Health Tools and Resources

What is Spiritual Health?
Spirituality refers to an intense, personal, awe-based concern for questions about life and meaning. Spirituality is an acknowledgement of the factors and core needs of all people. Religion can be a pathway to spirituality, but you do not need to be affiliated with a religion to be spiritual.

The first step in developing values and spiritual wellness is to examine your own values: respect, honesty, human life, family, education, religion, health, wealth, community service and diversity. Discuss your values with others and work to act in a manner congruent with your values.

The National Wellness Institute says spiritual wellness follows the following tenants:

*It is better to ponder the meaning of life for ourselves and to be tolerant of the beliefs of others than to close our minds and become intolerant.

*It is better to live each day in a way that is consistent with our values and beliefs than to do otherwise and feel untrue to ourselves.

Become Spiritually Healthy
This slide show defines spirituality and provides an explanation on how to improve your spiritual health.  It includes a list of activities, as well as a description of the qualities a spiritually healthy person possesses.

Satisfied With Your Life Right Now?
Take the Resiliency Self-Test.  Answer questions about how you feel concerning your life purpose and satisfaction.

What Gives Your Life Meaning?
Assess your spiritual health.  Answer the questions on this assessment and explore how strong you rank yourself in regards to this important dimension of health.

Spirituality & Well-Being Self Test
Take a few minutes to complete this assessment and consider what strengthening your spirituality might do for you.

Spirituality Quizzes Galore!!!
Belief.net offers numerous spirituality and belief quizzes like the "Belief-o-matic" and "What is your Spiritual Type?".

Check it out! Quotation Central has over 13,000 quotes from A-Z.

Visit Inspiration Peak for inspiring stories, essays, books, poetry and quotes.

Get Inspired! Inspirational quotes from a powerhouse of diverse influential people.

Research has shown that feelings of joy and happiness produce elevated endorphin levels, which contributes to the synthesis of the hormone DHEA by the adrenal glands. As a result, the thymus gland is stimulated to better carry out elevated immune function. In other words, your immune system can be bolstered by feelings of faith, hope and happiness. To learn more about how spirituality can affect your health, read one of the selected articles below.

"Visualization to Beat Stress"
Visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in life. This technique will help you manage stress. To read the article click here.

"Laugh Your Way to Good Health?
Laughing has various physical and psychological effects, which are good for your health. To read about all the benefits of laughter, click here.

"Spiritual Well-being Could Lessen Despair in Terminally Ill People?"
There is growing research that suggests that spiritual health might help to bolster psychological functioning and adjustment to illness.

"Mind & Body"
The body and mind are interconnected and emotions play a big part in determining one's health status. Learn more about staying connected.

Reach Your Spiritual Destination
A wealth of books have been written concerning spirituality. Check out this list to find the book to help lead you to a higher level of spirituality.

The Best Spiritual Books of 2002
Look here for more recommendations on great spiritual books.

Whether it's a relaxing yoga class, a fellowship with other students or meditation alone, these campus resources can support your spiritual journey.

Check out the Community Events and Resources Calendar for the Boise area developed by Third Eye-daho.

Click here to locate spiritual opportunities in the Treasure Valley.

Many experts contribute to the Beliefnet site where extensive spiritually-related ideas are expressed.

Hooah 4 Health is the US Army's health promotion and wellness website. Unlike other health-related web sites, this one is specifically designed to address the force health protection and readiness requirements of the ARMY.

Indiatimes Fitness and Health is dedicated to providing up-to-date health information and advice.

Inspiration Peak is full of inspirational items, including quotes and forums to discuss everything from meaningful dreams to ideas for better living.

Spirituality and Health: The Soul/Body Connection reports on the people, the practices, and the ideas of the current spiritual renaissance. The site also offers self-tests, guidance on spiritual practices, reviews of the latest resources for people on spiritual journeys, inspiration and insights from leading teachers, researchers, and practitioners; and a forum for the active exchange of ideas among various disciplines and communities.

Wholefitness.com focuses on fitness in the areas of body, mind, diet and work. The mind fitness section presents tips and articles about motivation, stress management, relaxation, brain function enhancement, and more.