What is Integrative health Coaching?
Integrative Health Coaching takes a whole-person approach in helping individuals reach optimal health and wellness. With an emphasis on mindful awareness, 7 defined areas of an individual’s life are examined.
These 7 Key Areas, including Mindful Awareness, are:
Mindful Awareness:
Mindful awareness is being aware of the present moment. This means you are paying attention to what you are doing while you are doing it.
Movement, Exercise, and Rest:
This includes your activities of daily living such as cleaning and gardening; exercise activities such as dancing, yoga, walking, running, and cycling; adequate rest and relaxation.
Nutrition:
Eating a healthy and balanced diet and drinking plenty of water.
Personal and Professional Development:
Growing and developing your abilities, talents, and interests both in your personal life and at work; finding balance between both.
Physical Environment:
The spaces where you live and work (including safety, light, noise, toxins, and color), as well as landscapes surrounding those spaces.
Relationships and Communication:
This includes spending time with family, friends, and/or co-workers who are supportive and with whom you communicate effectively.
Spirituality:
This means seeing purpose and meaning in something larger than yourself. This might include religious affiliation or other areas such as nature or the arts.
Mind-Body Connection:
Paying attention to the connection between the mind and body and the effects they have on each other. Using techniques such as breathing and stress reduction practices to help the body relax and heal.
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