Health (physical as well as mental, spiritual and social health) is an intricate affair, but only because we lost contact with the natural way of things. It can be very simple and logical.

Here on our family farm in the Southern Freestate it is always easier for me to understand the simplicity and logic  of healthy living. The starting point of all paths to health is CONNECTION. We need to connect again; to the beauty of veld, birds and silence around us. Then it becomes easier to connect to ourselves and then to other beings. Then only can we hear the message our bodies give us and the body knows better than any health practitioner what it needs to be healthy. There is so much information and beauty to be found in and around us when we truly pay attention. Here, surrounded by endless stretches of almost undisturbed nature, I have a greater understanding of what Henry Miller said:

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”

Christine Smith (holistic health therapist)