Wellness—A Way of Life
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We travel through life like a ship on the sea. Every ship will be blown about by the wind and tossed by the waves, yet a stable and strong ship can sail with the winds and find direction through obstacles confident that it will reach its destination safely. We can set our course and stick to it, or we can be diverted to whatever and wherever any whim may take us. We can collapse when challenges come our way or embrace them and find a way through. We choose how we travel through life and how we are guided. We can be positive, successful, and satisfied along our course, or we can become negative, do the wrong thing and end up in a mess. Everyone makes mistakes and it is through our mistakes that we learn, gain experience, and are able to help one another along the way during our journey through life. Natural Health implies that the human body has the capacity to sustain health and to heal itself. Natural Health Therapies prevent most forms of sickness and have the ability to treat and heal alongside mainstream medicine. Of course, a misplaced broken bone cannot be fixed by natural therapies alone for it is best set in place for the bone to heal properly. At the same time an herbal (comfrey) or homeopathic remedy (symphytum) can be taken to accelerate the healing process in a natural way. As far as natural health thinking goes, all healing is self-healing according to natural laws. Numerous studies have demonstrated the ability of the mind to control the body and the environment is seen to affect emotions. Loving, caring relationships enhance wellness. Religious and spiritual beliefs maintain a connection with that deep spiritual core or essence that is timeless within the human body and has the power to heal mind, emotions, and the physical body Within these pages you will discover many pathways to sustain wellness and a range of effective treatments for you and your loved ones if you are sick. These methods and remedies have stood the test of time and no effort will be made here to argue their efficacy or present the results of empirical research proving this efficacy. This is a way of life that many have chosen, it is not expensive, and can lead to wellness and good health. Chapter One introduces a holistic approach to health, healing, and the history of natural cures. The concept of wellness gained through nature cure laws is introduced. Chapter Two explores the spiritual core or essence of the individual as the immortal part of the mortal body and ways of connecting to the Divine and the related healing powers of belief. Chapter Three explores ideas about spirituality and models of health and wellness. Chapter Four provides information about water, its importance for sustaining health, and usefulness in sickness. Chapter Five is about fasting and the importance of minerals in the body. Chapter Six introduces food and diet and explores approaches to eating and ways to manage food allergies and sensitivities. Chapter Seven is an introduction to energy medicine and describes the system of homeopathy. Several homeopathic remedies are suggested as first aid for sickness or injury. Chapter Eight describes the Bach Flower remedies, their preparation and application to emotional problems. Chapter Nine covers herbal remedies and their usefulness at home. Several are described that are readily available and how they can be used in everyday life to keep you well or as a resource for treating ailments. Chapter Ten is an introduction to Aromatherapy (essential oils), and how they can be used to strengthen and harmonize the body. Chapter Eleven begins an introduction into the value of touch as a healing modality and presents a practical way to use massage techniques to relax and balance the body. Chapter Twelve is about foot therapy and covers metamorphosis and zone therapy; methods of using foot reflexes to effectively produce change in another part of the body. Chapter Thirteen is devoted to starting a journey towards wellness by sustaining health through growing your own nutritious vegetables and herbs. Chapter Fourteen discusses one of the most powerful practices of healing and maintaining wellness by connecting with the great Spirit of the universe (God). Also, vibrational sound and how to use the voice for healing and maintaining wellness. Chapter Fifteen suggests self-help routines and exercises to incorporate into daily activities, as a way of life, on the journey to wellness.
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This is your moment. Here you are, holding a guide to better health and natural healing, written by an experienced naturopath who instructs the reader on inexpensive, home remedies that puts healing techniques within reach of everyone. Well-rounded and thoughtfully compiled this guide addresses the wholistic triune: the body, mind and spirit. It is filled with effective approaches, doable techniques and treatments. Dr Melva Martin provides multiple options and paths to self-care. You may not choose to use all techniques included in this book, but you will learn the overarching aspects of health and holistic healing and find various treatment options to guide your journey forward. The days of us leaning back and expecting a doctor with fifteen minutes to fix us is over. Worse yet, good health seems harder to achieve in our chemicalized world. The reality is that no doctor will give us unlimited time and when we go to them we are wise to partner with them rather than passively sitting on the sidelines. Therefore, it is time for us to step up and get in relationship with our bodies and learn what we can do for ourselves before we resort to a medicine for every malady along life’s highway. I won’t deny that there is a place for allopathic, western medicine, but it is wise to return most of the care to our homes, our prayers, our kitchens and our gardens. This book will be your reference and your guide. Muriah Williams
About the Author
Dr. Melva Martin, a native of New Zealand, began her career as a nurse and midwife before founding the Naturopathic College of New Zealand and later the Osteopathic College of New Zealand. She earned an MPhil from Massey University and a doctorate in education from Monash University. She spent several years involved with advisory groups in the setting of NZQA Natural Therapies unit standards. From 2001-2003, she was appointed to a Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health (MACCAH). She lives in Wairoa, New Zealand.