IN THIS fast paced 24/7 lifestyle, most of us do not have time and are living under stress. Overweight, stress, and other related problems are resulting to cause major diseases. You might have not had the time to think about better life. This is particularly true for all those business executives who travel a lot, with little or no time for regular exercise. As a result of physical stress-demanding jobs and time constraints, there is an increase in lifestyle-induced illnesses. Millions of people are unwell, suffering from overstress, which has become a part of our lives. We all are are searching for solutions.
In order to perform to the maximum level, it is time now to revisit your daily schedule and adopt a scientifically sound, safe, and effective life-style change to say hello to a fitter you. It is often difficult to find a way to squeeze time for exercise in your busy schedule. However, coming to know that some of the most successful businessmen exercise regularly, might motivate you to find a way to work it into your routine. In order to manage your time, start early. This part of your morning routine has your greatest control over it. Therefore, get up 30 minutes earlier than your daily schedule.
Having set your goal, without any ’ifs’ and ’buts’, you must now allot a realistic time schedule to achieve successful lifestyle modifications in order to achieve healthful living through diet and exercise. You might have tried several times to lose weight, as it is not that simple to melt off extra pounds. In order to lose weight, you need to be resolute and jot down a personal action plan. Today, more and more people are turning to the practice of meditation and yoga to improve their physical and mental health.
You must also encourage your spouse to be involved in adapting new concepts and ideas by drawing a calorie-based menu card, making sure that you eat well and walk more. Eat small meals throughout the day that include a variety of healthy, low-fat, low-calorie foods.
Meditation:
There are many deeply spiritual, sacred meditation techniques that can help us sharpen our intellect. Our thoughts have enormous powers. Meditation opens the door to infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence. All you need is absolute trust. When you live with such trust and surrender your mind, body, and senses to the entity you trust in, you are automatically enlightened.
Look ahead to greater awareness and start controlling your mind through meditation, bringing an overall change in your personality. Take a new plunge in life at whatever age you are now. As you go through these simple steps, you will have better appreciation of spiritualism, selflessness, humility, courage, faithfulness, and love for your country. Meditation is a focusing of mind on your beloved deity, creating the cessation of all thoughts. One meditates with one’s eyes closed. The person meditating, produces a meditation sound in his thoughts. This is to be done with ease and compassion and without strain. Thoughts, impressions, experiences, images, bodily sensations, and feelings come and go spontaneously and influence the repetition of the meditation sound.
Sit quietly in open with back upright, hands at your sides or in your lap and concentrate on the rhythm of your breath. Play some smooth music in the background, which will create a serene atmosphere. Keeping your eyes closed, follow your breath. It is beneficial to chant the mantra, OM aloud and repeat the same several times. As you inhale and exhale, keep a track on the movement of your breath and recite some sacred hymns or Hanuman Chalisa. Even recital of mantras of your favourite deity will be beneficial. This will calm your mind and make you fit for meditation. There are some great audio CD’s of Gayatri Mantra and other sacred hymns of Durga, Shiva and Ganesh that bring spiritual benefits and develop a new kind of vibration and energy in you. Relax and pray for two-to-five minutes, focusing, maintaining natural breathing, and a light smile on your lips. Imagine that you are sitting with your beloved deity, seeking blessings for a happier beginning of the day. This way, keep your prayers in your heart, leaving all your worries on the Almighty.
Meditation improves concentration, memory, will-power, tolerance, inner peace, and whole body well-being. India’s popular guru, Swami Ramdev with his unique yoga mix for health and well-being is presently holding long duration camps in USA and Canada.
Pranayama and Yogic breathing:
It is time now to change your lifestyle, adopting yoga to live more amply, accomplishing more, with more joy and less stress. Yoga strengthens your body and mind providing mental peace and physical power, help you generate untapped energy within you to fight disease and live a healthier life. Since yoga is a healing practice, it is safe to accept it as a health care system. Once you begin a dedicated practice, a curious thing happens - you start realizing yourself to be growing flexible and strong.
While a regular meditation practice provides you to reduce stress, sharpen your perception, and gives you power to enhance your creative expression, practising pranayama reduces stress, induces a peaceful state of mind, and improves overall health. There are a number of DVD’s featuring complete solution for various ailments.
Pranayama, as taught by Swami RamDevji Maharaj consists of the following four breathing exercises in sequence:
Kapal Bhati Pranayama
Anulom Vilom Pranayama
Bhramri Pranayama
Udeeth Pranayama
These exercises are excellent for the nervous system, lungs, heart, and are extremely useful for digestion, alleviates backache, keep the mind stable and relaxed. The tendency of development of allergies while travelling shall also decrease. In the day-to-day context, it is important to follow simple yogic exercises, leading you to a purpose of living. This way, sustained practice would be pulling you away from the outer world of commotion and reconnect you to your inner strengths.
Regular and systematic practice of pranayama will bring a glow on your face with a peculiar shine in your eyes. Your voice will become sweet and melodious.
Diet
Next thing that you will have to control is your diet. For leading a healthy life, the lifestyle can only be changed if you also try to control your diet.
By taking simple yogic exercises you can shed the extra pounds without much struggle. Change your diet, avoiding excessive alcohol and fatty food. Avoid fried and junk food. Bring your cholesterol level within the prescribed limits. Consume a protein-rich diet, supplemented by lots of green leafy vegetables. Regulate your weight as per the recommended standards. Continue to take your normal medicines as prescribed by your physician till your next check-up. You’ll find that the half-hour of meditation, Pranayama practice relaxes you, heighten mental abilities, and removes those dreaded diseases much before their surfacing. Renew your energy and be full of super-charged confidence and motivation. Change your lifestyle and live longer.
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