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Acupuncture, herbs, and bodywork are fast becoming accepted as complements to standard healing methods. This riveting personal story of the unconventional education of an ...

A practical guide to the bodymind-energetic approach of acupuncture * Teaches readers to reorient their thinking in order to see, feel, and experience the energetic ...

Beginning their regular switch between recording for VHF and Kranky, Acupuncture extends the Doldrums ethic to another fine release, a touch less immediately playful around the edges and more conventionally mysterious, but no less fascinating and bewitching for it. After a quietly lovely start with the brief, shimmering "Xarpet," the trio gets down to the expected business of understated but intense drone-based guitar pieces, each one a great mini-epic in its own right and collectively a grand listen. Some of the rhythm loops -- constructed out of guitar samples -- call to mind the work of Main, but without that group's total sense of disturbing threat. Doldrums can be edgy when they choose to be, though, while the band's knack for wonderfully outré, goofy titles remain. Thus, a really grand, compelling float is named "Mao's Revelation in the Great Hall," which actually probably says more about the subject matter than John Adams' entire Nixon in China opera. Some of the guitar work is a touch more traditionally psych, if that's the right way to look at it -- consider the fuzz break on "On the Green" about five minutes in, which disappears for a bit but comes back as nicely freaked out as ever. There's even a hint of flamenco guitar elsewhere, handled with gentle aplomb. If there's a conventional track on the album, it would have to be the wonderful "Late 70s Blue Box," with a soft, strummed chime and plaintive, melancholy vocals emerging from the distance, with additional feedback lines snaking around the mix in a just-detectable enough fashion. This gets followed up by the album's fantastic, final song, "On the Pine." With brass initially adding to the flow, it's a massive trance/Krautrock affair, chugging drumming cutting back a few minutes in to let the feedback pile up and zone out into an extended drift and jam at the end.

Shiatsu is the ancient Japanese art of finger pressure massage and, just like acupuncture, it aims to identify and treat the eight meridians of the human body by applying ...

The sign of your birth may be the key to your health.Have you ever wondered why one person seems prone to back and neck pain, while another is always suffering from colds and fevers despite similar environments, work habits, and nutrition? The answer could be as simple as the day you were born. In Healing Signs, internationally recognized astrologer Ronnie Gale Dreyer explores why the planets affect the human body, and how, by understanding this relationship, one can experience a higher standard of health and well-being than ever before.Perfect for the astrological novice and expert alike, Healing Signs outlines the fundamentals of astrology and explains why and how a person's sign profoundly affects not just personality and relationships, but also physical and mental health. Dreyer clearly describes the health concerns specific to each sign and then suggests the most effective alternative therapies, including exercise, diet, meditation, acupuncture, and aromatherapy. An appendix lists holistic health practitioners and products of interest.People everywhere have long turned to astrology when their relationships needed mending; now Ronnie Gale Dreyer reveals how this ancient science can unlock the secrets to health and well-being.Perfect for the astrological novice and expert alike, HEALING SIGNS outlines the fundamentals of astrology and explains why and how these building blocks profoundly affect not just personalities and relationships, but also physical and mental health. Dreyer clearly describes the health concerns specific to each sign and then suggests the most effective alternative therapies, including exercise, diet, meditation, acupuncture, and aromatherapy. An appendix lists holistic health practitioners and products of interest.People everywhere have long turned to astrology when their relationships needed mending; now Ronnie Gale Dreyer reveals how this ancient science can unlock the secrets to health and well-being. >