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Saturday, December 31, 2022
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Meet Us : Mary Sullivan
Mary is home grown, and has watched this area grow in all kinds of directions. Early in her career she was a horticulturist, and worked in many of the local nurseries that have long ago disappeared with the appearance of the big box stores.
She began her career as a massage therapist in 2003, and quickly grew a large clientele. Mary is a life long learner, so in 2007 she went back to school to become a physical therapy assistant. She felt that she wanted to know as much as she could to further help her clientele reach a state of healing.
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Sunday, December 25, 2022
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Sunday, December 18, 2022
What is Cupping Therapy?
Cupping and Gua Sha hare ancient Chinese modalities that have been used for thousands of years to alleviate pain and treat chronic and acute conditions, scar tissue and adhesions, stagnation of blood and lymph and acute muscle tension.
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
The science of skin color - Angela Koine Flynn
When ultraviolet sunlight hits our skin, it affects each of us differently. Depending on skin color, it’ll take only minutes of exposure to turn one person beetroot-pink, while another requires hours to experience the slightest change. What’s to account for that difference, and how did our skin come to take on so many different hues to begin with? Angela Koine Flynn describes the science of skin color.
Lesson by Angela Koine Flynn, animation by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat.
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Monday, December 12, 2022
What is Reflexology?
Reflexology, also known as zone therapy, is an alternative medical practice involving the application of pressure to specific points on the feet, ears, and hands. This is done using thumb, finger, and hand massage techniques without the use of oil or lotion. It is based on a pseudoscientific system of zones and reflex areas that purportedly reflect an image of the body on the feet and hands, with the premise that such work on the feet and hands causes a physical change to the supposedly related areas of the body.
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Friday, December 9, 2022
What is a Stone Massage?
The stone massage is a form of alternative medicine massage therapy and bodywork involving the placement of a number of either heated or cooled stones to the body for the purpose of pain relief, relaxation and therapy. There are a manifold of variations and techniques used in the application of stone massage therapy, deriving from a variety of traditional practices. Stone massages are primarily used to alleviate physical pain issues, however, are also used to promote emotional and spiritual wellbeing in practice.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Which sunscreen should you choose? - Mary Poffenroth
Sunscreen comes in many forms, each with its own impacts on your body and the environment. With so many options, how do you choose which sunscreen is best for you? To answer that question, Mary Poffenroth explains how sunscreens work and compares different application methods, SPFs, and active ingredients to help you make the best choice.
Lesson by Mary Poffenroth, animation by Rob Kohr and Travis Spangler.
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Saturday, December 3, 2022
What is Reiki?
Reiki (霊気, /ˈreɪki/) is a Japanese form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which a "universal energy" is said to be transferred through the palms of the practitioner to the patient in order to encourage emotional or physical healing.
Reiki is a pseudoscience, and is used as an illustrative example of pseudoscience in scholarly texts and academic journal articles. It is based on qi ("chi"), which practitioners say is a universal life force, although there is no empirical evidence that such a life force exists.
Clinical research does not show reiki to be effective as a treatment for any medical condition, including cancer, diabetic neuropathy, anxiety or depression; therefore it should not replace conventional medical treatment. There is no proof of the effectiveness of reiki therapy compared to placebo. Studies reporting positive effects have had methodological flaws.
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