Holistic Living: What does THAT mean?

Simply speaking, natural holistic medicine is an approach to health where the body, mind and spirit are all equally important and they each constantly interact with the other. That is a fancy way of saying that the body, mind and spirit are all part of the whole that is you and me. This is kind of a new way of thinking for some of us. We may be in tune with our body(we know how our body feels, but we go through motions without really thinking), but not always our spirit. We may be really into our 'mind' (always worrying, for instance) but not take good care of our bodies. Many of us don't give a lot attention to our spiritual well being either.

Let's take a closer look at Natural Holistic Health

In other words, any physical illness has an impact on your mental and spiritual aspects. Your emotions and your relationships are also impacted. Natural holistic health means that we recognize this-it is never just about the body or the mind. It is about the whole-hence 'holism.'


Any emotional upset impacts you physically and spiritually.

And, you guessed it; any spiritual distress can’t help but have an impact on your body and your mind.

See, we talk about them as if they’re completely separate, but they’re not at all. This is the basis of natural holistic health and medicine!

Think of it like this: If one of the bubbles in this container popped or changed shape, the other bubbles would have to be changed, also.



They’re separate, but inter-related. It is the same for us. Whether we become sick, go through a divorce or some other trauma, every aspect, our body, emotions, relationships, our ability to think clearly can all be affected.


So, what is natural holistic health?
Body

Mind

Spirit all working together!

If you can remember this, it makes the many different labels and modalities a bit easy to navigate through.

There are different names-alternative, complimentary, integrative...

There are lots of different kinds of treatments and modalities such as:

Imagery

Meditation

Nutrition

Herbal Therapies

Yoga and other body work that incorporates meditation

Spirituality practices and spiritual healing

Prayer

Finding Balance

Music Therapy

Body Therapy (massage, reflexology...)

Energy Healing Modalities
and many, many more!

Learn lots more at Naturally-Holistic.net