Physiological Needs For Life
1. Air to breathe
2. Water to drink
3. Food to eat
4. Rest and sleep
5. Exercise, movement, stress
6. Sunlight
Close your mouth, breathe through your nose, slow your breath and hold your breath. Mouth breathing and over breathing are unhealthy habits. Concentrating on slow nasal inhalation, brief breath holds and slow deliberate exhalation is a basic meditation technique. And it’s practice never fails to bring on a profound calm and sense of well being.
Water consumed when thirsty is a healthy habit. Avoiding or eliminating processed sugary drinks is a healthy habit. Caffeine, sugar and other unnatural additives are highly addictive and highly profitable for the food industry.
Don’t eat too much, don’t eat processed food or sugar. Have a wide variety of vegetables, some fruit and moderate amounts of meat.
Food is nutrition and fuel satisfying the body’s needs. It is constantly moving, operating, decaying and rebuilding.
Rest and sleep are essential for bodily and brain repair functions.
A sedentary lifestyle leads to weakness. Regular movement is essential for good health. Muscles, tendons, circulation and nerves all need to be exercised. It makes you feel good as well.
Sunlight is essential for vitamin production. Light is a mood booster and helps regulate sleep wake cycles.
Why? Avoiding illness may be a good goal. Achieving challenging physical activities as part of an active lifestyle might be a higher goal. And how about just plain fun?! This is my why. What’s your why?
It may seem overwhelming and complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. Start small, keep it simple,remember your why and keep going strong.