Sanjivani Wellness's purpose
Preserving the health of healthy and eliminating suffering of the sick
What is Health ?
Health is perfect balance between body, mind, spirit (soul) and the environment.
Our range of products focus on achieving that balance.
Our range of products help to proper maintenance of metabolic equilibrium of the human psychosomatic material and the restoration of the same to the normal when disturbed.
Our range of products focus on achieving that balance.
Our range of products help to proper maintenance of metabolic equilibrium of the human psychosomatic material and the restoration of the same to the normal when disturbed.
What is Wellness?
Wellness is an interactive process of becoming aware of and practicing healthy choices to create a more successful and balanced lifestyle.
In working to become more well it is important for each individual to consider and enjoy the process. Everyone is in a different place and those differences should be celebrated and encouraged to support growth and awareness within a holistic environment.
Elements of Wellness:The wellness model contain 7-element of wellness including emotional, environmental, intellectual,occupational, physical, social, and spiritual dimensions. This wellness model has been an internationally accepted model for over 10 years.
In working to become more well it is important for each individual to consider and enjoy the process. Everyone is in a different place and those differences should be celebrated and encouraged to support growth and awareness within a holistic environment.
Elements of Wellness:The wellness model contain 7-element of wellness including emotional, environmental, intellectual,occupational, physical, social, and spiritual dimensions. This wellness model has been an internationally accepted model for over 10 years.
Physical Wellness
Definition:
Maintenance of a healthy body through good nutrition, regular exercise, and avoidance of harmful habits.
- Freedom from illness, disease and need for medications
- Ability to function and regularly participate safely in a variety of activities
- Maintaining a balanced natural diet and regular sleeping habits
Physical Wellness is the ability to apply your knowledge, motivation, commitment, behavior, self management, attitude and skills toward achieving your personal fitness and health goals. A wise person once said, "Those who think they have no time for exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness." Physical Wellness can be maintained by applying the knowledge and skills of sound nutrition, exercise and safety to everyday life.
Tips for Personal Fitness
• Exercise three time a week, 20-30 minutes per session
• Use the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator, and walk whenever possible.
• Get consistent and adequate sleep.
• Use seat belts and helmets, and encourage others to do so.
• Learn to recognize early signs of illness.
• Listen to your body.
• Practice safe sex.
• Eat breakfast - it's the most important meal of the day.
• Eat a variety of healthy foods.
• Protect yourself against second-hand smoke.
• Control your meal portions and try to eat smaller, more frequent meal throughout the day.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Physical Wellness?
Do I know important health numbers, like my cholesterol, weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels?
- Do I get annual physical exams?
- Do I avoid using tobacco products?
- Do I get sufficient amount of sleep?
- Do I have an established exercise routine?
Emotional Wellness
Definition:
The awareness and acceptance of feelings and emotions.
Emotional Wellness is striving to meet emotional needs constructively. It is maintaining good mental health, a positive attitude, high self-esteem, and a strong self-image. It is the ability to respond resiliently to emotional states and the flow of life every day. It is dealing with a variety of situations realistically and learning more about yourself and how things you do affect your feelings. It is taking responsibility for your own behaviour and responding to challenges as opportunities.
Tips for Emotional Wellness
• Practice optimism
Spend time with friends and family discussing important personal concerns
Be Supportive of each other
Participate in self-esteem workshops or support groups
Read a self-help book that is of interest to you
Learn time management skills and other stress management techniques
Participate in World Wellness Forum Smile at least 20 times each day
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Emotional Wellness?
Evaluate your own emotional wellness with this brief quiz.
The awareness and acceptance of feelings and emotions.
- Being aware and accepting of one’s feelings.
- Ability to, and having outlets for expressing one’s emotions constructively.
- Being able to adjust to change and seek positive outcomes.
- Being happy and positive
Emotional Wellness is striving to meet emotional needs constructively. It is maintaining good mental health, a positive attitude, high self-esteem, and a strong self-image. It is the ability to respond resiliently to emotional states and the flow of life every day. It is dealing with a variety of situations realistically and learning more about yourself and how things you do affect your feelings. It is taking responsibility for your own behaviour and responding to challenges as opportunities.
Tips for Emotional Wellness
• Practice optimism
Spend time with friends and family discussing important personal concerns
Be Supportive of each other
Participate in self-esteem workshops or support groups
Read a self-help book that is of interest to you
Learn time management skills and other stress management techniques
Participate in World Wellness Forum Smile at least 20 times each day
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Emotional Wellness?
Evaluate your own emotional wellness with this brief quiz.
- Am I able to maintain a balance of work, family, friends, and other obligations?
- Do I have ways to reduce stress in my life?
- Am I able to make decisions with a minimum of stress and worry?
- Am I able to set priorities?
Spiritual Wellness
Definition:
Meaning and purpose of human existence.
Spiritual Wellness is the process of getting in touch with your spiritual core. It is a dedication that is unique for each individual. This process can vary from attending church to practicing meditation, or both. It is the process of looking within to become more in touch with the spiritual dimensions of your life.
Steps to Encourage Spiritual Wellness
Explore your spiritual core—Ask yourself the big questions: Who am I? Why did I come here? Why do humans/the world exist? Why is there evil? What happens after death?
Be quiet-Spend time alone and meditate regularly. Meditation is the process of being fully here, with all concentration focused on the now. By living in the present and letting go of the past and not worrying about the future, we can achieve the inner peace that we strive for while practicing meditation. There are many forms of meditation; find out which one is right for you.
Be inquisitive and curious—An attitude of active searching increases your options and your potential for spiritual centering. Don't shut doors before you check out what's behind them.
Be receptive to grief and pain—Pain is a deepener. Allow yourself to feel the pain fully, then ask what it's trying to teach you.
Be and Do—Spirituality is about more than reading; it's about "doing" and being fully in the present moment in everything you do.
Witness the choices you make in each moment—Bring them into consciousness; ask yourself what the consequences of a choice are and if the choice will bring fulfillment and happiness. Listen with the heart and be guided by messages of comfort and discomfort. If there is comfort, go for it! If there is discomfort, pause and reevaluate.
Practice acceptance—See that life right now is as it "should be." Do not struggle against the universe by struggling against the moment. Take responsibility for your life without blaming anyone, including yourself. See what the situation can teach you and how you can share this teaching with others.
Practice detachment—Allow yourself and those around you the freedom to be who they are. Recognize uncertainty as an essential aspect of life. See that solutions come out of problems, confusion, and chaos, and that uncertainty is the path to freedom.
Be playful—Spirituality is in music, art, dance, laughter, singing, and all of life.
Look for deeper meanings—If you notice that certain themes keep coming up over and over in your life, rather than feeling like you have no control over the situation, ask for the deeper meaning of the pattern to come to you. See the gift in your greatest troubles/problems challenges. The Chinese word for catastrophe is the same as their word for opportunity.
Take "seven breath" breaks—Stop periodically throughout the day, close your eyes, and take seven deep, slow belly breaths (breathe in to the count of seven, breathe out to the count of seven, seven times). Then, open your eyes and see your new world.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Spiritual Wellness?
Evaluate your own spiritual wellness with this brief quiz.
Spiritual Wellness Inventory
For many, when the term "spiritual wellness" is used, one may automatically associate to church, religion, or God. Although these terms may be applicable to some, spiritual wellness encompasses much more. Spiritual wellness is defined as the meaning of human existence- which can only be identified on an individual level. Keep in mind, you cannot have spiritual wellness without the other elements of wellness- it is a package deal!
The Spiritual Wellness Inventory¹ below can be used to thoughtfully reflect upon your spiritual wellness.
Meaning and purpose of human existence.
- Seeking opportunities for self enlightenment and liberation
- Progression toward a stronger sense of purpose, personal values and meaning of life
- A state of harmony with self and the rest of the world/universe
Spiritual Wellness is the process of getting in touch with your spiritual core. It is a dedication that is unique for each individual. This process can vary from attending church to practicing meditation, or both. It is the process of looking within to become more in touch with the spiritual dimensions of your life.
Steps to Encourage Spiritual Wellness
Explore your spiritual core—Ask yourself the big questions: Who am I? Why did I come here? Why do humans/the world exist? Why is there evil? What happens after death?
Be quiet-Spend time alone and meditate regularly. Meditation is the process of being fully here, with all concentration focused on the now. By living in the present and letting go of the past and not worrying about the future, we can achieve the inner peace that we strive for while practicing meditation. There are many forms of meditation; find out which one is right for you.
Be inquisitive and curious—An attitude of active searching increases your options and your potential for spiritual centering. Don't shut doors before you check out what's behind them.
Be receptive to grief and pain—Pain is a deepener. Allow yourself to feel the pain fully, then ask what it's trying to teach you.
Be and Do—Spirituality is about more than reading; it's about "doing" and being fully in the present moment in everything you do.
Witness the choices you make in each moment—Bring them into consciousness; ask yourself what the consequences of a choice are and if the choice will bring fulfillment and happiness. Listen with the heart and be guided by messages of comfort and discomfort. If there is comfort, go for it! If there is discomfort, pause and reevaluate.
Practice acceptance—See that life right now is as it "should be." Do not struggle against the universe by struggling against the moment. Take responsibility for your life without blaming anyone, including yourself. See what the situation can teach you and how you can share this teaching with others.
Practice detachment—Allow yourself and those around you the freedom to be who they are. Recognize uncertainty as an essential aspect of life. See that solutions come out of problems, confusion, and chaos, and that uncertainty is the path to freedom.
Be playful—Spirituality is in music, art, dance, laughter, singing, and all of life.
Look for deeper meanings—If you notice that certain themes keep coming up over and over in your life, rather than feeling like you have no control over the situation, ask for the deeper meaning of the pattern to come to you. See the gift in your greatest troubles/problems challenges. The Chinese word for catastrophe is the same as their word for opportunity.
Take "seven breath" breaks—Stop periodically throughout the day, close your eyes, and take seven deep, slow belly breaths (breathe in to the count of seven, breathe out to the count of seven, seven times). Then, open your eyes and see your new world.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Spiritual Wellness?
Evaluate your own spiritual wellness with this brief quiz.
- Do I make time for relaxation in my day?
- Do I make time for meditation and/or prayer?
- Do my values guide my decisions and actions?
- Am I accepting of the views of others?
Spiritual Wellness Inventory
For many, when the term "spiritual wellness" is used, one may automatically associate to church, religion, or God. Although these terms may be applicable to some, spiritual wellness encompasses much more. Spiritual wellness is defined as the meaning of human existence- which can only be identified on an individual level. Keep in mind, you cannot have spiritual wellness without the other elements of wellness- it is a package deal!
The Spiritual Wellness Inventory¹ below can be used to thoughtfully reflect upon your spiritual wellness.
- I am willing to forgive myself and others.
- I have a sense of belonging, meaning and purpose in my life.
- I have a belief system (e.g., spiritual, atheist, religious).
- I participate in regular spiritual activities with people who share my beliefs, and I am open to hearing about other's beliefs.
- I accept my limitations without embarrassment or apology.
- I keep the purpose of my life clearly in mind and let it guide my decision-making.
- I freely give to others.
- I am comfortable about knowing things without knowing precisely how I know them (intuition).
- I allow others the freedom to believe what they want without pressuring them to accept my beliefs.
- I look for and work toward balance.
- I continually explore personal beliefs, values and priorities.
- Principles, ethics and morals provide guides for my life.
Occupational Wellness
Definition:
Ability to enjoy a chosen career and/or contribute to society through volunteer activities.
Occupational Wellness plays a vital role in our life. It helps to maintain a balance between personal and social goals. In the modern world Occupational wellness is very much communicated with many other areas of wellness and it impacts our emotional and physical wellness too.
Steps to Improve Occupational Wellness :
1. Set Financial Goals.
2. Review your current Financial situation.
3. Set short Term Financial Goals.
4. Set long Term Financial Goals.
5. Plan your income & plan in investments.
6. Work with a budget.
7. Plan the taxes you pay.
8. Pay yourself first.
9. Avoid using credit cards. Don't spend money when you don't have.
10. Live within your means.
11. Save minimum 10% of your Income for your future.
12. Contribute to charity at least 10% every month.
13. Educate yourself financially.
14. Review periodically.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Occupational Wellness? Ask yourself the following questions:
Ability to enjoy a chosen career and/or contribute to society through volunteer activities.
- Seeking and integrating opportunities to grow professionally, be challenged and successful
- Garnering satisfaction and enrichment from one’s chosen career and the professional relationships developed
- Capability to contribute positively, productively and safely to the collective whole
Occupational Wellness plays a vital role in our life. It helps to maintain a balance between personal and social goals. In the modern world Occupational wellness is very much communicated with many other areas of wellness and it impacts our emotional and physical wellness too.
Steps to Improve Occupational Wellness :
1. Set Financial Goals.
2. Review your current Financial situation.
3. Set short Term Financial Goals.
4. Set long Term Financial Goals.
5. Plan your income & plan in investments.
6. Work with a budget.
7. Plan the taxes you pay.
8. Pay yourself first.
9. Avoid using credit cards. Don't spend money when you don't have.
10. Live within your means.
11. Save minimum 10% of your Income for your future.
12. Contribute to charity at least 10% every month.
13. Educate yourself financially.
14. Review periodically.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Occupational Wellness? Ask yourself the following questions:
- Do I enjoy going to work most days?
- Do I have a manageable workload at work?
- Do I feel that I can talk to my boss and co-workers with problems arise?
Social Wellness
Definition:
Ability to perform social roles effectively, comfortably, and without harming others.
Social Wellness includes having positive interactions with and enjoying being with others. It is having comfort and ease during work and leisure situations and communicating feelings and needs to others.
It involves developing and building close friendships and intimacy; practicing empathy and effective listening; caring for others and for the common good, and allowing others to care for you. It is recognizing the need for leisure and recreation and budgeting time for those activities.
Social Wellness Facts and tips
• Socially isolated people are more susceptible to illness and have a death rate 2-3 times higher than those who are not socially isolated.
• People who maintain their social network and support systems do better under stress
• Touching, stroking, and hugging can improve health
• Laughter is really a good medicine
• Cholesterol levels go up when human companionship is lacking
• Warm, close friendships cause higher levels of immunoglobulin (an antibody that helps keep away respiratory infections and cavities)
• A strong social Network can create a good mood and enhance self-esteem.
So how can I improve my social wellness?
• Practice self-disclosure
• Get to know your personal needs and pursue things and people who nurture those needs.
• Contact and make a specific effort to talk to the people who are supportive in your life.
• Participate in World Wellness Forum.
• Join a club or Organization that interests you.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Social Wellness?
Ability to perform social roles effectively, comfortably, and without harming others.
- Forming and contributing to positive relationships of mutual respect
- Comfortably and effectively performing a variety of social/group roles
- Seeking and fulfilling leadership roles that contribute positively to your community
Social Wellness includes having positive interactions with and enjoying being with others. It is having comfort and ease during work and leisure situations and communicating feelings and needs to others.
It involves developing and building close friendships and intimacy; practicing empathy and effective listening; caring for others and for the common good, and allowing others to care for you. It is recognizing the need for leisure and recreation and budgeting time for those activities.
Social Wellness Facts and tips
• Socially isolated people are more susceptible to illness and have a death rate 2-3 times higher than those who are not socially isolated.
• People who maintain their social network and support systems do better under stress
• Touching, stroking, and hugging can improve health
• Laughter is really a good medicine
• Cholesterol levels go up when human companionship is lacking
• Warm, close friendships cause higher levels of immunoglobulin (an antibody that helps keep away respiratory infections and cavities)
• A strong social Network can create a good mood and enhance self-esteem.
So how can I improve my social wellness?
• Practice self-disclosure
• Get to know your personal needs and pursue things and people who nurture those needs.
• Contact and make a specific effort to talk to the people who are supportive in your life.
• Participate in World Wellness Forum.
• Join a club or Organization that interests you.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Social Wellness?
- Do I plan time to be with my family and friends?
- Do I enjoy the time I spend with others?
- Are my relationships with others positive and rewarding?
- Do I explore diversity by interacting with people of other cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs?
Cultural Wellness
Cultural Wellness is being aware of one's own cultural background, as well as the diversity and richness present in other cultural backgrounds. It involves interacting well with people of both genders, different backgrounds, lifestyles, abilities, ethnicity's and ages.
Steps to Encourage Cultural Wellness
• Keep an open mind and try to eliminate assumptions. Not everyone in a given culture is the same.
• Treat people, as you would like to be treated
• Become familiar with your own ethnic background. Ask your grandparents or other family members about your family history.
• Move from dualistic thinking to a multi-cultural way of thinking
• Talk with others about their traditions and cultures.
• Develop alliances with people of different cultures to collaborate on mutual goals.
Steps to Encourage Cultural Wellness
• Keep an open mind and try to eliminate assumptions. Not everyone in a given culture is the same.
• Treat people, as you would like to be treated
• Become familiar with your own ethnic background. Ask your grandparents or other family members about your family history.
• Move from dualistic thinking to a multi-cultural way of thinking
• Talk with others about their traditions and cultures.
• Develop alliances with people of different cultures to collaborate on mutual goals.
Intellectual Wellness
Definition:
The openness to new concepts and ideas.
Intellectual Wellness is having a curiosity and strong desire to learn. It is valuing many experiences, staying stimulated with new ideas, and sharing. It is responding to challenges and opportunities to grow, making plans, developing strategies, and solving problems. It is the ability to engage in clear thinking and recall, and to think independently, creatively, and critically.
Tips for maintaining a high level of intellectual wellness
• Take a course or workshop in something outside your routine or an art class, for example.
• Learn a new language
• Seek out intellectually inspiring professors.
• Subscribe to -an interesting journal or newsletter -you'll get a regular dose of intellectual information
• BUY A BOOK! - Any book, or check some out from the library.
• Learn to appreciate art - attend exhibits, plays, musicals and cultural programmes.
• Explore different ways to use spare time -intellectually stimulating ways to pass time include crossword puzzles or board games like Scrabble and Chess.
• Learn basic nutrition and exercise regularly to maximize brain functioning - many nutrients are essential to good memory and concentration
Life Planning Wellness
Life Planning Wellness includes the process of discovering and maintaining a balance between personal, social, and vocational goals in your life. It involves taking advantage of opportunities to learn skills that will enhance satisfaction and enjoyment in your Me. It is the awareness of your own strengths and skills, in addition to the time and financial commitment necessary to pursue the lifestyle of your choice.
Tips to Increase Life Planning Wellness
• Create a vision for your future
• Develop a budget and live by it
• Attend a time managment and perosnal development workshop.
• Actively pursue your interests and learn how they relate to career and Me choices.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Intellectual Wellness?
The openness to new concepts and ideas.
- A continuous openness to new concepts, ideas, perspectives and cultures
- An unbridled curiosity to seek new and diverse experiences/challenges
- Ability to successfully learn, apply new learning, change, and adapt
Intellectual Wellness is having a curiosity and strong desire to learn. It is valuing many experiences, staying stimulated with new ideas, and sharing. It is responding to challenges and opportunities to grow, making plans, developing strategies, and solving problems. It is the ability to engage in clear thinking and recall, and to think independently, creatively, and critically.
Tips for maintaining a high level of intellectual wellness
• Take a course or workshop in something outside your routine or an art class, for example.
• Learn a new language
• Seek out intellectually inspiring professors.
• Subscribe to -an interesting journal or newsletter -you'll get a regular dose of intellectual information
• BUY A BOOK! - Any book, or check some out from the library.
• Learn to appreciate art - attend exhibits, plays, musicals and cultural programmes.
• Explore different ways to use spare time -intellectually stimulating ways to pass time include crossword puzzles or board games like Scrabble and Chess.
• Learn basic nutrition and exercise regularly to maximize brain functioning - many nutrients are essential to good memory and concentration
Life Planning Wellness
Life Planning Wellness includes the process of discovering and maintaining a balance between personal, social, and vocational goals in your life. It involves taking advantage of opportunities to learn skills that will enhance satisfaction and enjoyment in your Me. It is the awareness of your own strengths and skills, in addition to the time and financial commitment necessary to pursue the lifestyle of your choice.
Tips to Increase Life Planning Wellness
• Create a vision for your future
• Develop a budget and live by it
• Attend a time managment and perosnal development workshop.
• Actively pursue your interests and learn how they relate to career and Me choices.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Intellectual Wellness?
- Am I open to new ideas?
- Do I seek personal growth by learning new skills?
- Do I search for lifelong learning opportunities and stimulating mental activities?
- Do I look for ways to use creativity?
Environmental Wellness
Definition:
The recognition of interdependence with nature.
Environmental Wellness is an awareness of the precarious state of the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical environment. It is maintaining a way of Me that maximizes harmony with the earth and minimizes harm to the environment. It includes being involved in socially responsible activities to protect the environment.
Tips to Improve Environmental Wellness
• Don't leave your water running
• Washing dishes with the tap running can use an average of 110 litres of water. A running tap uses 15 Mres of water per minute. As much as 15 litres of water is wasted if you leave the tap on while brushing your teeth. If you wash your car at home using an ordinary hose, you can use up to 400 litres of water.
• What to do?
• When brushing your teeth, wet and rinse your brush only. A half gallon of water will be used as opposed to 5-9 gallons. When washing dishes by hand, fill up a basin of water instead of letting your water run. When washing your car, either take it to a self-service car wash, or use a shut-off nozzle on your hose when washing it a home. This can save more than 100 gallons of water.
Use recycled paper or cloth bags when shopping
Plastic shopping bags are not biodegradable. The bags never disappear in the earth; they just break into small pieces. Plastic bags that wind up in the ocean can kill marine Me that swallow or get tangled in them. "Recyclable" paper bag does not mean recycled. If a bag does not say recycled, it's probably made from virgin paper.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Environmental Wellness?
The recognition of interdependence with nature.
- Acknowledgement of, and appreciating one’s interdependence with, and impact on the natural environment
- Positively contributing to the protection and sustainability of our environment
- Establishing a positive physical living and working environment (positive energy - ‘qi’)
Environmental Wellness is an awareness of the precarious state of the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical environment. It is maintaining a way of Me that maximizes harmony with the earth and minimizes harm to the environment. It includes being involved in socially responsible activities to protect the environment.
Tips to Improve Environmental Wellness
• Don't leave your water running
• Washing dishes with the tap running can use an average of 110 litres of water. A running tap uses 15 Mres of water per minute. As much as 15 litres of water is wasted if you leave the tap on while brushing your teeth. If you wash your car at home using an ordinary hose, you can use up to 400 litres of water.
• What to do?
• When brushing your teeth, wet and rinse your brush only. A half gallon of water will be used as opposed to 5-9 gallons. When washing dishes by hand, fill up a basin of water instead of letting your water run. When washing your car, either take it to a self-service car wash, or use a shut-off nozzle on your hose when washing it a home. This can save more than 100 gallons of water.
Use recycled paper or cloth bags when shopping
Plastic shopping bags are not biodegradable. The bags never disappear in the earth; they just break into small pieces. Plastic bags that wind up in the ocean can kill marine Me that swallow or get tangled in them. "Recyclable" paper bag does not mean recycled. If a bag does not say recycled, it's probably made from virgin paper.
Wellness Pulse Check: Are you engaged in the process of Environmental Wellness?
- Do I recycle?
- If I see a safety hazard, do I take the steps to fix the problem?
- Do I volunteer time to worthy causes?
- Am I aware of my surroundings at all times?