Trying Holistics

If you are a long term dieter who has struggled for years to keep the weight off, please please please take note of this advice. Fad diets don’t work!

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I so agree with this blog post, must have more of it!  Just a few minutes out in the sunshine a day has so many health benefits, and don’t we all just know how everyone we meet seems happier when the sun is shining! Seems it has many benefits for our health, including increasing our levels of dopamine, one of the feel good hormones.

Another idea is to bring the colours of sunshine in to our homes. The colours yellow and orange are bright and cheerful. Personally I love to have a vase of yellow daffodils in my home in the early springtime, when ever I look at them it brings a smile to my face.  Use the colours of nature. Green  reminds us of plants and trees. Surround yourself with reminders of sunshine and nature.  Bring them in to your home.  Brightly coloured flowers, green plants, brightly coloured pictures, that remind us of trees, nature and sunshine, all have a positive effect and trigger our endorphins.

Whenever you can, walk in nature. It is Spring here in the UK and the blossom trees are amazing!  We are blessed with having beautiful bluebell woods near to where we live.  Seeing the variations in the colours from sky blue to indigo, creating  a carpet as far as the eye can see, contrasting against the lush green of the beech trees, does wonders for the  soul. Get out there and enjoy it!

Check out the link to  Go Out and Get Some Sun

Christine

 Thoughts for the day.. thankyou to Buddha

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it”.

“To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him”.

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment”.

“The tongue like a sharp knife… kills without drawing blood.”

“He is able who thinks he is able”

 “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.” 

 “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”

Before you were born you were just a little spark of light connected to the creative force of  the universe. You looked down on this great earth. What a beautiful planet filled with wondrous life forms. You started to ponder the possibilities of life on earth…. Ream more »

Learn how to manage your own feel good factor, by triggering  the release of endorphins in your body. Endorphins are your body’s opiates, your natural pain killers, they help you to feel pleasure, and  they boost your immune system.

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Albert Einstein  quote ” Definition of Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results“

So,   if you have been on the  slimming roller coaster for years  and now is the time to get off permanently,   find a different way!      Think differently,  act differently! Ream more »

Having lost several stones ,and more importantly, having kept the weight off for 3 years,  I reckon I have earned the right to post my own personal slimming tips…. Ream more »

After last Friday’s pamper evening at our local holistic wellness centre, everyone reported amazing healing experiences.We had our nails done, enjoyed facials, indulged in reflexology,  peace dancing, and spiritual healing…  a body, mind and spirit experience… headaches were fixed, past lives were revealed,  emotions were released, and all in the  space of a couple of hours…   Ream more »

Just been watching interesting programme on BBC 4.( It’s only a theory)

The theory put forward is that rather than feel sad, lots of us take medication…..  because we have the  expectation that we should be happy all the time. Some of this stems from the media. We are in danger of living our lives like a fairy tale, always wanting the happy ending, the perfect job, the knight in shining armour, our own Mr Darcy .

 This is not to undermine true clinical depression, a truly horrible illness,which can feel like a chasm of darkness to the sufferer and needs expert treatment, and deserves our sympathy.

So many of us say  we are depressed, when we mean we are sad, or disappointed, or bored…..

The tendency can be to try and suppress these emotions with alternatives to drugs… food, alcohol, work, exercise,  … all of which can turn in to addictions..

In fact, sadness is a normal emotion, always remember,  it will pass…

Try smiling,…. just by changing your facial expression  you will be amazed how much your mood can change.. 

Christine

Two weeks ago I was going to the gym 4/5 days  a week.. today I have been told to take a month’s rest.  The reason… it would be quicker to tell you what  doesn’t hurt…. !  I put it down to being too ambitious in the gym, too keen to lose those last few stubborn pounds, and the final straw,  was the yoga class.. Ream more »