"The eight-week program consists of small steps that build on each other until, by the time you complete it, you have laid the foundation for healthy living. You can then decide how much of the program you want to maintain on a permanent basis. It's all about changing behavior. You are probably not addicted to drugs, but you may have other habits that are keeping you from experiencing optimum health." -Andrew Weil, author of 8 Weeks To Optimum Health
I found this book on my mothers bookshelf... or it found me. - M-Z
WEEK FOUR (of Andrew Weil's Eight-Week program)
Congratulations! You are embarking on an exciting and healthy adventure of restyling your life in order to attain optimum health.
Projects:
-Check on your bed, mattress, and sleeping location. Is an uncomfortable bed or noisy bedroom interfering with restful sleep? Can you identify some other impediment to getting a good night's rest? Try to make some changes. Adequate sleep is a key element of a healthy lifestyle, lack of it increases susceptibility to illness. Poor sleep is itself a sign of imperfect health and of a predisposition to further breakdown. Common reasons for not sleeping well: uncomfortable bed, depression and anxiety, stimulation from drugs or sensations from the day, bodily pain or discomfort, mental or emotional disturbance, or an inability to stop thinking about bothersome events.
-Find out about getting an air filter for your home or bedroom.
A protective strategy against pollution/toxin made up of particulate matter (pollen, dust, mold, etc) and human activity (cigarette smoke, automobiles, etc.) in the air.
-Check on your bed, mattress, and sleeping location. Is an uncomfortable bed or noisy bedroom interfering with restful sleep? Can you identify some other impediment to getting a good night's rest? Try to make some changes. Adequate sleep is a key element of a healthy lifestyle, lack of it increases susceptibility to illness. Poor sleep is itself a sign of imperfect health and of a predisposition to further breakdown. Common reasons for not sleeping well: uncomfortable bed, depression and anxiety, stimulation from drugs or sensations from the day, bodily pain or discomfort, mental or emotional disturbance, or an inability to stop thinking about bothersome events.
-Find out about getting an air filter for your home or bedroom.
A protective strategy against pollution/toxin made up of particulate matter (pollen, dust, mold, etc) and human activity (cigarette smoke, automobiles, etc.) in the air.
Diet: -Eat some more garlic this week, in any form that appeals you.
Dr. Weil writes with passion about garlic, whose health benefits have long been recognized in folk-medicine around the world. Garlic is a superior tonic for the cardiovascular system by lowering blood pressure and lowering cholesterol, it also boost activity of the immune system. Find some fresh garlic recipes and incorporate them into your everyday meals. -Replace at least two meals of animal protein with soy protein.
One reason for phasing out animal foods in your diet is to avoid the hormones and drugs they contain.
Dr. Weil writes with passion about garlic, whose health benefits have long been recognized in folk-medicine around the world. Garlic is a superior tonic for the cardiovascular system by lowering blood pressure and lowering cholesterol, it also boost activity of the immune system. Find some fresh garlic recipes and incorporate them into your everyday meals. -Replace at least two meals of animal protein with soy protein.
One reason for phasing out animal foods in your diet is to avoid the hormones and drugs they contain.
Supplements:
-Continue the supplement/vitamin regiment offered in week one, two, and three.
-Continue the supplement/vitamin regiment offered in week one, two, and three.
Exercise:
-Increase your aerobic walk to twenty-five minutes, five days a week.
Mental/Spiritual: *Recommendations that fall under this heading are most important.
-Do two news fasting this week
-Continue to practice your breathing exercises. Research and add a new one.
-Contact someone you know to have experienced healing or recovery from illness or injury. Ask for details of the experience.
-Continue to practice your breathing exercises. Research and add a new one.
-Contact someone you know to have experienced healing or recovery from illness or injury. Ask for details of the experience.
Optional (but highly recommended)
-Try to observe a moment of gratitude for your food before meals, in any way you find comfortable.
The point of bringing a spiritual perspective into your life is to remind yourself that you are more than just your physical body, that there is more to life than the material universe.We are spiritual beings inhabiting material forms, but the immediacy and substantiality of matter make it very easy to fall into the delusion that nothing exists beyond what we perceive with the five senses.
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The point of bringing a spiritual perspective into your life is to remind yourself that you are more than just your physical body, that there is more to life than the material universe.We are spiritual beings inhabiting material forms, but the immediacy and substantiality of matter make it very easy to fall into the delusion that nothing exists beyond what we perceive with the five senses.
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Good luck, have fun, see ya next week!
Love,
Maryam
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