Seven Steps to a Stress Free Holiday

During the holidays, when times are busy and hectic, we often wonder why are we buying into all the holiday hype. These tips will help you function more efficiently, and give you a new outlook on life. They will be even more helpful if you incorporate them all year round. If it is too overwhelming, add one step each week.

1. Pure Diet – Eat whole foods that are untainted by chemicals, hormones, antibiotics, or genetically altered, eaten according to your blood or body type.

2. Adequate Rest – 10PM being the latest bedtime. There is nothing you can do to make up for the loss of sleep, other then to sleep. Eight hours of uninterrupted sleep is recommended.

3. Exercise – Participate in 30 to 45 minutes, of exercise daily. You can choose to involve yourself in, and rotate anything from yoga or stretching, to walking or running, to strenuous aerobic exercises, pilates, rebounding, or weight lifting, all according to your own bodies requirements.

4. Natural Hygiene - Bathe daily, and be well-groomed, using natural care products. The skin absorbs what you put on it. Make sure you are using safe products. Daily dry skin brushing helps to opens the pours of the skin. .

5. Right Occupation – Be happy doing useful, productive work that gives you joy and satisfaction. If you don’t have that in your life right now, doing something to change it.

6. Function in Positive Environments – Live and work in a clean, orderly, and tasteful environment, and surround yourself with positive, loving people.

7. Spiritual Cultivation – Begin each day with 30 minutes of spiritual practice. Use prayer, meditation, reading, journaling, or any other rituals you use to connect with Spirit. .

These 7 Steps will help to create a firm foundation of balanced health so that we can bring love and good energy to the people we meet and love. Whether you are new to the journey of bringing balance into your life, or if you have been following this path for a long time, the following steps will certainly be rewarding. Make all of your daily activities sacred by adapting and engaging in the following practices. The more disciplined you are, consciousness of participating in the steps as outlined, and doing so in loving reflection of your Creator, the better the results.

Failing to follow these 7 Steps toward better health and happiness, you will find that your energy and attention will have to go to problems that will develop in the body and mind, resulting in energy sucking activities.