Acupuncture, an ancient system of Chinese medicine, is the procedure of inserting and manipulating ultra fine needles into various points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.

Adrenal Fatigue, technically called non-Addison’s hypoadrenia or hypoadrenalism, is a syndrome in which the main symptom is fatigue. It is essentially a reduction in the adrenal function that affects each organ in the body incrementally.

Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a hormone made in the adrenal glands of the kidney. It is released in response to anxiety, exercise, or fear in what is commonly referred to as the “fight or flight” response.

Adult Child Syndrome describes specific behaviour traits that are common to adults who were raised in a dysfunctional family, where one or both parents suffered from a serious addiction or had compulsive behaviour problems.

Advaita literally means non duality and is based on the belief that enlightenment, God-consciousness, nirvana, self-realisation and kundalini awakening are essentially the same thing, namely energy.

The element of air appears in a number of divination tools as well as being the element represented in the Heart Chakra. In astrology the air signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.

The akashic record is a spiritual concept that is often metaphorically described as a cosmic library of spiritual knowledge or the Book of Life.

In the West, complementary, alternative or holistic, medicine is any healing practice that is not under the label of conventional evidence-based medicine.

See Heart Chakra

An anchor is subconscious short cut to a memory that reminds you of how you felt, what you did or what you believed when the anchor is triggered by a thought, a touch or visual image.

The Anima/Animus is one of four psychological archetypes that Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, developed. The Anima, which is the Latin for soul, is a feminine image in the male psyche and The Animus is a male image in the female psyche.

See Brow Chakra

Applied kinesiology is a system of natural health care that combines muscle testing with principles of Chinese medicine to assess energy and body function.

An archetype is an original model, or prototype, of a person, used as a symbol upon which others are emulated, essentially a universally recognised blueprint.

Aromatherapy is the systematic use of aromatic essential oils in holistic treatments to improve physical and emotional well-being.

Asana, which comes from the Sanskirt word for seat, is a physical yoga posture usually associated with meditation.

The astral body, also known as the emotional body, is the home of emotional energy, which is in charge of love, pain, hope and fear.

The astral layer is the fourth auric layer, associated with conditional and unconditional love energy, which it creates. It is related to the Heart Chakra.

The astral plane is most common of the auric layers. It is the “out of body” place where a person experiences dreams, near death experiences and other distressed states.

Astrology can be defined as the study of the position of the stars and of the movements of the planets in relation to how they can influence human affairs.

An Aura is a field of electro magnetic energy surrounding a person or an object. It shows itself as bright colours and can be used in healing.

The human aura is said to have seven main layers or levels, which have an interdependent relationship to the seven chakras of the body. The auric layers are also referred to as auric levels or bodies, spiritual or cosmic planes.

Automatic writing, also known as psychography, is a process of writing that occurs when a loosely-held pen moves across the page of its own accord.

Ayurveda is an ancient health system, which originated in India more than 5,000 years ago, that offers a holistic vision of health involving balance in and between body, mind and spirit.