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Writer's pictureDr. Tomi Mitchell

Holistic Therapy Day



Holistic Therapy Day is celebrated annually on the 26th of July.


In medicine, “holism” refers to managing the person as a whole, not just the symptoms or disease.

If you’re looking to get healthier and looking to feel better, then you know how important it is to weigh your options. Many have heard of holistic healing but do you know what it is or how it can benefit you? Many people think of it as a ‘religious thing’ or that only religious people incorporate it into their lifestyles, but that’s a myth. Holistic healing doesn’t have to involve religion. This treatment method has many different options, including meditation, Tai Chi, and chiropractic assistance. They are not all about faith and religion.


Holistic healing was the foundation of ancient health care thousands of years ago. Today, holistic health practitioners believe that healing is most effective when considering the whole body rather than just the symptoms and illness. The holistic approach is about honoring the mind-body connection and treating the entire person using numerous clinically proven techniques.


How Does it Work?


The first question about holistic healing is ‘how does it work.’ You don’t want to start something without understanding what’s going to happen or how it will work. Instead, you want to make sure that you have clarity, with clear expectations at the beginning.


Holistic healing works varies slightly depending on the specific type of healing you choose. The primary way that these types of healing work are by helping your body to feel better naturally. When you do something that your body finds to be natural, instead of adding things into your body that don’t belong there, it is more receptive to them. This includes the things that you eat and the things that you do. For example, if you’re eating healthy foods, your body will absorb all those nutrients more quickly and efficiently than if you’re eating a lot of junk food or artificial ingredients. Exercising is a great and natural way to stay healthy as well.


Because of these great benefits, you want to ensure you follow as much of a natural program as possible. The more you can get without using medications, the better you’ll feel and the faster you’ll start to experience results. That’s because the natural methods will help not only the specific problem you’re trying to resolve but your overall health as well.


Holistic healing methods work no matter what your age, so whether you’re 12 or 80. You can reap the benefits of natural healing with minimal side effects or risk; these recovery methods can help you because they’re all-natural and almost completely without side effects or risk. So you’ll feel better faster than you can even think. So what’s to stop you from trying these methods out? Nothing.


How is it Different from Traditional Methods?


Now how is holistic healing different from the more common methods of treatment? Well, when you go with the traditional techniques, chances are you will end up taking some type of medication. Depending on what you’re suffering from, you could be taking several kinds of drugs ranging from just one to multiple, and you could end up taking them multiple times a day!


Taking medication also comes with risks; each prescription can have potential side effects. Some side effects, such as increased sun sensitivity or mild tiredness, can be relatively minor. But others can be severe such as depression or heart problems.


If you’re taking multiple medications for your original problem and may still experience side effects. You may also not reap the expected benefits of taking the medication. Sdrugt makes you feel better in the short term, but the problem doesn’t disappear. When that happens, you’re just hurting your body from all the medications without getting many results.


When you take a holistic approach to healing, you get natural benefits for your body. Now you can choose to work with solely holistic methods which are all-natural, or you can combine holistic methods with medications prescribed by your doctor. In this manner, many people receive much better results because they get the medicinal benefits (the right medicine will provide you with at least some uses), and they get the natural advantages which can often help alleviate the original problems and the symptoms of any medications.


If you choose the holistic method solely, you can also achieve excellent results. For example, many people have experienced the same if not better results from following a holistic path than from following a combination or strictly prescription one.


Using alternative medicine to deal with common health issues is rising in popularity, and more and more people discover and use these helpful practices.


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