Holistic Living Manual: The Teachings of Swami Rama of the Himalayas

The word holistic comes from the Greek root holos which means whole total entire. Holistic means to understand the entire human being. In holistic health the entire human being is considered paying attention to the interaction and integration of the biological and physiological body and breath psychological conscious and unconscious mind and philosophical soul dimensions. The emphasis is on treating the whole patient and not just the symptoms of disease.