June 4th, 2012 in Neuroscience A nuzzle of the neck, a stroke of the wrist, a brush of the knee—these caresses often signal a loving touch, but can also feel highly aversive, depending on who is delivering the touch, and to whom. Interested in how the brain makes connections between touch and emotion, neuroscientists at [...]

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By Beau Miakinkoff, LMT, LMP, CA, IAC Intent and the Power of the Practitioner I recently received energy work for some  chronic pain.  I didn’t even seek out the treatment myself.  (I was asked by a healer if I might allow an energy work session) At the time, the pain was not too terrible, but [...]

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Why Massage Therapy Should Come First in Treatment of Pain Eden, selected from AllThingsHealing.com May 28, 2012 by Dylan Jawahir, LAc, LMT, Contributor to Massage & Bodywork on Allthingshealing.com Massage Therapy has been around for thousands of years. Every culture in the world has some form of massage, or bodywork, as a healing therapy. Today, [...]

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by Beau Miakinkoff, LMT I used to have this story posted to my original website way back when (2006). Recently, I was asked (again) about the name of my practice…I am often asked “why dragons”, “why did you name your practice White Dragon Therapies”.  I don’t mind telling the story of why and decided to [...]

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