In years past, Western civilization has long addressed issues with the mind and issues with the body, and in the 21st Century we are witnessing an increasing shift to address the ‘Mind-body-spirit’ as a whole and what it takes to do so.
Aspects of mental wellness: develop and maintain alertness, cognitive functions, exercise the mind, meditate, challenge and stimulate the mind, acquire knowledge, and express creativity.
Aspects of physical wellness: develop and maintain exercise routines to build strength, flexibility and endurance; partake of a healthy diet, express creativity, and care for the body.
Aspects of spiritual wellness: develop and maintain an inner state of connected awareness to all that is, express creativity, experience the enormity of forgiveness, appreciation, gratefulness, mindfulness, and unconditional love.
These three aspects of holistic wellness are so joined that one cannot affect an area without affecting all. In my own life, I can see beneficial effects in all areas when I meditate through a qigong practice, but not to the perfection levels as stated above. My mind becomes relaxed and clear, my body becomes energized, and I feel euphoric until I apply my attention elsewhere. That is an indication that there is more practice needed and I look forward to further developments on my journey.
2 comments:
This is a very informative post. These thee aspects are vital to holistic, intgral health. I think it is ffantastic that you practive qigong. I am thinking about signing up for tai chi. And as far as needing more practice, everyone needs more practice. Each day presents new opportunities for us to gauge where we are on the sliding scale of unintegrated to integrated.
I didn't know about qigong until I was studying energy work and saw how purposeful the movements were and how they were designed to move energy of the aura. That just fascinated me. I realize that there are several types of qigong and what I practice is called Spring Forest by Chunyi Lin and his motto is "A healer in every family and a world without pain." Thanks for stopping by Julie.
Reference
Lin. C (2011). Master Chunyi Lin. Retreived from http://www.springforestqigong.com/about_chunyi_lin.htm
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