What is Holistic Occupational Stress Therapy (HOST)?
HOST is the deployment of Holistic Therapies to treat Occupational Stress. Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Acupuncture, and Therapeutic Massage are some of the modalities classified under Holistic Therapies. Holistic Therapies provide a preventative, non-invasive, non-chemical, uplifting alternative method of treating stress and other ailments continuously in an occupational setting. A person under severe stress will carry the burden of that stress into all aspects of their lives. It impacts negatively on their personal situation as well as on their work and relationships and ultimately on their health. It is not something that can be left at home. In the workplace people are placed under considerable amounts of stress. Stress has been directly related to the cause of illness, which leads to absenteeism.