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Wellness Concept August 27th: Fitness day From the Healing Bridge Physical Therapy September 2010 Wellness Notes by Nancy Hartung, PTA
Being "fit" means different things to different people. Fitness can be measured in a multitude of ways; be it physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual. Improving and maintaining health and well being involves all four categories. Perhaps "balance" is the best synonym when it comes to fitness. Research is clear that physical activity and exercise are critical for health and active life participation. If you are already active, KEEP IT UP! It may even be time to push yourself a little harder. If you have stopped exercising for some reason, let us encourage you to get started again. Come join our Walk Yourself Well program (beginning in October). Mental health involves recognizing when we are on overload and prioritizing mental health breaks. This may mean doing a "mindless" activity that you enjoy, taking a short time out or, if possible, a vacation. Only you can give yourself appropriate mental health time or activity. Slow down and get to know yourself. You will know what you need when you need it. Emotional fitness can be a hard one to tackle. Most of us do not have control over external circumstances or the people in our lives. When we think we have control we often find that it was an illusion. What we truly have control over is our choice of response(s) to the circumstances in our life and our relationships. Often this will require a few moments to think of how we would like to respond, rather than a reflexive reaction. Like any "fitness" regimen we will get better with practice. We can choose emotion rather than allowing it to choose us. REMEMBER: practice makes better, we will never be perfect. Spiritual fitness is a host of interpretations along a broad continuum. Perhaps we might measure it by a sense of internal peace. This peace seems to spring from a sense of faith that "all will be well." My deductive reasoning tells me that spiritual fitness may be expanded or exercised through meditative practices and daily living that reduces our sense of fear. Indeed fear is probably the biggest obstacle to spiritual well being. Explore your own path and delight in your peaceful moments.

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