From the dust of the earth and through the interaction of our parents, we become this physical body,
but as we know, we are more than just a body. We also have our thinking mind,
consciousness, feelings, emotions and what is termed a spiritual body and
Holistic Bodywork seeks to treat the body in such a way that all the above
elements are included, treated and balanced.
Philosophy
To understand the depth of Holistic bodywork, it helps to have an understanding
of of the totality of who we are as human beings. But this is an area where new
discoveries are constantly being made such as; God exists in our heart, the
fluid of our lymphatic system helps to integrate our spiritual energy, that we
have an aura and chakra system. Biologists, doctors and medical scientists often
disagree on the above points, but millions of ordinary people understand and can
actually experience what are often described as undefined phenomena.
Medical science is a rapidly evolving field, and it is evolving so rapidly that
the information taught to trainee doctors has been superseded before they
complete their degree and the connection or relationship between the seen and
the unseen parts of our selves is not addressed or included in medical training
in the similar way that a seven year medical degree course seldom includes more
than a one hour lecture on diet and nutrition, how can a doctor advise on health
issues if he or she is ignorant of the effects of diet on the metabolism?.
The massage industry is largely sanitised, few clinicians treat the whole body
and in this age of political correctness, the front of the torso, the energy
transfer areas of the hips along with the lymph drainage points are ignored and
left untreated. While this is not intended as a rebuke of the medical profession
or massage industry, these issues do need to be pointed out as when a part of
that person is denied, healing cannot be complete.
The successful bodywork treatment helps to provide a sense of wholeness or
oneness with body and being and there are many forms of holistic bodywork from
the Chiromassage in Russia and the Lomi Lomi
massage in the Pacific.
Holistic Bodywork Treatment
Treatment incorporates elements of many different bodywork modes including massage,
holistic pulsing, shiatsu, reiki, energy work and chakra balancing so that
during the treatment, the thinking mind is encouraged to relax to allow
consciousness and feeling to become more present while the body completely
relaxes.
Pressure on the muscles may be soft or firm, the limbs may be moved or
manipulated to produce muscular stretches and compressions to help balance the
skeletal structure.
Stress Release
Stress and negativity is created in the mind, but the mind cannot store this
energy and it is stored away in all the cells of our body blocking our energy flow
and even the mind itself can project energy to block energy flow and most of us
at some time in our lives experience this as when in how being in a bad mood
brings down the energy of a party, where as when being in an excellent mood,
lifts the spirits of those around us.
Thus holistic bodywork is not just a physical experience; it facilitates healing on
the mental, emotional and spiritual levels as well and for treatment to be
effective, we must view all
aspects of the body as one and accept that the physical, mental, emotional and
spiritual are all part of the "whole" self so that when healing is effected on one
level, all levels are affected.
On the physical level, through massage, stress and
tension are relieved, the flow of blood and lymph is assisted and the elimination of
wastes and toxins stimulated, the concept of holism or the whole person is the
key to effective healing.
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