The Principles of Holistic Therapy:

Holistic therapies work on the principle of balancing the systems of the body, mind and emotions and in so doing allow the body to achieve good health, vitality, emotional equilibrium and mental clarity. The body, mind and emotions are inherently connected and interdependent, so if therapeutic attention is given to one, then it must in turn be given to all. Holistic therapy can act as a drug free method for treating health conditions. Holistic therapy can also be a form of complementary therapy to conventional medicine and can often aid in recovery, as well as additional therapy to western medicine (you should in these cases consult your G.P. first.)

The main function of holistic therapies include, but are not limited to:

Helping the body achieve a state of homeostasis (balancing of the body so all organs work in harmony with each other)

Bodily healing which avoids the ingestion of drugs or medication.

According to the private health group B.U.P.A., roughly 270,000 people in Britain take time off every day because of stress. Nearly 60% of all absences from work are caused by stress, which is an inescapable part of modern life. Every year sickness absence, due to work related stress, costs British industry around £10 billion. Because our ancestors did not have the drugs and surgical techniques of today they had to find alternative ways of healing themselves. In today's society 75% of diseases are associated with stress and tension. Holistic therapy in its various forms can help these ailments.

In the U.S.A., side effects of prescription drugs are seen as the sixth most common cause of death and this is why more and more people are turning to complementary therapy which is a central part of a worldwide healing tradition. The holistic way is not just to work on the symptoms but to tackle the root of the problem, thereby preventing the ailment from getting worse. Furthermore, because holistic therapy is a preventative form of therapy, many people who have regular holistic treatments report that they experience fewer ailments than they would otherwise.

The different types of holistic therapies that we offer at sutoni all aid in reducing stress. The differences between the treatments can be seen when looking at the healing effects the treatments can offer in regard to different ailments. It must be remembered that the benefits can be noticeable immediately, but may take several treatments to achieve their fullest and most worthwhile effects, and that the time a treatment may take very much depends on the treatment type and how thorough a client wants the treatment to be.