As a medical intuitive I can honestly say that most people are ungrounded and live completely outside of their skin. They don’t actually know their own body or its capability. This keeps their relationship with their body very distant, their emotions at bay and adds many layers of fat. Fat represents fear and where we are in denial of knowing our true and powerful selves. As we sweat and burn fat in moderation, we literally decrease fears, let go of past emotions, release toxins and align with Source through finding our center. Of course, whenever we do something on the physical level we are also addressing the emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of our selves, as they are always united.
A study conducted by psychiatrist Madhukar Trivedi, MD, director of UT Southwester Medical Center’s mood disorders research program, relates the lack of exercise to depression. Eighty of his study’s participants were diagnosed as clinically depressed and were not physically active. Dr. Trivedi divided the eighty people into three groups. The first group did moderately intense aerobics on a treadmill or stationary bicycle either three or five days a week. The second group did low intensity aerobics either three or five days a week. And the third group did 15 to 20 minutes of stretching exercises three days a week. After twelve weeks, the group who had exercised the most had an average decline in depressive symptoms by 47%, the group who exercised a moderate amount reduced their depressive symptoms by 30% and the group who only stretched reduced their depressive symptoms by 29%! If you want to be happy and healthy on every level, exercise has got to be part of your daily routine! Don’t settle for exercising three to five times a week! If you want to feel and look great…exercise daily! Statistics show that leading a healthy life can put twenty years onto your life. That’s an extra lifetime for some people. At the very least, if you stay in shape until your golden years you will be able to walk around with healthy bones and muscles until you make your great transition into the light. I think being mobile toward the end would sure beat being in a wheel chair. Don't you?
After exercising it is important to stretch and cool down. Just as a race horse would never run a race and then immediately be put into his or her stall to stand, you must walk yourself out. Let me explain how this can protect your heart. After pumping your heart at a high velocity during exercise, when you stop exercising, your heart keeps pumping a high volume of blood throughout your body for several minutes. If you don’t keep moving (at least walking) to pump the blood into circulation, it can pool in your legs and feet. Then the heart has to work harder than normal to restore circulation, which can trigger high blood pressure. When you are done exercising, walk around for about four to eight minutes and then stretch before coming to a complete halt. The cool-down process also helps to flush lactic acid from your muscles. Since muscles and tendons have the best blood flow and elasticity during this time, it is the perfect moment to stretch. Some say that you may risk injury by stretching at the beginning of exercise as your muscles and tendons are cold, but I think that light muscle stretching and circular joint-rolls (such as with the ankles) are a good idea to do at the beginning of exercise. If you get uncomfortably sore after exercising take a bath with Himalayan bath salt. After the bath keep stretching as your body’s temperature lowers so that you don’t get stiff. Also, remember to put liquid trace mineral into your gallon of water that you drink per day to replenish your body after sweating. A brand that I like is called Cell Food by Lumina Health Products and contains trace minerals, plant source amino acids, enzymes and dissolved oxygen all in one.
Whenever you introduce a new exercise into your life always begin slowly. I have noticed that if I get too ‘gung ho’ about something and do too much too soon, I will not be able to maintain my practice. Start small so that you can accomplish your goals. It’s better to run for ten minutes a day than not at all. It’s important to be proud of yourself and to acknowledge even the tiniest of accomplished goals. If you don’t, then who will? This is all part of learning to love and acknowledge yourself on every level.