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March 12, 1993 - Image 32

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STRESSED page 31

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Jerry Stutz and Claudia Parker: Feeling balanced.

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was hooked. "I fell in love
with it and that was that."
After opening her first
massage clinic, Ms. Parker
found herself more and more
drawn to "holistic studies."
She became interested in ex-
ercise and diet (though she
admits her favorite food is
nachos, not tofu) and other
forms of relaxation.
Interested, but not
gullible, Ms. Parker has seen
and rejected more than her
share of "relaxation thera-
pies." In her years of holistic
studies she found some al-
leged treatments "were al-
most humorous in what they
said they would do and what
they actually did."
Mr. Stutz says he's still
suspici-ous when he hears of
a new wonder treatment.
"That's just typical Jewish
skepticism."
What isn't up for debate is
the fact that Americans are
uptight, and that extreme
tension means poor health.
Stress has been shown to
be a contributor to physical
illness, Ms. Parker says.
And, increasingly, holistic
studies are being used to
combat that anxiety.
In 1990, Americans visit-
ed "alternative care givers"
425 million times, while they
saw family physicians 388
million times. A recent New
England Journal of Medicine
article reports that the top
reasons for seeking holistic
care is back pain, anxiety
and headaches.
Among the "alternative
care" techniques: massage,
herbal healing, aromathera-
phy (using smells to affect
behavior), acupuncture,
homeopathy and visualiza-
tion.
Just one step into the
Parker office will assure you
this is no typical "clinic."

Start with the smell.
The entryway to the Park-
er Clinic is steeped in a
woodsy-minty smell, an aro-
matherapy fragrance de-
signed to elicit calmness.
One stop on the way to to-
tal relaxation is the light and
sound therapy.
At first glance, the thera-
py gear looks like the kind of
space-age glasses seen in
1950s B-films about aliens
trying to take over the plan-
et as we know it (gasp). The
dark glasses feature small,
pulsating lights. Manufac-
turers say the equipment
"impacts the neural activity

The flotation
tank is an egg-like
device filled with
1,100 pounds of
Epsom salts.

of your brain," guiding it into
"the Alpha and Theta states
of consciousness. These are
the optimal brain-wave
states for accelerated learn-
ing, habit modification,
stress reduction and creativ-
ity."
It works like this: the
client sits in a comfortable
chair, puts on the glasses
and closes his eyes. The
lights begin to flash. A tape
tells a strange story of two
visitors to a museum; about
halfway through, the story of
the male visitor continues in
the right earphone, while the
woman's journey is in the
left.
Though everyone's experi-
ence with the glasses is dif-
ferent, most describe it as a
pleasant adventure. Some
see fireworks and bright col-

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