WHAT IS WELLNESS?

How often do you hear this question? Wellness has become a part of our vocabulary, a part of our lives, but still when somebody asks: “What is wellness?” we struggle to find the answer.

There have been various attempts to define wellness. NWI says wellness is “an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence”. For Don Ardell “wellness is first and foremost a choice to assume responsibility for the quality of your life.” And John Travis in his Wellness Workbook has six definitions of wellness:

• Wellness is a choice—a decision you make to move toward optimal health.
• Wellness is a way of life—a lifestyle you design to achieve your highest potential for wellbeing.
• Wellness is a process—a developing awareness that there is no endpoint, but that health and happiness are possible in each moment, here and now.
• Wellness is a balanced channeling of energy—energy received from the environment, transformed within you, and returned to affect the world around you.
• Wellness is the integration of body, mind, emotions, and spirit—the appreciation that everything you do, and think, and feel, and believe, has an impact on your state of health and the health of the world.
• Wellness is the loving acceptance of yourself.

 

Wellcome follows 12 dimensions of wellness

Wellcome, in our courses and lives, follows the 12 dimensions of wellness from John Travis. Many definitions of wellness and even more theories of healthy life are to be tried out before one chooses the right one for herself. We have done this job for you and so far the concept described in John Travis´s Wellness Workbook remains at the heart of our philosophy and approach.

Unlike many other concepts, 12 dimensions of wellness are ready to be used here and now and they are asvalid as today as tomorrow. The below mentioned topics can be discussed with youngsters as with students, managers or seniors. We all breathe, move, have close relationships and need some purpose in life (and much more). 

 

Assess your wellness

Do you want to quickly assess yourself in all 12 dimensions of wellness? Using the online Wellness Inventory questionnaire will help track your progress towards a more healthy quality life. See how the online Wellness inventory works.

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Understand your wellness

A better understanding of the whole wellness approach is the core idea of our courses. These can be one-hour lectures, one-day workshops, or 13-weeks-long course. In these, you will learn how interconnected all the wellness dimensions are and how you can use these concepts in your daily life. A wellness lifestyle is a set of small healthy steps. You can take your first steps with support of like-minded group.

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Wellness is a lifelong journey

Wellness is a never-ending journey toward a higher quality. Every day you can learn something new about the quality of your steps or get some inspiration for everyday life. 

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