“Wellness is a choice – a decision you make to move toward optimal health.
Wellness is a way of life- a lifestyle you design for well being to achieve your highest potential.
Wellness is a process- a developing awareness that there is no end point, but the health and happiness are possible each moment, here and now.
Wellness is an efficient channeling of energy – energy received from the environment, transformed within you, and sent back on to affect the world outside.
Wellness is the integration of the body, mind and spirit – the appreciation that everything you do, think and feel, and believe has an impact on your state of health.
Wellness is the acceptance of yourself.
I know these are things about wellness that our Elders practiced in the past. They need to be a part of the everyday life of the Crees today.”
CREE TRADITIONAL HEALTH PRACTICES & WELLNESS
BY CHARLES ESAU Health Promotion Officer, Cree Traditional Practices & Wellness