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Spiritual Wellness

Spiritual Wellness is about having a set of guiding beliefs, principles, and values that give meaning, purpose, and direction to our lives. Spiritual wellness helps one find meaning purpose, and direction. The National Wellness Institute says spiritual wellness follows the following tenets:

  • It is better to ponder the meaning of life for ourselves and to be tolerant of the beliefs of others than to close our minds and become intolerant.
  • It is better to live each day in a way that is consistent with our values and beliefs than to do otherwise and feel untrue to ourselves.

Reaching Spiritual Wellness

It is important for everyone to explore what they believe is their own sense of meaning and purpose.

The path to spiritual wellness may involve meditation, prayer, affirmations, or specific spiritual practices that support your connection to a higher power or belief system. Yoga and meditation can also help you develop spiritual wellness.

Having compassion, the capacity for love and forgiveness, altruism, joy, and fulfillment help you enjoy your spiritual health. Your religious faith, values, beliefs, principles, and morals define your spirituality.

If you are a person engaged in the process of spiritual wellness, you are willing and able to transcend yourself in order to question the meaning and purpose in your life and the lives of others. In addition, you seek to find harmony between that which lies within and the social and physical forces that come from outside

Spiritual Wellness Topics Include:

  • Values
  • Ethics
  • Service
  • Religion
  • Encouragement / Inspiration / Motivation
  • Planning for Future
  • Cultural & Religious Holidays / Celebrations
  • Reflection!
  • Spiritual Wellness
    • Local Religious Options
    • Personal Values
    • Service
    • Finding Purpose

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