SPREADING wellness

DR. SNEHAL DESHPANDE is a Developmental Therapist and Certified Life Coach from Mumbai. She leads SNEH, an institution dedicated to improving people's quality of life, and actively drives the Heartfulness CME initiative for healthcare professionals across India. Here, she shares some tips on what we can do to keep ourselves healthy.

-  DR. SNEHAL DESHPANDE

What does health and wellness mean?

According to the UN, health is a complete state of being physical, mental, emotional, social, occupational, and spiritual wellbeing. And health is a fundamental right of every human being.

For me, wellness is a state of oneness that you can feel; a feeling of joy whenever you're doing something. My definition of wellness is to give yourself to the task at hand completely, with joy and an awareness of what's happening.

What are the different aspects of oneness?