At the Anzelmo Welness Center we have carefully selected various therapies as part of our detox plan and recovery program. These therapies help you on a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual level, in order to make your transition into a sober lifestyle as easy as possible after your Ibogaine treatment. When a recovering addict opens up new body and mind pathways of thought, emotion and being, new vibrations are created, thus disrupting and decreasing previous addiction memory pathways.
As you remove your old habit — addiction — we want to replace it with new habits: positive and supportive techniques that you will take with you when you leave and start rebuilding your life. Our Qigong talked to us about how Qigong works with plant medicines, and why it’s so effective for those suffering from heroin addiction:
“It’s very useful to do Qigong before taking the plant medicines, in preparation and also to do it after. It will help reduce the amount of stress people will have before their journey. It’s normal to have stress because they know they are about to alter their nervous system very powerfully. That’s what these sacred plants do. It works in a very intense way in our brain and our nervous system. I’ve notice a big difference in the people who practice and the people who don’t practice. Those who practice are more peaceful; they have more energy and are less stressed. Their bodies are more open to receiving the medicine without fighting back or resisting the medicine.”
“After they take the medicines, it will help them to get back to everyday reality. After the medicines, their perception has been altered in a big way, so it’s going to help them be grounded again, to have their own center again, and to find more ways to keep working with all the information and all the treatment they’ve just received from the medicines. It’s very useful for processing the effects of the medicines in the body.”
Qigong is a vital step in The Anzelmo Welness Center program.. We have found that this ancient Chinese practice will not only increase vitality but is directly able to re-direct cravings into emotional balance…in five short minutes.
The Anzelmo Welness Center is an integrated clinic dedicated to healing severe addiction, deep trauma, and other challenges that life hands us. Our treatment philosophy combines the best of Western treatment modalities with ancient healing techniques and traditional indigenous wisdom.
