Thursday, 24 June 2021, 9:59 amPress Release: Life Centre Trust <\/p>\n
Increasing numbers of Kiwis are following a global trendtowards alternative therapies in recent years, according tonew data.<\/p>\n
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)is an umbrella term describing a diverse range of healthsystems, modalities, and practices that are not generallyconsidered part of conventional medicine. In New Zealand, itis estimated that there are around 70 CAM modalitiesavailable.[1]<\/p>\n
NewGoogle search data shows local searches for alternativemedicine information were up as high as 108% last year,compared to 2019 levels. The data also shows there was acorresponding increase in searches related to anxiety overthe same period.[2]<\/p>\n
Arecent study by Otago University researchers found growingacceptance of CAM among NZs healthcare professionals witharound 25% of GPs practising some form of CAM, and 82%referring patients to CAM practitioners.[3]<\/p>\n
Localcomplementary therapy providers have also reported a surgein interest in CAM modalities from Kiwis struggling - inline with a global trend.<\/p>\n
The growth in demand hasseen the opening of one of New Zealands largest wellbeingcentres - with hundreds of CAM patients set tobenefit.<\/p>\n
The Life Centre will operate from tworefurbished inner city Auckland buildings covering 680sqmfrom later this month. Fifteen CAM practitioners will offerover 20 therapies - ranging from Ayurvedic massage tohomeopathy, kinesiology, counselling, naturopathy andReiki.<\/p>\n
Director Adonia Wylie says The Life Centremission is to empower clients to embrace a vision of wholehealth and well-being.<\/p>\n
In recent yearscomplementary and alternative medicine has begun to shed itswoo-woo image and is becoming increasingly moremainstream as the concept of holistic healthcare is betterunderstood.<\/p>\n
We know that people turn tocomplementary therapies for a range of reasons including;their value of the emphasis on treating the whole person, abelief that complementary therapy will be more effective fortheir issue, and a belief that complementary treatments willenable them to take a more active part in maintaining theirown well-being.<\/p>\n
What we have seen with the pandemicis a global surge in the levels of anxiety and stressrelated conditions and international studies which haveexplored the role of CAM in treating various psychologicalsymptoms, she says.[4]<\/p>\n
Thecentre will be supported by a charitable trust funded by alegacy left by businessman and philanthropist Ashton Wylie.The Life Centre is also an educational facility, with roomsfor hire for workshops such as meditation, yoga andbreathwork.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit thelifecentre.nz<\/p>\n
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