tertiary · Wellbeing

Vitality

Part of the Human Needs Grid

What is Vitality?

A felt sense of aliveness, physical energy, and bodily presence. Vitality is the experience of inhabiting your body with ease — moving, breathing, and existing without chronic tension or depletion.

When you might feel vitality

Vitality is a specific form of movement, which itself is a type of wellbeing. You might experience this feeling in situations where wellbeing is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define vitality.

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