Holistic therapies consider the whole person and how he or she interacts with their environment. It goes beyond just eliminating symptoms. It emphasizes supporting the body’s natural healing system and deals with the roots cause of an illness. We as individuals have various interdependent systems which are the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. When one is not working at its best, it impacts all of the others.

A person’s mental attitude is built from everything we hear, see and remember from our past experiences. People used to believe that they could get by with unhealthy lifestyle choices and modern medicine would “fix” the problem. Unfortunately, some medical cures have proven more harmful than the disease. Conventional medicine doesn’t take into account the body’s natural propensity to heal itself nor does it acknowledge the role of the brain in overall health. In looking for other options people are turning to holistic health therapies. In fact in a 1998 study by the Journal of American Medicine Association visits to alternative healthcare providers increased to 629 million from 1990 and spending totaled $30 billion. This ranges from therapies as varied as massage, acupuncture, herbology, bioenergies and hypnotherapy. Based on these numbers, it is obvious the American public is starting to take responsibility for their own health in considering both conventional and complementary therapies.