modus vivendi... a way of living

The Center for Holistic Medicine is pleased to announce an exciting new health enhancement program. This program takes its name from the Latin for “a way of living”. This is important for two reasons. First, it is named in Latin to remind the public that the West does in fact have a holistic medical system. Naturopathy is our culture’s “ayurveda” or Traditional Chinese Medicine. Second, it is a way of living, not [read with a big booming voice!] The Way of Living.

The goal of this program is to help each participant discover and implement their own individual way to live in an optimally healthy manner and decrease the risk of developing chronic disease, bridging the gap between what they "know" and what they do. 

The modus vivendi program will be co-led by Dr. Rick Gloor and myself.  Dr. Gloor is a board certified Osteopathic family practice physician with over 20 years of clinical experience. He has always believed that if our country’s health status is going to improve, it has to begin with each individual making a proactive health improvement commitment.  His frustration has been that the pace of mainstream practice didn't allow him to teach the lifestyle changes that he knew his patients needed.  This program is the one he always wished his patients had access to. 

Where most programs focus on telling you what to eat and how to exercise, modus vivendi will focus on helping you develop the ability to create a process of consistent lifestyle improvement and to discover your capacity to persistently follow-through with your intention. Along the way you will learn the basics of diet, exercise, and stress management.   

We are each responsible for our own healing.  I heal me and in so doing, I become a more effective guide to take another through their own process.  modus vivendi is my process, taken from the very many guides I’ve encountered and sought out in my personal and professional healing journey.  Many thanks to my teachers, my clients and patients and a huge thank you to the students at SWIHA... especially those who have taken the Exercise and Wellness class or the Herbal BioSciences/BioArts class, which contained the foundations of the modus vivendi course! 

If you are interested in finding out more, call us, email us or come to the Center.  Beginning on Tuesday October 19, and repeating each Tues night through November 16, informational question and answer sessions will be held to outline the details of the modus vivendi program. These sessions will run from 7-8pm and will be held upstairs in the Conference Room of the Bledsoe Building at 775 Haywood Road.  The cost of each informational session is $5.

The actual program will begin the second week of January, just in time for those Resolutions!  It will run for 12 weeks, with meetings once a week for the first 6 weeks and then going to every other week for the second 6 weeks.  You'll have a support network that you'll be in touch with daily for the entire course.  Pre- and post-program bloodwork, blood pressure, height and weight, waist circumference and skinfolds for body fat will be collected and gone over in a one-on-one setting.