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HaelanWork:
"Complementary healing therapy" that purportedly blends
centering prayer (see "divine therapy"), "healing
dialogue," Holotropic Breathwork, meditation, and Therapeutic
Touch.
Hakomi (Hakomi body-centered psychotherapy, Hakomi Body-Mind
Process, Hakomi Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Hakomi Method, Hakomi
Method of Body/Mind Therapy, Hakomi Therapy, Hakomi work): "Refinement"
of Reichian Therapy developed by Ron Kurtz in the mid-1970s. The
Hakomi Method supposedly uses the "mind/body connection"
to elicit nonverbal "core beliefs." It is based partly
on bioenergetics, Buddhism, and Taoism. "Hakomi" is
a Hopi word that means: "How do you stand in relation to
these many realms?" (loosely, "Who are you?").
Hakomi Integrative Somatics (formerly Hakomi Bodywork):
Form of body-centered psychotherapy originated by Pat Ogden. It
includes energy work (see "vibrational medicine"). Its
theory posits "wisdom" of body, mind, and spirit.
hand-mediated energetic healing (HMEH, HMEH approaches,
HMEH traditions, hand-mediated healing modalities): Group of "healing"
methods characterized by the belief that the practitioner's hands
are agents of the transfer or interchange of something that feels
like "energy." HMEH encompasses acupressure, external
qigong (Qigong therapy), Healing Touch, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Polarity
(Polarity Therapy), reflexology, Reiki, shiatsu massage, Therapeutic
Touch, and Touch for Health.
hand psychology: Form of scientific palmistry. Its postulate
is that one's hands reveal vast psychological information. Hand
psychology features dermatoglyphics: the study of fine ridges
on fingertips and palms.
hand reflexology: Form of reflexology whose focus is the
hand. It is one of the two basic modes of zone therapy.
Harmonics: "Transformative" and "curative"
mode of chanting developed and practiced by Tibetan monks. Proponents
associate particular sounds with specific bodily "energy
centers."
Harner Method Shamanic Counseling (HMSC): Admixture of
classic shamanism and the work of anthropologist and author Michael
Harner, Ph.D., founder and director of The Foundation for Shamanic
Studies, in Mill Valley, California. The purported thrust of HMSC
is problem-solving by divination. Supposedly, practitioners ("ordinary
reality HMSC counselors") serve merely as facilitators, and
sacred teachers in "nonordinary reality" are the "real"
counselors.
hatha yoga (hatha, yoga): Method akin to kundalini yoga.
It involves pranayama and the adoption of various bodily
postures (asanas). The word "hatha" combines
two Sanskrit words: ha, which means "the breath of
the sun" (prana), and tha, "the breath
of the moon" (apana).
Hawaiian bodywork: Mode of massage originally practiced
only by kahunas (see "kahuna healing"). It purportedly
releases "old patterns" at the cellular level."
Apparently, Hawaiian bodywork is a variation of, or identical
to, lomi-lomi.
Hawaiian Temple Bodywork (lomi ha'a mauli ola):
Variation of lomi-lomi that combines "prayerful" bodywork,
music, the hula (a Polynesian dance), and breathing exercises
for raising mana (the "life force").
head reflex massage: Form of reflexology characterized
by purported stimulation of "reflex points" on the head,
for example, by pulling hair or by lightly "pounding"
the entire head with fists.
Healing Heart Meditation: Alleged "Healing tool"
that purportedly "re-connects" people with their "spiritual
roots." It includes "guided meditation." Apparently,
one of its principles is that people are unconditional love.
healing light kung fu (healing hands kung fu): Apparently,
a combination of cosmic energy chi kung and Five Finger Kung Fu.
Healing Love (Healing Love meditation, Healing Love practices,
Seminal and Ovarian Kung Fu, Taoist Sexology and Practice): A
foundational component of the Healing Tao System. It is a mode
of sexual intercourse that purportedly "cultivates,"
conserves, and transforms "sexual energy" through the
"Microcosmic Orbit," an alleged major "energy channel."
For men, Healing Love involves the "power draw": sex
without ejaculation.
Healing Tao (Healing Tao Practices, Healing Tao System,
Healing Tao Warm Current Meditation, international healing Tao
system): System of "Body-Mind-Spirit discipline" promoted
by the Healing Tao Co., in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is an alleged
means of developing a "solid spiritual body." Its purported
ultimate goal is transcendence of physical boundaries. Healing
Tao theory posits a soul and a spirit in "man."
"Healing the Heart" workshop: Psychospiritual
component of a "healing" program run by cardiologist
Stephen Sinatra, M.D. In 1995, the program included meditation
and a "visualization" involving patients' requesting
guidance from believable "spiritual powers."
Healing the Skin from Within: "Complete skin care
program" developed by dermatologist Michael R. Bilkis, M.D.
It allegedly affects skin problems on three levels: body, mind,
and spirit.
Healing Touch (HT): Variation of Therapeutic Touch and
Non-Contact Therapeutic Touch whose purported design is to restore
balance to the client's "energy system."
Healing Yoga: Technique developed by Kelly Piper. It includes
"chakra opening" and visualization (see "creative
visualization").
Healtheology: One of the fields of study offered by the
American Institute of Holistic Theology, a nonaccredited correspondence
school in Youngstown, Ohio. The institute defines "Healtheology"
as "a theological science of health, espousing the concept
that health and theology have a common ground." Healtheology
encompasses acupressure, angelic healing, aromatherapy, Ayurveda,
breathwork, color therapy, crystal healing, herbalism, home opathy,
hypnosis, "music therapy," polarity healing (polarity
balancing), psychic healing, reflexology, shamanism, shiatsu,
Therapeutic Prayer, transpersonal psychology, vibrational healing
(vibrational medicine), and yoga. Its theory posits a soul with
a threefold purpose: to experience, learn, and express itself.
Practitioners are called "Healtheologists."
Health Harmonics: "Technology" that purportedly
enables determination of the sound frequency one needs for "balance"
and "harmony" of body, mind, and spirit.
Health Kinesiology: Offshoot of applied kinesiology created
by psychologist Dr. Jimmy Scott. Its theory posits the Five Elements
(Five Phases), a "meridian system," and "reflex
points" for the Five Elements in the area of the navel. "Corrective
treatments" may include crystals, gems, mag nets, and homeopathic
"remedies."
HealthWatchers Analysis: Purported test of urine and saliva
for "the physical and emotional frequency" of an individual's
"Stress Pattern." (See "HealthWatchers System.")
HealthWatchers System: "Specialized application"
of Biological Immunity Analysis to weight management. Its centerpiece
is the HealthWatchers Analysis. HealthWatchers System®, a
mail-order house in Scottsdale, Arizona, defines: (a) "Stress
Pattern" as "the resistance created by People, Places,
Circumstances and Events attracted to you because they are opposed
to your Soul Pattern"; (b) "Soul Pattern" as "the
pattern inherent in your Soul.the point-of-view from which you
are able to see and express life when you are free from your Stress
Pattern"; and (c) "Soul" as "the immortal,
spiritual, moral or emotional nature of a human being."
Heartwood massage: "Holistic" form of bodywork
taught by the Heartwood Institute, in Garberville, California.
It apparently encompasses breathwork, energy balancing, hypnotherapy,
guided imagery, neo-Reichian massage, Polarity Energy Balancing,
Swedish/Esalen massage, Swedish massage, and Zen Shiatsu.
Hellerwork: Combination of massage, "movement education,"
and dialogue invented in 1978 by aerospace engineer Joseph Heller,
the first president of the Rolf Institute (see "Rolfing").
It stems largely from Rolfing and Aston-Patterning. Its theory
posits "masculine energy" and holds that the body is
a "vehicle," "hologram," or channel for "life
energy" through which "self-expression" can "radiate."
Hemi-Sync®: "Brain-integrating" audiotape
system developed by Robert A. Monroe (author of Journeys Out
of the Body, Far Journeys, and Ultimate Journey)
and promoted by The Monroe Institute, in Faber, Virginia. The
institute claims that particular Hemi-Sync tapes can control pain,
increase strength, lower blood pressure, reduce appetite, weaken
addictive behavior, hasten recovery from illness or surgery, enhance
recovery of speech and motor skills after a stroke, and control
the metabolism of food by either maximizing or minimizing "the
caloric value retained."
Hemi-Sync DEC training exercise: Derivative of Hemi-Sync
purportedly designed for healing oneself and sending "healing
energy" to others. "DEC" stands for "Dolphin
Energy Club." The Hemi-Sync DEC training exercise uses the
dolphin as a symbol of intelligent "universal energy."
Hemi-Sync 2000: "Learning system" derived from
Hemi-Sync. Its theory posits "subtle energy fields"
that directly "effect" the "physical body."
herbal crystallization analysis (HCA, HCA test, herbal
identification, Herbal Tracer Test): Pseudodiagnostic method developed
by Prof. George Benner, a "Master Herbologist" and the
author of Herbal Crystals as Curative Patterns (1979).
Reportedly, Benner's primary inspiration was a method of botanical
identification developed by occultist Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s
(see "anthroposophical medicine"). Steiner's method
involved crystallizing the sap of botanical specimens with a solution
of copper sulfate. The result was a crystalline fingerprint of
the herb. Benner similarly processed saliva. He decided that the
resultant salivary configurations correlated with the configurations
of herbs useful, according to folklore, against the donors' health
problems. Allegedly, the number of specimens of a single herb
that match a saliva specimen is a barometer of the donor's need
for that herb: the more matches, the greater the need.
herb cupping: Variation of the water cupping method wherein
the practitioner puts into the water an herb that supposedly helps
to improve blood circulation and expel "wind evil."
High Touch: Part of BRETH. High Touch is a purported way
of touching on an "energetic" or physical plane and
an alleged means of "soul-to-soul contact."
Hippocrates health program (Hippocrates program): Variation
of Nature Cure developed by "wholistic health educator"
Dr. Ann Wigmore (1904-1994), author of Be Your Own Doctor,
The Healing Power Within, The Hippocrates Diet and Health
Program, Hippocrates Live Food Program, Recipes
for Longer Life, The Sprouting Book, The Wheatgrass
Book, and Why Suffer?. Wigmore founded the Hippocrates
Health Institute in 1957. The Hippocrates program encompasses
brushing the skin, deep breathing, enemas, food combining, the
Hippocrates Diet (see "Living Foods Lifestyle"), and
exercises such as squatting. Its theory holds that "integration
of body/mind/spirit" is central to health. In Belief:
All There Is (1991), Brian R. Clement, codirector of the Hippocrates
Health Institute, in West Palm Beach, Florida, asserts: "[B]elief
can bring you anything that you desire" (p. 41). He further
states that death is a "sham" (p. 67).
holistic dentistry (holistic general dentistry): Form of
general dentistry that may include acupuncture, biofeedback, CranioSacral
Therapy, and/or homeopathy.
holistic gynecology: Purported "natural" approach
to women's health. It includes "vitamin and herbal therapies"
and visualization (see "creative visualization," above).
holistic nursing (wholistic nursing): Form of nursing that
exalts intuition and may include AMMA Therapy, biofeedback, guided
imagery, Healing Touch, homeopathy, iridology, massage therapy,
Oriental medicine (especially acupuncture), psychic healing, tai
chi, and/or Therapeutic Touch. Its purported goal is integration
of body, mind, and spirit.
Holistic Palpate Energy Therapy: Form of aura balancing.
holistic psychiatry: Form of "psychiatry" that
may include biofeedback, bodywork, energy healing (see "vibrational
medicine"), and homeopathy.
holistic psychotherapy: Approach to psychotherapy promoted
by Russian-born Reiki practitioner Katya Salkinder, M.A. Apparently,
it is a purported means of releasing "energy blocks"
created by "unresolved emotional conflicts."
holistic reiki: Variation of Reiki founded by interfaith
ministers Marla and Bill Abraham.
Holoenergetic healing® (Holoenergetics®): Psychotherapeutic
form of energy healing (see "vibrational medicine")
christened and advanced by Leonard Laskow, M.D., author of Healing
with Love (Harper, 1992). The expression "Holoenergetic
healing" means "healing with the energy of the whole."
The method's premises include the following. (a) Separation is
illusory. (b) Maintenance of this illusion requires "energy."
(c) Often, physical or mental ill ness or stress is symptomatic
of such consumption of "energy." (d) Releasing oneself
from the illusion of separation liberates tremendous "energy."
(e) Healing is the gradual elimination of the illusion of separation.
Holoenergetics comprises four stages: (1) the recognition phase,
wherein the patient purportedly identifies the source of his or
her illness; (2) the resonance phase, wherein the patient allegedly
comes to terms with the aforementioned source; (3) release, wherein
the patient supposedly releases the "disharmonious energetic
pattern" associated with the source; and (4) the reformation
phase, wherein, according to Laskow, the patient replaces the
"dysfunctional" pattern with an image symbolizing "the
positive life-force intentthe energy that's aligned with the natural
order and harmony of the inherent healing process of the body."
hologramic hypnotherapy: Method promoted by Donna Michel
of New York City. It includes guided visualization (see "creative
visualization" and "guided imagery").
Holographic Repatterning: "Modality" developed
by Chloe Wordsworth, M.A. Its theory holds that the "physical
body" is a "frequency of energy" and that human
"energy frequencies" become "constricted"
in response to unmet "life needs."
holographic replaning: "Technique" promoted by
author Dina Levine. It is a purported access to and means of transforming
and eliminating "spiritual blocks." Its postulate is
that "spiritual blocks" are the key to physical, mental,
and emotional problems and cause pain, sickness, and unworkable
relationships.
Holotropic Breathwork (Grof breathwork, holonomic breathwork,
holonomic therapy, holotropic breath therapy, holotropic therapy):
Psychotherapeutic technique developed in the 1970s by Czechoslovakian-born
psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, M.D., and his wife, Christina Grof,
author of The Thirst for Wholeness. It involves breathwork
(hyperventilation), sound technology (mainly loud music), and
the drawing of mandalas (aids to meditation), and it may include
"focused bodywork." Holotropic Breathwork is an alleged
access to one's "natural healing energies." It purportedly
can induce "transpersonal experiences," which, according
to Dr. Grof, can provide information about any "aspect"
of the universe in the present, past, and future.
homeoacupuncture: Injection of "homeopathic solutions"
into acupoints.
homeopathy (homeopathic medicine, homeotherapeutics, homoeopathy):
Form of energy medicine (vibrational medicine) developed by German
physician Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann (1755-1843). Hahnemann
coined the word "dynamis" to refer to the "vital
force." His final theory held that the "vital force"
is the source of all biological phenomena, that it becomes deranged
during illness, and that appropriate homeopathic "remedies"
work by restoring the "vital force."
The major principles of homeopathy include the following. (a)
A substance with specific effects in a healthy person can cure
a person with similar symptoms. (b) The process of repeated dilution
and vigorous shaking of harmful substances renders them "medically
active" yet "free of side effects." (c) Each body
has only one soul; thus, a person has only one core problem at
a time, and only one remedy is necessary for a "curative
action." (d) Proper selection of a remedy requires taking
into account numerous minutiae about the patient's situation.
(e) "Mind symptoms" usually are more important than
physical symptoms. (f) Humans are "soul energy" vibrating
in an "energy pattern" (the so-called physical body).
(g) Cures involve interaction of the soul and cogitative, affective,
and physical processes. Usually, "inner peace" is the
first response to a remedy, "better energy" the second,
and "physical" cure the last.
homeovitic detoxification: Phase of homeovitics that allegedly
increases the body's "innate healing energy."
homeovitics (homoeovitics): Contemporary "approach
to homeopathy" developed circa 1979 by Allen Morgan Kratz,
Pharm.D., and promoted by HoBoN, a "pharmaceutical manufacturer"
in Naples, Florida. ("HoBoN" stands for "Homoeovitic
[or "Homeovitic"] + Bio + Nutritionals.") A booklet
received from the company in 1993 defined "homoeovitics"
as "the intensification of the body's healing energies through
the use of vitalization." A "Practitioner's Handbook"
received by mail from HoBoN in June 1995 states:
Vitalization increases the vital energy of a substance by a stepwise
series of dilutions with succussions [vigorous shaking]. This
energy can then be transferred from this vitalized substance to
activate a less energetic one. This transfer of energy is known
as resonance. It occurs when the vitalized substance (vitic) is
similar or identical (homeo) to the less energetic one.
The crux of homeovitics is administration of "homeovitic
+ bio + nutritionals" (or "homeovitic formulae").
These are HoBoN products that, allegedly, "function by Homoeovitic
bioresonance," add "energy" to the body, and intensify
its "innate healing energy." Homeovitics en compasses
Clearing, homeovitic detoxification, and Biogenic Support.
homuncular acupuncture: Form of acupuncture whose focus
is any group of acupoints that represents a miniature human being
(homunculus). Proponents have localized such groups on the nose,
face, auricle, hands, and feet.
Ho'oponopono (Ho'oponopono process): Reputed all-purpose,
up-to-date variation of an ancient Hawaiian "process."
Its theory posits a "Divine Creator." Ho'oponopono purportedly:
"releases" problems and "blocks" that cause
"imbalance," stress, and "dis-ease" in "the
self"; brings peace and "balance" through a physical,
mental, and spiritual "cleansing" that involves repentance
and "transmutation"; and creates "balance,"
freedom, love, peace, and wisdom within individuals, other social
entities, the world, and the "Universe."
Hoshino Therapy (Hoshino Therapy® Art): System of bodywork
developed by Tomezo Hoshino, an acupuncture diplomate and onetime
pedicurist who was born in 1910 in Atsugi, Japan. Hoshino Therapy
includes a manual form of acupressure that uses 250 "vital
points."
Hug Therapy (therapeutic hugging): Variation of Therapeutic
Touch advanced by Kathleen Keating Schloessinger, R.N., M.A.,
in the bestseller The Hug Therapy Book (1983) and a companion
volume. It is a set of "techniques" based on the "friendly
science" and "art" of "nonsexual" hugging.
The "advanced techniques" include "Zen hugging"
and guided imagery (e.g., imagining being hugged by a favorite
friend who is a good hugger). The author posits a "spirit,"
a "life energy that heals," and a "place"
at everyone's "center" where unadulterated love is discoverable.
Huichol Shamanism (Huichol Indian Shamanism): Form of shamanism
promoted by the Dance of the Deer Foundation, taught by its director,
"shaman healer" Brant Secunda, and practiced by the
Huichols, a tribe of Indians living in central western Mexico,
near Ixtlan.
Human Ecology Balancing Sciences: Branch of kinesiology
(see below) put together by physicist Steven Rochlitz. It supposedly
involves the "balancing" of "meridian disorganization"
and of "energy."
The Human Ecology Program: Purported synthesis of aerobics,
biochemistry, homeopathy, naturopathy, orthomolecular medicine,
philosophy, and "psycho-cybernetics" developed by artist
and "research physician" Da Vid, M.D. Its theory depicts
God as "The Life Force": an eternal, fun damental, omnipotent,
and omnipresent -- yet mysterious (indeed, indefinable) -- "Power"
immanent in humans. A "fundamental component" of the
program is, in effect, the endeavor to become identical to "The
Power." The Human Ecology Program apparently embraces: Artainment;
bodywork (especially chiropractic); "communion," meditation,
and/or prayer; dietary supplementation; The Freedom Aerobic Exercise
Program (a videotape program); homeovitics; and radionics.
Humanistic Therapy: Method whose purported goal is to heal
the "inner child." Its theory posits a boundless human
spirit.
Human Resources Chi Gong: Form of Qigong (chi gong)
taught by Warner Chen, O.M.D., L.Ac., Ph.D., of New York City.
Chen describes chi as a "vital force or vital energy"
similar to electricity.
Huna: Purportedly, the teachings of the ancient Hawaiian
people. Huna apparently encompasses breathwork, chanting, "Dreamtime
Techniques," energy work (see "vibrational medicine"),
guided imagery, "Ha Breathing," and Ho'oponopono. (See
"kahuna healing.")
Huna Kane Temple Massage: Purported ancient, sacred, and
"omnidimensional" form of bodywork based on kahuna healing
and Tantra. Apparently, its theory posits a "God/Goddess
within."
hydrochromopathy: Variation of color therapy that involves:
(a) filling a colored glass bottle, or a clear glass bottle wrapped
in a colored gel, with spring water or distilled water; (b) placing
the bottle in direct sunlight, indirect sunlight, or artificial
light; (c) keeping the bottle thus for at least one to three hours;
and (d) drinking the resultant "color-charged" water
-- e.g., "blue-charged" water for a fever, "green-charged"
water as a tonic, or "red-charged" water as a pick-me-up.
hydropathy (water cure): Near-panacean, purificatory use
of water internally and externally. Silesian farmer Vincenz (Vincent)
Priessnitz (1791-1851) originated hydropathy early in the nineteenth
century in Germany. Msgr. Sebastian Kneipp (see "kneipping")
revived it in the same century. Hydropathy survives mainly in
the context of kneipping.
Hypnoaesthetics: Purported application of hypnosis to establishing
and maintaining "intimacy" between one's subconscious
and one's biochemical and cellular processes. It supposedly increases
"body harmony." Its theory posits "subconscious
energy" usable for "physiological enhancement."
hypnoanalysis: Method taught by the Infinity International
Institute of Hypnotherapy, in Royal Oak, Michigan. Hypnoanalysis
apparently encompasses "dream analysis," hypnotherapy,
regression therapy, "spiritual cleansing," transpersonal
psychology, and techniques for the "release" of "negative
energy."
Hypno-Meditation: Component of FITONICS originated by Dr.
Donald Burton Schnell. Hypno-Meditation is a purported synthesis
of Eastern and Western spiritual teachings and "techniques."
Its theory posits "Cosmic Consciousness," a "higher"
state of awareness from which the "best" human emotions
flow.
HypsoConsciousness: Purported ancient Hermetic tradition.
It involves: (a) breathing "techniques" that supposedly
enable the extraction of "energy" from the air in tremendous
amounts; (b) "conscious movement"; (c) "conscious
vocalization"; and (d) "Power Hunting," an alleged
means of achieving a heightened state of awareness.
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