The practice of techniques that bring mental, spiritual, physical, and especially psychological balance and healing. For thousands of years, there has been a movement toward getting the assistance of experts when trying to achieve such balance and healing. Unfortunately, this has sometimes become time consuming and extremely expensive. Over the last several decades there has been a growing movement that assumes if we simply learn the techniques, we can help ourselves achieve wholeness. Numerous books and workshops help people learn the skills necessary to allow them to help themselves.