what is your understanding of holistic healing?

[Michelle]

Hello fellow seekers!

I would really like to know what the term holistic healing means to you and what your understanding of it is.

It is my understanding that holistic health looks at the person as a "whole". Meaning that any disorder, imbalance or dis-ease can be corrected by looking at the person as a whole and by making shifts in the body, mind and spirit of the self, there is nothing that cannot be achieved or healed.

What do you believe?

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[loonwitch]

Hi Michelle
I follow you, I believe that holistic healing treats the person as a whole, so that a physical symptom may be connected to so many other things that are going on in the person - emotional triggers, spiritual triggers, and physical triggers are all tied in somehow.

And I believe that when a medical doctor is treating a person, they tend to look at the symptoms instead of the bigger picture... and when we take medication to treat one symptom, there are other symptoms that may appear... I believe that in seeking any type of healing, both the healer and the healee need to be willing to look at all aspects of a persons' existence to better understand how to HEAL.

[dmelvin]

This is an eye opener for me because (until just now) I have only viewed holistic healing as an alternative to healing the body by using herbs and other supplements. I hadn't even considered that it could be the practice of looking at the "whole" person. You have certainly peeked my interest on this subject -

One question though...why not call it Whole-istic healing though -

[loonwitch]

Sept 15, 2015 10:25:01 GMT -5 dmelvin said:

This is an eye opener for me because (until just now) I have only viewed holistic healing as an alternative to healing the body by using herbs and other supplements. I hadn't even considered that it could be the practice of looking at the "whole" person. You have certainly peeked my interest on this subject -

One question though...why not call it Whole-istic healing though -

I did a google search for the difference between wholistic and holistic - and here is what I found:

The two words "wholistic" and "holistic" have very different meanings, but there is some confusion and they are often used in an incorrect manner. The two words have very distinct meanings though somewhat similar in definition. Wholistic refers to the whole, a whole item or whole body of a person or thing. The word defines the consideration of the entire structure or makeup, which includes the body, mind and the spirit in the case of a human being. The word holistic is connected to holism, which focuses on the total entity and the interdependence of the diverse parts of this totality. Holistic has to do with the healing systems that are considered alternative like homeopathy and Ayurveda that deal with the human body as an interconnected whole

I'm glad you asked!!!

[Michelle]

Oct 9, 2015 12:19:50 GMT -5 loonwitch said:

Sept 15, 2015 10:25:01 GMT -5 dmelvin said:

I did a google search for the difference between wholistic and holistic - and here is what I found:

The two words "wholistic" and "holistic" have very different meanings, but there is some confusion and they are often used in an incorrect manner. The two words have very distinct meanings though somewhat similar in definition. Wholistic refers to the whole, a whole item or whole body of a person or thing. The word defines the consideration of the entire structure or makeup, which includes the body, mind and the spirit in the case of a human being. The word holistic is connected to holism, which focuses on the total entity and the interdependence of the diverse parts of this totality. Holistic has to do with the healing systems that are considered alternative like homeopathy and Ayurveda that deal with the human body as an interconnected whole

I'm glad you asked!!!

Looks like David is on point! and is'n it fascinating the information you can gather from google?

[mikaya]

The really interesting thing about healing and the body (and life in general) is that things change when they are observed. There doesn't apparently have to be any specific intention associated with the observation. A thing changes simply BECAUSE it is observed. I discovered this when I was getting a treatment from an osteopath. I always felt better afterwards yet he barely touched me. i asked him what he did and he said he didn't do anything, he just looked at the flow of energies, and then they changed. He said they changed more quickly with me than with most people and he beleived that was because I live in a very rural place, therefore my energy is more "pure". (I'm not so sure that assumption is correct.)
So, maybe this doesn't have anything to do with your original question, Michelle -- but I certainly believe that any effective approach to healing has to be about energy shifts, whether or not the practitioner sees it that way. It's also interesting that animals tend to respond to energy healing very quickly, much more so than humans. I very rarely go to a Western doctor. I am regularly treated long distance by a medical empath called Dr. Lenny Kloepper from Colorado who is awesome. (His website is www.chiropractic-acupuncture-homeopathy-self-help-workshops-dvd.com/ for those who might be interested!)

[Michelle]

Oct 9, 2015 21:43:47 GMT -5 mikaya said:

The really interesting thing about healing and the body (and life in general) is that things change when they are observed. There doesn't apparently have to be any specific intention associated with the observation. A thing changes simply BECAUSE it is observed. I discovered this when I was getting a treatment from an osteopath. I always felt better afterwards yet he barely touched me. i asked him what he did and he said he didn't do anything, he just looked at the flow of energies, and then they changed. He said they changed more quickly with me than with most people and he believed that was because I live in a very rural place, therefore my energy is more "pure". (I'm not so sure that assumption is correct.)
So, maybe this doesn't have anything to do with your original question, Michelle -- but I certainly believe that any effective approach to healing has to be about energy shifts, whether or not the practitioner sees it that way. It's also interesting that animals tend to respond to energy healing very quickly, much more so than humans. I very rarely go to a Western doctor. I am regularly treated long distance by a medical empath called Dr. Lenny Kloepper from Colorado who is awesome. (His website is www.chiropractic-acupuncture-homeopathy-self-help-workshops-dvd.com/ for those who might be interested!)

Mikaya,
What a wonderful way to look at it! I think that your response definitely applies to my original question - first because (whole)/holistic health is all about looking at all aspects of the person, rather than just one. I believe that where we are on an energetic level can also play a big part in our healing, especially the speed of the shift!

I have seen people get "stuck" in illness, as a result of fighting the natural shifts that the etheral body wants. Maybe because of fear, lack of trust, who knows for sure. What I do know is that once the person is open to accepting the energetic changes, healing happens much quicker!

Thank you for sharing your personal experience!!!