What is Mind-Body Wellness and how can you achieve that goal, if that is what you really want?
Basically, developing mind-body wellness requires a certain amount of knowledge and understanding combined with skills that are developed through the practice of continual awareness, mindfulness, and self-reflection.
Mind-Body Wellness requires knowledge and understanding of how to:
o Your mind affects your body o Your body affects your mind o Your brain processes and interprets information o Your senses respond to stimulation o Your body and mind function and heal
Mind-Body Wellness also requires these specific skills and practices:
or continuous self-reflection
o honest and open communication with oneself
or authentic dialogue with others
o Pay attention and respond to the comments of others
or honor the wisdom of your own body, emotions and thoughts
o willingness to learn and allow change to occur
Mind-Body Wellness involves living a highly moral life by creating a lifestyle that values and reflects the highest virtues of human nature. Mind-Body Wellness facilitates love, compassion, appreciation and acceptance of oneself and of other people, different environments and all forms of life.
The primary relationship we all have is the relationship you have with your own mind, body, and spirit. Honor, accept and heal your primary relationship with yourself and everything else is a piece of cake. If creating wellness for mind and body sounds like an unattainable goal and a huge, impossible, time-consuming task, it probably is. But just in case you get the idea that you would like to learn more about it, remember this:
Every great achievement begins with a thought, a belief, an idea, and an intention. The process requires taking steps, some baby steps and some big leaps of faith.
If you really want to create Mind-Body Wellness in your life, when do you plan to start? Start now! Reflect on the understanding and communication you currently have or do not have with your mind, body and spirit. Start now! Reflect and seek guidance, mentoring, advice or coaching from someone further along the path of wellness, someone who believes they are living a healthier and more balanced life.
This is your body. This is your Life. How do you choose to feel and live?
