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title: "It Isn't Alternative Healing, It's Healing"
date: 2008-08-24
description: "I found BuddhaHands.com while I was looking for some widgets for one of my Technology Story articles, and I was thrilled to find the network of 'alternative' he..."
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tags: ["chi-gung", "reiki", "tai-chi", "tibetan-buddhism"]
url: /blog/it-isnt-alternative-healing-its-healing/
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# It Isn't Alternative Healing, It's Healing

I found (http://www.buddhahands.com/) while I was looking for some widgets for one of my (http://technologystory.com) articles, and I was thrilled to find the network of 'alternative' healing professionals.  I have believed in these so-called alternative healing methods for years, though I only really began using some of these methods a few years ago.  In Oklahoma you are not surrounded by yogis, acupuncturists, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, Reikis, or Ayurvedic doctors.  Luckily I found a couple that I could trust here in Oklahoma City, OK.

I actually met my friend Gardner Singleton via email.  My judo Sensei, (http://www.windsongdojo.com), knew Gardner from the dojo where Gardner had introduced himself and practiced Tibetan Buddhism with a local sangha that met in the dojo.  Once Nick had sent me Gardner's email address I began to ask him questions about Chi Gung, acupuncture, and Tai Chi.  It was amusing actually, he is a busy guy, with two offices and a thriving practice he was less than thrilled to be answering questions from some guy he had never met.

So I bit the bullet and went into his OKC office for a session of needles and chatting.  I still remember him asking me what I was seeing him for, what I needed him to cure or lessen, and I smiled and told him I just wanted to experience acupuncture.  It was awesome.  I was hooked.  I am a acupuncture junky, I would seriously, no kidding, spend a lot of money on those needles just because of the stress relief they offer.  If you want to contact Gardner just go to his web site, (http://www.easthealingarts.com/).  If you aren't local to Oklahoma City he can still offer you help by prescribing traditional Chinese herbal remedies.

So, back to the Buddha Hands site.  They have a huge selection of widgets that teach you about healing methods that might seem foreign to you, that may even seems fantastical, but they work.  The proof is in the 5000+ years of history that surround them.

Check out this reiki widget and play with it a while:

I wanted to embed this (http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/48792306c5bbfb20?p=489aad84420dd84c), but it is too wide for my blog, so click on the link and check it out.