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Columbus Polarity Center specializes in complementary therapies and holistic healthcare. There is a wide range of qualified practitioners available for Polarity Therapy, Cranial Sacral, Rolfing, Reiki, Herbal Therapy, Aromatherapy, relaxation massage and Massage Therapy by LMTs. Our practitioners work with an integrative healthcare focus and often will provide the client with various options that will meet their needs. Many of the practitioners work together to provider the best preventive care for the client. Please check our website www.columbuspolarity.com for more details.
Practitioners at Columbus Polarity are not medical doctors, nor do they diagnose or treat illnesses or prescribe any type of medications. For medical needs consult your physician.
Healthy Tidbits |
"Green Is the Thing"
Need a Boost, Need a Gentle way to detox, Need nutrients that can bulild good health?? Go Green!!
Green foods, chlorophyll, spirulina, wheat grass, blue green algae and alfalfa - add years to your life, add vitatility, and add minerals and add nutrients needed for healing!!
Chlorophyll – liquid chlorophyll or chlorophyll tablets
Wheatgrass Juice
Barley Greens
Spirulina
Blue-Green Algae
"FYI"
More than one third of U.S. adults use Complementary and Alternative Medicine, according to new government surveys.
Aromatherapy Oils "Kill Superbugs"
Essential oils could kill the deadly MRSA hospital superbug – University of Manchester England researchers found three of the oils, usually used in AROMATHERAPY, destroy MRSA and E-coli bacteria in two minutes. Oils can be blended into soaps and shampoos. Manchester study tested 40 essential oils against 10 of the most infectious agents found in hospitals. "The reason essential oils are so effective is because they are made up of a complex mixture of chemical compounds which MRSA and other superbug bacteria finds difficult to resist.
Reference: BBC News 2004/12/21
Check www.columbuspolarity.com for essential oil roll ons!!!
Colloidal Silver
A natural – powerful – antibiotic "Best all around germ fighter we have" Dr. H. Margraf, St. Louis
A. Key characteristics of Colloidal Silver:
B. What is It?
C. Research – Uses of Colloidal Silver are well documented in medical journal reports. Thurman/Aerba "The molecular mechanisms of copper and silver in disinfection of bacteria and viruses."
D. Uses
Colliodal Silver Sale!! Email MaryJo@columbuspolarity.com
Benefits of Long, Deep Breathing
Where are you now – STOP, do 2 minutes of deep breathing!!
Remember it's free, effective and it works!!
Did you Know....
Research shows that regular sauna use reduces oxidative stress!!
"Repeated sauna therapy reduces urinary 8 – Epi – Prostaglandin F2a" research conducted by Kagoshima University Department of Cardiology, Respiration and metabolic medicine in Kagoshima, Japan.
"Combination of diet, exercises and repeated sauna therapy may be the best method for preventing lifestyle – related diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidenia and diabetes mellitus."
Referenced from Massage magazine Jan/Feb 2005
Essential Herbs |
Have you been reading about NSAIDS, Vioxx and Celebrex?? Has it left you wondering what to take when the need arises for a painkiller? How about going the herbal way?
Let's take a look at some herbs that have been most widely used over the years for those aches and pains.
Anti Inflammatory Herbs
Herbs that deal with pain, fall under several major categories with distinct actions. Probably the best known herbs belong to the anti-inflammatories category. Anti-inflammatories are especially helpful in cases of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other musculo-skeletal disorders such as fibromyalgia.
Boswellia
One of the plants – a tree actually – used in Ayurvedic medicine for millennia is Boswellia. Its resin, standardized to its acid content, was found in studies to significantly prevent the degradation of glycosaminoglycans, a substance essential to connective tissue and to cartilage. 499 mg of the standardized herb would go a long way towards relieving some of the arthritis and other muscular/skeletal pain and stiffness.
Devil's Claw
An herbal medicine from the tubers of Devil's Claw. South Africans use this plant as an anti-inflammatory for digestive conditions, as an analgesic (pain killer) and an antipyretic (brings down fever). Several double blind studies have shown a marked reduction in pain compared to a placebo. However, the herb is not recommended for those with peptic ulcers. The use is 1 to 3 grams a day of the dry herb, or 1 to 3 dropperfuls of the tincture.
White Willow
Plants with a high salicyn content have anti-inflammatory action. Aalicyn, of course, is the primary ingredient of aspirin, and aspirin, originally, did derive from salicylates in nature, namely, the bark of the White Willow tree. Willow bark has been recommended from ancient times, and has been used to reduce fever and ease pain. For best results, it should be used in conjunction with other anti-inflammatories.
Meadowsweet
Another salicylate often used by British herbalists for arthritic and rheumatoid conditions in combination with other analgesics. Unlike asprin, meadowsweet does not upset the stomach or cause ulcers.
Feverfew
For those who suffer from migraines, Feverfew, taken on a long-term basis, offers relief from this and other forms of headaches. Feverfew's mechanism is similar to that of cortisone, in that it works to reduce the inflammatory process by blocking the release of prostaglandins and leukotrienes.
Licorice
A powerful anti-inflammatory, often used for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Licorice contains Glycyrrizin, a substance known to block the enzyme which breaks down our natural anti-inflammatory, cortisone. Licorice, along with the bark of the Slippery Elm tree, is used extensively as an anti-inflammatory for painful ulcer and IBS conditions.
Arnica
Well known for its ability to relieve inflammation and pain. Its use is strictly external, in the form of creams, gels, ointment etc., but the effect is deep, as Arnica penetrates the several layers of tissue to each sprain, muscular spasms, joint pains, and fractures. Comfrey Leaf has similar actions, and a compress of leaves steeped briefly in hot water can alleviate and heal fractures, sprains, tendonitis, arthritic inflammation, and poorly healing wounds. Capsaicin cream, made with Cayenne Pepper, relieves pain externally, if used consistently throughout the day (4-5 times).
Antispasmodic Herbs
Another category of herbs that can help with pain are the antispasmodic herbs. These can help with muscle spasms, with internal acute pains such as spastic colon, with menstrual cramps, and with headaches of the tension variety.
Black Cohosh
Both an anti-inflammatory and a muscle relaxant. It works best with menstrual cramps, and other conditions of the female reproductive system, such as endometriosis. This is due to its mildly estrogenic properties. However, it is also recommended for rheumatic inflammation, in combination with other herbs.
Skullcap
Useful for migraines and tension headaches, as it tones and soothes the Nervous System. Also, it helps with internal tensions and spasms, such as menstrual cramps and IBS.
FYI
New Wellness Classes |
Energy Movement
Energy dance-fun movement to enhance flexibility and strength. "A Healthy spirit resides in a healthy body." Dance with your spirit. Energy movement works with the 5 basic elements of life, Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.
Benefits of Energy Movement:Join Irina Tatarintseva, MA, APP who brings this new system of energy dance to us from her studies in the Ukraine. Every Wednesday evening 7:00-8:00 at 1253 N High Street. Parking in rear of building. Cost is $10 per class. All ages welcome and no experience is required. Polarity CEU's available.
Introduction to Polarity Therapy and Energy Balancing: CEU Program
This course offers CEUs for Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and activities professionals, and other fields are pending.
Level I Training for Polarity CertificationPre-registration is necessary to reserve your space. Call the Columbus Polarity Center or the Ohio Institute of Energetic Studies and Bodywork at 614-299-9438 or e-mail us at energy@columbuspolarity.com.
Educational Seminars |
JOIN US:
Registration for classes is now available at www.OhioInstitute.com or call 614-299-9438
Career Night Open House |
One of the Fastest Growing Professions in Holistic Health Care.
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Cleveland Polarity Fairview Wellness Center 3035 Wooster Rd. Rocky River, OH FOR MORE INFORMATION Call 216-226-2912 or visit our website: www.ohioinstitute.com |
Thursday, February 17, 2005
6-7 p.m. Hors d'Oevres
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Articles |
Get Your Doshas in Balance
By Mary Jo RuggieriAyurveda, a tradition that originated from India, is a complete holistic approach that integrates healing through the elements. The November issue of New Age magazine simply explains Ayurveda by suggesting that "Ayurveda rekindles a holistic rapport with the constituents of nature everything in ourselves and in our world is formed by the five elements: ether, air, fire, water and earth. In human beings, the elements express themselves as Ayurveda's three metabolic types, or doshas, upon which all health diagnoses and treatments are based". Balance the three combined elements called doshas and maintain a health, happy and prosperous life!
Each dosha represents qualities of combined elements. Vata integrates ether and air, Pitta integrates fire and water, Kapha integrates water and earth. We are composed of all five elements and therefore all three doshas. Each person has a specific metabolic nature, or a particular dosha, that dictates their basic make-up.
The doshas give us useful information for making healthy lifestyle choices. This process can be compared to understanding, for example, the true nature of plants. Fruits grow best in warm climates, a cactus will grow in the desert and a lily pad flourishes in the middle of a lake. Each plant has a specific constitution, a specific organic composition that is identifiable and will dictate its existence.
Alison R. Levy's work on healthy typecasting looks at why becoming more aware of what is beneficial to your particular dosha will prevent serous diseases. She suggests that by getting a picture of our own makeup, we can identify what kind of diet; lifestyle and actions will best support and balance us. We can also learn to avoid things that deplete and stagnate within us. Levy suggests the first step in Ayurveda healing and health maintenance is to identify your metabolic type.
Vata
Ether and air crate space and movement: Is space an issue with you? Are you scattered? Do you talk rapidly? Do you wake up frequently? Do you feel impatient? Are you thin, wiry?
Pitta
Fire and water create heat, clarity, transformation and making connections: Do you hold anger? Are you enthusiastic? Are you loud? Digestive problems/love to eat? Can't let go? Are you overprotective? Overly goal oriented?
Kapha
Water and earth create fluidity, slow movements, completion and structure: Do you feel grounded? Do you handle finances well? Hard to lose weight? Sleep sound? Are you overprotective? A people pleaser?
Dr. Deepak Chopra, the guru of Ayurveda, says if a doctor wanted to change someone's doshas, he would change their core habits. In this way, you would get to the root of the patient's problem.
Ayurveda is founded on the idea that outside agents such as a virus or bacteria do not cause disease. The state and nature of the host is the key. Why is it that 10 people in the same room can be exposed to a very toxic virus, but five do not get sick, three come down with mild symptoms and two get critically ill? The host and one's own state of balance will determine if one gets sick or stays well.
What is your dosha?
Meditate if you are a pitta. Take risks if you are a kapha. Structure and routine for vatas.
Eat cool and calming foods for kapha. Whole grains and warm foods for vata.
Minimize stress for pitta. Vigorous exercise for kapha. Complete tasks for vata.
Study yourself and embrace the Ayurveda healthcare system. Explore Ayurveda online and connect with an in-depth analysis of your own metabolic dosha. Seek out consultations with Ayurveda practitioners.
Begin by simply thinking about what you need to keep yourself in balance for your type. For an example, a pitta really gets sick with constant stress whereas a kapha will let stress roll off their back and a vata creates stress constantly.
The body, when put into balance, will heal itself. Chopra believes that the body itself is not a fixed package of atoms and molecules. It is a process, or rather billions of simultaneous processes being coordinated together. Therefore, for us to be disease free and have quality health we need to work on our own internal clock.
A Medical Student Speaks |
It is an exciting time in medicine, and I'm excited to be a part of it.
My name is Jacob Conklin. I am a 4th year medial student at the Ohio State University, and, in a few short months, I will gain a couple of letters after my name and a mountain of responsibility on my shoulders. After leaving Ohio State, I will train to become a primary care physician, a role that, to my mind, is charged with 95% of a patient's life in health and in sickness in the allopathic world. It's the ultimate job, a job that honestly does place some fear in my heart.
But it's a job that, thankfully for my generation, and me I can find solace in knowing I will not have to undertake alone. I say this because now more than ever, "traditional" allopathic medicine is learning the incredible resources available in complementary medicine—practitioners who have skills beyond the scope of allopathic practice who can work with us as a team dedicated entirely to the holistic well-being of our patients.
In December of 2005, I chose to do one of my required rotations in Complementary Alternative Therapies at the Columbus Polarity Center for Integrative Health and Wellness. I had the incredible opportunity to expand my horizons beyond the borders of the hospital setting and witness, experience, and participate in the many practices collectively termed complementary and alternative medicine. I spent time with polarity practitioners, craniosacral practitioners, massage therapists, a Rolfer, and acupuncturist, a naturopathic physician and chiropractors. I was able to observe patient sessions, experience sessions myself, and spend a month studying in-depth the incredible and rapidly growing body of evidence that supports these modalities in health management. I also attended Polarity Training classes and participated in learning techniques of Polarity Therapy and the Science of Energy Medicine.
I began the month with the goal of learning more about these modalities, knowing that patients today are demanding a greater knowledge of these complementary practices from their physicians. I wanted to know the indications; contraindications, benefits and risks of these therapies so I might better inform my patients as to the best therapies available to them. This was a perfectly noble mission, but little did I know that my month in complementary medicine and Polarity Therapy would lead to much, much more.
In addition to a fundamental knowledge of complementary therapies and energy work, I was empowered by both a passion for holistic medicine and a requirement to find practitioners like those here in Columbus and Columbus Polarity to make health care for my patients as good as it can be. After a month of speaking with patients and seeing the benefits they have experienced with these therapies, I am even more excited about my future as a primary care physician, armed with dramatically increased options for the well-being of my patients. I am boldened by the allies in health in my community: allies who have different perspectives on the well-being of our patients, but all with the exact same goals in mind; somewhere, the place where all these perspectives come together, is the place were optimal health care occurs.
And I am not alone in these sentiments. Never before has there been a time where people from all backgrounds of medicine were more open and demanding that the many modalities that contribute to health and well being come together for the benefit of patients. This is the time—this is our chance to make medicine what we want as patients, practitioners, and policy makers. Through electives like the one I have accomplished, more and more young doctors like myself gain a level of not only excitement for complementary medicine, but moreover an excitement for all medicine.
My experience in complementary medicine—thanks to the people and practitioners at Columbus Polarity and in offices throughout Columbus—opened my heart to the incredible good we can do together. It opened my eyes to how much we don't know and how exciting that is. It opened my mind t how incredible our journey will be if open hearts, eyes, and minds come together in the name of making lives better for our patients.
Glossary |
The Glossary is a tool for educating people who wish to make informed choices
about Holistic Health care.
HYPNOSIS
(from Greek, "sleep")
A state of heightened awareness and focused concentration that can be used to manipulate the perception of pain, to access repressed material and to re-program behavior.
HYPNOTHERAPY
Utilizes hypnosis in the treatment of many complains: a symptom, disease, or addiction; chronic pain; emotional trauma and anxiety. Also used to bolster confidence, to instill positive thoughts and feelings, to prepare for competition.
INTRASOUND™
Body care products, which are infused with high frequency sound waves, that brings the body into balance and promotes healing on a cellular level.
INTUITIVE
An intuitive utilizes perceptual skills not located in rational analytic thinking. Oftentimes the insights of an intuitive surpass what is available to the conscious mind.
IRIDOLOGY
Like reflexology, iridology is based on a system of correspondences between specific parts of the iris and the rest of the body. The practitioner examines the iris to ascertain the condition of the digestive system, the heart, the kidneys, etc.
KINESIOLOGY
Works with the body's energy systems, utilizing techniques from acupressure, bodwork and holistic healthcare to eliminate pain and to improve health and performances. These techniques are used to correct structural imbalances, restore energy flow to the meridians, clear emotional blocks and assess nutritional needs.
LAHO-CHI
Is a Chinese form of hands-on healing similar to Reiki and Therapeutic Touch. It is a gentle, yet powerful form of energy balancing and healing. Using specific hand positions, the LaHo-Chi practitioner transmits healing intention into the client's biofield to induce a state of deep, relaxation, of ‘full-body meditation.' This relaxed state, achieved by the energetic release of accumulated physical, emotional and psychological stresses and traumas, allows the body's own natural healing powers to be activated and nurtured. LaHo-Chi can also expand perception, inducing awareness of higher states of spiritual consciousness.
LIGHT BODY ACTIVATION
The "Light Body," as described by Katreena Kremer in A Primer for Light Body Activation, is the aspect of oneself of such high and subtle frequency that it interacts with dimensions beyond our usual reality. Light acts with dimensions beyond our usual reality. Light Body Activation is an evolutionary process, occurring on a global scale, by which the functioning of the Light Body infrastructure, deep within the core of the self, is re-established. As the self de-densifies and harmonizes with the new vibratory frequencies of Light it undergoes conscious initiation into a state of being beyond the third dimension.
* More to come each month!