Health / Massage Glossary

Holistic Medicine: Holistic medicine recognizes that the mind, spirit, lifestyle, environment, and other aspects of a person’s existence, significantly affect the functioning of the physical body. Thus, in eva . . . View Full Definition

Holographic Memory Release: This subtle technique, developed by Charles Daily, DC, allows the Holistic Memory Release (HMR) practitioner to quickly locate specific holographic touch points that are referenced to the in . . . View Full Definition

Holographic Nature Of Healing: The holographic nature of healing is a year-long training program that combines hands-on energy work with verbal process work. The training’s purpose is to add skill to those who are already . . . View Full Definition

Holotropic Breathwork: Developed by Dr. Stanislov Grof, a psychiatrist working with people in uncommon states of consciousness, and by Christina Grof, a transpersonal teacher, this is a simple, yet powerful techni . . . View Full Definition

Homeopathy: Alternative healing method developed into a system by Samuel Hahnemann in the late 1700s, and based on a “like cures like” principle--that is, if a substance can cause symptoms in a healthy . . . View Full Definition

Hoshino Therapy: Developed by Japanese-born, Argentine immigrant Tomezo Hoshino, Hoshino Therapy was declared an official medical therapy in Argentina in 1952. Hoshino is a nonintrusive massage and movement . . . View Full Definition

Hot Stone: a massage technique, used in conjunction with other modalities, in which warmed stones are placed on points, such as acupuncture points, and sometimes used as massage tools.

Huma Transpersonal Bodywork: A method of bodywork that integrates subtle, articulate touch and verbal communication by combining the focus of physical and psychological health found in Western body-based tradition with . . . View Full Definition

Human Energy Dynamics: This therapy, though similar to reiki, uses the English language instead of symbols. It involves setting up and normalizing polarities, as well as bringing universal energy into structures o . . . View Full Definition

Huna Kane: This Hawaiian technique espouses that emotions and experiences are trapped in the fibers of each muscle group and organ in the body. Through a rhythmic massage technique where the practition . . . View Full Definition

Hydrotherapy: Although ancient Greece and Rome both adopted the beliefs that water had healing properties, it was the Romans to first integrate hydrotherapy into their social life, building temples and ba . . . View Full Definition

Infant Massage: Various gentle touch-therapy methods for infants, performed by parents.

Infant Massage Instruction: Qualified instructors teach parents how to properly massage their infants. Infant massage is also utilized in hospital neonatal care units. This specialized form of touch is successful, not . . . View Full Definition

Infection: The growth of a parasitic organism within the body. (A parasitic organism is one that lives on or in another organism and draws its nourishment therefrom.) A person with an infection has ano . . . View Full Definition

Inflammation: A basic way in which the body reacts to infection , irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness, warmth, swelling and pain . Inflammation is now recognized as a type of nonspec . . . View Full Definition

Ingham Method: The Ingham Method is a form of zone therapy or reflexology. In the 1930s, Eunice Ingham, a physiotherapist working for a physician, used zone therapy on patients. She mapped the entire body . . . View Full Definition

Injury: Harm or hurt. The term 'injury' may be applied in medicine to damage inflicted upon oneself as in a hamstring injury or by an external agent on as in a cold injury. The injury may be acciden . . . View Full Definition

Insight Bodywork: Insight Bodywork, developed by Kondañña (Barry Kapke), is a floor-based energy work that seamlessly integrates massage, movement, and meditation. Earthy, gentle, and spontaneous, its integra . . . View Full Definition

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