Nurturing Body, Mind & Spirit
Health is an outcome of bringing equilibrium to ones’ life in its physical, mental, social and spiritual spheres. Living in an unpolluted environment and consuming organic produce will solve a large degree of the health issues we face today by themselves. In order to achieve a society that is not only healthy, but also happy and content, we as a society should strive towards preventive health care measures. Most of the diseases which kill us today; from cardiovascular disease to cancer, are to a large degree preventable. Their numbers far exceed the deaths caused by external factors like natural disaster, terrorism, fire, conflicts and road injuries.
Now, various health systems will need to take the bold step into the process of integration. All medical systems around the world have their strengths and weaknesses, and it is time for these systems not to compete but enhance each other. Technological advances are already here to help and bring transparency to the whole process. To achieve this goal, it will require developing methods to evaluate each system without bias and developing a new scientific process to validate them.
In a community there are few things we can focus on:
- Preventive Health: Balanced nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness, and hygiene.
- Curative Systems: Integrate modern medicine with Ayurveda, Yoga, TCM, TEM, Siddha, Naturopathy, Homeopathy and other traditional healing systems.
- Mental Wellness: Promote meditation, community counseling, and social connection.
- Public Health Infrastructure: Safe water, sanitation, and accessible local clinics.
- Education: Encourage awareness about lifestyle disorders, sleep hygiene, and stress management.
- Professional Reform: The goal of Practitioner in future should be to become role models of healthy living themselves, keep the population healthy by encouraging prevention, learn from all available system to support patient and guide community towards healthy living.
Knowledge Festival 1, 1a – Open Attempt Project
We are happy to bring you the summary after nearly 3 years of discussion with practitioners and researchers from various health systems around the world, here are our 16 fundamental recommendations, that are basic foundations to preventive health care in any community.
The recommendations are as follow:
- Having a Rhythm in Life (for getting up, eating, exercise etc.)
- Being aware of the food we eat (What, how, how much & how often?)
- Being aware of the quality of water we consume.
- Regular Physical activity.
- Mastering your breath
- Regular practice of Meditation
- Adequate sleep
- Spending time in the nature.
- Staying away from harmful habits.
- Serving other need before yours
- Regular fasting
- Harmony in relationships
- Learning new skills
- Practice good hygiene habits.
- Exposure to Sunlight
- Regular Screening & Checkups
We are in the next phase of this work to expand on these recommendations. For this process we are conducting our next conference KF 1b @ Ancient School of Wisdom, Bengaluru next year. Details will follow soon.
If you are a practitioner of health, you can add to the list, you can conduct wellness camps, yoga sessions, or contribute knowledge about traditional or modern preventive & curative health practices.
