Holism is both poetic and scientific in how it describes the forces (or principles) that need to be woven together for health and vibrancy. Indeed, its success in weaving science and poetry, the spiritual and the material together is the power of this holistic model. Though this holistic model is complex in its ramifications for healing and personal growth, at its heart it is simple. With just the littlest of effort you can pick it up. It is based upon what may be called, holistic natural philosophy. Holistic Natural Philosophy Holistic natural philosophy is a term coined by Dr. Howard Walsdorf. A holistic chiropractor for over 20 years, Dr. Walsdorf has helped his patients eliminate their pains and renew their health with a variety of natural, holistic treatments. Besides a variety of treatments based upon understanding Nature's principles, Dr. Walsdorf has been instrumental in applying these holistic natural principles toward civic and spiritual growth. As you get to understand these easy to understand principles you may very well find yourself part of a growing group of people who when looking on their radar screen of potentially powerful positive civic movements out there, think that a movement based upon a holistic balance might be a winner. Indeed, DiscoverHolisticHealth.com has been created in affiliation with a nonprofit, tax exempt (501c3) organization, called The Syracuse Holistic Health Council. Dr. Walsdorf is a co-founder of this Council. The Council sees itself as promoting a collective movement toward higher levels of personal and civic balance, beauty, health, growth. It has a "Keep it Natural Campaign", "Youth on the Upswing Campaign", A "We are all One" Project, a "Civic Heart, Beauty and Pizzazz' Campaign", even a "Global Heart Campaign". They would love to join with other civic organizations throughout America, or the world for that matter, who would like to use holistic principles to build an ever more beautiful, spiritually upbeat society. In order to understand the potent healing therapies presented on this website, as well as to appreciate Holistic natural philosophy, this website will continuously bring us all back to Nature. Nature, you will learn, is that powerful unifying wholeness we each are able to bear witness to on an everyday basis. Indeed, whether we are a humanist or a fundamentalist, an agnostic scientist, an atheist Marxist, a church-going Episcopal; whether you are rich or poor, of black or white or brown, yellow or red skin, aren't we all united in our wonderment and appreciation of Nature? Holistic natural philosophy not only reminds us of this, it rekindles in us the innate sense that Nature carries within itself, Creation's/God's, Life's most useful, spiritual principles. Luckily, we have times in our life where we each recognize Nature's spiritual greatness. We lavish in those moments when we feel this spirituality of Nature in a sunset, a walk in the woods, or a moment of gardening, skiing, sailing, … We thirst for these occasional "mystical experiences". One of the problems of the modern world is that we do not have easy contact with Nature. And too, we have been "dumbed down" by our entertainment and advertising industries. Nature is there, however, to revive our human sensibilities, to reincocculate us with the stuff that makes us strong within this often denatured, out-of-balance world we find ourselves in today. As you navigate through the website, you will hear us talk about Nature's fire, air, water and earth principles, even the metal and wood principles of acupuncture. You will soon realize that by taking note of these primitive principles your life becomes transformed. The four elements of Nature have been recognized by just about every ethnic and religious group. You can find them at the very beginning of Genesis--they are that important! But though they were recognized by the Ancients, we have by and large lost our sense of what they really are. That is the reason we too often, find ourselves out of balance, stressed, sick. This website is here to help you renew your connection to the four elements of Nature, find the hidden power that the Creator has put within them, and in the process, become renewed body and spirit-wise. Though at this juncture the whole idea of four natural principles serving as the bedrock for health may sound ridiculous to you, read further-you will be surprised. In this website you will be introduced to therapies and exercises, foods, herbs, and body awareness techniques such as the Walsdorf Method for drawing the power of these elemental spiritual principles into your life. Perhaps you will find that your back problems have come from not enough earth principle being brought within you, or perhaps the fire principle is at issue with your tendency for depression, your cancer finds its fertile soil in the stagnancy of too much Water.