Hi, my name is Jana. I am a trainer, lecturer and facilitator with passion for adding bits of joy and satisfaction to our days. That is how John Munson re-defined wellness for me, and it became a credo of my personal and professional pursuits.

I like experimenting with wellness: finding more andless formal ways for how to put the wellness message across to people. I partly do that in my home country, which is the Czech Republic, but very often you can find me abroad, somewere in Europe or the US, spreading the wellness ideas all around at conferences, workshops, training courses or just over a cup of coffee.

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The core piece of my work is my PhD research about effective methods of lifestyle change towards healthier and happier life. Our course On my way to health, ... was taught at Masaryk university in Brno, CZ and at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, WI, USA and what do the results say? Briefly: Wellness works. 

Based on my findings, my professional training in expriential-reflective learning and my inborn joyful personality, I use nonformal teaching methods, principles of personal development and a bunch of games and smiles in my work. As Don Ardell says: "Wellness is too important to be pursued grimly."

Besides being a trainer and an academic, I am a Certified Wellness Inventory Coach and a member of the International Standing Commitee of the National Wellness Institute. Hence, my approach to wellness is originated in the American tradition and work of John Travis, MD, who first applied the term "wellness" at a holistic center aimed at increasing levels of optimal human functioning.

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Yet, my way to wellness wasn't that direct. I first encountered the ideas of wellness in Denmark in 2010, then researched it in the Czech Republic, studied the Arabic version of it in Turkey, and in period 2013-2017 kept going there and back to US for conferenceas and internships. In the mean time, I discovered the endless variation of wellness by traveling in Thailand, Canary Islands and my international collection of welness ideas goes on and on. 

You can see that my intention is fairly intercultural. Being born in the heart of Europe, my dream is to bridge the different understandings of wellness across the old continent. The challenge is to connect current scientific knowledge with the everyday practices in our different cultures, as well on the levels of family, community, society and humanity living on this planet. For this we need a more sensitive approach than just "eat less, move more".

My recent aim is to find connections between the abstract wellness ideas and our daily life through the experience of the physical body, incorporating more of nature and movement into the process. Aside of this, I"m passionate about building a network of wellness-minded practitioners under the Czech Wellness Institute.

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In my courses and in research, I use many principles of wellness developed by John Travis. If the topic is joyful and satisfying in all aspects, we could easily talk about everything and nothing. Wellness concepts set the playground on which the game of life can be played. Travis's 12 dimensions of wellness set parametres and make it easier for players (us) to address the underlying principles that make life worth living. 

My point is to bring into awareness all the possible topics we need to address if we want to live fully. 

If reading about wellness is too easy for you, applying wellness ideas in life might be the next step. That is why you can choose from various courses that can help you start living healthier, not just to think or talk about it. 

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