The number of people going into holistic health and alternative healing methods has exploded. That’s
because these practices consider the whole person, mind, body, and spirit. This is a refreshing
departure from the traditional “standard protocol for everyone with this problem” treatment that
many students have grown up with.
Perhaps you have been eating according to the U.S. dietary guidelines for the last three years,
and you feel… not terrible, but not great, either. Or, you’ve had some educational low-level
anxiety creeping up on you for several months, and you don’t want to take medications, or you
did take them. You don’t feel good on them either (or you “kind of” feel good, but you’re also
constipated…and that is new and a problem).
Finding the right healing methods often requires a bit of trial and error. Because everyone’s body and mind react differently, it is important to stay open to various healing methods until you find the one that resonates with your current needs.
The “not always terrible, hey, that was good once in a while, but what’s the best food for me?”
Mindset doesn’t have to be limited to food, either. You can look at your quality and quantity of
sleep, stress management, meditation, what types of exercise, or “work” you are doing, and what
types of self-harm or self-love you practice with the same kind of mindset. Exploring these different healing methods can help you find what works best for your unique needs.
Going on a new wellness journey can be fun and exciting if you plan and educate yourself.
Research various wellness options, such as yoga, meditation, and herbal remedies. Knowing what these wellness options are and what benefits they provide will give you the ability to pick and choose cool wellness practices that help you achieve your health goals. Some great resources for research are online or in books that educate wellness beginners about various wellness practices.
The best way to learn more about specific wellness practices is to talk to professionals in the wellness field. There are many different branches of wellness, including nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle. You should find a cool nutritionist, yoga teacher, or health coach to help you decide how to improve your health. They will give you some guidance on how to tailor health practices to your own life. They can suggest which of the listed health practices to follow.
It’s always a good idea to get some health practice-based advice to avoid mistakes, and to get the best personal health advice for your particular case, based on what you can do to improve your health.
Try to start with small things. If you’re starting with wellness and are just looking for ways to create a wellness plan, don’t take on too much too soon. One of the best wellness tips for beginners is to take on as few practices as possible. This will allow your body to adjust and gradually improve your life. Trying to do too much too soon can be counterintuitive. This is a great practice to follow to maintain interest in the wellness industry.
Just relax and have fun with this. Try to plan things out slowly if you need to. Many may tell you that you need to do more right now to get healthier, but ignore them! Just relax and do what you love to do to get healthier. Because, in the end, it’s not about what happens to you while you do it, but the end product (the current you in a great state of health) that you genuinely care about. Try to think about what you can substitute for each material on this list. Hopefully, it’s a general enough tool that any curious mind can get a good start on their wellness journey.
Self-reflection is going to be key in holistic health because it’s the process that makes you sit down and think about how you are healing, very plainly.
How am I healing?
What am I using to do it?
Is it working?
Taking this process a few steps further, you begin to see how healing and self-reflection are affecting your mind, body, and heart. This new sense of awareness allows you to determine what is helping and harming your physical self.
Some helpful tools to put in your toolbox to support your self-reflection:
This is my favorite technique to find out what’s going on during my healing. As a highly sensitive empath, it’s vitally important that I find some space and time to listen deeper.
Sometimes, the roar of other people’s energies thwarts my attempts to understand my feelings. Most likely, it’s something that’s thrown me off balance and caught me off guard. It’s usually short-lived and resurfaces repeatedly until I face it.
A good run usually clears space in my head to listen more clearly.
Journaling is a great way to let words come to the surface. Sometimes, whatever happens to be in the way is the ultimate message that the Universe has been trying to get across. And then there’s usually a ripple effect. One by one, barriers are broken and become simpler to understand.
This may seem silly for a grown person, but trust me, the grown part of you needs to feel comfortable, protected, and stress-free. Making my brain think of significant numbers of things at once (getting used to it, actually), sometimes the process of focusing on one thing forges channels for self-reflection.
Knowing when to lean into a new healing practice can be a complete game-changer for your overall health. If you’re finding that you are:
Feeling “stuck,” it might be time for a different modality. One of the first signs of needing alternative therapy is if you can’t seem to make any more progress. When you’ve explored all the options in your current healthcare routine and nothing’s improving, it’s time to consider alternatives. It’s currently that most people know they need to try something new!
Not happy with your results, reassess how you’re going about healing! It may be time for a different approach to feeling better. Many people come and inquire about how they can try new and alternative ways of healing because they’re simply “over” being in pain. It makes sense, right? The goal of this page is to allow you to break free from the shackles of constant, everyday, annoying pain that never seems to go away.
Stressed out, maybe it’s time to try something new! As most people sort of bounce around from doctor’s office to doctor’s office, many people with pain go years upon years with not only their initial injury, but gloss entirely over how much “silent” stress they are under!
Generally, in science and health, the fourth type of person who might inquire about alternative therapies is the one who’s generally “interested” in learning more about how she is the way she is… what makes her body work. The feeling of empowerment is just about everything in today’s society. Alternative therapies can be potent!
The wellness journey takes you on an incredible journey of various work with the body, mind, and spirit. It all commences with mindfulness and meditation techniques, which envelop the original (mind), to live in the now (meditation), so the third body (Divine) can optimize well-being and reduce stress in life. Techniques include:
It’s important to know when to mix things up. Some clear signals are discomfort or symptoms that persist no matter what you do; repeat experiences of “this”; or deep troughs of “I’ve had it this.” Other times, it’s a slow separation from core values: “This is getting too expensive for my taste.” Or: “The cube watermelon industry is exploiting an entire culture, and I don’t want in anymore.” After this stage, openness can lead to health.
There’s infinite healing out there for you, and it’s to your current (and future) self’s advantage to uncover as much of it as you can. There’s a lot of healing out there: new influences of “self” to be introduced; new modalities to help you meet this “self”; new routines that match the “self”; new foods for “self”; new tribes where “self” are welcomed like old “friends.” This world is good.
How about you? Is there a healing method you’re interested in moving away from? Exploring different healing methods is a brave step toward a better you. What (or who) would you like to explore next? Do leave a comment!
