Natural
health doesn't mean you have to live on alfalfa and lentils
and wear a kaftan and sandals!
It's actually a way of keeping yourself and
your back healthy and strong so you can get the most from
life.
Nor is it hard to acquire the skills and
knowledge to build and maintain your natural health.
Learning to Listen To Your Body
No, we don't mean the rumbles in your stomach or the
creaking in your joints!
Imagine you have learned to listen to your
body, so you instinctively understand what it needs and how
to look after yourself.
So when it whispers "one more chocolate
is fine" or shouts out "stop the junk food now!"
you pay attention.
It's actually not hard to learn this so you
understand what your body needs so it works best for you.
Keeping A Focus On Your Health
Healthy and vital people have learned the practices to keep
themselves that way.
Would you like to learn how how you can get
well when you do get sick and how to take on a set of
healthy “habits” that move you steadily towards
vitality?
It's really not that hard and often its
pretty obvious, like the choices between:
- a mars bar or an apple
- a short walk or hopping in the car
- the thick shake or an orange juice
Watching Out For Health Traps & Nasties
What are "health traps"?
They are the things that you assume are good
for you and probably don't think about too much - we also
call them "health nasties".
They work against your natural health and
wellbeing, even though you might think they're doing you
good. You probably read about them - stories about how things you and most other people thought were good for your health turn out in fact to be unhealthy.
We encourage you to think carefully about how you use the mainstream healthcare system to your advantage and to consider alternatives where you can.
It might sound contradictory, but in our opinion, your best chance of long term health and wellbeing comes from looking after your own health, staying out of the health system and avoiding "health nasties".
So How Healthy Are You Today?
Have you spent years and years living a damaging lifestyle?
Did you have a lifestyle that you thought
was good, but you've been eating predominantly processed
foods, or food rich in sugar or heavy in fat?
Are you now noticing a fall off in your
energy levels or fitness and thinking "Gee, I used to
be able to do that but I can't now"?
Can You Do The Things You Want?
You might be experiencing a decline in your physical
capabilities and quality of life.
Have you been sick more often, or suffered
mechanical failures in your body?
You may say that you are ‘surprised’ or
that is ‘unlucky.
Actually, it’s neither a surprise, nor bad
luck, it’s just an inevitable outcome if you have been
neglecting your natural health.
Here's Some Good News!
What happens if you have spent a large part of your life
eating badly, not exercising and taking drugs instead of
letting your body heal naturally?
Then you change your habits and you say,
"OK this is it!" and you start building up your
good habits - healthy eating, shed some weight, get fitter
and drop bad habits.
Are you able to repair the damage and
achieve natural health?
You will be pleased to know the answer –
it's “Yes”.
The good news is that your body has an
amazing ability to heal itself, provided the damage is not
too great.
As soon as you improve your behaviour and
make lifestyle changes, you make a difference to your health
from that point on.
The effects might not be visible right away,
but your body is healing itself and the time to see
improvements can be remarkably short.
7 Simple Steps To Natural Health &
Wellbeing
Here's what we say in the HealthIQ ebook.
1) Have the intention to be well - give
yourself every chance of this.
2) Remember your mind and body are one –
you need to keep both healthy.
3) Eat fresh, natural foods, especially
fruit, vegetables and nuts.
4) Minimise your intake of all drugs and
chemicals.
5) Exercise regularly - 30 minutes at least
3 times per week.
6) Educate yourself about health and
wellbeing.
7) View your body as an energy system and
discover which energy practices work for you.
The 7 steps are explained in detail in the
ebook where a set of practices are described. You can use
these together with diary worksheets to enable you to take
on the 7 steps in your daily life.
Find Out How Yoga Can Help You
The benefits of yoga are well documented and wide ranging.
If you stick at it you can expect your body to become
stronger and much more flexible, which means you are less
likely to accidentally injure yourself.
Yoga also stimulates and massages your
internal organs helping them to function properly and stay
healthy.
It also helps your mind to become more
settled and clear. The calmness this brings helps in itself
to reduce stress and niggling illnesses. Read
more about yoga
Learn About Your Energy System
So you might be thinking - this is starting to sound a bit
weeeiiiird??!
Energy fields - next we;ll be warping
through space and time, Jedi sword fights, Darth Vader . .
hey beam me back to planet Earth Scotty!
Well, your energy field is actually a
physical reality. Without getting too technical, physics
describes a Universe made of energy at the fundamental
level.
As such this energy integral to all aspects
of our life processes - how your physical body operates, the
state of your emotions, the workings of your mind, and your
spiritual life.
The energy in this field is active and
intelligent and provides the connection, between the
Universal energy field and the physical world that we live
in.
The energy fields in your body drive its
physical behaviour and disturbances in this energy field
typically appear as physical illnesses.
This energy can be treated and manipulated
by trained practitioners. Reiki is one example of an energy
treatment and there are many others.