by Boogies with Fish

Simple thing you can do to improve your health

First of all, know this, you are talking to a sincere “health freak”. I’m not just a freak for health I’m sincere in saying that most people do truly expect good health instead of earning it. 

There are simple things you can do to improve your health.

So no more excuses and it’s not just a matter of will power it’s a matter of education. Knowledge is power and baby power is in good health for sure!

There are simple ways to improve your health, even the amount of happiness or mental health you feel, and all within just minutes per day. 

1. Inhale an energizing scent. This is so true.  Every year I make candles around the cool weather times, it’s a nice time with my grown daughters spending quality time with the grankids and no not stressful with the kids all around.  Aroma therepy is for real.  It really does work.  The house smells like candy and fresh vanilla, and truly is very relaxing if you’re not spilling wax on the floor!

2. Types of Scents? Research suggests that a critrus, lemon and  or peppermint scents are the most energizing. I love all the new flavors, in fact there is a world of aroma around us that few people truly learn to enjoy  Try it!  I do all the time. Pour  an occasional cup of lemon or peppermint tea, or light a peppermint candle.  Keep bottles of peppermint, orange, or lemon extract to sniff around the house.  Add a couple of drops to a small scent dispenser or keep on the stove because the pilot light, if gas, will keep the scent warmed and smelling great.  

3. Sip ice water. How simple is that? Why does everyone fight the water craze? At least my friends do!  All my friends drink sweetened juice or sodas, it’s just not smart! 

And the problem with this picture,… I had hoped my friends would have gotten smarter about their health by now, are you listening loud and clear (if you’re my friend)? 

Water is your real friend, no better nutriants than the life-substaining substance of water.  After all we are a huge percent of water, let’s freshen up. 

Water keeps your cells hydrated and helps you burn calories. Did you know that whenever you drink something cold, ice cold,  that your body truly raises your metabolism to keep your body temperature from falling? That process alone, drinking ice water, burns calories. Eight 16 ounce glasses of ice water will burn an extra 200 calories per day and that’s a lot when you add it up at the end of the day.

4. Practice “one breath” mediations.  You don’t have to spend years mastering meditation like I tried to. I didn’t know if I should chant or just relax and stretch, but my continuous efforts to learn to meditate, which also includes prayer for some, will help your emotions and stabablize your happy vs. dull feelings that often conflict with every day living.

This one breath method is a powerful, straightforward relaxation technique that can be practiced anytime, anywhere. You can do it an no one will notice.  Trust me, try it, it’s so very cool to just relax, “one breath” when upset and second step “stop, think”, is a really good healthy approach to anger or stress management.  I should know, I’m one of the most stressed, class A personality females that I know. I’m sharp and I’m twisted when wet or my time is wasted.  I get upset and handle stress in many ways but best of all I truly have learned how to manage better.  Stress kills but the “one breath” method saves lives. I’ts a simple thing you can do to improve your health.

Try the “one breath” method whenever you feel even a bit of discomfort.  This is a powerful method of simple health care tips that will improve the quality of life beyond knowledge…until you try and succeed you will never know.

Here is the method:  (I know you know I was going to tell you the method, right?)

1.  What to do: Sit in a comfortable chair that’s for sure!

2. Straighten your back, relax your shoulders and take a deep breath.

3. Let the air “open” your chest. Imagine it filling every cell in your body.

4. Hold the “one breath” in for just a moment, then exhale, releasing every bit of stress.  While you are releasing think of it as the “stress” moving outside of your body. It works.

Always minimize noise at home and at work.  What is it about noise that excites people because I like it quiet I have to concentrate?!

No distractions please, not for me, I told you I was a classic A personality lawyer type witch that doesn’t tolerate nonsense in any fashion and in taking my approaches in life I have to follow a serious plan, to be a serious master planner. 

I’m not just kidding either.  I’m not truly witchy type, I threw that in for drama, but I sure do set up master plans and part of my master plan is to be relaxed and use the one breath method with a quiet home and work space.  I deserve to be relaxed, we all do!

Noise creates severe emotional and physical tension. Fortunately, many aggravating noises can be silenced, thankfully.  Personally I meditate and do my own method of prayer every single day, with honor and with humility I continue to try to remain with honor and humility. Life is never easy, not even for me, the one with all the answers.  I’m personally aggravated at my own self each and every day if just one thing is out of place or out of order at my own making. 

Please learn from what I know to be true.  Relax, reduce noise, stretch, and mediate.  It just doesn’t make sense not to.  Relax by aromatherepy, a quiet room, noise free, stretch and be alone, no thinking of work, no thinking of anything but the air you breath and the aroma you are inhaling.  Once you learn to enjoy your true sense of smell and fresh air you will begin to see that there is more to life that the average pay day of clients, and a steady stream of income.  We are promised nothing in this life but what we can make it on our own.  Expecting someone to come along and make everything go away is a true fallacy. Reducing your lifes expecations to sheer simplicity is always the best answer to “stress free living”.

If you want to improve your life do it yourself.  Don’t hurt or steal or rob in the process, not just robbing for real, but robbing others of their emotions, just stop.  People get wrapped up in anger and having come from an emotional bunch myself, actively aggressive business minded families produce other actively aggressive one-minded persons who sometimes forget to think outside the box, or outside of their own selfish worlds.

And when I tell you to reduce noise, do just as I say!  It’s that important!  Stop screaming!

Breath, “one breaths” remember?  Or, get away from people who scream or have tempers.  Refuse to let their noise effect you if you have no other choice than to live within a boiler room or tank of some kind.

Think about what makes noise around you and do everything you can to avoid it. Does the refridgerator click all day by the desk. Remove the fridge it could be causing extra pounds too and not just fresh healthy foods but added un-needed calories by snacking irregularly.

Before buying an air conditioner or another potentially noisy appliance, compare noise levels of different brands. Use noise absorbing insulation around dishwashers.  Before going into noisy nightclubs or local events think about what you’ll be subjecting yourself when it comes to the noise level.  So many people like “clubbing” but it’s noisy and nerve-wracking to me, who demands quiet peaceful events even relaxing vacations in the back yard if there are no funds for vacation this year.

Bask in bright light, that’s what the phsyics say, but I don’t totally understand that concept.  I do understand keeping yourself positive and when you’re mediating you should talk to someone beyond yourself who knows the real you and understands and loves you. Even if you do not believe in a Supreme being surely you believe in loving yourself and that there still must be something above you that knows you better than you do and can tell if you’re lying to yourself or others.  You can’t really twist the truth when you’re talking to yourself can  you?  Or can you?

With that in mind most people do not think outside of the box, now do they?

Most people get a powerful surge of energy form sunlight or bright indoor light and not just coffee, there are natural ways to feel better.  Try moving your desk chair closer to a window or better yet, take a five minute outdoor walks every few hours or paint an area in your office, giving it a freshened design.  Daylight truly does brighten the spirit but also do not discount the dark quiet cubby-holes you prepare for yourself to sit and relax, even if lap top is on knee and you work from your home office like I do.

You might not think you can tear yourself away from the excel spreadsheets and the enless marketing research and reports, but you will find that if you actually do stand up and tidy up your workspace, your desk guys and dolls, you’ll feel better the rest of the day you really will.  Why are you forbidding yourself happiness with that cluttered desk?

Indoors, replace incandescent or fluorescent bulbs with full spectrum daylight bulbs from a lighting or health food store. Cost and up for bulbs, and up for tubes.  Will help the ambience in the room and oh…don’t forget that waterfall or fish tank that sounds so ocean like and peaceful. 

If fish tanks and meditation, water or otherwise learning to relax just isn’t for you, then decide for yourself your own set of rules or ways to make simple changes to improve your quality of life.  I know you’ve got a list in you somewhere!

Reference:

Boardroom Inc. Worlds Greatest Treasure of Health Secrets. 2010. Stanford, CT: Bottom Line Publications. 

There are truly simple things you can do to improve your health and CanPharm Canada Pharmacy believes that if you have great information you can save so much more than money, you save your quality of life!  Learning to swim, or to hike, or to just move a little more, such the little things in life that make the big difference.

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