In these most challenging times, it is vital that we consciously engage in practices to enhance our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. I remember the late Wayne Dyer offering a continuum for considering our health: Illness—->Health—->Wellness. He defined Health as the absence of illness and urged us to go beyond Health to Wellness. Wellness is a state of total vibrant Wellbeing—So let’s aim for WELLBEING!!
Caring for Yourself: Practical Approaches
Many of the following practices will support multiple and in some cases all areas of your health—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
- EXERCISE: aerobic, strength, stretching
- EXERCISE & FRESH AIR: walk, run, bike, snowshoe or other forms of exercise in Nature—the energy at the ocean is some of the most restorative energy available to you
- Yoga
- DIET-Eat nourishing food-balanced diet of healthy food
- (and enjoy what you eat—negative thoughts like “I shouldn’t be eating this,” put lower vibrations into your body and impair your digestion. Want to splurge on a dessert or candy? Eat it with joy and gratitude.)
- VITAMINS, SUPPLEMENTS: From your local natural health store, a naturopath, or other natural health specialist learn ways to care for your body and boost your immune system naturally with vitamins and supplements. For example, there is research to support the role of taking Vitamin D3 in preventing virus/flu.
- SLEEP: (adults 7-9 hrs. a night) Sleep is when your body heals and regenerates. When we are tired, we are more prone to depression, anxiety, sadness, and other heavy emotions.
- Warm baths in relaxing bath oil/salts
- HYDRATION: Drink plenty of water each day. Our bodies are 80% water and chronic dehydration is a contributing factor in many illnesses.
- ENERGY TREATMENTS: Massage, Reiki, Biofield Tuning, Integrated Awareness
- Biofield Tuning: Founder Eileen McKusick https://www.biofieldtuning.com
- You can buy a Sonic Slider tuning fork that you can use on yourself!
- Biofield Tuning: Founder Eileen McKusick https://www.biofieldtuning.com
- Donna Eden Daily Energy Routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di5Ua44iuXc I began doing this weeks ago and in just a few days, I could feel a difference. I now have so much energy—I’m really amazed. I don’t feel exhausted at the end of my day. I have greater clarity, focus, and optimism…and I reduced my caffeine intake without any effort—I just found I didn’t need or want it.
- Tapping (Rick Orner) -The Tapping Solution offers tapping meditations to help you quiet your mind, fall asleep more easily, achieve deeper sleep, and to program your mind before you fall asleep. https://www.thetappingsolution.com At this site, you can assess a free app with free access to a number of tapping meditations. There are tapping meditations for anxiety, stress, fear, illness, pain, greater focus, more joy, and so much more. The meditations run 6 to 12 mins. You can have the app on your phone for easy access. You can also purchase a membership if you want access to more meditations. Here is a partial list of the meditations they offer.
| Physical | Mental | Emotional | Spiritual |
| Increase your energy
Heal illness Reduce pain Support for healing-lungs, gut, tinnitus, allergies, arthritis, cancer, & more Injury recovery Weight loss |
Quiet your mind
Stop racing thoughts Fall asleep more easily Sleep more deeply Program your mind before sleeping Increasing focus |
Releasing anxiety
You are enough Confidence Depression support COVID stress Releasing-fear, guilt, sadness, … Increasing happiness Relationships
|
Increase gratitude
Self-love |
- Joe Dispenza meditations https://drjoedispenza.com/
This site includes multiple resources both free and for purchase.
You can also find talks, demonstrations, and meditations by Dr. Dispenza on youtube. I use the following 2 meditations regularly. There are countless others on the website.
| Physical | Mental | Emotional | Spiritual |
| Blessing the Energy Centers
Empowering the Power Within (strengthening immune system) You are the Placebo |
You are the Placebo
Tuning to New Potentials Morning & Evening Meditations (< 30 mins each) |
You are the Placebo
Tuning to New Potentials Morning & Evening Meditations (< 30 mins each) |
Turning Your Love Inwards (20 mins) |
- Netflix, Headspace, guided meditations program-there is also a Headspace App and the premium membership is free for teachers
- SOUND-MUSIC-GUIDED MEDITATIONS “Power Thoughts Meditation Club” -videos that can be downloaded as audio files –help for healing, relaxing, shifting to positive thoughts, inspiration, gratitude, and more https://www.youtube.com/user/PowerThoughtsclub
- Chanting, Toning, Singing all change your vibration and create healing
- HeartMath Institute https://www.heartmath.org many resources available for bringing your heart & mind into coherence which promotes health (remember the heart’s electromagnetic energy amplitude is 60 times greater than that of your mind).
Gratitude
- Keep a gratitude journal
- When you wake and/or before you fall asleep, name 5 things for which you are grateful
- Appreciative Living by Jacqueline Bascobert Kelm
Presents a model for living the Appreciative Approach in your life. Includes practices you can incorporate into your daily life to increase your vitality and joy and to help you take your life in the direction of your dreams.
- Write short notes or emails of gratitude to friends/family/colleagues especially those with whom you may not often have contact.
- Create a collage of things for which you are grateful and post it where you see it every day.
- Engage in gratitude conversations at your dinner table-each person sharing something or someone for whom they are grateful that day.
Joy
- Keep a joy journal of moments when you experience joy, things that bring you joy
- Be mindful of the moments when you experience joy and pause to be fully present to the joy (example: I’ve watched people pull over for a minute or 2 to take in the beauty of the sunrise on their drive to work)
- When you experience a moment of joy, tap the middle of your forehead (third eye chakra) to “tap the feeling into” your energy system and body
- Surround yourself with more of the things that bring you joy
Inspiration
- Pay attention to what inspires you—music, walks, reading, people, poetry, movies, etc. and choose to engage with these to keep yourself inspired
- Prayer
Creativity
- Julia Cameron’s books “The Artist’s Way,” “Walking in this World,” “Finding Water,” and more. Each is a 12-week experience of reconnecting with and nurturing your creativity. 12 chapters in each book with short self-discovery activities.
- Make time for hobbies, crafts—even a few minutes a day
- Do a puzzle
- Color, paint, draw, sculpt, etc.
- Cooking, home decorating, gardening, …
I will continue to add resources so please check back periodically.