Modalities
Spiritfold describes more than 70 spiritual, inspired and natural health practices, grouped below by type. Each page explains what the practice is, where it comes from, its place within Spiritualism and in Australia, and what safe, ethical practice looks like, with every fact cited to a published source.
Some practices could sit in more than one group; each is listed once, under the group it fits best. You can also browse all modalities from A to Z. Being listed here doesn't mean the Alliance endorses a practice: Spiritfold describes practices, it doesn't recommend them.
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Bodywork and touch therapies
Hands-on practices in which a practitioner works with the body through touch, pressure or movement.
Movement, breath and mind–body practices
Practices that work through posture, movement, breathing and attention, often taught in classes.
Energy healing
Practices whose practitioners describe working with an energy in or around the body.
Natural and traditional medicine
Natural therapies and traditional systems of medicine, from herbal remedies and aromatherapy to Ayurveda and acupuncture.
Psychic and intuitive practices
Practices in which people describe receiving information beyond the ordinary senses.
Spirit and religious traditions
Spiritualism and the practices taught within it, such as mediumship and spiritual healing, together with other spiritual and ceremonial traditions. Pages about ceremonies of Indigenous peoples carry a cultural notice and are not guides to performing them.
Divination and related practices
Systems that look for meaning in symbols, numbers, cycles, the hand, the stars or the arrangement of a space.
Creative and therapeutic practices
Practices that work through art, rhythm, nature, reflection or language.
Historical practices
Practices described mainly for their place in history.