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Meditation: A mental process involving focused attention, or calm awareness, which is also called mindfulness.

Qi Gong: This practice involves a combination of movement, meditation, and breathing that balances the flow of energy through one’s body with the goal to have a positive effect on health.

Zero Balancing: Zero Balancing was developed by Fritz Smith, MD, and has its roots in osteopathy, acupuncture, Rolfing, and meditation. Relaxing, yet energizing, Zero Balancing integrates fundamental princi . . . View Full Definition

Attunement: Attunement is a non-touch (or light touch) approach to healing, employing spiritual techniques (prayer and meditation) to restore one’s naturally vibrant energetic and physical well-being. A . . . View Full Definition

Complementary And Alternative Medicine (CAM): Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) incorporates a large group of healthcare practices and treatments that are considered outside of or supplemental to the scope of conventional med . . . View Full Definition

Feng Shui: Feng shui (translated as “wind and water”) is the Chinese system of balancing the energy patterns of the physical environment. A composite of mystical beliefs, astrology, folklore, and commo . . . View Full Definition

horse stance: Tai chi and standing meditation stance. The legs are shoulder width, the feet parallel, knees in inverted 'U' shape, with knees bent only as far as over the toes: tailbone pointing straight . . . View Full Definition

Elegy: A greek or latin form in alternating dactylic hexameter and dactylic pentameter lines: and a melancholy poem lamenting its subject's death but ending in consolation. Examples in english incl . . . View Full Definition

Psychological Realism: The sense that characters in fictional narratives have realistic 'interiority' or complex emotional and intellectual depth, including perhaps subconscious urges and fears they are not aware . . . View Full Definition

Roman Stoicism: The philosophy espoused by Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, 'Roman Stoicism' actually originates with earlier Greek thinkers, a specific school of philosophers that met at the stoa in Athens. . . . View Full Definition