Lotus Heart Melbourne Bio
August 17th, 2010 | 
Author: Located at 529 East New Haven Boulevard, in Historic Downtown Melbourne, Lotus Heart is one of the longest standing holistic centers in Brevard County. Founded inthe late 1990’s, Lotus Heart brought together a group of exceptional therapists and practitioners focused on sharing their talents and their hearts with the community with a focus on treating mind, body, and soul. That tradition carries on today with many of the same therapists and practitioners that helped Lotus Heart grow into the respected business it is today.
We Are Unique
What makes Lotus Heart unique is that our therapists and practitioners come together as a team, first and foremost, to serve the varied needs of our clients. We are not driven by the clock becasue we approach each session as a true treatment and each treatment is is driven by what is in the clients best interest. The combination of expertise and passion for the work, the community, and each individual client has created an environment where clients feel like they are a genuine part of the Lotus Heart family. Our clients like coming here because they feel a sense of relaxation and know they will walk out of here feeling better.
All Lotus Heart Holistic Center therapists and practioners are professionaly trained and highly experienced. If you would like to learn more about the Lotus Heart team see our Practicioners page.
To set an appointment, please visit our Melbourne center, or contact us by telephone. We look forward to meeting you soon.
Cranial Release
Cranial based healthcare has its origins in the late 1800’s when Dr. William Sutherland pioneered the concept of cranial bone movement while he was a student at American School of Osteopathy. His investigations of clients led him to the concept of Primary Respiratory Mechanism or the “respiratory” like movement of the cranial bones.
Through his research of this movement he discovered the presence of cranial bone lesions. He felt that these lesions, fixations, and distortions interfered with the expression of the Primary Respiratory Mechanism and in doing so caused illness and disease
Stress today is at an all time high. Research has shown that when we are under constant, chronic low-level stress that brain hemisphere activity lateralizes and the body twists out of balance. This Cranial-Dural Stress Syndrome has very far-reaching on our health and vitality. As the brain moves deeply into stress states the frequency at which it functions as well as brain activity change. The brain shifts into a state where one hemisphere of the rain becomes more active over the other. Along with this shift come marked changes in the physical and emotional body. In the physical body muscle tension is increased on one side of the body leading to structural weakness and imbalance in gravity.
Benefits:
Recipients of CRT has reported the following improvements:
- Blood pressure normalized
- Increased Range of Motion
- Decrease/Elimination of neck, shoulder, back, and hip pain
- Improved posture
- Increased blood circulation to the legs
- Reduced neck and head tension
- Increased energy
- Reduction of stress
- Improved mental clarity
- Reduction/elimination of nerve pain/numbness
- Reduction in scoliosis curvatures
- Reduction of back pain due to scoliosis
- Improved hormone production
Our Hypnotherapy Services
Hypnosis is not a therapy in itself. Rather a therapy is conducted in hypnosis, which is known as hypnotherapy. Hypnosis is a state of relaxation and concentration at one with the state of heightened awareness induced by suggestion. It is a natural trance state, like daydreaming, when the mind is relaxed and focused, where time passes very quickly, accompanied by good feelings of deep relaxation of mind and body.
Hypnotherapy is a treatment that is based on the premise that the mind and body do not work in isolation. By sending the patient into a hypnotic state, the therapist aims to trigger the body’s mental and physical self-healing processes that lie in the subconscious.
Anybody can be sent into a hypnotic state; it is not a sign of gullibility or suggestibility on the part of the patient. Hypnosis induces a state of relaxation and concentration that practitioners claim is a natural manifestation of the mind at work.
When undergoing hypnotherapy, patients are conscious and aware, but are open to the power of suggestion. They cannot be induced to do anything against their will.
How Does Hypnotherapy Work?
The autonomic nervous system controls all the automatic functions of the body while we are asleep and it has been proven that words and suggestion can affect the central nervous system while we are awake.
Distracting the conscious mind causes a dissociation of the conscious and unconscious mind and is the first step in inducing hypnosis. There are many differing techniques a Hypnotherapist can use to put a client into hypnosis.
By talking to their clients in a soothing voice and getting them to visualize relaxing and monotonous situations, practitioners are able to send their clients into a state of very deep relaxation where they will still be aware of their surroundings but are very much more sensitive to suggestion.
Once the patient has closed their eyes, the Hypnotherapist deepens the trance by suggesting to the conscious mind to daydream or relax. While the conscious mind is inactive the subject is likely to respond to all suggestions literally. Positive suggestions are then introduced and absorbed by the conscious mind. When in this state, the patient’s subconscious can be ‘reprogrammed’ to deal with certain feelings in a different way and as such, hypnotherapy is not only very effective in the treatment of phobias, addictions, but it can also reduce stress and alleviate pain.
What Ailments Is Hypnotherapy Suitable For Treating?
Hypnotherapy is useful for treating a variety of complaints, both physical and mental. Used in conjunction with other therapies, such as psychoanalysis, hypnotherapy can help patients to overcome certain psychological complaints, including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, depression, phobias, and neuroses. It is particularly useful for overcoming:
- Phobias
- Negative habits
- Symptoms of Physical Complaints:
- Allergies
- Fibromyalgia
- Insomnia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Pain
- Hypertension
- Used in conjunction with conventional medical treatment, hypnotherapy has demonstrated positive benefits in the treatment of cancer.
Hypnotherapy is also useful in providing general health benefits, such as improving posture and digestion, reducing dependence on sleeping pills or tranquillizers, and helping to eradicate stress.
Meet Dr. Kathy Doner, MD
Our Hypnotherapist is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Doner practiced in her private office in Sebastian, Florida for over twenty-one years. She also served on the Medical Staff at Sebastian River Medical Center and on its Board of Trustees.
Throughout the years of practice Dr. Doner always addressed the whole person– body, mind, emotions and spirit. She also stressed preventive medicine such as good nutrition, exercise, social support, the search for meaning in life, and stress reduction.
In order to help people more effectively change negative habits and improve their well being, she created a Hypnotherapy practice, CD’s for home use, and community workshops.
In 2002 Dr. Doner sold her medical practice and is now fully committed to this holistic approach. For more information on Dr. Doner visit her website www.kathydonermd.com
To set an appointment, please visit our Melbourne center, or contact us by telephone. We look forward to meeting you soon.
Energy Medicine
Energy medicine recognizes energy as a vital, living, and moving force that determines much about our health and happiness. The body’s energies are key to health, vitality, and well-being. Energy medicine is the art and science of working with and teaching people to work with these energies to empower them to live happier, healthier lives. Long recognized by eastern cultures, subtle energy fields are only recently being studied and utilized by western medicine.
Energy Medicine is both a complimentary approach to traditional medical care, and a complete system for self-care and self-help. Healing takes place by activating the body’s natural healing energies and by restoring energies that have become weak, disturbed or out of balance.
Energy medicine utilizes techniques from a variety of global healing traditions such as:
Acupuncture
Reiki
Pranic Healing
Yoga
Kinesiology
Qi Gong
Flow, balance, and harmony can be non-invasively restored and maintained within an energy system by focused use of the mind to move specific energies; and/or by surrounding an area with healing energies. By working with simple energy techniques to keep you energies balanced and humming, you can improve your health, sharpen your mind, and increase your joy and vitality.
Specifically, Lotus Heart specializes in the following energy traditions:
Reiki
Reiki is a holistic alternative therapy based on Eastern concepts of energy flow and the chakras (energy centers) in the human body. Reiki was formulated by a Japanese teacher, Mikao Usui, around 1890, based on Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism, but incorporates meditation techniques, beliefs, and symbols that are considerably older. It is distinctive among energy therapies in its emphasis on self-healing, its spiritual principles, and its accreditation of healers through a system of initiation. Reiki practitioners participate in the healing of emotional and spiritual as well as physical pain through the transmission of universal life energy, called “rei-ki” in Japanese. It is believed that ki flows throughout the universe, but that Reiki connects humans in a more direct way to the universal source. Reiki is used for the healing of animals as well as people. As of 2002, a research team at the University of Michigan is studying the effectiveness of Reiki in treating chronic pain in patients with diabetic neuropathy. Various other studies are also underway in the United States and Canada, some examining the efficacy of the therapy in coping with pain and anxiety.
Reiki is a safe, gentle, non-invasive form of hands-on healing. Recipients report their experience of Reiki includes increased energy, reduction of pain, deep relaxation and a general feeling of well-being. Reiki initiation attunes a practitioner to become a channel for the Reiki energy and is a powerful, life-changing experience for physical, mental and spiritual growth.
Although Reiki involves human touch, it is not massage therapy. The patient lies on a table fully clothed except for shoes while the practitioner places her or his hands over the parts of the body and the chakras in sequence. The hands are held palms downward with the fingers and thumbs extended. If the person is in pain or cannot turn over, the practitioner may touch only the affected part(s). Silence or music appropriate for meditation is considered essential to the treatment. Reiki healers practice daily self-healing, in which they place their hands in traditional positions on their own bodies. They may use touch, or distant/non-touch.
Pranic Healing
Pranic Healing is a comprehensive system of subtle energy healing utilizing “prana” or energy in balancing, harmonizing and transforming the body’s energy processes. “Prana” is a Sanskrit word that means “vital life force.” This invisible bio-energy keeps the body alive and healthy. In acupuncture, this subtle energy is called “chi.” It is also called “Ruah” or the “breath of life” in Hebrew.
It is a simple yet powerful and effective method of energy healing. It is based on the fundamental principle that the body is a “self-repairing” living entity, which possesses the innate ability to heal itself. Pranic Healing also works on the second principle that energy can be projected from one person to another. As a result, the healing process can then be accelerated by increasing the life force or vital energy on the affected part of the physical body.
Pranic Healing was created by a Chinese-Filipino energy master, and former chemical engineer/businessman, named Choa Kok Sui, who spent years researching the root teachings of esoteric systems such as yoga, chi kung, Kaballah, Chritianity, and many others in order to create a simple, practical, and effective energy healing system.
Kok Sui conculded that energy healing, at its most basic, consisted of clearing away dirty or diseased energy from the charkra and aura and replenishing it with fresh energy or prana. Given his background as a businessman and engineer Kok Sui set about to test the efficacy of his inquiries by applying a rigorous scienticfic approach to his work. He set up healing clinics across the Philippines to test the effectiveness of different energy healing systems. Ech patient who came in received a specific type of energetic treatment and the results or lack there of were recorded.
These healing clinics continued for nearly 30 years whil Kok Sui constantly tested and refined methods of cleaning out dirty or blocked energy and increasing the supply of healing energy. In 1987 Kok Sui introduced Pranic Healing to the world as a “best of the best” system of very specific instructions and sequences for cleansing and energizing parts of the body to achieve rapid healing.
Pranic Healing is actively used and practiced in over 80 countries and numerous healing centers around the world.
Practitioners realign the whole energy system to help initiate specific biochemical changes to accelerate the body’s innate ability to prevent and alleviate a wide spectrum of physical, emotional and psychological ailments.
What makes Pranic Healing unique is that it focuses on cleaning the bio-plasmic body prior to energizing and it prescribes specific sequenses of cleanising and energizing based on the particular ailment that a healer is working with
To set an appointment, please visit our Melbourne center, or contact us by telephone. We look forward to meeting you soon.
Pre and Post Natal Massage
You know you need to be strong and healthy to feel great (and be great) for your new baby. We specialize in working with women through all stages of pregnancy and after delivery. We are here to help make your life a little easier! We offer you Pre and Post Natal Massage.
The female body undergoes many changes during pregnancy, some of them very stressful and uncomfortable. Massage is a perfect combatant for the majority of discomforts these changes effect.
As a woman’s body changes, so does her need for a different type of massage. Our therapists can focus on getting in deep to break up your tight knots, reduce the aching legs and feet cramps, and re-align your sore back through pregnancy massage. (Also called Pre natal massage).
Or the focus of the session may be to increase your relaxation so you can get a good night’s sleep. When you are under stress your body produces stress hormones, which travel directly through your blood to your baby. We will aid in reducing your stress level, thereby reducing the amount of these hormones in your blood stream. Pregnancy massage will also increase the oxygen to you and your baby through the increased circulation and by focusing on awareness on your breathing.
For your comfort we have a special support pregnancy body cushion, which allows you to lie on your side supported with this wonderful cushion. We don’t endorse the tables with holes in them due to the fact they can’t be sized to your belly and therefore can do harm by stretching the ligaments supporting your uterus.
We can advise you on proper exercises to carry you through your pregnancy? You do need to set up a routine to strengthen your back, legs and arms to provide for an easier labor and delivery? If you are in good shape and strong you’ll be well prepared for lifting and carrying baby once you’ve given birth!
Benefits Of Pre Natal Massage
- Eliminates build up of lactic acid and other waste products through the lymphatic and circulatory system
- Aids in waste elimination to control onset of varicose veins
- Eases the load on the clients heart and helps keep blood pressure in check
- Eases muscle discomforts such as cramping, back aches, tension and muscle knots
- Relieves depression or anxiety caused by hormonal changes
- Improves general blood circulation delivering more oxygen and nutrients to the cells of both the mother and the fetus
- Soothes and relaxes the nervous system
Post Natal Massage
First and foremost Post Natal massage can assist in faster healing and recovery after birth. The rectus abdominus (abdominal muscles), which has been stretched and somewhat separated by the distension of the abdomen during pregnancy, heals and returns to normal much faster when massage techniques are applied after birth.
Additionally, post natal massage helps with reducing stress hormones, relieving postpartum depression/anxiety, and help get you in shape mentally and physically for the joys and challenges of child rearing.
To set an appointment, please visit our Melbourne center, or contact us by telephone. We look forward to meeting you soon.
Our Infant Massage Services
Infant massage has been practiced by other cultures for centuries. Vimala Schneider McClure brought this ancient art to the United States in the 1970’s, after she observed the positive effect it had on infants in India.
Research specific to the benefits of infant massage has been ongoing since the mid 1970’s. This research has been conducted at various institutes and with infants who were premature, exposed to drugs in utero, and infants that had motor problems. All these categories of babies benefited from the nurturing touch of infant massage. These benefits included weight gain, neurological development, decreased hospitalization, and improved digestion.
Although it can seem like there is not much going on in a baby’s world, it is a new and exciting time for them. It may seem like they do little but eat, sleep and demand attention, with a regular diaper change thrown in for good measure – but they are learning more now than they will ever learn again in such a short period of time. Little wonder that it can take time to adjust, from being thrust rudely from a state of tranquility, warmth and comfort into a world of changing faces, cold winds, warm baths and, well, everything else that we see every day and take for granted.
Numerous studies have found that massage plays a significant role in promoting the proper growth and healthy development of infants. Physically, massage
- Stimulates the nerves and neurological development
- Increases blood flow
- Strengthens the immune system.
- Relieves discomfort from gas, colic, and constipation
- Aids in digestion
- Increases alertness/heightened awareness
- Reduces stress hormones
Our therapists andpractitioners are highly dedicated, licensed professionals dedicated to meeting your individual needs. We specialize in helping transform your life with holistic healing practices.
Practitioners and Therapists:
Della Rae Danley, LMT #MA0028047
Denise Boehm, LMT #MA49001
Hazel Fritz, LMT #MA0019293
Kirsten Bonucci-Saltvedt, LMT #MA11659
Kathy Doner, MD Hypnotherapist
Carol B. Todisco
LMT MA 42074
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound Of Cure
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound Of Cure
By Lotus Heart Holistic Center
No one can argue that preventative health care is important, especially in today’s environment and economy. With healthcare costs continuing to skyrocket and access to affordable heath care extremely limited we are faced with the reality that we have to take a much more proactive role in staying healthy.
Currently we are facing an upcoming flu season that promises to be challenging at best. The World Health Organization is estimating that worldwide infections of H1N1 (Swine flu could exceed one billion people, possibly affected up to 60% of the American population. Given the risks associated with this particular strain, it behooves all of us to begin the process of, proactively, brining our bodies back into balance.
We all know that maintaining a healthy diet and exercise is key to staying healthy—but it’s only a piece of the pie. A critical component in staying healthy is the Immune System. The Immune system is our first line of defense in protecting the body from bacteria, viruses, fungi and other harmful organisms. If your immune system is compromised, your body is subject to fatigue and illness and cannot fight off infections.
Our Immune system is impacted daily by toxins in the environment, toxins in our food supply, poor diet, bad habits (smoking, etc.), stress, lack of exercise and; last but not least, the toxins that are currently resident in our body systems.
So, what can we do immediately to start cleaning up our acts? To start your own “good health” practices, here are five things you can do immediately without any medical knowledge:
First: Listen to Your Body.
What it is telling you. Did you know that sugar craving could be a sign of protein deficiency? Or, that bloating could be indicative of a congested colon that limits the body’s ability to absorb the nutrients it needs. Muscle fatigue could be a sign of a lack of nutrients or amino acids. Do you fatigue easily? We live in such a fast paced world we often do not take time to listen to what our body is telling us until it is too late.
Second: Eliminate Habits That Weaken The Immune System
There are 4 major habits that interfere with the body’s ability to function properly: smoking, overdosing on sugar, excessive alcohol, and too much fat in your diet. Eliminating these will go along way to strengthen the body.
Third: Detox Your System
Detox sounds scarier than what it really is. People equate the word more so with sobriety however; there are others ways of being toxic other than alcohol and drugs. Everything we put into our bodies determines our state of toxicity.
When toxic metals and chemical food additives get inside your body, it takes a strong cleanser to scrub your body clean from the inside out. The combination of ionic foot detox, vitamins, and minerals through detoxification work in this fashion to remove toxins from your body tissues and organs, from your water stores, fat deposits, and within your bloodstream. Natural cleansing is critical to remove body toxins, and protects from re-depositing them somewhere else in the body.
Toxins such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and the effects of aspartame’s by-product of formaldehyde, block nutrients from getting into normal body cells in the same fashion a lead shield blocks radiation during an x-ray.
When toxins are present within your body, oxygen and the your body’s “food supply” cannot get inside your cells to supply needed nutrients, nor can the waste products in the cells get out. This produces an environment for diseases to form.
Critical to any detox program is to first identify what toxins are present in the body and which nutrients the body is lacking. Have a Hair Analysis test done to identify what toxins are present and which essential minerals and nutrients are out of balance. Once you’ve identified what’s going on you can work to remove the toxins. Ionic Foot Detox Baths (supported by detox teas) is a viable and gentle way to detox your system.
Fourth: Restore Your System:
Restoring lost nutrients is supported through good nutrition and specific nutritional supplements specific to your body that are recommended in your Hair Analysis report.
Fifth: Get Moving
Moderate, regular exercise helps the immune system by moderating the effects of stress. Lowered stress has a beneficial effect on your health. High, constant stress is detrimental to your health.
Sixth: Make Healthy Living a Habit
Upcoming Events at Lotus Heart
Lotus Heart Holistic Center will be giving a FREE Health Talk Monday July 19, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. entitled “Why Should I Detox”
Learn How to Protect Yourself from Toxins and Boost Your Immunity
AS A RESULT OF THIS SEMINAR YOU WILL:
Learn Why Detoxing Is Important
Learn About The Variety Of Toxins We Are Exposed To On A Daily Basis And The Impacts On The Body
Learn How The Ionic Foot Spa Works
Learn The Benefits Obtained through Foot Detoxing
Learn How To Support The Detoxification Process With Proper Nutrition
Witness a Demonstration of the Ionic Foot Spa
The presentation will be given at Lotus Heart Holistic Center,
529 East New Haven, Melbourne (across from the Sun Shoppe in Old Town Melbourne)
The presentation is FREE but space is limited. So call 321-768-7575 to
reserve your seat(s) or reply to this email with your reservation request.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
A list of our Up and Coming Classes and Events for the month of July, 2010
Take a tour of your past life / Time line experiences that exist in your DNA and subconscious mind/ soul with Al white owl, Elder and great grandmother of the rainbow warrior tribe.
Session 2: Charging your electromagnetic energy field and clearing
judgments –- past and present about your past experiences and welcoming the opportunity to learn from seeing your own past time line experiences – bring
a mirror for this one.
Friday July 16, 2010 6:30PM-9:30PM $33.00
Space is limited so please call to make your reservation for appointments on
Saturday.
DON’T DELAY!
Please call Lotus Heart at 321-768-757 to
RESERVE YOUR SEAT.
Date: Friday Night July 16, 2010
Time: 6:30-9:30 pm
Location: Lotus Heart Holistic Center
529 East New Haven Ave.
Melbourne, Fl 32901
321-768-7575
Session 3: Soul pulling – technique authorized by Al White Owl’s teacher, Starr Fuentes, a world renowned curandera, who learned this technique that has been handed down, for many generations, by the Basque people of Spain who realized it’s power from theri own experiences during the Spanish Inquisition.
We will b e healing our past experiences by integrating the parts of our soul that were sloughed off during past traumas. We will be uploading past desirable
skills into this lifetime. Please bringa cushion for this session.
Friday August 20, 2010 6:30-9:30PM $33.00
Space is limited so please call to make your reservation for these sessions. Please call Lotus Heart at 321-768-7575
DON’T DELAY! RESERVE YOUR SEAT.
Dates: June 25, July 16, and August 20, 2010
Time: 6:30 P.M. -9:30PM (Friday Evening)
Location: Lotus Heart Holistic Center
529 East New Haven Ave.
Melbourne, Fl 32901
321-768-7575
Cost: $33.00 Per Session
***Aura photography and healing sessions are being done on the Saturdays after the seminars
Health benefits of Massage therapy
Here is a video about the health benefits massage therapy offers.
Health Benefits of Massage Therapy
Massage therapy has many health benefits that may not have even been considered. It can be an important treatment measure to implement.
Publish Date: 05/12/2010 10:28
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Massage therapy why it is good for the body and the mind
heres a video telling of the benefits of massage therapy.
Massage Therapy- Why it's Good for Your Body and Mind …
It is true,that the most obvious health benefit of massage therapy is it feels great! When you are in the hands of a good massage therapist, you can feel your body letting go of the tension that was causing discomfort and pain. …
Publish Date: 06/15/2010 18:37
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