J.DePalma-HW420-03-U-9The Five guiding principles of Dachers' integral Map, (166, 46, 37) which characterize integral health and distinguish it from all other current approaches to traditional health and healing.
The principles of Dachers' ‘Integral Map’ are: Holistic, evolutionary, intentional, person-centered, and dynamic.
1. Holistic: Recognizing the relationship between the parts that make up a human and these parts working together balanced, to make one balanced whole human being. The integrating and recognizing that all the parts of the humans needs, of the whole person as a complete system rather than one part or the other part of a person working separately. Considering the psychological, physical, social, emotional and spiritual parts all as one whole all working together in harmony and balance, not separate. Viewing the whole being as in holistic. All the parts considered as to its effect on the whole being. E.g. In considering heart disease in someone, what are all the aspects of ones life that caused the illness? It was not just physical, but mental, emotional and spiritual as well all aspects of each area was combined to cause the disease, not just one area caused it. It is a four-part issue, as is everything in our health. We must address all aspects of our life to heal and prevent sickness and disease and have radiant health and life.
2. Evolutionary: Human life moving thru a number of stages, a developmental process kind of like a developing embryo in a mom to a higher level of development. It is a sequence of events, advancing with increasing complexity, actively moving forward toward greater potential of personal growth in knowledge, wisdom and higher levels of capacity in mind, body, and spirit, even going beyond what we can imagine.
3. Intentional: Human growth, change and development characterized/done by conscious proactive design, knowingly, deliberately, with intention, determination, and purpose. It can relate to the capacity of the mind, (to refer to different kinds of objects, existing only as the object of some mental attitude rather than in reality). It can be planned, designed, purposed, calculated, willfully premeditated, or prearranged. Being intentional is a mental ability to choose to act, and to direct our life. The idea is not reactive, but proactive, not to let something happen but make it happen. Instead of just letting it unconsciously happen or letting someone else control it we choose to control our mental activity.
4. Person-centered: This idea focuses on the individual’s needs and uniqueness: sincere, honest, caring, and open listening by the practioner, talking with, expressing feelings, goals, desires, concerns, being understanding, sensitive to feelings, hopes, dreams, and needs. Considering all: personal style, age, disposition, life circumstance, background, capacities, level of development, approaches to life and perspectives and considering personal uniqueness as central to tailoring a unique approach to the healing process and specific needs. Person centered is the use of unconditional, positive regard, with no judgment, just acceptance for each individual’s uniqueness. There is no such thing as one size fits all in person-centered health and healing. The practitioner is considering how each aspect of the individual’s life contributes to suffering and can contribute to healing, and identify potential areas of future growth and development.
5. Dynamic: The effects of ones’ life forces on the path/motion of human life; people tending to change or to encourage change, a condition of changing in life stages, pertaining to or manifesting force in life’s circumstances, relating to energy or to objects or people in motion, tending to produce change and characterized by continuous change, activity or progress, marked by intensity and vigor. One’s life is like a note played as from a musical instrument, a sound, going out from the instrument, it changes the quietness with sound moving into the air.
Sources
Dacher, Elliott S. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications.
Farlex. (2010). The Free Dictionary.http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dynamic
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