8 Healthy Tips on the Go

Are you really very busy most of the times? And you travel a lot to various parts of the world? However, you are a guy who doesn't want to worry about your health at any point of time during your trips.

Don't worry. We are not the only lonely people in the world. There are many who really want to get fitter and look younger. But, they don't really get enough time to take care of themselves. You must have noticed on TV and newspaper advertisements that celebrities are posing for various campaigns and want to give us a lot of healthy advices. But, I am afraid; I don't even have much time to listen to them. Following those tips would even be tougher acts to be honest. I wonder how many of us really have time to follow these, especially who all are traveling to various parts of the world at most of the times of the year.

To make the coming days better for you and your family, you need to buckle up and strive more. Certainly, you have to find some new and healthy habits for you. Do you also believe it? To be honest being healthy is not at all a tough job. You need to be committed on what you are doing. You have to love the job that you are doing as well. These are simple things, right?

But, I don't leave you all at that. I am going to present 8 different and refreshing tips for you all. These tips would help you to remain healthy.

1. A glass full of water in the morning: We need to supply our cells some oxygen and water as these cells lose a lot of oxygen at night. These cells have to be rejuvenated. Hence, a glass full of water in the early morning (Empty stomach) would be just apt for you. Continue this till the day you live in this world. And see the difference.

2. Buy some fresh fruits and carry them: Buy fresh fruits in the morning and put them in your bag. Carry these fruits along with you. Whenever, you are on the go, make sure you eat fruits once in a while. Fruits are really good for their nutrients, vitamins and sugars.

3. Avoid junk foods: It's evident that, at times, junk foods are unavoidable. But, make sure you don't eat junk foods a lot. Instead of ordering burgers and French fries, it's advisable to order green salad or any other healthy fits. Find your own ways to stay fit.

4. Yoga Therapy on the go: I know you don't have time to sit comfortably and practice exercise. But, whenever you are on the go and sitting in your car. Inhale and exhale which are simple and easy to practice. But, do it slowly and it's better to take an expert's advise before practicing it. Make it a habit and see how it actually makes a difference in your life.

5. Drink herbal teas: It's important to avoid hot coffee or normal tea. Go for a cup full of herbal tea instead.

6. Say no to stored fruits: Don't buy packed foods or fruits. Refresh yourself eating juice of fresh fruits. It would get rid of your tiredness.

7. Handful of nuts: To increase afternoon energy and productivity make sure you eat a lot of nuts at 3 PM. You can select nuts and raisins which you love to eat.

8. Natural Skin Care: If you are going to a place which is really very hot, then don't forget to take care of your skin. Skin should be treated naturally. Avoid any lotion or cream. It may create problem for your skin in long run.

Small Steps Lead to Big Transformation and Healing

As is often the case, it is my clients that give me ideas of what to write about in these articles. Yesterday, in a healing session with a client on my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome treatment programme, he was telling me about some of the changes he has noticed:

- Not having to rest every time he goes up the stairs
- Being able to tie his shoe laces without sitting down
- Being more positive
- Being more reliable with friends and family ie sticking to commitments
- Without planning or intending it, realising that he is doing more each day

Another client was telling me about taking the time to eat properly, noticing "destructive" thoughts and just letting them pass without attaching to them or acting on them, and being present and loving with her dog. Someone else told me about washing up "on time", tidying up round the house and spending less time on the internet idly surfing.

These may seem like small things - and actually of course in a way they are. But I believe these small "victories" are little milestones on a healing journey. And they reinforce eachother: things like eating better, tidying up round the house, or being more reliable with friends are positive reinforcements to our cells and energy systems. And this leads to more positivity and positive change: a virtuous spiral, as I like to call it!

And as I stop to reflect on it, this was exactly my experience of healing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It wasn't at all the case (as I may have imagined!) that I woke up one morning and found I was mysteriously and happily cured! More, it was a series of small and increasing milestones. Being able to see friends for longer, being able to listen to music a bit more, being able to walk back from the shops with my fruit and vegetables in my rucksack.

And then, what happened as these small "victories" gradually accumulated and reinforced eachother: I realised my attitude towards myself and my condition had changed. I no longer saw myself as a hopeless victim, and I could see that healing and positive change were possible - not only were they possible, they had happened to me, and I could see the possibility for more of it!

I remember having a phone conversation with another client with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome who said (completely unplanned and spontaneously) "when I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome... ". The little things had built up to such a great extent that she had changed her view of herself as someone with this debilitating illness.

And new scientific research is showing that when we change our views and beliefs, our physiology literally changes in line with those new beliefs. So, no longer seeing herself as someone with this illness was also giving a powerful message of healing to this woman's body and mind. You can read more about this fascinating subject in the work of Bruce Lipton.

Investigating beliefs around health and illness, working on them with the Emotional beliefs are all key to the work I do with clients. Combining this with work that "clears" past traumas from deep within the cells of the body, and work on nutrition can lead to profound healing from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Can The Mind Heal The Body?

I attended an English preparatory school from about the age of nine to thirteen. So 1947 was the year I started. It was the sort of place you read about in Charles Dickens.

One day, while playing soccer, I twisted my knee quite badly. Well, it was a sprain. Understandably enough, there was no in-house doctor. The nursing staff consisted of a very nice and sympathetic sister and a matron they'd recruited from one of H.M. prisons., or so it seemed to us. Going to the doctor was almost unheard of. Provided you were still breathing, that was all that mattered.

Anyway, the sister had a look at my knee and put her foot down with a firm hand, so to speak. She was taking me to the doctor and that was all there was about it.

He was a super old boy, with one of what we used to call Bomber Command mustaches. Waxed, the lot. He went through a big palaver of binding up my knee and then he asked me;

"Do you like chocolate?" Well, of course, this was like asking a man dying of thirst if he liked water. Naturally, I said yes.

"Hang on," he said. A minute later he came back with a square of chocolate on a plate. He crouched down and said;

"Now, this is very special chocolate. Inside there's a tiny pill straight from India. But before I give it to you, understand that it'll take about three minutes before it starts to work."

So that was that. We left the doctor and drove back to school. Just before we climbed out of the car, I mentioned to sister that my leg felt a whole lot better.

"Well, we'll keep the bandage on until tomorrow and I'll look at it again then."

When she finally unwrapped it, I had no pain and the swelling was virtually gone. So can the mind heal the body? Here was proof positive that it could, although it wasn't until years later that what I'd experienced was the placebo effect. If he'd have simply said; "Here's a piece of chocolate. That should do the trick," it probably wouldn't have worked.

But he made up enough mumbo jumbo -- secret little pills from India, and having to keep them locked away, that tricked my mind into believing it really was a special cure.

The placebo effect is really a post hypnotic suggestion. Another way this can happen is if someone's in a really bad accident, and are already in fairly deep trance state. Often, therefore, you can suggest that they stop bleeding, or if they've hurt their leg and it's causing them a lot of pain, simply suggest that the leg goes numb.

The placebo effect is a powerful tool. Unfortunately, it has an evil cousin, known as the 'nocebo' effect. There have been many cases where doctors have told their patients that they have six months to live, and at the end of six months, they've dropped dead.

But they were misdiagnosed in the first place, and it was found they weren't ill at all.