If you're anything like me, then you've got a certain picture in your mind of what "holistic" is supposed to be. For me, it's conjured up pictures of holy men, or shaman, doing a ritual dance while chanting mantras, and rubbing "energy crystals" in an effort to remove evil spirits from your life. It wasn't until I started doing research for my new book, "5 Keys To Health: A Holistic Approach" when I realized that my preconceptions couldn't have more further from
truth.I had originally planned to write a book on fitness. I know that's a pretty general term, but I intended it to be about how one can achieve health through physical fitness. It wasn't going to be anything fancy. It was going to be a guide for
busy person, and how they can get fit, and stay that way while still being able to live a busy lifestyle.
I’ve always been interested in health and fitness. As a matter of fact, I think I’m in pretty good shape. I work out with weights at least 3 days per week, and I engage in some sort of cardiovascular activity at least 2 days per week. I eat right; I stretch after every work out. I don’t smoke or drink excessively. I thought I was doing pretty well.
That is, until through
course of my research I came to realize that there’s a lot more to being healthy than being physically fit, and eating right. That’s when I ran into
word "holistic." In
past, it’s always had a negative connotation for me. I’ve always thought of it as something used by metaphysical crackpots trying to sell snake-oil. As it turns out, holistic is not what I thought it was.
The real meaning of holistic is looking at
whole system rather than just concentrating on individual components. So, when it comes to being healthy, it looks at every aspect of health instead of just
physical. Do you realize that when we consider health, we usually look to see if our diet is right, or how often we exercise? There’s so much more to consider.