Taking care of yourself in the context of a healthy lifestyle

Within the framework of the article, an attempt was made to consider the category of a healthy lifestyle through ontological comprehension, through the experience of being-toward-death and being as suffering. In the context of a healthy lifestyle, self-care should be based on the philosophical principles of self-care, a balanced diet, its relationship with physical activity and rest, on the example of the principles promoted in various ancient educational schools. The ontological structure of self-care, part of which is a healthy lifestyle aimed at combating human suffering and ill health, a way of self-organization, restoration of integrity, acquisition of wisdom, manifested in the existential practice of the art of life, focused on the preservation and enhancement of health.