Health Education: An Integral Path from Apathy to Service

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dc.contributor.authorRoselle, Carol
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-04T00:56:25Z
dc.date.available2025-03-04T00:56:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a model that outlines an integral path to human flourishing derived from ancient Eastern mind-body practices, namely, Buddhism and Yoga Nidra. Addressing health educators, the author outlines the Invitation model, a series of mind-body practices and mindful contemplations. These practices aid psychospiritual development as it pertains to integral health. The paper claims that psychospiritual flourishing is a form of activism. The author supports the claim by exploring the relationship between activism, health, spiritual development, and psychoneuroimmunology. The paper provides an overview of contemporary activists and their works, as well as psychospiritual development and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). By providing various scientific studies, the author investigates spiritual practices and how they impact the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body. The model is comprised of two limbs. The first includes contemplation of six spiritual qualities, namely generosity, goodness, patience, strength, concentration, and wisdom, adapted from the Bodhisattva Path from Mahayana Buddhism. The second part of the paper explores different aspects of Yoga Nidra, specifically sensorial, breath body, emotional, and cognition, and their role in developing altruism.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2839
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionJohn F. Kennedy University (JFKU)
dc.titleHealth Education: An Integral Path from Apathy to Service
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineHolistic Health Education
thesis.degree.grantorJohn F. Kennedy University (JFKU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Holistic Health Education
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