Eastern Medicine and Spiritual Practices in Psychology

Eastern Medicine and Spiritual Practices in Psychology

Introduction

More and more people are turning to so-called alternative medicines. Specialists make additional training to qualify in naturopathy and a variety of health practitioners provide methods of folk medicine and therapies from Eastern medicine to treat their patients. The eastern medicine is usually reduced to the Chinese medicine, although in Japan, India and other Eastern countries, there are other methods of healing and disease models (Chopra, Ornish, et al, 2009). Moreover, the spiritual practices observed by the people of the East also have certain kinds of affects on the disease of individuals and are thought of as being one of the ways of dealing with a disease (Chopra, Ornish, et al, 2009). This paper focuses on the study of Eastern Medicine and Spiritual practices in Psychology.

Thesis Statement

Eastern Medicine (including spirituality and energy practices) have positive effects in Psychotherapy and the overall health, healing, and development of the client/patient.

Discussion

Effects of Eastern Medicine in Psychopathology

A bridge between East and West

In contrast to Western medicine, which considers health as the absence of disease, in Eastern medicine, health is understood as a balance between the yin and yang, the two extreme polarities of existence that encompass all aspects of the individual: physical, mental and spiritual. The health condition is precisely the result of the balance between these aspects.

This concept of total integration is the basis of the practices of acupressure and reflexology. The technical acupressure JSD works on the body and simultaneously comes into contact with the part of emotions and feelings experienced by the person at that moment. The "trauma" of daily life is dealt with by the body with the acquisition of defensive postures, which may stiffen and become chronic posture. This technique is designed to gently remove the rigidities and constraints of our body.

Foot reflexology (Method On Zon Su) is a very powerful technique, which focuses on the feet, in order to stimulate and reactivate the vitality of the individual, both bodily and emotionally. As the roots of the tree to the ground, so the feet are for the man contact element with the earth itself. All situations of stress, fear, anxiety, depression etc., have an impact on the body and therefore can be treated through these techniques with the aim of restoring the individual's well-being.

The "Wellness Oasis" stems from the awareness that the power of these techniques combined with psychotherapy can create a unique experience, in which well-being is stimulated in its entirety. Work at the physical level is also working on the mind and vice versa. Take, for example, a person who is extremely shy. He will have a hunched posture forward, shoulders closed to the chest. The look will tend to be low or avoidance. This position "closed" reflects the attitude that will have against the outside world. Taking care of the emotional aspects of the individual, along with the work on postures allows for maximum possible intervention on the well-being of the ...