Waller - Deeply Holistic

At a time when busy people are all looking for quick solutions such as magic tablets and surgical procedures, and when environmental factors such as peak pollution are ever more present, there is an increasing sense that the medical system is broken and elements of its philosophy could be flawed. It is therefore both timely and refreshing that Pip Waller shares the enlightened theory of self-care as a starting point in the context of holistic medicine. I am pleased to share this information with the health community at large, and the interested patient, as something worthy of their attention.

Adriaan Brits, editor, Healthynewage.com

In your hands is a book of super practical life wisdom written with down-to-earth mastery. Pip is a real deal healer, a vividly expert communicator, and a compelling guide to the practices of refined and relevant holistic self-care. She has lived and earned every tip, trick, and method that she lays out here, and her intimacy with the symphonic workings of the human body charges every paragraph with urgent inspiration to take proper care of yourself. Ignore this book at your peril.

Leila Sadeghee, healer, yoga teacher, and therapeutic bodyworker

Pips new book, Deeply Holistic, is inspirational. Self-help is indeed the foundation stone of health. In this book you will find so many great ideas and approaches that will put you in touch with all aspects of your physicality.

Carrie Jost, head of the School of Creative Kinesiology

A deep and gracious dive into body-mind-spirit healing. Read, implement, and transform yourself back to whole.

Paula Youmell, RN, and author of Hands on Health and coauthor of Weaving Healing Wisdom

Deeply Holistic is a highly engaging and well-written book on how we as human beings function. I especially like how Pip has interwoven the self-care element, which is clearly laid out and easily accessible. I shall certainly be dipping into this book with my massage and anatomy and physiology students and clients. I would highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in human health and happiness

Celine Samson, founder of Tonic Mind Body

Deeply Holistic is a map to optimal health and well-being where you are the explorer. It is filled with fabulous recipes and fun exercises that nourish the body, mind, and spirit.

Lucy Harmer, Celtic Shamanic High Priestess and author of Discover Your Spirit Animal: The Wisdom of the Shamans and Shamanic Astrology: Understanding Your Spirit Animal Sign

What a feat! [Waller] writes such a warm, comprehensive, and contemporary guide to living healthily in the widest sense, embracing a wonderfully insightful and compassionate view of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual selves.

Anne McIntyre, fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and author of The Ayurveda Bible

This is a much-needed manual for holistic living! It is one of the few books Ive read that is genuinely holistic and very balanced in its orientationdrawing from both scientific understanding and traditional wisdom while free of the many fads that are popular in the health literature these days. I will definitely be recommending Deeply Holistic to my clients and students.

Michael Vertolli, director of the Living Earth School of Herbalism

Reading Deeply Holistic is an awe-inspiring, spiritual experience. Waller not only inspires the genuine desire to tend, heal, and care for the selfwhat a beautiful giftbut also provides the necessary tools to take vibrant health into your own hands.

Savannah Clayton, holistic health coach at Nourish Shakti

Copyright 2018 by Pip Waller. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the written permission of the publisher. For information contact North Atlantic Books.

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North Atlantic Books

Berkeley, California

Cover design by Jasmine Hromjak

Book design by Happenstance Type-O-Rama

Printed in the United States of America

Deeply Holistic: A Guide to Intuitive Self-Care is sponsored and published by the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences (dba North Atlantic Books), an educational nonprofit based in Berkeley, California, that collaborates with partners to develop cross-cultural perspectives, nurture holistic views of art, science, the humanities, and healing, and seed personal and global transformation by publishing work on the relationship of body, spirit, and nature.

MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: The following information is intended for general information purposes only. Individuals should always see their health care provider before administering any suggestions made in this book. Any application of the material set forth in the following pages is at the readers discretion and is his or her sole responsibility.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Waller, Pip, author.Title: Deeply holistic : a guide to intuitive self-care, know your body, live consciously, and nurture your spirit / Pip Waller.Description: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2018]Identifiers: LCCN 2017019418 (print) | LCCN 2017022770 (ebook) | ISBN 9781623171803 | ISBN 9781623171797 (paperback)Subjects: LCSH: Holistic medicinePopular works. | Self-care, HealthPopular works. | Mind and body--Popular works. | BISAC: MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing.Classification: LCC R733 (ebook) | LCC R733 .W354 2017 (print) | DDC 613--dc23LC record available at HYPERLINK https://lccn.loc.gov/2017019418 \t _blank https://lccn.loc.gov/2017019418

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For everyone reaching for wholeness in themselves and in our world

I would like to thank all those who made this book possible:

The One who moves everything into existence, for the inspiration and the vision; this beautiful earth and all its beings, especially plants, for my life, and for all the experiences that have taught me what I know; all those whose ideas and discoveries and learnings and teachings underlie the material in these pages; and Ebonie, Tim, and all those at NAB involved in the creation of this book.

I am deeply grateful to my teachers, clients, and students over many years, from whom I have learned so much; to my parents, for starting me off on this journey into natural medicine when I was young; to my dear and esteemed friend and colleague Lucy Wells, for your invaluable help and a lot of great laughs; and to my beloved co-counsellor, Jenny Spinner, who has helped me be able to believe in both myself, and in basic human goodness.

Holistic self-care is like gardening your life, to make an abundance of color and harvest from a compost heap. It brings an increasing awareness of the interconnectedness of everything, including the needs of body, mind, and spirit. We become more centered, able to feel and choose what is beneficial and avoid less wholesome directions.

This book maps out a variety of paths, helping you to find your own path. It is not intended as a finger-wagging prescription that you must do to be healthy. Health and well-being, being fully alive, does not mean the same thing for everyone. Each of us has particular challenges: a chronic illness, a congenital disease, a handicap of some kind, or permanent damage from an old injury or sickness. But in our own range and definition, we can be more or less well. Without self-acceptance there is no well-being, so always start with that.