THE WELLNESS CONTINUUM MODEL
Wellness: The efficient balance of body, mind and spirit, all working in a harmonious
way to provide quality of life.
Where are YOU on this scale? Do you experience symptoms of stress (usually manifested in soreness or pain)?
High Level
Wellness
Premature
Death
Disability
 Symptoms
 Signs
 Awareness
 Education
 Growth
NEUTRAL POINT
(no discernable illness or wellness)
Wellness is a process, not a static state of being. You do not just get well or stay well. There are many degrees or levels of
wellness, just as there are degrees of illness. One can always be moving towards better health, no matter how well you are.
It is not the absence of disease. You can be at a neutral point, without discernible illness, yet still feel tired, run down, bored,
depressed, tense, anxious or even not in control of your life.
Wellness is based on self-responsibility. Traditional medicine simply works with the signs and symptoms of disease.
The Wellness Continuum extends the definition of health to encompass a process of awareness, education and growth,
which is based on self-responsibility. Wellness is the integration of body, mind and spirit-all that you do, think and feel
impacts your state of health. Our approach to massage is designed to help you achieve this.
Wellness model concept courtesy of Travis & Ryan: The Wellness Workbook Ten Speed Press, (c)1981, 1988
and  The Swedish Institute Polarity Manual (c)1999 Swedish Institute
URL: http://www.wellnesscontinuum.com
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Photo (c) 2004 Nate Cimmino
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Revised -October, 2004


THREE STEPS TO HIGH LEVEL WELLNESS:
AWARENESS: How are you living your life? How could you pro-actively improve or change it?
EDUCATION: What are your options? Looking within? Receiving from others?
GROWTH: Trying out those options, then reevaluating by going back to step one-back to awareness
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