Health

Have you ever noticed that the more you take pharmaceuticals for an issue say pain or allergies, the more of them you have to take in order to have the desired effect? Or the generally held belief that a massage has to be painful to be effective or that essential oils have to burn or sting to be working?

Why are we humans so hard on ourselves?

With all of this abuse it is a wonder that we do as well as we do, thrive even, or is it? What magic is at work behind the scenes in our bodies that keeps everything just so…?

Health is not a magical occurrence but a dynamic process that is always at work both when we are healthy and when we are ill.

I would go so far as to say even more when we are ill.

It is our Health that stimulates the immune response that fights infection, it is our Health that makes us sneeze and cough and fills our sinuses with green goo. It is our Health that makes us puke.

Our Health is most present when we feel the most abandoned by it.

So how can we resource ourselves this winter in the midst of all the sneezing and coughing and threats of swine flu??

There are some simple steps you can take that I am sure you all know, this will be a gentle reminder.

1. Drink plenty of water (pH adjusted reverse osmosis/distilled preferred). This will keep your mucous membranes moist and able to act as your first line of defense.

2. Get plenty of rest. Sleep in! It is hibernation season, after all. Be a bear.

3. Eat healthy organic foods, in a variety of colors.

4. Do something every day that makes you smile so long it makes your cheeks ache and laugh so hard that you almost pee your pants.

5. Exercise daily, preferably in the form of play.

6. Wash your hands often (without antibacterial soap, please)

7. Do something everyday that takes you outside of your comfort level, especially when it comes to reaching out to others. Giving and serving others boosts your immune system.

So go outside and play, enjoy the snow.

Maria