Psychosomatic Energetics Reader


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The Psychosomatic EnergeticsT (PSE) Readers are addressed to therapists as well as interested laypersons. There are currently available in German three volumes of a larger series, with future plans to turn them into a reference-style Handbook Library. This English-language Reader provides an initial representative cross-section of the currently published volumes. This Reader is intended to depict the broad spectrum of diseases and health disturbances that can be treated with PSE (most of the time successfully). The spectrum extends from epilepsy, psychosis and anxiety disease all the way to burnout syndrome and erectile dysfunction. Many dedicated colleagues have reported their experiences in daily practice. In addition, this volume presents three successful ongoing studies, including a general-medicine clinical study and the "Butterfly" study of Austrian schoolchildren. The Reader is published under the auspices of the Swiss-based International Society for Psychosomatic EnergeticsT [Internationale Gesellschaft für Psychosomatische Energetik], an association of certified energy therapists that is responsible for and promotes training, continuing education and research in PSE.




New Vitality Through Energy Medicine


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Most people would like to be healthier and livelier, happier and more resilient – which is why these days there are so many promised panaceas, from vegan diets to Yoga. As a naturopathically oriented general practitioner, I have noticed in my examination of patients that quite a few people have energy blocks, which is why it is impossible to make any real progress with the above-mentioned methods. In addition, these energy blocks act subliminally as sources of illness. This book describes practical ways to detect and eliminate these blocks with the aid of a new healing method: Psychosomatic Energetics. The method also helps one get to know oneself and others better.




Bodymind Energetics


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Dr. Seem proposes an integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and psychosomatics in this model of health care that acknowledges the connection of body and mind.




Healing Back Pain


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Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery. Dr. Sarno's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. Sarno teaches you how to identify stress and other psychological factors that cause back pain and demonstrates how to heal yourself--without drugs, surgery or exercise. Find out: Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS) How anxiety and repressed anger trigger muscle spasms How people condition themselves to accept back pain as inevitable With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno reveals how you can recognize the emotional roots of your TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain...and start recovering from back pain today.




The Energetics of Health


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This manual teaches students and practitioners how to assess health and disease from an energetic perspective. It allows them to integrate energetic concepts into medical practice. Exploring the concept of health and disease from the perspectives of quantum physics and energetic principles, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Naturopathic medicine and Polarity Therapy, the book uses case histories to illustrate the application of energetic methods to practice. Case histories are accompanied by illustrations and give details of assessment made, treatment recommended and results of treatment. All concepts and practices advocated are critically assessed and supported by evidence.




Continental Feminism Reader


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In an era of backlash and supposed stagnation, feminist philosophers are still providing fresh and challenging perspectives—you just have to know where to look. Continental feminist theory continues to address pressing questions of equality and difference, identity and subjectivity. Modern thinkers like Judith Butler, Kelly Oliver, and Drucilla Cornell give strikingly new perspectives on sex, gender, sexual politics, and the various social reasons for gender inequality. Yet their theories are not always well received. Continental Feminism Reader responds to the marginalization of these thinkers and others like them. In this volume, Ann J. Cahill and Jennifer Hansen collect the most groundbreaking recent work in Continental Feminist Theory, introducing and explaining pieces that are often mystifying to those outside the field and outside academia. With these essays, Continental Feminism Reader begins the process of reanimating feminist politics through the critical tools of its contributors.




The Encyclopedia of Ailments and Diseases


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A comprehensive reference and healing tool to address the emotional and psychological causes of illness • Uncovers the conflicted conscious or unconscious feelings, thoughts, and emotions at the root of nearly 900 ailments and diseases • Details a unique Integration and Acceptance Technique for accessing information through the heart and thereby starting the healing process for emotions and feelings • Provides positive affirmations to effect change for each ailment and disease What if your body used a secret language to talk to you? What if an ailment or illness was your body’s way to shout for help, to make you understand that you need to change your thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors? Your body wants you to become aware of the stress that you carry, conscious or not, so you can release unmanaged past and present emotions and the physical complaints that accompany them. Compiling years of research and the results of thousands of cases he encountered in his private practice and during workshops over the past 30 years, Jacques Martel explains how to read and understand the body’s language of disease and imbalance. In this encyclopedia, he shows how body language reveals specific thoughts, feelings, and emotions that are at the source of nearly 900 different ailments and diseases. The author also details his Integration and Acceptance Technique, which enables healing information to bypass the brain and connect directly with the heart. This technique disables the source of the conflict, conscious or not, that could be at the root of an illness, behavior, or condition and improves the chances of true healing. This comprehensive manual offers a tool to help each of us become, to some extent, our own doctor or therapist, get to know ourselves better, and recover health and well-being physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. For practitioners and therapists, this remarkable reference tool provides invaluable insights and prompts for healing.




The Martial Arts Studies Reader


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A decade ago, the question was ‘could martial arts ever be studied academically?’ Today we are witnessing the global emergence and rapid proliferation of Martial Arts Studies – an exciting and dynamic new field that studies all aspects of martial arts in culture, history, and society. In recent years there have been a proliferation of studies of martial arts and race, gender, class, nation, ethnicity, identity, culture, politics, history, economics, film, media, art, philosophy, gaming, education, embodiment, performance, technology and many other matters. Given the diversity of topics and approaches, the question for new students and researchers is one of how to orientate oneself and gain awareness of the richness and diversity of the field, make sense of different styles of academic approach, and organise one’s own study, research and writing. The Martial Arts Studies Reader answers this need, by bringing together pioneers of the field and scholars at its cutting edges to offer authoritative and accessible insights into its key concerns and areas. Each chapter introduces and sets out an approach to and a route through a key issue in a specific area of martial arts studies. Taken together or in isolation, the chapters offer stimulating and exciting insights into this fascinating research area. In this way, The Martial Arts Studies Reader offers the first authoritative field-defining overview of the global and multidisciplinary phenomena of martial arts and martial arts studies.




Roots of Musicality


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Roots of Musicality offers an accessible and original theoretical approach to a holistic music therapy based on the notion of musicality as an expression of self, with the power to energise, balance and harmonise. The author considers neuroscience and psychobiology to identify analogies with the potential of musical expression to bring about therapeutic change, as observed during his work with children with autistic spectrum and pervasive developmental disorders. Perret also explores the five elements - earth, water, fire, air and space - as means of connecting nature and human spirit. Taken together, these two approaches are instrumental in bridging the gap between music and life and fostering the expression and development of personal energy and spirit in a range of contexts, from arts therapy, music education, performance, and personal and spiritual growth. Roots of Musicality is a key text for music therapists, art therapists, sound healers, music teachers and musicians. It will be of particular interest to those using music therapy with children on the autism spectrum.




Energetic Cellular Healing and Cancer


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A guide to the psychological causes of cancer and how energetic healing can assist in a mind-body cure • Unravels the psychological aspects of an individual's energetic defense system, with a focus on cancer, and provides insight into how energetic distortions in our physical and energetic bodies can lead to illness • Explores where possible energetic blocks might develop and how energetic cellular healing techniques can assist in dissolving them • Shares intimate cancer journeys from individuals the author has worked with As a complementary energy healer, Tjitze de Jong has supported hundreds of clients during their journey with cancer over the past 15 years. In Energetic Cellular Healing and Cancer, he provides insight into the functioning of our cells and our immune system and how energetic distortions in our physical as well as energetic bodies, for example, in our chakras and auras, can lead to illness. He explores the correlation between cancer and emotional imbalances and explains how energetic healing techniques can make a difference in how our bodies cope with, and heal, illness. Drawing on the work of Wilhelm Reich and Barbara Brennan, the author unravels the psychological aspects of an individual’s energetic defense system and examines where possible energetic blocks might develop or have their origin, and how they can be dissolved. He also details energetic exercises that instantly stimulate the vibrancy of the aura and the chakras and offers practical advice on how to enhance and strengthen the immune system. Sharing intimate stories of cancer journeys from individuals he has worked with, Tjitze de Jong emphasizes that, before healing is within the realm of possibility, an individual needs to be able to recognize self-limiting and self-debilitating beliefs, behaviors, and patterns, nearly always based on experiences from our formative early years. Once a person starts to engage in deep inner work, they are able to start releasing these patterns and move toward regaining their autonomy, and eventually better health. While the focus of this book is on cancer, much of the information offered here is relevant for other illnesses too, making this an excellent guide for self-exploration and healing as well as a reference tool for therapists and alternative health practitioners.