Therapies

I loved this message of hope and healing from President Russell M. Nelson! I have actually experienced the powerful healing that can come from living in a state of gratitude and I know every word he said is true. A couple of years ago I read aloud the book Pollyanna to my children. We loved her attitude of gratitude and love for her fellow man. Ever since that time we have tried to incorporate her "glad game", which is really just focusing on our blessings in times of trial,

I have learned so much about the power of music from Marlene Peterson at Libraries of Hope: Home of the Well Educated Heart. As a healer, I immediately thought of using music as a modality for healing. Personally my favorite music was always silence, so learning about music through the Well Educated Heart has been very eye opening for me and I have tried to incorporate it more in my life. I have naturally navigated to listening to Enya during chaotic and stressful periods of

Both heat and cold can be used to heal and soothe many different conditions and everyday issues you may come up against...sometimes it is all you need. Heat Therapy There are several ways you can use heat as a therapy. The most common way is to soak in a tub of hot water to induce sweating. Make sure you drink fluids while doing this, you want the body to sweat, but must replace those fluids. Drinking sweat inducing herbal teas (diaphoretics) will add to the effect. A sau

While studying about Lewis and Clark, I came across a story of Clark healing one of his men who couldn't walk and could barely sit, using the "traditional Indian sweatlodge" to treat him. This consisted of ​creating a 'sauna' where the man stayed until he could barely breathe due to the steam and then they immediately plunged him into ice-cold water, then back to the sweat lodge for more sweating. The next day he was able to walk, completely free of pain. Soon the tribe they

There is no simpler way for healing your body than taking a long, hot, ginger bath. A ginger bath can increase circulation and body temperature, killing bacteria, viruses, and fungal infections. Having a ginger bath can ease menstrual cramps and stop early labor by increasing oxygen to the uterus, allowing it to relax. On the flip side a ginger bath can also increase labor at term if it has slowed due to fatigue. Just make sure to take a beverage to the bath with you, as y