WELLNESS TIPS - DID YOU KNOW?   

• MASSAGE THERAPY – Increases circulation, allowing the body to pump more oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs. Stimulates the flow of lymph, the body's natural defense system, against toxic invaders. Increased circulation of blood and lymph systems improves the condition of the body's largest organ - the skin. Relaxes and softens injured and overused muscles. Reduces spasms and cramping. Increases joint flexibility. Reduces recovery time, helps prepare for strenuous workouts and eliminates subsequent pains of the athlete at any level. Releases endorphins - the body's natural painkiller - and is being used in chronic illness, injury and recovery from surgery to control and relieve pain. Reduces post-surgery adhesions and edema and can be used to reduce and realign scar tissue after healing has occurred. Improves range-of-motion and decreases discomfort for patients with low back pain.

• REST & STATE OF MIND--What we accept into our minds the last 20 minutes before bed stays in our subconscious while we sleep and the first 20 minutes of our day sets the tone for remainder of the day. Start your day off positive!

• H2O - To obtain a good estimate for water intake, take your body weight in pounds and divide that number in half. (i.e., if you weigh 160 pounds, you should drink at least 80 ounces of water per day. This amounts to 10 glasses of water.)

• JUST BREATHE – Breathing exercises bring wonderful benefits because they can reverse your stress response, which, if chronically triggered and not reversed in a timely manner, can lead to chronic stress. This can really wreak havoc on your body. Therefore, breathing exercises can be said to bring the over-reaching benefit of reversing the myriad problems caused by chronic stress. http://stress.about.com/od/tensiontamers/a/Breathing_Ex.htm

• Click here for a video: Breathing Relaxation Exercise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j5Z4E2wkh4

• GET PHYSICAL - Your heart will be healthier if you get between 7 and 9 hours of sleep each night. ALL of us can do something; let’s commit to getting physical. Take a walk, join a dance or yoga class, do a little gardening, just do something.

• Click here for a video: Yoga Lower Back Stretch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BEi_qbzg7k&feature=related

• STRESS AFFECTS - "Often times people are stressed in our culture. Stress-related disorders make up between 80 to 90 % of the ailments that bring people to family-practice physicians. What people require is someone to listen, someone to touch them, someone to care. That does not exist in modern medicine. A massage is often just what the doctor ordered.

• AROMA IS THERAPY – Aromatherapy has been shown to carry many benefits in terms of wellness and stress relief. For example, one study showed that aromatherapy does indeed have an effect on brain waves, and can alter behavior, increase relaxation, decrease anxiety ad stress.

FORWARD THOUGHT

WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS........they become your WORDS

WATCH YOUR WORDS............they become your ACTIONS

WATCH YOUR ACTIONS............they become your HABITS

WATCH YOUR HABITS............. they become your CHARACTER

WATCH YOUR CHARACTER........it becomes your DESTINY....

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