Healthy.Happy.Summer.

Create A Better, Happier You!

Recently, I had realized I had missed a valuable ingredient in staying happy and healthy this summer. Sure, I would love to look great in my new two-peice swim suit, but what we all seem to loose focus on is our health internally. Yoga and meditation is a powerful solution to balance our heart, mind, body, and soul. I looked up benefits of meditation and found some amazing information. They seemed to find 100 benefits, which you can read more on here, but I’ll just skim over the main pointers:

Physiological benefits:

1. Increases exercise tolerance.

2. Normalizes to your ideal weight

3. Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc

4. Cure headaches & migraines

5. Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms

Psychological benefits:

6. Builds self-confidence.

7. Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behaviour.

8. Increased Productivity

9. Helps with focus & concentration

10. Helps control own thoughts

Spiritual benefits:

11. Provides peace of mind, happiness

12. Increased compassion

13. Increased acceptance of oneself

14. Helps you discover your purpose

15. Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love

If this small portion of the list doesn’t persuade you to try meditating, i don’t know what will. Just remember that health is not only physical but emotional. Try meditating 15-20 minutes or more a day (Think of it as “me” time) and see how you feel. It’s a new thing I’m trying too, so you’re not alone. All you need is a quiet space and your full attention. We all could use a little TLC, so why not start with something so simple that can have so much affect to your everyday life? Let us know how your meditation goes. We would love to hear from others!!

If you’re unsure on how to get started, here’s some helpful links I was able to find:

www.how-to-meditate.org

www.alternative-medicine.net