What is Naturopathy?

I think this is my favourite description; Naturopathy is a holistic, patient-centred health care that identifies low vitality leads to illness and therefore; education and lifestyle modification, may stimulate a patient’s innate ability to heal leading to general wellness (Connolly 2015). Or another way to put it is using what is in nature to allow the body to self heal.

After four years of studying a Bachelor degree in Health Science I have learnt a great deal about the human body but what I have learnt most is that we will never know everything!  Our body is a fascinating organism that is increasingly adaptable in many different environments.  We put our bodies through stressors every day and even when it complains we pop a pill to silence those complaints or we muscle through ignoring it's warning signs.  But you know what happens then?  The body reaches a breaking point.  

Suppressing the body's warning signals with medication, whether they be prescription or self-prescribed (i.e alcohol or excess caffeine), is a sure way to trigger your body to complain louder.  And just like an ignored toddler your body complains louder, and louder until the tantrum leads you to need a time out in the form of a chronic illness.

Contact me today to have a chat about how naturopathy can help you achieve optimal health.