Day 290 of 365 - Choosing One Thing
If you're still with me, exploring the map of our health and wellness journey, thank you. I realize health information can seem repetitive and tedious. The ideal might seem appealing, but we don't quite know what to choose or how it will all play out.
So, here's an idea for a single approach you can try that will benefit many areas. It's meditation. I know, I've written about it before, but bear with me. I just read an article that was referring to the many researched benefits. Maybe reading about some of those here will entice you to give meditation a try if it has not yet appealed to you.
Here are just some. Mental benefits of meditation include: increasing ability to focus, make decisions and solve problems; improves memory; boosts mood via increased serotonin production. Physical benefits of meditation include: helping moderate heart rate and breathing rate; reducing blood pressure; boosting the immune system. Social benefits include: improved perspective and awareness, which indirectly improves relationships.
If you are wanting to give meditation a try now, here is one of the simplest ways:
1. Get comfortable and prepare to sit for a few minutes.
2. Focus on your breath, keeping your attention on the inhale and the exhale.
3. Follow your breath for two minutes. When your mind wanders, kindly return it to the breath. It happens. You'll go away, come back, go away, come back.
Increase your time as you get more comfortable. End by noticing how your body, emotions and mind feel. Notice your surroundings as you come back to them. That's it!
As you've been reading in my posts, there are many different lifestyle factors we can choose to address for improved health. If it all seems too much, just pick one. The neat thing about choosing something like meditation as the one is, that it can be as effective as other physical choices, in terms of positive outcomes. So, if the idea of overhauling your diet in even a limited way, or starting to exercise daily has no appeal to start, try meditation. You don't have to go anywhere. You just need a quiet, calm location in which to sit.
On our journey to improved health and vitality, we all have to start somewhere. We need to have open hearts and open minds to effect change. 'Our willingness to be open is one of the most important attributes we bring to life.' (Adyashanti) Making even one small change can shift our perspective, allowing us to observe life differently. Are you open to discovery?
By trying a practice like meditation, the mind can become a powerful tool for both mental clarity and physical restoration. Maybe that will feel like something you would like to explore.
So, here's an idea for a single approach you can try that will benefit many areas. It's meditation. I know, I've written about it before, but bear with me. I just read an article that was referring to the many researched benefits. Maybe reading about some of those here will entice you to give meditation a try if it has not yet appealed to you.
Here are just some. Mental benefits of meditation include: increasing ability to focus, make decisions and solve problems; improves memory; boosts mood via increased serotonin production. Physical benefits of meditation include: helping moderate heart rate and breathing rate; reducing blood pressure; boosting the immune system. Social benefits include: improved perspective and awareness, which indirectly improves relationships.
If you are wanting to give meditation a try now, here is one of the simplest ways:
1. Get comfortable and prepare to sit for a few minutes.
2. Focus on your breath, keeping your attention on the inhale and the exhale.
3. Follow your breath for two minutes. When your mind wanders, kindly return it to the breath. It happens. You'll go away, come back, go away, come back.
Increase your time as you get more comfortable. End by noticing how your body, emotions and mind feel. Notice your surroundings as you come back to them. That's it!
As you've been reading in my posts, there are many different lifestyle factors we can choose to address for improved health. If it all seems too much, just pick one. The neat thing about choosing something like meditation as the one is, that it can be as effective as other physical choices, in terms of positive outcomes. So, if the idea of overhauling your diet in even a limited way, or starting to exercise daily has no appeal to start, try meditation. You don't have to go anywhere. You just need a quiet, calm location in which to sit.
On our journey to improved health and vitality, we all have to start somewhere. We need to have open hearts and open minds to effect change. 'Our willingness to be open is one of the most important attributes we bring to life.' (Adyashanti) Making even one small change can shift our perspective, allowing us to observe life differently. Are you open to discovery?
By trying a practice like meditation, the mind can become a powerful tool for both mental clarity and physical restoration. Maybe that will feel like something you would like to explore.
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