Take care of these simple foundations, and you’re setting yourself up for sustained good health – allowing you to enjoy your life for many years to come.
Take this quick “systems check” to make sure you’re starting this year with good habits in place.
If you’re currently having any health treatment, then taking care of these foundations will create better outcomes for you – it means you’ll get more out of your treatment and feel better, sooner.
Even if you’re feeling OK right now, this check can help you discover where you can find more energy and wellbeing.
Good health doesn’t need to be hi-tech or gimicky. Following these “6 Pillars” gives you solid grounding to feel more vibrant, now and into the future!
Sleep
Signs that you’re getting plenty of good quality sleep, and some habits that help:
Winding down before bed (bath, reading a real book, meditation)
Avoiding screens before bed
In bed before 10pm
Fall asleep easily
Sleep until morning
No disturbing dreams
No night sweats
Wake feeling refreshed, easy to get out of bed
Wake feeling content or happy
We will spend the month of May teaching all about sleep on this blog – tips, remedies and the Chinese medicine view of sleep. Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date with our articles.
Acupuncture and Chinese herbs can be extremely helpful in re-establishing restful, good-quality sleep. Contact us if you’d like treatment or for further advice.
Movement
Here’s how it looks when your exercise is balanced, allowing the body to move and open while preserving your vital energy:
Enjoy exercising, feel happy while you do it and look forward to it
Exercise in the morning
Feel calm, clear and vibrant after exercising (and for the rest of the day)
Not sweating profusely
Able to breathe through your nose most of the time during exercise
Making gradual improvements in stamina, flexibility and strength
Few or no injuries
Our blog articles in March will go deeper into the Chinese medicine view of nurturing life and sustaining vitality. This gives you a great perspective to add to the Western view so that you can find your own balanced way of moving.
If you have injuries, struggle to get motivated to exercise or would like treatment to help recover from training, please contact us for further info or to make a booking.
Food
Water
Mindfulness
Meditation, mindfulness and meaning
Relationships
