Harmony in Health
in association with
The College of Medicine and The Harmony Project
WELCOME TO HARMONY IN HEALTH
What?
We look at health through the prism of harmony; the cyclical nature of life, interconnectedness and interdependence, diversity, the oneness of everything. Harmony in health connects natural approaches with modern ideas that are in conformity with Nature and enhance its healing aspects, aiming to restore balance in a human being.
Why?
Healthcare services are at their limit. Modern Medicine is primarily concerned with the treatment of illness - once it occurs - rather than seeking to maintain health. It does not define health other than as the absence of disease or by referencing a few markers such as body mass index, cholesterol levels or blood pressure. Yet certain traditional systems of medicine and many mind-body disciplines do understand health in terms of a balanced relationship between the different systems and functions of the organism. There is great potential in helping people to make use of the many different disciplines to cultivate and maintain their own health.
How?
We can find a new way of looking at health, and a new vocabulary of health based on the principles of harmony. A more balanced, harmonious state of health can be brought about by drawing on natural systems of medicine, mind-body practices from East and West, and an increased focus on everyday factors that promote wellbeing.
Join Us!
We want to grow a team of experts to increase awareness of harmony in health ideas and bring them into the community in a practical way.
We look at health through the prism of harmony; the cyclical nature of life, interconnectedness and interdependence, diversity, the oneness of everything. Harmony in health connects natural approaches with modern ideas that are in conformity with Nature and enhance its healing aspects, aiming to restore balance in a human being.
Why?
Healthcare services are at their limit. Modern Medicine is primarily concerned with the treatment of illness - once it occurs - rather than seeking to maintain health. It does not define health other than as the absence of disease or by referencing a few markers such as body mass index, cholesterol levels or blood pressure. Yet certain traditional systems of medicine and many mind-body disciplines do understand health in terms of a balanced relationship between the different systems and functions of the organism. There is great potential in helping people to make use of the many different disciplines to cultivate and maintain their own health.
How?
We can find a new way of looking at health, and a new vocabulary of health based on the principles of harmony. A more balanced, harmonious state of health can be brought about by drawing on natural systems of medicine, mind-body practices from East and West, and an increased focus on everyday factors that promote wellbeing.
Join Us!
We want to grow a team of experts to increase awareness of harmony in health ideas and bring them into the community in a practical way.
What is Harmony in Health?
Harmony in Health is a new initiative from the College of Medicine and Integrated Health. It explores the principles of harmony and how they can be applied in a practical way to promoting health and wellbeing, drawing on ancient wisdom and modern disciplines from East and West.
Harmony in health means:
Harmony in health means:
- Cultivating and maintaining health rather than focusing on diagnosing and trying to cure disease
- Gentle compassionate and natural interventions that nurture the whole 'environment' in a person, and enhance natural rhythms, rather than interventions that are imposed mechanically and one-dimensionally - regardless of consequences
- Promoting interaction between and balance of mind, body and spirit
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Why is Harmony in Health important?
People are no longer satisfied to just “take a tablet”. Many of us are starting to understand that health is in the mind, body and our emotions. It depends on and is influenced by our social activities or isolation, nature, our local environment, and other things such as a personal philosophy or spiritual search. One dimensional ‘hard’ medicine can often disrupt the natural balance in people and lead to further problems. We need to open this discussion further and include everyone. We all need to come together, learn, share and connect. Our harmony depends on it.
The Pythagorean principle says that health depends on the harmony of man or woman’s elemental components and that disease is caused by disturbance of this harmony.
By moving the focus towards harmony and balance in health rather than just the treatment of disease, we embrace a wider view, connect to the power of wisdom traditions and allow other disciplines to get involved in creating health and balance.
The Pythagorean principle says that health depends on the harmony of man or woman’s elemental components and that disease is caused by disturbance of this harmony.
By moving the focus towards harmony and balance in health rather than just the treatment of disease, we embrace a wider view, connect to the power of wisdom traditions and allow other disciplines to get involved in creating health and balance.
Bringing About Harmony in Health
Most traditional systems of medicine were based on the principle that disease is the result of imbalance - a lack of harmony within the organism. The aim was to restore harmony so that Nature could take its course and support healing.
Some well-known ancient systems of medicine are:
Better known practices from East and West are:
Other factors which promote harmony in health are:
Some well-known ancient systems of medicine are:
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
- The teachings of Hippocrates and Galen
- Ayurveda
- Humoral Medicine and Unani Tibb
Better known practices from East and West are:
- T'ai chi ch'uan
- Qi Gong
- Yoga
- Reiki
- Alexander Technique
- Feldenkrais
- Somatic Practices
- Dance & Movement (5 Rhythms, Authentic Movement, Sacred Dance, etc.)
Other factors which promote harmony in health are:
- Good nutrition
- Contact with Nature
- Fresh air
- Natural exercise
- Harmonious relationships
- Harmonious environment at home and at work
- Meditation
- Art and music
We intend to focus on how certain Principles of Harmony - e.g. Balance, Respecting Nature - are being and can be applied to health and wellbeing today.
We will research, collate and communicate ancient and more modem ideas around harmony in health and make these ideas accessible to more people.
We will give people experience of these ideas, help them benefit from them in their everyday lives, becoming more knowledgeable about - and taking more responsibility for - their own health and wellbeing.
Respecting the principle of Diversity, we will be inclusive of many disciplines contributing to health rather than promoting one or two.
We will research, collate and communicate ancient and more modem ideas around harmony in health and make these ideas accessible to more people.
We will give people experience of these ideas, help them benefit from them in their everyday lives, becoming more knowledgeable about - and taking more responsibility for - their own health and wellbeing.
Respecting the principle of Diversity, we will be inclusive of many disciplines contributing to health rather than promoting one or two.
Get Involved
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Our project aims to be a catalyst for interested people from all disciplines to come together and connect. Our net is open and wide. Please get in touch and help prepare material for seminars, conferences, workshops etc, so we can shape a new future for modern healthcare.
Use the form on this page to subscribe to our mailing list in order to register your interest, and to get information about recent activities and forthcoming events.
You can also email us at contact@harmonyinhealth.org 
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" "Hippocrates, the figure often recognised as the father of Western medicine, pioneered an approach based on the systematic restoration of balance to the body's equilibrium by enabling the body to benefit from its natural powers of recuperation and recovery." HRH The Prince of Wales |