Wellness: What Is It?
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The term ‘wellness’ is quite popular today – but what is wellness? |
Wellness is that state in which you are relatively invincible, nothing can ruin your day, you feel alive, vital and confident, and experience a high state of wellbeing. |
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There is much confusion around the use of the term. Its meaning is elusive, both in our language, and in our culture. What does it mean to you? We read about it and see the term used everywhere – it’s become a buzzword and is used liberally in marketing and the media. With ‘wellness’ posted over the pharmacy and urging us into early treatment of diseases in the ‘wellness centres’ of our hospitals, “wellness” has been hi-jacked by current trends in our culture. The power and strength of the message has been diluted. Still, beneath all the ill-defined confusion and inconsistency, wellness stands strong-as ever. It is a revolutionary concept in defining and understanding health, disease, and the body.
Wellness is the key to a better future for yourself, your family, your community and the planet.
The Focus of Wellness
Wellness(-illness) shifts the focus to the context in which the content (the 'problem', i.e. the symptom, sickness or disease) is arising. As a result, wellness is available in health and/or disease and establishes the cellular and physiological environment (context) for our future body.
The Power of Wellness
While the concept of wellness/illness gives us insight and access to a more empowered view of health and disease, how can we really implement this in our lives?
