Elisabeth Hines is a Holistic Wellness Practitioner. Her well-being journey has taken her through multiple health challenges to the other side where she enjoys improved health and energy. Learn how to improve your health from knowledge she gained on her journey through spiralling depression, multiple food allergies, environmental illness, chemical sensitivities, stress sensitization, post traumatic stress and spasmodic dysphonia. She is currently practicing in Almonte, Ontario and regularly sees clients in south western and central Ontario. Elisabeth conducts workshops and retreats, teaching participants how to combine self-help therapies and tools, mind/body healing using the body’s amazing abilities, faith and prayer for optimum well-being.
Elisabeth's strategies for 'a healthier you' can be found throughout her HEATH BY DESIGN website and blog at www.mybodycanhealitself.ca and mybodycanhealitself.ca/wordpress/
Enjoy health strategies for 'a healthier you' on my HEALTH BY DESIGN BLOG at mybodycanhealitself.ca/wordpress/.
“Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work.
The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.”
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, Greek Physician (460BC-377BC)
A properly functioning body, in a state of homeostasis (balance) on all levels, is considered a healthy body. From the time you were conceived you were exposed to or affected by elements (including stressors) capable of harming you and interfering with the natural processes and needs of your body on all levels – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The processes and the communication required to maintain normal function are necessary to maintain balance, prevent illness and to feel well. Whether the cause of the interference is unhealthy diet, nutrient deficiencies, lack of proper rest, chronic stress, injury, microbes, environmental factors, inadequate nurture or psychological trauma; it can lead to damage or compromised cell, organ and system function leading to imbalance on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level. In extreme cases your body's normal defaults are altered (e.g. hormone profile, enzyme profile, blood profile) and your body accepts the new defaults as normal. Life balance is often the root of all well-being issues.
To promote and maintain whole person well-being you must understand all factors with the potential to impact your health. Issues involving one part of your being can directly or indirectly influence the others. The Health by Design holistic health approach addresses all aspects of well-being. This multi-faceted strategy eliminates body/mind pollution and rejuvenates the body/mind to restore balance and health.
The first source for a cure for what ails you is often the medicine or supplement cabinet. These strategies are necessary therapeutically at times. The body has many amazing abilities and an internal pharmacy, both of which are often misunderstood and under used. Hippocrates, the father of medicine refers to them as 'the doctor within'. Your body can and should be expected to provide the natural cures for many of your symptoms and health challenges without resorting to the contents of your medicine cabinet as a first stop.