Holistic Anatomy: An Integrative Guide to the Human Body

A great introduction to anatomy.

Such a beautifully woven book. Who knew a dense topic like human anatomy could be so light and enjoyable. I read textbooks on this material in college and it was so hard to stay engaged. Here, in this book, you learn all that knowledge in a very accessible and captivating way. And most importantly, in a fresh lens of holistic health, relating to the spirit and the whole of existence, human and beyond.

I studied physiology and cellular biology and am now using this book as a refresher for an herbalism course. It is an easy read, yet full of good information and thought provoking. Glad I purchased this book!

1. Waller seems to approve of the theories of Ryke Geerd Hamer ([...]). Bad enough that she writes repeatedly about ‘Dirk Hamer’ (which was Hamer’s son). She doesn’t seem to know that Ryke Geers Hamer calls his ‘medicine’ ‘New German Medicine’ and his theories have a decidedly neo-nazi flavor (cf. ‘Jewish Conspiracy Theory’ in the Wikipedia article on him.) 2. After having read her comments on Hamer, I looked up what she writes on ‘skin’ (because I have to pass a test on ‘skin’ soon, and I read a lot on the topic). Waller writes: ‘It is now understood that regular exposure to the sun is not the risk it was once thought to be; it might be worse to have only intermittent exposure. Sunscreen and sunblock use have increased enourmously, but so has incidence of skin cancer. In fact, skin cancer rates have increased the most in places that people use the most sun creams, leading to speculation that something in the creams themselves may be carcinogenic.’ if ‘something in the creams I don’t know if ‘regular exposure to the sun’ is ‘not the risk it was once thought to be’ and I don’t know if ‘something in the creams themselves may be carcinogenic’. But what I do know: Her argumentation is an example of ‘post hoc, non ergo propter hoc’. People in Iceland use comparatively little sunblock and they have lesser skin cancer than Australians, but that doesn’t mean that sunblocking creams cause cancer. Please don’t read this book if your knowledge on anatomy affects other people’s lives (that is: if you work in the healing profession -‘holistic’ or not!

Lovely book interesting and well written simple explanation method so information sinks in