Health
is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely an absence of
disease or infirmity. Really speaking, health is not a state but a continuous
adjustment to the changing demands of life and the environment.Positive health
implies perfect functioning of body and mind in a given society.
Ayurveda
defines health as ‘svasthya’—to be one’s highest spiritual self. It is the
state of equilibrium of the three doshas or mind-body energies that govern our
external and internal environment―vata (wind); pitta (bile); and kapha
(phlegm), along with a contented state of the senses, mind and soul.
All the
ancients believed that no attempt should be made to cure the body without
treating the mind and soul. To be healthy is to have the ability, despite an
occasional bout of illness, to live with full use of your faculties and to be
vigorous, alert and having a joie de vivre, even in old age. This concept of
operational health has been termed ‘wellness’. It is a sense of all-round
wellbeing.
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