Alternative Health Care in Asheville and WNC
Overview, What is Alternative Health Care
Holistic health, also referred to as holistic medicine, alternative medicine and integrative medicine, is a comprehensive approach to well-being that considers the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of life as closely interconnected and balanced. The practice of holistic health integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal health. Holistic health is defined as the unlimited and unimpeded free flow of life force energy through body, mind, and spirit. Holistic health practitioners seek to discover and treat the underlying causes of disease rather than treating symptoms alone. The holistic approach considers prevention much more practical than treatment and certainly more cost-effective. Also, the most effective approach, evokes the patient's own innate healing capabilities. Illness is viewed as a manifestation of an imbalance within the whole person, not as an isolated event.
Practitioners of the holistic health philosophy typically seek or use a wide variety of alternative practices, the most common of which include acupuncture, aromatherapy, ayurveda, bodywork/massage, breath work, chakra cleansing, Chinese medicine, chiropractic, naturopathy, yoga, cannabis cultivation, homeopathy, macrobiotics, meditation, tai chi chuan, and Chi Kung.
Alternative Health Care Guides
Asheville Massage
Check out our Asheville Massage guide for an overview of massage modalities available in the Asheville area.
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Asheville Yoga
To explore the yoga classes and studios available in the Asheville area, visit our Asheville Yoga guide.
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Alternative Health Care Resources
ByRegion Network - North American Regional Healers Directory
ByRegion Network is an Asheville based Music, Art, and Healers community directory that lists individuals and businesses organized by geographic region for the entire United States and beyond. Because the ByRegion Network is operated out of Asheville, they have an impressive selection of local healers in many different categories.
Body Mind Spirit Directory - Asheville NC
The Body Mind Spirit Directory is a single page directory for Asheville with a wide range of categories. Overall, this site has fairly poor representation within each category and many out of date listings. Despite its shortcomings, this directory offers a good representation of the different modalities of alternative health available in the Asheville area.
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New Frontier – Asheville Magazine – Directory
This directory is part of online Asheville Magazine operated by Virato, host of Virato Live on The Revolution, 880 AM, Asheville’s progressive talk radio station. The directory is somewhat out of date, but has a lot to offer for certain modalities.
