SPIRITUAL WELLNESS: NURTURING YOUR SPIRIT BEING

True spiritual wellness is not about denying the body or ignoring other parts of your life. Spiritual wellness involves nurturing yourself on all levels of being. That includes taking care of your physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Paying your bills on time, having a healthy sex life, and giving back to the world are also part of living a balanced, meaningful life! You make choices about where you live, where you work, who you live with, what you eat, whether or not you eXercise, how much you sleep, etc. All these choices affect whether you are moving toward or away from wellness. You also make many choices about whether or not you invest in yourself spiritually. "Wholistic" wellness involves knowing who you really are and living a balanced life that is meaningful to you. On an energy level, spiritual wellness involves being present in your body and creating balance and flow through your personal energy system (aura, energy channels and chakras). Doing things like learning to pray, meditate, receiving spiritual healing and counseling are spiritual investments in yourself. These practices support you in knowing who you are and what you need to do in order to create balance and flow in your life. With spiritual wellness--like many things in life--you get out what you put in. If you spend all your time making money and put no energy into spirituality, you might get rich, but you will probably end up spiritually poor. If you spend all your time making your family happy and put no energy into your personal well-being, you might meet your family's needs, but at the eXpense of your own spiritual health. It is necessary to make a commitment to healing yourself in order to create spiritual wellness and balance in your life throughout your lifetime