Healing vs. Curing
www.noetic.org
This is the Spontaneous Remission page of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS – see the Holistic Health section below for a description of the organization). It is a comprehensive compilation of reports of spontaneous remission in all areas of health. All the chapters of the study are available on this site in PDF. The material is also available in book form for purchase.
www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona/
The website of Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD., Native American doctor and advocate of CAM (complementary and alternative medicine). This site gives a good description of 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.drweil.com
The website of Dr. Andrew Weil, one of the best-known advocates of integrative medicine.
Holistic Health
http://noetic.org/
The Institute of Noetic Sciences, founded in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, is a nonprofit research, education, and membership organization whose mission is supporting individual and collective transformation through consciousness research, educational outreach, and engaging a global learning community in the realization of our human potential. Healing is one of its primary program areas.
www.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.
www.ahha.org/rosen.htm
A page from the website of the American Holistic Health Association (AHHA). This page 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 website 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 the official definition of CAM and research results with various CAM modalities.
Hypnotherapy
www.aaph.org
The website of the American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists. The Recent Posts section (scroll a little way down the first page) contains some good stories about uses of hypnotherapy.
www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/webcasts/the-healing-power-of-hypnotherapy-transcript-1.aspx
“The Healing Power of Hypnotherapy,” a webcast and transcript of an interview with Dr. David Spiegel of Stanford University School of Medicine, a well-known figure in the field of hypnotherapy and a major researcher in medical uses of hypnosis.
www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/hypnotherapy-000353.htm
A very thorough overview of hypnotherapy from the website of the University of Maryland Medical Center. The site includes a good list of illnesses or conditions for which hypnotherapy has proven to be beneficial.
www.johnkotre.com/b_whitegloves.htm
From the website 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.
Interfaith Ministry
www.newseminary.org
The website of the New Seminary in New York, which was the first Interfaith seminary to offer ordination.
www.chaplaincyinstitute.org
The Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley website includes a brief overview of what an Interfaith Minister does, plus links to many other articles about Interfaith (click on the “About Interfaith” link at the top of the page).
www.uri.org
The website of the United Religions Initiative (URI), which is a worldwide organization promoting dialog between adherents of the world’s religions.
Intuitive Counseling
www.holisticjunction.com/categories/HPD/intuitive-counseling.html
A brief overview of intuitive counseling, including links to many articles in the category of intuitive counseling.
www.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.” This is Part 2 of a section on intuitive healers. Part 1 talks about medical intuitive.
www.myss.com
The website for Caroline Myss, PhD, medical intuitive, author, speaker, and workshop leader.
www.parapsych.org
The website of the Parapsychological Association, an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This is an especially good site for anyone interested in the scientific evidence for the existence of psychic or intuitive abilities—known in scientific circles as psi. The Frequently Asked Questions sections is very good.
Labyrinths
www.leastudio.com/SRLAB/Home.html
The website of Lea Goode-Harris, PhD, and The Santa Rosa Labyrinth Foundation. Our labyrinth is a Santa Rose labyrinth. There is a photo of it in the Photo Gallery.
www.veriditas.org
The website 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
Reiki
www.us.ihreiki.com/
The International House of Reiki website. Arguably the most informative Reiki site on the Web, full of well-written articles and a very thoughtful blog 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. Another very information Reiki website, including some rather interesting links. One of those links, the Center for Reiki Research, provides access to some scientific studies as well as information on Reiki in hospitals.
www.nccam.nih.gov/health/reiki/
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative website page on Reiki. A good objective overview.
www.animalreikisource.com
An excellent source of information on Reiki for animals from Kathleen Prasad, one of the premier practitioners in the field.
Rituals and Rites of Passage
www.jeanneachterberg.com
The website 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.
www.dtmms.org/rites-of-passage/index.htm
This page from the website of the Deer Tribe Metis Medicine Society, a Native American group, provides some excellent articles on rites of passage—what they are and why they are important.
Also see the website of Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona/. It is described in the Healing and Curing section at the top of this page.
Spiritual Guidance
www.sdiworld.org/home.html
The home page of Spiritual Directors International. This site provides good definitions of spiritual direction from the perspective of various faith traditions.
www.insightmeditationcenter.org
The website for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California. The site 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.
Products and Services
www.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.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. It also offers workshops; I occasionally teach there.
Other Recommended Sites
www.time-outformoms.com/
This is a site that caters to women who are strong and capable, but who are just plain worn-out. The mission of the site is to help "moms" of all ages learn to relax through natural methods, such as meditation and hypnosis. The site includes some good stress-reduction suggestions.
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.
www.breathing-exercises.com
This website provides articles describing optimal breathing exercises and techniques to aid stress management, anxiety, yoga, qigong, deep breathing, sleep, high blood pressure, singing, speaking, asthma, cross breathing, co-meditation, anger, road rage, and memory.
www.calmclinic.com/
This website is devoted to anxiety disorders, especially ways to handle them without reliance on medication for a “cure.” The site is very informative about many aspects of anxiety disorders.