Developing a practice that cultivates self awareness is the most important step in your health insurance program. Being able to self regulate your responses to life allows you to make choices that reduce stress and increase your enjoyment of life.Health is not only determined by how well you eat and how much you exercise but also by your ability to cultivate your internal awareness and sense your self. How we respond to our interactions with our world and each other, will either support a state of ease and harmony or not.
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bodied Exercise, an article in Psychology Today by Alan Fogel, describes the importance of reducing chronic stress for better health. Fogel describes how the more we are able to become aware and sense our state of being the more we are able to enhance our performance in any and every activity of our life, resulting in an overall higher state of health.Many people suffer from chronic stress and don't even realize it. The question you should ask your self is "Do you know how to really relax? Not just zoning out in front of some sort of media in attempt to not think about your day anymore, but rather something you do that deepens a relationships with all parts of your body.
How can w
e care for ourselves if we don't know really know what we need? As Fogel Stated, "You may have to put aside your mp3 player and video monitor so you can focus more on yourself. The more you allow time for your body sense, the more that whole body activation gets established, and the easier it becomes to access all those good feelings and health benefits in the future."Some of my favorite ways to relax are meditation, singing, Tai Chi, and Pranayama (breath work meditation). What are yours?
