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· She believes health IS not only freedom from diseaae, but alBG in- what people thlnlt, feel and . She stresses the importance of air' nutrition, exercise proper lmination or-bodily wastes, and the ~mce of an indiYldual'a spiritual, tat and emotional states. . "Nature . teaches us tllat ·ure is a circle and within the circle we have the spiritual, physic.al, em~ion- ~ being, and each must bal- ance; one with the other. "When we become out of baJ. ance, the body be&ins to experience gative changes. Thus, we look at the circle of life as holistic." Another aspect of .holistic medi- cine is responsibility. "People are esponsible for their an health. ~ou can't always leave your health up to a doctor or drup," she said . .Holistic medicine .and natural healing arejlOt new. They date back ~ or nan, Ms. u,ngboat. uifWnher o"_fLnul!.. ·sm has been paS-Vd down.:..fot..:gener.a- tions. A significant difference between natural =ealin and conventional medical is "natural healing methods deal. with the cause and not the symptoms," she said. "When we practise ~tural heM!ng. we practise revention." · Ms. Longboat noted lhat because af the "strong J>OWt,S" of ... and ts "it is Vf!lr/ iril~t to UOW what you're dolag." However, oae PfOblem ts that 'lufflcient material-on the sub· is not mlflable and much al the lul01lfledge has been passed dlwn ally from - g..-,Uon to -,th- "