Complementary-Therapy Books

This books got Many things going for it.I love it as a whole.It tells the personal story of many women and their relationships with their doctors both cancerous and benign!It tells about nutritional strategies for fighting the disease,and the wonderful and sometimes horrible relationships a woman can have with horrible doctors etc. I reccomend this on the comfort value alone as a resource tool which helped me invaluabley during a time of need.Love to you,Much love,and pleasE heal yourselves as I did with this book during my cheMotherapy.

I enjoy this Book..It helped me (Freak rock!..Goes good with spiritual bathinG..)so much during my chemotherapy and shows many nutritional information from patients personal experiences..and the non-concern and sexism and hostility.. towards good doctors and others who provide generous treatment options when one wants to feel at one and at peace and other treatment options have failed also, at times, is a shame to be fought against. Love to this book, and to it's authors, women will feel more togetherness and less frightful and powerless when dealing with feelings of isolatedness, for many women share their own stories of diets and modern medicine and the betrayal that they alleviated through alternative therapies, being that their doctors and caregivers were unkind.

"Women Confront Cancer" presents strong, positive women who refuse to become victims of their disease. "Passive patients fare worse" is a Medical Literature classic truth, yet breast cancer patients are treated like robots: their bodies are cut, burned with carcinogenic radiation and poisoned in order to "kill" the cancer. Unfortunately, doctors can't kill disease, only the patient. Alternatives are the future. Disease cannot be cut out of the body, but cancer can be healed. It takes work and strength and dedication. It takes research and experimenting to find out what works. It can be done and without medical "treatments" which will someday be called the dark ages of cancer treatment. These women did it their way. They showed the way to survival. This book empowers all cancer patients, men or women.

For anyone considering an alternative or complementary cancer therapy, this book is a guide to the pitfalls and the opportunites, the struggles and triumphs of choosing your own way. An inspiring account of how 21 women, very different from each other, faced their diagnosis of cancer, evaluated the science, used their intuition and made their own choices about treatment and how they would live their lives. This collection of their stories, told in their own words, is set against the backdrop of conventional medicine and the emergence of complementary and alternative cancer medicine in America. The collection is an illuminating read. Every woman can find a bit of herself in this book which is empowering and instructive.

I have long been a fan of Bronwen and Frans Stiene's methodical approach to factualizing Reiki's history with lots and lots of important facts, photos, and documents that have been lost in the retelling of Reiki for Westerners. By now, most people have heard the two versions of Usui Reiki. The books written by the Stiene's are so valuable in aiding the reader to understand the environment in which Reiki was truly developed.

These are authors who are passionate about their subject matter, and have created a wonderful pocket-sized book as a perfect resource to keep handy. If you love Reiki- BUY THIS BOOK.

A-Z of Reiki Pocketbook is an encyclopedia of everything Reiki. This handy little book contains everything from Advanced Reiki Training to Zui-Un. In between there are interesting mini-biographies on many of the key players in the founding, growth, and development of Reiki; information on the different methods and variations of healing; and clarification about the vocabulary, symbols, and mantras used in our practice.

When I ordered this book, I expected that it would serve as a nice little reference book. I assumed I'd flip though the pages and find some interesting facts. In this regard, I was not at all disappointed. This book is full of fascinating details. In fact, I started reading the first entry and sat down and read the whole book. I came away from the experience with a deeper understanding of my craft- not only the history, the lineages, and all of the different variations but also feeling like part of a community.

I would suggest A-Z of Reiki Pocketbook to anyone interested in studying Reiki. Those new to Reiki will find that the information contained in this book will clarify a lot of the misinformation that they may read from a variety of sources. Once they continue in their practice, these same individuals will use this book to deepen their understanding of the tradition that they reflect and how they can grow as a healer. Thereafter, the book will well used as a reference resource.

This is one of those books that is so useful when you know that you know something but can't "put your finger on it". It's different from most Reiki books in that it has Reiki related facts arranged in alphabetical order. It's a bit like a mini encyclopaedia.

It's a good tool for Reiki shares if you fancy having a quiz and need to get hold of some bite size facts to throw at your students.

It doesn't go into huge amounts of detail on any of the topics but that's not what it's here for. Easy to find information is where it's at and it does the job very well.

Rebecca Holton
Reiki Master/Teacher
Japanese Usui Reiki Ryoho

Another fine book from Frans and Bronwen Stiene.

This book is, as its title suggests, a lovely sized book ideal for slipping into pockets and handbags!

It is an A-Z of everything Reiki and cross referenced (using words typed in bold face) for ease. I like the fact that the information includes both traditional and non traditional Reiki related facts and information presented in an unbiased, well researched and concise way. The book is dotted with small but wonderful pictures, symbols and photographs which make the book a delight to look through.

This book could be useful in many situations, as a teacher of reiki it is ideal to have on hand for questions that you either do not know the answer to or those questions where sometimes you know the answer but it is just "sitting on the tip of your tongue!" Just open it up skip to the right word and there is your answer (a handy book for both Reiki evenings and courses alike).

As a person new to Reiki you can use the book to look up things as you try to find the path right for you and seek answers along the way. For those somewhere inbetween on the journey it can still answer many a question and I know that when I first opened it up I found lots of interesting fascinating facts that were new to me,it was interesting to read about 'Leiki' and the Japanese pronunciations of words for one but there is also lots of wonderful snippets to be read on the history of Reiki.

I can, and do, highly recommend this book to those interested in Reiki on any level and shall treasure this little book full of little treasures!

I use this book frequently in my practice. It is well organized and easy to use. The combinations are effective for a myriad of dysfunctions and dysfunctional patterns.

This book successfully combines the classic uses of the acupunture points with modern concerns of emotional distress, modern-life trauma and pains. Dr Ross, like a true master, shares his knowledge and experience in the art of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I am eager for this book to be available for purchase. It will be a well-used and welcome addition to my practice library. No matter where I open the book, I am wide-eyed with wonder at the wealth of information at my fingertips. Most acupuncture books repeat the same info over and over - this book is a true innovation.

This is a great book. It supplements other great authors, such as Joseph Helms M.D. There are so many styles of acupuncture, this is another well outlined method. There are no descriptions for physical technique of needle placement or manipulation, but multiple point selections. This is a modern book for an ancient medicine. Mr Ross very skillfully sorts out what you need and do not need form the ancient material and he eliminates sources that are contradictory.

I thought that Afterlifefromabove was refreshing and informative in describing so much about life after death and in the in-between-state. The author is intelligent and explains so that all can understand. I also like that she addresses paranormal events from a perspective of healing. This is a first which makes this author unique.

I have read many books about the After Life and this one attracted me almost immediately because of how the author uses her own knowledge and experience but also that of others. That gives it more credibility in my heart. When reading the book it is very apparent that "Spirit" has aided in the sharing of information put into words here. Anita has a gift, a special love for Spirit, and is true in sharing information for individuals beginning their spiritual track, involved in a recent loss of a loved one, or wanting corroboration of information from another source.

Dana

I've read quite a few books on this subject and this one is definitely a 5 star book. Easy to read and full of meaningful information. Whether you believe in the after life or not take a chance and read this, it will change your mind.

An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide To Headaches is a comprehensive guide to alternative medicinal treatments of chronic headaches -- a common malady that afflicts 90% of men and 95% of women. Collaborative written by Robert D. Milne, Blake More, and Burton Goldberg to help readers "say goodbye to headaches for the rest of your life," with multiple treatment options for 11 major types of headaches. The described treatments include herbalism and acupuncture, which are free of the side effects common to conventional treatments. An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide To Headaches is essential reading for anyone who suffers from America's number one health complaint!

This book is a must for anyone who suffers from chronic headaches or migraines. It covers not only treatments, but also guides you through the causes and what parts of the body are responsible. Complete descriptions of every type of headache and many examples of ways to treat them fill the pages in an easy to read manner. This is the best book I have read on headaches, and being a migraine researcher and sufferer, I highly recommend it.

A must for all headache suffer's, with the help of this book I decreased my migraine pain by more than two-thirds! This book is packed with valuable information on how to kill the pain involved with headaches. All the treatments are drug free. If your a headache sufferer this is a MUST!

If you have high blood pressure or just want to stay alive, buy this book. This is by far the most informative book on the market about heart health.

I bought this book after my dad had a stroke and it helped me to understand why strokes happen and how to prevent them. Everything about heart health is covered. The book includes scientific studies about which supplements to take and which to avoid.

Included is info on oral chelation. Chelation will help to strip the plaque from your arteries. This can be done with a special diet and supplements.

Heart disease is the number one killer in America. You can drop your blood pressure with Co Q 10 and grape seed extract (Tru OPC's). This is all in the book.

Do you take drugs for your high blood pressure? You are increasing your risk for cancer if they are calcium channel blockers! Read the book for the research study info.

If you or a loved one suffers from heart disease, you absolutely must read this book! It gives you the facts your doctor won't tell you (because it may keep them from making $ from performing danergous & unnecessary surgery on you). It also tells you how to use natural & far safer methods for taking control of your health.

If you or a loved one has heart disease, NOT reading this book may be a fatal mistake!

If you have heart disease, or are at high risk for getting it, then this book is must reading for you. I found it quite by accident in a book store in New England, but it has changed my whole outlook on heart disease and my hope of returning to a normal life following a quadruple bypass operation in January of this year. In chapter after chapter you learn of ways to control, or even reverse, the progression of the disease. The chapter of Vitamins tells of the vital role of antioxidants, a role that is only now being confirmed and used by the established medical community. The chapter on IV EDTA Chelation therapy will astound you with it's implications. I have read it from cover to cover and find it totally fascinating. I highly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in this subject.

Aromatherapy can add a quality to your life that may have been missing. This decoder helps you easily and quickly decide on the aroma needed for the situation your are having. Aromatherapy and this little decoder has really improved my life and several of my friends. It certainly helps take the guess work out of what aroma to use, how much, and when. Try it.

Simple the best! I have about 7 decoders and love each one. Exstremly helpful; such a easy and quick tool to use with so much info and helpful hints about so many oils. I absolutely love the many products I have purchased from dynomo.

There is no better or faster way of learning the basics of aromatherapy oils than the Dynamo House decoder---for more advanced users, it provides a comprehensive approach to analysing and sampling a host of more unusual blends. A must for anyone interested in the area!

In this book, the author made an splendid introduction of TCM basics like the Yin Yang theory and 5 elements. Your clearly way to explain and merge the aspects of traditional western Aromatherapy with Chinese Medicine fundaments, do this work a very good way to people interested learn both. The acupressure directions to help in many disorders and the explanations about psychological help of essential oils are other important elements of this book. The author made correlations of each oil "personality" with strong mythological and religious symbols and it help us to "feel" the oil soul even never smell it. This is a very important work and I encourage everybody interested in Aromatherapy and TCM must read it.

This is a wonderful, wonderful book on aromatherapy! Like Valerie Worwood's The Fragrant Mind, it goes beyond essential oils per se and delves into emotions. And he does so complete with beautiful line illustrations on the margins and photographs in full living color. Guaranteed to delight you!

Mojay has presented a lovely, gentle guide to healing the psyche thru the use of Essential Oils. Introductory chapters are an overview of Chinese Medical Concepts which are difficult for my pragmatic Western mind to grasp. However, his pages on each essential oil are much clearer, referring back to the oriental concepts, but also describing the effect of each oil in a terminology I found more comfortable. He gives a loving description of each EO, an overview of its history, current therapeutic uses, known safety data, and its impact on the mind and psyche. The last section of the book deals with Restoring Balance. He describes various forms of emotional/spiritual imbalance and gives suggested formulas for dealing with them. This is, in my opinion, the finest popular work on the market today dealing with the emotional effects of Aromatherapy.

This fascinating book is an inspiration, and an outstanding learning tool for therapists and those interested in hypnosis,and this extraordinarily profound woman.

BOOK REVIEWS
The Art of Therapeutic Communication
( The collected works of Kay F Thompson)
Edited by Saralee Kane and Karen Olness
Publisher Crown House Publishing Ltd
ISBN 1904424287
This is a love story. It is a story of a love of words and a love of communicating them in a positive and healthy way. More than that it is a love of people and the story of a woman's dedication to helping all those around her for whom she felt compassion and love - her fellow men. No monument could provide a more fitting or lasting tribute to Kay Thompson than this skilfully executed and beautifully presented book
I felt sorry for the girl who delivers my post when she came down my front path bearing the parcel which contained this book. To say that it is a hefty and weighty tome is an understatement, almost 600 pages long and with an accompanying CD.
I too groaned under the weight of it and just wondered whether the reading would be as heavy as the book.
I was very pleasantly surprised.
It proved to be not only a joy but also a privilege to be allowed to explore the pages of this book. It was fascinating to have insight into the thought and work of Kay Thompson who was arguably one of the world's greatest hypnotherapists of the twentieth century. She was an intellectual, a lively brain, but also had the linguistic capability to be able to share her thoughts and ideas with a wide audience. Indeed, if she hadn't made the grade as a therapist I am sure she would have made a great novelist or communicator in other ways..
Regular readers of my reviews will know that I am an ardent fan of the work of Milton Erickson. You can imagine the delight I felt when I read of Kay that she was one of his most gifted students. They shared a joy of communication, a gift for language. Their work is professionally intoxicating and compulsive reading.
Much of our thinking and methodology has been built upon foundations laid originally by Kay Thompson. She has done much to develop and expand the whole subject of contemporary hypnosis.
The book, a testament to her life and work, deals with the subject of therapeutic communication from a variety of angles - direct teaching, comment, explanation, example and is at all times fascinating as well as informative.
On the one level we get excellent instruction and advice on how to approach and conduct our own therapy sessions to achieve the greatest benefit. On the other hand, and in a very subtle way, we are also taught much about ourselves and the way we think and live. It is a book of intense humanity not a scientific tome alone.
Throughout all of the book we are being taught sensitively yet firmly, how to conduct our own personal lives ! It is a book of inspiration and interpretation. It is a book with both breadth and depth which covers the complexity of the subject in an immensely readable way. It is a book written with care, concern , understanding, respect and total integrity, and not a little love.
Speaking of love, I just have to quote a poem by Roy croft included in the book. It is sensational !
It sets out to describe the teaching of Erickson and the shared values and thoughts of his followers.

I love you, not only for what you are,
But for what I am when I am with you.
I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself,
But for what you are making of me.
I love you for the part of me you bring out.
I love you for putting your hand into my heaped up heart,
And passing over all the foolish, weak things you can't help dimly seeing there,
And for bringing out into the light all the beautiful belongings
That no one else had ever looked quite far enough to find.
I love you because you are helping me to make,
Of the lumber of my life, not a tavern but a temple,
And of the words of my everyday,
Not a reproach but a song.
I love you because you have done more than any creed could
Have done to make me good,
And more than any fate could have done to make me happy.
You have done it,
Without a word,
Without a touch,
Without a sign
You have done it by being yourself
Perhaps that is what being a friend means, after all.
I wish that I could have been one of the pupils that Kay guided through in their early years. I feel that I would have been uplifted by her excitement and commitment, captivated by her strength of personality and personal warmth and dazzled by the depth of her knowledge and the brilliant way in which she could share this with others.
It is a great book about a great woman written by two great authors who, through their careful editing and selection of material and contributors etc, have almost allowed us to travel within our minds so that we can experience the power that was, that still is Kay Thompson.
I finished the book feeling that I had met her, spoken with her and most certainly been affected by her in a very positive sense.
I will make a sweeping statement but it is one that will be true, I know, and that is I will never be the same therapist, maybe even person, again. I will have been strengthened, guided and enlightened by this experience and feel most if not all readers will feel the same. As Akira Otani says within the book, " and her words will go on".
Practically the book covers all aspects of a therapist's work. There are fascinating and very valuable sections on Therapy with Pain and an excellent section on Hypnosis in Dentistry which I found most helpful.
Inductions and the nature of trance are dealt with at length, including commentary on clinical work and demonstration.
As I said earlier, this book is about humanity, and I was delighted to see included a section on Ethics in caring, so often omitted from such texts. You will enjoy, too, " Why do we learn about hypnosis?"
"Well, if you can do something good for them, Do it!" Was her catch phrase and could well be the catchphrase of each and every one of us who endeavour to tread in her footsteps.
I have no doubt that if there was an Oscar for Hypnotherapy books of 2004 this one would come storming home as an undisputed winner, but it wouldn't be Kay standing up there making tearful thanks to her family, friends, patients, baby goldfishes. This would be drowned by OUR acclaim of a woman who has been and will continue to be a beacon for us to follow, an example to emulate. Sincerity breeds sincerity. Love breeds love.
As you read this book sense the sincerity, bathe in the love and bring part of her professionalism and expertise into your lives and practice.
Do I recommend this book ??
I most certainly do!!!!!! Oh yes, by the way, the experience in being in the company of this wonderful lady and teacher was made possible by the inclusion of a CD, secreted right at the back of the book. Crown House - I salute you. Another astonishing achievement I feel.

Kay Thompson was one of the great hypnotherapists of the 20th century and one of Milton H. Erickson's most gifted protégés. She was a trainer of international renown and a brilliant hypnotherapist whose artistry with language patterns amazed her pupils and colleagues. The Art of Therapeutic Communication chronicles her professional life through her papers and presentations, transcripts of seminars, commentary on her life and work, and tributes by contemporaries. The CD that accompanies the book records ten of Thompson's "live" presentations. Thompson's collected works cover hypnosis, hypnotic language patterns, trance, pain management, hypnosis in dentistry, metaphor, utilization, and ethics.

Thompson began her career as a dentist, and studied under Dr. Milton H. Erickson in 1953. She went on to become an internationally recognized speaker and trainer in medical hypnotherapy. She participated in the Erickson Foundation as a lecturer, workshop leader, and panel member. Colleagues admired her linguistic skills, integrity, ethics, and spirituality. She spoke and taught on the power of imagination, motivation, and belief as essential elements in the practice of psychotherapy.

Her unusual style of delivering suggestions became her trademark. Her "word play" was engaging, trance-inducing, and confusing all at the same time, yet somehow always to the point, speaking to the mind via several levels of meaning. She employed puns, double-entendres, rhyme, and alliteration in spell-binding ways.

Thompson advised using the client's own interests and common, every-day occurrences as metaphors for suggestions about problem-solving and personal growth. She debunked the common expectation that hypnosis requires relaxation, suggesting that hypnotherapists give clients the latitude to experience trance idiosyncratically. Thompson reminded her audiences to see the client's point of view and guide the client to tap into his or her own potential.

The text features methods and demonstrations for pain management, describing how she helped clients prepare for surgery by teaching them to control anxiety, pain, and even bleeding. Thompson spoke on how hypnotic pain management can help cancer patients and the terminally ill. She described her own experiences in pain control during rhinoplasty, dermabrasion,root canals, and an auto accident in which she had broken bones.

You can read her discussions on amnesia, time distortion and post-hypnotic suggestion. There are several papers on hypnosis in dentistry, in which Thompson explains the relationships among psychology, hypnotherapy and dentistry. She was an expert in approaches to bulimia, tongue thrust, gagging reflex, bruxism, hemophilia, root canals, dry sockets, and temporal mandibular jaw dysfunction.

Kane and Olness poured devotion and painstaking effort into this book, locating, examining, and transcribing hours of tape-recorded interviews, panel discussions, and seminars. I enjoyed this book, consuming it like a smorgasbord of ideas. With a notebook at my side, I madly scribbled notes to myself about how I could adapt some of Thompson's methods in my own work. In my home library, I have a shelf reserved for favorite hypnotherapy books. This book will go on that shelf. I know I will turn to it again and again, seeking Thompson's advice for difficult cases. Through The Art of Therapeutic Communication, Kay Thompson continues to teach, to heal, to motivate, and to inspire.

Rheumatoid Arthritis runs in my family and 1.5 years ago I was also diagnosed. I have recently taken myself off Methotrexate because of the way it lowers the immune system. I was very worried about how to treat the disease at this point. This book offered hope in a new and interesting way to provide arthritis relief with regular exercise or Qigong. The diagrams are very well done and easy to follow, and the exercises seem much better than what I received from my Rheumatologist. What was really exciting is the possibility that Qigong may cure arthritis, with my persistence of the exercises. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to prevent, treat, and heal arthritis!

Written by a Chinese martial arts and Qigong instructor who has trained and practiced since 1961, Arthritis Relief: Chinese Qigong For Healing And Prevention is now in an updated third edition with revised instructions for performing its suggested exercises. Presented as a complement to Western medicine, which is more proficient at relieving pain and inflammation than promoting full healing, Arthritis Relief demonstrates Qigong exercises and massage/acupressure techniques designed to rebuild the strength of one's joints, as well as an overview of arthritis itself and the dietary, genetic, and other factors that cause it. Black-and-white photographs demonstrate the recommended exercises and body movements. Though it cannot replace a visit to one's physician, Arthritis Relief is a welcome, easy-to-follow supplement especially for those suffering from arthritis and who want to do something more about it than just taking medicine.

This book provided helpful exercises and a wealth of background information to support them. So much of Qigong depends on really understanding the underlying concepts. This book presents these underlying concepts in a very comprehensive, but easy-to-read and fascinating way. If you are serious about Qigong this book with help you make great strides forward in your practice.