Firewalking Artical: As published in Victoria, BC Monday Magazine.

Acupressure - A type of Oriental healing art based on ancient Japanese and Chinese medicine. A practitioner puts pressure on specific points on the body with his or her fingers in order to relieve pain and discomfort, prevent tension-related ailments, and promote good health.

Acupuncture - The Chinese practice of gently inserting fine needles into the body at specific points to cure disease, relieve pain and balance the energy systems in the body.

Advanced Behavioral Modeling - Wyatt Woodsmall

AiKi Healing - Ai (harmony) Ki (life force or energy)

Alchemy - A Hermetic discipline dating back to ancient Egypt that seeks to perfect and heal through the universal operations of transformation. Alchemists transmute matter by working simultaneously on the physical, mental, and spiritual levels of reality. The gold of alchemy is simply hastened perfection - both inner and outer.

Ayurvedic Medicine - Practiced in India for the past five thousand years, Ayurvedic (meaning “science of life’) is a comprehensive system that combines natural therapies with a highly personalized approach to treatment of disease. Ayurvedic medicine places equal emphasis on body, mind and spirit, and strives to restore the innate harmony of the individual.

Breath Work - The human breath has long been honored as a powerful pathway within the self to relieve pain, release blocked emotions, and deepen states of spirituality. Indian "prana," Chinese "chi" and Japanese "ki" refer to
the power of breath and its basic life force energy which enable all living things. When we restrict this life force we create disharmony and dis-ease. Breath Work uses the full dynamics of our natural breathing path to open restricted patterns to access both the inner world and the higher self for personal healing and well-being. Practices such as Rebirthing, Hypnosis, Yoga, Chi Kung and Shamanic healing are all forms of this transformational tool.

Detoxification - Each year people are exposed to thousands of toxic chemicals and pollutants in the earth’s atmosphere, water, food and soil. These pollutants manifest themselves in a variety of symptoms, including decreased immune function, neurotoxicity, hormonal dysfunction, psychological disturbances, and even cancer. Detoxification therapy helps to rid the body of chemicals and pollutants and can facilitate a return to health.

Divine Energy Healing - A non-invasive, holistic approach to healing which activates the Rainbow Bridge to guide the healing session.  It is very useful in eliminate pain, rapid healing, and whole mind/body alignment.

Guided Imagery - Guided Imagery uses the power of the mind to bring about healing. It is in the body-mind where we hold perceptions of the past, in the form of emotions and images. Our beliefs are different because our perceptions of the past are unique. Though imagery we can disengage beliefs that interfere with a healthy life.

Herbalism - Western herbalism, like the much older system of traditional Chinese Medicine are forms of the healing arts that draw from the herbal traditions of Europe, the Americas and Asia. Both Western and Eastern forms of herbalism emphasize the study and use of naturally occurring substances in the treatment and prevention of illness.

Holistic Medicine - That form of alternative medicine which focuses on (a) personal accountability for one’s health; (b) the human body's ability to heal itself; and (c) balancing the body, mind, and spirit with the environment.

Holodynamic - Vernon Woolf

Holographic Learning and Reading - A Whole Mind Body experience

Hypnotherapy - Hypnotic techniques can induce everything from a light to a heavy hypnotic state to help a client overcome psychological or physical problems. From helping people to overcome a craving for cigarettes to managing chronic pain from an illness or accident, trained hypnotherapists work with a wide variety of problems.
HTP - Healing Touch Practitioner. Energy healing/balancing initiated by Holistic Nurses Association.

Kundalini - Divine spiritual energy that lies coiled at the base of the spine. Once awakened, it travels upward through the chakra system, until it reaches the crown chakra. Once stabilized in the crown, the individual self merges into the supreme self, (enlightenment) and the cycle of reincarnation comes to an end.

N.A.C - Neuro-Assistive Conditioning  and NLP spin off created by Anthony Robbins. Very practical system for Modeling excellence in learning, business, counseling, relationships, sports etc.

N.L.P - Neuro-Linguistic Programing is a useful model of beliefs and techniques that offer a way to use the mind and body to achieve excellence in learning, business, counseling, relationships, sports and other experiences of life. 

New Biology -

Nutritional Microscopy -

Polarity Balancing - An energy-based system of movement, diet, energy alignment and self- awareness. It works with the Human Energy Field, electro-magnetic patterns expressed in mental, emotional and physical experience.

Pranic Healing - an energy (biofield) modality that  non-invasive and it utilize the hands to clear / sweep, energize, and balance the 11 Major Chakra's. Choa Kok Sui is the modern founder of this anceit technique.

Reflexology - The application of pressure, stretch and movement to the feet and hands to effect corresponding parts of the body. Reflexologists view the feet, ears and hands as a mirror image of the body. By applying technique a reflexologist can break up patterns of stress in other parts of the body. Stress is a barrier to the body's return to a normal state of equilibrium.

Shiatsu -A Japanese form of physical therapy and therapeutic massage, based on traditional Chinese medicine. It combines massage, gentle physical manipulation, and pressure along channels or rivers of energy called meridians.

Vibrational Healing - A range of therapies in which sound is used to treat physical and mental conditions based on the theory that all of life vibrates, including people’s bodies. Treatment by sound waves is believed to restore that healthy balance to the body. The healing sound is transmitted to the affected area of the body and may be produced by any number of methods including voice, chanting bowls, drums, bell, tuning forks and/or music.

Tai Chi - Tai Chi combines movement, meditation and breath regulation to enhance the flow of vital energy in the body, improve blood circulation, and enhance immune functions. Tai Chi is one of the most broadly applicable systems of self-care in the world. In China, it is estimated that 200 million people practice Tai Chi everyday.

Yoga - A general term for a range of body-mind practices used to access consciousness and encourage physical and mental well-being. Forms of “physical” Yoga include Hatha,Iyengar, Bikram, Ananda, Astanga Vinyasa/Power, Phoenix Rising, etc. Forms of "mental/spiritual" Yoga includes Arhatic, Karma, Bhakti , Jnana, Kundalini, Pranayama, Raja etc 

Zero Balancing - Hands-on bodywork designed to align your energy body with your physical structure, developed by Dr. Fritz Smith, M.D. It promotes quieting of body/mind, relieves physical and mental pain.