The Realm of the Gods is the highest realm in the wheel of life, which is why it is always depicted at the top of the wheel. The Realm of Gods represents pleasure and the illusion of eternal happiness. This ‘illusion’ is what makes this realm so dangerous. Those who live in this realm live long, happy lives, and have no real concept of suffering. This blissful existence gives way to pride and vanity. Moreover, those in the Realm of the Gods, get so comfortable that they have no desire to seek liberation from the wheel. Eventually, their happy lives come to an end, and they must face rebirth in another, much less happy realm. Once you have mapped out one area, it’s important that you begin working on another area of your life in the process here and there. The idea about all of this is that you want to have a balance wheel rather than a lopsided wheel.

Now that you have assessed each area of your life, you are ready to set your goals, ie. where you want to be in the future. The Wheel of Life Exercise works because it gives an instant helicopter overview of how a client feels about their life. The scores in each area are a "gut" feel—what their instincts tell them—and not the "should" answer our clients usually give.Family and Friends: I usually split "Family and Friends" into "Family" and "Friends". I do this for myself, and also offer it as an option to my clients. Finances would focus on saving money or improving your income through new revenue streams or increasing existing ones.

But while you’re going through that process, it’s important to reflect on your new results and see if things need to be changed or if things could be improved upon. The creature holding the Wheel of Life in his hooves is Yama, the wrathful dharmapala who is Lord of the Hell Realm.You want to leave your beliefs behind you. All of the above methods help you get rooted in the body as opposed to the mind. Doing so helps loosen your mind’s self-concepts. I think it's popular because it gives people an instant helicopter view of their life. This knowledge allows people to see for themselves which areas of their life feel good—and which need working on. And this is empowering! It allows our clients to make different choices as to where they focus their time and energy for a more satisfying life. In fact we think the wheel of life assessment is the ultimate coaching tool; simple and easy to use—and endlessly flexible. If you use the blank template, then you will need to select the wheel of life categories that want to include. You can choose any 10 areas. The areas of life that you want to include in your life balance wheel can differ from person to person. See a list of optional areas of life below. However, the areas of life that you choose to include in your life balance wheel must be the areas that are important to you. For example, if self-fulfillment isn’t something that is important to you, then don’t include it. Then, you can go around the Wheel of Life again and indicate where you would ideally like each of these categories to be.