• Nursing specialty that draws on nursing knowledge, theories, mētis and intuition to guide nurses in becoming therapeutic healers with people in their care
• Recognize the totality of the human being, body, mind, spirit, emotion, social/cultural, relationship, & environment
• A vital living force that determines our health and happiness
• Integrative to western medical care• Self‐care and self‐help in daily life• Energy IS the medicine• The body heals when energies that have become weak, stagnant, disturbed or out of balance are restored
• Meridian Therapy• Movement Therapy• Music Therapy• Neuromuscular Therapy• Nutritional Counseling• Past Life Regression• Prayer• Reflexology• Reiki• Relationship Counseling• Relaxation Consulting
Hook‐ Up• Calms you when frustrated or angry, have mental congestion or entering a stressful situation, when you need to think clearly, strengthens the auric field and leaves you feeling whole again
• Place middle finger in navel and other middle finger between eyebrows, push in and pull up with fingers firmly, take 2‐3 deep breaths in through nose out through mouth
• Increases confidence, brings confidence to others, clears thoughts, protects you from negative energies around you, do before entering into stressful situations or confrontations
• Trace Central Meridian with palm side of hand from pubic bone straight up center of body, over the throat to the top of the Bottom lip
Crown Pull• When your head feels like it is going to explode from too much input, overwhelm, headache, stress, mental congestion, do to feel refreshed, open the crown chakra to more inspiration, release negative energy through all body
• Place tips of fingers on forehead, apply deep pressure and pull hands apart to the temples
• Reach back to midline of forehead in the hair and dig in and drag with fingers down to where ear meets head
• Keep repeating this all the way over and down the back of the head to your neck
• Hang your fingers on your shoulders deeply for 1‐2 breaths and release hands to your side, allowing the old energy to drain to the earth for recycling
• Boost and restore energy, increase strength & vitality, strengthen immune system, better than a dose of caffeine! Will wake you up and feel alert refreshed and ready to go!
• Follow the pictures: Tap FIRMLY !!• #1 Stomach meridian, stimulates immune system, clears sinus &
nasal tracts, lungs & delivers energy from head to toe, tap on cheek bone just beneath the eyes
• #2 Kidney meridian sends energy to EVERY organ, tap under clavicle at the 2md intercostal space just to the sides of sternum
• #3 Thymus gland, stimulates immune system, B & T cells etc. tap center of sternum
• #4 Spleen meridian, stimulates metabolism of everything, stimulates immune function, revitalizes all energy systems, tap on last rib, mid‐axillary line
Energetic Cross Over• Parallel energy flow is due to energies from brain traversing the body straight up and down each side instead of right to left and left to right
• Balances energy, improves coordination, clear thinking, improves memory, refocuses mind for tasks, relieves depressive symptoms, reconnects the brain to fire R‐L, L‐R
Neurolymphatic Massage• Reflex points are where the nervous system meets the lymphatic system
• Clears stagnant energy, releases toxins from lymphatic system, energizes
• You NEED to hydrate to clear toxins from system after releasing
• Deep massage on the outlined areas stimulates the lymphatic release of toxins & opens blocked lymph nodes
• Immune system strengthened when lymph flow is maximized
• The same lymphatic release occurs from anterior massage as posterior. You need only do the anterior lymphatic chains in order to be active in self care.
Celtic Weave• Expands your aura outward, reattaches aura to you, strengthens aura,
connects ALL your energetic systems so they operate as a single unit & communicate effectively
• Physical structure of the aura is a figure 8, Celtic knot, infinity sign, no beginning or end, it is a continuum of energy that weaves through the body
• First line of defense against the environment surrounding you, strengthens immune system, grounding, repels negativity, sends out love
• #1 Rub hands together briskly• #2 Think your feet deep into the earth (grounding)• #3 Deep breath in through nose & out mouth• #4 Put palms together, raise hands up over head and as you exhale ‐ swing
arms out and down• #5 Repeat this 4‐5 times reaching farther down body as you go• #6 On last push out on aura, hang down, hands near feet for 2 breaths• #7 As you rise, make figure 8’s through out aura all around you
• Opens and stretches all meridians allowing fresh energy to travel through the body. Opens all the joints and bones to new fresh energy, use for any bone or joint disease (arthritis, osteoporosis, fractures)
• #1 Rub palms together & shake off hands to earth• #2 Extend one palm up, flattening on the heavens and the other
palm extended to the earth, flattening it against the earth• #3 Intend for your reach to enter the heaven and the earth• #4 Hold breath and look up while stretching • #5 Exhale and bring hands together at heart chakra• #6 Repeat stretch on opposite side• #7 Do again, alternating stretch for total of 2 times on each side of
body• #8 Bend forward for 2 breaths and as you rise pull the energy of
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