Roberta Stimson ND / Healing Power of Nature

I am trained and qualified to practice and teach other health practitioners in the art and science of Colon Hydrotherapy. It is an integral part of Nature Cure which is the ancient precursor to Naturopathy.

A gravity-fed system is used that is gentle and personalized to individual tolerance levels, with filtered pure warm water and when required herbal enemas, and pro-biotic implants. 

My approach to this wonderful treatment is based on the evidence that the colon is a reflex organ in a similar way that the feet, hands, face, spine and ears have reflex points that can be stimulated to increase energy flow and potentiate healing. The big difference is that I’m not aware of a way to use acupressure on the inside of the bowel as a treatment! However if there is impacted matter digging into the nooks and crannies of the diverticulae it may be pressing upon, irritating and over-stimulating areas inside the bowel. Any symptom of illness can result from this over time such as IBS, headaches, period pains, arthritis pain, skin inflammation, anxiety to conceivably something more serious.

Colon Hydrotherapy is a gentle infusion of warm filtered water carried out with complete safety and hygiene in pleasant conditions to ensure total comfort and well-being. The benefits of hydrotherapy are documented as being wide-ranging; clearing the colon of gas & pressure, potentially flushing out excess faecal material, as well as candida fungus and parasites that might be unknowingly present. The use of infused herbs may help correct constipation or diarrhea, soothe away colitis or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and help to reduce and eliminate hemorrhoids. 

Antibiotics tend to kill friendly as well as undesirable bacteria, especially in the colon, where there should be a large colony of health-promoting, natural bacteria. A probiotic is given to the patient when appropriate that may restore levels of beneficial bowel flora, although hydrotherapy no more removes all the bacteria from the gut than a warm bath removes all the bacteria from the skin! The water pressure is very low ensuring complete safety even for the most delicate colon.

In ancient philosophy, the gut is the Hara – the seat of intuition – the place from which our gut instinct is said to emerge. Plainly and simply, if the contents of this sensitive and emotionally responsive area is more like a cesspit than the beautiful garden of flora (‘friendly’ bacteria), enzymes and ph-balanced mulch that it should be, then it is virtually impossible to even focus the mind, never mind be alive with inspirational thoughts resonating from the highest of frequencies!

A clean colon leads to a calmer state of mind and being. I also use audio tools that resonate at certain chakra frequencies by way of notes of the octave that happen to correspond to the colours of the rainbow. The patient experiences colour and sound treatment at the same time that positively affects the sympathetic nervous system and it's direct affect on the colon.

Reflexology/acupressure, EFT tapping and other emotion-releasing techniques, and magnet-therapy are also used where appropriate during the treatment, with great success. In Chinese medicine it is believed that each organ of the body corresponds to an emotion. So, for example, the heart's is love, the kidney's/adrenals' are fear, the liver's is anger, the gall bladder's is resentment, the spleen's is bitterness, the thyroid is about indecision, and the colon is about stubbornness and the unwillingness to let go of past and negative emotions.

There is a ton of technical information about this treatment and the myriad of health benefits.

For this and an excellent VIDEO of a COLON HYDROTHERAPY TREATMENT,

I refer you to ARCH:  What Is Colon Hydrotherapy? 

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