Wellness is a sustained state of well-being–feeling good–consciously experienced. It is an absence of symptoms of physical, emotional and mental disease. Wellness contributes to a state of peace and contentment.
Health, as conventionally defined, is a component of wellness. It is a necessary condition but it is not sufficient. There is more to wellness than physical health or temporary relaxation.
How can wellness which is such a desirable state, be achieved and maintained. A better understanding of wellness is required in order to outline strategies to achieve and maintain it.
Energy medicine and ancient philosophies concerning the nature of humankind are more useful than modern medicine and psychology when it comes to understanding the components of wellness. That is because of the modern trends toward endless specialization in the various fields of science, at the expense of the holistic views that prevailed at an earlier time.
Nevertheless, a number of modern men of science and medicine have embraced as well as contributed to the filed of energy medicine, amplified by findings in quantum physics. Writings from many contemporaries like Robert Becker, MD, Richard Gerber, MD, Deepak Chopra and Amit Goswami, PhD are most useful in creating a paradigm for a modern view of wellness.
The Five Element Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a cousin of Ayurvedic Medicine, is a holistic explanation of the physical as well as of the psychological inner workings of humans. Yet, one needs to go even further to more fully understand the nature of man. Without consideration for our spiritual dimension, any definition of wellness is partial and our paradigm remains incomplete. This dimension is found in the mystical interpretation of the great spiritual teaches in both Eastern and Western traditions, but because most people will not or cannot embrace this more elevated view, we need to break down the route to wellness into two major stages:
- Alignment of the mental and physical
- Alignment of spirit, mind and body
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