Top Ten Healthy living tips for everyone.
Healthy living tips include those for exercise, diet and lifestyle. Exercise can incorporate a workout for all aspects of the body. Therefore, a daily fitness routine is best served if it incorporates activities for your spirit and mind as well as your body, in order to stay optimally fit and healthy.
Home exercise
You don’t have to join a gym to get exercise. Depending on your interests you can purchase inexpensive equipment for improving muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, aerobic capacity, fat burning, core training and the like. An exercise ball and yoga mats for stretching are highly recommended. Pilates equipment for floor work, a small weight set, and abdominal exercisers are also a good investment. Begin any new type of exercise with moderation. Well-being means being fit physically as well as mentally. Eat well, drink well, sleep well, take a few minutes for quiet, and you will gain fitness and health for your body, mind and spirit.
Steam, sweat and soak
Hydrotherapy has been used by many cultures worldwide to purify and cleanse. From Native American sweat lodges, to Scandinavian saunas and California hot tubs, indulging in water therapy is a great way to cleanse and refresh body and soul. Saunas purify your blood and can help you relax. You can purchase a small sauna or hot tub for your home. Eat your veggies You are what you eat; therefore you can only create the body you want when you fuel yourself with food that is good for you.
Find food grown locally.
Daily servings of vegetables, and food grown without pesticides are best.
Spend time outdoors
Take a daily walk. Walking burns fat, and boosts your mood as well as your metabolism. Walking will also get you outside, where you can enjoy nature and experience your neighborhood.
Breathe
Sounds easy, and it is! Conscious breathing centers your mind, develops focus, and calms the nervous system.
Hydrate
Drink plenty of water. Your body is made of over 80% water. Water cleans your blood, floats your brain and burns fat! Drink plenty of fresh water every day.
Find passion each day
Doing what you love keeps your mind fit and focused. Schedule time for yourself each day It is all too easy to let the demands of others interfere with your best of plans. Pencil in your fitness time and keep those appointments as conscientiously as you do all your appointments. A few minutes of meditation, breathing or walking will restore your energy so you can better address the tasks at hand.
Inner fitness and meditation
Meditation provides a calm center to work from. It can reduce health risks, and has been known to lower blood pressure and reduce inflammation from autoimmune disease. Meditation can heal your body, mind and soul.
Sleep
Sleep is when your body grows and heals, and your mind dreams, relaxes and organizes. To encourage healthy sleep, turn off the lights an hour before bedtime to simulate twilight. Do not watch television in your bedroom, or use the computer. Only use your bedroom for sleep. Develop and maintain a bedtime routine.