It seems apt for a blog dealing with holistic living to start out with a word on the most frequently heard connotation including the word holistic - holistic health. We must know what holistic health means to be able to seek and achieve it. Holistic is believed to be derived from the word 'whole' - implying the complete thing or organism or human-being. When coupled with health, holistic health implies perceiving ourselves not merely as a body, but as a composite mind, body and spirit. Holistic health is thus a health system that works in consonance with these three facets of every human-being. It is based on the understanding that when mind-body-spirit are in harmony, we are in a perfect state of health or well-being. Practically speaking, as a remedial measure it involves dwelling on the causes for the absence of a balance of energy between mind-body-spirit whenever dis-ease or a state of ill health arises.
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