8 Elements of the West

1:  Exercise Everyday

Move your body and energy 15 minutes everyday. Commit to becoming clear in body and mind through movement. Circulate. Clear toxicity in body and mind. Nourish with deep breathing, joint movement and a connection with self.

2:  Strengthen Your Spine

A strong spine and proper posture supports a healthy body. You are as young as your spine is flexible and strong. Improve your breathing. Core movements cleanse your organs, connective tissue, and even old tension memories in your tissues. Try pilates and yoga.

3:  Eat Whole Foods

Commit 80% of your diet to whole, unprocessed natural foods. This gives you the vitality and energy for a full life. Nourish yourself with nature’s abundance.

4:  Develop Self-Awareness

Awareness is life navigation. Positive change happens through reflection, imagination and creativity. Your internal environment creates your external landscape. Navigate your world with greater ease through self-understanding. Work with thoughts and feelings to transform yourself.

5:  Find Centering Time

Cultivate life balance by returning regularly to the stillness of your center. Meditation, contemplation, a day of rest. With a full schedule, life in balance is easier when you’ve made time to return to your own center.

6:  Care for Your Community and Environment

Guide and be guided by trusted friends and family. It takes a village. None of us stands alone. Support and be supported by your community. Give to those you care about. Be kind to the earth.

7:  Be  Self-Resposible

Your life is your own to guide.  Be pro-active, not reactive, in taking charge of your life, your relationships, your health and vitality. Take time for prevention. Your greatest asset is your health. And when you do fall out of health, remember that true health means to be involved in the process, to be in charge.

8:  Live From Your Heart

Listen to your heart, and trust it, to enjoy the best your life offers. Allow the depth of your heart to transform all of life’s experiences. In the end, you can get your head to follow your heart, but you can’t get your heart to follow your head. Align mind to heart for greater ease, to fully enjoy your life.

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