WHO defined Health is state of compelete physical, mental,social and spiritual well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. means holistic health is something out of bio-social model. its all about spiritual dimension keeps beople wise, energetic, positive, hopeful and happy. Raj Yoga meditation is a tool where you can learn and get experience in life which never had experience in life this is what Dr Anjli Gupta experienced in her life and sharing you all with her experience

1. Community Spiritual Health
and Wellbeing
Dr Anjali Gupta
Sr. Clinical Psychologist
(HOD in clinical Psychology Dept.)
Nur Manzil Psychiatric Centre, Lucknow

2. Spirituality is the quality of being concerned with
the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or
physical things.

3. Introduction
 Spiritual health is evolving as an important
complementary tool in the day-to-day medical
practice in the modern era……
 Many medical and social scientists have attempted to
demystify spirituality and spiritual health.
 Clarity of spiritual health attributes has helped in
developing learning modules for its training and
development.
 Integration of spiritual health approach in clinical
care can definitely augment conventional medical
management and helps in early recuperation.

4. Defining Health
 The disease and health are not only matter of body, but
also mind and spirit.
“WHO defines Health as “ a state of complete physical,
mental, social well being and not merely of the absence of
disease or infirmity.”
This emphasis we should look beyond bio-medical to attain
mental, social, well-being including spiritual aspect

5. Meaning of Spirituality
The word “spirit” is derived from the Latin words “spiritus” (meaning
breath, courage, vigor, or soul) and the word “spirare” (meaning to breathe) .
“Spirituality is the act of using our inner resources of
peace, love, positivity and compassion for the benefits
and healing of ourselves and others”

6. DEFINING “SPIRITUAL HEALTH”
MEANING AND
PURPOSE OF LIFE
CONNECTING TO GOD

7. What is Spirituality: Reflection of Values
Values such as
 compassion, humility, tolerance, love, silence
 co-operation,
 Discipline, Respect,passion, responsiblity
 peacefulness, and
 self-care,
Encourages participants to explore using them in their
personal lives and professional practice , not a substitute for
medical science or clinical skill and resources, but it can
enable a more integrated approach to healthcare

8. Dimensions of Spiritual Health
1.Religious Dimension: “Spiritual health means to move toward
God”.
2Individualistic Dimension: Having good moral character and decent beliefs.
“A person who enjoys spiritual health does not have negative moral
characteristics and wrong beliefs”
3.Material World-Oriented Dimension:
Well-wishing, helping others without expecting them to return favors,
feeling of closeness and harmony with the universe, and human connection
with himself, others and the nature based on moral virtues.

9. Spiritual well being has two components
 Religious Well-being –refers to the connection with God or
higher being
 Existential Well-being, which pertains to the meaning and
purpose of life

10. Community wellbeing
 Community wellbeing is the combination of social,
economic, environmental, cultural, and political conditions
identified by individuals and their communities as essential
for them to flourish and fulfill their potential.”
 When we look at community as a whole, we find three
attributes that play a large role in wellbeing:
 connectedness,
 liveability, and
 equity.

11. Four Dimensions: Literature review showed
spiritual health unites the physical , mental,
and social dimensions

12. Why do we go for spirituality?
 When medical care becomes unaffordable for the
patients suffering from the chronic illness or some
diseases or death or loss in the family ask the
question ?
 Why is with me? Why not with others?
 What sin they did ? Consequences of that Sin….
 Where is a God? Not listened faith and believe

13. The basic characteristics of spiritual health
 Spiritual lifestyle,
 Connection with the self , others, God, and nature
 Asking about the meaning and purpose of life,
 Transcendence

14.  What nature has created is best.
 Changes made by man are worst.

15. Mental Health
 I love you. Not for what you are.
 But for what I am when I am
with you.

16. Social Health
Diagram of four health
Spiritual health

17. Awareness program of Spirituality in the children, adult,
and the old age population in the community (Mumbai)

18. Formula for spirituality : promoting
positive holistic health (Four S)
 Sadhana
 Satsang
 Seva (Service)
 Surrender to Almighty God
 Brain produces mind, mind produces body, soul produces the
change of absolute brain structure
 You can change the structure of the brain by thinking, feelings,
perceiving and behaving

19. Neuroplasticity : you can change your brain structure by
Spirituality; Researches proved ( United States)
 Physical
 Mental
 Social
 Spiritual
MIND :
Sato
Rajo
Tamo
AFFECTS BRAIN

20. Messages from water we can imbibe
values

21. Crystals Formed after exposure
to Positive Words (Energy)
Love and Appreciation
Thank You
Beethoven’s Pastorale Mother Teresa
Tibet Sutra

22. A SMALL TRUTH
TO
MAKE LIFE
100%

24. Love
L+O+V+E
12+15+22+5 = 54%
Luck
L+U+C+K
12+21+3+11 = 47%

25. Hard Work
H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
Knowledge
K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

26. Is it Money ? ... NO ! ! !
M+O+N+E+Y
13+15+14+5+25 = 72%
Leadership ? ... NO ! ! !
L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P
12+5+1+4+5+18+19+9+16 = 89%

27. ATTITUDE
A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
It is OUR ATTITUDE towards
Religion and Spirituality
that makes OUR Life 100% ! ! !

28. ONE MORE
STEP
TO
GO…

29. LOVE TO GOD
Surrender your worry =
To God

30. Give up ego

31. The Journey starts spirituality and religion
 Is it the same or different?
 Spirituality and Religious
 are interlinked but different concepts
 Both of them have the same objective of connecting of divine power
 However, since the spiritual pathway as an abstract concept, “ oneness
of God” or Self –actualization”
 Religions practices are supportive of good living including good health

32. SPIRITUAL journey Maslow theory ?existentialism
SELF ACTUALIZATION
Physical needs
EMOTIONAL
SELF ESTEEM
Safety Needs

33. Religion practices: India has a diversity of religions
Various Communities in India : Practices
 Islam Religion Observance of fasting during Ramzan
 Hindus performance of Puja, Hawan, fasting, bhoj etc
 Christianity believe on prayer services
 Sikh path on Langer and Seva
 Jainism community faith on non –violence and vegetarianism
How various communities propagated good livings and good health?

34. POSITIVE THINKING
CREATE POSITIVE POWERFULL PURPOSEFULL THOUGHTS
Thoughts related to success, health, peace, self-esteem, and direct
or indirect advantage of every event.

35. ART OF DETACHMENT
FORGIVE FORGET

36. SELF LESS SERVICEs AND
LUNGER haromony among
all communities
r
Charity, prayer, pilgrimage,
worship of the one God, and
fasting.

37. Challenge
Control

38. RELIGION : Worship and Prayer

39. TYPES OF MEDITATION
1. TRANSCEDENTAL MEDITATION (Mahesh yogi™) silently
mantra reciting
2. ZEN MEDITATION to still the mind
3. VIPASSANA MEDITATION observance of sensory fell
4. PREKSHA MEDITATION Jainism purifying emotions
5. DYNAMIC MEDITATION Oshos 1970s active muscles
6. KUNDALINI MEDITATION Chakra healing energy based
7. BREATH MEDITATION
8. RAJ-YOGA MEDITATION

40. Support groups
 Art of living : Sudarshan kriya
 Sahaj Yoga: Chakra’s healing
 Buddhist philosophy (Vipassana) : Mindfulness
 Vipassana : Deep breathing, silence and
sensitizing five senses
 Brahma Kumari's: Raj Yoga Meditation

41. RAJYOGA
MEDITATION
RAJ - King of all Yoga
YOG – UNION
YUj – Link
Viyog - Separation
We become king of
our sense organs

42. Who am I ?
We are human beings with occasional
spiritual experience
but
We are spiritual beings with
occasional human experience

44. ANATOMY OF SOUL
 A SOUL is a point of
Light & Might
 Invisible to physical eyes
 Situated at the center of the
forehead between the two
eye brows
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES
Study of epileptics : GOD’s SPOT
SOUL – a magnet & cooling entity

45. AURA
(SUBTLE BODY)
T.E.A.M. T. THOUGHTS
E. EMOTIONS
A. ATTITUDES
M. MEMORIES
1. MIND (THINKING POWER)
Influenced by our personality
traits / habits
2. INTELLECT
(JUDGING POWER)
CORRUPT CORRECT
3. RESOLVES
(PERSONALITY TRAITS/ HABBITS)
 MEMORIES FORMED BY REPEATED
THOUGHTS, SPEECH AND ACTIONS.
 A PERSON IS IDENTIFIED BY HIS HABITS

48. Supreme Light
 Ultimate source of energy
 Supreme Soul
 Ocean of Knowledge
 Almighty Authority
 Ocean of Love
 Ocean of Peace
 Ocean of Bliss
 Ocean of Happiness
 Ocean of Purity

49. 1. INITIATION
Reflection on the
inner-self (soul) &
attributers of
Supreme soul
2. MEDITATION
Intellectually/
conscious
channelizing the
thoughts in the
direction of GOD.
Occasional feeling
of detachment
from body &
physical world
3. CONCENTRATION
One is able to focus
his mind on Supreme
soul.
Positive thoughts
change into
experiences of purity,
peace, love &
happiness.
4. REALIZATION
One is fully
absorbed in
Godley bliss.
Total awareness
of myself as a
incorporeal soul
& God as
Supreme soul.

50. Ocean of Knowledge
Purity
Peace
Love
Happiness
Bliss
all Powers

51. Power to Discriminate
Power to Judge
Power to Withdraw
Power to Pack-up
Power to Tolerate
Power to Face
Power to Adjust
Power to Co-operate

52. Purity of Mind &
Relationship
Pure Satwic Food
Company of the Truth
Inculcation of values

53. Spiritual Life Style
VICHAARVIHAA
R
AHAAR”
VYOVYAAR

54. What the Spirituality is ? Transformation
to Absolute
 Change our thinking
 Change our behaviour
 Change our lifestyle
 Change our attitude
Happens positive

56. Spiritual health improves:
 Spiritual health leads to improved mental health ,
and is positively related to physical health,
 for instance, it may help patients experience
lesser pain by balancing among all quotients
 Intelligence Quotient,
 Emotional Quotient
 Social Quotient
 Spiritual Quotient

57. SELF ANALYSIS AND SELF
CORRECTION
TROUTHFULLNESS
HONEST AND FEARLESS
FOLLOW POSITIV ROLE-MODEL
MINDFULLNESS , DIET, EXERCISE MEDITATION, RAJ-YOGA
SOUL CONSCIOUS
“ I AM POWERFUL AND DIVINE
SOUL”
PRACTICE VALUES
Following Tips to Achieve Good Health and attainments
FORGIVE AND FORGIVEN
FORGETFULL
NOT GIVE-UP

58. NOT TO BE REACTIVE
PROACTIVE TO CRITISICM
AWAY FROM EGO PRIDE
BODY CONSCIOUSNESS
PUT 100% EFFORTS AND TAKE
CHALLENGES TO PROBLEMS
ACCEPT FAILURE AND
SUCCESS
RESPECT AND GRATITUDE
PRACTICE VALUES
Following Tips to Achieve Good Health
APPRECIATE OTHERS POINT
AND AGREE TO DISAGREE
REALISTIC IN SETTING
GOALS
AWAY FROM ALCOHOLISM , ANY
ADDICTION AND VIOLENCE

59. 2009 August to October 2nd Campaign on “My India
and Healthy India”
 August 8th, 2009 from Lucknow, (Uttar Pradesh) to
MadhyaPradhesh, and Maharashtra with the goal of
working on life-style, diet & nutrients and Meditation
(Raj-Yoga practice based on Principals of Brahma
Kumaries)
 School -Colleges, Universities, (Management), Nursing
Colleges, Rotary club, Court, Jail, Blind Schools, Hospitals
and Rehabilitation Centres in Various states ,cities,
village, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
distt.

64. Conclusion : Health care professionals and the patient’s need
for spiritual care “Assessment of Spiritual interests and faith
 Be empathetic listener to obtain history, patient’s fears ,hopes
and strengths
 Be honest in giving medicines and careful for the negligence and
help them by calling some religious group to do heal them by
prayers and meditation
 Prepare them to be painless and stress free to agree to accept
their illness
 Helping them to organize healing through spiritual therapy and
healing prayer by various group working in this field
 Spiritual care is absolutely feasible and find logical solution
 Promoting healthy life style and become positive

65. Ultimate Intelligence
 I.Q. You are hired
 E.Q You are promoted
 S.Q. You are satisfied
 S.Q.
40 Hz oscillations across the brain are neural basis for S.Q.
God’s spot in temporal lobe,
Prof. V. S. Ramchandran, Director of centre for brain &
cognition, University of California, San Diego

66. Year of 2019-2020 Practice of Pranayama, Om Chanting , and Raj Yoga
Meditation (Brahma Kumaries) : by Indoor patients( Psychotic and
Addiction) in clinical .psychology .dept. (Nur Manzil) 6months practice
 Experience of patience, satisfaction, peace & contentment, balance, growth in
physical and spiritual dimension
 calm and happiness and learn to meditate , changing negativity to positivity,
work efficiency, and feeling of success and well - being
 Confident, trust on strength, positive – powers and the reduction in Bechaini and
tobacoo urge, feeling good and less angery
 Developing of the sense of responsibility, and daily connect with GOD and being
helpful to others
 Emotional and mental strength and beginning of creativity
 feeling of Happiness, able to learn visualization and connectivity with the God
 Feeling of getting freedom from all problems, pains and sufferings and missing out
family

67. Conclusion
 Spiritual health is achieved when you feel at peace with
life. It is when you are able to find hope and comfort even
in the hardships in life like
 SHAKSHI DRISHTA – “Obervance”
 It can help to support us as experience life completely.
For example
 “ jo ho raha hai achha ho raha hai and jo ho
chuka hai achha ho chuka hai and jo hone wala
hai achhe te achhe hone wala hai( karma Drama
and World Drama)
Bhagwat Geeta

68. THANK YOU
C
Dr Anjali Gupta
Overseas visiting Psychologist Award from the University
of Glasgow ( United Kingdom)
Sr. Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Head
Nur Manzil Psychiatric Centre, Lucknow
Contact no 995224997. Email-njl.omer 2012@gmail.com