Medecine Wheel Flashcards
Tool to help
Support wellness and wellbeing
Incorporates
Physical, emotional, spiritual, mental
Balance or lack of balance
In one aspect will impact others
Can be useful in understanding what
Health determinants
What is differences between nations
- different teaching, colours, ordering
- not all Indigenous people/groups use or follow
What can we not do
Right in one area and expect positive outcomes while neglecting and doing harm in others
Physical welness
Physical state of being in which one experiences wellness in the body that is free from disease, illness, and pain
What else does physical wellness incorporate
PA, healthy sexuality, personal safety, proper nutrition and sleep
What is physical wellness interrelated with
Every aspect of medicine wheel
Extends to and is impacted by one’s physical environment, the economy and politics