Posts tagged Nourishment
What’s For Breakfast?
Sep 2nd
“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” -Eileen Caddy
When you wake up in the morning what is on your mind? What is on your emotional plate? What are some of the first thoughts and words you use to feed yourself in order to get through the day? Do you have a healthy mental breakfast or don’t you even take the time to sit down and eat?
How you spend your time in the morning will have a lot to do with how your day goes. If you take the time to nourish your mental well being you will not only start out on the right note, you will have more balance in your life.
Some people are so used to doing nothing, they simply run around through their morning routine and aren’t aware they even have a mind!
But, if you wake up just 5 minutes early and take time to give thanks for another day, pray to live it well no matter what you find and focus on what you do have that you are grateful for; that 5 minutes will not only help put you on a healthier mental path but there’s no other way to start each day.
If you can take even more quiet time to pray and meditate try and get in the habit of doing so because if you think physical exercise is good for your health, doing this one mental exercise each day puts you in touch with the spirit of life that sustains us.
We are sometimes so wrapped up in the outer physical world that we forget there is a whole other world within us that when tapped into can bring you peace, strength, freedom from worry and fear and the perspective that all is well.
This kind of soulful nourishment will help you live each day knowing that no matter what happens you are just fine. You always have a peaceful place within you and a light that can erase any darkness.
Don’t allow yourself to get so caught up with all of your issues and all of the garbage that’s on your plate that you forget about all that is right in your life.
Learning to start each day from within will be the best thing you can do for yourself. Eating a healthy mental breakfast is the only way to start each day because without it you simply won’t be on your “A” game.
Being grateful and being thankful for every little thing you have may sound trite but it will make the biggest impact on how you live. It is all about your perspective and how you choose to view your life.
Make living with an attitude of gratitude apart of your day and you will live it well!
Below is my mom’s favorite prayer that I say each morning:
Lord/Allah/Higher Power thank you for another day within this life of mine. Help me to live it well no matter what I find.
Bestow from you abundance whatever I may lack, help me use the hours wisely for I cannot give them back.
Lord/Allah/Higher thank you for another day in which to make amends for the little slights and petty words inflicted on my friends.
For sometimes losing patience with people that I find, in finding faults in others lives but not the ones in mine.
Lord/Allah/Higher Power thank you for another chance in which to try to be a little more deserving of the gifts you’ve given me.
For yesterday is over, tomorrow is far away and I remain committed to the good I do today!
5 Ingredients For Achieving Overall Wellness
Aug 31st
Want total freedom? Abundance? Happiness? Overall wellness? There are 5 ingredients to manifesting this reality.
1. Water: The cells in our body depend on water. Moreover, 55 to 75% of the human body is made up of water so water needs to constantly be replenished as it is continuously lost through normal breathing, sweating, urinating and bowel movements. There are several benefits of drinking water, among them are that it detoxifies, moisturizes, increases metabolism, helps with nutrient absorption and transport, regulates body temperature and so much more. As such, the body needs a healthy dose of pure old fashioned, unsweetened, unflavored, natural water.
2. Healthy Eating Habits: Paying as much attention to what we put in the body as to what we put on the body is imperative to achieving wellness. In the words of Dr. Sunyatta Amen, a naturopathic physician, food can either be a medicine or a poison. Strive to utilize food as the former. The human body requires food for nourishment. However, the type of food required by the body includes those fresh, live foods that are nutrient-dense and rich in vitamins and minerals which are necessary just as water to nourish the cells and enable the organs to function properly. Thus, taking care to ensure that we are making healthy food choices is a must to achieve overall wellness.
3. Physical activity: The human body requires some form of physical activity. Exercise increases our energy and improves longevity. Exercise also promotes psychological well-being, helps with weight management and builds and maintains healthy, strong bones, muscles and joints. If that’s not enough, exercise has been linked to disease prevention for diseases such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and osteoporosis. There are tons of benefits of exercise which is what makes it a key ingredient for realizing wellness.
4. Meditation: Daily meditation has numerous rewards. Primarily, as with exercise, meditation promotes psychological well-being. It also reduces stress along with the risk of several stress-related illnesses. As well, meditation heightens your awareness of thought which improves your ability to realize inner peace. In fact, the primary purpose of meditation is to achieve a state of happiness and peace of mind. Meditation techniques can vary from focused breathing, walking and chanting to affirmations. Choose the technique that is most effective in enabling you to manifest (and most effortlessly so) pure positive thought, the final ingredient.
5. Pure Positive Thought: This is probably the most important ingredient yet mentioned. Pure positive thought is achieved by simply transforming negative thoughts into positive ones. It is about consistently assuming a psychological posture of appreciation. For instance, when faced with a challenging life event try redirecting your thoughts away from what you don’t want and toward what you do want and the deliciousness of attaining it. You will find that by doing this simple exercise you arrive at a better “feeling” space. A space that illuminates the beauty of this place and this life. You will thus achieve overall wellness.
