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Holistic Healing

We at Zen~Yum believe in the healing benefits of holistic practices. Continue scrolling to read about different methods of holistic healing and the benefits of each. One of the most significant notes of advice to keep in mind when you are learning about holistic practices is to keep an open mind. As humans, we tend to place a lot of disbelief in holistic practices, though they have been used for centuries in Western culture.

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What are Holistic Practices?

According to The University of Minnesota, holistic practices are "Alternative medicine, complementary therapies, holistic practices, natural healthcare, integrative medicine--these are a few of the terms used nowadays to describe a wide array of healing practices that fall outside purely pharmaceutical or surgical treatments. Some examples are massage, meditation, and acupuncture." There are hundreds of different kinds of holistic practices that hospitals and doctor's offices are beginning to incorporate with their practices.

Benefits of Himalayan Salt Lamp

Purification of Air

Absorbs moisture from the air & eliminates indoor air pollutants, mold, and bacteria.

Reduction in Electromagnetic Energy

Balances positive & negative ions, reducing radiation and airborne infection.

Eases Asthma and Allergy Symptoms

Himalayan salt is used in inhalers to bring relief to allergy and asthma sufferers.

Mood Booster and Sleep Promoter

The pinkish orange glow emitted by the salt lamp can enhance mood and promote better sleep.

Cleansing a Home/Space with White Sage

There are many holistic practices you may see your hosts and instructors use throughout your Zen~Yum event. Cleansing a space with white sage is one of many extra services we offer to enhance your event. The Holistic Guide offers a great explanation of the benefits and meaning behind cleansing with sage:

White Sage is used to create smudge sticks, a kind of incense. It is believed that the White Sage cleanses the place of negative vibes or energies and evil spirits that may linger around while at the same time attracts good vibes and positive energies. Today, the practice of using White Sage as incense still exists within the Native American tribes for ceremonies and purification.

For smudging, grooming, healthy tea to herbal and holistic remedy, the White Sage has proven to be useful in a lot of ways making it one of the most useful plants in the planet.

Medicinal Uses of White Sage

Sinus Infections: If you suffer from frequent sinus infections, consuming white sage tea may cure or prevent such infections from recurring.
Treating Wounds and Hyperhidrosis: The compounds such as eucalyptol in white sage tea have antibiotic and anti-allergenic effects. Once it cools down, the tea can be applied to wounds and rashes to speed up healing of the affected parts.

Menstrual Pain: Drinking white sage tea may ease heavy and painful menstrual periods. It may also ease the discomfort associated with certain menopausal symptoms such as sweating and hot flashes. White sage tea contains phytoestrogens, which are biochemicals that mimic the effects of the female hormone estrogen.

Visit https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/benefits-white-sage-tea-5023.html for more information about white sage.

Meditation

The Yoga Journal offers 7 Holistic Benefits of practicing meditation daily:

Stay Focused: Learning to sustain one’s attention through mindfulness seems to improve overall ability to focus and maintain attention during everyday tasks. In a 2012 study in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, researchers evaluated individuals with no previous exposure to meditation.
Manage Anxiety and Depression: In a 2014 meta-analysis, Goyal and his partners at Johns Hopkins found that mindfulness meditation might be on par with antidepressants in treating depressive symptoms. In a 2014 study in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, researchers examined 15 participants with no prior meditation experience. Over the course of just four days of mindfulness-meditation training, participants experienced significantly less anxiety.
Reduce Stress: mindful individuals showed lower brain arousal in response to highly unpleasant images compared with controls. This suggests that mindfulness changes how stress-related emotion centers in the brain are activated. As a result, not only do these brain areas get less active when provoked, but the reaction may be easier to regulate because it’s not so strong, says Brown.
Ease Pain: In a 2011 study, Wake Forest researcher Zeidan and his colleagues showed that after just four days of mindfulness-meditation training, meditating during episodes of pain reduced the unpleasantness by 57 percent and participants’ pain-intensity ratings by 40 percent.
Boost Gray Matter: By spurring the growth of gray matter in various brain regions, mindfulness may improve learning, memory, and emotional regulation, several studies over the last decade have shown.
Fight Alzheimers: In adults with mild cognitive impairment (a transitional stage between normal aging-related memory loss and full-blown dementia), participants who practiced mindfulness meditation showed less atrophy, or shrinking, in the hippocampus, a brain region that is altered in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Avoid Colds and Flu: Mindfulness meditation may help boost immune function. In a 2012 Annals of Family Medicine study of adults aged 50 or older, researchers showed that mindfulness meditation is about as effective as exercise for reducing the occurrence of acute respiratory infection, which includes colds and seasonal flu.

Trataka : Candle Gazing Meditation

If you’ve ever looked at a flickering candle flame and thought how calming and meditative it appears, you’re not alone! Did you know that candle gazing is actually an ancient practice, otherwise known as Trataka?

Unlike other forms of meditation where the eyes are closed and your attention goes inward, candle gazing meditation involves gazing at a flame and making that the subject of your focus. It’s a powerful practice that you can easily incorporate into your routine to experience its benefits!

TRATAKA MEDITATION BENEFITS

Candle gazing can be a very efficient way to practice meditation and is a great option for those who struggle to stop their mind wandering. That’s because by keeping the eyes open and having an animated object to focus on it is easier to stay focused and enter a state of pure awareness, as we aim to in transcendental meditation.

From practicing Trataka, we get all the usual benefits of a meditative state, but according to Hatha yoga traditions there are also several other benefits such as:

Improves vision/eyesight

Improves concentration and memory

Enhances patience and willpower

Improves productivity

Calms the mind and promoting inner peace

Improves clarity and decision making

Provides stress and anxiety relief

Deepens sleep and helps sleep related disorders

Strengthens intuition and clairvoyance

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is a holistic remedy in which different essential oils are diluted with water and converted into a vapor by using a diffuser. There are many different essential oils that can be used to achieve a desired healing effect on the body. Though research on aromatherapy is limited, there have been studies done that show aromatherapy can have certain health benefits, including:

Relief from anxiety and depression

An improved quality of life, especially for those with chronic illnesses.

Improved sleep.

Some smaller studies have also revealed that aromatherapy used with lavender oils may help in the following areas as well:

Reduction of pain for people with osteoarthritis in the knee

Improved quality of life for those with dementia.

Reduce pain for people with kidney stones.

If you'd like to read more about the benefits of aromatherapy, please follow this link to The Mayo Clinic's website.

Aromatherapy

Relief from anxiety and depression
An improved quality of life, especially for those with chronic illnesses.
Improved sleep.

Some smaller studies have also revealed that aromatherapy used with lavender oils may help in the following areas as well:

Reduction of pain for people with osteoarthritis in the knee
Improved quality of life for those with dementia.
Reduce pain for people with kidney stones.

If you'd like to read more about the benefits of aromatherapy, please follow this link to The Mayo Clinic's website.

Essential Oils

If you are interested in using essential oils as part of your holistic routine, it is very important to ensure you are using high quality oils that do not lose their potency when they undergo the distillation process. doTerra is a great brand to use. While they are a bit pricey, they undergo a gentle distillation process which preserves the healing qualities of the oil itself. Listed below are several of the most popular essential oils used in various healing treatments. Keep in mind that many of these can also be combined using a pure carrier oil to be applied to the skin. If you are using them in a diffuser, you do not need to use a carrier oil. Some excellent carrier oils are coconut oil, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, and grapeseed oil.

Lavender Oil
Rosemary Oil
Spearmint Oil
Lemongrass Oil
Peppermint Oil
Bergamot Oil
Frankincense Oil
Patchouli Oil
Cedarwood Oil
Chamomile Oil
Eucalyptus Oil
Jasmine Oil
Tea Tree Oil
Ylang-Ylang Oil

If you are interested in making your own unique blend of essential oils, check out this Aromatherapy website for different combinations and many more oils!

Incense Therapy

Many holistic practices are derived from Western culture. Healing in the form of incense is just one of many. Incense comes in stick form, cone form, or loose form. Incense is plant-derived; made by using all parts of various plants: roots, stems, leaves, resin, berries, etc. Combined with the powerful language of nature, it is scientifically proven to have healing properties. In fact, certain kinds of incense can produce hallucinogenic effects. Here are some of the healing benefits that incense offers:

Enhances cortical activity
Heightens self-awareness
Improve mental clarity
Purification of air

It is important to note that when choosing an incense, you should look for one that is made with purely natural materials. Otherwise, it may contain perfume additives and harmful chemicals. If you are interested in further in-depth reading about incense, please visit Psychology Today's website and read their article.

Sound Healing

Zen~Yum not only offers Sound Healing as part of an optional added on event, but we also strongly believe in the healing properties of sound. In fact, our Sound Healing instructor, Alicia Manfredi-McNaughton gives a great description and benefits of sound healing section on Our Services page.

If you are interested in including Sound Healing in your next Zen~Yum event, please mention it while you are filling out your New Client Form on the Creating Your Event page.

All Natural Body Care Products

There is no better feeling than lathering a silky lotion all over the body or using a foaming body wash in the shower. There are many body care products on the market that use parabens, which are manmade chemicals used to preserve cosmetics and personal care products. They are widely thought to cause cancer and effect fertility rates in women.

Shampoos, conditioners, hair colors, body washes, deodorants, skin-care products, soaps, lotions, and even hair products contain these harmful chemicals. Part of holistic practices involve using products that are not dangerous for the human body. Lotions absorb quickly, therefore it is important to know what is being absorbed into the largest organ of the body, the skin. Here are some benefits of using paraben-free products:

In paraben free products with natural ingredients like natural vitamin E as preservative, you get some additional benefits.

Increased levels of estrogen causes breast cancer and it has been found that parabens actually attach themselves to estrogen receptors, the result is that paraben causes a weak estrogen effect on the body.

Parabens have been linked to the irritation of skin conditions such as dermatitis and rosacea, it also causes allergic reactions in some small children

For additional reading on parabens and paraben-free products, follow this link to the Organic Consumer's Association's website.

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Words of Wisdom

Open group discussions can serve as a form of group meditation. In our case, whether in an intimate yoga class relating personally to oneself or toward a group of friends, Words of Wisdom is a group interaction sending positive vibrations and wishes for the self or another. Overall, it is a creative and spiritual healing experience, allowing for those participating to open up their minds a delve in to the meaning of each specific word. Free of judgment, the word inscribed on each rock is the focus of the meditation. Open discussions as such are known to be therapeutic healing remedies.