Also On Wellness
Posts by 123Feel.Better
In grade school, we learned that Valentine's Day was the only truly acceptable day to express and receive love. We also learned that it was only as good as the number of construction paper valentines we received. What a recipe for disappointment! Everyday should have its own expressions of love, and (thank goodness) your worth is not measured by those chalky candy hearts. This Valentine's Day lets...
2/13/2012 11:59:56 PM
How many times have you heard "Sit up Straight," or "Stand with your head held high"? Still think they want you to lengthen your spine just so you can look taller? There is much more to posture than just looking good. Good posture enhances physical wellness by strengthening and relaxing the body, encourages deep breathing which promotes better emotional wellness, and attracts others toward you, increasing...
2/7/2012 12:27:43 PM
In the west, yoga is primarily used to aid Physical Wellness. While yoga is great for conditioning the body through muscle strengthening and stretching poses, it can also help increase emotional health you as you travel your Spiritual Wellness. Did you know that there is more to Yoga than Downward-dog? Yoga is actually an 8-part system, with the physical practice only being one part. The physical poses...
2/6/2012 6:02:47 PM
Pain is the touchstone of all spiritual progress. -Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions One of the greatest and most basic spiritual wellness questions that we all ask is "Why?" We find ourselves facing a challenging situation-a death, a sudden layoff or the breakdown of a relationship, and we ask: Why me?!! Why not that person who cut me off on the freeway today?? We even get self-piteous when we feel...
2/2/2012 6:54:06 PM
Movies make finding your soul mate seem so easy, don't they? The handsome main character looks across a crowded room, into the eyes of a beautiful stranger, and without words, they know they are meant to be together. Movies are images. They are someone elses' creations. They aren't reflections of our world, right? Wrong! Our world is our creation. It is our collection of images, and we have the power...
1/31/2012 10:46:19 PM
Everyday I talk to people who feel lost. Some days it is I who is grasping. Funny enough, it is usually the most giving people that find themselves feeling the most downtrodden. What is common among all of us? Self-abuse through negative self-affirmations. Self-abuse damages confidence and inhibits the ability to receive love - and it is powerful. Are you self-abusive? Do you say any of the following...
1/31/2012 10:42:03 PM
Picture this: You're driving on a crowded highway in the middle of the afternoon. It's hot, and your car's air conditioner is on the fritz. You stayed up all night finishing a project for work, and your boss still wasn't happy with the results. Your mind is switching frantically between the fear of getting fired and the fear that you'll now be late to your son's soccer game because of all this traffic....
1/30/2012 2:00:19 PM