Monday, April 21, 2008

What Is Wellness?

What is Wellness?

This is what I found in Google when I searched for the meaning of “wellness”.

• The state of feeling well in the body, mind and spirit. top
miami-massage-therapy.com/massage_glossary.html

• The state of optimal well being, not simply the absence of illness, but an improved quality of life resulting from enhanced physical, mental, and spiritual health.
www.spaasia.com/resource/glossary/default.asp

• The quality or state of being in good health
www.naturalhealthandwellnesscenter.org/6.html

• health: a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

• Wellness is a line of natural food and treats for pets, and a flagship brand of the Old Mother Hubbard company. The Wellness “credo” is a “holistic approach to a healthy, nutritious diet is the foundation of well-being. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellness (pet food)

• Health is the level of functional and/or metabolic efficiency of an organism at both the micro(cellular) and macro(social) level. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellness (medicine)

• Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellness (alternative medicine)
• Wellness is the integration of mind, body and spirit. Optimal wellness allows us to achieve our goals and find meaning and purpose in our lives. ...
www.ecu.edu/cs-studentlife/crw/programs/campuswellness/about_wellness.cfm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

• Wellness is first and foremost a choice to assume responsibility for the quality of your life. Learn about real wellness from Don Ardell, PhD

• Wellness is the integration of body, mind, and spirit to produce a balanced lifestyle. Guidelines for wellness: Be positive. Break bad habits.

• What is Wellness? Iona College Counseling Center Wellness at Iona

Wellness is an active process that allows people to make positive choices in creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

It includes a positive approach to life and health that helps to maximize the individual's potential. Wellness is the understanding and integration of the relationship of mind, body and spirit into one's philosophy of living.
A personal wellness lifestyle is associated with good physical health, emotional and spiritual stability, improved personal relationships, as well as increased career satisfaction.

Wellness can be thought of as existing along a continuum from illness to wellness. Therefore, being well is more than simply being disease free. Being well suggests optimal health, aliveness, and energy as well as a profound sense of well-being. www.iona.edu/studentlife/counsel/wellness/ - 8k

1 comments:

Lenore said...

Since you quoted Don Ardell's definition of wellness, perhaps you and your readers would enjoy visiting his own blog, Wellness Perspectives on Politics, Sex and Religion at http://www.seekwellness.com/don-ardell/