Hi Rosemary,

Last November the Arizona Chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation, presented a 90 minute discussion on The Importance of Wellness for People with Parkinson's. Speakers dealt with Physical Wellness, Spiritual Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, Emotional Wellness, and Social Wellness.

Physical Wellness demonstrated various exercises for folks to participate in, including the disk sit, which helps with balance in a safe manner,, and speech exercises.
Spiritual Wellness dealt with sensitivity to awareness of the world about us. Intellectual Wellness the importance of using the senses to acquire new knowledge, exercises in using our minds. Emotional and Social Wellness emphasized the use of rational thought to address and appreciated the importance of feelings before actions, along with the importance of social interaction with others in the human and animal world.

We had a great time, and came away with an eager desire to recognize our special humanity.

If you would like more information, please feel free to contact me off list.

Bernie

At 10:37 AM 1/27/00 -0500, you wrote:

Hi, I have posted a few times on this list and have received some valued help. Here I am again.
My husband and I have been asked to lead a workshop on "Facing Debilitating Illness" at a conference on Health & Wellness: Ministry Tools for a New Century.

I am sure many of you could give us some tips to include in such a workshop. It is happening on March 4 so we don't have a lot of time to get it together. In case anybody living in So. Calif. is interested, it will be at the United Methodist Church and is open to everyone. Many thanks for your help.
Rosemary Dexter, cg for Dex 76/7