Health and illness, the nature of the bodies integrity and the understanding of relative wellness is thought of and treated differently in Eastern and Western health care practices. The philosophies, spiritual disciplines and healing arts that emerge out of the Eastern cornucopia of holism contrast with the more atomized approach of Western Medicine. I have studied, in depth, the healing traditions that have emerged out of the Yogic, Ayurvedic and Traditional Thai paradigms. Upon my induction into this world of understanding, I have discovered an incredible depth of wisdom that perceives of the physical body as a holistic organism intrinsically woven into a multi-layered system containing subtler forms of energy, emotion, psychology and spiritual force. This has been complemented by my informal education in other Oriental traditions such as QiGong, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reiki, as well as the spiritual healing practices found within Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism. In my search, I have been astonished by the profound depth of Eastern therapies, that conceive of and care for the inter-related complexities of the body, mind and soul as one. While I have a great amount of respect and reverence for the Western Medical paradigm and the tremendously beneficial advances in the technological, pharmacological, and surgical means to treating illness and disease it offers, I believe that the full understanding and treatment of any individuals ails is incomplete without looking through a complimentary Eastern lens.