Holistic Health in the Pioneer Valley
The Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts has a treasure of health practitioners and knowledge base. We have just about every disciplines you can think of here. See our list to the left and come back often to see more added.
As trying to explain the definition of Holistic I came across the term of Holism that fit very well with this area. This definition was taken from Wikipedia.
Holism (from ὅλος holos, a Greek word meaning all, entire, total) is the idea that all the properties of a given system (biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic, etc.) cannot be determined or explained by its parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts behave.
The general principle of holism was concisely summarized by Aristotle in the Metaphysics: “The whole is more than the sum of its parts”
In keeping with the summary above we present you with the areas to your left for all to explore.