6 Easy Ways to Cultivate Spiritual Wellness
Spiritual Wellness
Trying to cultivate Spiritual Wellness when you’re a busy mom can be challenging, but it is possible. In today’s post, we’re reviewing 6 tips for enhancing your spirituality that are easy and convenient.
What is Spiritual Wellness?
Spiritual Wellness is essentially your sense of your place in the universe. In can also be described as:
- Your sense of purpose and reason for being
- Sense of beliefs, ethics, and values
- And your connection to your higher-self and to the universe.
Feeling this sense of connection and purpose affects nearly every other dimension of wellness.
So, how can you feel more spiritual, especially if you don’t feel particularly drawn to religion, or your beliefs are more agnostic or atheistic?
First of all, you do not have to be religious in order to be spiritual. Many choose to practice their spirituality through religion, but it is not required or even necessary.
6 Easy Ways to Cultivate Spiritual Wellness
To cultivate Spiritual Wellness, you just need an openness and willingness to see yourself as part of something bigger.
1. Practice Gratitude
There are plenty of reasons to feel grateful in life — from the talents you have to the people around you or the fact that you have air in your lungs and a beating heart. Take time, every day to count your blessings. Make a list of a few things, consider what they mean to you, and feel appreciation for them.
2. Spend Time in Nature
An easy way to feel connected to the world around you, is to spend time in the world around you, specifically in a natural environment. Walk in the woods, sit near a lake, or check out the “scenic overlooks” on main highways.
Take time to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of busy life and reconnect with nature. Smell the air, enjoy the feeling of the earth beneath your feet, and remember that you are a part of this world as well.
3. Marvel at Beauty & Miracles
When you spend time in nature, you are reminded of just how beautiful our world is — seasons, landscapes, sunrises, sunsets — it’s quite remarkable. If you look closely enough, you can see beauty everywhere. Make an effort to look for it and appreciate it.
Same goes for miracles. I’m talking about these amazing instances of life that blow your mind. Whether they are easily explained by science or not — they are truly awesome. Some of my favorites are:
- Periodical Cicadas — Cicadas that live underground until they come out in mass to mature and reproduce only every 13 or 17 years! Happening this year, btw.
- Foramen Ovale — A tiny hole in the heart that is open before birth and immediately closes after a newborn baby takes its first breath. Amazing. Don’t get me started on the placenta!
- Dinosaurs — Ok, not really miracles, but how fascinating are dinosaurs? It’s amazing how much scientists are able to learn from fossils. I’m constantly amazed that prehistoric creatures roamed the earth for millions of years…and bummed that Jurassic Park isn’t real — but I digress.
All are miraculous.
4. Create
Our ability to create music or works of art can also be a way to experience spirituality. I believe Spiritual Wellness and Occupational Wellness overlap quite a bit and this is a great way to demonstrate it.
When we are immersed in something that aligns with our creative passions and abilities we can lose track of time and experience flow, or that feeling of being “in the zone”. It’s almost like you can plug-in to a universal force or connection.
5. Meditate
Meditation is essentially letting-go of your thoughts and physical sensations, so you can experience the quiet and stillness of your pure consciousness. In this way, you disconnect from the physical world to connect with the spiritual world.
A regular meditation practice is great for the mind, body, and spirit, so definitely consider adding this to your wellness tool kit.
6. Contemplate the Bigger Picture
Regardless of your personal beliefs, everyone can benefit from taking a step back, and looking at life from a broader angle. It’s easier to put things in perspective and look at daily challenges and hassles in a different way.
Things you are currently struggling with may not seem so important or maybe you’ll discover your priorities have changed.
For some cultivating Spiritual Wellness and finding methods for regular practice will be easy, for others it may be difficult. The important piece here is that we all need to feel connected to something bigger than ourselves and that we have purpose.
For more information on cultivating spiritual wellness, check out this week’s YouTube video:
