Creating foundations for the Czech Wellness Institute Jana Stara, Sep 14, 2021 Shinji Mizumura is one of the first wellness persons I have met when coming to the National Wellness Conference in Stevens Point in 2013. As members of the International group we spent some good time there, meeting each other and sharing the background of our wellness realities through our presentations. The Japanese Wellness Society is one of the oldest wellness organisations globally and every year they hold an annual meeting hosted at different universities across Japan. This year was unique, because they have for the first time opened their door for international speakers. Shinji invited me to share my journey that led to foundation of the Czech Wellness institute. Below I share it with you too. Following text and video was prepared for the 18th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Wellness Society in September 2021. You can see the slides here . The Czech Republic is a country with a population of 10 million persons living in the very centre of Europe. It finds its cultural roots among Slavic and Celtic-Germanic tribes who inhabited the area in the 6th century. Among all the historical events that have passed through Central Europe since the old times until today, Czech... more >>
RWR # 823 -- Jana's letter to editor Don Jana Stara, May 2, 2021 Don Ardell asked me the other day to read one of the 52 essays in his next book. It will be published in 2021, entitled "REAL Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs, Disease and Religion", a modern update of his original book. All 52 essays have been selected and updated from his own favorite articles once featured in 900-some editions of the REAL Wellness Report, produced and distributed worldwide since 1984. Well, I agreed and picked an essay "Week 17 -- Can Wellness Be Measured? If Not, Why Not? If So, How?". Below you can read the... more >> Read more
Brožura Wellness inventura :: nyní k prodeji Jana Stara, Jan 31, 2021 Wellness inventura je jednoduchá metoda, jak se s odstupem podívat na kvalitu svého života a zdraví, jak zkontrolovat své vlastní wellness. V této tištěné podobě vám bude stačit tužka a trocha času a v klidu svého domova vám inventura pomůže odhalit, kde se skrývají silná a slabá místa vaší osobní pohody. [Ukázka v PDF ke stažení] more >> Read more
Článek z konference: Wellness, jeho počátky, teorie a současná pojetí ve Spojených státech Jana Stara, Jan 18, 2021 V českém a evropském prostředí je wellness silně spjato s lázeňskou tradicí, své počátky však má ve Spojených státech, kde vzniklo v 70. letech jako alternativa k tradičnímu přístupu k lidskému zdraví. Dnes se jedná o celosvětově rozšířené odvětví sahající od individuálního koučinku, přes firemní programy až po již zmiňované lázeňství. Znalost původních přístupů k wellness, stejně jako jejich soudobých alternativ, je nutná pro zdravý rozvoj tohoto odvětví, a to nejen v České republice. V tomto článku proto najdete fulltext příspěvku na... more >> Read more