Growing Alternatives in Health

Health is not something we take for granted.  It is hard earned.  It is easy to lose slowly, and one day we simply feel fatigue -- rest no longer suffices.

Look at the alternatives in life.  They are there and almost in every paper, magazine, and book.

Nutrition is exploding.  Studies abound in its ability to lift our live back to normal.  Companies exist which pre-digest and stock all necessary components of nutrition so that we can recover.  If you are desperate, look for these!

Modalities are exploding.  It is hard not to find them.

It is no longer simply do exercise.  There is meditation, yoga, Pilates, tai chi chuan, qi qong, and the list goes on and on.  Go get a tape and learn something you can do.  If that fails try something else.  There has never been this deluge of choices.

It is no longer simply go to the doctor.  There are acupuncturists, massage therapists, reflexologists, chiropractors, osteopaths, naturopaths, doctors who believe in preventative or restorative medicine, nutritionalists, herbalists, and the lists go on and on.

It is no long simply use this system.  There are many technologies on the market which mimic years of understanding in restoring health through far infrared heat, through lasers, through irradiation, through diet, through fasting, through detoxification therapies.  Even the idea of posture has changed so that many people have become posture experts and our posture leads to good health.

Work the health from the inside out with nutrition and diet, with positive thinking and the balancing of the energy of the body.  Work the body from the outside in with posture, exercise, movement, baths, rest, and restoration from nature itself -- look at all of what nature has to offer between the sun and our planet!

Don't give up.  Google what others have done to get back to health.  There is a revolution in health that has moved from doing what we need to treat disease to doing what we need to maintain a healthy body.  Focus on what it takes to be healthy.  Any symptom should be telling you something -- listen to them.

Energy -- is it too low?

Sleep -- do you wake rested?

Are you hot or cold?

Do you sweat at odd times like at night or during the day without reason?

Are you hungry to eat and thirsty to drink?

How is your digestion?  Any bloating, gas, distention or pain?

Is your elimination regular?

Does the periodic flows within your body as a women happen regularly and easily?

Any issues on the eyes, ears, nose or throat?

Are you in pain?

I recently read the history of one of the best healing centers in the United States.  They often found success when others failed.  They looked at the whole person.  They treated holistically.  They pioneered new techniques in many areas while solving difficult cases.  Still, they simply restored function through mostly good nutrition and lifestyle.