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Seven Wellness Practices
to Support Your Health
BY JOVANKA CIARES
Pursuing wellness means changing bad or unhealthy habits and replacing them with better , healthier ones . As a certified wellness coach and lecturer , I ’ ve identified seven wellness concepts or areas that are the most popular or impactful in the modern wellness industry . Curiously , these seven concepts all have one thing in common :
They were originally created , developed , used , taught , and shared by a deeply diverse group of people from around the world . In my experience , these seven are also the easiest to implement regardless of someone ’ s socioeconomic background or access to resources . Yes , people can spend thousands of dollars and lots of time pursuing each one , but none require expensive investments of time or money . Most are free , and all can be incorporated into anyone ’ s existing daily routine .
Here are the seven practices :
1 . Plants That Help Us Heal
The use of plants as traditional medicine is widespread in history , though cultural traditions vary and have different names . They include Ayurveda ( India ), traditional Chinese medicine ( China ), Kampo ( Japan ), shamanism ( South America ), and Western herbalism ( Europe and North America ).
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