Emotions and Corresponding Body Organs
by Lisa T.
Categories: CHINESE MEDICINE, emotions, HEALTH, HEARTSET, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, self care • Tags: body organs, CHINESE MEDICINE, emotions
Category Archives: HOLISTIC MEDICINE
Hot and Cold in the Body
by Lisa T.
In Mind-Body-Spirit, the spirit in the body is the blood, heat, consciousness, or QI. Some call it Prana. The fact is, if you’re alive, you literally generate heat FROM WITHIN. Think about that a second! If you weren’t busy powering your own body, your internal energy could power a light bulb. That is Spirit. Its Source is debatable and I don’t teach religion but Spirituality teaches that when your MindSet is aware of Source through the Breath your inner heat […]
Categories: blood, breath, DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, HEARTSET, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, qi or chi, REIKI, spirit
The Heart Keeps The Body Going
by Lisa T.
We all know this on an intuitive level. Other than the brain, it’s considered our strongest, most important organ. In addition, there are entire “centers” and hospitals dedicated to this ONE organ. Then why isn’t our culture dedicated to our heartset as much as it is to our mindset? Why is the energy of the heart viewed as inferior to the power of the mind? Well, I think most would agree men are mostly mind focused and women are mostly […]
Categories: compassion, HEALTH, heart, HEARTSET, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, self care • Tags: heart health, HEARTSET, mindbodyspirit
Legal Boundaries in the Massage Office
by Lisa T.
It’s only March and so far in 2019, I’ve had three clients ask me to break the law according to my license. One left money sitting on the table even though she totally needed medical manual therapy and told me she felt I was OBLIGATED as a massage therapist to provide her with spa, relaxation massage with her lotion. No. That is patently wrong and she was crossing my professional boundaries and her rights as a patient. I have the […]
Categories: boundaries, Grand Rapids, Michigan, healthcare license, HOLISTIC EDUCATION, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, manual therapy, manual therapy procedure, manual therapy school, men and therapy, Naprapathic School, Naprapathy, Naturopathic School, patient management, political action, POLITICS OF HEALTHCARE, politics of touching with gender, prostitution massage
This…IS…health care.
by Lisa T.
It could be a West Michigan thing because of sex trafficking, sex services offered at the day spas or just the underbelly religious patriarchal culture of Grand Rapids. But in one month alone I’ve had two white male clients, fully apprised of my website ask me out on a date, comment on my looks, and literally suggest I could charge more and take him upstairs. The third client in a month happened today where she clearly knew my services, gave […]
Categories: AUTHORS, boundaries, DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, Grand Rapids, Michigan, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, Lisa K. Townsend, manual therapy, men and therapy, patient management, POLITICS OF HEALTHCARE, politics of touching with gender, prostitution massage, REIKI
My Book “Healer”
by Lisa T.
Categories: AUTHORS, healing, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, Lisa K. Townsend • Tags: Healer
The Muscles Need to be Treated and Viewed Medically
by Lisa T.
What is the name for a Doctor of Muscles? For instance, a doctor specializing in nerves is a neurologist. A doctor specializing in the bladder system is a urologist and the list continues. There are always medical specialists for specific organs simply because the modern medical education system is reductionist which is the breakdown of the body down into pieces in its study and application of treatment even though the body functions ONE WHOLE UNIT. Every part affects every other. […]
Categories: BIOLOGY, blood, CAREER ADVANCEMENT, DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, DRUGS, EXERCISE, feeling better, Grand Rapids, Michigan, HEALTH, healthcare license, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, Inflammation, ligament, manual therapy, manual therapy procedure, MEDICINE, MUSCLES, Naprapathy, pain, POLITICS OF HEALTHCARE, prostitution massage, PT physical therapy, SCIENCE, soft tissue, spine, tendon • Tags: Blue Heron Academy-BHA, manual therapy, medical manual therapy, Naprapathy
Meditation not Medication
by Lisa T.
Don’t Forget to Take Your Meditation.
Categories: HOLISTIC MEDICINE, meditation, self care
My Car is Broken (my body) and the Mechanic (the Dr.) Needs to Fix It.
by Lisa T.
The title is not really an accurate analogy but that’s the way most patients think about their body; like a car. When you touch and move your body does it FEEL like a metal, rubber, and plastic car? No. You are not made of metal, rubber, and plastic. Do you run on gasoline? No, You run on blood and air that is fed by Qi, food, and water. Your body is squishy, like soil, clay, or grass, your bones feel […]
Categories: blood, DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, DRUGS, endogenous opioids, HEALTH, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, Inflammation, ligament, manual therapy, manual therapy procedure, MEDICINE, MUSCLES, opioids, pain, physician reports, qi or chi, REIKI, soft tissue, soft tissue attachment, spine, tendon
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