My Health, My Responsibility
I have been
a sports person right since childhood, going out for an early morning run,
soaking in the morning freshness while running. The rush of adrenaline as one
gets the second breath and just striding on comfortably while others fell back while
trying to catch up used to give me a real high. Through the years I have been
running, doing yoga, meditating, eating to live rather than the other way
round. Unless we control our own diet and exercise no one can help us. We can
hire trainers, join gyms, etc. but at the end of the day unless we ourselves
decide to lead a healthy, disciplined life there is no one on earth who can
really help us to stay fit.
There are
so many companies selling diet food, promoting this diet and that diet …. we
now have nutritionists telling us what to eat, how to eat while trainers tell
us how to exercise, how much to exercise etc. But believe me, in my experience
if you follow a healthy regime your own body talks to you and you instinctively
‘know’ what is good for you and what is not. Most of us have stressed
lifestyles – work, home, travel, irregular eating hours, eating junk from
outside – all this has a direct impact on one’s wellness and wellbeing!
Your body
needs detoxification if you feel you are putting on unnecessary weight, you
feel that you are filled with gas and the body feels bloated, there is stress,
tiredness and listlessness, dull skin tone and so on. Anything that makes you
feel not ‘you’ – means the body needs detoxification.
With regular
practise of yoga and meditation one can keep one’s body healthy. For
detoxification of the body intermittent fasting and a judicious, healthy diet will
help cleanse you from within. Fasting is extremely good for health – our ancestors
recommended it, our religious festivals have it built into them – all of this
has already been thought of by our ancestors – the question is do we believe
them? It is fashionable to debunk our history in the name of modernism, when
the entire western world is learning from our heritage and patenting products
made out of our herbal knowledge.
If you want
to remain healthy for a long period of time, become responsible for your own
health – eat judiciously, fast intermittently, exercise regularly, meditate
twice a day and cleanse your mind, body and soul – stay healthy, stay focused
in the moment, radiate peace and love. Live by the dictum – My Health, My
Responsibility!
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