Integrative Healing Arts Center

 

We are committed to promote healthy lifestyles, enhance the quality of life, and strengthen Health and Wellness with in our community.  Through our numerous educational classes and over 30 different therapies, we will assist YOU in strengthening yourself on all levels of YOU!                       Physically, Spiritually, Mentally, Socially, and Emotionally.

Our Goal is to ASSIST YOU in the education of Body, Mind, and Spirit so that you can be empowered to take on and be pro-active in your own health and well -being.  We offer over 30 different types of therapies and modalities and numerous classes to support YOU!  We offer something for everyone no matter where you are on your path to pro-active health and wellness.

Our team is licensed and qualified to meet you where you are at on your path to healthy living.  Our therapies combine multiple holistic approaches to physical, mental and emotional healing.  We are also very passionate about educating the community by offering a diverse group of classes held monthly.  We want YOU to experience all the benefits that an active healthy way of being can support you in your daily living.

We believe in living with true intent and practicing wellness while striving to be the change we wish to see in the world.

 

Zion's Way Integrative Healing Arts Center

The Benefits of Body Work:

What exactly are the benefits of receiving massage or bodywork treatments?

There's no denying the power of bodywork. No matter what we call it -- pampering, rejuvenating, therapy -- body work is a powerful ally in our healthcare regimen that, for many, can do the following:

  • Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion
  • Assist With shorter, easier labor and hospital stays for expectant mothers
  • Ease Medication dependence
  • Enhance Immunity by stimulating lymph flow
  • Exercise and Stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles
  • Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts
  • Improve the condition of the body's largest organ ----- the skin
  • Increase joint flexibility
  • Lessen depression and anxiety
  • Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks
  • Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation
  • Reduce post-surgery adhesions and swelling
  • Reduce spasms and cramping
  • Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles
  • Release endorphins amino acids that work as the body's natural painkiller.
  • Relieve migraine pain

Massage: A Powerful Ally in Relieving Stress

Experts estimate that upwards of 90% of disease is stressed related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress.

While eliminating anxiety and pressure altogether in this fast-paced world may be idealistic, massage can without a doubt, help manage stress as well as:

  • Decrease anxiety
  • Enhance sleep quality
  • Re-energize
  • Improve concentration
  • Increase circulation
  • Reduce fatigue

Profound Effects of Massage

Research shows that with massage:

  • Arthritis suffers fewer aches and less stiffness and pain
  • Asthmatic children show better pulmonary function and peak air flow
  • Burn injury patients report reduced pain, itching, and anxiety
  • High blood pressure patients demonstrate lower diastolic blood pressure, anxiety, and stress
  • Premenstrual syndrome suffers have decreased water retention and cramping.
  • Pre-term infants have improved weight gain and general health

Craniosacral Massage

  • Gentle, hands-on method
  • Focused on evaluating and enhancing the function of the craniosacral system
  • Holistic healing practice that uses very light touch to balance the craniosacral system in the body which includes the bones, nerves, fluids, and connective tissues of the cranium and spinal area
  • Releases restriction around the brain and spinal cord to enhance central nervous system performance and allows the body to self-correct
  • Strengthens the body's natural healing processes

What is the Craniosacral System?

  • The membranes and cerebrospinal fluid of the craniosacral system surround and protect the brain and spinal cord.
  • Craniosacral Therapy deals with the bones of the head, spinal column, sacrum and the underlying structures.
  • This type of treatment employs a very light touch and uses specifically designed techniques to release restrictions and compression in these areas.

How does Craniosacral Work?

  • The craniosacral system has a rhythm that can be felt throughout the body
  • Craniosacral therapists monitor this rhythm and pinpoint sources of obstruction and stress
  • Once located the therapist will assist the natural movement and release of the restriction to help the body self-correct
  • It is a gentle and non-invasive therapy and can be used to treat all ages from babies to  seniors

The Benefits of Craniosacral Massage

Due to its influence on the functioning of the central nervous system, it is increasingly used as as preventive health measure for its ability to bolster resistance to disease and alleviate a wide range of specific medical conditions including:

  • Chronic back and neck pain
  • Headache
  • Tension
  • Migrain
  • Autism
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Emotional difficulties

The Benefits of Aroma Therapy

Aromatherapy doesn't just smell good, it can benefit you in many ways. The sense of smell is pretty powerful. In fact, the body can distinguish around 10,00 0 different scents! As scents are inhaled, the smell travels across the olfactory nerves located inside the nose and then up into the part of the brain that contols our moods, our memories and our ability to learn. This area is called the Limbic System and when stimulated it releases endorphins, neurotransmitter and other "feel-good" chemicals.

What all of that means is that smells have a subtle way of effecting our mind and emotions. Some aromatherapy benefits that are more commonly known include:

  • Relaxation and Stress Relief - Lavender Oil
  • Mood Enhancement, Balance and Well-being - Citrus Oils
  • Relief of minor discomforts - Peppermint Oil
  • Boosting the Immune, Respiratory and Circulatory Systems - Wintergreen Oil
  • Complimentary to other health treatment options such as certain prescribed medications

Essential Oils: The Heart of Aroma Therapy

Essentials oils have been used to:

  • Heal wounds
  • Improve skin tone
  • Regulate hormones
  • Relieve Menstrual cramps
  • Stimulate the immune system
  • Decrease congestion
  • energize
  • Relax muscles
  • Reduce inflammation
  • Improve sleep
  • Kill fungal & bacterial infections
  • Aid in digestion
  • Aid in blood circulation
  • Relieve tension headaches

Aroma Touch Therapy

  • An essential oil application on the spine and feet
  • Uses 8 essentials oils to reach the optimal areas within the body
  • Helps combat stress, enhance immune function, decrease inflammation, and balance the autonomic nervous system
  • Lavendar, Balance, Melaleuca, On Guard, Aroma Touch, Deep Blue, Wild Orange, and Peppermint are the oils used

Tai Chi

Tai chi is a healthy exercise that simultaneously relaxes and invigorates the body, Many individuals perform Tai Chi as an alternative to a more dynamic workout, yet still reap the numerous benefits associated with a focused approach to body movement.

The benefit of Tai Chi for seniors are incredible. It is a low-impact, relaxing form of exercise that only requires about 20 minutes a day and rewards your efforts. Tai Chi is an internal Chinese martial art in the sense that it focuses on mental and spiritual aspects integrated into movement. This meditative form of exercise consists of a series of 19 movements and one pose. You may have seen groups of people demonstrating its slow-moving circular forms in public parks.

12 Key Benefits of Tai Chi

  • Relieves physical affects of stress
  • Promotes deep breathing
  • Reduces bone loss
  • Improves lower body & leg strength
  • Helps with arthritis pain
  • Reduces blood pressure
  • Requires mind and body integration through mental imagery
  • Accumulates energy by releasing endorphins rather than depleting it
  • Enhances mental capacity and concentration
  • Improves balance and stability by strengthening ankles and knees
  • Promotes faster recovery from strokes and heart attacks
  • Improves conditions of Alzeimer's Multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's

Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing

Sound Healing is an effective and proven modality that uses Vibrational sound to help reduce stress, alter consciousness and create a deep sense of peace, well being and better health. Sound has also been shown to be a vital part of the healing process for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and side effects especially for pain relief management. During our waking state, the normal frequency of our brain waves is that of Beta. Sound tools entrain the brain to move into the deeper Alpha and Theta brain wave frequencies. These are the frequencies that induce deep meditative and peaceful states, clarity of mind and intuition. Modern medicine can now measure and thus confirm the practice of sound as a means to promote healing. Thus, Sound is a type of energy medicine that creates the sacred space in which people can heal from stress disorders, pain, depression, the emotional roller coaster and more.

What does the sound from the bowls actually do? Simply put, it puts your physical, emotional, and spiritual energies back into alignment. When these energies are aligned the needed energy balancing or chakra balancing creates the perfect container for healing.

The Benefits of Sound Healing

How does it work?

  • Ancient instruments, including Tibetan singing bowls are "struck and sung" in specific rhythmic patterns to create vibrational sound harmonics. This sound  frequency impacts the sympathetic nervous system as your brain waves synchronize to the vibrations of the bowls. The harmonic vibrations engage the relaxation reflex and slow down the respiratory, brain and heart rate and disrupt the pain reflex creating a deep sense of well-being.

What are the benefits?

  • Relief from pain
  • Reduction of stress-related conditions
  • Increased consciousness
  • Integral part of the healing the effects of chemotherapy
  • Reduces pain and discomfort from fibromyalgia chronic fatigue syndrome and depression
  • Improved memory, clarity, vitality and the ability  to take action
  • Increased tranquility, sound sleeping