https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d66db740-3150-45cc-b747-4485652835e9 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com "Holistic Health The New Medicine" (1978) was directed by Elda Hartley and produced by Hartley Productions. The film looks at the various ways to practice holistic health, yoga, acupressure, and self-awareness techniques in order to balance mind and body, see self-objectively, control pain, and heal illness. 00:00 It opens with a herbologist in San Francisco carefully measuring medicinal herbs. Two people practice Tai Chi on a beach. 02:00 Dr. Evarts Loomis, the father of holistic health, sits with senior citizens on a grassy lawn at Meadowlark health center discussing holistic health. They gently sway and dance, performing Do-Si-Do, arm swings, and twirls. 03:49 All-age individuals practice yoga, polarity therapy, and complete a Taylor-Johnson psychological test. Loomis reviews notes and holds discussions with senior citizens. 04:16 Ilana Rubenfeld works with patients at a clinic in New York, guiding them through self-awareness posture techniques. She explains to them that mind and body are one, and that one affects the other. 04:03 In San Francisco, Dr. Effie Poy Yow Chow demonstrates how Chinese acupressure helps circulate energy throughout the body. 10:48 At Holistic Health and Nutrition clinic in Mill Valley, California, Dr. Rick Kozlanko speaks with a patient about the ancient Chinese method of pulse diagnosis, kinesiology muscle testing, and an ancient Hindu technique for tracing energy flow using a metal pendulum. 13:04 At UCLA School of Medicine, David Bresfer studies ancient holistic methods. He notes that in ancient China the philosopher sage was at the top tier of healers because of his ability to help people live harmoniously within the laws of nature. 14:19 Dr. Leni Schwarz sits in a circle of pregnant couples. They massage each others’ back and shoulders. She discusses how a mother’s emotional state affects her unborn child. 17:50 Obstetrician Dr. Milton Estes talks about the importance of a couple’s attitude, emotional state, and relationship during the time of childbirth. They practice body movement and stretching exercises. 19:40 Dr. Sandra McLanaham at the Integral Health Services in Connecticut talks about the institute’s role of yoga as a method of treating and preventing disease. 21:40 Cancer patient Margaret Keating meditates to recorded instruction. 21:50 Dr. Carl Simonton speaks and listens to his patients during a counseling session. 22:28 Keating puts a tape into a tape player and listens to a self-help recording as she meditates. She switches tapes. 23:28 At the Psychosomatic Health Center in Oakland, Ken Pelletier performs psychosomatic treatment on a patient to help reduce the patient’s stress, attaching electroencephalogram to the patient’s forehead to determine how effectively the patient gets into a relaxed state. Pelletier talks with the patient about how a person’s mental state affects physical function, regulating heart rate, and blood pressure. 27:09 Norman Shealy, talks with a patient at a pain-control center in Wisconsin about techniques used to control pain. 28:13 A group of seniors perform light stretching exercise outdoors. Another patient receives a massage while a third receives electrical stimulation. 28:28 Patients operate biofeedback pain suppressor devices attaches to their heads. Others rest while listening to instructional tapes on relaxation, re-programming their mind with recorded suggestions, and using mind-body and visualization techniques to control pain and restore health. 31:55 Patient Dennis Wood explains how the treatments have cured his back pain. 32:54 Shealy explains that the energy a person emits has healing powers. 33:18 Patients at the clinic recline on chairs and listen to recorded mind-reprogramming instructions 33:50 END Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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