Transitions and Transformations Related Links
Healing vs. Curing
www.noetic.org/research/sr/main.html
This is the Spontaneous Remission page of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS).
www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona/
The Web site of Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD., Native American doctor and advocate of CAM (complementary and alternative medicine), the use of ritual in healing, and the spiritual component of healing. The Healing Intensives page gives a very good overview of the approach to healing of traditional healers.
www.drweilselfhealing.com
The Web site of Dr. Andrew Weil. Under Health Advice, Featured Articles include one titled “The Rise of Integrative Medicine Clinics,” which gives an interesting history of integrative medicine.
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Holistic Health
healing.about.com/od/uc_directory/a/pickpractitione.htm
An article on interviewing prospective healers: “How to Pick the Perfect Holistic Health Practitioner for You.” What to look for in a prospective healer both during the initial phone interview and during your sessions.
ahha.org/rosen.htm
American Holistic Health Association (AHHA). This site provides an excellent definition and history of holistic health.
www.holisticmed.com
The Holistic Healing Web Page provides lots of information and links on holistic medicine.
nccam.nih.gov/health/
The Web site of the U.S. Government’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This page leads to some good internal links, including to the official definition of CAM.
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Hypnotherapy
nccam.nih.gov/health/backgrounds/mindbody.htm
The NCCAM Website page on mind/body medicine. A good overview of this subject, including hypnotherapy as a part of mind/body medicine.
www.johnkotre.com/b_whitegloves.htm
From the Web site of author John Kotre, PhD. The page for his book White Gloves: How We Create Ourselves Through Memory. At the bottom of the page is an excerpt from the book discussing the power of memory.
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Interfaith Ministry
www.newseminary.org
The Web site of the New Seminary in New York, which was the first Interfaith seminary to offer ordination.
www.chaplaincyinstitute.org
The Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley Web site gives a brief overview of what an Interfaith Minister does (near the bottom of the first page).
www.uri.org
The Web site of the United Religions Initiative (URI), which is a world wide organization promoting dialog between adherents of the world’s religions.
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Intuitive Counseling
www.holisticjunction.com/categories/HPD/intuitive-counseling.html
An overview of intuitive counseling, including links to two articles by intuitive counselors describing what intuitive counseling is from their personal experience.
healing.about.com/cs/medical_intuitive/a/intuitivehealer_2.htm
From the About.com website. A good discussion of why the term “intuitive counselor” is more in use today than the term “psychic.”
www.myss.com
Web site for Caroline Myss, PhD, medical intuitive, author, speaker, and workshop leader.
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Labyrinths
www.srlabyrinthfoundation.com/hm.html
Lea Goode-Harris, PhD – The Santa Rosa Labyrinth Foundation. Our labyrinth is a Santa Rose labyrinth.
www.veriditas.org
The web site of Veriditas, “the voice of the labyrinth movement,” which was founded by Lauren Artress of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. This site is especially focused on the labyrinth as a meditative spiritual tool.
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Reiki
www.reiki.net.au
The International House of Reiki web site. Very full of informative and well-written articles about all aspects of Reiki, especially its Japanese roots. The books by the site’s owners, Bronwen and Frans Stiene, are also definitely worth reading, and their classes are excellent.
www.reiki.org
International Center for Reiki Training. One of the best Reiki sites on the web.
nccam.nih.gov/health/reiki/
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Website page on Reiki. A good objective overview.
www.reiki.nu
One of many individual’s Web sites on Reiki. This one provides good overview information about Reiki and its history.
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Rituals and Rites of Passage
jeanneachterberg.com
The Web site of Jeanne Achterberg, PhD. Much of her work is on guided imagery and ritual. The Articles page on this site includes an article, “Ritual: The Foundation for Transpersonal Medicine,” that describes one aspect of the power of ritual for healing.
Spiritual Guidance
www.sdiworld.org/home.html
Spiritual Directors International home page. This site provides good definitions of spiritual direction from the perspective of various faith traditions.
www.insightmeditationcenter.org
Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California. Includes guidelines on meditation practice and extensive articles on insight meditation, the Buddhist foundation of mindfulness meditation.
www.umassmed.edu/cfm/index.aspx
University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM). The Stress Reduction Program link on this page brings you to an overview of the center established by Jon Kabat-Zinn for mindfulness meditation. This is the center which brought mindfulness meditation to Western awareness.
www.acpe.edu
The web page for the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.
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Products and Services
myauthenticself.com
The website of StarChild, an intuitive counselor and Reiki Master in San Diego, CA with a strong spiritual bent to his counseling work. He focuses on LGBT and recovery issues but is available to anyone in the San Diego area who is seeking guidance. He also produces beautiful and inspired jewelry. Highly recommended; he is known to me personally.
www.theblessedthistle.com
The website of The Blessed Thistle, a shop specializing in botanicals and gifts located in Ferndale, CA, in northern California south of Eureka. Stop by if you’re in the area, or you can order from them on-line.
www.airandfire.com
The website of Air and Fire, A Mystical Bazaar in Boulder Creek, CA, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains on the San Francisco Peninsula. The shop carries many fine hand-crafted spiritual and magickal products. Drop by if you’re in the neighborhood.
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Other Recommended Sites
time-outformoms.com
This is a site that caters to women who are strong and capable, but who are just plain worn-out. Our mission is to help "moms" of all ages learn to relax through natural methods, such as meditation and hypnosis. Allow me to free you from stress, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, addictions, or other negative habits. When you feel good about yourself, you are a better wife and mother. Do you feel invisible? Allow me to gently guide you through the maze of confusion and into the light of your own unique identity.
www.mesothelioma.com
This is the website for people with mesothelioma, a rare type of cancer that occurs in the thin layer of cells lining the body's internal organs, known as the mesothelium. In addition to lots of information on this form of cancer and about Western medical treatments for it, both conventional and experimental, the site has an extensive section under its Treatment Options heading for “Alternative Treatments” such as Hypnotherapy, which talks about the way these modalities can aid cancer patients in general as well as mesothelioma patients in particular.
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