At the heart of holistic medicine is the idea of the mind-body connection. Essentially, it means that thoughts and feelings can positively or negatively affect our physical health.
Most of the medical advice we receive is focused on the body—eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep. But even if you do all of these things right, stress, anxiety, and depression can still have negative effects on your health. It also works the other way around—a poor physical state can have negative effects on your mental health, too.
A holistic doctor takes this complex relationship between mind and body into account to provide a comprehensive treatment plan for their patients.
What is sacred teaching?
Have you heard about the organs of the body being companed to a Kingdom - a metaphor for the inner workings of the body. The Heart – The heart was given the gift of consciousness. To govern the intelligence, the spirit and the wisdom of the Kingdom. The Lung – The...