Balance
Keeping things in balance is important for health. Maintain a routine. Wake up and go to bed the same time every day, even on days off. Have meals at the same time. The body is in a rhythm. Hormones rise and fall like the tide. When you don't the same schedule all the time, this causes stress which imbalances your hormones.
The three basic hormone systems are
- Adrenals
- Sex Hormones
- Thyroid
When one is stressed and out of balance, the other two change their activity to try to make up for the deficit. It's like a three legged stool. If one leg gets shorter, the other two try to adapt for balance.
The body wants to be healthy. Health is the condition of perfect balance, with all systems running smoothly and energy circulating freely. This is the natural condition, the one in which the least effort is expended. Therefore, when the body is out of balance, it wants to get back to it, and will work to that goal.
Improving health requires us to make certain commitments: to take the time to meditate, to eat with awareness, to go to sleep at a reasonable hour, and to seek out sources of nourishment in all aspects of life. More than just talking about living a balanced lifestyle, we must actually live the principles that create health.
7 Pillars of Total Health
Health is based on a hierarchy of basic needs, starting with the Spirit, or inner body, and ending with the physical body. In order for health to be able to be present at any one level, the lower levels must be balanced and healthy. Health is not merely the absence of disease, but a state of spiritual, mental, emotional and physical well-being. See more...