“Our daily routines are the foundation upon which our health rests… Health is a rhythm. If you dance or play music, you know the feeling of being in rhythm with other musicians and the odd feeling of being out of sync. When you are in sync, the music takes on a life of its own. It enters inside of you and moves your body. The music dances the dancer. It plays the musician. When you are out of rhythm, there is a sense of struggle as you try to find your way back. Health is very similar. The difference is that with health you need to be in rhythm with all of nature, especially the sun and moon. When we are in rhythm, we flow effortlessly through life. When we are out of rhythm, we stumble into ill health and our well-being suffers. It takes effort to bring us back into harmony.”
From Healing Your Life – Lessons on the Path of Ayurveda
by Dr. Marc Halpern
It’s truly what we do on a daily basis that determines our overall health and wellbeing. Stress, rampant in daily life, puts a damper on our bodies’ systems, especially nervous and digestive systems which are deeply intertwined.
When one maintains routines that are supportive of the nervous and digestive system, then the body can endure and combat stress better. But this takes practice.
For those who have been practicing poor habits for a lifetime, change may be difficult. Yet, with intention and by taking baby steps, anybody can make positive shifts in their practices that will bring greater harmony to health and can result in many positive side effects such as decreased anxiety and depression, weight loss/maintenance/gain (as needed), less dependence on pharmaceuticals, healthier skin, hair and nails, and so much more!
I’ve worked with many people, helping them to introduce Ayurvedic principles into their lives and shift their behaviors and consciousness. People have reported amazing results to their digestive systems, nervous systems, and overall wellbeing and level of happiness with life! Reach out today if you’re ready to start your journey on the path of Ayurveda!
“The main recommendations from public health entities include healthy diets and physical activity as the main lifestyle factors impacting the development of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, cancer, and even neurological diseases. Randomized clinical trials have been designed to demonstrate those lifestyle modifications can change the pattern of chronic diseases development and progression. Among these, nutrition is one of the most impacting factors. Therefore, nutrition and diets were also included in different randomized clinical trials, and most of them showed a favorable impact of nutrition modification on the participant's health.”
