ok, I’m going to ‘fess up, but only to you guys and only on this forum, on the basis that what goes on in this forum stays in this forum. I’ve made a few changes to my lifestyle and I’m feeling a lot more energetic, positive and calm as a result of it. This has been going back around 3 months.
1. Coffee – I’m down to 1 cup a day. The rest of the time I am drinking green tea. This is down from 7-8 cups a day. I’m quite strict with myself on it, even down to drinking green tea in Starbucks.
2. Traditional Chinese Medicine – following my trip to China, I’ve started having regular appointments with an acupuncturist. The woman is a genius. She has been treating me for hay fever, asthma and stress. Since my teens I’ve been suffering really badly from asthma June – mid August especially when it rained. This year I haven’t suffered had any hay fever or asthma symptoms. I don’t know what she’s done (well I do have some idea, but that’s another post, and quite a long one), but it’s worked. It could be down to 1,3 and 4 but I am also a lot less stressed out.
3. Tai Chi – doing this every Friday lunchtime and practicing when I can. Again it’s a traditional Chinese treatment for maintaining good health – a cross between meditation and exercise with slow movements. Very good for well being and a sense of calm
4. Meditation – not been as good on these as I have on the other three, but have been doing some meditations, some of which contain NLP. Have been doing them as and when I remember. These are guided and I’ve downloaded these from i_Tunes.
Result – say what you like – and I’m not expecting this to go unchallenged.
I’m still a good stone heavier than I’d like to be (maybe that will be next thing to tackle) but honestly speaking, I’ve never felt better.