Definitions

YOGA —

• The Quality of Paying Attention to what ever it is happening or being done

• The bringing together of Mind and Body into an integrated system

• The expressions of Spiritual — however defined — Energies, Actions or Awareness

• The coordination/harmonization of My Self with the Human Beings around me

• The integration of relationship between me and all aspects of my environment

Please See the Series of Articles on What IS Yoga?

Medicine —

The root of the word medicine is the Latin mederi, which means, literally, ‘to measure’, ‘to moderate’, ‘to meditate’, ‘to cure.’ Real “Medicine”, as DSL uses the term, is about developing an Inner Measure and ability to moderate one’s internal processes. So-called “modern” medicine works in direct opposition to this concept by developing an emphasis and dependency upon outer means of diagnosis and treatment, an “outer measure” controlled by an External Authority, usually requiring expensive equipment.

Wholistic —

The "proper" term, holistic, is often said by New Age theorists to be derived from the root words holy or hologram. They imply that you can look at one part of the system and see the properties or characteristics of the whole system. This is a stretch of linguistic integrity, and in some cases opposite its original meaning. So, in an effort distance myself from the more fringe New Age interpretations, I have been using the extra W — W-holistic, to reinforce that the W-holistic phenomena derives from the Whole or Big picture, and that observation of the parts often will NOT tell you the whole story.

The tendency in nature is to form wholes that are greater
than the sum of the parts through creative evolution.

. . .  Jan Smuts, 1926
Holism and Evolution

Homeopathic/Natural Medicine —

Means, literally, treatment by similars. Homeopathy is designed to trigger a patient’s natural, internal healing processes. Classical Homeopaths would help a Client  remove the “Obstacles to Cure” before or while administering the non-toxic homeopathic remedies. This included helping the patient develop proper life-style measures, dietary and nutritional practices, internal skills, and appropriate attitude. Unfortunately, many modern practitioners of Homeopathy are using it in an Allopathic fashion. They often don’t even mention removal of the Obstacles to Cure.

Allopathic (“Modern”) Medicine —

Means, literally, treatment by contraries or opposites. Rather than work with the body’s natural processes, Allopaths use means that work in opposition to internal healing processes. For example, rather than teaching a patient how to relax, the Allopathic physician prescribes muscle relaxers, drugs which are toxic to the system. Rather than teach and help a patient detoxify, they will surgically remove a debilitated body part, or introduce toxic substances designed to kill “bad” cells. It in inherently interventionist, usually intrusive, and, historically, Authoritarian by nature.