Distinctly Montana Magazine

Client receiving acupuncture treatment BRENDA KASER BRENDA: In relationship to the goal of treatment, it gets resolved 80% of the time. That's not always the biggest healing that goes on. I have people in the 20% category who continue to get treatment because of the benefits in other areas of their life. KATHY: Success in reaching goals is very high. Sometimes that happens in one session, sometimes over the course of many BodyTalk sessions. MARGARET: Excellent. Amazing. We have patients from as far away as Illinois and California. DAGMAR: It depends on the sickness in that person, on how long they've had a condition, how willing they are to change their lives. You work deeper so that health can really manifest. That's really possible in homeopathy. What do pain or symptoms communicate? PHIL: Something isn't right. It could be an emotional holding. Maybe the body has compensated for years and now it's worn out and can't com- pensate any longer. The nerves might be affected, or there might be inflammation and swelling which often cause pain. MARY: Pain is memory unless it's acute—e.g. you just fell or are getting stitches. When you have pain that doesn't resolve, that's chronic, that's memory. BRENDA: In the simplest terms, symptoms are a sign that energy isn't moving properly. In the way that a boulder will block a stream and cut off the flow, energy stagnation will cause pain or other symptoms. Do you ever send patients back to medical doctors? Example? MARGARET: Often. For instance, if I want to get a very specific diagnosis, or if a person needs a particular procedure like a colonoscopy. We want to know what we're treating and that it's within our scope of practice, whether a natural approach might work. Or, we want to see if it requires something more, like surgery or a more appropriate medication. BRENDA: Health works on a continuum. Chinese Medicine does very well with about 80% of that continuum/scope. When you get to the extreme end, Western Medicine is the way to go. For instance if you're bleeding or have a broken bone. DAGMAR: I'm a nurse, so I come out of medicine. I'm definitely not against medicine. KATHY: In a holistic system, that potential to refer is always there. The ability to send someone somewhere else is part of the BodyTalk system, it's part of the deal. www.distinctlymontana.com www.distinctlymontana.com 132 E Main Street Bozeman, Montana 406-582-0166 www.darirasa.com 51 51 TRUNK SHOW DARI RASA A Collection of WorldlyTreasures.

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