10 Keys To Wellbeing
What does being in balance mean to you?
I’ve been doing some research on how people bring themselves back to health from serious illness. According to my research, there are 10 Keys common to recovery and wellbeing in the amazing stories I’ve read. These Keys (in no particular order) are:
Connection to spirit
Listening to your intutition
Strong reasons for living
A strong social network (includes pets)
Increasing positive emotion
Taking control of your health
Releasing emotional feelings and distress
Exercise
Herbs and supplementation
Healthy diet and nutrition
How many of these Keys have a in place in your life? The tendency is to focus on some and not others. When I look at them, I can see clearly which ones have a strong place in my life ~ and which ones I definitely need to bring in to create a truly healthy balance.
Can you identify how each one connects to a different element of your Being: Spirit, Mind, Energy, Emotion and Body?
We can wait until we have developed an illness to bring these Keys into our lives ~ or, more wisely, we can ensure that they are in place, decreasing the likelihood of illness… and the research also shows that having this balance can even outweigh and change DNA… How about that?
For example, some people have a strong natural connection to spirit, and pay less attention to the needs of the physical body through healthy diet and exercise. Some focus everything on physical wellbeing, and pay no attention to finding stillness or connecting to spirit. Some have a very strong social network of family and friends, and yet still store all the hurtful emotional experiences up inside them.
So, to counteract my innate tendency towards the serious (!), I’m making it a goal to bring more joyful, playful times into my life. And because I’m single and still relatively new to where I live, I’m increasing my social network through joining a wonderful Yoga community, growing my circle of soul sisters ~ and planning to buy a puppy for companionship, joy and all that unconditional loving :-)
Which Keys are the ones missing in your life?
Which Keys would help to bring you more into balance?
How might you do that?
In coming Blogs, I’m going to focus on each Key in turn, looking at how it helps to generate balance, and suggesting a few simple steps to bring it into your life ~ besides working through Reiki!
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”Reiki is not a quick fix to an ache or pain, but it is an investment in you. It heals you from inside. I have absolute trust ... Reiki and Elizabeth’s help me feel more balanced.””