What Is (CAM) Complementary and Alternative Medicine?

Complementary and alternative medicine is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.

What is integrative medicine?

Integrative medicine combines treatments from conventional medicine and CAM for which there is evidence of safety and effectiveness. It is also called integrated medicine, an approach to medicine that combines treatments from conventional medicine and CAM for which there is some high-quality scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness..

Why is it important to tell my health care providers about my use of CAM?

Giving your doctors and other health care providers a full picture of what you do to manage your health helps you stay in control, while allowing them to be your fully informed partners in health care. Some CAM approaches can affect standard medicine. Talking to your health care providers about CAM use will help ensure coordinated and safe care.

For more information visit: http://nccam.nih.gov

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Testimonial

"I was very pleased with my experience at Lavender Fields. I found everyone friendly, courteous and very professional. The surroundings were very pleasant and clean.

This was my first visit anywhere for any of these services; I liked it so much I purchased a gift certificate for my husband. The staff is very skilled and made me feel comfortable right away."

—Cindy, Southington, CT

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Ways to Tell Others

Energy Balancing

More and more of today’s society, physicians and health care providers are embracing energy work as a legitimate form of therapy for the body as a whole.

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 70% of the world’s population rely on traditional ethnomedical systems of healing. In the United States, such traditional methods are commonly referred to as "alternative health care," or "holistic healing.”

These treatments can be exciting and introspective, start your journey today!

(All Energy Balancing spa treatments take place while you are fully clothed)

*Does not replace other forms of alternative healing or a doctor's care, but rather complements them by assisting the body to heal itself naturally.

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Our Practitioners

Barbara Noble-Wojack, EMP

Barbara Noble-Wojack received Certification as an Energy Medicine Practitioner (EMP) and Spiritual Healer from the Institute of Healing Arts and Sciences’ four-year Energy Medicine program. The school prepares practitioners to work in hospitals and in private practice, and is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Medical School and the St. Frances Hospital Group. Barbara interned at St. Frances Hospital’s Hoffman Heart Center, Cancer Center, and Pre-and Post-Surgical Floors.

She received additional training in a wide range of healing modalities including but not limited to Reiki, Power Healing, Quantum Touch, Intuitive Awareness, Orion DNA, Jin Shin Do, Reflexology, Kinesiology, Brain Gym, Chanting, and Sound Healing. Barbara is a gentle, compassionate, openhearted practitioner who mixes light-filled joy, laughter and considerable knowledge into her role as a teacher.

Ion Spa Detoxifying Foot bath with neurovascular release. 45 min.

This is an easy and painless way to purge toxins from the body.

A gentle touch on points on the head releases and opens the body’s energy pathways, enhancing the process of releasing impurities, while resting your feet in warm and soothing ionized salt water.

*Does not replace other forms of alternative healing or a doctor's care, but rather complements them by assisting the body to heal itself naturally.

IonSpa Detox Footbath is contraindicated for those who are pregnant, have an organ transplant or have a pacemaker.

Because the machine is designed to draw out particles in the body, medication that has not yet been absorbed into your organs may also be purged. 

It is suggested that you schedule your appointment with this in mind and plan to take your medication after the session.

90 min.

Quantum Biofeedback addresses and reduces your stress and imbalances naturally.

 

Your body is intelligent energy, and has the ability to heal itself under the right conditions.

 

Our Quantum Biofeedback program will scan reactions to your specific energies (emotional, physical, and mental).

 

The quantum biofeedback program sends electrical frequencies of energy and the body and begins to make changes to improve wellness.

 

This allows your energy to re-balance and de-stress you.

Vacation Escape - Deep Relaxation for the entire body. 30-45 min.

Gentle touch from the feet to the head. Balances and aligns your charkas (energy centers) and opens your meridians (energy pathways.)

Leaves you looking and feeling like you’ve been on your favorite island for weeks.

45 min.

This treatment is designed to erase cell memory, shift cells, organs, glands, and charkas into quantum space and unified fields.

Consultative and Hands-on Energy Balance. 60-75 min.

In-depth approach addresses distress and/or disease, from the body, mind and spirit connective perspective.

Various gentle hands-on techniques address areas of concern , balancing and Re-Energizing your body’s ability to heal.

Consultative and Hands-on Energy Balance. 90-100 min.

In-depth approach addresses distress and/or disease, from the body, mind and spirit connective perspective.

Various gentle hands-on techniques address areas of concern , balancing and Re-Energizing your body’s ability to heal.

Consultative and Hands-on Therapy 60 min.

The art and techniques of Reiki loosen and balance energy in your body. The energy of Reiki will bring a state of deep relaxation, promote healing, relieve stress and produces an overall sense of wellness. This treatment will leave you feeling peaceful and refreshed.

The technique is completely non-invasive and you remain clothed. In the original Japanese, Reiki is two words. The first syllable rei describes the universal, boundless aspect of this energy while ki is the vital life-force energy, which flows through all living beings.