Often we get caught up in all the nutrition, the herbs, and supplements, and natural health foods and practices that are associated with Holistic Health and forget that there is another aspect of Holistic Health, the Spiritual. Toronto and surrounding area offer a great abundance of opportunity to practice and learn this often overlooked area of Holistic Health.
The Spiritual aspect of holistic health is alive and well in the Toronto and surrounding areas included within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), from meditation and spiritual practices, to nature and forest infusions, health and spirit exercises such as Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and philosophical and religious practices. It can all be found in the GTA.
One of the aims of Holistic Health is to raise and improve the spiritual health of its practitioners. There are many methods and paths one can experience and practice that will aid in holistic spiritual health and wellbeing. Don’t get caught up in the message focus on the results. The message is only the wrapper that surrounds the practice that can lead to a more spiritually holistic life.
When we look for guidance in how to construct our everyday lives, we still need to answer the central question of self: Who and what am “I”? What’s my purpose in this lifetime? According to the message of the Island Druid, these fundamental questions are at the basis of a holistic spiritual life.
“Inside of us all resides an “Over Self”, religions refer to it as spirit or the soul, this Over Self is at the basis of all that we are and all that we are intended to be and become. The Over Self is born as an incarnation of infinite unbounded consciousness. The sole purpose is to guide us to a state of enlightenment, of conscious realization of it, or the self”. - Island Druid - 2007
Holistic Health cannot be fully practiced or applied unless we also look at our spiritual health. I have listed three resources in the GTA that may assist you in your Spiritual Holistic Health. Please note that I cannot endorsing any specific path, practice or organization listed here, or listed by these sites, it is up to each individual to find the spiritual health trhat is right for them from the path of their choice.
- Transformational Arts College - Teaching courses in Holistic Spirituality
- This site “Meet Up” lists a number of Spiritually and Holistic oriented services in the Toronto and GTA
- Island Druid
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