DiscoverHolisticHealth.com works with a vision. It's tied into the tagline of our name: "We're not really a company, we're part of a movement". Our vision has to do with helping to change some of the basic underlying paradigms that we generally all live our life with. We believe that something different must begin to take shape which somehow changes the direction we are going as a culture, as amodern world. Though there are many great people and organizations doing so many great things-more now then perhaps any other time in all of human history!!-it does not appear to be enough. It's not that there is an evil that is gripping us, more that there has been a slow eroding away of certain core values. Think of values as a derivative of our ideals-how our ideals are fleshed out on their way toward living our life as we do. Simply put, these ideals have been supplanted by other ideals. Our particular collective model, or cultural paradigm emphasizes our particularly modern ideals, or values. Of course many values have stayed the same-not killing others, being kind, stewardship of the land, wholesomeness, beauty, to name but a few. But still, even with these, many are less emphasized, less knit into our everyday frame of reference. The Spiritual, the Natural, Health and the Civic; Heart and Beauty The movement that we want to help push forward involves integrating the six or so ideals above. Most would agree that they are good ones. There are places in one's life where each of us puts some energy towards one or more of these ideals. As you read through our site, we hope you sense that you may be more holistic than you thought. Our goal is to help you understand Creation, our humanity, Nature, your body, your town or city, nation and world in ways that inspire and instruct you to live a more vibrant, healthy, positive, even prosperous life. The movement we see ourselves as part of looks for the best in all of us. It challenges each of us to renew our connection to humanity's highest ideals. It is not for those who constantly want to see an enemy and a fight, but for those who believe that there is good in all of us-a search for balance, beauty, heart, and spiritual uplift in each of us. It is a movement for those who recognize that we are all wired to recognize an up and a down. And furthermore know that we are here to personally move, grow, evolve from a low to a high in that beautiful, even elegant way as suited to our constitution, upbringing, life's conditions, even cultural conditioning. Whether it be in our desire of peace, or justice, or a world without terrorism, abortions, no children left behind; whether it is for the cause of the environment, national prosperity, personal responsibility-it all can come to the surface more easily when we challenge each other, and the institutions that we have collectively created-from the heart. -Our own heart, our cultural heart, humanity's heart, the Creator's heart. But why Holism/ Holistic Health? Holism is about seeing patterns. Repeating patterns that help us to understand the various parts of our world better. Consider even where the word "holism" comes from. It has the same roots as holographic-as in those three dimensional images you've seen at Disney and elsewhere. It's created as you shine two lasers at something-say, you. Let's say we take the film plate that captured your image and smash it into 50 pieces, and took piece number 34 that you think might be your right elbow. Shine the lasers back through it to create the holographic image and what do you get? The whole of you, with a bit less detail. The point is this: within every part of that film plate-every small part of Creation, your body, Nature, even our collective nation and global world-are the same set of repeating patterns that create the vision of the "whole". That's pretty cools stuff. It's the same idea as why there are more and more blood tests being created to help doctors. They can discern what is going on in the body-proper by looking at the distinct pattern of biochemistries in that smaller part of you called the blood. Every part of the whole carries within itself a smaller version of that pattern which builds the whole. DiscoverHolisticHealth, with help by Dr. Howard Walsdorf's 20+ years of research has helped to systematize a way of seeing these patterns, and applying them toward our goals, like health, beauty… Our website is built upon his work with using Nature to understand these patterns. What he has done is to renew for our modern era, the power of a particular ancient insight. He has shined a new light upon that often-lost insight by way of his natural science/ chiropractic/ acupuncture/ medical education, and experience with his patients. That key, ancient, insight revolves around the mysteries of Nature's four elements-Fire, Air, Water, Earth. Each conveys to us one of four primal principles that warp and woof the fabric of Creation, our body, our life, our culture and world healthfully together. Yes, it might seem a stretch. But as you read on, we know a fair amount of you will be engaged and excited by this Nature-focused paradigm. You will come to realize that these four elements of Nature are four inarguable, basic building blocks that are in just about all cultures because they represent and convey a valuable reality, and a set of four spiritual ideals. Find a holistic context for the part you, your business, your civic organization plays in our nation's collective movement upward We believe this holistic paradigm has potential because in most polls of Americans, a reverence and appreciation for the environment and Nature is found to be one of the few things that unify us, and that we collectively value. It is just the way it is supposed to be, Nature is meant to bring us together-witness the way just talking about (Nature's) weather unifies us in conversation. We are all looking for answers, for purpose, for spiritual insight and physical well-being. At the same time, we have as a nation become polarized so very much. Yes it may seem far fetched to imagine how the four elements can lead us out of this mess we seem to be in. However, once you understand what might be called the "sacred pattern" spelled out by the four elements, you may just come to realize that these four building blocks of Nature do indeed convey to us a base set of four spiritual principles that give us insight, life strategies, purpose, and well-being. Hey, and they'll even unify us all as they do. As you read on we hope that any organization you are part of, or life journey you are on, will benefit. DiscoverHolisticHealth.org recognizes that we each have a part to play in the dynamic, beauty-building balance we are meant to create with others. If you are searching for a movement with some spiritual/civic/natural idealism and are not part of one now, and don't see a better one on your radar screen, why not join us! Your purchases of products and letting others know about us will further our mission. Thanks for your time. And please, use that word "holistic" in conversations within your organizational and social circles to convey that upward, spiritually vibrant journey we all are indeed on. Find your part to play in a movement toward balance, health, beauty, even civic and global heart! Stay tuned, we hope we are able to help you in the years to come!