Pennsylvania, USA ---- Community Life Coaches, Chris and Carol Green facilitated an online Holistic Wellness Presentation for Life Esteem Holistic Wellness Center in Harrisburg, PA. This session’s topic was Environmental Wellness and it featured special guest presenter, Dr. Vikram Parrarkine, the founder of PEACE, USA.
Environmental Wellness is one of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness, which are all deemed to be necessary in order for an individual to experience and have a healthy, balanced and meaningful life. The Eight Dimensions of Wellness are: Social Wellness, Emotional Wellness, Spiritual Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, Physical Wellness, Financial Wellness, Occupational Wellness, and Environmental Wellness.
“We found the session to be fascinating and enlightening,” said Chris Green, “Dr. Vikram brought tremendous insight and understanding to all as he connected us, in a fresh way, to the world around us.”
The objective of the session was that all participants would:
1. Have an understanding of what is meant by the term “Environmental Wellness”
2. Identify and/or confirm at least one area where they can improve their relationship with environmental wellness, and
3. Recognize the connection between exercise, nutrition and rest to physical wellness.
According to Dr. Pattarkine, a recognized international leader in environmental sustainability and renewal energy, “Environmental wellness is realizing we are a part of the environment and the environment is a part of us.”
Dr. Pattarkine brought forth a masterful presentation as he helped the participants understand such concepts as Assimilative Capacity, which is the ability of the environment or a portion of the environment (such as a stream, lake, air mass, or soil layer) to carry waste material without adverse effects on the environment or on users of its resources. He showed how pollution occurs only when the assimilative capacity is exceeded. He also showed how the covid-19 lockdowns have given the environment the opportunity to recover.
In concluding, Dr. Pattarkine gave practical advice on how to respond individually. He recommended that the online audience:
Live simply – at the need level
Do not hoard unnecessarily
Eat well – eat to live; not live to eat
Exercise regularly
Help others (as possible)
Meditate, contemplate
The presentation was followed by Q & A and then Chris and Carol Green led a discussion about the changes the participants have noticed in the environment, and even in the behavior of the animals in their neighborhoods and communities. They also focused on the parallels between environmental wellness and physical wellness. Then they related these thoughts to what people can do in their personal lives, to make informed decisions regarding the environment and their health and wellness.
The Wellness Series host, and founder of the Life Esteem Holistic Wellness Center, Pat Gadsden, concluded the online session with high praise for Dr. Pattarkine and thanked all of the participants for their contributions to an outstanding session.
Editor's note: Watch Dr. Vikram Pattarkine's Presentation HERE
