WHAT IS THE ALAFIA WELLNESS FORCE?
Alafia Wellness Center is an organization that aims to direct something termed The Wellness Force in a manner such as does benefit various target populations and the community in general. The Alafia Wellness Force is at once a concept, a form of energy and an intervention model. For Alafia Wellness Center the wellness force is the basis for a program of favorable change in our lives. Alafia Productions encourages and structures consistent and disciplined focus of the wellness force. This way of living aims to increase the quality of life in every aspect that we live. Alafia Wellness Center nourishes habits of behavior and creates products that heighten experience of wellness waves. Wellness- waves are an underlying conceptual vehicle through which wellness sensations are elicited and stimulated. Wellness waves are produced both through imagery, generated by the spoken word, and through physical stimulation by means of a variety of techniques and are used to:
a) Cleanse toxins from the body, mind and soul
b) Infuse these systems with therapeutic and healing energies
c) Inoculate and insulate these systems from future insult or damage.
d) Enhance performance in the social, academic and vocational arenas
e) Increase intra- and interpersonal skills
f) Improve the quality of life for individuals and the community
THE PRIMARY HUMAN PROBLEM:
Intervention at Alafia Wellness Center proceeds from a conceptualization that the primary human problem is that of a lack of faith in our worth as individuals. This feeling of worth is seen as a primal human need. Much the same as humans need food or water to survive, we also need to feel worthwhile to survive. Most of the problems in our lives, and indeed most problems of society in general, unfold from threats to this primary concern. We all want to feel that we measure up, that we are important, that we count for something, that we have meaning and purpose. To the extent that this sense of worth is threatened, there is the appearance of symptoms of disturbance. These symptoms of disturbance can lead to great suffering, hardship, violence, and even death. It is important to note, however, that what we are discussing here is a perception of the self, in relation to one's circumstances. This perception of the self or state of mind is effected by our experiences and exposure to a broad range of circumstances. Often, problems begin very early in life when we are neglected, abused, teased or in some other way given the impression that our worth is of little consequence. Below is a model of how self-worth notions are formed and how they can become dysfunctional. The corollary or healthy manner in which we could form notions about our worth is also presented on the lower right-hand portion of the model entitled, The True Basis of Our Self Worth/Importance.
SELF-WORTH OR THE FEELING OF BEING WORTHWHILE
IS WHAT UNDERLIES VIRTUALLY ALL OF OUR ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
MISGUIDED WAYS WE ARE TAUGHT TO MEASURE
OUR SELF-WORTH/IMPORTANCE
1. Approval of Others
2. Social Comparison
3. Group Affiliation
4. Riches
5. Appearance/Looks
6. Position/Job/Status/Education
7. Family Circumstances
8. Car Type Owned/Driven
9. Competence/Skill/Ability
THE TRUE BASIS OF OUR SELF-WORTH/IMPORTANCE
Self-Worth, an inalienable right (birthright)
granted all (some feel by the Grace of God).
We are granted with birth the following:
1. We are worthy of love/loveable.
2. We are worthy of respect
3. We are acceptable as human beings
4. Our ideas deserve consideration/regard.
DAMAGE CONTROL
We live in a world where, assaults to our feeling of worth are unavoidable. Normal exposure to the social environments of school, work, or even the shopping mall invariably lead to interactions that have a negative effect on our feeling or worth. Often the degree of this negative effect can be more pronounced by the various cultural, racial, socio-economic, or religious circumstances in which one is immersed. On the whole, however, through the process of living, it is impossible to escape insults to the healthy perception that we are loveable, acceptable, respectable or in so many words, worthwhile. We are literally swimming in a toxic sea of insults (some areas more toxic than others) to the all important feeling of worth and importance. Our task is to keep ourselves from digesting these poisonous verbal assaults (and then attacking ourselves from the inside). Still, given this environment some of these poisons are bound to seep in. Given the far-reaching and serious consequences of the perception of our worth, it is wise that we develop, refine and practice techniques that assist us in managing assaults to the feeling of worth. These techniques taken together form a force for wellness that greatly bolster the prospects for survival and prosperity in our lives.
HOW DOES ONE ACTIVATE THE WELLNESS FORCE?
Alafia Wellness Center teaches the importance of frequent, consistent, and regular use of wellness waves. This use then brings about a very healing order and peacefulness to our sensibilities. Through these wellness waves the systems of emotions, thoughts, physical health and spiritual well-being are brought into line. As they are brought together, they are trained into a finely tuned focus in such a manner as to greatly magnify and enhance our power(s) to address the challenges we face. This is how the wellness force is initiated.
The wellness force taps into powerful energies, using deep-seated inner knowledge and understanding of the order of the universe and capitalizes on how there is a spiritual connection between every thing that has, does, or will exist in the future. When we can tune-in , in this manner it happens that:
Through us Flow: Deep Wisdom that taps into...
Waves and waves, of deep peacefulness...
Waves and waves, of calm...
Waves and waves, of healing...
Waves and waves of unimaginable strength and ability...
Creating and understanding that we are wonderful and we are powerful is an essential theme put forth in the model and meaning of the Alafia Wellness Force.