All of the healing practices used at The Center for Spiritual Wholeness work with the body's energy field and aid in the natural healing process of the body. They activate the mind/body/spirit connection to eliminate blockages to healing. People have reported physical, spiritual and emotional benefits from these gentle, non-invasive therapies. Spiritual Wholeness utilizes the integration of a variety of the following methods and approaches. Choose a link to learn more about a specific technique: Healing Touch Reiki Creative Counseling Wellness Counseling Spiritual Direction Ancient Healing Practices Tama-Do Vibrational/Tonal Healing CranioSacral Therapy Somatoemotional Release Healing Touch is a sacred healing art that flows from the laying-on-of-hands found in the Judeo-Christian tradition. It is a contemporary interpretation of this ancient healing practice combining prayer and touch. Please read about Treatments & Healing to learn what issues Healing Touch can address. Return to Top Reiki means "universal life force" and is a method of healing which comes from Japan. Please read about Treatments & Healing to learn what issues Reiki can address. Return to Top Creative Counseling involves not only traditional counseling, but incorporates more expressive methods in dealing with issues... sand play, various art mediums, music, drumming, guided meditations and visualizations, etc. Counseling is the process of sharing with another who can help identify areas that keep us from living fully. It is exploration and growth to discover what Spiritual Wholeness can be for each individual. Return to Top Wellness Counseling helps those dealing with chronic and terminal illnesses. This is a process of looking at why we get the illnesses we do, what meaning it has for our lives, and working towards developing a healthy relationship to the illness to find wholeness in living with it. This usually lessens symptoms and the amount of medication a person needs. Wellness counseling integrates other healing approaches with traditional medicine to find healing (meditation, herbs/vitamins, Healing Touch, creative counseling). Return to Top Spiritual Direction provides a way for a person to deepen his/her spiritual life. Spiritual Direction invites questions and conversations about spirituality and encourages spiritual relationships. The questions, "who is God/Spirit to me?" and "who am I to God/Spirit?" are important dynamics to explore in the search for healing and connection. Prayer and other spiritual practices will be used in learning more about one's spiritual journey. Return to Top Ancient Healing Practices, through methods such as shamanism, are forms of healing our society is reclaiming. They view both physical and emotional illness as connected to the disharmony of spirit. Shamanic practices, in particular, seek to restore what is out of balance or displaced, bringing harmony to one's life. Return to Top Tama-Do was developed by Fabien Maman and means "The Way of the Soul." Chi movement, natural acoustic sound and pure color are used for the finest and least invasive healing techniques. These techniques nourish the human energy system and aid the body in the recovery of its own balance of health. In this natural way, consciousness is evolved as the body heals. Return to Top Vibrational/Tonal Healing is used as a tool for restoring inner balance and awakening the spirit. The principles of entrainment, resonance, toning, and harmonics assist in achieving overall wellness, greater energy, and realization of our spiritual potential. The practitioner uses various instruments and tones (drums, gongs, singing bowls, rattles, voice) to produce vibrations and tones that impact the physical body and its energy field to assist in healing. Return to Top CranioSacral Therapy works with the membranes and cerebral spinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. The craniosacral system influences the development and performance of the brain and spinal cord. An imbalance or restriction in it could potentially cause any number of sensory, motor, or neurological disabilities. It is a gentle method of detection and correction that encourages your own natural healing mechanisms to dissipate negative effects of stress on your central nervous system. One also benefits from better overall health and resistance to disease. CranioSacral therapy strengthens your body's ability to take better care of you. Please read about Treatments & Healing to learn what issues CranioSacral Therapy can address. Return to Top Somatoemotional Release helps the body let go of negative energy. Negative emotion can be stored as "energy cysts" which cause disruption in the body. By identifying and releasing these, recoveries that seem miraculous can be facilitated. Imagination, creativity, imagery, and dialogue are used to assist in the release of negative or unwanted energy. Return to Top Copyright © 2005 Spiritual Wholeness. All rights reserved.