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Glossary of Health & Wellness Therapies & Healing Techniques – Vocabulary and Big Picture Considerations — for Health & Wellness Coaches, Holistic Healthcare Providers, Yoga Therapists

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Lesson Overview

In this lesson, we take a big picture perspective on health and wellness techniques, plus provide a succinct glossary for more than 200 terms used in discussing health and wellness therapies and techniques.

Objective

Be familiar with the big-picture regarding how techniques may be categorized according to how they relate and differ from each other, plus have a practical reference tool to quickly confirm definitions for more than 200 terms used in discussing health and wellness therapies and techniques.

Vocabulary

acupressure, acupuncture, Alexander Technique, allopathic medicine / allopathy, applied kinesiology, aromatherapy, art therapy, ascorbic acid flush, auricular therapy / auriculotherapy, ayurveda, Bach flower remedies, bacteriophage, bacteriophage therapy, balneotherapy, binaural beats, biofeedback, biofield (biological field), biofield tuning, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), bodytalk, botanical, botanical medicine, Bowen Therapy, brainwave entrainment, breathwork, carbon dioxide therapies, carboxytherapy, CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), chelation, chiropractic, chlorine dioxide (CDS) therapy, cold water therapy / cold plunge, colonics / colon hydrotherapy, color therapy, complete decongestive therapy (CDT), contrast water-, bath- or hydro-therapy, conventional medicine, cranial osteopathy, cranio-sacral therapy, cupping, curanderismo, dark retreat, detoxification / detox, DHEA, DHEA therapy, DMSO, drug, ear candling, earthing, EEG biofeedback, EFT tapping, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic therapy, EMDR (eye movement desensitization & reprocessing), energy enhancement system (EES), energy psychology, energy psychotherapy, enzyme therapy / enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), escharotics, essential oils, family constellation therpay, fasting, Feldenkrais Method, flotation therapy, flower essence therapy, forest bathing / being in nature, frequency healing, functional medicine, galvanic skin response, gandusha kriya, German New Medicine (GNM), gestalt therapy, Graston technique, grounding, gua sha, halotherapy, hanging / dead hang, Heimlich maneuver, heliotherapy, herbal medicine, high altitude training, homeopathy, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), horticultural therapy, hot springs, hydrogen peroxide, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), hypnotherapy / hypnosis / self-hypnosis, IASTM (instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization) iatrogenesis, infrared light, infrared sauna, integrative health, intermittent fasting, internal family systems (IFS), invasive procedure, iridology, irradiation, isolation tank, laser, laughter therapy, light, light therapy, limbic system therapy / limbic retraining, low-level laser light therapy (LLLT), lymphatic drainage massage, magnetic field therapy / magnetotherapy, mainstream medicine, manual lymphatic drainage, manual therapy, massage therapy, MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction), MDMA therapy, medicine / medicinal, meditation, Mexican traditional medicine (MTM), mindfulness, mineral springs, MMS (master mineral solution), molecular hydrogen, morning pages, moxibustion, MSM and DMSO, muscle testing, music therapy, myofascial release, myofunctional therapy, naturopathic medicine, nebulizing, neural entrainment, neural manipulation (NM), neural repatterning technique, neurofeedback, non-dominant handwriting, nutritional supplementation, oil pulling, oriental medicine, orofacial myofunctional therapy, ortho-bionomy, orthodox medicine, orthomolecular medicine, osteopathic medicine / osteopathy, oxidation therapies, ozone therapy, parts work, past life regression therapy, phage therapy, pharmaceutical drugs, photo-biomodulation (PBM), photo-oxidation, photo-therapy, physical therapy, physiotherapy, phytomedicine / phytotherapy, plasmalogen, plasmalogen replacement therapy (PRT), platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections, PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic field therapy), prolotherapy, psych-K, psychedelic medicine, qi gong, radiant energy, radiation, red light therapy, reflexology, Reiki, relaxation / alert rest / restorative yoga, relaxation and counterconditioning therapy, restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST), rolfing structural integration, Rosen Method, salt therapy / dry salt therapy, sauna & other heat therapies, scraping therapy, sensory deprivation tank therapy, shamanic healing, shiatsu, shinrin-yoku, SHIP (spontaneous healing intrasystemic process), side effects / adverse reactions, somatic experiencing (SE), somatics, somatoemotional release (SER), sound, sound healing, sound wave, stem cell therapy, surgery, sweat lodge, tai chi, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Thai massage, therapeutic touch, thermography, thermotherapy, ThetaHealing, touch for health, traditional medicine, Trager Approach, trance state, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), TRE (tension & trauma releasing exercises), tui na, tuning fork, ultraviolet blood irradiation therapy, urine therapy, urotherapy, vasoconstriction, vasodilation, vibrational healing, visualization / guided imagery, vitamin C therapy (intravenous, high dose), western medicine, Wim Hof method, yoga, yoga nidra, yoga therapy

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