Five secrets of a healthy life. Irina Bjørnø
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yourself!
You are the most important person in your life! You share your own company all of your life! Nothing can change this marriage! Be curious: who are you? What are yours likes/dislikes, habits, special feature? Are you happy/unhappy with your life as it is now? Have 10 minutes everyday to reflect your personality. Only 10 minutes, which will change your entire existence – it is not a big issue.
Start to have reflection by several questions:
How about my… (fill this dots with questions below) today?
– Health – the same? Some positive/negative changes? Would like to do something about it?
– Eating habits – the same everyday? Overeat? Big party? What, when, why? Would like to try something new?
– Personal body habits – hygiene, hair, cloth, appearance (face) – the same everyday? Any news? What you would like to try different? Why?
– Physical activities – was I active 1 hour per day (at least did I my 10.000 steps today) – the same everyday? Any news? What you would like to try different? Why?
– Social activities/personal network/family – any news here? Are you satisfied as it is? Plans? Challenges?
– Job/work/obligations – repeat the same problems, repeating patterns? New projects? New position?
– Emotional input – how many positive/negative emotions did you experience today? Why? Do you feel ok? Why not?
Be honest! You can right, you can tape you voice, you can do this mentally. Everything is OK but you need to do it! Only one minute per question. It could be the best new habit in your life!
And the conclusion you should make: what NEW did you learn about yourself today? In what area? (1—7)? What should happen with these areas tomorrow? How will you use this knowledge to make your life better/more interesting/different?
It is so easy! It this way you will notice about coming changes before another person will notice them (as it happens usually). Do not wait the question from your friend: “What is going on with you, dear? You look bad/depressed/fat/unhealthy/different”. Be your own reflector! Be your own coach! Be your own expert!
As Socrates told once: Know who you are!
In order to be your own expert you need to build your expertise procedure. It is very individual, but the elements as was mentioned before approximately the same: 7 areas of existence give us 7 directions of life excellence!
Why it is important?
Growth is natural for life. Question is: in what direction of your life you would like to travel and with what speed? Stagnation (absence of movement) in any of these 7 areas is sign of misbalance and death at the end. When the fruit is not growing it becomes rotten. It is important to watch and observe yourself in order to se first sign of stagnation. It is life saving procedure for YOUR self.
Nobody can help you except yourself. Others can motivate you, share their experience, show some possibilities, inspire, but you are the captain. Your team (body/mind/spirit) is eager to serve you in your life traveling adventure. But you need to be a good team leader.
Rule2: Know yourself!
It is fun to know who you are. We have learned some basic information at school and at college about biology, sociology, psychology, but let be curious: internet is the biggest information net with all blogs, chat rooms, specialists’ panels and it is all available nowadays for about everybody. Why penis has no bone inside (it could solve a lot of problems)? Why babies can breathe under water? Can you leave only on canned food? Or what about life without food? Stimulate your intellect by asking at least 10 new question everyday! Be the child again (children are growing, old people who “know all” are dying)! One of my friends is 94 years old Danish scientist, engineer and businessman. He is still going strong because he is curious every day: he invents every day something new, he is a child inside – it is his secret!
And we will help you in your first step to know yourself: we will teach you about your pulse and respiration. Did you notice that you breathe? How many times per day do you remember to breath deep and slow? What the pattern of your breath just now: Fast or shallow? Be curious! Observe!
Rule N. 2 (Index finger): Invest every day a little time to learn the basic knowledge about body, mind and intellect! It is investment in your future (10 minuets are ok? Sounds as not too much)
Step 1: Close your eyes and just observe your breath. For 1 minute. Do not change anything. Just observe. And after 1 minute you will experience the feeling of calmness, relief, rest. It is easy. Make a new habit: observe your breath 3 times a day, and you will witnesses a lot of miracles which will start happening in your life. You will be calmer. Concentrations will come back. You can experience more vitality, joy, creativity. After 14 days of breath observation (3 minutes per day) you are ready to enter Step 2.
Step 2: Your pulse. Find your pulse on your wrist and start to observe. Is it deep, shallow, fast, chaotic? You observe your heart! How many times a day you remember that you have a heart? Only if it is bothering you! We are not aware of harmony, we are aware of dysfunction! We know if something hurts, but not aware when we are healthy. Try to listen to your heart beating 1 minute per day. Close your eyes and observe! Be in intimate relation with your own breath and heart beating. Just one short minute. The consequences will be tremendous! Observe you pulse and you breath in the next 14 days. When you are done go to Step 3. Do not rush! You have time!
Step 3: We will teach you how to harmonise your breath and the heart beating. After 14 days of observation (1 min breath and 1 min pulse observation, 3 times a day, 14 days, and if you make the break, start to count from the beginning 14 days and proceed without break) you may approach the next stage: do not be in a hurry: you have the time! Be the master of breath and pulse observation first!
Now you are ready. Find you pulse, close your eyes and start to breathe counting your pulse: you can choose 7 heart beats for inhalation and 7 hearts beats for exhalation, repeat 7 times – it is traditional way. After a while you can start to experiment with yourself: you may enjoy making the break between inhalation end exhalation (start with 3, later make it up to 7 pulses beating to keep the breath). You may keep the breath after inhalation and after exhalation, or after both processes.
Important is that you enjoy to work with yourself and learn something new about yourself every time. Results will shows as a better concentration, less tiredness, better sleep or more. You will be amazed how good works this small technique!
Rule 3: Do not overdo!
You have the limited capacities in your life. It is the same as when you buy an electric bulb, it will last 20.000 hours, and then – break! Capacity is used and gone. Bulb is “dead”. The same is valid for electrical battery. You can buy a rechargeable battery. But it can be recharged maybe only 1000 times – no more. Capacity is used. Battery is dead. The same is your body: it is build to serve you about 120—130 (max 140) years as statistic shows – no more. Capacity to “re-establish” the energy witch is used for maintenance, re-building and cleansing processes is limited for this age. We do not know people who lived more than this limited period. Bible has reported about several cases of life 130—140 years long. Chinese books also describe several cases. It is very few who live so long. And the question of the meaning also: what is meaning of life for you now? Write down, put in your personal case and reflect your thoughts one year later. It is fun to see how you will be changed for one year! I advise you to make such reflection during the Christmas Holidays or on your birthday. Do it when you are alone and undisturbed. Put