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OXYGEN
- the single most important component of your life! You
can go days without food or water if you have to and still
be alive, you might not be kicking very high, but you
would still be kicking. Three minutes without oxygen and
the average person would be history.
Suffocation can take place in minutes or it can take
place over the course of a lifetime.
Breath is unequivocally the most important component of
your life and it is the only thing Uncle Sam doesn't tax
you on, so take advantage while it is still free.
Take a moment and literally "Stop and smell the roses".
Breathe - smell the life around you. This activity will
increase your thought capacity as well as your
concentration ability and your level of energy. Did you
know that yawning is not truly a sign that you are sleepy
but rather a sign that your body needs oxygen?
So as you are sitting there reading this take a moment
and BREATHE…Sit up straight and inhale slowly filling your
lungs as full as you can. Now blow your breath away from
you as if you were trying to blow out a cake full of
birthday candles. Then again slowly and very deeply
inhale, filling your body full of air until you can inhale
no more and then blow out as if the north wind were
rushing through your chest. If you don't like the image of
the north wind rushing, you can visualize a gentle
cleansing spring breeze. Focus on whichever visual is the
most enjoyable to you.
If you take five minutes four to five times a day where
you do nothing but focus on your breathing, you will be
more relaxed and less stressed at the end of the day. If
you do this exercise just before going to sleep you will
sleep more restfully throughout the night.
FRESH WATER - is the second most important
component of your life. Fresh clean pure water,
unfortunately is not the freebie it once was. One hundred
years ago they laughed at the idea of paying for water.
Today, for many of us, it is on our weekly grocery list.
Sodas, Coffee, Tea, Juice and Milk are not water, and
no, they don't really make a good substitute.
When you get a massage it aids the body in releasing
toxins that have been stored in the body's tissues,
therefore it is especially important to drink plenty of
extra water in the 24-48 hour period after your massage to
aid the body in the removal of these toxins. |
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