Modalities
CranioSacral | Shiatsu
| Myofascial | Yoga | Meditation
| Diet | Nutrition
There are basically three types of mentalities and therefore three ways
of looking at anything. One looks at a concept in its entirety and sees
the wholistic view. While the second type has to take everything apart into components
try to understand it
and then put it back again. In doing so they sometimes miss the big picture.
The third type sees the individual component
as if it were the whole and specialized in that single part these definitely
miss the big picture.
My own training over the years was focused first on looking at things in
its entirety then looking deeper into the components and working with the
concepts as necessary. Hence, over the years I have integrated several
modalities coming from Eastern and Oriental systems of Medicine as well as
Western Therapies.
These modalities include CranioSacral Therapy,
Zen-Shiatsu, Myofascial
Release, Yoga, Meditation
amongst the main one that I have practiced.
One might ask, which modality is good for me?
It is not a question of which modality is good for me
rather it is a question of the application of the modality and the individual
use it. There are five categories of modalities popularly known.
1. Relating to touch, spanning from Massage to
off-the-body work, to Surgery as relates to the body.
2. Relating to the sense of sight, such as Art Therapy.
3. Relating to the sense of smell such as Aroma Therapy
4. Relating to the sense of hearing such as music therapy
5. Relating to the sense of taste such as food,
supplements and drugs.
These are the five senses through which the various forms
of therapies. one may hear of one form of therapy is better than the next and
controversies develop. Individuals may claim that this modality did such
incredible things for me and that this is the only way to go.
It is not about the modality rather the application of
the therapy and how effective the therapist is in triggering the correct
response or responses in the brain to help the body, or in the mind the to
help the person.
It is better to use a multi-sensory approach. The
individual realizes that it is they themselves are the healers and the
therapists are only facilitators or guides. With a multi sensory approach one
can go beyond the senses to the mind and there make the changes for better
health.
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