Julianna Holden " Taking the "Magic" Out of Energy
Work" August 2006
From: Ted
Nissen [questions@anatomyfacts.com]
Sent: Mon
8/28/2006 3:42 PM
To: julianna@corerelease.com
Subject: RE:
Hands emit light article
I will wait
to reply to your E-Mails until I see that you are online with the group. Just
let me know. Thanks Ted
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From:
Julianna Holden [mailto:julianna@corerelease.com]
Sent: Sun
8/27/2006 4:38 PM
To:
questions@anatomyfacts.com
Subject: Regarding
the case studies
Hi Ted,
I'm pretty
impressed with the way you've compiled all of this
information,
making it easy for research to take place. Time consuming
for most
people, but for those interested in reporting results, it is a
big time
saver. You do this in your spare time? Do you have funding for
the work
you're doing?
Thanks,
Julianna
From: Ted
Nissen [questions@anatomyfacts.com]
Sent: Mon
8/28/2006 3:17 PM
To: julianna@corerelease.com
Subject: RE:
Review of Literature
Yes
Julianna I'm only compiling the database for the massage therapy profession. It
is an access database on my computer. It includes links to full text articles
when available but as you state most of these cost. I would like to develop an
online searchable database but lack the computer skills. I can and have
published a listing online but this is not searchable. You should have the link
to my literature review Web page. http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Muscle/litreview.htm I can
and will include articles you locate in biophysics or otherwise because it
impacts on our profession. Energy work is a viable medical massage modality
even if it can't be proven that energy transfer exists. Much of the soft tissue
techniques in orthopedic massage are it least in my limited knowledge mostly
unproven as well. It is not fair but energy work is probably held at a higher
standard simply because it strains concrete reasonable thinking. Just because
it strains reason does not mean it isn't real. On the other hand science
demands that we all be humble. As you know in this imperfect world, humility is
sometimes in short supply. We should all strive to be better.
There are
some free databases Pedro http://www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au/index.html
and http://www.openarchives.org/. I believe there are others
but haven't had time to research.
Ted
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From:
Julianna Holden [mailto:julianna@corerelease.com]
Sent: Sun
8/27/2006 4:27 PM
To:
questions@anatomyfacts.com
Subject: Review
of Literature
Hi again,
I just read
your Review of Literature article. It's really frustrating
when you can't
get your hands on the original research. That's what
happened to
me, as I explained. But my physicist friend sometimes has
access to
full articles free, and he suggested that I just write the
researcher,
which I did. Most researchers are eager to send you their
articles.
I'm not sure, but it seems to me that they'd be happy to have
it
published in another database.
Do I
understand you correctly, that you're the only one compiling the
database
for the MTF? That would confuse me a bit but understandable as
these are
only volunteer positions.
Julianna
From: Ted
Nissen [questions@anatomyfacts.com]
Sent: Mon
8/28/2006 10:03 AM
To: julianna@corerelease.com
Subject: RE:
Hands emit light article
Hi
Julianna,
I am
beginning to read your E-Mails. Please send me the analysis of your physicist friend,
as I am reluctant to fork out $30. Thanks for your, as usual, thoughtful reply.
This "Ultra-weak photon emission" can be measured by a German made
detector. Therefore it should be possible to show whether or not the intention
of a healer has an effect of the photon emission in their own hand. Since this
photon detector also can image and detect disease it should also be possible to
determine if the intention of a healer then has an effect on the diseased
tissue such as cancer cells. As this technology has been around by some reports
for the last 15 years the research has most likely been done. A complete
literature review (database searches ect.) needs to be completed. I do not
currently have the time to do this. This is where interns would come in handy.
I will try to find out who makes this equipment.
In any case
this research if it exists and shows positive findings, would be a clear way
for energy workers (which by your definition is anyone who has the intention to
heal) to establish a scientific basis for their work. It would also make potent
your warning to all those working on clients to be aware of their focused
attention.
Currently
the political climate is such that in most states except Washington and Florida
major medical insurance will not cover massage therapy. If our collective
income is to increase it behooves all of us to gather and or produce research,
which demonstrates the efficacy of what we do and that includes energy work. It
is likely that if we don't other competitive professions (I won't name names)
will move to eliminate insurance coverage of massage even in states where it is
currently covered.
Most M.D.'s
I know believe that energy work is effective because of hypnotic induction and
suggestion. Julianna I know that you with all of your heartfelt conviction and
experience will object to this idea. Doctors, and I myself I fear, though will
simply have to be banged over the head with science. This is as it should be
and is part of the scientific method. The same debate erupted in a spirited
discussion in the editorial pages of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical
Association) in 1998. I am completing a list of all of the "letters to
editor" on this heated debate (along with the actual letters) if you are
interested I will forward.
Doctors
also remember the story of one of their own Mesmer who was also physician. I
have researched and written about Mesmer if you’re interested. http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Muscle/franklin.htm I have
also written about the scientific method http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Muscle/criticalthinking.htm.
This article serves as a warning to those who hold fixed ideas as truth. That
means all of us. If you have a cherished belief be prepared with new scientific
discoveries to give it up and or have it validated. I intend to write another
article on the scientific method with a detailed description of what it is and
what it means to body workers. My intention here is evolve the profession with
a better understanding of science, anatomy and physiology. Understanding
science has the very practical application of affecting our pocketbook, as
aforementioned. We are collectively (massage therapists) not used to thinking
scientifically. It just takes a little exposure and practice. WE ARE ALL SMART
ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND SCIENCE. It does take a willingness to learn and that’s
all.
I would
like to publish our communication to a medical massage therapist E-Mail Group.
This discussion between us would be valuable for them, I think. Please let me
know if that’s OK. I don't run this group but if you are interested in joining
you can apply at; http://www.medicalmassagealliance.com/
I will continue
to read the rest of your E-Mails as time permits. Your ideas are very valuable
to me. Thanks.
Ted
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From:
Julianna Holden [mailto:julianna@corerelease.com]
Sent:
Sunday, August 27, 2006 4:04 PM
To:
questions@anatomyfacts.com
Subject:
Hands emit light article
Hi Ted,
Sorry, I
haven't been ignoring your email, I've just been very busy.
Here is the
article that hands emit light:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050905/handlight.html
However, it
is a badly written article that really doesn't say "much" -
but enough
to make me aware it's being researched. The reference they
cited does
not even give the issue the original research appeared, so I
researched
it and found it costs $30 just to see the article. Being that
the article
seems badly written, it's typical that most people don't
really draw
the right conclusions or are too lazy to really state things
accurately
- an employee staff writer for something like the Discovery
Channel
isn't really paid to think but to impress so that people will
read or
view.
Here is
where the original abstract is located: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TH0-4G9GNC5-1&_user=10&_handle=V-WA-A-W-AB-MsSAYWA-UUA-U-AACEBAVAEU-AACZYEVEEU-YYDBUEDA-AB-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=08%2F01%2F2005&_rdoc=13&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%235268%232005%23999199997%23602184!&_cdi=5268&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=581a9ae81f77ff363c60942e33c2bce6
I wrote to
one of the researchers, a physicist in Japan, to try to
obtain the
article since obtaining it by that website is $30. He
answered me
within 15 minutes with a copy of his research. I'm unable to
decipher
what it all means, it's very scientific. So I've asked my
physicist
friend to decode it for me. hehe I would be happy to forward
it to you
if you're interested.
My own
personal view about bodywork is that it doesn't mean diddly what
modality is
used, so much as the intent we have for our client, and our
intuitive
ability to work on an area that needs help. Intent is such a
big issue
to me, and how can one prove intent has any results at all. So
to see that
a chemical response from the practitioner may send photons
to the
recipient (I'm taking huge leaps of poetic license here, the
article
does not imply that) might be a key to some of the mystery. We
know that
the human mind can direct its own thoughts for positive
changes
through biofeedback. So how would our thoughts act on another
person? We
can relate that spiritually to "we are all one" but there is
no
validation for that, either.
Transference-counter
transference is a documented effect in bodywork,
meaning the
thoughts of one or the other act on the other. But I don't
think we
know what the mechanism is for this occurrence. I believe that
without a
contemplative life, where we attempt to clear up our own
issues so
we don't transfer them to our client, is paramount. Many would
not agree
with me, but I have seen results from muddied work so often.
I'm highly
selective about who I allow to work on me, because I have
been
affected in negative ways by "unconscious" people. Because we place
our hands
on others, it makes our branch of healthcare much different
and
requires a higher degree of sensitivity.
For
example, I once had a teacher of trigger point. His motto was, no
pain, no gain.
He was a former police officer and pretty unconscious (of
course,
this was my own personal estimation). To him, it was all about
the body.
Another student was working on me, and he approached. I told
him to stay
away from me, I did not want him to touch me. Well, I was
naked under
a sheet and no way I could walk away. He proceeded to show
the other
student how to do trigger point on me. It made me holler loud.
This was an
outright assault. Many wouldn't think so, but he went beyond
my personal
boundary and it was very painful, leaving bruising. He would
claim that
the bruising was not bruising at all but a lactic acid
release.
(Yes, I know this is BS) To this day I don't appreciate it. If
I were to
write about that experience, without mentioning his name even,
many people
in the AMTA in Washington state would know exactly whom I
speak. It
would rock the boat and I'm not so sure I'm willing to do
that, being
that word travels fast among our profession.
Because the
issue of intent and conscious direction is one of my main
focuses, I
want research to cite that supports energy work. The fact
this whole
issue is sidestepped in massage school is what troubles me.
Energy work
is not really validated in standard massage school. They
teach techniques,
that is their business. I want energy work to be more
than a
belief system. I want it to stand side by side along techniques -
and I feel
you can't only have a technique, you must have a rounded
education.
And on the other hand, whenever I see Reiki or other energy
work
advertised, it's only as an adjunct, and usually spoken about in
such
mysterious ways. It concerns me.
I also
believe that vibrational medicine is the "wave" (pun intended) of
the future.
Imagine my delight when I saw that they measure photons -
light from
hands. In the research, they noticed the photons decreased
when hands
became cold. It's such an ordinary occurrence (to me) for
hands to
super heat in energy work. They used mineral oil to achieve
greater
conductance. My hands often become moist when doing bodywork,
something
that always bothered me. But I have no control over it nor the
temperature
of my hands. But it may explain now why that occurs.
Ok, enough
about my philosophy. I will read the other article links you
sent as
time permits.
Have a
great day!
Julianna
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From: Ted
Nissen [questions@anatomyfacts.com]
Sent: Tue
8/22/2006 12:45 PM
To: julianna@corerelease.com
Subject: RE:
Re "Taking the "Magic" Out of Energy Work" article by
Julianna Holden, LMP Massage Today magazine August 2006
Hi Julianna
Here is another
online research study you can complete. Links to the instructions are on the
form.
http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Forms/casestudy.htm
Please let me
know what you think of these studies so far.
Thanks for
your consideration, Ted
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From: Ted
Nissen [questions@anatomyfacts.com]
Sent: Sun
8/20/2006 7:10 PM
To: julianna@corerelease.com
Subject: RE:
Re "Taking the "Magic" Out of Energy Work" article by
Julianna Holden, LMP Massage Today magazine August 2006
Hi
Julianna,
Thanks for
your thoughtful and friendly reply. Yes it was a dissertation wasn't it. Maybe
that's why my mother called me "mouthy" what do you think? It does
however encourage respectful discussion between colleagues which we need more
of. I do want research. If you would like to do some home grown research I have
some online research you can try. You can do it on yourself or clients. Just
substitute digital pressure for energy work. You can lay hands on or off
yourself or the subject. If you have questions just ask. Also please provide me
with the references for the research you mentioned if you have it. (research in
biophysics that is proving that hands emit light, photons). So far in the
sample of 300 + of the 3700+ of research articles in massage done since 1917 I
haven't found any thing which would match your description. http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Muscle/litreview.htm
This is the
link for the online research.
Protocol
(Process) (The red indicates how long it should take to complete each step)
1.) Click
this link Plantar Foot Study http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Forms/plantarfoot.htm
2.) Print
the form from your browser usually by going to the file menu and clicking
print. Also click the instructions button on the online form for more printing
instructions. (2 minutes)
3.) Read the
treatment protocol instructions with the following link
Summary: http://www.anatomyfacts.com/muscle/clinical.htm#sum
Detailed:
(http://www.anatomyfacts.com/muscle/clinical.htm#prot)
Be sure to check the boxes yes or no that apply to you. Even if you would
normally be excluded from the study you may try it as long as you have some
tenderness (0-10) in the Achilles tendon. (5 minutes)
4.) Read
the Subsequent Visit Protocol http://www.anatomyfacts.com/muscle/clinical.htm#svp
(5 minutes)
5.) Use the
form to record your treatment sessions. (1st visit and subsequent visit pre
& post treatment ratings.) Six Visits=(30-60 minutes)
1.) Finish
filling out the form online (copy information from paper to online form)
including your identifying information. Plantar Foot Study http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Forms/plantarfoot.htm
(3 minutes)
2.) Press
the send button to send me the information. Be sure to put your E-Mail address
otherwise the form won't be sent to me.
3.) Total
Time= 45-75 Minutes
Published
Results
The results
(Statistical Number Crunching displayed in Graphical format and written
analysis) will be published in subsequent E-Mails, and with the following link http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Muscle/researchpapers.htm
A previous Plantar foot study can be viewed with this link. http://www.anatomyfacts.com/muscle/clinical.htm#pfs
Thanks for
your genuine reply, Ted
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From:
Julianna Holden [mailto:julianna@corerelease.com]
Sent:
Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:02 PM
To: Ted
Nissen
Subject:
Re: Re "Taking the "Magic" Out of Energy Work" article by
Julianna
Holden, LMP Massage Today magazine August 2006
Hi Ted,
I really
appreciate all the references you have to energy work. It's
helpful to
me.
But
honestly, your review (rather, personal dissertation) seems to be
saying it's
impossible to scientifically validate energy work so why
bother -
just go ahead and practice it with all the hooey. I find this
rather
humorous. I would think all healers would want scientific
validation.
I guess I was wrong. =)
But apart
from what you say, there is research in biophysics that is
proving
that hands emit light, photons, and these do affect the other
person by
touch and intention of the touch. It can and is being measured.
Thanks for
taking the time to read my article and the large amount of
time you took
to write a dissertation on the subject. =) And by the way,
I do have a
series of Tibetan bowls and tuning forks and don't explain
them to my
clients in scientific terms - and so I do practice it with
all the
hooey. But I really do want that scientific research to happen.
It's what
causes breakthroughs in human consciousness and acceptance. I
don't know
about you, but I don't like being "only" in alternative
healthcare.
Massage and energy work deserves to be mainstream.
Skepticism
is an interesting thing. =) Or you know, in any field of
healthcare
or science, there's sort of this competitive thing and
arrogance
that really isn't necessary.
Julianna
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From: Ted
Nissen [questions@anatomyfacts.com]
Sent: Sun
8/20/2006 3:58 PM
To: julianna@corerelease.com
Subject: Re
“Taking the "Magic" Out of Energy Work” article by Julianna Holden,
LMP Massage Today magazine August 2006
Ted Nissen
wrote:
> Hi
Julianna,
>
> As a
courtesy I'm forwarding the link for my letter to the editor which I
> wrote
to Massage Today magazine regarding your article entitled " Taking
> the
"Magic" Out of Energy Work" August 2006
>
> Review
Ø
http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Muscle/mteditorialholden.htm
>
>
Article
Ø
http://www.massagetoday.com/mpacms/mt/article.php?id=13458
>
>
Respectfully, Ted
>
>
E-Mail=questions@anatomyfacts.com
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From:
MedicalMassageAlliance@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MedicalMassageAlliance@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of Ted Nissen
Sent: Sun
8/20/2006 11:39 AM
To:
MedicalMassageAlliance@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
[MedicalMassageAlliance] Letter to the Editor
This is the
article I promised to review. Please let me know your thoughts?
Julianna
Holden " Taking the "Magic" Out of Energy Work" August 2006
Review
http://www.anatomyfacts.com/Muscle/mteditorialholden.htm
Article http://www.massagetoday.com/mpacms/mt/article.php?id=13458
Sincerely
Ted
questions@anatomyfacts.com
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From:
MedicalMassageAlliance@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MedicalMassageAlliance@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of Ted Nissen
Sent:
Monday, August 07, 2006 6:31 PM
To:
MedicalMassageAlliance@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
[MedicalMassageAlliance] Letter to the Editor
Thought
someone might want to input ideas or write a letter to the editor of massage
today magazine regarding this article by Julianna Holden, LMP August 2006
“Taking the "Magic" Out of Energy Work” Massage Today Magazine http://www.massagetoday.com/mpacms/mt/article.php?id=13458.
If you are
interested let me know. You can just write down your reaction to the article
and I can incorporate in a letter to the editor. Share with the group or E-Mail
me directly. questions@anatomyfacts.com
Thanks Ted