...BREAKING NEWS-- TUESDAY, SEPT. 7TH, ESSENTIAL OILS & SENIORS, WORKSHOP & DISCUSSION, click SENIORS at left bottom.

NEWS #1 The HealMobile website is undergoing transformation and this is the countdown period. In about 3 weeks we will have a new site with new features and I invite you to bookmark us and check us out.

We have a new two-part logo we're excited about. Click the logo button at left to view.

NEWS #2 Shakira Abdul-Ali and I have co-authored a new $5 booklet, Remove Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Using Essential Oils. It is the seed of an idea we think will grow and benefit many people. Workshops and training are in the offing and updates are coming soon. Click the Remove Trauma button at left if this piques your interest.

NEWS #3 EMPOWERMENT UPDATE The International Black Summit annual event was "off the hook" and the new annual declaration is BE with what IS. I've been be-ing with what Is all over the place with great results, praise the Creator!!

Now back to our regular scheduled program.
The HealMobile is your vehicle for HEALING and MOBILITY. We are speaking of mind=body=spirit and emotions, and bringing together Wholeness and Holy-ness within the meaning of the term holistic, and the activity that makes for good health within meaning of the word healing.

Think of the Jazzmobile, of Alexander Calder's mobiles, of the world whirling in a vortex of healing in a new millennium of Being. All propelled by the mastery, creativity and longing of the Afri-carib-ameri-pacific spirit! (That means you!)

We're in motion, we might as well be healthy and healing! Holistic and alternative methods to healing brought to you is an idea whose time has come. Spiritual books to inspire you, energy work (Reiki) to get your juices flowing and clinical aromatherapy--using therapeutic grade essential oils to help the body-mind-spirit heal itself--these are our specialties.

We want to know what you think about this, and about holistic health availability in urban communities. Share your thoughts by taking our survey (click Survey button at left). Remember to keep scrolling down until complete.

JUST SOME FACTS The National Council of Complementary and Alternative Medicine reports that more than 42% of Americans use alternative medicine practitioners to address their emotional health and wellness concerns. Are the words--natural, alternative, complementary and holistic--completely interchangeable? The short answer is no.

"Natural" refers to being created by means in which the human being has no part. Natural childbirth means drugs are not used at the point of delivery. Natural foods means foods that are not genetically modified (purposely) and organic, a subset of natural foods, are those foods that are grown using organic methods, without pesticides.

"Alternative" simply means a different route from the convention route. Chiropractic is an alternative form of healthcare different from that provided by an internist or the family doctor.

"Complementary" means natural methods combined with conventional or allopathic approaches to care. For example, massage often complements the protocol recommended for someone recovering after leg, hip or shoulder surgery.

"Holistic" is an attitude. Sometimes spelled "wholistic" to keep the focus on the whole being, it encompasses all the previous words. Holistic is always natural, alternative, complementary and it is sometimes allopathic, for when invasive procedures or prescriptions are indicated or have been used alongside the wish to do things with least harm to the body-mind-spirit. It is sustainability for the body; being "green" for the body-mind-spirit.

Holistic health is the mindset -- always noting the emotional, mental and spiritual states and how these impact the overall health. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques are the methods.