Talk of Diabetic & Iridology

Diabetic & Iridology

Yoga Students listening attentively to our Iridology guest speaker

Q&A session  

This is how Iridology works-scanning of the iris to lookout for weakness within our inner system

What are the uses of naturopathy?

Naturopathy is the practice of natural medicine using various modalities to treat and prevent illness. Naturopaths are trained in anatomy, physiology, herbal medicine, nutrition, diet and lifestyle recommendations, supplements, flower essences, mineral therapy, homeopathy, hair and tongue or nail analysis, iris diagnosis, counseling and massage.
Naturopaths treat the individual as a whole, aiming to find the cause of disease rather than treat the signs and symptoms the illness may present with. A naturopath will educate and motivate patients to take responsibility for their own wellbeing through healthy attitude, lifestyle and diet.
It is great to see a Naturopath not just in times of illness, but for a wellness consultation for a plan to optimise health. Naturopaths can help to support some acute illnesses such as colds and flu’s, they can support chronic illnesses, or see a Naturopath to help you to stay on track with fine tuning your nutrition or for a good wellness plan. A Naturopath can assist the health of your whole family. Whether you want to boost energy, improve digestion, balance hormones, moods, skin health, boost immunity, pre-conception, pregnancy, weight management, sexual health disorders, stress and anxiety management, sleeping problems, and so much more!
Traditionally, Naturopathy focuses on gentle, non-invasive therapies that enhance the healing process. Naturopathy is also very effective at treating acute and chronic health issues. Naturopathy aims to:
• Minimise acute symptoms • Support the body’s vital force (capacity to self-heal) • Re-balance the system so that illness is less likely to occur in the future • Educate the patient to look after their own health and the health of their family.

How will you benefit from naturopathy?

Naturopathy has many benefits, ranging from physical to spiritual. Patients may find that conventional medicine is not providing the care they need or that it is failing as a treatment. For these patients, naturopaths can offer an alternative method of treatment. Other benefits are that naturopaths focus on prevention and an holistic approach to treatment, naturopaths also tend to be more involved with their patients. Part of their training involves counseling and communication skills, which enables them to develop a strong relationship with patients. The traditional naturopath does not undertake to "diagnose" or "treat diseases," but rather recognizes that the majority of sub-health conditions are cumulative lifestyle effects, and that the underlying cause of what we call "disease" (or, "dis-ease") is improper diet, unhealthy habits, and environmental factors which cause biological imbalances leading to a weakening of the bodies’ natural defenses and subsequent breakdown in health.
Naturopathy is limited, like any other healing profession, in that patients may need to be referred to allopathic doctors, or other health professionals. This enables a more complete healing process.
A Naturopath specialises in looking at the body as a whole system and treating the individual. Naturopaths look to find the root of the cause of imbalances in the body and work to strengthen vitality and the innate immune system so that the body can fight disease and prevent future illness. It is often educational and empowering what you may learn about health from a Naturopath so think of seeing a Naturopath as a good investment. After all, your Health is your Wealth!!
Naturopathy is a way of life that can bring about huge changes if the patient is willing to make changes.
Treatment can involve many modalities including: • Herbal Medicine • Diet and Nutrition • Nutritional supplements • Flower essences • Mineral therapy • Iridology/iris diagnosis • Hydrotherapy/colonic irrigation • Homeopathy • Exercise and lifestyle advice • Counseling • An healing method specific to the practitioner e.g. massage, kinesiology etc
Naturopathy concentrates on identifying destructive aspects of the lifestyle in the early phases, when lifestyle changes can occur to bring long-term benefit. Before symptoms manifest and long before a diagnosis can be rendered, these destructive aspects of our lifestyle can be identified and corrected. Once corrected, the body automatically begins to correct itself. Diagnosing disease and illness is totally unnecessary to correcting the underlying problems which result in disease and illness.

What is Naturopathy?

Naturopathy is a natural healing technique using the healing powers of nature. The principle of Naturopathy is that the accumulation of toxins is the root cause of all diseases. Prevention and elimination of toxins is the route to health. Naturopathy is a system of medicine aimed to diagnose and treat any human ailment, pain and injury through the use of natural elements, mainly 5 in number - Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. It is a system of non-invasive healthcare and health assessment, in which neither surgery nor drugs are used ; dependence being placed only on education, counseling, naturopathic modalities and natural substances, including the use of foods, food extracts, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, digestive aids, botanical substances, topical natural substances, homeopathic preparations, air, water, heat, cold, sound, light, the physical modalities of magnetic therapy, naturopathic non-manipulative bodywork and exercise to help stimulate and maintain the individual's intrinsic self-healing processes. Naturopathic medicine is a distinct healing philosophy and practice, which seeks to promote health, by using the body's life force and inner protecting mechanism for stimulating and supporting the body's inherent power of regaining harmony and balance.

Naturopathy or cure through Nature, is as old as life on earth. Animals have used the bounty of Mother Nature for aeons, for every ailment ever encountered by them. Ever since our advent on planet earth, we have not only used the cures offered by nature, but with typical human ingenuity, have created diverse applications and usages of herbs, medicinal plants, leaves, barks, roots. Entire systems of medicine have grown around the curative processes of extracts from plants. Entire cultures, from the Druids of the West to Medicine Men of Africa, to the Vaids of India, have discovered, sustained, enhanced and preserved the curative power of Nature in different, but complementary ways.
Resurgence in Naturopathy is due to a recognition of the limitations of the current medical system and the efficacy of Naturopathic medicine. Although the term "naturopathy" was first used at the turn of the century, the philosophical basis and many of the methods of naturopathic medicines go back at least to 400 B.C. when Hippocrates became famous for his treatment of diseases in accordance with natural laws. Particularly in terms of his teaching that "nature is healer of all diseases" and his formulation of the concept vis medicatrix nature -- "the healing power of nature.
Other Naturopathic Therapies: • Yoga • Oriental healing techniques like Reflexology, Acupressure, Acupuncture and Auriculotherapy • Food and Nutrition • Magnetotherapy • Physiotherapy • Chromotherapy
This multi disciplinary approach uses the healing power of natural resources like foods, herbs, earth, water, air, sun and magnets to allow the body to heal itself. It helps in degenerative and chronic conditions like asthma and arthritis, gastro-intestinal problems and hypertension.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture - The art of healing used for 4000 years to treat all conditions. It relies on the energies of the universe and on our body to clear all disharmonies. Some conditions treated include PMS, stress, muscle tensions, and migraines.
What is acupuncture? - Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese, holistic therapy. It is a gentle form of drug free healing with its own unique system of diagnosis and disease identification.
Over 2000 years ago, Chinese medical writings described the acupuncture channels as transporting energy around and through the body. This energy was termed qi. Qi is said to be influenced in specific ways at special locations, known as acupuncture points, which lie among these channels.
Traditional acupuncturists believe that gentle stimulation of precise acupuncture points, when applied on the basis of correct diagnosis, will aid the body's own defensive and self healing systems: thus promoting and maintaining good health.

How will you benefit from acupuncture?The benefits from acupuncture are universal. You may experience:

• A great sense of well-being
• Reduced stress and tension
• Improved circulation
• Less aches and pain
• Improved muscular performance
• A healthier body and mind

What are the uses of acupuncture?The World Health Organization has published a list of diseases which are treated successfully by acupuncture in China. They include:
Upper Respiratory Tract and Respiratory Diseases:
Sinusitis, rhinitis, common cold, tonsillitis, acute bronchitis, bronchial asthma.
Gastrointestinal Disorder:
Acute and Chronic gastritis, gastric hyperacidity, the pain of duodenal colitis, acute bacillary dysentery, constipation and diarrhea.
Neurological Disorder:
Headache, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, post stroke paralysis, Meniere's disease, neurogenic bladder dysfunction, intercostal neuralgia.
Musculoskeletal Disorder:
Cervicobrachial syndrome such as 'frozen shoulder', 'tennis elbow' and 'RSI', sciatica, low-back pain, osteoarthritis.



What are the uses of yoga?

Yoga is useful in getting rid of the stiffness on the body by improving flexibility through the movements of the various asanas specific to muscles and joints. Due to daily practice and performance, an individual will be able to gain flexibility in every part of the body and renewed vigor.
Most importantly, yoga is extremely useful and instrumental in warding off various kinds of disorders at a number of aches and pains. Most people who suffer from back pain, pain in the shoulders, crick in the neck, headaches and overall body pain find much relief in the various movements of yoga. Another vital constituent in the practice of yoga is the emphasis of breathing aka Pranayama. Most people have shallow breath patterns, which are the primary cause of most disorders. Pranayama aims to correct, modulate and heighten the practice of breathing in order to achieve maximum results. Through the practice of Pranayama one learns to focus the attention on the breathing pattern and to use the lungs in a more beneficial manner that will prove advantageous for the entire body. Certain types of breathing techniques and Pranayama helps to clear the nostrils and the nasal passages, and even go so far in soothing the central nervous system in order to benefit the body and mind.
According to medical scientists, yoga therapy is successful because of the balance created in the nervous and endocrine systems which directly influences all the other systems and organs of the body. Yoga acts both as a curative and preventive therapy. The very essence of yoga lies in attaining mental peace, improved concentration powers, a relaxed state of living and harmony in relationships.
Through the practice of yoga, we become aware of the interconnectedness between our emotional, mental and physical levels. Gradually this awareness leads to an understanding of the more subtle areas of existence. The ultimate goal of yoga is to make it possible for you to be able to fuse together the gross material (annamaya), physical (pranamaya), mental (manomaya), intellectual (vijnanamaya) and spiritual (anandamaya) levels within your being.

How will you benefit from yoga?

The main benefits of yoga are:
• Stretches and tones all muscles and joints • Strengthens bones • Improves breathing rate and heart rate • Increases stamina and energy level • Improves concentra¬tion • Cleanses the glandular system of toxins • Lifts depression and anxiety • Speeds metabolic rate for weight maintenance • Reduction of stress • Lower back pain relief • Improved flexibility • Better posture • Improved circulation • Better digestion • Weight loss • A stronger immune system
In addition, research has shown that yoga helps manage or improve a wide range of conditions including:•
• Arthritis • asthma • high blood pressure • carpal tunnel syndrome • chronic fatigue • depression • diabetes • headaches • heart disease.
The most important benefit of yoga is physical and mental therapy.
Physical Benefits
Flexibility: Stretching your tight body in new ways will help it to become more flexible, bringing greater range of motion to muscles and joints. Over time, you can expect to gain flexibility in your hamstrings, back, shoulders, and hips.
Strength: Many yoga poses require you to support the weight of your own body in new ways, including balancing on one leg (such as in Tree Pose) or supporting yourself with your arms (such as in Downward Facing Dog). Some exercises require you to move slowly in and out of poses, which also increases strength.
Muscle tone: As a by-product of getting stronger, you can expect to see increased muscle tone. Yoga helps shape long, lean muscles.
Pain Prevention: Increased flexibility and strength can help prevent the causes of some types of back pain. Many people who suffer from back pain spend a lot of time sitting at a computer or driving a car. That can cause tightness and spinal compression, which you can begin to address with yoga. Yoga also improves your alignment, both in and out of class, which helps prevent many other types of pain.
Better Breathing: Most of us breathe very shallowly into the lungs and don't give much thought to how we breathe. Yoga breathing exercises, called Pranayama, focus the attention on the breath and teach us how to better use our lungs, which benefits the entire body. Certain types of breath can also help clear the nasal passages and even calm the central nervous system, which has both physical and mental benefits.
Mental Benefits
Mental Calmness: Yoga asana practice is intensely physical. Concentrating so intently on what your body is doing has the effect of bringing a calmness to the mind. Yoga also introduces you to meditation techniques, such as watching how you breathe and disengagement from your thoughts, which help calm the mind.
Stress Reduction: Physical activity is good for relieving stress, and this is particularly true of yoga. Because of the concentration required, your daily troubles, both large and small, seem to melt away during the time you are doing yoga. This provides a much-needed break from your stressors, as well as helping put things into perspective. The emphasis yoga places on being in the moment can also help relieve stress, as you learn not to dwell on past events or anticipate the future. You will leave a yoga class feeling less stressed than when you started. Read more about yoga for stress management here.
Body Awareness: Doing yoga will give you an increased awareness of your own body. You are often called upon to make small, subtle movements to improve your alignment. Over time, this will increase your level of comfort in your own body. This can lead to improved posture and greater self-confidence.