Posted on 5:40 AM on 10/30/2009
With Autumn fully with us and Winter not far behind, it's a good time to consider what changes you could make to your daily routine. Changes of season are perfect opportunities to reevaluate and reassess how you go about caring for yourself physically, mentally and spiritually, and why not take a moment to pause and reflect on what might be ready for as adjustment?
Exercise: is your summer exercise routine difficult to continue once the weather turns cold? Do you usually run or swim outdoors but the cold weather then becomes an impediment to continuing? What do you need to do in order to develop a wintertime exercise regimen? Do you need to do yoga at home, join a gym, or get on that stationary bike that's gathering dust in the basement?
Nutrition: with the holidays in mind, know that over-eating and indulging in sweets and alcohol may put you at risk of weight gain or complications with your health if you're diabetic or otherwise living with a chronic illness. What changes can you make now before the holiday season kicks in? What dietary habits might need to be changed? How can you clean up your diet before the season begins, giving you a head-start and preventing unnecessary weight gain and nutritional challenges?
Mental: are any mental habits to which you are accustomed needing revamping or fine-tuning? Are you focused on lack, worries and anxieties? What can you let go of now to lighten your load?
Spiritual: do you have a meditation practice? Do you pray on regular basis? Have these practices fallen by the wayside? Perhaps now is the time to bring those habits back into the present day for the benefit of your overall health.
It's Autumn, the holidays are coming, and we all can pause, take a breath, and decide what fine-tuning we can do for many aspects of our health. Take a moment, assess these different aspects of your health, and perhaps there are several small and incremental changes which you can make that will provide long-lasting benefits far beyond the Autumn and Winter seasons.
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