneself at the cellular level.
bio-iridology: Mode of "treatment" selection based on the
color of the iris and iris markings. One of its underlying purported purposes
is to balance body, mind, and spirit. Bio-iridology's "treatment"
options encompass chiropractic, "deep yoga breathing exercises,"
dietary modification, dietary supplements, and herbs.
BioKinesiology: Offshoot of applied kinesiology developed in the
mid-1970s by John Barton. Its postulate is that "stressful emotions"
are the basis of most illnesses. Alleged "correction" includes
dietary supplementation.
Biological Archeology: Component of BEYOND MEDICINE whose postulate
is that the body stores all information in "cellular memory."
It purported design is to "peel away" layers of "stresses,"
"toxins," and "traumas" the body has stored. Biological
Archeology encompasses herbology, home opathy, kinesiology (see below),
and psychotherapy.
Biological Immunity Analysis® (BIA, Biological Immunity System):
Biological Immunity Analysis (BIA, Biological Immunity System): Companion
to Nutripathy developed by Gary A. Martin, D.N., Ph.D., Th.D., D.Sc. Biological
Immunity Analysis is a "complete holistic system" whose center
piece is purported deciphering, with the Biological Immunity CompuSystem,
of "Physical-Mental-Emotional frequencies" in specimens of urine
and saliva. It allegedly reveals the donor's "Soul Pattern" ("the
pattern inherent in your Soul," "a gift from God").
Bio-Magnetic Healing (Bio-Magnetic Healing Methodology, Bio-Magnetic
Methodology, Bio-Magnetic Touch): Manual "technique" that, allegedly,
helps to heal "recipients" and increases their quality of life.
Practitioners, who supposedly are tools of a "greater Force,"
lightly touch specific points on "recipients," purportedly to
allow this "Force" to "reawaken" the healing process.
Biomagnetics (biomagnetic medicine): Form of "vibrational bioenergetics
medicine" related to Cymatics and advanced by Sir Peter Guy Manners,
M.D., D.O., Ph.D., of England. Biomagnetics is a "drugless" system
of pseudodiagnosis and treatment.
biomagnetic therapy: Pseudotherapeutic application of magnets whose
apparent main premise is that their north pole causes contraction and their
south pole dissipates "energy."
Bioplasmic healing: Type of "healing" whose theory posits
"bioplasmic energy," a "bioplasmic body," and chakras
(invisible, glandular channelers of "energy").
biorhythm: Pseudoscientific method developed separately by Viennese
psychology professor Dr. Herman Swoboda (1873-1963) and Berlin physician
William Fliess (1859-1928). It is a purported means of predicting human
conditions and susceptibilities. Its postulate is that three fundamental
biological cycles (biorhythms) are calculable from the date of one's birth.
Swoboda and Fliess posited two cycles: (1) a "physical" cycle
of 23 days, supposedly predictive of one's level of strength, coordination,
immunity, and self-confidence; and (2) a "sensitivity" cycle of
28 days, allegedly predictive of emotional changes. In the 1920s, Austrian
engineer Dr. Alfred Teltscher posited a third cycle, 33 days long and supposedly
predictive of intellectual performance. According to proponents, "vital
energy" is high on "positive" days and relatively low on
"negative" days. George S. Thommen popularized biorhythm in Is
This Your Day? (1973).
BioSonic Mantric Dream Repatterning: Method that involves the use
of "bija mantras" -- sounds that allegedly activate "elemental
energy qualities." Its theory posits "chakra energy centers."
BioSonic Repatterning: System that encompasses Cymatics (see "biomagnetics"
and "cymatic therapy") and Toning. It involves using tuning forks
and "bija mantras": "healing mantras" that purportedly
activate "elemental energy qualities." Apparent adjuncts to BioSonic
Repatterning include aura balancing, crystal healing, flower essence therapy,
Inner Screen & Distance Healing, and "Light and Color Therapy"
("color and light healing").
BioSonics: System that encompasses BioSonic Repatterning, BioSonic
Sound and Light Repatterning, and BioSonic Mantric Dream Repatterning.
BioSonic Sound and Light Repatterning: Component of BioSonics that
includes color breathing.
"Black Hah Feng Shui": Form of feng shui in which the front
door ("The mouth of Chi") determines "directions."
Black Hat Tantric Buddhist Feng Shui (Black Hat Sect Feng Shui):
Form of feng shui promoted by Nancy SantoPietro, a psychotherapist specializing
in the "psycho-spiritual healing process." SantoPietro has claimed
that, when one's environment is "aligned," one's chi can
flow and all things are possible. The Black Hat Sect is an "esoteric"
school of feng shui that emphasizes YI: "the powerful use of
blessings."
bleeding manipulation (bloodletting therapy): Component of Chinese
auricular therapy that is a form of acupoint bloodletting.
blood crystallization (diagnostic blood crystallization): Mode of
pseudodiagnosis that involves introduction of a blood sample to a copper
chloride solution. "Crystal signs" of illness in the resultant
"blood-crystal picture" allegedly express the guidance of "a
higher functional plane coming to expres sion." "Organ-signs,"
for example, purportedly indicate dysfunction of an organ or a bodily system.
Supposedly, each so-called organ-sign reflects a "multi-layered organ
principle" (which includes "the organ-bound `soul organ'")
and, on "the psychic plane," is the foundation for related "soul
qualities."
Blue Water technique: Mode of meditation advanced by Lawrence LeShan,
Ph.D., in Meditating to Attain a Healthy Body Weight (Doubleday,
1994). It supposedly involves using one's "consciousness" to search
one's body for the source of hunger or pain. The meditator purportedly locates
the source and, three times, visualizes blue water slowly filling the area
and then draining from it.
body acupuncture: Apparently, "ordinary" acupuncture, i.e.,
any form of acupuncture whose "channel theory" is that of TCM
and whose scope is the entire human body (e.g., not just the ears).
Body Centered Therapy: Method whose components apparently include:
(a) "Conscious Communication Skills," which involve learning the
"language of Microscopic Truth"; (b) "Movement Therapy";
(c) Pre- and Perinatal Psychology; and (d) Radiance Breathwork.
Body Harmony: Mode of bodywork that allegedly "re-awakens"
one's "natural healing energies" and "accesses" the
"inner wisdom" of the body.
Body Integration: "Technique" promoted by Dr. Salomon,
who purportedly shares a soul with Ziaela, a "multi-dimensional entity."
Its theory encompasses strong holism and posits "divine purpose,"
"cellular memory," and emotional and mental "bodies."
Body Mapping Technique (Body Mapping System): Method advanced, and
apparently originated and named, by Marcia Mae, an "intuitive transformational
bodyworker" (see "transformational bodywork" and "transformation-oriented
bodywork"). Apparently, the Body Mapping Technique is a purported way
to release "cellular memories" and to "recode" the body
with messages of unconditional love.
BodyMind Breathwork: Component of BodyMind Therapy that includes
rebirthing. Apparently, it allegedly heals "core injuries."
Bodymind Centering (Bodymind Centering technique): Form of meditation
developed by married couple Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., a university professor,
and Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., a dance therapist. In Radiance! Breathwork,
Movement and Body-Centered Psychotherapy (Wingbow Press, 1991), they
define it as "a precise, step-by-step technique for solving life problems
through contact with the Inner Self." They define "Inner Self"
as "the part of us that knows how we really feel." Bodymind Centering
supposedly reconnects the "Inner Self" and the "Outer Self."
Body-Mind Centering®: Form of somatic therapy promoted by The
School for Body-Mind Centering, in Amherst, Massachusetts. It involves guided
imagery. Apparently, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, who founded the school in
1973, originated the method. Cohen is the author of Sensing, Feeling
and Action.
BodyMind Counseling Hypnotherapy: Component of BodyMind Therapy that
includes Jungian psychology and NLP.
BodyMind Dynamics: Form of bodywork advanced by the Somakinetics
Research Institute and, in 1994, promoted by the Source of Life Center,
in New York City. It is (or was) a purported way to "release"
pain, stress, and "negative emotions" that "interfere with"
the functioning of glands, in ternal organs, the nervous system, and "meridians."
BodyMind Massage: Component of BodyMind Therapy. BodyMind Massage
includes shiatsu. Its postulate is that touch is sacred and has "healing
power," and its purported goal is synergy.
BodyMind Shiatsu: Component of BodyMind Therapy that includes "energy
extension," "pulse assessment," and touching "meridian
points."
BodyMind Therapy: System taught by The BodyMind Academy, in Bellevue,
Washington. It includes BodyMind Breathwork, BodyMind Counseling Hypnotherapy,
BodyMind Massage, BodyMind Shiatsu, Gestalt (see "Gestalt therapy"),
and "inner family work."
body oriented emotional release psychotherapy (Neo-Reichian emotional
release work): Method promoted by Dee Cassella. Its theory posits "blocked
sexual energy" and holds that one reclaims one's "natural `SELF'"
as one: (a) releases anger, fear, and sadness, and (b) grieves over the
loss of one's "inner child."
body reflexology: System of reflexology or acupressure that encompasses
pressing, pulling, massaging, and clamping "reflex points" on
the face, tongue, ears, scalp, nape, hands, crotch, buttocks, shins, and
feet. These so-called reflex points, also termed "reflexes" and
"reflex buttons," include about a hundred pinnal acupoints. Body
Reflexology: Healing at Your Fingertips (1994) defines "reflex
points" as "energy junctions that relay and reinforce energy along
meridian lines of the body, passing energy toward the organs and the nervous
system." The book states that the palm of the right hand is "positive"
and "stimulates energy," and that the palm of the left hand is
"negative," sedative, and "cleaning."
BODYTONICS: Component of FITONICS. BODYTONICS are a series of movements
developed by Dr. Donald Burton Schnell. They purportedly raise one's "life
force" ("spiritual vibrations").
BodyWisdom (BodyWisdom Therapy): Yogic form of body-oriented psychotherapy
(body-centered psychotherapy) promoted by Margo G. Steinfeld, M.A. One of
its premises is that, as the body "aligns," physical and emotional
blockages and the "life force" become free.
bodywork (Bodywork Therapy, bodywork therapies): A potpourri of methods
typified by exercising, manipulating, and/or manually (especially digitally)
touching the body. It overlaps with energy field work. The expression "bodywork"
is generally interchangeable with "hands-on healing" and "hands-on
health." The major categories of bodywork are: (a) massage therapy,
(b) body-centered psychotherapy, and (c) touch therapy. Its major foci are:
(a) body structure (e.g., chiropractic), (b) "body armor" (e.g.,
Reichian Therapy), (c) chi or "vital energy" (e.g., acupressure
massage, acupuncture, and jin shinn), (d) relaxation (e.g., lomi-lomi and
Swedish massage), and (e) the alleged "subtle body" (e.g., Reiki
and Therapeutic Touch). The word "bodyworkers" apparently refers
to practitioners of any form of bodywork that is not categorizable as acupuncture,
chiropractic "adjustments," osteopathy, body-centered psychotherapy,
touch therapy, or energy field work.
Bodywork Plus: Purported blend of techniques from energy balancing,
shiatsu, and other methods. It includes breathwork and imagery.
Bodywork Tantra: Meditative derivative of chakra healing and Zen
Shiatsu developed by shiatsu schoolmaster Harold Dull. It encompasses Co-Centering,
Tantsu, and Watsu.
Bone Marrow Nei Kung (Iron Shirt Chi Kung III, Iron Shirt III): Component
of the Healing Tao System. It is an offshoot of Iron Shirt Chi Kung and
a variation of self-healing. "Nei Kung" reportedly means "practicing
with your internal power." The method supposedly involves "breathing"
chi through fingertips and toes, contracting muscles to force chi
into bones, hitting various parts of one's body (e.g., with sticks), and
swinging weights (up to ten pounds) suspended from one's genitals.
Bonsano {Bonsano (Perfect Wholth), Perfect Wholth (Bonsano) Integrative
Shamanic Healing}: Purported synthesis of "Western Mystical Traditions"
and shamanism originated by Jim Hopkins. It includes creative visualization,
crystal work (see "crystal healing"), meditation, prayer, "sanmano"
("hands-off healing"), and "shamanic journeying" (see
"soul part integration").
Bon shamanic practices: A number of traditional methods -- rituals
and modes of visualization -- purportedly used to generate "vital forces"
and "heal" internal and external obstacles to growth. The Tibetan
word "bön" literally means "invocation, recitation."
"Bön" or "Pön" refers to various re ligious
customs in Tibet that preceded the introduction of Buddhism. Bon involved
worship of spirits and protectional deities (e.g., the Lord of the Soil).
It reportedly survives in modified form in Nepal.
Bowen Technique (Bowen therapeutic technique, Bowen Therapy): Form
of bodywork and vibrational healing (see "vibrational medicine")
originated by Australian engineer Tom Bowen (d. 1982) in the early 1950s,
developed by Oswald Rentsch (an osteopath) and Elaine Rentsch (who holds
a diploma in Bach flower therapy) in Australia, and introduced in the United
States in 1990. Its theory posits chi ("universal life energy")
and human "energy vortexes." ("Bowen System" and "Bowen
Technique" may be synonymous.)
Breatharianism (breatharian): "Dietary practice" advocated
in the 1980s by Wiley Brooks, author of Man's Higher Consciousness.
Brooks claimed that food is a "poison" and that breathing is sufficient
for life.
Breath Regenesis®: Variation of rebirthing.
breathwork (Breath Work, conscious breathing): Multiform "healing
modality" characterized by stylized breathing. Its purported design
is to effect physical, emotional, and spiritual change. Breathwork allegedly:
(a) can dissolve "limiting programs" that are "stored"
in the mind and body; and (b) increases one's ability to handle "more
energy." Modes of breathwork include rebirthing, "Essential Breathing,"
"Middendorf," and "Vivation."
Breema: Afghan variation of the laying on of hands.
Breema Bodywork: Purportedly, an ancient health-improvement method
whose design is: (a) to "release" tension; (b) to promote health,
vitality, and "inner harmony"; and (c) to create emotional, physiological,
structural, and "energetic" balance in the practitioner and "recipient."
BRETH ("Breath Releasing Energy for Transformation and Happiness,"
"Breath Releasing Energy for Transformation & Healing"): "Process"
founded by Kamala Hope Campbell, an Australian. It encompasses conscious
breathing (see "beathwork" and "rebirthing"), High Touch,
and spiritual healing.
broadcasting: Form of absent healing originated by chiropractor Ruth
Drown (see "Drown radio therapy" and "radionic photography").
bubble of light technique (bubble of light meditation): Mode of magical
healing promoted by Martin Hart, N.D. Its theory posits a part of the unconscious
where anything is possible and nothing is secret.
Buddhist psychology: Alleged comprehensive science of mind and being.
It includes "Abhidharma analysis." (The Abhidharma is the third
part of the Buddhist canon.)
bu-hang: A form of cupping.
Business Qigong: Use of Qigong to de-stress employees, improve their
health, and increase their productivity.
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