WELCOME!     Most of this site is dedicated to the in-depth aspects of Body-Mind Integration and related self-applied preventive maintenance (the most cost effective health insurance) - and artwork to lighten it up a little. The web traveler who wishes to understand these topics (in some depth) may do well to slow down that key-tapping adrenaline,  take a nice,  slow,  deep  breath  or two... let it quicken that whole-mind,  tap that Spirit  ...  Ahhhhh...  Feel a bit more present?  Wonderful!  Ok... AND as for WHAT'S NEW at the site: this link takes you just below for that. And you can hit the *back button* or *Page Up* key to come back up here as you like. Tips for this Extensive Web Site:   Begin by briefing any whole page. The link indexes are designed to help you find what you came here for. Then pick a read or choose one of the many links to related topic pages, knowing your 'back' button is handy. There's lots of approaches to choose from at this site, some might work for you. And artwork - much of it illustrating how I "put a lot into a small space" as others often say about my work in general (and my person). So... Please take your time, enjoy as much as you like, and Come Back!       MAIN ESSAY Link INDEX for this page Here you can choose between sets of links to pages at this site, as well as sets of links for pages off site: for naturopathic health, spiritual healing, self-help psychology, consciousness, etc. The *Mind-Body Integration* pages include theory, self-help techniques (for most any level[s] of our Being), prose, concept charts to better explain some of the aforementioned, and artwork by yours truly. Most of that revolves around the topic in a fashion I would consider wholistically inter-related. Scanning the other Index Page link descriptions below will also help give a good idea of what this site is about.     "Body-Mind Integrative Reiki" Professional Brochure My Reiki Therapy & Body Awareness Practice Description, Including sections on principles and methodologies employed, as well as training, fees, etc. You may request a "Body Pattern Reading," as well as various massage/bodywork therapies, all of which techniques are listed & described in my brochure. Individual, program, and 3-6 week interval-based rates are available, 1st session, referral, gift certificate, & senior discounts. NOTE: While massage is generally enjoyable, it is not just "a luxury" (See Quotes via sidebar to right). The brochure also includes much info and links to special sections on integrating energy work, counseling, bodywork, and self-healing instruction. Compact Tri-fold PDF Version Here.       My Other Index Pages        Body-Mind-Chalice Integration Art Index Page Artwork on the "Chalice" theme with symbology and philosophical interpretation: Essentially, the chalice, far more than just a cup in this interpretation, is about the human embodiment of Spirit into the three "lower bodies" (mental, emotional, and physical) which compose the "Body-Mind". Which is also a "cauldron" for the balancing and integrating of Humanity with the Divine - individually and communally. When incorporating "sacred geometry" into the symbology, most interesting chalice art forms naturally appear -- shown here with both hand-made and computer-generated works. It's also about the relationship of the Holy Grail to the evolution of Man, relative to the world's key religions. Which is also where *The Da Vinche Code* and all that spiritual/political intrigue comes in. However, my area of focus since 1985 has been more about the foundational elements. Also to "Pragmatic Idealism" and the question of How to GET BEYOND what seems to be the current or impending "Doom & Gloom" scenario orientation.   Chalice Creations & Concept Charting 4C-Publishing is Desktop Publishing that Presents Your Service, Concept, and Vision -- Effectively, Elegantly, and Purposefully, including Vibrant Greeting Cards, Logos, Display Ads, Promotional Presentations, Charts & Web Books, Mandala & Prayer Cards. This page also has a good sampling of "Vibrant Greeting Cards" & Sacred Geometry Art (thumbnails).   The Fascia-Memory Project Home Page   This is about Research and Development into the relationships among connective tissue (fascia), objective/subjective experience, the neuro-physical interface between emotion, and the brain, and "body-Memory." About developing connective tissue scanning devices and diagnostics hardware for discerning and illustrating all that. Goals include the developing optimal means for applying that R&D in health care practice, as well as enhanced systems for individual development of body-awareness for preventative health maintenance. A long term project, of course, but intermediate goals and sub-projects could have considerable effective change.           The range of application extends from the medical industry to personal home use, to public education, to social and correctional rehabilitation. Includes a table of contents for the 9 pages, research references, links to accompanying documents at this site, and charts including Fascia-Memory Project Overview Chart. The original theory was developed in '94-95 and published June'96.           One of my main visions / goals is a society where/in children are taught how to feel/see/read their own body-mind communications such that preventative health maintenance eventually becomes second nature. That would then be part of our upbringing and public schooling. (Sample benefit: Over time we would learn to channel our initial stress response into channels more creative than that of fight or flight. And actually, this "adrenal response" has been shown to be a learned response, and not necessarily innate. Hence, we would be encouraged to re-awaken and build upon what I believe to be a natural inclination - conscious self-healing and continuous expansion of awareness.) Those goals would be accomplished by the above project.   Chalice Bridging Organization Chart & "How and Why this Site Is Different - A study in Cross-Discipline Knowledge Sharing and Utilization" - how that relates to "Chalice-Bridging," to Body-Mind Integration, and to healing (including healing on the largest scale). Call me a "pragmatic idealist," but I BELIEVE WE CAN GET BEYOND what seems to be the current or impending "Doom & Gloom" scenario orientation.   Notes on Assimilation of New Information and Facilitating Paradigm Shift Potential About Learning, Challenge, & Creating Opportunities To TOP  of PAGE

Body-Mind Awareness And Preventative Health Maintenance Body-Mind Awareness - as the bottom line of preventative health maintenance - is one of the most simple, efficacious, and cost effective forms of health insurance there can possibly be. Why? Focused awareness to the body, which occurs naturally with massage therapy and energy-work, brings circulation of blood, nerve, and bio-magnetic energies... Circulation thus improves where caring attention is directed, especially if focused simultaneously from within and also from a practitioner. Generally, cells complain much less, if at all (with pain signals), where circulation is plentiful... Learning body-mind awareness, promoted more easily and naturally during massage and energy-work than any other activity - thus provides preventative health maintenance and equates to health insurance. ...Like kids, cells do best (by far) if we keep them fed, clean, and feeling loved. And as we learn to listen to them (finding what responses to them work best for the whole being), they will tell us, in their own physical and/or emotional language, what changes need attending to... So what could be more effective than focused awareness on our cells, which massage therapy naturally encourages ? click here for complete text, including Basis Of Body-Parenting & Related Metaphor Just a Luxury? Also, The socially common myth, that "massage is just a luxury," has created a grievous limitation for those people whose conditions would be immediately and effectively remedied with massage or energy-work. For some, the inclusion of this therapy would make all the difference in healing. Guest Book, Donations, & Other Support for this Site: Although there is virtually 3 large books (and probably over a thousand hours) worth of written material and artwork here, nothing has ever been sold at this site (although I do promote my therapy practice and desktop publishing skills). In any case, if you feel so inclined to support this work, please consider visiting this page. For more about this site or some elaboration on my work (less formal than in my brochure) click above or just scroll down a little. powered by FreeFind bodymindvuspanaturalhealth

NEW Pages, Articles, Artwork, & Page Sections, (in the last few months or more:) _________     NEW MUCH improved ARTICLES:      _________           A summary has been created for The "Pragmatic Balance" section of the the Chalice Art & Science Integration page. This came about as I was pulling together a suitable description for the "Madonna with Dove of Peace" art (also included there), also leading to other edits there, and other areas of the page. A new footnote on 'Structure And Learning' in the Evotrends page. [Jan'10].           "Basis of Body-Parenting & Related Metaphor" (Cells as Kids, etc, very pragmatic) at Inner-Communications Page (also on this Index page & at Brochure Page [12/16/09].           "Notes on Mind-Body Correlations - Source-References, Organization of *Body Memory,* and 'WHAT I DO' " [12/27/09] at "Understanding the Pattern Triad" (incl. two new charts).           Evo-Trends Page including new related reference/art at Goal-Chart Page [Nov-Dec'09] ____________      LOTS of NEW ART      ____________           Many pieces with Reiki and White Light symbols on them- mostly at the Brochure page [Oct-Dec'09].     More: 60+ pieces from Dec'08 to Dec'09, spread about the sites pages.           4 new Graphic prayer-sheets or backgrounds at the World Healing Prayers page (since Dec'08).           New Art & Charts at the "Goal-Chart" page, the Evolution Trends" page, and at "Understanding the Pattern Triad" - the later two with new articles and sections [Nov-Dec'09]. ___________      MISC. IMPROVEMENTS:      ___________           Various new links were added, including Facebook links. The Organization Chart is Internet Explorer friendly now (as are all other pages) [Aug-Nov'09]. Added some animated graphics there, as well as in the footers and at the Evo-Trends Page. Lots been going on a Facebook, including lots of new artwork (and old) added to the portfolio albums there - more by far than at my website (whoops) - at least as of Dec'09. Some "redirect" pages were added [July-Nov'09], just in case visitors use some old links or common mis-spellings of web pages. General improvements include spelling and fixed links, as well as catching up on some much needed editing on the early-mid 90's articles. ____________      NOTE:      ____________           You may be getting (ONLY) one or two cookies here - one from my Google stat counter, and maybe one from my own server's stat counter. There are still NO sales or ads - well, other than ref/links to my & other's pages, which I hope are appropriately placed and essentially unobtrusive. But you can imagine your walls panelled with my artwork anyway (Please let me know if/when you find any of the above not true, via chaliser@iinet.com). And THANK YOU! -Chris       ABOUT THIS SITE -- And My Work:          At this site I have focused on the nature of integration and wholeness -- that is, on the pragmatic (eg: functionally useful & daily appreciated) synthesis of one's 'bodymind' (body, mind, emotions, and their interconnections).          At this site I also focus much on the practical application of self-healing methodology and appropriate attitudes toward preventative maintenance and well-being. Specific topics at this site involve "Body-Memory" and Mind-Body Correlations, "Body-Parenting," Body-Awareness-Enhancement, pain and related considerations; integrated therapies that combine connective tissue work, release of chronic muscle pain & habit patterns, energy-balancing and attunements, and personal growth processing. The "emotional body" process, regarded here as a critical part of one's spiritual path, is also addressed in various writings. Explaining the how's and why's of that can become "heady", I know, and yet I try to keep such writings understandable - at least by those with a lay person's interest in psychology, or at least it's practical application to achieving and maintaining physical well-being.          I used to say that the self-help writing is kept basic, but that was because I apparently either forgot or just didn't fully keep up with the fact, that others were just not as inclined to take note of many of the same things that I do. Even compared to other massage therapists. My Kuder ("Occupational Interest Survey") results should have been a clue. In any case, the concepts & resulting techniques still require some purposeful application in order to derive benefit. The essays provide links for elaboration and study for those interested in pursuing these things further.          Without trying to preach or convert, I've also focused occassionally (in some writings) on the "spiritual interface" of the bodymind with one's Higher Power, and the maintenance of this interface as related to living "in the world," (while not being "of the world" as the great master said.) And on maintaining this while one simultaneously develops within oneself the highest potentials one is capable of. Thence comes the term, "Multi-Dimensional." I do not "push religion" or otherwise believe in spiritually "saving people." I do believe in "the Golden Thread ...which seems to form the common core of every major religion" as it is called by Eugene Whitworth.¹ I believe that anything forced (given more force than actually needed, that is) -or manipulated- into someone's space eventually comes back in one's face. I believe that people learn and grow best in their own time and path, and that diversity in most every aspect of life is healthy, and is a natural result of essential individuality. I believe that diversity's natural occurrence is simply one requirement for society's growth towards communal well-being.] "In Context"          I understand that one can only be focused on one thing at a time (no matter how "psychic" or otherwise gifted a person may be - albeit not withstanding the expansiveness of peripheral vision, internal or external). However, your reading what I say in any one writing -in context- with what I write elsewhere, may be important for understanding what it has to offer. For this reason you'll find many links from most any writing at my site to a number of other writings here. If you enjoy multi-tasking, you'll love this site. I can't wait to get those concept flow-charts developed for illustrating the relationships between the various multi-level dynamics written at this site. They might provide the only way for me to "keep it simple" before I'm even close to finished here. An early and limited example of the kind of charting that I'm talking about would be the at the "Goal Chart" page.          Meanwhile, some context of "my work" as ministry can be gained with a visit to the Organization Chart Page, which includes "How and Why this Site Is Different" - A study in Cross-Discipline Knowledge Sharing and Utilization - how that relates to "Chalice-Bridging," Body-Mind Integration, and healing (including healing on the largest scale).     Some Elaboration On My Work and my place in it (less formal than in my brochure)           I have relied on my hands as well as my ears and eyes to tell me whether an approach is useful to the client. And I'm probably more than a tad intuitive when not overly focusing "in" on something. I am thankful to be physically strong, kinesthetically sensitive and appreciative of the more subtle sensory information. My life experience tells me that most people like sessions to include only your basic quiet massage. Others benefit from my "Let's see why this is - how we can make it work better" attitude when it comes to injury troubleshooting and treatment. Many also enjoy the empowerment gained from the preventative maintenance approach - the "Integral Body Awareness Training that can involve "body-reading, related discussion, and body-awareness instruction/counseling. And others find it incredibly easy to talk about themselves in this environment. What I really enjoy is the variance among all the people and each session, seeing what each individual brings each day. After 16 years of this, I consider myself very fortunate to be able to learn from each person that comes in.           My work is usually described as "thorough," "you always seem to know right where to go," "...don't waste any time" etc. I sometimes call my approach "Search & Employ," where I "go in" and find areas that are out-of-touch and bring them back "into the family." I generally do Reiki, but may do bodywork if requested (at no additional charge; specific techniques may be indicated in my brochure's detailed section on "Formal Training"): a favorite technique is Orthobionomic muscle-shortening and compression (a kind of very slow highly directed squeeze) with touches of Trager (moderately fast joint manipulation). Other times Trigger Point work is combined - In the same stroke, not just the same session - and ends up looking like acupressure but carries a different approach. And percussion (tapping, slapping, etc) is often blended with a kind of tragering effect. The depth of my work varies, my movements are often very slow and may include Passive Joint Movement technique (very very slow joint manipulation). To TOP  of PAGE

 

Site Map & Organization Chart       Main Index To Resource Sections:   Links To Essays, Charts, Prayers, Artwork at this Site (directly below)   Chalice Bridging for a Sustainable Planet via Prospective Societal Re-Education & Preventive Health (this Site)  Text-based Essays, Techniques, and Art   My Essays at Other Sites   Alternative Healing Sites (2002)   Gestalt Psychology Sites (2002)  Studies in Consciousness (2002)   My Professional Bio   Personal Quotes on Body Awareness   Professional Practice Description   Author's Copyright Info, Disclaimer, etc Open-Mind.org is no longer the home of those who granted this award (June 99). In website feedback (2'09), Amber suggested C.A.R.E. for Addiction Recovery - and I definitely agree!         More About the Pages At This Site       The (50+) pages ref-linked below, Organized by sections, are my own contributions to the art and science of body-mind integration. So far, the first essay listed provides the best Introduction to the general and more practical body-mind concepts. Other pages have been selected for the "Intro Set" (for going deeper and/or broader into these topics, that is). There are other essays on Correlations Between The Different Aspects Of Being, on The Emotional Body, on Prayer, on Organizing Life Approach & Understanding, on Body-Mind Principles in Societal Re-Education And Preventative Health Care, on Question-based Techniques, and on Considerations for Healing Practitioners. (The links to pages with Self-Applicable Techniques are marked with "_T_" )

Intro Set     "Body-Mind Integration in the Personal Growth Process" THE BASIC HOW'S AND WHY'S OF PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STORAGE IN THE BODY-MIND. A Semi-Technical Treatise on the Storage & Release of Tension (Published In Massage Magazine, July-August 1992)     "Tensing Yoga" and other Self-Applications For Self-Healing, Body-Mind Awareness, & Preventative Maintenance (revised 7/02, 9/02). Technique is explained for context and self-application. Includes many subtopics as well as link to an illustrated sheet of "Low-Intensity Low-Back Exercises.    _T_     "My Cells - My Children" & other metaphorical prose Illustrates the dynamic relationships of Spirit, mind, body, and emotions, as well as the inner-child-parent-family, including the cells, organs, and body systems. New section on "Body-Parenting" in Mind-Body Integration and a powerful form of Preventative Health Maintenance [New 12/16/09]. Based on the "Re-Parenting" approach to personal growth & self-healing, I consider it a powerful adjunct to Body-Mind Integration. The page also includes a little artwork in surreal symbolism, "The Chaliverse."     "A Gestalt Perspective," and "Seven Phases of Personal Growth" (2 Essays) A perspective on an approach to and regard for life, one's past and present, as well as a basis for personal growth and/or therapy. I could've called it an integrated 'Gestaltist-Humanist-Buddhist-New Thought' perspective. (You could say these are my main sources, from among the various "schools" of psychology and correlating approaches to application of therapy.)     A Class Outline Questions & Considerations for "Body-Mind Integration and the Chalice" This outline serves as an index in itself, as it also interconnects key considerations with links to other essays at this site for elaboration. Written from the perspective that each human being is a 'cauldron' of four distinct bodies - an experiment in learning and evolvement, to say the least. Includes "Positive Response Questions" (PRQ's) designed specifically for learning and affirming principles of this topic.    _T_     "The Middle Path Log" Transcript of an on-line discussion among healing practitioners and students about Integration of Body, Mind, & Spirit     (an intelligent & insightful exchange, tho' very long) [While this isn't one of my essays, the topic matched the others in this section, and my two cents was added here and there] Mind-Body Correlations     "Understanding the Pattern Triad and The Body Pattern Assessment" [Rev'd & New Sections, 12/27/09] Mind-Body Relationships and *coping mechanisms, *challenges, and *gifts on one's Life Path. This page is about how the body has habitually responded to experience is evidenced by the body's holding and movement patterns. Includes "Notes on Mind-Body Correlations - Source-References, Organization of *Body Memory,* and 'WHAT I DO' " [New 12/27/09]. I provide an explaination for a system of assessments and mind-body correlations -- learned and integrated from/for my work with others as well as for my own life process. Other sections include excerpts from "Body Memory and ... Learning Life Lessons." About aspects to be discovered, emotionally cleared, and then employed as mental/emotional assets and guidance towards determining and accomplishing life goals.     "Approaches & Methodologies for Body-Mind Integration" Suggestions & Resources for Considering Receiving the work as well as for Vocational Considerations. This page might also assist in understanding some basic body-mind concepts.     "Body-Mind Nutrition" Considerations in relating a transition in diet & nutrition to personal and spiritual growth, and the benefits of such transition     "The Lower Chakras & Synthesis of Body & Soul" Body Memory, Psycho-Emotional Organization and the Body-Mind..." To  TOP  of  PAGE BACK TO   LINKS   for ESSAYS, POETRY,    ART, & PROFESSIONAL INFO AT THIS SITE Question-based Techniques      "The Use of Questions in Effective Affirmation Therapy" Theory & Examples for Practical Application. Theory section explains how this (PRQ) system compares to other affirmation techniques and therapies - how and why they work, advantages of PRQ's, how you can construct them out of most any given affirmation. Includes lots of "Sample PRQ's" (Positive Response Questions) for learning and affirming any desired knowledge, Simple How-To's in developing Pragmatic use of "the right question." The "samples" work with the emotional body and intangibles in personal growth pursuits. Which, many would say, has to come before you can truly enjoy the rest anyway. `94   _T_      "Using Affirmations to Uncover & Transform Negative Beliefs & Attitudes," by Douglas Bloch, Nov.'98 -- Theory & Example; Basic and very useful Self Help psychology in therapeutic use of affirmations.    _T_      "Questions for INNER-RESOURCING - The Use of Personally Applied Invocative Questions (Invoc-Q's) for Multi-Dimensional Facilitation of Information Sharing, Integration, & Access"   _T_     "Questions for Boundaries" Effective Communications of position, intention, & message, Maintaining Clarity for appropriate Connection, Direction, & Protection   _T_ Organizing Life Approach & Understanding     "New Information & Facilitating Paradigm Shift Potential" About Learning, Challenge, & Creating Opportunities   "Attainment And Achievement -- The Alignment Of Beliefs, Desires, And Needs" Basic principles and definitions - for functionally clarifying the differences between ones beliefs, desires, & needs; the implications for personal growth, preventative health maintenance, and self-healing  "Achievement of Goals, Attainment, And the Role of Inner Work - A Flow Chart of the Human Psyche in Growth Facilitation and the Role of Inner-Work." a practical visual tool to complement & help complete other self-help perspectives & presentations - a re-hash of ancient truths created to work for new applications  "Whole Being Integration In Manifesting Abundance and Seven Steps To Initiation And Understanding" - Principles of magnetism in the process of conscious personal growth, spiritual integration, and self healing.  Includes special section: "Questions for Empowerment" Positive Response Questions (PRQ's) designed specifically for Personal Empowerment.   _T_     "Enhanced Awareness Techniques & Societal Problem-Solving" Removing limitations to Creative Intelligence If this link doesn't work, then the page has still not yet been completed, and you may email me about the information that I've been putting together for some years. The basic message of it all is not only that we don't know how intelligent we are. But that we can, by releasing emotion-based, protective "coping mechanisms," and thereby various beliefs (some conscious and some not), greatly expand the operation and skills of existing mechanisms or tools related to cognition, intuition and especially the integration of the two, and the communication of the results of all that. And it is communication that greatly effects how IQ is measured, by the way. But the greater "secret" is *ACCESS* to the noted "tools" that create and work with, as well as create, the data bases.    _T_ To  TOP  of  PAGE BACK TO   LINKS   for ESSAYS, POETRY,    ART, & PROFESSIONAL INFO AT THIS SITE The Emotional Body     "Emotion & Motivation on the Path and in Healing" A Cosmology of what is here referred to as the 'Emotional-Body' - that which provides the motivation or 'drive' for any sustained focus, decision, stance or action. It is the degree of emotion that makes the difference between a held belief and a mere passing thought.     "WHY PAIN? Notes on Pain, Awareness & Denial" (Physical and other levels) Aspects in Developing a Practical Approach with Compassion     "Victims, Compassion, & Responsibility -- Notes on The Emotional-Body, Denial of Pain, & 'Easy Answers' (Not)" Considerations for Healing Practitioners     "Compassion, Healing, and The Practitioner -- and Detouring "Burn out"     "Notes on Beliefs, Healing, and Prayer" Practical considerations and a little science to boot     "Principles for Invocation of 'The Blueprint' and "Seven Laws of Change" On Energy-Work, Empathic Healing, & Invocation; includes some key attitude-related principles of force, movement, and balancing of energies. Very esoteric and also technical in that Light.    _T_ To  TOP  of  PAGE BACK TO   LINKS   for ESSAYS, POETRY,    ART, & PROFESSIONAL INFO AT THIS SITE         Artwork, Poetry, and...             Chalice Integration Art Index Page (for description please see index page section just below top of page)   4C-Publishing (Chalice Creations and Concept Charting) (for description please see index page section just below top of page)     "Chalice in Flower of Life Over Stonehenge" - page-wide version     "Love and Seeing the Clouds Through" -- Eclectic Poetry and Art (added 9/02)     "The Chaliverse" (art)           "Web Dancing Connected" (prose)   "Ideals & 'In-Tension'" (prose)            "A Context for Choice" - (prose)