Living a Holistic Lifestyle

We all hear talk that the best lifestyle is a holistic approach to life. Sounds great! But how do you live a holistic life style?

Most people don't really know how to achieve that. A holistic lifestyle is much more than eating organic foods and drinking soy or almond milk. A holistic way of life is finding balance in all areas of our life.

A true holistic approach to life incorporates things that nourish you other than food, such as a meaningful spiritual practice, honest relationships, physical activity you enjoy doing and a career you love. I like to call these primary foods, we don't eat them, yet they fill us. They satisfy our hunger on a different level to create a balance.

Secondary foods are the foods we eat, which are also important to creating a balance. Such foods would be organic fruits, vegetables and water which is an essential part of our nourishment; most people are dehydrated and don't even know it. Less red meat and learning to eat from different protein sources such as legumes, nuts and cutting back on artificial food. Remember the old adage “you are what you eat”. What you eat creates who you are, what you do and how you feel. One of the main factors in the formation of acute or chronic illness is the misuse of food and other substances that will break down or create an imbalance in your system making you vulnerable to diseases and illnesses.

Benjamin Franklin once said “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”.
Part of living a holistic lifestyle is to learn prevention. One of the differences between Western and Eastern Medicine is prevention. In western medicine an illness, condition or disease is treated once it has manifested itself in the body with drugs and treatments that can cause many side effects and more damage then the original condition itself.

In Eastern medicine prevention is practice and may help a person avoid any manifestation of a condition or disease. Prevention is using moderation and common sense in all things in order to prevent a negative effect or imbalance. There are two aspects to prevention, the first is “avoidance”. This means not doing certain things because they may harm or affect us in a negative way. An example of this would be avoiding certain foods, people, habits and substances that may affect us in an unhealthy way. The second aspect of prevention is called “positive action”. This means doing something on a regular basis that keeps you healthy or prevents any condition or illness from occurring. It also includes exercising, having a meaningful spiritual practice, career that satisfies you and a relationship that fills you. All things that nourish you on a mind, body and spiritual level that you enjoy will have a therapeutic effect.

Traditional Chinese doctors were paid to keep people well, when their patients became ill they had to take care of them free of charge. In America doctors are paid to treat illness. A Holistic lifestyle involves self-education, self awareness and being in tune with your body, mind and spirit-nourishing your self in a healthy way. These will help strengthen and balance your body and sustain your good health and well-being for many years to help you live a long, vibrant and holistic life.

Reiki

Reiki is a Japanese technique that promotes healing by "laying of hands" and is based on the life force energy. The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's wisdom, higher power or universal energy" and Ki which means" life energy force.

If your life force energy is low, you are vulnerable to illness, depression and stress. Reiki works on all bodily levels, the physical body, the mental body and the body of your spirit. Reiki accelerates the body's natural ability to heal physical ailments, and disease.
Reiki is versatile and can be use on yourself, family, friends. pets, plants and situations. Reiki restores and maintains balance, health harmony at all levels, eases stress, creating a calmer and more relaxed attuitude, helps to clear out the mental "dustbin" of past upsets and distresses, Reiki can help with problem solving, relieves all physical aliments, provides comfort during grief, brings mental clarity and focus. Reiki can also be used for distant healing healing.

At Inspired Wellness we offer Reiki sessions
and now you can save money by purchasing Reiki
Packages. Soothing Reiki sessions also make a great gift.

Single Session: $75
Package of Five: $337.50 (10% off)
Package of Ten: $637.50 (15% off)
All sessions are 1 hour

Spring Clean Your LIfe

We tend to hold on to "stuff" we collect year after year. We save, and eventually stock up on, things we don't know what to do with anymore. Maybe we keep things because they hold precious memories of the days gone by, or they remind us of our parents, grandparents, past loves or childhood. To part with these precious possessions seems out of the question. There is a saying that goes, "You have to get rid of the old to make way for the new." If you're feeling stuck or stagnant in your life, try spring cleaning. Throw out some of that stuff, say goodbye to your past, and welcome the new energy of your happy, healthy future.

For good mental and physical health, we actually have two "houses" that need to be Spring Cleaned: Our Dwellings and our Physical Bodies, Just as we accumulate "stuff" in the form of outgrown clothes, magazines, rusty bicycles, tools and random Keepsakes, so do our bodies. Our bodies accumulate old food residues and toxins that need to be cleaned out, To spring clean your body, give it a break from rich and complicated foods by either cleansing or fasting (not straving yourself fasting) for a short period of time. Cleansing means paring down your food to just simple fruits, veggies, losts of water and perhaps whole grains. Fasting means limiting most foods and drinking lots of water, fresh vegetable and fruit juices, teas and soups. Without much energy going towards digestion, more energy is available to rest your body and mind. Cleansing and fasting can sharpen your concentration, help you gain insight and promote spirtual awareness. It can also lead to improved immune function and better digestion.

While cleaning out your body and home, don't forget to spring clean your heart. Throw away negative thoughts and habits you've been harboring that no longer serve you. A clean heart will allow you to receive all the good that awaits you each and every day. If your heart and mind are cluttered, there is no room for life's gift's and surprises to enter in.