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TaeUIJu Healing Meditation
(TaeUIJu, TaeUIJu healing, TaeUIJu meditation): Mode of meditation promoted
by JeungSanDo, an organization founded in 1871 by "Supreme Lord"
JeungSan SangJeNim, in Korea. Supposedly, TaeUIJu meditation is a process
of returning to the magnanimous "bosom" of the original "Mother,"
and the first step to eternal life. The practice of TaeUIJu amounts to (a)
sitting comfortably and (b) repeatedly, patiently chanting a "mantra"
whose meaning is that one wants to return to the "Origin of the Universe."
JeungSanDo defines "mantra" as "a set of words that contain
concentrated energy of the universe." The aforementioned "Origin"
purportedly can cure all mental and physical illnesses. Allegedly, the "original
healing mantra," called "TaeUIJu," protects one from sudden
accidents and helps to fight disease and to resolve conflicts. Apparently,
the leading teacher of TaeUIJu meditation in the United States is Jaenam
Kim, author of The Road to Awakening.
tai chi (tai chi chuan, Tai Ji, tai ji chuan, Tai
Ji Juan, tai ji quan): Variation of self-healing. Tai chi is
an ancient, yoga-like Chinese system of ballet-like exercises designed for
health, self-defense, and spiritual development. Practicing tai chi supposedly
facilitates the flow of chi ("life energy") through the
body by dissolving blockages both within the body and between the body and
the environment. Traditional tai chi prescribes about 108 to 128 postures,
including repetitions. The difficulty lies in concatenating the postures
into circular movements. Quan means "boxing."
Tai Chi-Chi Kung (taiji qigong): Alleged path to self-mastery
that consists mainly of Chi Kung exercises and tai chi. Its purported key
is dynamic balance of "the mind and body energy." Tai Chi-Chi
Kung includes "Chi Kung Meridian exercises," "Chi meditation,"
and "Five Element Energy Balancing exercises." The Chi Kung exercises
supposedly release very potent "healing energy" in the body for
dramatic health benefits.
T'ai Chi Dao Yin: System of exercises that resembles hatha yoga and
borrows from Taoist Qigong and Chen style T'ai Chi. It supposedly increases
"internal chi cultivation."
Taido: "Technique" developed by Toshihisa Hiraki. It reportedly
involves using hands "as empowered by universal energy." Taido,
which resembles Reiki, is a form of energy field work that does not entail
contact.
Taiji Wuxigong: Form of Qigong. It is a group of exercises whose
purported focus is the opening of the body's (alleged) "middle [energy]
channel." Supposedly, steady practice of these exercises "can"
conduce to an improvement of health, an increase in mental stability, restoration
of vitality, and "possible" activation of "certain"
latent abilities.
Tamang shamanism: Form of shamanism practiced by the Tamangs, a group
of Tibetan Buddhists in Nepal. It borrows from Buddhism and Hinduism and
includes karga puja. Reportedly, Tamang shamans always impute the disorders
they treat to evil spirits.
Tanden breathing: Purported means of tapping the tanden (hara),
the alleged seat of "human spiritual power."
Tan Tien Breathing: Part of Taoist Healing Imagery that purportedly
stimulates the "internal reservoir of energy."
Tan Tien Chi Kung: The "foundation" of the Healing Tao
Practices. Its theory holds that the "Tan Tien" (lower abdominal
area) is a "reservoir" for "Chi energy." Tan Tien Chi
Kung purportedly enables one to feel, develop, and store chi there.
Tantra (Tantra Yoga): Mode of lovemaking that involves breath control,
"energy exchange" meditations, "techniques" of "sexual
healing," and "transformative touch." Its theory posits "sexual
energy."
Tantsu: Component of Bodywork Tantra in which the practitioner holds
a "partner" continuously and fingers, pulls, or squeezes various
parts of his or her body. It takes place on a dry surface and supposedly
stretches "meridians." The word "Tantsu" is an acronym
for "Tantric Shiatsu."
Tao Healing Energy Chant: Adjunct to TaeUIJu Healing Meditation.
It supposedly structures "TaeUIJu Healing Energy." Up-and-down
vibration of both hands purportedly concentrates the "Healing Energy"
of chanters.
Taoist Diet: Diet whose principles stem from: (a) the Chinese theory
of the Five Elements, and (b) the "Yin/Yang energy balance" of
food. The Taoist Diet purportedly balances bodily "energies."
Taoist Energy Touch: "Traditional healing art" taught by
Nan Lu (see "Spring Dragon Qi Gong"). It purportedly involves
summoning and directing "internal energy" to alleviate common
minor ailments.
Taoist five element nutrition (Taoist healing diet): Component of
the Healing Tao System. It is a system of food combining based on astrology
and the Chinese theory of the Five Elements.
Taoist Healing Imagery: Group of Chinese "healing techniques"
advanced by Kenneth Cohen in his audiocassette of the same name. The "techniques"
include Dragon and Tiger Meditation (whose alleged purpose is to increase
vitality), Golden Light Solar Meditation, "Spirit Goes on a Distant
Journey," and Tan Tien Breathing. The purported ultimate goal of Taoist
Healing Imagery is to build "enlightenment."
Taoist Qigong (Daoist chi kung, Taoist Chi Kung): Form of
Qigong purportedly focused on cultivating morality, slowing aging, and rejuvenation.
Tao of Health (Tao of Healing, Tao of Healing method): Purported
natural approach to health promoted by the School of Classical Taoist Herbology,
in Manhattan (New York City). Its theory posits an original and "rightful"
state of health. The Tao of Health encompasses Acu-Powder, "energy
balance analysis," "sexology," meridian energy diagnosis,
the Taoist Diet, Tuina, and a variation of self-healing.
tap, tap system: Part of an apparently nameless system of "self-help"
expounded by Claude M. Bristol and Harold Sherman in TNT: The Power Within
You, first published in 1954. The larger system involves positive thinking
and its theory posits telepathy. The authors described "TNT" as
a "magnetic cre ative power" within people, a combination of a
mental image of anything reasonable that one wants plus faith in oneself
and in God (the "Great Creator"). The "tap, tap system"
simply is repeated visualization of whatever one desires.
tattva shuddhi (tattva shuddhi meditation): Tantric form of
meditation whose theory posits chakras and five elements: air, earth, ether,
fire, and water. It purportedly is adaptable to self-healing. "Tattva
shuddhi" means "purification of the elements."
Tatwa meditation: Cornerstone of a "holistic" system of
self-healing developed by "spiritual teacher" Emahmn (sic).
Tatwas are Hindu mandalas (mystical drawings) that purportedly have
"healing powers." Emahmn's system includes a mandalic-zodiacal
form of astrology.
TCM acupuncture (New Acupuncture): Form of acupuncture that arose
in the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution. Symptoms
or syn dromes ("patterns of disharmony") are its focus. "TCM"
stands for "Traditional Chinese Medicine."
telediagnosis (distant biological detection): Variation of pendular
diagnosis wherein the practitioner holds a pendulum over a photo or drawing
of the patient or over an object that supposedly has retained the patient's
"radiation." (See "psychometry.")
Temple Beautiful Programs (formerly the Temple Beautiful Program):
Seven- and eleven-day residential programs offered by the A.R.E. Clinic,
in Phoenix, Arizona. They borrow from the "readings" of Edgar
Cayce (see "The Cayce Approach to Health and Healing") and encompass
dream interpretation, guided imagery, meditation, prayer, and touch healing.
One of their purported major goals is the "awakening" of "individual
consciousness" to the influence of the "Divine" within the
atoms, cells, organs, and systems of the human body.
Ten Jin Do (The Way of Angels): "Transformational" mode
of energy work (see "vibrational medicine") developed by "psychic"
Anju Tenbu Myodo (the Japanese word "anju" means "nun"),
who also developed Shaman Stone Healing. Ten Jin Do includes a meditative
form of absent heal ing, through which its "Touch" supposedly
is available anywhere on earth.
Tenrikyo: Sect founded in 1838 by Japanese housewife Miki Nakagama
(1798-1887), through whom "God the Parent" allegedly appeared
in order to save humankind. Faith healing is one of its main foci. Tenri
means "divine reason" and is also definable as "the order
of creation." (See "Divine Healing from Japan.")
Tensegrity: Series of twelve movements advanced by author Carlos
Castaneda, Ph.D., reportedly born Carlos Cesar Arana Castaneda in 1925,
in Peru. Castaneda supposedly learned these movements from his teacher,
Juan Matus (Don Juan), a reputed Yaqui sorcerer (brujo). ("Don"
is a courtesy title that means "nobleman" or "gentleman.")
The purported design of Tensegrity is to "gather energy" and promote
well-being. Its theory posits an "energy body." (According to
Castaneda, his teacher was born in 1891. However, the alleged reality of
Castaneda's Don Juan is doubtful.)
Tepperwein Method (secret hypnosis): Subject of Prof. Kurt Tepperwein's
Master Secrets of Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis, which was first published
in Germany and became a bestseller in France. An American version became
available in the United States in early 1995. Apparently, the Tepperwein
Method is a group of "techniques" whereby one allegedly can: "convince"
one's body that it must burn fat like a teenager, "hypnotize"
disease out of one's body, enlarge one's breasts, triple the power of one's
mind, and develop the (alleged) power of telepathy.
Thai Massage: Millennia-old, "sacred" form of bodywork
that resembles shiatsu and is related to Nadi Sutra Kriya. It draws from
acupressure, "passive yoga therapy," and reflexology.
Thai Massage-Reflex Yoga with MettaTouch: Purported powerful synthesis
of acupressure massage, reflexology, and yoga. Allegedly, it stimulates
meridians ("energy lines"), vitalizes bodies, and clears "energy
blocks" that cause fatigue and illness. The Thai word "metta"
means "loving kind ness."
Thai-style bodywork: Variety of bodywork "therapies" whose
origin is Thailand. Their purported design is to create "energetic
balance" and "wholeness" of body, mind, and spirit in practitioners
and their clients.
Theocentric Therapy (Christian Psychological Counseling, Theocentric
Counseling, Theocentric Psychological Counseling, Theocentric Psychological
and Educational Therapies, Theocentric Psychology): Christian method taught
by LaSalle University, a nonaccredited correspondence school in Mandeville,
Louisiana.
theotherapy: Form of self-healing expounded by Peter Lemesurier,
author of The Armageddon Script (Element Books); Beyond All Belief:
Science, Religion and Reality (Element Books, 1983); The Cosmic Eye
(Findhorn Press); The Endless Tale (Element Books); Gospel of
the Stars (Element Books); The Great Pyramid Decoded (Element
Books); The Great Pyramid: Your Personal Guide; and The Healing
of the Gods: The Magic of Symbols and the Practice of Theotherapy (Element
Books, 1988). Theotherapy involves determining, more or less unconsciously,
which Greek god or goddess best symbolizes one's disease, and then supposedly
treating the disease by trying to adopt those godly characteristics one
considers positive and sustainable. According to its theory, every divine
characteristic is a therapy and every symptom is a healing tool.
therapeutic kinesiology: Form of kinesiology (see above) taught by
Tom Little, a former trainee of Carl Carpenter, the developer of "Hypno-Kinesiology."
Therapeutic kinesiology's theory posits releasable "energy" attached
to "negative" emotions.
Therapeutic Prayer: Purportedly, a powerful, nonreligious way to
express "caring" and utilize the "energy" of prayer.
Therapeutic Shiatsu: Shiatsu in the form of a gentle massage. It
purportedly conduces to the removal of blockages in the body's "energy
paths" (meridians).
Therapeutic Touch (TT, Krieger-Kunz Method of Therapeutic Touch):
Derivative of the laying on of hands, initiated in 1972 by Dolores Krieger,
Ph.D., R.N., and Dora van Gelder Kunz, a clairvoyant born in the Dutch East
Indies (Indonesia). Nursing professor emerita Dolores Krieger is the author
of Accepting Your Power to Heal: The Personal Practice of Therapeutic
Touch (Bear and Company), Living the Therapeutic Touch, and the
Therapeutic Touch Inner Workbook: Ventures in Transpersonal Healing
(1997). TT theory posits chakras and manually transmittable "human
energies."
Therapeutic Touch inner work: Expansion of Therapeutic Touch developed
and taught by Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N. Its postulate is that the most
pro found healing originates in a "transpersonal realm."
The Third Way (Third Way manifestation): Form of manifesting endorsed
(and apparently named) by Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., and Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.,
psychologists and coauthors of several books. It requires: (a) total commitment
to serving the "creative force of the universe"; (b) openness
to the deepest "energies" within oneself; (c) constant self-development
in order to see and feel "currents of energy" and follow them
through the universe; (d) telling the truth; and (e) keeping agreements.
30-Day Body Purification Program: Group of "purification techniques"
whose postulate is that "cleansing" the body's internal ecosystem
with herbs and "pure nutrients" is the key to "restoring"
a healthy environment in and around the body. The program embraces: aromatherapy;
food combin ing à la Natural Hygiene and macrobiotics; the Schuessler
biochemic system of medicine (tissue salts therapy); and a "visualization
technique" wherein one visualizes dust, toxins, and the color gray
leaving one's body.
thirty-day energetic workout: Exercise program designed by Richard
M. Chin, M.D., O.M.D., author of The Energy Within: The Science Behind
Every Oriental Therapy from Acupuncture to Yoga (Paragon House, 1992)
and coauthor of The Martial Arts. It is a purported aid to balancing
both one's "body energy" and one's "mind energy," and
an alleged way to "balance out" all twelve major meridians ("primary
energy channels"), in crease the flow of "energy," and remove
and prevent minor "energy blockages."
Thought Field Therapy (TFT, Callahan Techniques): "The study
of the structure of thought fields and the body's energy system as they
pertain to the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems,"
according to Dr. Roger Callahan, quoted in the November 1996 issue of Visions
Magazine. Callahan originated TFT in the 1980s. It apparently involves
manually tapping a suborbital "acupressure point."
Thought Therapy: "Self-study process" whose theory posits
a "spiritual-self." It purportedly enables use of twelve senses.
3-Dimensional chi analysis (Lane System analysis, 3-Dimensional analysis):
Component of the Lane System of 3-dimensional bioenergy analysis and nutritional
healing. Its theory posits 100 "bioenergy layers" of the human
body.
Three in One (Three in One Concepts process, Three in One approach):
Offshoot of applied kinesiology whose development began in 1972. Its apparent
thrust is to "defuse" the "negative emotional charge"
caused by "negative experiences."
Three Phase Workout: Routine recommended by chiropractor John Douillard,
author of Body, Mind, and Sport (Harmony Books, 1994). It consists
of: (a) the Sun Salute, a series of yoga postures that supposedly helps
to "integrate" mind and body; (b) performance, in three phases,
of the exercise of one's choice, with "Ayurvedic breathing" ("mind/body
breathing"); and (c) a cooldown. The Three Phase Workout is a purported
means of reaching "the Zone," an alleged quasi-mystical state.
Tibetan herbal medicine: Tibetan herbalism. Its theory posits "humoural
imbalances."
Tibetan medicine (Emchi): Buddhistic and largely allopathic system
that stems from Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and ancient Persian medicine.
Tibetan medicine encompasses acupuncture and moxibustion and purportedly
heals both the physical and the psychic "being." Its theory posits
reincarna tion, evil spirits, tutelary gods, and three physiological principles:
"wind," "bile," and "phlegm." The terms "Tibetan
medicine" and "Tibetan Buddhist Medicine" appear synonymous.
Tibetan Pulsing Healing (Tibetan Pulsing): Modern approach to an
ancient Tibetan technique. It is a form of bodywork whose postulate is that
sound and the pulse are usable to dissolve "blockages" in the
nervous system. Its theory posits (a) a "`cool' healing fire"
created by the heart, and (b) the hara, an alleged controller
of the immune system wherein sexual "energy" often is "locked."
Tibetan Pulsing includes a system of "eye-reading" whose purported
design is to determine which organs need attention.
Tibetan Reiki: Variation of and extension to Reiki. Tibetan Reiki
purportedly is of ancient Tibetan origin.
Time Line Therapy (TLT): Branch of NLP created by Dr. Tad James.
Time Line Therapy is a group of "techniques," one of whose premises
is that people store their "experience of time" on a line in space.
Journeying on this so-called timeline to the past and future allegedly charges
one's "life-energy" and prepares one for the "incredibly
powerful magic" of Huna (an esoteric tradition native to the Hawaiian
Islands; see "kahuna healing").
Tissue Sensing: Method whose purported design is to direct "energy"
to specific bodily tissues.
TM-Sidhi (TM-Sidhi program, Transcendental Meditation Sidhi program,
yogic flying): A "natural extension" of Transcendental Meditation.
TM-Sidhi is one of the two most important techniques of Maharishi Ayur-Ved.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi founded TM-Sidhi in 1976. It allegedly promotes the
ability to think and act from the "Unified Field of Natural Law"
("the transcendental consciousness of everyone").
Toad fighting: Approach to unhealthy eating propounded by clinical
psychologist James Weldon Worth, Ed.D. It is a purported means of struggling
with one's "Toad" -- an alleged clever "animunculus"
(quasi-existent homunculus-like creature) that "stalks" everyone's
"inner labyrinth" (id, "shadow self") and seeks alimentary
appeasement.
tongue diagnosis: Mode of pseudodiagnosis whose theory posits Qi
(pronounced "chee"). Supposedly, Qi -- often called "energy,"
"life-force," and "vitality" -- is that which defines
life. Chinese-medicine theory assigns areas of the tongue to internal organs,
and various lingual conditions to visceral conditions. For example, lateral
tooth marks allegedly signify a "Spleen Qi deficiency."
Toning: Vocal method expounded and developed by American "healer"
Laurel Elizabeth Keyes. It is an alleged means of bringing "new life
energy" to "inhibited" or "unbalanced" parts of
the body. Toning involves standing with eyes closed, relaxing the jaws,
and expressing feelings with vocal sounds.
Touch for Health (TFH): Form or variation of energy balancing developed
by chiropractor John F. Thie, author of Touch for Health: A New Approach
to Restoring Our Natural Energies (T.H. Enterprises). TFH is a combination
of acupressure touch, applied kinesiology, and massage.
touch therapy (touch healing, touch therapies, the laying on of hands):
The laying on of hands and variations thereof, including OMEGA, The Radiance
Technique, and Reiki.
tracing: "Technique" akin to Therapeutic Touch. It involves
moving the hand or fingers along acupuncture meridians.
traditional acupuncture (Traditional Chinese acupuncture): Form of
acupuncture based on the meridian theory of, and usually practiced in the
context of, TCM.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): The dominant style of Chinese
medicine in the People's Republic of China.
traditional Dhanur Veda diagnosis: Pseudodiagnostic method whose
purported goal is identification of "marma blockages." Allegedly,
this requires "deep inner concentration" and can happen by phone
and with minimal conversation.
traditional herbal diagnosis: Apparently, a purported means of making
"appropriate" dietary and herbal recommendations. It includes
pulse diagnosis (traditional Chinese pulse diagnosis) and tongue diagnosis.
traditional Indian medicine: 1. (TIM, American Indian Healing,
Indian Medicine, Native American Healing Ways, Traditional Native American
Medicine Ways) Native American form of shamanism. 2. Ayurveda.
Trager (psychophysical integration, Trager approach, Trager bodywork,
Tragering, Trager Psychophysical Integration®, Tragerwork): "Movement
education approach" developed by Milton Trager, M.D., a former boxer
and acrobat who, in 1958, became one of the first eight initiates of Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi (see "Maharishi Ayur-Ved") in the United States. Practitioners
supposedly work in a meditative state termed "hook-up" (see "Trager
Mentastics").
Trager Mentastics (Mentastics®): System of body movements developed
by Milton Trager, M.D. Its purported design is to restore and maintain agelessness
of body and mind. The crux of Mentastics is "hook-up": a contagious
"natural state of being," similar to meditation, wherein one supposedly
connects with an "energy force" that regulates life.
trance channeling: Form of channeling that occurs while the "channeler"
appears to be in a trance.
Transcendental Meditation® (TM®): One of the two most important
techniques of Maharishi Ayur-Ved. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi founded TM in 1957
and introduced it in the United States in 1959. TM is an alleged means of
experiencing "pure awareness." It involves sitting comfortably,
with eyes closed, for 15 to 20 minutes twice a day while one mentally repeats
a mantra. In TM, a mantra purportedly is a "thought-sound" that
has a "known" vibratory effect but does not have a designative
meaning. The TM teacher supposedly chooses a mantra suitable for the initiate.
transference treatment: Any alleged remedy whose postulate is that
a body can transfer (transplant) its nature to another, or that illness
is transferable by grafting.
Transformation (Transformations, Transformation:
You'll See It When You Believe It): One of psychotherapist-author Dr.
Wayne W. Dyer's audiocassette programs for self-development (© 1987).
Its premises include the following. (a) Thought is everything. (b) Thoughts
"interconnect" the universe. (c) One can become able to bring
about "almost anything." (d) One has chosen everything around
oneself. (e) One can be anything. (See "The Awakened Life.")
transformational bodywork: Combination of aura balancing, chakra
healing, Reiki, and "integrative body work."
Transformational Breath (Transformational Breathing, Transformational
Breathwork): Form of breathwork that borrows from yogic doctrines. Supposedly,
the method solidifies awareness of "the connection" to "Source"
and permanently transforms the "energetic field" of subjects.
Practitioners are called "Transformational Facilitators."
Transformational Breathwork®: Component of the NewBirth Process.
Purportedly, Transformational Breathwork is a process of conscious breathing
(see "breathwork" and "rebirthing") that "stimulates"
profound awareness on the "deepest levels" of body, mind, and
soul and establishes "inner" balance and "flow." Transformational
Breathwork and Transformational Breath probably are identical.
Transformational Counseling (ASAT Transformational Counseling): "Holistic"
system of "facilitation" taught by the American Association of
Alternative Therapists (ASAT), in Rockport, Massachusetts. It encompasses
Biogram Therapy, "dream therapy," Parts Therapy, progression/regression
therapy, and Psycho-Neuro Integration (PNI). Apparently, the main premise
of transformational counseling is that beliefs are the "real"
cause of mental, physical, emotional, and "etheric" problems.
(See "ASAT C.O.R.E. Counseling.")
transformational dreaming: Mode of dreamwork described and recommended
by New York City psychoanalyst Jill Morris, Ph.D., author of The Dream
Workbook (Little, Brown and Co., 1985), Creative Breakthroughs
(Warner Books, 1993), and Transformational Dreaming (Ballantine Books,
1996). Its theory posits a collective unconscious.
transformational dynamic breathwork: Form of breathwork promoted
by Jim Hyman, an exponent of the Deep Emotional Release Bodywork System.
Transformational dynamic breathwork borrows from this and from shamanism.
Transformational Hypnotherapy: Method that apparently draws from
Ericksonian Hypnosis, Gestalt, Jungian psychology, psychosynthesis, and
shamanism. It allegedly puts one in touch with one's "higher guidance."
Transformational Therapy: Purportedly versatile and powerful "therapy
technique" developed at the Heartwood Institute, in Garberville, California.
Its postulate is that, although wellness is one's "natural state of
being," most people have "barriers" to "experiencing"
it consistently. Trans formational Therapy encompasses Alchemical Hypnotherapy,
Dreambody Work, Strategic Hypnotherapy, Transformational Breathwork, and
transpersonal psychology.
transformation-oriented bodywork (transformational bodywork): Combination
of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual "processes" related
to "energetic balancing" (see "energy balancing"), psychotherapy,
spiritual counseling, and touch therapy. Transformation-oriented bodywork
descends from bioenergetics, massage, the "personal/spiritual growth"
movement, and Reichian Therapy. Apparently, its fundamental postulates include
the following. (a) Constricted muscles block "energy" in the body.
(b) Constriction shows up as pettiness. (c) The "Highest Ideal"
lies in the "realm of Divinity," the "Source" of both
life and meaning for humans and the earth.
"The Transition Method": Subject of an "incredible"
correspondence course offered by The Transition Institute®, in Conifer,
Colorado. The institute's president, reputed former millionaire Bob Scheinfeld,
assembled and christened the method, which purportedly spawns "daily
miracles." One of its premises is that a "vast communications
network" interconnects all earthlings; supposedly, this (alleged) linkage
exists in humans at the level of the unconscious.
Transpersonal Hypnotherapy: Purported synthesis of "Depth Hypnosis,"
Ericksonian Hypnosis, NLP, and "Transpersonal therapies," promoted
by James N. Maynard, J.D., author of The Unlimited Human: From Limitation
to Liberation.
transpersonal psychology (transpersonal counseling, transpersonal
counseling psychology): Combination of Jungian psychology, psychosynthesis,
and Eastern mysticism. It emphasizes meditation, prayer, and self-transcendence.
Carl Jung (see "Jungian psychology") apparently was the first
to use the expression "transpersonal" (überpersönlich),
in 1917. Psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, the codeveloper of Holotropic Breathwork,
coined the name "transpersonal psychology."
transpersonal regression therapy: Apparent component of Transpersonal
Hypnotherapy that includes NLP. Its theory posits a "Higher Self."
transpersonal therapy: Apparently, a component of Transpersonal Hypnotherapy
that purportedly is an access to "the Inner Guide."
Trauma Release Therapy: "Process" developed by Karl Nishimura,
D.D.S., M.S. It is an alleged means of removing a "lifetime" of
"suppressed traumas." The purported design of its 14-step "protocol"
is to reactivate "old traumas" and remove individual injuries
"layer by layer" until re juvenation occurs.
TRIGGERS Mind Programming System (Triggers; Triggers course; Triggers
System; TRIGGERS: The Technology Of Instant Motivation): "Personal
development system" invented by certified psychiatric social worker,
hypnotist, and transactional analyst Stanley Mann, author of the bestseller
TRIGGERS: A New Approach To Self-Motivation. (Prentice-Hall, Inc.)
Apparently, Triggers, or Triggering, is a purported means of harnessing
"magic powers" hidden in one's personality, healing illness with
a mere thought, and solving problems "in a snap."
Tsubo therapy (Tsubo): Variation of acupressure that involves massaging,
needling, or applying electricity to "acupressure points" ("Tsubo";
see "amma" and "shiatsu").
Tuina [tway na] (Chinese Massage Therapy, Push Grab Massage, Tuei-Na,
Tui Na An Mo, tuina therapy): Ancient Chinese form of "remedial"
massage that supposedly regulates the circulation of chi and restores
the balance of yin and yang (cosmic poles).
twelve stages of healing: Alleged 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."
Twelve Steps (12-Step path, 12-Step program, 12-Step way): Theistic
system that purportedly advances recovery from various addictions and compulsive
behaviors. It involves meditation and prayer. The 12-Step path of Alcoholics
Anonymous emphasizes cultivating a relationship with one's conception of
God, a "Higher Power," a "Creative Force," or a "Oneness
in the Universe."
21 Day Rejuvenation Program: Regimen promoted by Joseph Kurian (see
"Kalaripayat" and "marma science"). It involves
using J. Kurian Skin Care creams, which purportedly unblock "subtle
energy channels" under the skin, and teas. The program allegedly "unlocks"
energy and "inner peace."
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