Thursday, January 1, 2009

Stepping Past the Sands of Time

By Juanita A. Davenport

What is the largest organ in the body? If you answered the skin, you're right! Also did you know that women's skin seems to age more easily than men's do because women's skin is thinner? The biggest aging factor that damages the skin and causes wrinkles are smoking, free radicals, and excess sun injury. We can reduce the exterior influences as well as our internal wellness and thinking for healthier skin.

It is well known in the mental health field that stress is a major cause of sickness and disease. Emotional stress may be caused by situations in your childhood where you could not express your frustrations and it has carried over into your present life. When we can reduce stress in our lives then we can improve our natural radiance and health. Money cannot buy natural health in a bottle, yet.

Wrinkles can be the result of repressed rage, frustration, shame, and self-judgment about yourself, your job, your relationships (or lack of a relationship), or even the world situation cause stress at a deep level in the muscle tissue. Along that line of thinking you may see the emotional reasons for the body to accumulate wrinkles and lines in the face or even be the root cause of the disease called Fibromyalgia. Lyme disease often looks and feels like Fibromyalgia.

Four ways to reduce stress are: breathing deeply, do some kind of meditation, exercise, and Reiki energy clearing. One of the most well known practices is Transcendental Meditation or as it's commonly called "TM" has given considerably positive results in some peoples' appearance, longevity, health and well-being. Try working in the garden as a grounding and distressing activity.

When you connect with your inner being (the spiritual force within) you are helping establish a harmonious relationship with the feeling, health and development of your body.

Getting a good night's sleep is essential to beauty and good health. Try to go to bed at the same time every night. Count the hours that you have in bed - eight hours are best. If you have to get up early some morning then try to go to bed earlier the night before. It does not make good sense to stay up late when you know you have to arise extra early the next day.

When you eat organic fresh foods that you prepare yourself you are working with the body in a joint effort to increase better health. Partly cooked food contains more enzymes and life force energy than overly cooked or processed food. Giving the body the correct "fuel" will help you start looking younger and stay youthful.

There are so many simple, easy methods you can practice that will restore and revitalize you. Rejuvenating our spirits and looking younger will bring the glow back into your day. - 15485

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